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NCAA Football 10 Review

01:00 AM - July 14, 2009 by RaychelSnr

If I told you Michael Myers and Halloween have a lot in common with EA Sports NCAA Football, you’d probably tell me I was crazy.

However, at a closer glance, they are more alike than you may realize. Both series have resorted to the same philosophy of not straying too far off of the formula which worked to originally elevate each franchise. Unfortunately, that philosophy of sticking close to an established formula tends to have a limited lifespan before a series becomes stale, and NCAA Football is dangerously close to that point.

The approach to the NCAA Football series has been relatively the same since NCAA Football 99, with only incremental improvements each year building on top of the previous package. However, just as with Halloween, the core tenets of the series have remained the same to solid financial success. But just as with Halloween, the same act seems to be getting tired.

NCAA Football 10 isn’t a bad game by any means, but the game represents only a marginal upgrade over last year's title overall, which leaves you wondering if we'll ever see a truly great NCAA Football anytime soon.

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Game: NCAA Football 10Reader Score: 6.5/10 - Vote Now
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# 121 Swanison @ 07/16/09 11:37 PM

whoever thimks this game is a 9 or 9.5 is not thinking clearly. if they brought presentation into the game it would be a 6 or 6.5 at best not 9.5. i got this game so i could transfer my superstar into madden and since i get 40 dollars off madden when i trade this game in i thought it was a good deal to have ncaa 10 for a month for 20 bucks. barely playing it i see the 4 improvements theyve made but there is so much wrong with the game its not worth it even if you love college football.

offensive line is so poor and the ai is so bad it ruins the game. for some reason the c blocks the de a lot while the lg and lt blocks no one when they should help stop the RE who is in the backfield everytime. they attempted at a pocket except evertime i step into it my ol stop blocking. so now i cant scramble bec my line wont block there assignments and i cant throw to medium size route WR bec i dont have time. the only pass i complete is the slant but if they press him my reciever will change his route. the only way i get my pass off is when the qb breaks the first tackle which i cant even control.why is there no qb avoidance stick like there used to be. with the new wr db jostle reciecers are never open and suck at running there route. my incomplete passes are only drops either by wr or db. why is there never an overthrow or underthrow based on how much pressure they put on you, only drops. they made it so the ai is smarter on the option which now means you wont get the big play a lot more which is good but since your lineman are stupid and wont seal there guys in the option will never work. running isnt even fun bec the ol wont block according to the the play. they dont even attempt to make a hole, seal, double, and you dont have any conrol on what you want them to do except tell them to be aggressive. all that does is get holding calls and sometimes they wont even engage with the defender so how could they hold the block longer if they dont even attempt to block him. the play choices are the same thing once again and there is no variety in the playbooks and i know in real college football each team isnt the same. also each team plays exactly the same and doesnt play to there styles or go to there impact players

so thats just offense and defense has just as many problems that i dont have time to get into. its way better this year but unless they change the ai or the playbooks it will always be the same. road to glory is cool with kirk herbstriet and erin andrews but the menus are disorganized and my coaches suck. they call a screen every other play and pa when we are backed up to the one. i dont want to audible to pass everytime, but when you call runs on 3rd and 7, pa before you run, and when i do run my rb gets a loss everytime i have no choice. online suks bec evertime im about to win a game they pull the cord and the connection gets lost so i dont get a win. ive played 7 games and im 0-1. i should be 6-1. seriously 6 people are going to cheat so they dot get a loss. just play the game and take a loss like a man, i took mine. online dynasty is cool but i wont even have time to do that or season showdown.

ea instead of focusing all your time on teambuilder which you already had and took out on next gens focus on gameplay. after you get gameplay engines thtat make the football real focus on a smart ai that plays based on there style and how you play. then put lots of coaching options(they did good job except not enough) that let you control all the aspects of the game. now that you have the gameplay focus on your motto "its in the game" and put all college atmosphere and college football presentations into the game to try to show the emotion and excitement of college football. after gameplay and presentation then you focus on extra gamemodes such as road to glory and online dynasty.

# 122 cepwin @ 07/17/09 01:53 AM

I wasn't as bothered by the presentation as was Chris. However, I thought it was an excellent and balanced review. Chris obviously put in a fair amount of time looking at all the features and evaluating them. I agree that the gameplay is improved from 09 and I personally thought the animations were as well. I like the new strategy selection although I have to learn more about it. Thanks again Chris for your review!

# 123 RamzaLugria @ 07/17/09 08:58 PM

Nice Review. I'm still on the fence about this game.
I'm getting the feeling NCAA could use an overhaul, like NHL and FIFA have done in recent years.

# 124 JAYMO76 @ 07/19/09 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by fistofrage


	Thats MMChris's logic though. He stated that he took last years score into consideration. And because I believe that OS inflated scores in the past, he had to give it a good score because its marginally better than 2009. Had they rated 2008 4.5 and 2009 a 5 like it deserved, they would have had the ability to rate this a 6 or 6.5 where it belongs. So unless this series gets worse and lord we all hope it doesn't, it will have at minimum an 8 going forward based on the stated criteria.

Faulty logic... when a game only makes marginal gains over a four year period at some point the numbers have to come down. You can only play the same game so many times before the appeal is lost.

# 125 tbach @ 07/20/09 01:17 AM

Good review, but I don't feel that your ratings matched the review well enough. should be lower IMO.

# 126 wisecav @ 07/22/09 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by True Blue Titan


	Best Gameplay of this gen? thats scary

It's the best college football game out right now.

# 127 $NevaBroke$ @ 07/22/09 01:55 PM

Not the best, but is the only college football out to date. It's almost like the developers who make this game don't test the game and have meetings on the pros and cons before releasing it. Too much patching and promises of what we should get out of a $60 game out the box. This is the first year I am actually looking forward to Madden release.

# 128 fistofrage @ 07/22/09 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by JAYMO76


	Faulty logic... when a game only makes marginal gains over a four year period at some point the numbers have to come down. You can only play the same game so many times before the appeal is lost.

I would agree with this. If you put it into monetary terms, there is no way we got $60 worth of improvement over last year. Maybe thats how we should look at it. Too subjective, I know. But I agree with you marginal improvemnet along with broken progression along with shipping with broken sliders, probably shouldn't warrant the score it got.

# 129 Hells6Angel66 @ 07/23/09 02:31 AM

y do u guys even have a PS3 an xbox 360 is by far better!

# 130 lazerROOSTER @ 07/23/09 06:31 AM

not a fan of this game. had high expectations and it hasn't come close to meeting them. I just hope some day that developers of this game will actually take the time to make it good and not just use all their time on Madden, but I do love Madden.

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