NCAA Football 14 Impressions Thread

[pmurray20]

3 ultimate team games 3 people quit on me in a row after the kickoff and I don't get anything for it. What a waste of time

[DetroitStyle]

Just got the game today and have to say the most glaring impression is the ungodly lag for selecting a play. It lags when choosing a play and it lags to get the play call screen to appear. There's also some stuttering at the end of each play. This occurred in 12 but it was never this pronounced. It's just not smooth at all.

[prototype561]

Quote: Originally Posted by DetroitStyle

Just got the game today and have to say the most glaring impression is the ungodly lag for selecting a play. It lags when choosing a play and it lags to get the play call screen to appear. There's also some stuttering at the end of each play. This occurred in 12 but it was never this pronounced. It's just not smooth at all.

This is the main thing I want fixed, kills the defense, if they fix this I'm good to go, I got bad feeling this won't be addressed until August.

[jaiel26]

The worst thing about this game is that your assistant coaches seem to get hired damn near every offseason, and you don't have the ability to to choose your coordinators..

[YungThugga08]

I just ran a CPU vs CPU game, Florida State at Arkansas. All-American. Arkansas won 35-0.

The stats make me go O_o..

Florida State - Arkansas
Total offense 147 - 437
Rushes 24-58-0 - 17-87-1
Passing 10-11-0 - 22-26-4
Pass yards 89 - 350

Now.. tell me something ain't up with that..

[Rivals]

First impression was that the grass looked like something out of a Super Mario Brother's game. That was literally the first thing I saw and shook my head at. I do like the feel of this year game. The momentum when running is better on offense. But it's hard to get past the blotchy looking graphics. Unfortunately, I then popped into the team management to find that there have been no upgrades to player equipment. Shameful. I didn't buy the game last year, and now I remember why. The gimmicks in this franchise outweigh the improvements toward simulation football.

[BlackBetty15]

So here is my impression with 14 thus far after playing a variety of exhibition games.

Graphics D
Well, this game won't be winning any awards and def not on the ps3. Grainy textures and overall stadiums just look bad more often than not. More so in the initial game fly by. Everyone knows how I feel about the models. In an era where nba2k, FIFA, NHL, madden, the show and UFC all look amazing I find it very hard that this team couldn't ever do the same. Bad leadership equals poor performance by employees and results in a bad product from an artistical standpoint.

Gameplay A
At first I was seriously on the fence due to all the negativity about defense so I will start there. While EA NEEDS to tighten up the safety play and the aggressive CPU setting on their gameplay in regards to coverage, this area is def fun as it simply made me adjust how I play the game and now I play as the safety which is a game changer by mistake. I have a blast and the front four do their job just fine if I make the right call. So while there does need to be a patch, this is def not a game breaker and I am Gavin loads of fun on the D side of the ball. Won't go into to much here but believe me with the hits and ballhawks feature, your actually gonna have to play your butt off to hold the CPU which is fine by me. Offense...how I love you. Playing as TCU VS TENN was a true riot. Paschall is a beast and when #22 took a pistol left power I pulled off this Texas two step cut that had me replaying that baby for a hot minute. There is a lag in the no huddle but its not overwhelming Unless your the guy who requires a long stinking time to know what play you want to run and in that Caaba no huddle offense shouldn't be your cup of tea in the first place. Lots of good here and it's a blast to perform the moves. Special teams...this are needs a ton of work all for the reasons I have sounded off on numerous times.

Overall

This a good game that any college fan should pick up. Its a great game of football that has it good share of issues. But like a bunch of folks have said its for the most part patch able and take the game for what it is. If your on the fence like I was, just get it if you can as a great game of football to hold you over until madden...if you can get either one or the other, just wait

[BroMontana82]

Quote: Originally Posted by XxJustAguessxX

Ummmm I have a copy non-season ticket and as far as the assist tackle goes, the CPU had none and I had 3 three 3 different players. I'm playing my 2nd game, let me check now. I'm at halftime, I'm using the hurricanes and the CPU is Virginia tech. I have 4 at the half and v.tech has 0.

so if 1 guys tackle someone, do both players at least get credit for 1 tackle? or will tackle stats be off for manually controlled players.