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Five Things to Improve NCAA Football 13

11:50 AM - January 30, 2012 by RaychelSnr

For years, the NCAA Football series has sold well and enjoyed great reviews.

But this year, it feels like the tides of public opinion have shifted, and a series that once seemed immune to criticism is now subject to a growing wave of discontent. It doesn’t take more than 5 minutes in the OS forums to see that dedicated sports gamers have a whole laundry list of complaints and suggestions.

In this article, I discuss five things that the NCAA Football 13 team could do to restore gamers’ faith in the series.

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# 141 NateDogPack12 @ 02/11/12 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by knighthawksfan


	Ea sports needs too just make ncaa football fun again like it use too be when we were smaller omg with the cpu so easy too beat the online dynasty mode needs a new tune up so does road too glory and please get rid of season showdown and team builder my goodness they are just taking up space on the disc. Put things in the game we want too see will offseason stuff and please put in the spring game holy cow. I would like too do that in the dynasty modes please thanks.

TeamBuilder isn't on the disc. Plus, it's very, very popular. It isn't going anywhere. In fact, I hope EA adds to TeamBuilder and it's functionability. Why not allow us to have 123 TeamBuilder squads in a dynasty? That would be amazing.

# 142 blkrptnt819 @ 02/11/12 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by NateDogPack12


	TeamBuilder isn't on the disc. Plus, it's very, very popular. It isn't going anywhere. In fact, I hope EA adds to TeamBuilder and it's functionability. Why not allow us to have 123 TeamBuilder squads in a dynasty? That would be amazing.

Agreed with you til you said 123 team builder squads. But everything else you said is spot on?

# 143 blkrptnt819 @ 02/11/12 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by knighthawksfan


	Ea sports needs too just make ncaa football fun again like it use too be when we were smaller omg with the cpu so easy too beat the online dynasty mode needs a new tune up so does road too glory and please get rid of season showdown and team builder my goodness they are just taking up space on the disc. Put things in the game we want too see will offseason stuff and please put in the spring game holy cow. I would like too do that in the dynasty modes please thanks.

What? Why get rid of teambuilder? It's not on the disk. They need to get rid of RTG. It takes up space that could be used for 75 man rosters, strategy, more expansive custom playbooks and gameplay improvements.

# 144 tpeserik @ 02/12/12 10:04 PM

Obviously there are a lot of problems with NCAA right now. After addressing the glaring issues, which I'm sure have been discussed ad nauseum, I would have a small request pertaining to Road to Glory. I know a lot of people dislike it, but sometimes it's fun to play a quick five minute game. Anyway, I noticed this year you could change coaches' playbooks for RTG. How about making the created playbooks available too? Who wouldn't have fun with a playbook they made & is geared towards their specific position?

# 145 BlackandGarnet @ 02/13/12 12:34 AM

I agree with what they say about presentation. If you skip the intro theres nothing after that. Crowd, broadcast, and traditions all need major additions. The announcers say the same things on cue. Every time one of my players gets concussed, kirk herbstreit goes on a 3 minute parental rant about how kids shouldnt play with concussions, no matter whats happening on the field. And every school has tradition not just the big ones. EA needs to look at how the nba 2k series presents and how fifa broadcasts

# 146 gogators @ 02/13/12 10:38 AM

Before any lists is made... THE BUGS NEED TO BE FIXED OUT OF BOX as much as possible.

1. Physics/Gameplay (Jumping LBs, CPU clock management, option attack, psychic CPU defenses, etc.)

2. Dynasty- Custom Scheduling for neutral site games and real neutral site games, depth chart screw ups, recruiting, add Gameday or highlight shows. In game updates of important games pertaining to the nation and your school.

3. Stadium Atmosphere needs a complete overhaul.

# 147 Hunsy34 @ 02/13/12 12:28 PM

Before they add things or "improve" things how about they FIX things in this game first!!!

# 148 darren1024 @ 02/14/12 01:54 PM

fix recruiting! way to many 5* and 4* recruits. there should only be about 10-12 5*s and 15-20 4* recruits per class. i want it to where if i sign a 5* recruit, im doing cartwheels in my living room. ( ok, maybe not cartwheels, but u get the point) most of the classes should be made up of 3* recruits. This will eliminate all of the 99ovr rated seniors

# 149 blkrptnt819 @ 02/14/12 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by darren1024


	fix recruiting! way to many 5* and 4* recruits. there should only be about 10-12 5s and 15-20 4 recruits per class. i want it to where if i sign a 5* recruit, im doing cartwheels in my living room. ( ok, maybe not cartwheels, but u get the point) most of the classes should be made up of 3* recruits. This will eliminate all of the 99ovr rated seniors

It's more 4 and 5* than that in real life.

# 150 TheNumber35 @ 02/14/12 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by darren1024


	fix recruiting! way to many 5* and 4* recruits. there should only be about 10-12 5s and 15-20 4 recruits per class. i want it to where if i sign a 5* recruit, im doing cartwheels in my living room. ( ok, maybe not cartwheels, but u get the point) most of the classes should be made up of 3* recruits. This will eliminate all of the 99ovr rated seniors

This is a link to the top 100 recruits for the class of 2013...there are 11 5*'s and 89 4*'s...and that's just in the top 100, idk how many more 4* guys there are total

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...ings/rank-3053

EDIT: I just looked at the top 250, from 12-250...those guys are all 4* recruits

# 151 blkrptnt819 @ 02/14/12 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TheNumber35


	This is a link to the top 100 recruits for the class of 2013...there are 11 5's and 89 4's...and that's just in the top 100, idk how many more 4* guys there are total http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...ings/rank-3053 EDIT: I just looked at the top 250, from 12-250...those guys are all 4* recruits

I thought it was 250 but I didn't want to jump the gun and say something wrong.

# 152 TheNumber35 @ 02/14/12 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by blkrptnt819


	I thought it was 250 but I didn't want to jump the gun and say something wrong.

They have both, I just looked at the top 100 to prove the point, and once I saw what the distribution was there...I was curious about what it would be in the top 250

Either way...5* recruits could be toned down in NCAA a little, but tone up the 4* guys a lot because as it would seem there is a lot more of those guys than even I thought there would be.

# 153 smuurph84 @ 02/15/12 08:04 AM

i think the problem is without full 85 man rosters the # of each should be lowered. following whats on rivals would create to many

# 154 gogators @ 02/15/12 10:32 AM

As far as the room for 85 man rosters. I used to be just a sports gamer until the PS1. Heck now playing other genres of games just lets me know how much the NCAA series has fallen. I don't want to hear about disk space when games like Mass Effect and Skyrim are made. I used to play NCAA more than all my other games combined.

Now I play Gears of War, Call of Duty, Uncharted tons more than I play NCAA. It's quite sad actually. NCAA has potential and using that word alone let's you know how much the series has fallen when the word "potential" wasn't used in the past generations

# 155 smuurph84 @ 02/15/12 02:00 PM

if i did my list it of 5 things that need to be fixed it would look like this

1. gameplay. (see all posts by gotmadskillz) this guy has it all down, EA should hire him. if they fixed 1/10 of what he has researched and found out the game would be a huge upgrade

2. dynamic commentary (see 2k games) it makes the games feel different. especially if they would talk about previous game and season stats. etc. would make your year 2018 game against a rivalry different from the 2012 game.

3. dynamic recruiting. could be # 2 on my list. I would love to see a 2 or 3 star develop into a high rated player and team captain. especially on some of the mid major schools. great players develop out of those schools all the time. also it would be nice to have a few 5 and 4 stars come in rated high and never really improve. ( hopefully they wouldn't over kill each feature to where recruiting wouldn't matter.)

4.coaching carousal if they gave the coaches a few ratings that could change based on their performance it would be nice. would love to have recruiting, training (for progression) playcalling (ask coach feature would call plays based on the coaches ability and the tendency of the other team)

5. presentation, bring back the old features from last gen. (not sure where the thread was but someone listed all the old stuff that used to be in the game. (in game ticker, Heisman ceremony, weekly SI cover. no need for alot of new stuff just bring back what we once had.

just my 2 cents not that it will happen but hopefully some ea guys will read these boards as it seems everyone has great ideas on what needs improved. I really hope EA focuses on fixing whats in place for 13 vs trying to sell something new that won't work properly anyway. as almost no new features do!

# 156 gogators @ 02/15/12 10:40 PM

Plus fix WR interaction with the ball. DBs fight for the ball but WRs hardly ever do.

Penalties like pass interference need to occur more as well.

CPU clock management. Make them use more clock in regular game situations. Make it depend on what clock length we choose to play on.

# 157 CuseGirl @ 02/16/12 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by gogators


	As far as the room for 85 man rosters. I used to be just a sports gamer until the PS1. Heck now playing other genres of games just lets me know how much the NCAA series has fallen. I don't want to hear about disk space when games like Mass Effect and Skyrim are made. I used to play NCAA more than all my other games combined. Now I play Gears of War, Call of Duty, Uncharted tons more than I play NCAA. It's quite sad actually. NCAA has potential and using that word alone let's you know how much the series has fallen when the word "potential" wasn't used in the past generations

THIS times 5 million. Skyrim has dragons flying in from 2 counties over with full dialogue, Mass Effect is a near movie during live gameplay. NCAA Football has rosters 15 players short of real life (carrying only 6 receivers, 3 QBs and 4 HBs completely unrealistic). And this is on top of certain modes and features being broken.

# 158 NateDogPack12 @ 02/16/12 01:03 PM

Quick Question: can anybody ballpark when exactly we'll hear some official word about what will / won't be in next year's game? Thanks.

# 159 blkrptnt819 @ 02/16/12 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by CuseGirl


	THIS times 5 million. Skyrim has dragons flying in from 2 counties over with full dialogue, Mass Effect is a near movie during live gameplay. NCAA Football has rosters 15 players short of real life (carrying only 6 receivers, 3 QBs and 4 HBs completely unrealistic). And this is on top of certain modes and features being broken.

Those games have longer development cycles. Think they may need to take the CoD approach. If I'm not mistaking they have 2 development studios working on the game for 2 years or an alternating schedule as far as their releases go.

# 160 TheNumber35 @ 02/16/12 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by blkrptnt819


	Those games have longer development cycles. Think they may need to take the CoD approach. If I'm not mistaking they have 2 development studios working on the game for 2 years or an alternating schedule as fare as their releases go.

You're correct with the CoD development cycle...I just don't know how productive this would be because, in a sense, you would have a development studio starting from scratch while EA Tiburon has all this basis to create a working product.

Personally, I think EA might be smart to release 13 and then...when the next season comes out (14) and we want new updated ratings for rosters, they could offer DLC at $5 a pop with rosters. Then release 15 and repeat. Still running on the 2 year cycle but not handicapping another studio's game (which would be much much worse than the game we're currently getting), plus we get roster and rating updates which is something we all want

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