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NCAA Football 12 Review

02:43 PM - July 14, 2011 by ChaseB

Christian McLeod finishes off his NCAA Football 12 coverage with a review of the game. Hit the link below to read his final thoughts and get his score for the title.

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Game: NCAA Football 12Reader Score: 7/10 - Vote Now
Platform: PS3 / Xbox 360Votes for game: 104 - View All

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# 61 blklightning @ 07/16/11 11:53 PM

i have yet to see even a smudge on my white uniforms. on the home unis with the chicago maroon jerseys, i think i've seen a stain or two. but that's it. it's not a huge deal. but it's still annoying that we can't get proper uniform degradation after all these years on this gen of hardware. i remember one of the games on ps2 having really great degradation and here we get next to none.

# 62 blklightning @ 07/16/11 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Blublub


	Perhaps this is all true for the Xbox version, but the PS3 version has loads of framerate issues and other glitches. Unfortunately I opted for the PS3 version.

i haven't noticed any frame rate issues with this game. when are you experiencing them?

# 63 blklightning @ 07/16/11 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ODogg


	Everyone has their own opinion, to each his own, but yes I do feel the game plays so different from NCAA11 it's as if they worked two years on it, not one. For anyone who thinks it's "minor" improvement gameplay wise from NCAA 11 all I can speculate is that anyone saying that did not play very much of either game because I don't see how it's possible to play much of either and hold that opinion..

i think the lack of suction makes it 10 times better than any game in recent history. that one aspect is the most noticeable to me. and i haven't even put many hours into recent games because i haven't bought them for lack of quality. but i remember that when i was playing the ps3 versions of the series that the suction really ruined it. now that it's gone, i feel the game play is years ahead of where it was. so i can agree with you on this.

# 64 bigdoc85 @ 07/17/11 01:28 AM

Just played my 1st game against the CPU. On the first play of the game, I busted a kick-off return 98 yards. On my 1st punt return, I broke it for 30 yards and then on my 2nd punt return I broke it for 27. However, on my 3rd, the CPU nailed me right after I caught the ball. I NEVER had big returns in NCAA 11. This is interesting!

# 65 badflounder @ 07/18/11 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by blklightning


	i haven't noticed any frame rate issues with this game. when are you experiencing them?

Pretty easy to spot. When you call a timeout often times the game will freeze for a few seconds on PS3. Also, the menus are sluggish yet again this year. For example, in recruiting the menus are big time sluggish. This has always been an issue with NCAA on PS3 because the idiot devs refuse to put in any kind of install to deal with it. The PS3 blu-ray drive just can't stream the data in fast enough while on 360 it's fine since the DVD drive can keep up or of course you can simply install the whole game. Having both versions the 360 version is clearly a better experience. Visually they are about the same but the slowdown and random issues in the PS3 version are a real let down. Haven't had one issue with the 360 one to this point.

# 66 PlayoffSystemNow @ 07/18/11 03:42 PM

I hope formation subs is back, I have NCAA Football 10, and with 2 awesome half backs, i have to manually put them in/out, or play one as a full back. EA Sports had the features right in the ps2/xbox versions, why didn't they just combine all those features with the ps3/xb360 graphics? Because they don't wanna screw themselves outta selling a game the next year, thats why there will always be a favorite feature missing. So that we can dish out $60 every year hoping our feature is in the game..... Atleast thats what I think. Get randomized faces not the same ones over and over. Ten of my players look exaclty the same!!

# 67 LucianoJJ @ 07/18/11 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by abjsuperstar


	a 8 or a 8.5 is what id give this game which isn't bad,

I think it's closer to a 7, which was Gamespot's score.

# 68 kingkilla56 @ 07/18/11 04:01 PM

The game released with a plethora of game bugs and broken aspects and that is not even going into the actually on field game play. This game looks pretty (in replays) but its no more than a 7 for me. The bugs really killed it. Just trying to recruit takes a century now.

# 69 ThunderCat838 @ 07/18/11 04:50 PM

First NCAA football purchase since 2007 on PS2 ( had madden every year tho). and let me start by saying this game is awesome... i love the effects and the detail on everything... its great i'm going to be addicted so much too it, i may hold off on buying madden for a bit.

# 70 DrDogg @ 07/18/11 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Nakeja71


	The 360 version does not look as good as NCAA 11.

I didn't notice much of a difference. What do you see different?

# 71 WestCoastShibby @ 07/18/11 10:10 PM

I definitely agree with the learning curve being steeper than in past games.

It's starting to make me think twice no before just hot routing a slant across the middle to get the first down I need, or run a screen pattern/option for the huuuuge gain.

NCAA 12 makes you play smarter, and for that EA? I applaud you.

# 72 BlingBling19 @ 07/19/11 10:55 AM

This is by far the best looking NCAA game yet. I started a game in a downpour but by the 4th qtr the rain had stopped and there was a very nice sunset with no rain at the end of the game. Also for people saying the jerseys don't get messed up that's just not true. Many times I have looked at players up close over the course of the game and sure enough there are helmet scratches and tons of jerseys with dirt on them and they look worn out.

Now one thing I have noticed is when playing on field turf I haven't seen the same amount of helmet scratches or jersey degradation. That could be by design I am not sure.

# 73 blamalex @ 07/19/11 11:08 AM

I love the game, but two things are annoying.
1) I'm tired of my defensive line being offsides when the other team runs a no huddle. The players fail to get back onsides about 2 or 3 times a game.
2) The only neck pads are the covered ones. What happened to the open ones?

# 74 BlingBling19 @ 07/19/11 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by NEOPARADIGM


	Wait, what? This game has dynamic weather?

I had rain for 3 qtrs and by the 4th it had stopped. If that's the term for it then ya I guess it does lol.

I might even go so far as to say over the 3 qtrs the rain might have even gotten lighter as the game went on before stopping at the start of the 4th.

# 75 Rules @ 07/19/11 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BlingBling19


	I had rain for 3 qtrs and by the 4th it had stopped. If that's the term for it then ya I guess it does lol. I might even go so far as to say over the 3 qtrs the rain might have even gotten lighter as the game went on before stopping at the start of the 4th.

Yea I thought I witnessed the same during one of my franchise games but wasn't sure. The game started in a heavy downpour with the rain getting onto the camera lens. Towards the end of the game, it really didn't look to be raining. If this is the case then it does appear that we have dynamic weather this year folks!

# 76 tre614 @ 07/19/11 07:02 PM

This gameis solid and on the brink of greatness for the football genre. Yes, there is still work needed for it to reach the status of the show and nba 2k11. I'm glad to see that EA is actually taking pride in making the NCAA series and not just focused on Madden.

# 77 PBurke12 @ 07/19/11 11:50 PM

Thanks for ignoring my question everyone.

# 78 sublime55 @ 07/20/11 06:43 PM

what i hate is that the quarter back is seemingly unable to throw a bullet pass over the middle without a line backer or d linemen deflecting the pass. its super frustrating. EA really needs to fix the pass trajectory in this game.

# 79 markarendt @ 09/07/11 10:59 PM

NCAA12

I need help when i try to use the the coach cam (R2 and joystick) to view my players and the play that they will be running i can not see my wide receivers on passing play. i have a ps3 if u know what i am doing wrong please help.

# 80 markarendt @ 09/07/11 10:59 PM

I need help when i try to use the the coach cam (R2 and joystick) to view my players and the play that they will be running i can not see my wide receivers on passing play. i have a ps3 if u know what i am doing wrong please help.

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