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NCAA Football 13 Heisman Challenge Webcast Introduces Reaction Time

02:59 PM - May 30, 2012 by Steve_OS

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For the first time in franchise history, familiar faces are now on the field in NCAA Football 13, where fans can build a national powerhouse by placing one of 10 former Heisman Trophy winners on the team of their choice for the upcoming NCAA season. Under center, in the backfield, or split wide, utilize a Legend�s skill set in the quest to win the Heisman Trophy. Video interviews with each Heisman Trophy winner will be unlocked throughout the season, detailing the achievements of their glory days. In addition, fans can truly test themselves by matching their Heisman Legend�s historical performance in one season, which will not only win the Heisman Trophy, but also unlock each player in Road to Glory.

Heisman Legends include:

Marcus Allen� 1981 Heisman Trophy recipient, University of Southern California
Doug Flutie� 1984 Heisman Trophy recipient, Boston College
Eddie George� 1995 Heisman Trophy recipient, Ohio State University
Robert Griffin III� 2011 Heisman Trophy recipient, Baylor University
Desmond Howard� 1991 Heisman Trophy recipient, University of Michigan
Carson Palmer� 2002 Heisman Trophy recipient, University of Southern California
Barry Sanders� 1988 Heisman Trophy recipient, Oklahoma State University
Charlie Ward� 1993 Heisman Trophy recipient, Florida State University
Andre Ware� 1989 Heisman Trophy recipient, University of Houston
Herschel Walker� 1982 Heisman Trophy recipient, University of Georgia

The following DLC Heisman Legends are also available:

* Tim Brown � 1987 Heisman Trophy recipient, Notre Dame
* Archie Griffin � 1974 and 1975 Heisman Trophy recipient, Ohio State University
* Jim Plunkett � 1970 Heisman Trophy recipient, Stanford University
** Mark Ingram � 2009 Heisman Trophy recipient, University of Alabama
** Matt Leinart � 2004 Heisman Trophy recipient, University of Southern California
** Tim Tebow � 2007 Heisman Trophy recipient, University of Florida

* Available through the NCAA Football 13 demo download.

** Available through NCAA Football 13 pre-order from GameStop.

REACTION TIME

The new Reaction Time feature allows players to experience what it�s like on the field as a true Heisman Trophy-caliber athlete. Reaction Time literally slows down the action, allowing users to look for openings in defenses and perform skill moves to get into the open field, before smoothly transitioning back to regular speed. Gameplay has also been enhanced to include special teams and an updated playcall system.

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# 121 RebelHog @ 05/30/12 04:10 PM

So for those that won't be buying NCAA13, if you want to do the same Heisman Mode here is what you do.

Go Create one of the Heisman's, make his attributes all over 100 and put him on any team you want. Then go to youtube and search for interview videos of that player and you will have your own Heisman mode.

# 122 shaunlmason @ 05/30/12 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Skull


	today i will read all the websites to see their take on this, no one will call EA out on adding another fluff mode at the expense of core gameplay. this game will probably get a 8.5+ score in the reviews but guys will still get their trips to orlando and early games so it's all good

Hahaha

You think if I was deciding what was in the game every year this would be a mode I would choose? Wrong. I've said as much in Orlando. You people crack me up assuming that 1) We get to choose features 2) We automatically are pleased with decisions

I'll likely never play this mode, I don't play offline dynasty. I play 15+ years in an online dynasty with the same group of guys every year.

# 123 ODogg @ 05/30/12 04:10 PM

I am going to go against the grain here and say I think this Heisman mode looks like it could be quite fun and I think I may enjoy it. I think it's funny all the criticism EA is taking over this when so many people really LOVED 2K Sports addition of superstar mode with Michael Jordan and all those classic players, which is probably where EA got this idea from btw.

As for me, I know I played NBA2K a LOT more because of that superstar mode where you had goals set for players and had to meet them to unlock achievements and although I'm not sure this mode will be that addictive it certainly looks like it has the potential to be.

# 124 gogators @ 05/30/12 04:13 PM

Crap. just a fluffed up version of RTG that has never worked right since it's inception.

# 125 bigsmallwood @ 05/30/12 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaun Mason


	Hahaha You think if I was deciding what was in the game every year this would be a mode I would choose? Wrong. I've said as much in Orlando. You people crack me up assuming that 1) We get to choose features 2) We automatically are pleased with decisions I'll likely never play this mode, I don't play offline dynasty. I play 15+ years in an online dynasty with the same group of guys every year.

Will EA be releasing this for the Wii U later this year? Or are you not allowed to discuss?

# 126 TTD71 @ 05/30/12 04:13 PM

^^^^^
THIS is how I feel every single year about now...lather, rinse, repeat and yet because there is no other football game options for NCAA or NFL, I buy anyway...

I am almost 100% sure I am going to feel this way again on June 4th when the Madden super-secret reveals that the big feature is going to be bullet time passing or something equally worthless...

Oh well, no one to blame for my own stupidity. By now, its common knowledge that Ben H and company are craven lunatics who love patting themselves on the back for their "creativity" while leaving a laundry list of "legacy issues" unaddressed year after year.

Marketing geniuses.
Football ignoramuses.

# 127 Indyboy180 @ 05/30/12 04:14 PM

I'll buy this game when it's $20 bucks.

Might as well call it NCAA Football 12.1

# 128 Scrapps @ 05/30/12 04:15 PM

Gameplay is horrid. Online dynasty suffers from countless transfer failed errors. Punt returns resemble a mosh pit. Blocked kicks are as plentiful as a bigfoot sighting. But, whats that? I can play as Andre Ware?

SOLD!!!!

smh

Please. Some company. Any company. Get rights to make a college football game. What EA has does to this series on the current gen consoles, is beyond revolting. I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.

# 129 shaunlmason @ 05/30/12 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by bigsmallwood


	Will EA be releasing this for the Wii U later this year? Or are you not allowed to discuss?

I have no clue big. I would at least say "No comment" if I knew anything.

# 130 prowler @ 05/30/12 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ODogg


	I am going to go against the grain here and say I think this Heisman mode looks like it could be quite fun and I think I may enjoy it. I think it's funny all the criticism EA is taking over this when so many people really LOVED 2K Sports addition of superstar mode with Michael Jordan and all those classic players, which is probably where EA got this idea from btw. As for me, I know I played NBA2K a LOT more because of that superstar mode where you had goals set for players and had to meet them to unlock achievements and although I'm not sure this mode will be that addictive it certainly looks like it has the potential to be.

You're comparing apples to oranges. NBA2K's superstar mode is a lot more enjoyable than NCAA's RTG so naturally superstar mode with classic players would be better received than what equates to RTG with classic players and bullet time.

# 131 Playmakers @ 05/30/12 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Big FN Deal


	EA football player ratings are so unrealistic and literally overrated that they had to give Heisman greats skill ratings of over 100. I can not be the only one that realizes the obvious problem that points out with how payer ratings are currently scaled in the game.

This is kinda what i suspected having every single one of them rated 100 overall.

Obviously EA wasn't in the mood for researching but i'm guessing they'll give Archie Griffin and Eddie George both 90+ speed which is INSANE.

This is exactly why i'm glad they don't do classic teams anymore.

I mean what's the point of doing it when all teams will be rated equal because your too lazy to research and provide realistic player ratings spread out amongst the players.

The best part of this video was seeing that they atleast got Desmond Howard's gear correct.....I'm hoping they include old school gear back in the game so i can use it on my own old school rosters.

# 132 Gotmadskillzson @ 05/30/12 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ODogg


	I am going to go against the grain here and say I think this Heisman mode looks like it could be quite fun and I think I may enjoy it. I think it's funny all the criticism EA is taking over this when so many people really LOVED 2K Sports addition of superstar mode with Michael Jordan and all those classic players, which is probably where EA got this idea from btw. As for me, I know I played NBA2K a LOT more because of that superstar mode where you had goals set for players and had to meet them to unlock achievements and although I'm not sure this mode will be that addictive it certainly looks like it has the potential to be.

The difference between the 2 is in NBA 2K12 and NBA 2K11 the classic teams aren't all rated ABOVE 100. In Heisman mode, all the Heisman players are rated above 100.

Where is the challenge in that ??????? You got a player on steroids, super juiced to the max. It would be damn near impossible to not break their Heisman record in a single season.

# 133 capn_razzamataz @ 05/30/12 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ODogg


	I am going to go against the grain here and say I think this Heisman mode looks like it could be quite fun and I think I may enjoy it. I think it's funny all the criticism EA is taking over this when so many people really LOVED 2K Sports addition of superstar mode with Michael Jordan and all those classic players, which is probably where EA got this idea from btw. As for me, I know I played NBA2K a LOT more because of that superstar mode where you had goals set for players and had to meet them to unlock achievements and although I'm not sure this mode will be that addictive it certainly looks like it has the potential to be.

Obviously speaking for myself here, but I did enjoy the Jordan challenge mode. I also very much enjoy NBA2k11/12's regular gameplay. To me there aren't any glaring issues with gameplay that get magnified in 2k's My Player or Jordan challenge mode, which IMO is the case in RTG/Superstar.

I can't enjoy RTG/Superstar mode due to the often wonky gameplay of NCAA/Madden. Based on what (admittedly small bit) I saw in the webcast, Heisman Challenge looks just like RTG but with a cheesy bullet-time effect thrown on top, so I don't think I can enjoy this either.

# 134 Playmakers @ 05/30/12 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by capn_razzamataz


	Tuned in very late. Two things: 1) FSU's pants are almost white. 2) Dude rolling WAY left with Charlie Ward, then instantly turning around and throwing to a receiver on the right side of the field and hitting him on a rope between the numbers. Hopefully it's on super-below-rookie mode.

naw man that's just Charlie Ward having 99 accuarcy and 99 throw power....

# 135 jpdavis82 @ 05/30/12 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mrMagic91


	Bro, the trailer was full of the same broken tackle animations. Plus the idea of puttin the heisman winner on any team is dumb. This is A FAIL. I'm done with EA Sportd my dude.

Until June 4th anyway

# 136 pigsooie3 @ 05/30/12 04:26 PM

I just don't understand why they can't fix the things that 90% of the gamers complain about. I normally wait til I actually play the game before I pass judgement and I'm trying hard to do that with '13 but the more I see, the harder it gets...I just don't understand why they don't work with Madden and implement some of the same things.

# 137 JoBo513 @ 05/30/12 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Playmakers


	naw man that's just Charlie Ward having 99 accuarcy and 99 throw power....

That whole ratings deal does seem like it would cheapen the experience.

Sent from my cheap *** phone

# 138 hurricanefootball4 @ 05/30/12 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ODogg


	I am going to go against the grain here and say I think this Heisman mode looks like it could be quite fun and I think I may enjoy it. I think it's funny all the criticism EA is taking over this when so many people really LOVED 2K Sports addition of superstar mode with Michael Jordan and all those classic players, which is probably where EA got this idea from btw.

Couple of key differences though - Michael Jordan is immortalized, and pretty much anyone who ever played basketball wanted the experience to 'be like Mike'.

As they admitted in the webcast, a lot of the people playing the game think Desmond Howard is just some guy on College Gameday.

The only one that even intrigues me a little bit to play as is Barry Sanders...buuuuuut (and it's a huge but)....he doesn't play like Barry Sanders!

NBA 2K captured Jordan's mannerisms, moves, etc almost perfectly. There were times I played that mode and I was like wow, I remember the game that Jordan did that move.

Barry Sanders isn't going to be low to the ground, shifty, and making the most ridiculous juke moves you've ever seen. He's going to play like a cheese version of any other running back in NCAA Football 13.

NBA 2K had great dynasty and gameplay before they need to 'shake things up' with a mode like the Jordan Challenges.

NCAA still has a lot of work to do in those areas so it's frustrating to see them create a mode like this now, and then to not implement in a way that it doesn't feel like a modified version of RTG (which it is). I just feel like this development time could have been better used elsewhere.

# 139 w00dy Hayezz @ 05/30/12 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by AttackAttack


	If ea wants to make a legend mode they need to do it right. If they did I'd never put it down, because I really love old school foot all. Take photos of players from the era. And make the player models look like the players did back when they played. That includes huge shoulder pads. Long jersey sleeves. Old big facemask. All that. Then give us retro stadiums. And the uniforms the players wore when they played. Don't half *** it

If they did all this people would just complain about how much more time they spent on this mode.

# 140 gogators @ 05/30/12 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by w00dy Hayezz


	If they did all this people would just complain about how much more time they spent on this mode.

If gameplay is still broken, then yes I would.

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