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NCAA Football 11 News Post

IGN has just posted their hands-on preview of NCAA Football 11.

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"When I first laid my eyes on NCAA Football 11, the difference between this year's NFL game was instantly noticeable. NCAA just looks more -- to put it frankly -- real. This year's game is designed for the true college football fan with a more realistic look to its player models and overall graphical style. Everything from the skin of the players to the sky above looks wonderfully detailed.

Obviously, after a short preview, I can't say whether EA Sports has succeeded in its effort to deliver a truly authentic college football game, but by the outward appearance of the game I saw in New York and the direction they say they're going, I'd say the developers at Tiburon are well on their way.

Locomotion is perhaps the simplest of all of the additions for the new game. In layman's terms, it makes every animation in the game smoother. More accurately, it makes the transitions between the animations more seamless and it gives players more realistic physical behaviors on the field. So while it doesn't necessarily add thousands of moves, it does make the current list of moves look much more natural on the field. You'll see players with accurate amounts of momentum given their speed, corners who can catch up to wide receivers in the open, and cuts by computer opponents that don't look like they were made by a robot. I hope it progresses from the state that I saw in New York, but what I saw was impressive."

Game: NCAA Football 11Reader Score: 8/10 - Vote Now
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# 21 greenegt @ 04/22/10 03:43 PM
I want to believe! Though it is just a preview, the positivity of it has counter-balanced the awful-ness of that video for me. I'm looking forward to real gameplay footage and the demo.
 
# 22 Crimsontide27 @ 04/22/10 03:52 PM
This quote sums up their experience quite well I think...

"Obviously, after a short preview, I can't say whether EA Sports has succeeded in its effort to deliver a truly authentic college football game, but by the outward appearance of the game I saw in New York and the direction they say they're going, I'd say the developers at Tiburon are well on their way.


He states that he cant really say wether EA has succeded, and then turns around and say that IF things are going in the direction EA says they are going....

In other words, he saw the same thing we saw in that terrible video that they posted, but was assured that everything would be functioning like the want it to be.....at a later date.

Thats what I got from it. Same story every year.
 
# 23 coogrfan @ 04/22/10 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Crimsontide27
This quote sums up their experience quite well I think...

"Obviously, after a short preview, I can't say whether EA Sports has succeeded in its effort to deliver a truly authentic college football game, but by the outward appearance of the game I saw in New York and the direction they say they're going, I'd say the developers at Tiburon are well on their way.


He states that he cant really say wether EA has succeeded, and then turns around and say that IF things are going in the direction EA says they are going....

In other words, he saw the same thing we saw in that terrible video that they posted, but was assured that everything would be functioning like the want it to be.....at a later date.

Thats what I got from it. Same story every year.
To be fair, we can't know what the author saw. He got to spend time actually playing the game, not just watching a single (really crummy) video. Maybe the game plays better now that it did when the vid was made?
 
# 24 Jamin23 @ 04/22/10 03:58 PM
If you don't know whether or not you want to buy the game, the best thing to do is play the demo and see, or better yet rent the game and play the full version. You can't always base whether or not it's going to be good by reading a preview or watching a video.
 
# 25 Crimsontide27 @ 04/22/10 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Jamin23
If you don't know whether or not you want to buy the game, the best thing to do is play the demo and see, or better yet rent the game and play the full version. You can't always base whether or not it's going to be good by reading a preview or watching a video.
Im buying no less than 20 copies this year, wether I personally like it or not.
 
# 26 BROman @ 04/22/10 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Jkgrindz
Nothing against Nessler but they should've got Brent Musburger to go along with Herbstreit. They do a great job together on ABC. Musburger is really passionate about college football & he would really add emotion to the game.
two way street, they might have approached musberger and he didn't want to do it.
 
# 27 stoncold32 @ 04/22/10 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Jkgrindz
Nothing against Nessler but they should've got Brent Musburger to go along with Herbstreit. They do a great job together on ABC. Musburger is really passionate about college football & he would really add emotion to the game.

Musberger doesnt translate well to videogames....alot of the older guys dont I've noticed. Nessler has a better videogame fit, and his style translates better IMO
 
# 28 RayAllen20 @ 04/22/10 04:15 PM
I like what I hear. But I never like to get too excited by a game. Whenever I do, I get dissapointed. So I just wait for the demo. Then look at OS impressions. OS impressions usually are a very good basis. But don't listen to all the people who cry about the littlest thing, and just want to hate on EA. I like to listen to people like mods, or somebody with a lot of posts because usually they know what they're talking about.
 
# 29 TracerBullet @ 04/22/10 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by stoncold32
Musberger doesnt translate well to videogames....alot of the older guys dont I've noticed. Nessler has a better videogame fit, and his style translates better IMO
I agree. Nessler actually is pretty good on the NCAA series. He actually has emotion when he talks unlike a lot of other video game announcers. You'll actually know when the big play is happening becasue he is yelling with some personality showing. Same with Kevin Harlan in the NBA 2k series. Meawhile there's also people who are like Clark Kellogg and Tom Hammond who should go no where near video games.
 
# 30 Palo20 @ 04/22/10 04:32 PM
They should use Tom Hammond's audio from Madden for Notre Dame home games. Just to keep things authentic.
 
# 31 KingsRock91 @ 04/22/10 04:51 PM
Check out the preview of the entire game last year: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/982/982497p1.html
It's not fully negative, but the writer does say there is not any new revolutionary gameplay changes and feels similar to last year's (09) game. Same writer too, so there is some consistency of opinion.
 
# 32 TreyIM2 @ 04/22/10 05:34 PM
Ahh, this is GREAT to hear. IGN has been historically negative about the EA football and basketball games, sometimes warranted and sometimes, I didn't think so but this guy got me more than enthused with his hands on. Coming from an IGN writer, this means a lot to me although I don't let what they say dictate how I feel about a game. It just means that, for once, a EA Sports football game actually IMPRESSED an IGN writter!

He even mentioned how the animations look more natural with locomotion added in. I guess that leaked vid from the other day wasn't implementing locomotion because it looked like the same ole NCAA football.

Anway, demo in less than 2mos? Hopefully mid June like last year so we can have a month or so of enjoyment. Can't wait!
 
# 33 Solidice @ 04/22/10 06:00 PM
 
# 34 Gossennator @ 04/22/10 06:07 PM
That draw play Auburn ran looked pretty good
 
# 35 PantherBeast_OS @ 04/22/10 06:08 PM
Go read. Nice video but it still some tweaking between now and release time.
 
# 36 stoncold32 @ 04/22/10 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Solidice
Nice. One thing I noticed in tha tAuburn run against UF, is that that receiver actually got out and blocked that DB. Last year he would've just ran past him or just not blocked him at all.
 
# 37 ty5oke @ 04/22/10 07:19 PM
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despite the new ESPN broadcast graphics seen throughout this year's game, the fact that we won't be seeing player models for Nessler and Herbstreit anytime soon.
Does anyone else take this as a possible subtle hint to no college gameday with Fowler and gang at a desk? I guess there could still be a show but with no player (announcer) models. Obviously a stretch, but it crossed my mind when reading it.
 
# 38 sportyguyfl31 @ 04/22/10 08:27 PM
Nope..not going to do it.

The video speaks volumes....and I am going to trust what my eyes are telling me until further notice.

gameplan feature......that means another year of this jump the snap stench.
 
# 39 TreyIM2 @ 04/22/10 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Solidice
Did I see the football actually FULLY rotating and rotating CORRECTLY??? Whoa-dip! I'm going to like this game, mucho.

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Originally Posted by wryly
You seem to be confused. IGN's ratings for the NCAA series are consistently higher than both the metacritic and user rating. You can find a clear correlation between big studios, exclusive IGN previews, and abnormally favorable reviews. GTA IV is probably the best example of this.
Possibly when it comes to NCAA but I just remember an overall tone that their reviews have which is usually negative when it comes to the EA Sports football and b-ball games.
 
# 40 Solidice @ 04/22/10 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by TreyIM2
Did I see the football actually FULLY rotating and rotating CORRECTLY??? Whoa-dip! I'm going to like this game, mucho.
the ball spun during gameplay and in replays on the 360 version last year. it was only the PS3 version that had that problem apparently. not sure what system those videos were taken from.(most likely 360 though)
 


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