NCAA Football 13 Screenshots (91 of Them)

[Spanky]

I have neither the drive or the enthusiasm to even scroll through the pages of screen shots or this thread.

That's how much my anticipation for this title has dipped.

Just not feeling it.

[mtoo22]

Quote: Originally Posted by Apostle

Yeah, that makes sense. I didn't know that. My point is not to slam EA but to rather speak up about the issues I have with the game. Like I said, I am sure I will still buy it because at the end of the football season, I know I will have gotten my money's worth out of it and maybe that's all I can ever expect. I have just always thought this game could be on the same level as some of the greatest sports titles we've ever seen. When the current consoles originally came out, I truly thought the sky was the limit for this game and sadly it has been stuck in the mud ever since. That just continues to boggle my mind. At the very least, I hope EA finds a way to get us updated uniforms through DLC - even if I have to pay a price to get updated uniforms. Having uniforms still present from three years back is something that simply can't be defended any longer. It takes away from the game from me.

Sometimes the more you add to the garden, the less it produces. If you stick with what made the game a best seller, it can never be worse than what got it there.

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[AttackAttack]

Madden's player models look the best the ever have, this year.

NCAA' look like 09s

[PowerofRed25]

Quote: Originally Posted by mtoo22

Sometimes the more you add to the garden, the less it produces. If you stick with what made the game a best seller, it can never be worse than what got it there. Sent from my HTC Hero S using Tapatalk 2

But if you don't continuously tend to the garden, it will inevitably die. And unfortunately, EA is letting its key pieces wilt while adding things that cannot possibly help.

In the case of Heisman Challenge, the leaves are already brown and dying before the plant is in the ground.

And hopefully that ends the horticulture references for a while.

[12]

I guess I am just now convinced that a year is not enough time for EA Sports to develop a game. It's just not and they have proven it time and time again. The visuals are bad enough but little else has changed for the better. Each year, it seems like the game was shipped with a game crippling glitch or bug that never gets fixed. They may try through patches, but it simply doesn't happen. I am sure the Development Team works hard and their hands are tied on a lot of things, but a year is simply not enough time.

I've never been in that camp, but I am now.

Their business model with this game is flawed... Rather than put all of the new uniforms in the game, they mention that they will be available as DLC. Does that mean that I'll be dropping even more money getting updated uniforms that should have been available in the first place? I am seriously asking because I don't know, not making a gripe. I would pay for maybe one uniform, but I would do it begrudgingly and I wouldn't be very happy about it. It will be just another backhanded tactic to bleed more money out of their loyal customers. I hope that's not the case.

Damn, the things I am saying about this game now are things that I NEVER thought I would be saying about THIS title. That's just what it is now, though. It sucks.

[Cane305]

Y'all realize they updated the uniforms and helmets but can't show them due to licensing. I believe they mentioned it in one or the live stream play books that they added 240 new uniforms and helmets and can put new ones out during the season as DLC....as far as the equipment, never heard anything about updates on that so prob get all the same crap as last year

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Apostle

Their business model with this game is flawed.

If a year is not enough time for EA to deliver a game that meets the standards required for them to earn your $60 purchase, I'm in no position to argue that. Speaking strictly to the high-level business model, however, I'd imagine the game probably turns a profit for EA; else, why would they even bother developing a product that would hemorrhage money from the company annually?

The iterative nature of sports games development should be well-known and expected by now by all of us, and there's fat chance that EA, 2K, or any other annual sports game publisher is ever going to break that cycle for the sake of what we perceive as lack of polish or on-the-surface lack of substantial change year-over-year.

[PowerofRed25]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cane305

Y'all realize they updated the uniforms and helmets but can't show them due to licensing. I believe they mentioned it in one or the live stream play books that they added 240 new uniforms and helmets and can put new ones out during the season as DLC....as far as the equipment, never heard anything about updates on that so prob get all the same crap as last year

Can't show them due to what licensing?! If they have the licensing to put them in the game in the first place, there is nothing preventing them from showing them.

Sorry, I don't buy that any more than I buy potential lawsuits as a reason why EA's default rosters aren't even remotely accurate. (For reference, I don't buy that one single bit).

And 240 new uniforms?! There are 123 teams, most of which haven't done a single thing to their uniforms. Am I to believe there are all of a sudden a plethora of uniform options available? Sorry, not buying it.