NCAA Football 14 Impressions Thread

[Cardot]

Quote: Originally Posted by AUChase

I kicked two field goals from inside my own 5 yard line.

Whoa, 112 yard kicks? Now that is a boot.

[johnnyg83]

Played my first five franchise games (AA, no sliders, both sides) last night. I'm really digging it. Have not recruited at all.

I'll echo a lot of what's been said.

Pros:

- cuts
- on field graphics are better
- I think passing is challenging

Cons

-QB accuracy is too high
-not enough fumbles
-replays (bad angles too often, sometimes no replay after scoring)
-presentation lacking
-money plays
-momentum sometimes inappropriate (receiver comes back to catch a screen pass and by the time you right momentum and head upfield it takes forever and results in a loss)
- lots of 3rd and longs converted by AI

[AUChase]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cardot

Whoa, 112 yard kicks? Now that is a boot.

lol. I guess I should have fixed that typo

[The JareBear]

Quote: Originally Posted by johnnyg83

Played my first five franchise games (AA, no sliders, both sides) last night. I'm really digging it. Have not recruited at all. I'll echo a lot of what's been said. Pros: - cuts - on field graphics are better - I think passing is challenging Cons -QB accuracy is too high -not enough fumbles -replays (bad angles too often, sometimes no replay after scoring) -presentation lacking -money plays -momentum sometimes inappropriate (receiver comes back to catch a screen pass and by the time you right momentum and head upfield it takes forever and results in a loss) - lots of 3rd and longs converted by AI

Not to be a jerk, but four of your cons are easily fixed with sliders.

I feel a lot of people are taking this stubborn approach and have this kinda "default should be perfect, shame on EA" kinda deal. Should default play better than it does? Yeah. Just look at The Show. That being said, a good slider set makes this thing really shine. I'm having more fun offline than I've had since NCAA 06

[johnnyg83]

Quote: Originally Posted by jaredlib

Not to be a jerk, but four of your cons are easily fixed with sliders. I feel a lot of people are taking this stubborn approach and have this kinda "default should be perfect, shame on EA" kinda deal. Should default play better than it does? Yeah. Just look at The Show. That being said, a good slider set makes this thing really shine. I'm having more fun offline than I've had since NCAA 06

You're no jerk. But me neither, I'm just posting my observations of the game BEFORE hitting the sliders. I love it even with those CONS so I'm excited to "tune it up."

[Papi34]

Like I said, this year definitely seems to be a glass half full or empty kind of thing. I'm in the half full camp for sure. Yes, there's still a lot of things wrong, but EA have done enough to keep my attention without getting distracted by these things like I usually do. I just played the best game of NCAA for me ever, since 2005, with the OS/Playmaker sliders.

The uni degradation works, the option works, the animations now work, the cutscenes flow better, etc, etc. Yes there's some issues that shouldn't still be here and it's a crime it's taken this long to get here, but credit where it's due. EA have made a fun college football game, albeit five or six years too late.

My last game was Georgia @ Clemson under the lights in week 1. The first quarter was an offensive show, which Brad and Kirk picked up on, before two quarters of defense. I was playing as Clemson and had plenty of chances to take the game and was driving for four possessions in a row, but each ended in an interception (totally my fault each time).
With two minutes left in the 4th UGA scored a TD, but I was able to drive right back and tie up the game. I even had a chance to win it as time expired with a FG, but UGA used the ice the kicker skill and it threw me. I missed a thirty yarder and we were headed for OT. UGA scored a TD on the first possession and I threw another INT so UGA took the game.
Throughout it there was so many moments that made me think "Wow, that's just like a real game" instead of the usual "WTF!" feeling when the CPU does something totally unrealistic.
So not a perfect game, but certainly the best fun I've had since NCAA 06.

Think positive dudes!

[steviewonder1388]

I'm in year three of my dynasty as an offensive coordinator and this is the most fun I've had with an NCAA game in a long time. I really like that the new recruiting system is much faster so you don't have to spend such a huge amount of time recruiting each week.

There are a couple of things that I find annoying, but they really aren't that big of a deal. The first thing is the shoe-string tackles. I realize that they happen fairly often in real life, but I just hate the way that they work. I'll be running away from a defensive lineman with my running back who is significantly faster and he'll dive like 5 yards to make the tackle. It seems like the shoe-string tackles allow the defense to make tackles in situations where there really is very little chance that it would occur.

The other thing, and this is pretty minor, is the way that the players behave in the cutscenes following a play. I can be winning a game by 40 points, but if the defense makes a tackle for loss their players often celebrate like it actually matters. I've also seen a few occasions where my opponents calls a timeout and it then cuts to a clip of my coach calling a timeout. My favorite though had to be when my players started celebrating after we had just lost a fumble. Like I said, no big deal, but it's just kinda dumb to see players celebrating when they're getting their asses handed to them.

Overall though, this game is a big improvement in my opinion.

[baccVols]

i love this game... thats all