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

[mailman2]

When I juke it actually feels like I'm controlling the game.

[Strategizer]

Overall the demo is great, but I feel that the curl routes are still too effective.

[Corliss X]

Oregon's playbook had too many plays from Urban Meyer's Florida days! Ohio State's playbook was almost identical to what they run in real life. I enjoyed all the Inside Zone Read's (IZR's) and HB Zone runs. The spread playbook has a run for about everyone now. You can nearly make a WR Run playbook out of the spread. Would be kind of fun with DAT MAMBA

[huskerwr38]

Positives:
1. First and foremost this game is actually fun to play especially in the coordinator mode! I really had a blast on offense, it almost seems like anything could happen, it doesn't feel so scripted.

2. Running feels great, planting and cutting.

3. The fatigue system is really cool, although I wasn't even on the field long enough to really feel a huge difference, but I could feel it on long plays.

4. Defense doesn't have that instantaneous reaction to everything anymore, it feels more natural and smooth.

5. Player models and referee look a ton better.

6. The options such as looking at WR/DB matchups is cool, being able to change difficulty on either side of the ball, and the new coordinator camera view is AWESOME!

7. Button responsiveness is greatly improved, when I want to pitch he pitches it, when I want to stiff arm, it happens, when I want to juke he jukes. I feel more in control than ever.

Negatives:
1. The commentary is the worst in all of sports. It feels as stale as it did in 2001, not really much as changed other than Corso is gone. Sometimes it feels as if they are whispering just to me. No real sense of what is going on. My QB got hurt, they say nothing, I recover an onside kick, they say nothing. Just plain awful, I'm so sick of it.

2. Atmosphere is still lacking quite a bit. Crowd is stale, although a tad better than years past.

3. Animations are just still bad, I can't wait until next gen.

[Xero Theory 42]

playing Bama/VT, CPU Virginia tech is returning a kickoff, dude gets tackled but he was on top of one of the bama players, pulled a dyer, got up and ran a couple extra feet. never seen that in a game before. Impressed

[The_Rick_14]

Quote: Originally Posted by AirLobo23

I was defending a screen pass and the cpu's offensive lineman was an illegal man downfield and it wasn't called. I was actually shocked and i thought it was just a really fat receiver and i was trying to cover him. Never saw that before. Would have been awesome if there was a penalty called. The QB still had the ball

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it only illegal man downfield if the ball is thrown past the line of scrimmage? As far as I know, lineman can go downfield and even engage as long as the ball is caught behind the line of scrimmage.

[BigDofBA]

The game is improved but essentially the same.

I think a lot of the "fluff" makes people feel like it's completely different after like 20 minutes of play. When I'm saying fluff, I'm talking about things like new menus, a few new celebrations, and a few added cut scenes. You guys know what I'm talking about, it's the main things they update each year that add little to the game.

The line plays slightly better and tackles look slightly better but I thought we would be a lot further after 7-8 years on this system.

I really hope Xbox 4 doesn't play out like the Xbox 360 did. The first installment on the 360 was stripped down and most of the stadiums weren't even in the game. It wasn't until like the 4th or 5th year until we go Bowl art, patches, stadiums, etc. back into the game. THINGS THAT WERE IN 13 YEARS AGO. Then it was marketed like some addition to the game.

Oh well. It's just a more polished game from last year which is essentially what the last 4-5 installments have been.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by cparrish

If you are looking for a serious challenge, play the game with some tough sliders on the zoom cam. Wow, passing is tough!

Is the Zoom camera different from Madden's? I thought Madden was a little too tight, so hoping NCAA's is pulled back just a tad from that.