NCAA Football 13 Demo Is Out, Post Your Impressions Here

[TarHeelPhenom]

What's my impression of NCAA? If you've played one you've played them all!

[ghettogeeksta]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phobia

Sounds like NCAA 09 is right up your alley

Everybody in this game has 99 tackle rating, even on Rookie or Sophomore difficulty.

If they were to increase the amount of broken tackles everybody would complain to many broken tackles. I say if it is one-on-one and the ball carrier and the defender are facing each other in the open, the ball carrier should win, 8-10 times.

[AussieChiefsFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by AussieChiefsFan

Yea I guessed the same. Ill wait 'till tomorrow and report back.

Still not showing up in the PS store for me.

[TallyBoi7]

I've noticed some slightly different ball physics. The ball seems to have a little more bounce to it this year.

Try to punt the ball away from the returner on NCAA 13 and watch how differently it reacts to the ground than it did in NCAA 12. It seems a little more realistic this year. I wonder if we'll actually see some punts bounce backwards this year?

[JerzeyReign]

Quote: Originally Posted by AussieChiefsFan

Still not showing up in the PS store for me.

You should ask Dewiel, he's the community manager for EA -- he may be able to help

[fcboiler87]

I finally got around to downloading the demo...

I can see some of the differences. I'm kinda indifferent towards it all. I've never felt like the gameplay was terrible. Did it need tweaks? Sure. I think in a lot of regards it got it. I felt like I was able to make throws I hadn't been able to in the past (in a realistic way). The new catch animations were helpful and seemed to make the receivers more intelligent at times.

My favorite difference? I could run the option with Oregon. It wasn't always successful (thank gosh), but it was sped up enough to be able to hit the edge and be a threat.

Truthfully though, I liked the demo last year and wasn't too pleased with the game. I almost felt like it went backwards. Maybe it's just me. One thing that I am coming to is that the game might play the best on Varsity level. In other words, it's more realistic. If somebody came up with the right set of varsity sliders to make it competitive then it could be the best level to play on.

[wildcatchild]

I downloaded the demo last night on PS3 and, all in all, I liked it. I didn't buy last year's game (because I was satisfied with NCAA '11) but I thought the demo played a decent game of football. Game felt smoother, more realistic. I really liked the new QB drops, WR catches, and animations that were not present in NCAA '11.

One thing I really liked is that the interceptions on both ends seemed "fair." If you make a bad pass, you pay for it....same goes for the AI.

I was on the fence about buying but probably will pull the trigger now. I'm more of a Madden guy but can see myself putting some time in with this game as well this fall.

[noplace]

Played a few games on the demo and I'm unimpressed so far. Seen some improvements but nothing makes me wanna run out and get this game. Its just decent... Plus after seeing Madden buying NCAA is a waste of money. I know I want touch it again after playing Madden because its a huge step back in presentation, gameplay, equipment, graphics, you name it. The NCAA team did little to improve this game and added only fluff.