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

[N51_rob]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

I cannot even get the game to play anymore on my 360. Every time I start a game it freezes at the loading screen. I've downloaded it twice. I've cleared my hd's cache. I have no idea what to do.

Play on your PS3?

[pdiehm]

****, I can't even get it to download. been at 0% for 10 minutes now.

[o Elevate o]

First Game | Michigan (me) v. Ohio State | Final score 17-9 Michigan

Stats (All-American, no slider changes):

Michigan
Passing - QB #12: 7-10, 188 yards, 1TD
Rushing - HB#38: 8 car, 35 yards; QB #12: 2 car, 40 yds (42 long)
Receiving -TE #19: 2 rc, 37 yds

Ohio St.
Pass - QB#5: 18-21, 224 yds, 1 TD (sacked 3 times)
Rush - QB#5: 14 car, 75 yds (20 long); HB#34: 6 car, 27 yds (1 fumble)
Receiving - WR#16 - 6 rec, 93 yds, TD

Simply put, Ohio State's QB ripped me a new one with the spread...I literally was on my heels the entire game on defense. Had it not been for the fumble, I possibly could have lost.

Offense was a bit easy for me, moreso the passing game vs. the run game, so it may be a case of needing to bump it up to Heisman. Running the ball took a bit to get used to, but the key is to know when to hit the hole, cut upfield, etc. Doing so with the right.left stick is so rewarding, and yes, cutbacks are possible!

I didn't pass much so I couldn't see many jump ball animations or the like, but the hit stick feels and looks much better. If you square a guy up and he's smaller, he's getting laid out. I do want to try to hit a bigger guy low though to see what happens.

There was a CPU late game management brain fart though...Ohio State got to the GL with about 9 seconds left and rather than burning their last TO and taking a shot, they let the clock drain. Hopefully it was a one-time thing.

So far, this is the best NCAA I've played, hands down.

[Shady862]

Played Oregon (me) vs A&M. I had 4 delay of game penalties because I got lost in their playbook, so many different types of option plays lol. When I wasn't taking days to pick plays I went with the no huddle which worked super smooth. CPU was able to move the ball both on the ground and in the air. It really seemed when I tried to take something away, like moving an extra defender in the box the CPU took advantage through the air. Overall I was very impressed with the game play. I took last year off from NCAA and am really happy with how different this game feels. Will be a day one pick up for me.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by N51_rob

Play on your PS3?

I tried but I'm just more comfortable on 360, that's what I'll be purchasing the game for. Sucks but oh well might just have to play on PS3.

[SageInfinite]

Also do the game times vary? When I played the Oregon game earlier it was in the afternoon.

[Pezell04x]

Played one game, default All American. Now I usually blow the AI out if the water which makes the game boring for me.

Not so much this time. I went into 5 OT against TAMU. I committed 5 turnovers, one a game losing INT at the goal line on 4th down.

Few things u noticed:

- Saw a big hit where the TAMU HB went *** over tea kettle in the air. To the point where I went "wow"

- Both pants got dirty, no jerseys which I thought was weird and I'm hoping is due to the field type.

- I hate the spread playbook, just personal preference.

- Kickoff blocking was greatly improved.

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[BROman]

It's really good gameplay-wise. Not seeing much suction blocking, and I got 2 sacks w/o blitzing. On the down side, VT's orange jerseys have 2 sets of TV numbers. There are 6 teams on the demo, how do they let a demo ship with a huge era like that?