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NCAA Football 13 Video - No More Psychic DB's, 25 Different Pass Trajectory Zones

01:26 AM - April 13, 2012 by Gotmadskillzson

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No more psychic DB's, DB's have to see the ball, before they can make a play on the ball
25 different pass trajectory zones (Drop it over LB's, lead your receiver using left stick)
20+ new dropbacks, including new screen play dropbacks
New rollout passing animations, will still be difficult to complete passes throwing against your body, as you will not have enough arm strength
Icons are dimmed out, until they are actually "ready" to make a catch
Available in stores July 10th

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# 301 kenlovin @ 04/16/12 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Gotmadskillzson


	People need to stop being star struck by developer interactions. They are regular people just like anybody else. Grant it some people go over the line and be rude just to be rude. However most of the time however it be legit questions being asked. If you don't have thick skin and can't converse in a good civil debate of what works and what don't work in your product, then by all means just don't comment. What bothers me the most is when legit questions get asked and don't get answered, but let some kid ask about 3D grass, cleats, mouth guards or release dates, those type of questions get answered instead. I wish some developers would come on here and tell it how it really is. Don't sugar coat it. Good number of us are older or the same age of these developers. We can handle the truth. If something don't work, then just come out it and say: Now I can live with a response like that. You know, just tell the truth, be straight up with people. Oh how I wish a developer would come on here and write a long deep documentation of what all the ratings and sliders ACTUALLY do in the game. The scale of ratings that trigger certain animation triggers. The scale of ratings and sliders that trigger certain AI behaviors on the field. And I mean what they REALLY do, not some dictionary definition of what the word mean. Because what the word means and what it ACTUALLY do in the game be two completely different things. Maybe, just maybe........If they did that, we the consumers could HELP them make a BETTER game. Just a thought. Run it through your legal department and make it happen. Just as quick and talkative you guys want to be when it comes to cover votes, team entrances and band locations, be talkative about game play, ratings, sliders, animation triggers. You know the real nuts and bolts of the game.

I haven't posted in months but this deserves a reply. I feel the exact way. I have playing this game since 01 or rather actually buying it on my own since then, and while I am eager to hear the developments tomorrow, what I have learned is this. Nothing matters until the game is in your hands. These guys are developers slash spokesmen. While they are releasing info they are also serving two purposes and the other is to sell the game. So while I'm probably going to buy the game it will not be until the positives and negatives are thoroughly found by this community, bc I can't remember what year it was but remember the game not being ready to play until dec. Sorry if there are typos typed this out on my phone

# 302 Pared @ 04/16/12 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Scrapps


	So, we should be ecstatic that someone from EA pops in for second with a twenty word response, yet avoids these boards like the plague for the 6 months following release? Got it.

No, you take video game marketing with a grain of salt until you actually play the game.

I sometimes wonder how some of you are members of this site for such a long time (or even video game players in general) and still don't realize this. It's the same story - every. single. year.

# 303 Pared @ 04/16/12 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by CRMosier_LM


	They are on here each day reading nearly every post that is productive and insightful. If you were them, would you come here and post so you could be trolled constantly?!? I doubt it, they are people just like you and I (albeit with a job most people on these forums would love to have) and deserve to be treated as we would any other person we meet in everyday life. They don't want their butt kissed, and they don't want to be coddled, and they certainly don't want (I would imagine) the horrible treatment they receive from a few people. No just because people have an internet connection does not mean they have the right to be malicious towards others because they can be anonymous. Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk 2

While I agree with you, the more respectful board members would agree that there is a noticeable difference in pre and post release support on the forums here.

It's a cycle that has been pretty apparent for a few years now. Without knowing EA's allowances for public discussions on game "issues" I can honestly say there is certainly a difference when a game is getting praised due to hype and being blasted due to bugs/glitches/broken features.

# 304 Gotmadskillzson @ 04/16/12 04:59 PM

You people make it sound like if they give out the true meaning of their ratings and sliders and how they control things on the field or just a ratings scale animation trigger of certain AI behavior, that your average joe can take that information, go out and build a video game off that little knowledge alone.

# 305 Broncos86 @ 04/16/12 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Pared


	While I agree with you, the more respectful board members would agree that there is a noticeable difference in pre and post release support on the forums here. It's a cycle that has been pretty apparent for a few years now. Without knowing EA's allowances for public discussions on game "issues" I can honestly say there is certainly a difference when a game is getting praised due to hype and being blasted due to bugs/glitches/broken features.

With how volatile this board (and others) can be, I'm not sure I'd come here much either if I were working on Madden/NCAA. The level of venom and putrid behavior is staggering, and I'd be too embarrassed to ever post here again if I said some of the things that people come here to say.

It's even worse with these rookies who come here, brand new, and instantly mouth off as if this is a platform from which to launch their vile poison towards EA. I love Madden and NCAA just as much as the next guy, but some people get too personal about it.

# 306 mtoo22 @ 04/16/12 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Broncos86


	With how volatile this board (and others) can be, I'm not sure I'd come here much either if I were working on Madden/NCAA. The level of venom and putrid behavior is staggering, and I'd be too embarrassed to ever post here again if I said some of the things that people come here to say. It's even worse with these rookies who come here, brand new, and instantly mouth off as if this is a platform from which to launch their vile poison towards EA. I love Madden and NCAA just as much as the next guy, but some people get too personal about it.

Almost every large forum is this way. Not that it makes it right, but you have to ignore those who just spout off and yell, and look at the real people who want to see a difference.

# 307 SageInfinite @ 04/16/12 05:42 PM

Vile poison....lmao

# 308 Scrapps @ 04/16/12 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Broncos86


	With how volatile this board (and others) can be, I'm not sure I'd come here much either if I were working on Madden/NCAA. The level of venom and putrid behavior is staggering, and I'd be too embarrassed to ever post here again if I said some of the things that people come here to say. It's even worse with these rookies who come here, brand new, and instantly mouth off as if this is a platform from which to launch their vile poison towards EA. I love Madden and NCAA just as much as the next guy, but some people get too personal about it.

I tend to think people have a right to voice their displeasure considering the recent history of this game. And I agree. Saying this game sucks or going off on some rant, is not at all productive. However, this once great game, has been an absolute joke, on the current gen consoles. Every Feb/March, the hype train gets rolling touting their "various" new features. Yet, when the game is released with countless glitches/bugs, all of a sudden, the silence is deafening.
Countless posters have asked for a simple explanation of how the various ratings translate into actual gameplay. Whats that you hear? Crickets. Nothing. Not a word. Anyone with any affiliation to EA, goes into hiding. If Bin Laden had half the fleeing capabilities of this company, he'd probably still be alive. Or, maybe he is. Yet, as sure as the sun emerges every single day, February rolls around, and you can plainly hear something chugging down those tracks.

# 309 roadman @ 04/16/12 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Scrapps


	I tend to think people have a right to voice their displeasure considering the recent history of this game. And I agree. Saying this game sucks or going off on some rant, is not at all productive. However, this once great game, has been an absolute joke, on the current gen consoles. Every Feb/March, the hype train gets rolling touting their "various" new features. Yet, when the game is released with countless glitches/bugs, all of a sudden, the silence is deafening. Countless posters have asked for a simple explanation of how the various ratings translate into actual gameplay. Whats that you hear? Crickets. Nothing. Not a word. Anyone with any affiliation to EA, goes into hiding. If Bin Laden had half the fleeing capabilities of this company, he'd probably still be alive. Or, maybe he is. Yet, as sure as the sun emerges every single day, February rolls around, and you can plainly hear something chugging down those tracks.

I agree with a good portion of this post. NCAA, with all the issues last year, was deadly silent.

As far as your opening statement, depends on how far a poster takes the displeasure. No way anyone can prevent a poster from hitting the send button if the post goes over the line.

It's happened in the past and it can happen again.

# 310 Pared @ 04/16/12 07:21 PM

Get back on the topic.

# 311 kenlovin @ 04/16/12 07:27 PM

Yea but I understand why some people are upset. I remember last year if I'm not mistaken they were taking live questions and if I'm also not mistaken it was mad skills who was asking some valid questions about gameplay and they kept answering the people who were asking basic questions about info that was already released and readily avail. I think the only question they answered was pertaining to dreads which. I remember quite a few people from this forum were upset that day.

# 312 DorianDonP @ 04/16/12 07:30 PM

I remember being so vocal last year about full editing in dynasty, and feeling like heaven had came early when they announced it. I was so looking forward to spending time recreating the espn 150, assigning players to the right state and whatnot.

Only to find out you couldn't edit recruiting classes. You could only edit recruits once they were on a team, making it impossible to recreate recruiting classes and rankings. And to add insult to injury, you couldn't even change the size of the player. :Facepalm.

I remember thinking 'you're doing it wrong!"

They announce something we ask for to check it off the list of things to do, but don't do it right. It's one of those things I'm constantly concerned about when they do announce that they have added something.

And i'm not going to forget them touting improved crowd reactions as a feature last year, only to be greeted with horrendous crowd reactions. It's those type of things I wish the devs would speak openly about. Answer why they don't allow editing of recruiting classes and the ability to share them like NBA 2K does for draft classes.

Or coming on here to answer why the so called improved crowd was nowhere to be found in 12. even though they were hyping it.

If it was a code issue, come here and say it was. If not, all it feels like is false advertising...or let me be blunt, flat out LYING. You're not endearing yourself to your customers with that kinda stuff.

# 313 Bamafan3723 @ 04/16/12 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by NEOPARADIGM


	I mean I truly, honestly, don't see how anyone can think NBA 2K12 and MLB The Show are great games and think this one sucks. It's all the same .

I stopped reading at this point.

# 314 SteelerSpartan @ 04/16/12 07:53 PM

Ha I remember when Ian/Phil first came on here and the initial thread where Lbzrule and others broke down(Gang Tackling I think) a Madden Clip with Sean Alexander...

At first many were skeptical about them(Including Me), thinking it was only for promotion of the game...but those 1st couple of detailed conversations they had here with everybody got a lot of people on board....and before long Ian and Phil had their own Army around here.....

....Ready to defend "The Process" of helping to build Madden 10 for the Sim Crowd here at OS....It was great we had tons of detailed blogs/discussions about gameplay with everybody pitching in their youtube vids/Pics thinking ok we're really helping them "Get It" about how to build a great NG Sim Minded Game of football.........

Then Madden 10 hit and many went like

Did we really spend hours upon hours over our Summer to build "Ian's Reference Book".......for this?????

Many were upset(Didn't help that many viewed the blogs as misleading) that the game didn't make more of a jump, considering OS members showed EA what Madden needed to be an elite Breed of Sports Game...

After that the interaction kind of went back into the more promotional phase we have today.........

I'll be interested to see how detailed the Gameplay Blogs really are and if the Devs want to talk any hardcore Xs and Os like back in the day afterwards.....

My bet is no, but I hope Im wrong

# 315 jfsolo @ 04/16/12 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Broncos86


	With how volatile this board (and others) can be, I'm not sure I'd come here much either if I were working on Madden/NCAA. The level of venom and putrid behavior is staggering, and I'd be too embarrassed to ever post here again if I said some of the things that people come here to say. It's even worse with these rookies who come here, brand new, and instantly mouth off as if this is a platform from which to launch their vile poison towards EA. I love Madden and NCAA just as much as the next guy, but some people get too personal about it.

Yeah, I enjoy it when we have developer interaction, but if I were them, I'd never come on the boards. Their hands are simply tied too much for the experience to be worth it.

Marketing and legal put the kibosh on much of the potential convo, especially when something goes wrong,(see Mass Effect 3). Also they have to, and should of course, be courteous and professional at times, even when so many here can't control their ****, feeling that X amount of dollars spent on the game or games, is a license to be a douche.

Better for them to just say what they need to say on their blogs, webcast, Facebook, or Twitter, or at the community events, where I imagine that civility always prevails.

# 316 The_Gaming_Disciple @ 04/16/12 08:17 PM

At this point people need to realize that unless an complete overhaul happens at EA with regards to NCAA, no sufficient future immediate changes will take place. Though I do not want to beat a dead horse with a stick, for EA to not consider patching something as simple as a chain gang into the game or revisiting and fixing non realistic moon predator dreads, can put to rest those concerns for more detailed gameplay consistent with simulation. EA's mindset right now unfortunately is this, "Because their is no competition, you can take our product or leave it."

Yes I would love to have a great sim football game, but when EA won't focus on the little things, to me, that is evident of a no care attitude. Year after year, its that carrot tied to the donkey mentality..."keep chasing"...

# 317 khaliib @ 04/16/12 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Pared


	The developers are here to interact when possible. If it frustrates you that you don't get a response your best bet is to contact the game company's support line. Having developer interaction here is a bonus and a privilege, not a right.

You're right Pared, it is a bonus and privilege, but not for the gamer.

They use game forums like these to market their games at Sweat Factory Cost, if any cost to them at all.

Without actual gamers spending time on these sites, they wouldn't even glance at OS.

We're doing them a favor, not the other way around.

It's our discussion about their game (negative or positive) that markets their game.
Without our discussion, they must go back to the expensive cost of TV segments to push their games.

I feel such a statement really devalues the business source (OS Forum) that the owner of
this site is providing to such a company.

We need toget away from the mindset that sites like OS Forums and it's are beneath them and we're the priveleged one's "If" they decide to grace us by visiting.

We're worth alot more to them, than they are to us.
That's the Truth!!!

# 318 ChaseB @ 04/16/12 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mtoo22


	Almost every large forum is this way. Not that it makes it right, but you have to ignore those who just spout off and yell, and look at the real people who want to see a difference.

I'm with this dude. But I feel like I've gone to message boards forever so it's sort of part of me -- I wouldn't expect most to have that outlook.

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Originally Posted by JerseySuave4


	The problem with the developer interaction wasn't the bashing, it was the fact that, like someone else already said, they'd look past the questions about things that really have an impact on the game and answer the questions about the glitter and fluff. We'll ignore the question about Special Teams but look at the reflection on this helmet when you're in the replay screen zoomed in right in tight on the helmet. They hype up, "We've added Custom stadium sounds this year so you can add your own music." Then we get the game and it doesn't even work correctly. "We added Teambuilder so you can import your own teams from the internet." Then they leave you with half-assed options, no text box, no picking your team brand, no sock options, etc. Then we ask and ask and ask for a text box and they add a half assed text box with 3 choices of text. "We added coaching carousel!" Then we get to play it and it doesn't work right. For every person who is negative towards this game there is an EA nut hugger who makes excuses and either overlooks the flaws or is simply too blind to even see them. Yes people want to have fun and enjoy a game but it's hard to when the game is so filled with bugs and glitches. And the frustration of coming here year after year and saying the same things over and over only to have them basically ignored gets frustrating.

And since we're already off-topic here, why not make it more so:

Only can speak for myself, but I think I've been pretty open about things to this point. If I can't answer something I can't answer it, but I'll at least say as much most of the time.

Again, though, I think it's a really tough spot to put developers in to expect them to keep a running conversation up, especially on a massive message board where the conversation will get cluttered.

I come here and will continue to do so because of my history here and because I do think it's beneficial. I presume once Madden comes out though and people actually get to play what I've been working on my honeymoon period will come to an end. But it doesn't mean I'll run away or anything, it just means there's more chances to be "attacked" which inevitably begins to weigh on most folks.

# 319 stoncold32 @ 04/17/12 05:38 AM

I said a few months ago I wasn't buying this game, and I'm still not. However, I'm still curious to see how it looks, so I came in to see this vid.

I just find it funny that ONCE AGAIN, all is the same.

The guys who have been here since like '04 and earlier, like myself have the gripes, and many of the new ppl from like 2010 on, think it's the greatest game ever.

ONCE AGAIN, ppl are complaining, EA devs are in here, nothing is really being answered, and we're back to square one.

Face it guys, since NCAA '07 on next-gen there has been ONE really good version of this game, and that was '11(before all the patches screwed it up). ONE. Every other game was marred by the CPU not throwing deep ball...ever. By only having a bullett pass or a lob pass. By WIIIIDDDEE OPEN gameplay, which was possibly the worst thing ever. I could keep going, but those of you who have been here know the rest....

NCAA 12 wasn't terrible, but it should've been a better built version of '11. Instead in many ways it regressed, and on a smaller note it really ticked me off that the uniforms didnt get dirty. Things like that really take away from being fully IMMERSED into the game. I know one guy who didnt buy the game b/c that didnt work....and that's his right, and I understand. The patch that screwed up the no-huddle broke my spirit for the game, and I never played it after that.

Mark my words: This game will be NO DIFFERENT. You're gonna run out day one, drop ur $60-70 bucks on it. Then you're gonna see all sorts of problems. EA is gonna "fix" those problems via a patch, then you're gonna see new problems caused by the patch, and things that were fine before will now be broken.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and this game won't change in a year no matter how much you all hope.

# 320 shaunlmason @ 04/17/12 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by BORN4CORN


	The only devs that come on this anymore are originally OS users... It's not like the NCAA team is on here asking us what little things they can fix, or taking a survey, or discussing how something doesn't look right, etc. They haven't been here forever because of the tough questions and criticism. As far as my comment, it's definitely permitted. We have been told over and over something works when it doesn't - patches that will fix the broken, but wont - the new game is finally fixed, followed by another patch. After all that they laugh at how bad it was when they put out the next release.

I don't think the Madden/NCAA developers avoid here because of "tough" questions, they avoid here because the signal-to-noise is extremely low. There are 11 pages of discussion in this thread based on a very short clip, most of which aren't questions. Honestly if you expect busy people to wade through 20 pages of noise to find a couple good questions you have higher expectations than I do.Even if they DO wade through the whole thread they know answering questions just generates another 50 pages of people analyzing the 30 words they typed.

I love that people are obsessed over these games, I fall into that group, but you guys need to temper your expectations with reality (I'm only talking about interaction here).

I've learned not to expect anyone here on OS to trust my words, but I've personally spent a lot of time at EA SPORTS over the last few months (and will be spending more time before the game goes gold) and I know personally that they've been asked tough questions. I've been able to ask questions I've ALWAYS wanted to know the answer to. I've also learned why the answers to those questions aren't public knowledge.

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That said, I don't speak for the development team, that's just my perception of things.

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