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Building a Better NCAA Football 12

12:36 PM - January 13, 2011 by RaychelSnr

NCAA Football 11 gave thousands of eager fans the first quality HD college football experience during this generation of consoles. But now with January already upon us, and NCAA 12 deep into development, it is only a matter of time until the NCAA Football 12 details start emerging. January is also the month that I begin my coverage of the newest NCAA game.

This first article will focus on some of the things NCAA 11 did extremely well, as well as the areas that still need improvement in order to push the game to the next level.

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# 181 pdxtrailblazers @ 03/30/11 02:55 AM

@canes21

(No real commercials, but I would be more than happy to see them use a "fade to black" thing to simulate a commercial break like in MLB 2k. Do it just like it is in real life. Quarter Changes, TV timeouts, change of possessions, etc.)

Exactly. All I really want other than new gameplay is for it to feel like watching a game. This could even just be like what they do on madden where they have you watch your own highlights quickly. Well now imagine this with just 4 screen****s of a fake commercial in shown in quick succession, just to show that there was a commercial break there. This would be a fun and realistic feature. Good points.

# 182 pdxtrailblazers @ 03/30/11 03:09 AM

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	@canes21 (No real commercials, but I would be more than happy to see them use a "fade to black" thing to simulate a commercial break like in MLB 2k. Do it just like it is in real life. Quarter Changes, TV timeouts, change of possessions, etc.) Exactly. All I really want other than new gameplay is for it to feel like watching a game. This could even just be like what they do on madden where they have you watch your own highlights quickly. Well now imagine this with just 4 screen****s of a fake commercial in shown in quick succession, just to show that there was a commercial break there. This would be a fun and realistic feature. Good points.

Sorry guys, meant "screenshots".

Pretty bad typo right

# 183 IVI3ntalyInzan3 @ 03/30/11 05:36 AM

a good test to EA is to see if they keep up with what is going on in the ncaa as far as conferences i'll rent the game first and see if they caught on to the new conference layouts that are taking place this year and make sure they didn't include the changes that are happening next year than i'll get into the other details of the game. though other than that i'm more worried about online dynasty depth and the option to have the offline mechanics like letting us start lower and have the game give us contracts based on our achievements like it does offline. that would be cool. have a week that the commish advances to that lets us know if we get a new school and let us decide to take it or not or if we lost our job and where we start anew.

also dont forget depth cause most my dynastys lasted about 5 to 6 seasons til we were all like this sucks no good players felt like we had normal players across the board. so we would restart and restart.

but yeah look into the game to see if they keep up than look at fixing stuff

# 184 TheBauerHour @ 03/31/11 10:07 AM

Man, I love running the spread, throwing for the first 20 plays, and the first run that I do, the defense lines up in a 4-3 set. The worst part is, I had an empty backfield for the run play, was going to be a QB sneak.

Even though it has been mentioned, QB Logic/AI needs a definite revamp. Why bother play RTG or Dynasties if the game itself is sloppy or broken?

# 185 illwill10 @ 03/31/11 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBauerHour


	Man, I love running the spread, throwing for the first 20 plays, and the first run that I do, the defense lines up in a 4-3 set. The worst part is, I had an empty backfield for the run play, was going to be a QB sneak. Even though it has been mentioned, QB Logic/AI needs a definite revamp. Why bother play RTG or Dynasties if the game itself is sloppy or broken?

It is like the CPU AI knows what plays you are running. Every time I called a running play, They had a Defensive Formation where they were correctly lined up and were ready to blitz. I had to audible from passing plays to running plays all the time. It was very hard to play RB in RTG because they blitz the right hole every time I ran. Same when I played defense. Every time I ran Zone cov. There was someone open every time.
They defintely need to fix that. That should not count as improved defense because the AI know your plays.

# 186 1bigcharm @ 04/08/11 04:48 PM

I loved NCAA 11. I would like to go more in depth with the players and offseason. Years ago college football used to have a senior bowl game at the end of the year, why can't that come back. Would like to have diff comments and announcements than the same from past years. Maybe like on every Sat morning i wake up seeing Lee Corso and the other guys going throuh each team and at the end choosing a helmet for game of the week lol that would be fun. Have a All American game for the recruits coming in so you can actually see how they play instead of judging by their attributes. I can go all day. We used to can see the coaches you created now you can't.

# 187 DorianDonP @ 04/08/11 08:15 PM

If a past NCAA basketball game had both ESPN and CBS coverage, why can't a NCAA football game? If a past NCAA football game allowed a tournament at the end of the season (The Gamebreaker series allowed this) why can't a NCAA football game?

# 188 jay82c @ 04/12/11 08:52 PM

I would love to see better collision!
I want to see game tackling with stripping the ball from the carrier!
I feel that the pile cone in the endzone should fall over when diving for it!
Please bring in multiple camera angles when playing in a career mode!
Please let the career player be able to run back kick returns and punt returns.
I feel that the weather should change during games from sunny to rain.
Please bring back complete editing of players as for as hair styles.
For practices, instead having just plays, have position drills to better your player and move up the depth charts.

# 189 indesignkat @ 04/17/11 04:43 PM

little cosmetic stuff like bowl patches and hairstyles are neat, but not anything i'd put on a wishlist. I want the game to function, first and foremost. NCAA 11 locks up consistently on usually 3 or 4 games per season, while another 3 or 4 games take literally 5+ minutes to load. I haven't had that problem with any other game, and I've seen lots of other people complain about it online. Other than that the only thing that really gets me pumped up change-wise is the idea of having coach development. Starting at some small school and building your rep until you can move on to a somewhat bigger school, maybe eventually earning a shot to turn around Michigan or Notre Dame.

# 190 JustinJones @ 04/18/11 05:05 PM

Great Article! Love the NCAA Series!

# 191 magicmastere08 @ 05/10/11 10:23 PM

dude, what you wrote is exactly what i want in dynasty!
screw the AD mode, that would get old just like it did in madden. and who wants to be an AD??? being a coach would be wayyyy more fun. i want a COACH DYNASTY!!!! i want to hav to work my way up to the powerhouse schools like florida and texas. i want to start at lower teir school and take job offers. even starting as a coordinator would even be cool. basically everything that you said about the coaching dynasty is what ive been wanting for a while and i would love NCAA football even more if it had this feature. i also think you should have the option to start a dynasty with whatever team you want as well. but i just REALLY REALLY want everything you described in that dynasty section. coaching carousel would be amazing. i just want to feel like im an actual coach when i start a dynasty.
so pretty much agreed with everything you said on here. hopefully EA reads this and takes your advice!
PLEASE EA, COACHING DYNASTY! Probably, JizzyJo. Create A School Mode As Well. And Dominance For Whole NCAA.

# 192 Slaticus @ 05/10/11 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBauerHour


	Man, I love running the spread, throwing for the first 20 plays, and the first run that I do, the defense lines up in a 4-3 set. The worst part is, I had an empty backfield for the run play, was going to be a QB sneak. Even though it has been mentioned, QB Logic/AI needs a definite revamp. Why bother play RTG or Dynasties if the game itself is sloppy or broken?

This. It is so frustrating. I game plan and game plan. I run the ball from the gun to set up the pass. I throw from the I to set up the run. I try to confuse the D. BUT IT NEVER WORKS. I end up just being a better button presser than the computer?

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