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Staff Roundtable: How Are We Feeling About NCAA Football 12 Now?

04:42 PM - July 22, 2011 by ChaseB

It should come as no surprise that the community has found some issues with the game -- I really do feel like the folks here really are the best testers money can buy, even if that is not really what they set out to do -- and it has begun to split the community a bit.

That being said, I wanted to ask some of our writers how they were feeling about NCAA Football 12 at this point. Even knowing about some of the bugs and issues we know about now, how are they liking the game and the experience it is bringing to the table.

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# 21 Marcus34 @ 07/22/11 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by bkrich83


	That was not my understanding. Maybe I misread though.

Yep, if you recruit a "Run Stopper" OLB, He's going to come in as "Balanced"

A "Scrambler" QB is going to come in as "Pocket Passer" ect.

# 22 mkharsh33 @ 07/22/11 06:04 PM

Besides the major roster glitch that makes players totally irrelevant to their player types (ie. scrambling qb's) and the fact that cpu pass defense is useless and you can break long td plays on any given pass play, this game is great.

# 23 Marcus34 @ 07/22/11 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by frankrizzo380


	I just wanna know what happend to diving catches?

I won a game on a diving TD Catch last night

# 24 ezio @ 07/22/11 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by fcboiler87


	I can't stop playing it. Don't get me wrong, I'm infuriated with all these problems. It's ridiculous. But I still can't stop playing it.

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Originally Posted by Phobia


	Pretty much my exact thoughts

I feel the same way. I am enjoying playing it. I went back to default rosters with numbers and am enjoying the game.

# 25 Gotmadskillzson @ 07/22/11 06:11 PM

Diving catches have to be triggered by the user. If you wait for the cpu to do it, you won't see it, not the new animation one anyway.

Same thing with bull rush animation. You not going to see the cpu do it at all. The only time I ever seen it is when I did it myself. Even though it slows you down for no reason and it really takes you out of the play because you are stuck in that animation for 2 seconds.

# 26 troy184 @ 07/22/11 06:15 PM

One issue only......game freezes. Other than that, I give it a 10. Factor in the freezing its a 6.5 at best. Freezing is a gamebreaker for me. It is so disheartening to do all of your recruiting and play almost a whole game and then have the game freeze up.........devastating.

# 27 bkrich83 @ 07/22/11 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcus34


	Yep, if you recruit a "Run Stopper" OLB, He's going to come in as "Balanced" A "Scrambler" QB is going to come in as "Pocket Passer" ect.

My understanding was if you didn't edit the recruits they woudn't change.

Also when it does kick in to affect, Scramblers turn to Balanced and Balanced turns to scrambler but the Pocket Passer was never affected.

# 28 aarontab @ 07/22/11 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcus34


	Yep, if you recruit a "Run Stopper" OLB, He's going to come in as "Balanced" A "Scrambler" QB is going to come in as "Pocket Passer" ect.

You mentioned this in another thread, i didn't think this was the case from everything i read in the main roster glitch thread. If this is not the case, or if you're not 100% sure, please don't overstate what the glitch entails. It robs other people of making their own decisions based on factual statements. Fear-mongering isn't part of the solution.

# 29 SGMRock @ 07/22/11 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bkrich83


	That was not my understanding. Maybe I misread though.

That roster glitch thread is 80 pages almost now. (may have pasted that while typing this) I could see where it would be confusing on the issues.

But yes it does mess up your recruites. I have seen this myself in my 3rd year of dynasty as a DC. I recruited specific player types and they are now different on my roster.

Example now that Michigan runs a Pro set offense I recruited a 4 star Balanced my first year of Dynasty. I didnt really pay attention to what his tendancy was until year three because after I recruited him and he signed and the end of year one I redshirted him for year 2 and I still had Denard Robinson as a SR. In year 2 I saw this 5 star QB that was scrambling and I thought hmm doesn't really fit my pro style offense but he was 51% interested in going to Michigan the first week of recruiting so I said well let me recruit him anyway he could be awesome. I got him on my team as well.

So now in year 3 that 4 star balanced when I look on my roster says he is a Scrambler :P , incoming freshman 5 star scrambler I got with 86 speed and agility, 88 acceleration, says he is balanced.

Also when player progression comes up for these players it will be out of whack. Because the game progresses players based on player types, a power back is going to get more boost in stats that affect a power back and so on. So lets say you get a speed back you recruit. But then once he is on your team his tendancies change to power back. Now he started out with speed back attributes but as he progresses he is going to get power back stuff and overall he is going to end up screwed up on progression and end up a crapy RB because he started out as one and got boosted to something else :P

So even though this seems like a minor bug to some this is really rather major and will break the game in many ways!

# 30 SGMRock @ 07/22/11 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by aarontab


	You mentioned this in another thread, i didn't think this was the case from everything i read in the main roster glitch thread. If this is not the case, or if you're not 100% sure, please don't overstate what the glitch entails. It robs other people of making their own decisions based on factual statements. Fear-mongering isn't part of the solution.

Its there I just verified it by loading my dynasty that is in year 3 and checking some of the recruits I know were a specifiy tedancy because I worked so hard to recruit them and now they are for sure different. I did not edit these either at all either I'm 100% sure of that.

It doesn't seem to be everyone though, I know I got blocking FB's that are still blocking FB's, but I had a 5 star HB I recruited heavily my first year that was balanced and now he is speed. I have some WR's that were balanced and are now speed. Some stayed the same, it doesn't seem to be as bad as when you edit them but it still happens. Annoying for sure.

# 31 BaylorBearBryant @ 07/22/11 06:26 PM

I don't know how anyone aware of the roster glitch or experiencing freezing can be happy with this game.

As long as we don't have a patch, my feelings won't change.

# 32 bkrich83 @ 07/22/11 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SGMRock


	That roster glitch thread is 80 pages almost now. (may have pasted that while typing this) I could see where it would be confusing on the issues. But yes it does mess up your recruites. I have seen this myself in my 3rd year of dynasty as a DC. I recruited specific player types and they are now different on my roster. Example now that Michigan runs a Pro set offense I recruited a 4 star Balanced my first year of Dynasty. I didnt really pay attention to what his tendancy was until year three because after I recruited him and he signed and the end of year one I redshirted him for year 2 and I still had Denard Robinson as a SR. In year 2 I saw this 5 star QB that was scrambling and I thought hmm doesn't really fit my pro style offense but he was 51% interested in going to Michigan the first week of recruiting so I said well let me recruit him anyway he could be awesome. I got him on my team as well. So now in year 3 that 4 star balanced when I look on my roster says he is a Scrambler :P , incoming freshman 5 star scrambler I got with 86 speed and agility, 88 acceleration, says he is balanced. Also when player progression comes up for these players it will be out of whack. Because the game progresses players based on player types, a power back is going to get more boost in stats that affect a power back and so on. So lets say you get a speed back you recruit. But then once he is on your team his tendancies change to power back. Now he started out with speed back attributes but as he progresses he is going to get power back stuff and overall he is going to end up screwed up on progression and end up a crapy RB because he started out as one and got boosted to something else :P So even though this seems like a minor bug to some this is really rather major and will break the game in many ways!

I think the gamebreaker term gets thrown out there way to often.

# 33 bkrich83 @ 07/22/11 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BaylorBearBryant


	I don't know how anyone aware of the roster glitch or experiencing freezing can be happy with this game. As long as we don't have a patch, my feelings won't change.

Not everyone is the same.

Thanks for letting us know.

# 34 Mic Tyson @ 07/22/11 06:29 PM

really i had no problems besides some things that a tuner could fix until this roster glitch came out. this is still the best college game on 360, despite all of the bugs. i hope they can get this fixed soon

# 35 Marcus34 @ 07/22/11 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by aarontab


	You mentioned this in another thread, i didn't think this was the case from everything i read in the main roster glitch thread. If this is not the case, or if you're not 100% sure, please don't overstate what the glitch entails. It robs other people of making their own decisions based on factual statements. Fear-mongering isn't part of the solution.

This IS the case - it's a really easy check. Simply recruit a player and see for yourself

# 36 dougbenefield66 @ 07/22/11 06:30 PM

One thing I do like about game play is very big WR will go up and outjump DBs and get the ball at its point sometimes.....the fade can actually work at times.

# 37 BaylorBearBryant @ 07/22/11 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bkrich83


	Not everyone is the same. Thanks for letting us know.

Oh really? I had no idea that people weren't the same. Smart aleck...

Sure thing. People tend to express their opinions on message boards. If you're not down with that, you might want to find another hobby.

# 38 SGMRock @ 07/22/11 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bkrich83


	I think the gamebreaker term gets thrown out there way to often.

Ok then let me rephrase that by saying it really breaks Dynasty mode, you can still play it but it will not work like it should.

# 39 Elgin2311 @ 07/22/11 06:36 PM

Soooo many people asked for the ability to edit their dynasty rosters, the "hardcore fans" cried for it, now we have this bug as a result. I dont get why someone would want to edit their roster in a dynasty? You recruit to get better players, its that simple. Im a die hard college fan and I didnt ask for this.

# 40 BaylorBearBryant @ 07/22/11 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bkrich83


	I think the gamebreaker term gets thrown out there way to often.

Does dynasty, player realism ruining MAJOR bug do it for you?

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Originally Posted by Elgin2311


	Soooo many people asked for the ability to edit their dynasty rosters, the "hardcore fans" cried for it, now we have this bug as a result. I dont get why someone would want to edit their roster in a dynasty? You recruit to get better players, its that simple. Im a die hard college fan and I didnt ask for this.

Perhaps you want to edit equipment to make it more realistic. Maybe you want to edit your recruits to match REAL LIFE incoming recruits. You didn't ask for it, but a lot of us did. There's a reason the dev team put it in the game.

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