NCAA Football 14 Impressions Thread

[kc10785]

Quote: Originally Posted by fsufan4423

I can't figure it out. I can't stop playing this game even though I want to.

This comment sums it up for me. I want to stop playing but I can't. Maybe because I stop playing Madden in January and traded in NCAA after 2 weeks because I hated it. I guess im fiending at this point but I know the buzz is going to die down and the glitch and cheese is going to get to me


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[Gotmadskillzson]

Just played a test dynasty game. Saying they made recruiting deeper is a great understatement. Going to be a while before I master this skills tree thing they have in there. I just glimpsed over it and was thinking hmmm what is this and what does what ? LOL

Then as you are playing the game, a sentence will appear on the screen saying blah blah blah skill activated. That was another what the hell is this moment I had. Didn't seem to make the players play better though. So it seems it is just window dressing with no real effect on players.

Big games in dynasty don't feel big at all. Don't matter who is playing, the level of excitement is still the same. They need to fix that. Crowd shouldn't be sounding the same as when you are playing a FCS team when you are playing your rival in the game of the week. For next year I hope they add Game Day pre-game for dynasty along with a post game show.

All in all I am just waiting for the named rosters to come out.

[BenGerman]

Couple of things I've noticed:

- The CPU Punter seemingly has no awareness. They just punt the ball right through the endzone.
- Special teams is slightly better in regards to blocking kicks. I had one blocked in the demo, and have had numerous close calls. Still not where it needs to be, but I trust it will be revamped for next-gen.

[Ferweezy]

Quote: Originally Posted by schmit_95

Downloaded the early release, played it for about an hour. Blocking is better, running is different, passing and defense feel almost the same as last year. 2 impressions to make. first, this is the best playing NCAA of this generation. That being said my second impression is, its so ungodly boring its not even funny. The NCAA and Madden teams are definitely making the right moves gameplay wise, but my oh my is this game insufferably boring. And by boring I mean there is almost zero immersion for me. The presentation is so bland, the atmosphere is so untouched from 6-7 years ago its hard for me to get through a game. Gameplay wise, great steps forward. Presentation and immersion, they really need to step up in this aspect.

Exactly!! I find it extremely difficult to get immersed to this, because it feels the same like past years and they couldn't do anything to fix it this gen, and quite frankly. I have no faith in them for next-gen.

[jeremym480]

Just played with BenGerman's sliders that he posted a while back.

TCU (me) vs Oklahoma St. I finally got my first win, 31-24. I ended up with 423 total yards and the CPU had 386. 318 of those passing. Their QB's accuracy was definitely more hit and miss. Their starter was 17-34 for 224 yards, 2 TDs and 1INT and their backup was 4-8 for 94 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT. There was certainly more erratic throws on AA than on Heisman and of course they threw some absolute darts too. I saved some replays that I will post in the highlight thread later.

Their running game was hard to judge, as their RB had only 5 carries for 30 yards. I'm looking forward to playing GT again with these. Good job, Ben.

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[Ro Da Truth]

Gameplay is good but the hit sticks are weak!

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ro Da Truth

Gameplay is good but the hit sticks are weak!

Well EA has made some progress then!

[Pappy Knuckles]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ro Da Truth

Gameplay is good but the hit sticks are weak!

I don't know man. I've had some sick hit stick tackles that sent the ball flying. I do like that there's a risk/reward and it's not overdone though. I've whiffed plenty of times trying to go for the big hit and I've also bounced off of guys too. I've found that I'm usually better off just going for a regular tackles unless I know for sure that I'm squared up.