Do you like NCAA more than Madden?

[Rush]

Anybody here like NCAA more then Madden? This is the first year I have ever liked NCAA more then Madden. It just feels so much better then Madden in gameplay terms. Also Dynasty is so much damn fun in comparison to franchise mode. I get so much more enjoyment playing NCAA, anybody else feel like this? Even if I lose in NCAA, I don't see myself getting as frustrated as I do with Madden. Since the game is legit, I don't blame my losses on stupid crap.

 

[The Messenger]

Definitely like NCAA better. Gameplay is more fluid and realistic.

 

[Primetime]

NCAA is much more enjoyable to me. I'd rather do a play now game in NCAA than a solid Franchise game in madden.

 

[celtsxpatsxsox]

I have rented NCAA a couple of times(dont know why I didnt buy it) and it is so much better than Madden. I normally wont buy sports games after the season of the sport is over but I do plan on buying NCAA cause it was so fun.

 

[BonesMahoney95]

Yeah, I do. Online dynasties are awesome, and overall I enjoy the gameplay more.

 

[LC AAU]

This is the first NCAA Football game i ever bought, its amazing. Much better then Madden.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Same here, other years I had rented NCAA, this year I bought it the day it came out, and I haven't been able to put it down since.

I think the reason I find it so much fun is because its so much more possible to hit the home run play, with so many different players. I mean, I used to play madden a lot, but when I started playing 09, and tried to use my favorite team, Indianapolis, any explosive power they had was erased, Joseph Addai is a POS in that game, the only thing good about Harrison and Wayne in the game is they have hands, they have no speed, its just a bunch of things about Madden that I can't stand.

I haven't put NCAA 09 down this year and I don't play to, I traded in a game for the first time a couple of weeks ago, it was Madden.

 

[Wildcard]

I don't know how anyone can agree.

If your runningback has a 95+ Speed he is unstoppable.

Crossing Routes, Hitch Routes, and Screens are impossible to stop.

No Man Coverage just like Madden...

Only difference is in NCAA there is no Zone Coverage either.

If you do a curl route in NCAA and you have a guy in his zone, he will simply stand behind the WR, wait for him to catch it, and then tackle him.

In Madden they actually might make a play on that ball.

Point is, Most people like NCAA this year because of the Dynasty Mode, and the Online Dynasty. But the Gameplay in NCAA is much worse.

I also think maybe that this is the first year people like NCAA more is because NCAA has always seemed like a shittier version of Madden, like last years madden game (not literally 08) but last years game. This year it is almost identical to Madden, and a lot of people like the atmosphere, variety of teams, and Dynasty mode due to the fact that it's College ball.

 

[Point Blank]

Nah..

 

[Primetime]

Madden isn't even on the same level as NCAA. I'll still buy both games next year but I doubt Madden will get near the attention NCAA will.

 

[Len B]

Yes, yes, and yes.

 

[NateDogg7240]

NCAA for me as well. There's just something about it that pulls me away from Madden.

 

[Irish]

Ive always like NCAA better than Madden. I like college ball better. I only play madden for RZML and nothing else. NCAA is just more fun to play and since i have such a devotion to Notre Dame it just makes it more fun. Ever since 2006 ive always played NCAA more just because the dynasties are more fun than franchise. I dont play NCAA online that much though, because it is a super cheesy game. But if your in the right Online Dynasty its fun.(VSOD).

 

[DNEUM]

I don't know how anyone can agree.

If your runningback has a 95+ Speed he is unstoppable.

Crossing Routes, Hitch Routes, and Screens are impossible to stop.

No Man Coverage just like Madden...

Only difference is in NCAA there is no Zone Coverage either.

If you do a curl route in NCAA and you have a guy in his zone, he will simply stand behind the WR, wait for him to catch it, and then tackle him.

In Madden they actually might make a play on that ball.

Point is, Most people like NCAA this year because of the Dynasty Mode, and the Online Dynasty. But the Gameplay in NCAA is much worse.

I also think maybe that this is the first year people like NCAA more is because NCAA has always seemed like a shittier version of Madden, like last years madden game (not literally 08) but last years game. This year it is almost identical to Madden, and a lot of people like the atmosphere, variety of teams, and Dynasty mode due to the fact that it's College ball.

Couldn't agree more. Online dynasty is bad ass and definitely the best game mode in a sports game ever. But like Wildcard said, defense is non-existent. Everything sucks. Man, zone, blitz, all coverage, it doesn't matter what you do unless the person you're playing just sucks on offense. But you can move the ball pretty much at will.

NCAA definitely does a lot of things better than Madden this year, but gameplay isn't one of them IMO.

 

[TxHustler512]

i like NHL more than both madden and NCAA. i just got it and i caint let it go...

 

[ThunderHorse]

ahh, I don't have problems on D, its just coming up with a scheme that works...

then again, I DO see your point. because very few D plays are solid, and pressuring the QB is a joke in this game.

the open field play is incredible and beautiful to fuck around with, but strategy wise defensively its tough.

 

[j.hen]

Gameplay is better on NCAA but everything else goes to Madden.

 

[krulmichael]

I think so far Current (or Next for some of you guys still) Gen NCAA Football has been far superior than Current Gen Madden so far. Although NCAA Football 2004 still holds the title for one of, if not the greatest football games of all time.

 

[Tailback U]

I used to think the same thing as I played 1000 games online of NCAA 2004 until I popped the game into my PS2 about a year or two ago.

It was fucking terrible. I wanted to vomit all over myself for having logged in damn near a thousand fucking hours playing that game.

I like madden a lot this year and haven't played enough of NCAA to judge it completely, but I've been playing friends recently and I like it. It's much easier than Madden, and I think that is why a lot of guys seem to like it. It's just not as difficult and frustrating as a lot of the guys are saying.

That doesn't make it better, but it can make it more fun for some people.

I think I'm gonna pick it up soon to check out the online dynasty as I plan on getting NCAA 10.