NCAA Football 14 Impressions Thread

[leo2k2ndc]

I spent 40 mins just going through all the settings... It was fun

[Earl1963]

I'm having a lot of fun with NCAA 14, it's by far the best version this gen. (PS3)

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Runs and looks great in 1080p
Infinity Engine
Lots of new option plays
Left stick jukes are awesome
Foot planting makes changing directions look more believable
Improved graphics and colors and lighting

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I'm not going to get into the negatives because I don't want anything bringing me down from my natural high.

9/10

[Gronk4M13]

I've only played Road to Glory and Dynasty so far, but from what I've seen, this game is great. The gameplay is awesome; I've seen several HB stumble recoveries result in yards gained on the play. The new hit stick animations are nasty, in a good way. The way the camera changes during an interception is cool, better than Madden. So far, I really like this game. I'll be trying Ultimate Team and online play later today.

[SteelerSpartan]

Man, once again You can't set default playbooks to teams.

You'll have to use the 2 controller method

[fistofrage]

Unfortunately, this game has the same issues as last year in some areas.

1. Field Goal accuracy slider does not work at all for human. Put it at 0 on any level and every kick goes right down the pipe. College kickers are not all 100% accurate all of the time. Takes a ton of suspense and excitement away from close games.
2. Lack of fumbles.
3. DB issues still persist on higher levels.
4. AI QB is Robo on Heisman. Doesn't matter what you do with the sliders. Dead accurate on almost every throw.
5. Notre Dames helmets and some other golden helmets still look like they dipped them in chocolate milk before they play night games.

These would be seemingly easy fixes, but the programmers refuse to make the sliders work.

[DetroitStyle]

Honestly though, at release this is one of the best NCAA to date. While there are problems, including legacy issues, out of the box it's pretty tight. We haven't even had a patch yet. I know previous NCAA's included the beloved NCAA 11 had like 4 patches to address some serious issues. This title might only need 1 or 2 fully featured patches to be near perfect as long as they include the most talked about issues.

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by DetroitStyle

Honestly though, at release this is one of the best NCAA to date. While there are problems, including legacy issues, out of the box it's pretty tight. We haven't even had a patch yet. I know previous NCAA's included the beloved NCAA 11 had like 4 patches to address some serious issues. This title might only need 1 or 2 fully featured patches to be near perfect as long as they include the most talked about issues.

There is little hope that patches this year will fix anything that has been as issue in the past editions. If they intended on fixing those items, it would have happened before release. The biggest issue for me are the auto human FG's and lack of fumbles.

Field goal innacuracy and fumbles play a huge role in the college game in real life, and its been neglected for a few years now in this game.

[mebby]

Quote: Originally Posted by fistofrage

Unfortunately, this game has the same issues as last year in some areas. 1. Field Goal accuracy slider does not work at all for human. Put it at 0 on any level and every kick goes right down the pipe. College kickers are not all 100% accurate all of the time. Takes a ton of suspense and excitement away from close games. 2. Lack of fumbles. 3. DB issues still persist on higher levels. 4. AI QB is Robo on Heisman. Doesn't matter what you do with the sliders. Dead accurate on almost every throw. 5. Notre Dames helmets and some other golden helmets still look like they dipped them in chocolate milk before they play night games. These would be seemingly easy fixes, but the programmers refuse to make the sliders work.

Really? I've got my CPU and Human QBA set to 5 and I see PLENTY of bad throws. Now if the QB has all day behind the line and his WR is wide open then he SHOULD be accurate.