NCAA 11 Impressions

[Maynard]

u guys are right i did drop back when i should have stepped up, but when 2 guys dont touch one thats about as BS as it gets. i was harassed all game by pressure. some was good pressure where they made great blitz plays and thats gonna happen. But alot of it was stuff like this where guys are not getting blocked or even touched.

shit, i dont have to tell u guys cause your playing the game. u see this stuff cause i dont have a different game then u. i am just posting this for people who haven't spent their money yet. while i agree the blocking has been improved, i wont say its leaps and bounds improved.

If we were using player progression to show improvement here i would say moderate improvement of +1....maybe +2 at best....most coming on the run game side of things (except the option)

 

[FirstTimer]

I bought this game for the first time in 3 years and I'm very happy with it thus far. Seeing a few too many pick 6's right now.

Played ND vs Ball Sate and won 48-0. Just on the easiest mode fucking around getting back in the groove.

Next game I played as Illinois at Iowa and lost 28-10. Iowa sustained some nice drives and my only score was on a pick 6.

The CPU needs some help running the ball via a sliders boost. The awareness needs to be upped as well as sometimes the DB's seem a little brain dead but over all it's solid and I'm happy with it.

Going to dig into dynasty a bit tomorrow night and re acclimate myself to that mode since it's been years. I'll wait for rosters and sliders and fire up a dynasty.

I'm already making plans on recruiting a speedy ass QB for ND to run the spread with...or I might go with the old school Holtz offense as well...

The game isn't perfect but from what I have seen/come across there are no game killers and it's patchable/sliderable.

 

[Maynard]

On the second play, if you lose the ball before you're contacted isn't that a fumble? .

in college, your down as soon as you touch the ground. u dont have to be touched...thats nfl

Maynard's first problem is that he's using OSU.

thats my team. who else would i use? playing alabama was fun. if it wasnt for a pick 6 by them i would have only scored 7 points. i agree with firsttimer though, to many pick 6

 

[FirstTimer]

in college, your down as soon as you touch the ground. u dont have to be touched...thats nfl



thats my team. who else would i use? playing alabama was fun. if it wasnt for a pick 6 by them i would have only scored 7 points. i agree with firsttimer though, to many pick 6

I had 2 vs Ball State and 1 versus Iowa.

 

[FirstTimer]

Also forgot to mention there aren't nearly enough stat overlays during the course of the game. I think In two games I saw two or three total.

 

[Sportsbuck]

u guys are right i did drop back when i should have stepped up, but when 2 guys dont touch one thats about as BS as it gets. i was harassed all game by pressure. some was good pressure where they made great blitz plays and thats gonna happen. But alot of it was stuff like this where guys are not getting blocked or even touched.

Well the RT had no chance to get to the guy because he speed rushed right around him and would've taken himself out of the play if you had stepped up. Agreed though, the FB should've at least gotten a chip on him but he got caught up with the RT.

I think the big thing to remember is that these are COLLEGE players they are representing, they aren't going to always make the right read on who to block and what to do. Maynard, I know you remember the Purdue game last year when Mike Adams singlehandidly got Pryor murdered multiple times by choosing the wrong guy to block, or the USC game in 08 when Alex Boone double teamed a DE with Rehring leaving Clay Mathews with a clean shot to force Rey Rey's pick 6.

I'm not seeing this happen too often... it happens but i just deal with that.

 

[Irish]

I bought this game for the first time in 3 years and I'm very happy with it thus far. Seeing a few too many pick 6's right now.

Played ND vs Ball Sate and won 48-0. Just on the easiest mode fucking around getting back in the groove.

Next game I played as Illinois at Iowa and lost 28-10. Iowa sustained some nice drives and my only score was on a pick 6.

The CPU needs some help running the ball via a sliders boost. The awareness needs to be upped as well as sometimes the DB's seem a little brain dead but over all it's solid and I'm happy with it.

Going to dig into dynasty a bit tomorrow night and re acclimate myself to that mode since it's been years. I'll wait for rosters and sliders and fire up a dynasty.

I'm already making plans on recruiting a speedy ass QB for ND to run the spread with...or I might go with the old school Holtz offense as well...

The game isn't perfect but from what I have seen/come across there are no game killers and it's patchable/sliderable.

Ive been messing around with Tommy Rees, or who I a assuming Tommy Rees is, and he is probably exactly what you are looking for in terms of speedy QB. He has like an 88 for speed and options work a hell of a lot better than with Crist.

Im not feeling the offense either. Ive always played my game in what I guess would be a pro style, I would run the ball then make short passes to set up the big play. The whole 5 wr sets with shotgun is a major adjustment for myself. I guess it will just take time.

And has anyone else noticed how strong streaks are? For either the CPU or myself it seems like if I run a 4 streaks play, im almost guaranteed 50+ yards.

 

[FirstTimer]

Ive been messing around with Tommy Rees, or who I a assuming Tommy Rees is, and he is probably exactly what you are looking for in terms of speedy QB. He has like an 88 for speed and options work a hell of a lot better than with Crist.

I'll have to look into that. Crist was a stud fr me in the game I played but it was against Ball Sate. I have a feeling I might do some formation subs with Rees and put him in some I formation plays etc where I can utilize a power or speed option.

The base equipment for quite a few guys seems off too..mainly helmets(Crist, Floyd, Te'o, Smith, Rudolph come to mind) but once rosters are done I can tinker with that shit.

Im not feeling the offense either. Ive always played my game in what I guess would be a pro style, I would run the ball then make short passes to set up the big play. The whole 5 wr sets with shotgun is a major adjustment for myself. I guess it will just take time.

I don't mind the offense I just want some more speed at the QB position. The base offense is a definite change though. Since basically NCAA 2003 or so I've been running a pro style/WC offense. So it was a major change with all the shotgun stuff. Armando Allen was a beast for me though with like 124 yards.

And has anyone else noticed how strong streaks are? For either the CPU or myself it seems like if I run a 4 streaks play, im almost guaranteed 50+ yards.

On some lower difficulties yeah. Like I said there needs to be some slider adjustment and tweaking.

 

[Matt10]

My slider set is just about done. Maynard, my official aim is to make you see what I've been enjoying for the last 8 hours (yes, since I've been home from work).

 

[Wrath]

in college, your down as soon as you touch the ground. u dont have to be touched...thats nfl



thats my team. who else would i use? playing alabama was fun. if it wasnt for a pick 6 by them i would have only scored 7 points. i agree with firsttimer though, to many pick 6

Yeah that is correct. I looked it up just before you posted this because I forgot.

 

[dave]

I had another great game tonight.

Nebraska 34 (cpu) Colorado (me) 31 OT

I had a 28-17 lead but blew it.

First game on Heisman level ... default sliders.

I hope Madden is this fun. This game is the best next-gen football game yet. I hope Madden is even better.

I love the Gameflow playcalling system. It's nice to play games that don't take over an hour.

Haven't played online yet, oddly enough.

 

[Irish]

The game isnt perfect, hell not even close. But my love for Notre Dame, an improved dynasty mode, will keep me playing this until The Show 11.

 

[FirstTimer]

The game isnt perfect, hell not even close. But my love for Notre Dame, an improved dynasty mode, will keep me playing this until The Show 11.

Same here..except I'll be picking up NBA 2k11 and COD: Black Ops.

 

[Chadman]

I had another great game tonight.

Nebraska 34 (cpu) Colorado (me) 31 OT

I had a 28-17 lead but blew it.

First game on Heisman level ... default sliders.

I hope Madden is this fun. This game is the best next-gen football game yet. I hope Madden is even better.

I love the Gameflow playcalling system. It's nice to play games that don't take over an hour.

Haven't played online yet, oddly enough.

did it feel cheap? what were your stats like

 

[Chadman]

thank you KNUBBRON JAMES for whooping my ass. Back to the drawling board. Im gonna play the cpu on heisman for a few hours tomorrow so i can get my game back. My user control is iffy, playcalling, running game..everything is iffy. got to get used to this game. I went 4-2 today...but thats not good enough considering how i done in the past. lol ncaa 09 where i was like 26-0 before my first lost. i need to get back to my dominante days. lol

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Just played off-line...Canes v. gheytors...21-3 me final on AA level...

So far..

Love the atmosphere...FINALLY got this up to par.

I fear speed a little too much...much have to even it out just a smidge...I mean, I was turning the corner with Jacory and going 40 yards before anyone came close to tackling me. There is a setting for this, so, its all good.

It looks like the difference in OVR's between the great, good, and the bad is equally distributed. Need to test that out and see how the game sims in dynasty. Hopefully no 110-3 finals in dynasty.

Love a lot of the animation, especially in regards to interceptions.

You can finally tell the difference between runners. Running with Thearon Collier is a world different than running with Aldarius Johnson. Collier makes crazy cuts and has great burst...it takes AJ a bit to get up to speed. This works with running styles too...Damien Berry, clearly a power back, and Lamar Miller, clearly a speed back, you can distinguish this...that is important.

This game should never be judged by the first game, I'm intrigued to see how it plays over games-seasons.

 

[Maynard]

My slider set is just about done. Maynard, my official aim is to make you see what I've been enjoying for the last 8 hours (yes, since I've been home from work).

post is up man! i hate making sliders but i did some tweaking to make the CPU offense better. Trying to play GT again and when the QB runs, they get stuffed, but when other guys run the ball they are doing well. I turned down my pass coverage and they are having a better time throwing too

 

[Sportsbuck]

I'm really struggling to throw the ball right now but I'm just dominating on the ground.

 

[Maynard]

me too. my passing is kind of shitty but the run game is great. GT had 350 total offense to my 220. But these fucking QB fumbles are shit. their QB fumbled 5 times running the ball.

where this patch

the game was 3-3 at half and was great, but the final was 27-10 all because of the fumbles

 

[Matt10]

Here are my sliders:

http://www.vsndaily.com/showthread.php?p=1187121#post1187121