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NCAA Basketball 2010 Review

01:12 PM - November 20, 2009 by RaychelSnr

No franchise was more in need of a makeover last fall than EA's (formerly known as) March Madness series. The crescendo of the franchise's downfall came with March Madness 08, which turned out to be the equivalent of a number 16 seed after the first day of the NCAA Tournament -- routed by a vastly superior opponent and lucky to even have been invited to the big dance. Thankfully, EA listened to the criticism leveled at the March Madness series and decided to start from scratch. The result was NCAA Basketball 09.

NCAA Basketball 09 corrected many of the nagging issues from the March Madness series and implemented a core experience that could be built upon in future iterations of the series. While the game was ultimately crippled by some annoying bugs (for example, playing zone against the CPU would force an ungodly amount of turnovers) and a lackluster dynasty mode, the overall game was a very solid Freshman effort by EA. 2008 marked the year that the developers at EA once again made their college basketball offering relevant.

And now with the first week of college basketball upon us, it is only natural that EA has released NCAA Basketball 10. Touting revolutionary television presentation, an all-new motion offense mechanic and yearly team and player "dynamic" updates, NCAA Basketball 10 is ready to up the tempo and try to run all other 2009 hoops competition out of the gym.

So is the game ready to ascend to the level of a UNC, UCLA and Michigan State, or is NCAA 10's bubble going to burst well before March?

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# 81 Skyboxer @ 11/21/09 12:30 PM

At 60.00 a pop you can bet your sweet a$$ I'll base a lot on the demo...
For me at least gone are the days of blindly buying a game because 1: its the only game in town or 2:Hype

Heck I don't even weight a lot into people I used to trust to give a user review as more and more some people are less and less critical due to the stale state the genres have gotten. After so much garbage (NOT saying this game is garbage..just making a point) year after year it seems a lot of people forget what a great game can actually be.....and focus more on if it's a better turd than last year.

# 82 Jason2112 @ 11/21/09 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Court_vision


	Quote: But my biggest gripe with the gameplay deals with animation variety and execution. Every guard seems to have the same dribble animations, all big men have the same post animations and shot animations are extremely generic. Many transitional animations also appear to be missing, leading to some extremely awkward and robotic looking dribble moves, post shots, passes and loose-ball opportunities. That's enough for me to cancel my order. I got really frustrated with LIVE for these reasons... Thanks for the review + thanks to all the fellas who posted impressions and vids. I'm going to pass on this one this season.

That's just basketball man. There really isn't a lot of variety in dribble moves and post moves. Yes, everyone has a hint of different styles and ways of doing things, but there are no 3-handed dribble tricks or post moves in basketball. Very few players in the world can imitate Pistol Pete's ridiculous moves, and I really don't think you would want Eastern Michigan's point guard trying to. The lack of variety is even more true in the college game than in the pros. The foundation of NCAA BBall 10 lies in running the offense and relying on your teammates whereas in the NBA, there is more isolation and one-on-one. All I'm saying is to not cancel your order over "animation variety" because I think you will be very happy when you see how good the off-ball movement is in this game and the new motion offense feature.

# 83 Vechi8 @ 11/21/09 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyboxer


	At 60.00 a pop you can bet your sweet a$$ I'll base a lot on the demo... For me at least gone are the days of blindly buying a game because 1: its the only game in town or 2:Hype Heck I don't even weight a lot into people I used to trust to give a user review as more and more some people are less and less critical due to the stale state the genres have gotten. After so much garbage (NOT saying this game is garbage..just making a point) year after year it seems a lot of people forget what a great game can actually be.....and focus more on if it's a better turd than last year.

I know what you are saying but.. you can not give an assesment to any game via a demo.
In regards to your 2 points, this is not the only game in town. 2k8 still sells new and is the model for progression within the ncaa series. Hype? This game was the most under marketed game that EA has ever published.

Don't discredit what some real smart guys have to say. Because for every positive in this game, you will read fixes that need to be done

# 84 cowboyfann41 @ 11/21/09 12:52 PM

everybody refers back to 2k8,while it was a great cbb game that was 08,alot has changed since then i too hope 2ksports gets back in the cbb game but until such a day comes we all have to play the cards we are dealt. i plan on purchasing the game 2 day.GO CATS.....

# 85 Skyboxer @ 11/21/09 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Vechi8


	I know what you are saying but.. you can not give an assesment to any game via a demo. In regards to your 2 points, this is not the only game in town. 2k8 still sells new and is the model for progression within the ncaa series. Hype? This game was the most under marketed game that EA has ever published. Don't discredit what some real smart guys have to say. Because for every positive in this game, you will read fixes that need to be done

I certainly can give an assesment from a demo because I choose to. Remember I'm talking about ME and my requirements. If the demo is sub par thats a chance the developer makes when releasing it. I know all the bells and whistles aren't there so I solely go off off gameplay. Again I'm not going to make a dent in their $ flow but this is how I choose to do it.
I still own 2K8 so yeah I know there is another game but my point was a lot of players don't have the want or desire to keep playing a 2-3(and growing) year old game and they start settling for the best of the worse new games.

# 86 Vechi8 @ 11/21/09 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyboxer


	I certainly can give an assesment from a demo because I choose to. Remember I'm talking about ME and my requirements. If the demo is sub par thats a chance the developer makes when releasing it. I know all the bells and whistles aren't there so I solely go off off gameplay. Again I'm not going to make a dent in their $ flow but this is how I choose to do it. I still own 2K8 so yeah I know there is another game but my point was a lot of players don't have the want or desire to keep playing a 2-3(and growing) year old game and they start settling for the best of the worse new games.

Fair enough.

# 87 sithlord06 @ 11/21/09 05:28 PM

Its half baked, thats simple and plain, they got the license and did a half job on it. 2K was a better college experience with less glitches. I think NCAA basketball incorporated some nice things with authentic offenses and the CBS integration is great. However, the gameplay is what WINS gamers over and they have not produced a fluid basketball game as of yet.

# 88 funky_chicken @ 11/21/09 05:55 PM

I don't agree with the overall score. The game is lacking in areas and the review is good and telling the things that are wrong. The game is still fun and warrants a bit of a higher score IMO.

# 89 Playmakers @ 11/21/09 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mkharsh33


	I think a "6" is very fair...this game is a nice addition to any college basketball addict's gaming library, who must play a video game that represents the sport. but it's not a well done game at all. i played for the first time last night and the flaws were obvious. there is nothing unfair about the review, and i found myself agreeing with the insights and didn't see anything in the review that i found disagreeable.

Do you think it's worth's like $35 bucks so we can do some rosters?

Or does the gameplay and lack of limited dynasty mode options make it pointless to work or Classic teams?

# 90 Vechi8 @ 11/21/09 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Playmakers


	Do you think it's worth's like $35 bucks so we can do some rosters? Or does the gameplay and lack of limited dynasty mode options make it pointless to work or Classic teams?

I wouldn't waste your team. Hopeless. Go work on sliders somewhere

# 91 RayAllen20 @ 11/22/09 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Playmakers


	Do you think it's worth's like $35 bucks so we can do some rosters? Or does the gameplay and lack of limited dynasty mode options make it pointless to work or Classic teams?

you don't like the gameplay? Just wondering, not going to call you a 2k fanboy or anything like that, but do you play 2k or Live mostly?

Btw I understand that this game deserves a six. And I don't believe in the 'This game improved how could it be lower than last years' statement.' Every year expectations increase and if it doesn't increase by how much we want we lower it. BUT...we need to now lower Maddens and NCAA Football reviews. No way NCAA is much better than this game. Also I really really like the idea of doing a Mid-Season review. Everybody loves a game at first usually, but after a while most games wear out. Only the best (The Show, CH 2K8) don't.

# 92 HustlinOwl @ 11/22/09 12:52 AM

hell this game's shoot around weather effects are better than any football games weather

# 93 mkharsh33 @ 11/22/09 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Playmakers


	Do you think it's worth's like $35 bucks so we can do some rosters? Or does the gameplay and lack of limited dynasty mode options make it pointless to work or Classic teams?

i couldn't even find the classic rosters...are there even any in this year's game? i did them last year for the 360, and it took forever (my son helped me - he's 9 and had fun with this, probably more than i did - LOL!!). there were a lot of mistakes in the older rosters.

i know that you would do an OUTSTANDING job on the classic teams, but there isn't much different about the player styles that makes them separate themselves. as the OS review stated, the player models are much alike (in 3 different sizes: small, medium and tall)...many faces look alike and the style of their unique skills just doesn't have any differentiation. personally, i wouldn't waste time on this if i were you...

honestly, i'm just about ready to go back to CHoops 2k8...seryn is working on some rosters (it will take some time). this game just doesn't do it for me and i shouldn't have wasted the money.

# 94 Playmakers @ 11/22/09 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mkharsh33


	i couldn't even find the classic rosters...are there even any in this year's game? i did them last year for the 360, and it took forever (my son helped me - he's 9 and had fun with this, probably more than i did - LOL!!). there were a lot of mistakes in the older rosters. i know that you would do an OUTSTANDING job on the classic teams, but there isn't much different about the player styles that makes them separate themselves. as the OS review stated, the player models are much alike (in 3 different sizes: small, medium and tall)...many faces look alike and the style of their unique skills just doesn't have any differentiation. personally, i wouldn't waste time on this if i were you... honestly, i'm just about ready to go back to CHoops 2k8...seryn is working on some rosters (it will take some time). this game just doesn't do it for me and i shouldn't have wasted the money.

Yeah there are no classic teams in the game this year. I was basically wondering how it play if I created Alumni teams using the existing default rosters to create all the players like I've done in NCAA Football the last few years.

It would have been great to have those teams replace the default teams but I guess with the gameplay and the inability to make players have different playing styles would defeat the purpose.

EA refuses to add old school players in Live and this game was my last resort to create Legend players but hey atleast i'll save me $60 bucks now after reading about all the sub par things in the game

# 95 deadlyCane @ 11/22/09 09:07 AM

Playmakers, I understand your complaints. But please, if you can find this game for rental do yourself a favor and give it a try before giving up on it. You might be cutting off the nose to spite the face. I can't speak for dynasty mode but simply on gameplay, presentation and atmosphere this is the best college bball game I've ever played. I started way back from the first EA days on Sega Saturn or whatever that system was. Then I became a 2K bball player after going through a period of not liking EA games. I'm glad I took the chance and picked it up. Give it a try, you might thank me.

BTW, someone posted info that the reason the game doesn't have classic teams is due to a lawsuit by former UCLA player Ed O'bannon. I don't know the truth but I do know they've been sued by a former football player as well.

# 96 Vechi8 @ 11/22/09 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by deadlyCane


	Playmakers, I understand your complaints. But please, if you can find this game for rental do yourself a favor and give it a try before giving up on it. You might be cutting off the nose to spite the face. I can't speak for dynasty mode but simply on gameplay, presentation and atmosphere this is the best college bball game I've ever played. I started way back from the first EA days on Sega Saturn or whatever that system was. Then I became a 2K bball player after going through a period of not liking EA games. I'm glad I took the chance and picked it up. Give it a try, you might thank me. BTW, someone posted info that the reason the game doesn't have classic teams is due to a lawsuit by former UCLA player Ed O'bannon. I don't know the truth but I do know they've been sued by a former football player as well.

Well said dcane. No might about it, he will thank you

# 97 GaryT531 @ 11/22/09 11:53 AM

christian mcleod, my favorite os writer, thanks for the review.

I am sick of tired of EA's generic, repetitive, boring ncaa basketball and football games. SICK and TIRED people.

# 98 Playmakers @ 11/22/09 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by deadlyCane


	Playmakers, I understand your complaints. But please, if you can find this game for rental do yourself a favor and give it a try before giving up on it. You might be cutting off the nose to spite the face. I can't speak for dynasty mode but simply on gameplay, presentation and atmosphere this is the best college bball game I've ever played. I started way back from the first EA days on Sega Saturn or whatever that system was. Then I became a 2K bball player after going through a period of not liking EA games. I'm glad I took the chance and picked it up. Give it a try, you might thank me. BTW, someone posted info that the reason the game doesn't have classic teams is due to a lawsuit by former UCLA player Ed O'bannon. I don't know the truth but I do know they've been sued by a former football player as well.

I got some down time this week do to the Holiday, I'll take your advice and rent it for a few days and see if the final version is better than DEMO i played.

I also didn't realize Ed O'Bannon is the joker who had the Classic teams removed what an azzzz hole........

He never lived up to the hype so he wants to make some easy money now.

My only reason for even wanting to test the game is to create Create rosters of all old school players so I'll rent it to see if it's worth the $35 bucks that i would only have to pay to get it.

Thanks for the advice

# 99 Flightwhite24 @ 11/22/09 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Playmakers


	I got some down time this week do to the Holiday, I'll take your advice and rent it for a few days and see if the final version is better than DEMO i played. I also didn't realize Ed O'Bannon is the joker who had the Classic teams removed what an azzzz hole........ He never lived up to the hype so he wants to make some easy money now. My only reason for even wanting to test the game is to create Create rosters of all old school players so I'll rent it to see if it's worth the $35 bucks that i would only have to pay to get it. Thanks for the advice

If you can get it for $35 its a no-brainer. If had the chance to buy this game again I would. It plays waaaaaay better than it is given credit for.

# 100 Eski33 @ 11/22/09 05:02 PM

I think the game is better than a 6. Yes, it is bare bones but the gameplay is fun. Also, include dynamic updates to help update the game to reflect what is going on during the season.

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