NCAA Football 14

[Point Blank]

PS3 Chadman85b im fucking legendary in ea sport's horrible football games.

Shut the hell up..

 

[bucky]

I was going to pick this game up but heard defense is crap in this game. Any opinions from those that already have the game. Offense overpowered? Defense stupid? Anyone with differing opinions than what I've been hearing?

 

[Aso]

From the demo defense did seem crappy. Play a zone and you might as well not play defense at all. The game was never under consideration for me though so it doesn't affect me one way or the other anyways. I will rent it eventually for them draft classes in madden :cig:

 

[NAHSTE]

Yeah sorry I don't want to look at shit brown helmets again this year. Its not simply that they don't look right, it's that they are completely the wrong color. LSU might as well have green helmets.

I guess EA only cares about getting the truly iconic programs right.

:tebow:

 

[krulmichael]

I guess EA only cares about getting the truly iconic programs right.

:tebow:

itino:

 

[FirstTimer]

I guess EA only cares about getting the truly iconic programs right.

:tebow:

Who would that be?

 

[Matt]

I was going to pick this game up but heard defense is crap in this game. Any opinions from those that already have the game. Offense overpowered? Defense stupid? Anyone with differing opinions than what I've been hearing?

Defense is not terrible. Out of box without touching sliders it is. But tinker with a couple things here and there and it's a solid match up.

I ran an entire game running just zone and things worked fine.

I wouldn't base any reviews or comments from people who posted before todays release date. The Season Ticket version didn't get the patch and tuners.

 

[NAHSTE]

Who would that be?

Iconic programs which don't change their helmets on a whim.

:kanye:

 

[Matt]

Man option offense is back. Loving it.

I liked NCAA 13. Played it year around. Option was broken so it made games pointless vs those teams in dynasty. It works now and it's deadly.

 

[Matt]

Also I see a lot of people enjoying the new Coordinator Cam. I played a series with it and dislike it. Makes the games graphics disappear and feels like you're playing a PS2 game.

 

[Golden Taters]

Coordinator Cam is too far away for me, they need to zoom it in a little. I also really don't like it when I'm in the redzone.

 

[Matt]

Playing vs GT. On and option play I went after the pitch guy cause usually that QB continues to pitch it. Not this year, QB cut up field for a 15 yard gain.

 

[FirstTimer]

Iconic programs which don't change their helmets on a whim.

:kanye:

What team did that?

 

[dave]

I have to dispute this theory....I've seen the CPU AI QB throw deep pretty frequently in the game. I'm currently testing QBA at 5 and even with that setting the CPU AI will throws deep some times on target and sometimes not. I have two videos I can show you if you like later. Also, I'm not seeing the zone coverage issues that I saw in NCAA 13 or 12. I think the problem is the QB's are too accurate in this game and it makes it appear that coverage is broken. Also, keep in mind the college game isn't the NFL there are few very lockdown Corners in college and yes kids blow coverages. I've seen a DB in this game bite on a play action pass and get torched deep because he couldn't recover on the play. One of the reason why I refuse to play on Heisman level is because it takes mistakes out of the game.

I am not going to argue with you here. My time with the game was simply Season Ticket time and I never tried your varsity sliders. I played All-American and Heisman and goofed with the sliders a bit at the end of my trial.
Again, as I wrote earlier, if you're an NCAA football fanatic, just get the game. I am an NFL guy and don't want to keep wasting $60 on a game I play six or eight weeks.

 

[Aso]

Just saw PM's post and I will definitely try those settings when I rent the game. I would love to play this game just for offline-dynasty mode for a long time if his sliders make the game more fun.

 

[Twigg4075]

Any idea when or if there are already named rosters available? That's all I care about.

 

[Matt]

Game 1 Review

Georgia Tech at Nevada (Me)

Sliders: Playmakers

Well after my first game all I can say is I love it. Option offense is back and it's deadlier than ever. It still has it's faults but it's light years to what we saw the last few years. I do wish we had the ability to take out the READ and Pitch button icons off the screen.

SCORE
Nevada: 21
Georgia Tech : 14


The game was the closest game I've ever had with the computer. A pure defensive battle. The 1st half ended 3-3. I don't think I've ever had a 3-3 tie in NCAA. Everything was tough to get yardage wise. The longer the drives I had the more holes would open for my backfield to get through. The one thing I loved was you could tell the difference in SPEED between players. Nevada RB was slow as ever, had wide open holes that closed in a moment.

CPU Option: Well it is fixed to a certain degree. I saw most option plays go to the right side. I don't know if it was the code or due to the fact that each time they ran option to the left side my DE would break the play up for a loss. I would say it was about 80-20% option plays to the right. Out in the open field you better be prepared to pick the player you want to go after cause the QB will make you look silly. I had one play where I followed the QB and tried to split him with the RB thinking he would pitch, he didn't and turned the play upfield for a 15 yard gain. The QB knows who to give the ball to at the right moments.

CPU Passing: I can't really base an opinion on passing playing against GT. The QB went 8-10 for 72 yards. But not one completion was over a 5 yard pass. I mostly picked cover 3 defense on passing situations. Had I picked Cover 2 it woulda been a different passing game for the CPU.

CPU Defense: Tough as ever. Couldn't get any rushing yards until I got some long drives going and the defense got tired. Passing lanes weren't there and when they were, the defense stopped any chance of YAC.

CPU Clock Management: End of the 1st half GT had the ball and ran the clock out instead of trying to make a big play. End of the game GT had the ball with 2 minutes left to tie the game. The probably ran the ball twice. The rest was passing or the QB running after a break down. on 3rd and 13 they completed a 8 yard pass. With time running out on them with no TO they went for the long ball which was overthrown. I also tried to run the clock out and GT used timeouts with 4 minutes left to save time.

Human Option: I fear against the CPU and without house rules this can be overpowered. It could've been bad defense on GT or it could've been good play calling on my part. This is about the same as it was in NCAA 12 but with better holes to pick to run through.

Human Running: People who have played me in NCAA and Madden know I'm a run first type of player. And just seeing linemen get to the second level and having the read my blocks just makes my giddy. I love it.

Human Passing: Did I ever have a hard time getting a good pass off. I was 11-25 for 164 yards with 2 TD and 1 INT. The passing plays just weren't there for me. Zone worked against me most of the time, I did at time see open passing lanes due to terrible zone coverage, I abused it once for a first down but for the most part Zone worked good against me.



Stats

GT QB: 10 -12 63 Yards
Nevada QB: 11 - 25 164 Yards 2 TD 1 INT

GT QB: 26 Att 120 Yards 4.6 Avg
GT RB: 6 Att 38 Yards 6.3 Avg
GT RB: 5 Att 77 Yards 15.4 Avg
Nevada RB: 18 Att 108 Yards 6.0 Avg

 

[dave]

11 for 25 as Nevada QB? Jeez, Matt. LOL. Learn to check down.

 

[Atlas]

Any idea when or if there are already named rosters available? That's all I care about.

auscott7 on PSN says he is about 75% done, try em out i guess... also good look on the TRU stuff, even though BB wouldnt match, TRU just applied the gift card to the purchase price :lesmug:

 

[Aso]

Great review Matt. Definitely makes me want to try this game out right now.