NCAA Football 14 Demo is Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[This Is Michigan]

Michigan has gray facemasks.....

No more team entrances, EA still has the wrong road jersey for Michigan and STILL the same goalpost huggy that replaced in 2007!

[J-Unit40]

For the graphics lovers out there with both consoles, the XBOX version is a little cleaner around the edges (player models on the field) and it may "pop" more than the PS3, but the PS3 does look good on both plasma and LCD displays. The field and field art are improved on both consoles. No real visible jaggies on the field like last year.

So far, this is the "next gen" NCAA we have been waiting on. I am more than happy in the early stages today.

[tan_man]

Quote: Originally Posted by CGlonghorn

Just beat Bama 24-17 on All American. My only selfish complaint would be that Nessler just said "touchdown!" in a bored voice when I scored with 35 seconds left on a 50 yard TD pass.

Quote: Originally Posted by jaredlib

Lost my first two games on heisman, trying a game on AA with all user sliders at 30 and all CPU sliders at 80. In a dogfight with Bama it feels great. NCAA is back

How are those pesky Hokies?

[The JareBear]

After trying all four, I can see myself only using normal cam and coordinator cam. Coordinator cam is great for offense I'm still adjusting to it on D

[SageInfinite]

This is the most the game has felt like football all gen. Love the coordinator cam as well. Also love how the interceptions happen. Actually feels good playing as a DE.

[A_New_Classic]

Quick Impressions after completing the Nike Skills Training thingy then playing 1 game of Oregon (Me) vs Texas A&M (Cpu)...default All American on both sides. I'm usually a Heisman guy, but I just wanted to get a feel for the game and not get wrecked lol

1. Everything about the run game feels so good.
- Run blocking is much improved, guards are pulling and finding guys at the second level much better and just seem smarter overall.
- Juke moves and cutting is infinitely better than last year and much more realistic, doing hard cuts with the left stick works awesome and you instantly start making defenders miss using it without even realizing. Haven't even really got into jukes with the right stick, but I was able to pull off a couple broken tackles messing with it.
- Oregon has about a billion different option runs and I was able to tear it up on the ground while having tons of fun with it. The shovel option is so much fun I think I'm gonna do my first dynasty and build my whole team around that scheme; hopefully there are more than just a couple plays using it that I could put in using custom playbooks.
- The stumble feature is awesome, you can regain your balance if you're tripped up by readjusting yourself by either flicking the right stick up or down depending on which way you're leaning. I feel like this adds more element of skill and I'll like it more and more as I get used to doing it.

2. Physics are there, but not overdone.
- Most of the time, plays end with tackle animations, but occasionally you see the physics come into play when 3+ players collide and it looks good. I still had a couple instances where I ran into my own offensive line with the ball carrier, but the runner at least made an attempt to stay on his feet and didn't just instantly ragdoll.

3. Defensively not much has changed since last year.
- Hopefully the AI is better, but from 1 game I wasn't really able to notice any major differences other than the hit-stick being very slightly tweaked. For being on AA difficulty, the CPU offense was much better than last year in my opinion (11 atts 38 yards 1 TD rushing, 10-13 99 yards passing). But this could have been just one instance. I'll be happy if they continue to present this type of challenge though.

4. The WR/DB match-up feature is a nice touch.
If you hold down RT and press the WR Icon it shows his speed, height, route running, etc advantages/disadvantages over who is guarding him; it's a nice feature to help find mismatches on the fly and use more strategy which I'm a big fan of.

5. Passing game seems relatively the same as well
- Apparently precision passing has been touched up, but to me passing seems almost identical and plays like 4 verticals seem to be too easy to exploit. However, one slight change is that WR screens seem to be a little better programmed and actually have a chance to work.

Overall the game feels much more polished and fluid than last year. Offensively player movement is so much better and the run game is outstanding; very rewarding when you get things right. After playing, it mostly just leaves me wanting to dive into Dynasty Mode right away and start building my team from the ground up. I'm interested to see how lower rated teams play and if it's not too easy to play like a 5* program with small schools. Outlook is very positive.

[BenGerman]

Hope EA builds off of this game in the future. It's CB/WR and DL/OL interaction away from being a great football game. With the contextual awareness, improved stadiums, and better line play, I can't imagine how good this game will be if they do it correctly.

[CT Pitbull]

wow game feels like a "new" game to me..and man the visuals are much improved ..to bad the missing link of facemasks isn't in the game because a few extras might make this a great one as far as ncaa football goes..love the fact that the O-lineman don't look like slobs anymore they actually look like athletes this will save roster editors buku time.

and this zoom camera is giving me a chubby..LOVE IT!