NCAA Football 11 News Post

NCAA Football 11 Hands-On Preview

11:15 AM - April 23, 2010 by Steve_OS

We have just posted our hands-on NCAA Football 11 preview. Find out what Christian McLeod has to say about the game, a few months before release.

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	"The NCAA series used to be my favorite sports franchise. I use the past tense because ever since the series came to current-gen consoles the gameplay quality and presentation values have taken steps backwards, culminating in the extremely disappointing NCAA Football 10. So my mission was clear at this preview event in New York: track down those responsible for the development of the series, ask them the tough questions that the OS faithful expect and see just what was so special about this year's version of the game, especially after years of disappointment. But before I go any further, I wanted to bring up one thing. In today�s world of yearly sports releases of varying quality, it is quite easy to scapegoat a developer or producer, placing the blame on those particular individuals for the quality of their aforementioned game. Our forum users here at OS have a somewhat notorious reputation for holding development teams to somewhat impossible standards at times -- just look at the 180-degree turn in excitement for NCAA 11 after the initial "gameplay" video was posted on site."

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# 61 Hova57 @ 04/23/10 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Rashad19


	LOL...I will fully surrender once I see gameplay videos and play the demo! It does sound like NCAA is gonna be niiiccceeee this year!!

yes.......... come to the darkside my son

# 62 Jamin23 @ 04/23/10 04:03 PM

It's amazing how one preview can change everyone's feelings about the game.

# 63 TombSong @ 04/23/10 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ODogg


	They won't get it right in the game, cmon man, we heard all last year that the playbooks were overhauled to be much more like the real teams and yet Hawai'i's playbook was nothing like what they really run in real life. And Ohio State's was also not much better (although in EA's defense they changed offenses several times throughout the year). You guys can't be falling for all this stuff again can you? I mean nothing wrong with being optimistic but it seems some of you guys are just setting yourself up for huge disappointment here.

As I read the preview, I thought to myself, were are all the videos to back what he is saying, because to date what he wrote ain't been seen. Ill concede the benefit of the doubt because the guy has played the game, but this is all very similar to last year. Great pre-release write ups then the actual game comes up way short.

Save this preview and document it. Come July we will find out if this was gospel or snake oil.

I have said it a lot. If your game is really good and you believe in it. You wont have nothing to hide. In fact you cant wait to show it off. If you want your pre-orders to go way up and what you have made is like crack, you are gonna show it off. If its garbage, then yeah, you gonna hide it, and sell hype to try and get them pre-orders up.

This aint no "we gotta hide our tech from the competition" thing going on here. There aint no college football competition. This is the only game in town. No real reason to hide anything at this point. Which is why I cant understand the "it was a mistake game play release video stuff" OK, it was a mistake......where is the video you meant to release ?!? That HAS to be in existence NOW, else how was what they showed labeled the "mistake" show me the money....where is that video they wanted to show ?

I have been holding my tongue on most of this "release info" because I want to wait and see what the final product will be before passing judgement. However I just found it odd, they release a crap gameplay vid, then say oh nah that was some old build, but then don't release what they planned to release. Then on top of that, see your madden brothers release a video and the game play looks a lot like what we have in our hands already.

No judgment yet from me....just things that make me go hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

# 64 sportzbro @ 04/23/10 04:10 PM

Alright, alright... that sounded pretty promising, but I need to hear more.

Glad to hear that the first vid was (apparently) a mistake. I bet whoever let that out is currently looking for a new job.

Entrances Blog next PLEASE!

# 65 bh446066 @ 04/23/10 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by TombSong


	As I read the preview, I thought to myself, were are all the videos to back what he is saying, because to date what he wrote ain't been seen. Ill concede the benefit of the doubt because the guy has played the game, but this is all very similar to last year. Great pre-release write ups then the actual game comes up way short. Save this preview and document it. Come July we will find out if this was gospel or snake oil. This aint no "we gotta hide our tech from the competition" thing going on here. There aint no college football competition. This is the only game in town. No real reason to hide anything at this point. Which is why I cant understand the "it was a mistake game play release video stuff" OK, it was a mistake......where is the video you meant to release ?!? That HAS to be in existence NOW, else how was what they showed labeled the "mistake" show me the money....where is that video they wanted to show ? I have been holding my tongue on most of this "release info" because I want to wait and see what the final product will be before passing judgement. However I just found it odd, they release a crap gameplay vid, then say oh nah that was some old build, but then don't release what they planned to release. Then on top of that, see your madden brothers release a video and the game play looks a lot like what we have in our hands already. No judgment yet from me....just things that make me go hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I agree with pretty much everything you are saying, but I will say that the gameplay video on IGN definitely looks a ton better than the first gameplay video we saw. I still saw some "skating", but it wasn't near as bad, and the running/cutting looked a helluva lot better, so I'm inclined to believe that may have been an old build. Whatever. I love what I'm reading, but I need to see more with my own 2 eyes.

Before the first gameplay video was "leaked", I was 85-90% on the bandwagon. After the release, I was knocked back to about 30%. After seeing the reviews, I'm about back up to 70%. It's going to be a looong 3 months for me. I'm dying for a good PS3 football game.

# 66 Bumble14 @ 04/23/10 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TombSong


	As I read the preview, I thought to myself, were are all the videos to back what he is saying, because to date what he wrote ain't been seen. Ill concede the benefit of the doubt because the guy has played the game, but this is all very similar to last year. Great pre-release write ups then the actual game comes up way short. Save this preview and document it. Come July we will find out if this was gospel or snake oil. I have said it a lot. If your game is really good and you believe in it. You wont have nothing to hide. In fact you cant wait to show it off. If you want your pre-orders to go way up and what you have made is like crack, you are gonna show it off. If its garbage, then yeah, you gonna hide it, and sell hype to try and get them pre-orders up. This aint no "we gotta hide our tech from the competition" thing going on here. There aint no college football competition. This is the only game in town. No real reason to hide anything at this point. Which is why I cant understand the "it was a mistake game play release video stuff" OK, it was a mistake......where is the video you meant to release ?!? That HAS to be in existence NOW, else how was what they showed labeled the "mistake" show me the money....where is that video they wanted to show ? I have been holding my tongue on most of this "release info" because I want to wait and see what the final product will be before passing judgement. However I just found it odd, they release a crap gameplay vid, then say oh nah that was some old build, but then don't release what they planned to release. Then on top of that, see your madden brothers release a video and the game play looks a lot like what we have in our hands already. No judgment yet from me....just things that make me go hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Videos and other media will be released in the coming weeks by EA. You have to realize that the reason embargo's on this type of stuff exists is because EA is trying to promote their product, eventually building everyone up, releasing tidbits at a time. It's marketing 101 my friend. Trust me, if I could have taken direct feed videos I would have, but we have to respect EA on this one, and let them be the ones to release this information. I'm sure we will have a copy of the game in the next 8 weeks and we can take direct feed video at that point to share with everyone.

I'm a big fan of the series, and had completely given up on the series after NCAA 10. Trust me when I say I had very low expectations going into this event. What I saw blew me away. People should be positive and excited about this game.

# 67 BROman @ 04/23/10 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mm boost


	My god, I've never been so excited for something in my life. I have chills and could almost tear up after reading that review. I've been secretly to myself begging for all of these things they are adding each year while playing. I am so damn excited I can't stand it. The part where he talked about the team entrances and the presentation and unique team play and the animations...gahhhhhhhhhh. The fact that there will be more "life" to the game is what is intriguing me. Presentation sounds to be spot on, espn tidbits, guys shoving each other after the play, team entrances, etc. Gosh I can not put into words how excited i am. I am hoping and praying the big announcments is couching carousel in the dynasty mode. I will die a happy man!

sounds like somebody's gonna be camping out @ valley view

# 68 yanks26ngoin @ 04/23/10 04:24 PM

I will hold off on getting too excited about team specific entrances until I read the blog. If I dont see anything about Michigan's entrance where they run out of the tunnel and jump to the the banner, I will be pissed.

# 69 Bumble14 @ 04/23/10 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by bh446066


	I agree with pretty much everything you are saying, but I will say that the gameplay video on IGN definitely looks a ton better than the first gameplay video we saw. I still saw some "skating", but it wasn't near as bad, and the running/cutting looked a helluva lot better, so I'm inclined to believe that may have been an old build. Whatever. I love what I'm reading, but I need to see more with my own 2 eyes. Before the first gameplay video was "leaked", I was 85-90% on the bandwagon. After the release, I was knocked back to about 30%. After seeing the reviews, I'm about back up to 70%. It's going to be a looong 3 months for me. I'm dying for a good PS3 football game.

Not too sure where IGN got that "gameplay" video, but it was not on the asset disc I was sent from EA PR. Trust me when I say that the IGN video looks like it was from a much earlier build than I played. Also, I wouldn't put too much stock into anything the IGN guys say- I was at the event, they spent a grand total of 10 minutes with the game before moving on to interview celebs and athletes.

Tthere's a reason why I spent the entire 6 hour draft party Tuesday parked in the area of the club showing off the game, and an additional 3 hours Wednesday at the season preview really dissecting just about everything I was seeing on screen in the game.I'm pretty sure Roy, Russ and Ben couldn't wait to get rid of me because I was glued to them my entire trip.

# 70 MaizeHaze @ 04/23/10 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by yanks26ngoin


	I will hold off on getting too excited about team specific entrances until I read the blog. If I dont see anything about Michigan's entrance where they run out of the tunnel and jump to the the banner, I will be pissed.

Roy is a Michigan fan! I'm sure they where at the top of his list.

# 71 TreyIM2 @ 04/23/10 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Bumble14


	Not too sure where IGN got that "gameplay" video, but it was not on the asset disc I was sent from EA PR. Trust me when I say that the IGN video looks like it was from a much earlier build than I played. Also, I wouldn't put too much stock into anything the IGN guys say- I was at the event, they spent a grand total of 10 minutes with the game before moving on to interview celebs and athletes. Tthere's a reason why I spent the entire 6 hour draft party Tuesday parked in the area of the club showing off the game, and an additional 3 hours Wednesday at the season preview really dissecting just about everything I was seeing on screen in the game.I'm pretty sure Roy, Russ and Ben couldn't wait to get rid of me because I was glued to them my entire trip.

I am trusting u on this one, mang, and I definitely believe what you are saying about this game. Somebody had posted a link to a tweet u made yesterday or the day before and although I don't quite remember what it said (sorry, there's been A TON of info regarding NCAA/Madden11 in recent days blurring my brain) but I think it was a long the same line about not believing exactly the vids we've seen as they were not representative of what you've played.

I look forward to your Madden 11 preview. U've got me even more electric in regards to NCAA 11, right about now.

# 72 Ziza9Noles94 @ 04/23/10 04:40 PM

This made me smile. Great news.
"On the defensive side of the ball -- and as someone who plays exclusively as a lineman against the CPU -- I was extremely impressed with the line interaction. I was able to get heat on the opposing QB in realistic scenarios, and both power and finesse moves actually work this year, which should lead to far more potential sack opportunities and QB disruptions. It seems to finally be fun to be a lineman again."

# 73 sinc79 @ 04/23/10 04:41 PM

This sounds really good, but honestly when are we ever underwhelmed when reading about something we can't see? Never. Everything sounds better when described in words. Just think of all those people who are dissapointed with a movie after reading the book. Basically, I would like to see a live action shot of the gameplay. Then I will be excited. This just feels like a roller coaster.

# 74 ODogg @ 04/23/10 04:45 PM

amen sinc79, that's a good way of putting it. let's see all this in an actual game and then we'll talk..

# 75 GJEM @ 04/23/10 04:46 PM

The lack of bowl patches this year is a little off putting, by no way shape or form a game killer at all, but what I'm hoping for is the pre-game entrances and "what ever EA has up their sleeve" makes up for it. As long as some one earlier mentioned the bowl game stadiums and fields are true to life. Also it would be nice for Bowl games, both the small and the big games to have some atmosphere to them, let you know it's a special game.

But man after that write-up it sure is hard not to jump back on the EA hype train.

Hey Christian are you allowed to confirm if EVERY team and bowl stadium are actually in this years title, I mean it's been 4 years of next gen (this will be the 5th installment) I think it's been more than enough time to get every stadium in.

# 76 TallyBoi7 @ 04/23/10 04:50 PM

*crosses fingers*

I hope the 120 teams in the game are only FCS teams

Just kidding(kinda), but those sound like pretty awesome things. Can't wait to see what the finished product looks like.

# 77 fsufan4423 @ 04/23/10 05:01 PM

I say drop a video of game play to offset the first video, so we all can sleep at night.

# 78 ODogg @ 04/23/10 05:07 PM

i second that emotion fsufan!

# 79 pietasterp @ 04/23/10 05:08 PM

When I get my hands on the game, I'll make a judgement. Until then, I'm sorta through listening to what others say in the pre-release period. Not that I distrust them, but only through the retail release, hands-on man-hours of playtesting that you get from OS and from playing the game yourself do you get a feel for what the game is really all about.

I am glad that they finally acknowledged that the game just played too darn fast in the past...It was ridiculous. I think Madden's default game speed setting this year was perfect. And from an avowed anti-EA-ite like myself, that's pretty high praise!

# 80 bh446066 @ 04/23/10 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Bumble14


	Not too sure where IGN got that "gameplay" video, but it was not on the asset disc I was sent from EA PR. Trust me when I say that the IGN video looks like it was from a much earlier build than I played. Also, I wouldn't put too much stock into anything the IGN guys say- I was at the event, they spent a grand total of 10 minutes with the game before moving on to interview celebs and athletes. Tthere's a reason why I spent the entire 6 hour draft party Tuesday parked in the area of the club showing off the game, and an additional 3 hours Wednesday at the season preview really dissecting just about everything I was seeing on screen in the game.I'm pretty sure Roy, Russ and Ben couldn't wait to get rid of me because I was glued to them my entire trip.

LOL, I had the sound off while watching the IGN vid, was just looking at the graphics and animations. That's great to hear you spent all that time focusing on the game. I was believing what you were writing before, now I'm taking it as gospel. Maybe college is your game, b/c you're a hell of a recruiter

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