NCAA Football General Discussion Thread

[Colonel Angus]

The All Star game already has me bored. If you want to play herm I'm game, but I've played a couple already.

[ryne candy]

How does the PS3 version look? Some people at OS say it looks horrid and others say it looks incredible.

I've played 2 games....A&M vs Texas & UH vs A&M. I couldn't do TB because I didn't want to upload the patch, just in case those visuals problems are real and due to the patch. PS3 has always looked different from 360 but overall this game looks nice. I played the game on a LG tv in 720p with gaming mode on. I played one game at night with clear skies and the lighting good good IMO. The other was an afternoon game in pouring rain....jerseys were pretty dirty by Half. I did notice that when the game shows aerial shots the ends of the sidelines sometimes flicker but this doesn't do anything to gameplay (this was during the afternoon raining game).

edit: reading some of the past posts about field degradation and uniforms has made me decide to DL the patch tomorrow.

[Herm]

pass and run commit

playmaker a receiver to another route during a play

are these things in the game the "manual" doesnt mention them

[jms493]

The CPU on offense still is sucky.....owell. Gameplay feels great though....there will be some great user battles.

Nice to see mid 80s throwing accuracy is not elite anymore...

[Herm]

gamingtailgate ps3 ea locker for rosters

[Realist]

gamingtailgate ps3 ea locker for rosters

I was just about to post this. Pretty good rosters. Only looked at a couple

[Leftwich]

I have the game sitting next to my TV don't think i'm gonna play till Thursday i got shit to do tomorrow

[Rblake]

pass and run commit

playmaker a receiver to another route during a play

are these things in the game the "manual" doesnt mention them

You CAN pass or run commit. L2 then R in whichever direction.

I dunno about playmaker DURING a play...I thought that was only in madden a few yrs ago.

[dave]

This game is damn impressive out of the box.
I played default Heisman with the only change being speed differential to 25 from 50 (a lot of guys at OS are using that setting).
I play 8 minute quarters.

In my first game: Ohio State (cpu) 42 Illinois 17.
I got the first TD of the game, but simply could stop Ohio State, just too big a differential in talent, but I never felt cheated.

Second game: Stanford 43 (cpu) Oregon 40.
This one went to four OT series. Andrew Luck threw a deep pass into my zone on 3rd and 15 to win the game. I was up 24-14 at one point but threw a bad INT that changed momentum.

So far on default Heisman, the only thing I might change is my pass blocking. The CPU gets a ton of sacks. I also feel that cpu passing could be better (Luck was 17-37 vs. the Ducks ... but clutch).

As others have noted, pass interference penalties (again ) are non-existent.

The presentation in this game is uttlerly unispiring. I kinda miss Coach Corso.

[Coked Up Elmo]

yea i miss corso too

[PP]

When I first played it I thought the game graphics were whack for what they should be. IDK why the players are jaggy and pixelated. Kinda fucked up but gameplay is solid.

[Hitman]

i've had a few PI penalties so far... albeit a couple were from me tackling the shit out of a dude right before the ball got there, but they are in the game at least..

[killgod]

i've had a few PI penalties so far... albeit a couple were from me tackling the shit out of a dude right before the ball got there, but they are in the game at least..

Under that circumstance they've pretty much always been there. That's the only way to generate one.


Played some RTG last night, so far I think it's OK but it's not that much better than years past. Still playing my HS season (which is a nice addition) but I find the playcalling to still be really bad (team only calls about 7-10 diff plays, most running, I'm a WR) and my team's QB is a complete fucking retard.

The camera angle for a WR is kind of shit, cause if you are running a screen you have no idea when the QB is going to throw since you can't see him. All of a sudden the ball will just whip into the screen so if you aren't ready you will take the ball off the grill.

Even on D the camera is problematic, if the ball is thrown beyond you, you're fucked cause there's no smooth way to keep running while the camera swings around like that. Terrible QA testers for this mode.


The gameplay is a pretty good step up from NCAA'11, but this mode made a much smaller leap forward. A shame. I'll see how things go once I get into the College ranks.


Was RTG boasted about during the development cycle? I didn't follow it. Just wondering if they hyped this mode alot or not. If they did, I'll have my doubts for Madden's superstar mode being worthwhile.

[Twigg4075]

Is it just me or is the audio awfully muted this year, like it's been compressed? I'm on PS3 so there is no reason for compression. I just remember the game being a lot louder last year because I constantly had to turn down my surround sound.

[Twigg4075]

yea i miss corso too

I'm guessing the commentary is the same as it's been the past five years? I don't think I've heard anything new yet. Lame.

When I first played it I thought the game graphics were whack for what they should be. IDK why the players are jaggy and pixelated. Kinda fucked up but gameplay is solid.

I'm not seeing that at all. The game looks great to me.