NCAA Football 14 Impressions Thread

[Earl1963]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tyler_Bullard

I just started my dynasty with Florida...And wow what a fun game this is,It just feels so much better.

Started my franchise last night as well. I don't care what the haters say, this game is amazing to me.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by FLIGHTWHITE

DJ leave the PS3 in the wrap and returrn it. Yes it plays fine but pales in comparison to the 360 version performance wise. This is just my opinion Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

While I have heard about the issues, I'll open the game. I got the game for both systems because, like last night, my wife watches TV in the room where my PS3 is hooked up, so it's nice to have the option to play on my 360 during The Bachelorette or whatever it is she watches.

[AUChase]

I said I wasn't going to buy another NCAA early again, but I played the Demo a week ago or so and was impressed with some of the things I saw.

I've been playing on PS1, PS2, PS3 since the late 90's and this is the first year I decided to purchase an NCAA game for my 360.

I played four games last night. I'll preface this by saying that I try to focus on positives. I'm only 23, but I don't have enough free time to sit and nit pick every little thing about a VIDEO GAME. I try to look for if a game is fun and then go from there.

Georgia at Auburn (Play Now, Heisman)

Illinois at Navy (OC Dynasty, Heisman)

Navy at Iowa (OC Dynasty, Heisman)

Western Kentucky at Navy (OC Dynasty, Heisman)

I won all 4 games, but they all felt like four completely different games. The game is just a lot of fun. I haven't been in this forum much lately so I don't know if the norm is to be positive or negative, but there's nothing I've spotted so far to make me feel otherwise.

Defensive backs play the short curl routes better and in general they are more active at swatting balls and getting back into position when receivers put a move on them.

Running backs fight, even when going to the ground. I rolled off a defensive lineman and back to my feet to scamper for another 15 yards last night. It was very much like Mike Dyer in the 2010 NC.

The offensive/defensive linemen are some of the best I've seen so far.

I could go on for a while, but in short, the game is a lot of fun and I was seriously considering using some sick time for work and not coming in today. I woke up itching to get back into my Navy OC Dynasty.

The recruiting is very streamlined and I love that. I have to get a lot of my gaming in late at night and recruiting in between games could be a serious snoozer. Now I can follow it as if I'm a fan of my own team, but also be in control of the direction that we are recruiting. I'm in favor of any changes that help get me back on the field and spend less time looking through countless menus and meaningless statistics. I'm also glad the shortened the offseason. Things like this should really make things better for Online Dynasty players too.

David Pollack is a very welcome addition. At this point in time, I barely pay attention to in game commentary anyways so I don't even know what's going on with Herbstreit and Nessler (too bad we can't get Musburger commenting on attractive women, right ? )

Look at me go. I said I was done and I just kept on rambling. One last thing and I'll be done:

Nick Marshall isn't listed on Auburn's depth chart, so the game is broken and I'm e-mailing EA as we speak since my Gamestop won't give me a refund.

[Flightwhite24]

I think the biggest issue I'm having is the non-existent HOLDING CALLS. This has to be addressed.

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[AUChase]

Lack of penalties does suck. I might have seen one flag thrown in all of those games. I saw someone on Twitter say they witnessed an offensive pass interference. I'm always afraid to mess with penalty sliders, but I may consider.

I'm just reallly happy to have additional running plays and formations from the gun. I always tried running a Malzahn like system in the past and either the playbook was extremely limited or my running backs were glued to offensive tackles on any play not called a HB Draw.

The speed burst addition is legit. Now you can actually run toss/pitch plays from the shotgun and get to the outside with a speed back.

[illini4life]

I'm really enjoying the game so far. IE 2.0 is amazing! They just need to tighten up online servers for ps3. I've played 7 online games and 3 of them had a dropped connection.

[BenGerman]

If a patch addressed tightening up zones a little bit, adding more fumbles, and fixed penalties, I'd argue this to be one of the best football gaming experiences ever.

[tyberious4now]

Quote: Originally Posted by BenGerman

If a patch addressed tightening up zones a little bit, adding more fumbles, and fixed penalties, I'd argue this to be one of the best football gaming experiences ever.

Also CPU run defense needs to be tighter.....Human rush is too easy even with lower sliders!