NCAA Football 14 Impressions Thread

[iceicethatguy13]

Anybody else getting the top 100 to be full of Athletes and WR's?

[blackngoldfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Armor & Sword

Intellvision NFL Football and MLB Baseball as well as boxing. Atari 2600 Real Sports Football and Baseball. Dude....todays sports games rule!!!!!

As it may be true that today's games are very good, the old games were FUN FUN FUN!!! Pick your team. Red or Blue. That was it. As things get more realistic, there's more complaining and less playing. "He doesn't throw like that!!" "They messed up the scoreboard AGAIN!!" Blah Blah Blah... Back in the 80's, the only thing I worried about was finding a HUMAN opponent because there was no option to play vs. CPU. Lol

[XxJustAguessxX]

Quote: Originally Posted by BroMontana82

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.

Idk, they've opened Pandora's box. There is too much going on.

[Fist Of Kings]

This game hasn't left a favorable impression on me and I haven't played yet. One thing I like doing in sports games is watch the ai play. After someone scores a TD, the players just stand there like zombies or the ball once on the ground just slides towards the sideline. As I'm typing this there's 3 players just standing in the endzone. I think glitches like this and the goofy post play interactions are why replays are so close up and short.

And like Madden 13, I've seen mostly 1 on 1 tackles, big tight ends tossed like a ragdoll by dbs. I don't know if this is because I'm watching instead of playing, but it looks like all of these qbs scramble and every team constantly runs no huddle. The dead sideline not reacting to anything on the field, same boring commentary, same cutscenes often showed that I remember playing NCAA 12, and silent crowd makes me feel like gamespot's 6 rating was deserved.

[josh1559]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fist Of Kings

This game hasn't left a favorable impression on me and I haven't played yet. One thing I like doing in sports games is watch the ai play. After someone scores a TD, the players just stand there like zombies or the ball once on the ground just slides towards the sideline. As I'm typing this there's 3 players just standing in the endzone. I think glitches like this and the goofy post play interactions are why replays are so close up and short.

I have always hated inanimate, boring sideline and player behavior between fields on these games, but I've just accepted it and try to block that out and use my imagination. I know what it is like when Auburn scores a huge TD in a big game and that is what is going through my head when it happens. That is why I am pretty excited for this year's game so far. I haven't played it a ton, but from what I have played I'm really enjoying the gameplay.

Anyway, different stuff works for different people, I wouldn't count on that getting changed in a patch though.

[12]

First time in about 15 years that I haven't bought this game on release day.

It did nothing for me last year... I bought it and played maybe five or six times total and then kicked myself for buying it again. I was actually able to hold out this year and I am glad I did. The thing is, the game might be fun to play for a week or two. I can look past some of the past bugs and glitches for a time before they just overtake the overall gaming experience. It's always just a matter of time and I have been a huge supporter of this title since 1996 or 1997 (maybe even longer).

Some of the things that the masses have asked to be fixed have been ignored and that is unforgivable to me. I am glad so many folks are having fun with the game, though. It's just not for me until EA goes in a completely different direction.

I hope to see this title on the next consoles, because I do feel like it can be amazingly great with the right development team.

[AUsouthpaw2013]

The Good

-New collision engine is nice. No more suction is great.
-Nike tutorials are fun and educational.
-Ultimate Team.
-Option tooltips are good.
-"Leading the receiver" feature works well.

The Bad

-Horrendous lag at times online. I've played several slide show games. Very frustrating.
-Defense is worthless. Zone is back to being complete garbage. Some of the time defenders won't even make a play on the ball despite real chances at interceptions or breaking up the pass. Man to man gets beat by back shoulder fades, comeback routes, and more than three guys in the pattern about 80% of the time.
-Run blocking schemes are waaaaaaaay overpowered. 75% of option plays go for big gains if you make the correct decision. Regular run plays are stupidly strong too. I just played a Miami guy, and he literally ran four unique runs the entire game. When I caught on to what he was doing, I would sell out to the correct side, shift the line, angle the line's crash direction, and blitz the linebackers. I was lucky if he got less than five yards. Running is just so powerful it's gamebreaking, and it takes no skill at all to run the same play in the same formation 25 times in a game and put up 40 points because no amount of blitzing and pre-snap finagling can stop it. I'm going to play an all run game tomorrow to see if you can win without passing. I'm willing to bet that you can.
-Online bug where wins aren't added despite choosing to "count the game" after a disconnect or a rage quit when leading. I've had three people rage quit because they were losing, zero wins to show for it.

Have Not Tried

-Dynasty
-Road to Glory

[johnnyg83]

Quote: Originally Posted by blackngoldfan

As it may be true that today's games are very good, the old games were FUN FUN FUN!!! Pick your team. Red or Blue. That was it. As things get more realistic, there's more complaining and less playing. "He doesn't throw like that!!" "They messed up the scoreboard AGAIN!!" Blah Blah Blah... Back in the 80's, the only thing I worried about was finding a HUMAN opponent because there was no option to play vs. CPU. Lol

Ever gone back and played any of them? They don't age very well.