NCAA Football 14 Impressions Thread

[Swamp Swagger]

The new O-Line play is just so sweet as it actually matters about ratings this year.

I've been testing things in practice and when you put a random low rated player to block at any of the line positions you will see he easily gets beat and pushed backwards on a constant basis. Put you're regular stater back in and watch as he actually can handle his block

It works for either tackle position and is again awesome

[ncaafootball14markus]

Quote: Originally Posted by rawls420

This right chur needs to be patched. Never seen so many white WR’s and RB’s b4 in an ncaa game. LOL. Its crazy. Every team has at least a couple, and the last recruiting class I had, the top rb and wr were both white. 3 of the 5 5 star rb prospects were white. Cmon now. Cats named obidah with 99 speed and white dudes with last names like Muhammad… I just wonder why? Its laughable really. I used to really enjoy finding that rare white wr or rb. Hell, most of the time I had to change someone position or use an athlete to get one. Now they’re everywhere. Takes the fun out of it. Btw --- you had the urge to create a league full of white wr’s and rb’s but a brotha still can’t get a Samoan? Really?

Omg! I cant stand seeing a white player named delvin muhammad, or a black player named Dick Thumberpatch. And ur right... Not enough samoans in the game.

[TheOncomingStorm]

Apologies in advance, I am writing this at 2am, on very little sleep, so I might type some incoherent rambling.

After playing NCAA 14 for the better part of the previous 36 hours, I absolutely love the game, much more than 13. It's not flawless, but it's a decent improvement over the series on the current console generation.

Pros:
Infinity Engine: Not much to say here, RTP is finally here and it's thankfully a bit toned down from it's Madden debut last year.

Presentation Upgrades: Although the commentary needs to be redone, I liked the presentation upgrades this year. The simplified, tile themed menus are easier and quicker to navigate through. I like the pre-game and halftime shows. The statements and observations are incredibly generic (especially for the half time show), but at least there seems to be a large variety of generic observations. Nevertheless, I found myself not skipping through the pre-game and post-game shows. I also liked the new, dramatic style game intros, that really are different for each game. My one disappointment with the new intros is that while they reflect conference games, top 25 games, and rivalries, they don't have any special text for the Bowl games.

Coach Skills: Good RPG system, other people have already pointed out why it's fun, I'm not going to tread water.

Recruiting: Sure, the new recruiting system is fun, but the aspect I am most appreciative about is one I have not seen mentioned here yet: We finally have something close to the National Signing Day experience. NSD is great in reality. It's dramatic, unpredictable, lots of flipping and flopping. Thankfully, by giving us just one week of recruiting in the offseason, and 10,000+ points to spend, NCAA 14 has given us the NSD experience, something I have been wanting for years.

The Music: Last year, Madden 13 decided to forgo EA Tracks and include it's own custom orchestra score. I loved it. I'm glad to see that NCAA 14 has it's own musical score.


Cons:

It's Soulless: As many have already mentioned, the game feels lifeless. The crowds have nothing to do now. The crowds in these games used to be full of life. In NCAA's 10-12, the people in the crowd had distinct models, and they were always moving. Last year's edition took a huge step back, and I'm sad that it's even worse now.

The American: I can't really hold this against the game or EA, since the game had to meet a deadline, but the American Athletic Conference is not fully in the game's presentation. I am positive this will be fixed with a patch though.


Overall, I have no idea why GameSpot rated this game so low. Personally, I feel it is the best in this generation of consoles (having said that, NCAA 06 on the PS2 still reins supreme).

[thinkjoey]

I have only had encroachment on the offense penalties...ah also one late hit on the QB

those were early games...so less than 5 penalties total when i played the entire season on 5 min quarters.

As for recruiting goes...i am the offensive coordinator (Might have something to do with less penalties since i do not play defense)...

Anywho...Is there any way to give promises? I know it is an option in this years game like last year...but i am not seeing it. Only scholarship and work up to a visit

Anyone?


------you can view your promises in team management...but still nothing on how to give them
Might have something to do with my lack of experience playing this game series though

[Chedapalooza]

Some impressions through 4 games- screens are called too often on third downs. Next to NO penalties called aside from roughing passer when it's set to 55. No other penalties called yet beside one face mask in one game

[Chedapalooza]

Another impression- very rarely do u read to GIVE on a read option. It's usually 99% a keep for the QB and there's huge running lanes...

[HozAndMoose]

IE 2.0 + 55 on the roughing the passer slider =Flop City

[Chedapalooza]

After a fair amount if scoring plays, the camera just fixates on the ball in the endzone. No celebration or replay or anything..