NCAA Football 2013(Dynasty Trailer and Webcast Notes Post #285)

[killgod]

The issue with the vision cone was purely the right analog. The concept was exactly what this game needed though, we all complain about 360 degree vision.

 

[Golden Taters]

His Twitter account is gone and so is his NCAA blog at the EA website. Last year at EA's corporate website there was a job posting for Executive Producer for a football title at their Orlando office. I'll see if I can relocate it.

Ben was in the first NCAA football podcast a week ago.

http://bit.ly/yBUCLS

 

[FirstTimer]

His Twitter account is gone and so is his NCAA blog at the EA website. Last year at EA's corporate website there was a job posting for Executive Producer for a football title at their Orlando office. I'll see if I can relocate it.

On Google's news feed there is an email he sent to The Gaming Tailgate on 2/24 saying the new kickoff rules were going to be in NCAA 13.

Maybe he wasn't fired but demoted?

 

[spiker]

Damn. I was hoping that fucker took a hike.

Here is the executive producer job posting I was talking about anways. The listing was listed as EA Sports - Orlando:

EA was founded over 25 years ago by individuals with a deep passion for making games. Many things have changed over the years as the gaming industry—and the company—has expanded immensely, but we are still driven by the same passion for developing, publishing, and distributing the world’s best games. Our history has been one of great success, and our future looks even brighter. Gaming has come a long way from Pac-Man & Space Invaders to modern EA Favourites like Burnout, Battlefield, Mercenaries, Dead Space, Spore, FIFA, Madden, Need for Speed and the world’s most successful game franchise, The Sims. Fuelled by our talented staff at locations right across the Globe we are united in our passion to continue shaping the future of interactive entertainment. Together we can make a difference.

An EA Executive Producer is responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of a game to a high creative standard. Producers oversee the whole lifecycle of the game from concept to launch. Their role is to ensure that Game Designers clearly define the game concept (i.e., its ‘X’ or the unique idea that makes it stand out from other games), and the market positioning of the game (including defining the target audience). The Producer must then ensure the game stays on target throughout the whole development process. Producers provide the link and liaise between the development studio and the marketing and sales departments. They work with marketing to ensure the maximisation of the game’s marketing and advertising strategy and budget. Producers also co-ordinate the release of screenshots and demo discs with the game's marketing manager, coordinate the outsourcing of audio, cutscenes, and language localization, and oversee focus tests on early versions of the game.

Role Overview

An EA Executive Producer provides the financial management, ultimate design vision, and communication with business clients (legal, finance, business affairs) of (usually) multiple titles. Key responsibilities include: responsible for directing the development of multiple products from concept to release and for providing and/or maintaining the creative vision of the products. Is accountable for meeting product's budget and profitability goals and for working closely with marketing staff to ensure effective distribution; at a senior-level, typically works on larger, more strategic or key products; serves as a technical and business resource to other Producers, assisting them in the resolution of complex problems or leading them on larger projects; reviews and evaluates product concepts and designs for acquisition; reviews and evaluates competitive products; establishes, maintains and enhances creative relationships with inside and outside developers; supports the strategic planning and budgeting processes for products, providing financial, technical and creative input to management; supports development efforts and keeps actual development on schedule; accountable for meeting production budgets, schedules and deadlines for product-related materials; coordinates resources throughout the company to ensure successful completion of the products; ensures that outside developers meet milestones and receive all necessary technical information; participates in planning marketing strategies for products and gives input into the development of marketing materials; maintain significant hands-on experience with all products under Executive Producer's control.

What skills does EA look for??

An EA Executive Producer is expected to possess a minimum of 7+ years experience as a Senior Producer, managing large internal teams within the video game industry (Software Engineers, Artists, Designers, Audio Specialists, Senior Project Managers, Associate Producers etc.); 7 + years experience developing and executing game project plans; 7+ years experience leading, motivating and driving teams to success; an ability to know what types of products will sell and what won't sell and be able to assess the feasibility of producing a new product; excellent written and verbal communication skills; successful track record in the development of high profile entertainment and software products; strong knowledge of the software/game market and platforms; assertive and motivated team player; strong technical background a plus.

 

[ZoneBlitz]

I like the sound of this. Hopefully this means a couple of things...Quarterbacks now have arc on the ball (instead of either bullet pass or lob), super LB are gone, physic DB's are non-existent, WRs attack the ball, CPU doesn't audible with your audibles (kinda ruins the point of even audibling), pre-snap alignments are corrected (LB on man coverage for the WR on the other side of the field). Maybe even added the Madden throw ratings (deep ball accuracy, medium, short, etc).

Great post, all of that is exactly what i wanna see too.

I hated the passing cone in madden, and still dont like the tweaked idea. It still doesnt address the fundamental gameplay issues that you just mentioned.

 

[SHOGUN]

I listened to the webcast and I was a bit impressed with their new audio improvements, but I found it hilarious at how they were just burying last year's game and laughing their asses off at it.

 

[Realist]

I listened to the webcast and I was a bit impressed with their new audio improvements, but I found it hilarious at how they were just burying last year's game and laughing their asses off at it.

link?

 

[spiker]

I listened to the webcast and I was a bit impressed with their new audio improvements, but I found it hilarious at how they were just burying last year's game and laughing their asses off at it.

That's hilarious that they charged us $60 for that piece of shit and they joke about how broken it is. I'm sure they laughed all the way to the bank.

 

[BrntO4Life]

link?

Not up yet. Supposedly OS will have it up soon and the NCAA team will have a blog post.

 

[Golden Taters]

These are the stadiums that EA recorded crowd noise for this years game.

 

[spiker]

Shit better rattle my windows when I turn up my surround sound.

 

[SHOGUN]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqIM7YGFlXQ"]NCAA Football 13 Playbook #1: Sights & Sounds - YouTube[/ame]

 

[St. Francisco]

I'll slap someone if I don't get a playoff option this year.

 

[FirstTimer]

Still don't care about most of this. Waiting for April 17th and May 7th

 

[ryne candy]

Made it sound that Yell Leaders or Cadets is a possibility this year for A&M. They stated that A&M will not show cheerleaders but Texas and USC will have school specific ones. I hope they just don't delete the females and leave the male cheerleaders wearing A&M uniforms. There is a rumor that the dance team will start making appearances IRL at home games but hasn't been confirmed.

edit: doesn't look like Cadets/YL are making the game this year but they did say A&M asked them to come down, so they could see gameday firsthand. EA will be present for Ark game, starting with Yell Practice (Friday Night). That would be the time to record the yells to use in game.

 

[Golden Taters]

It's been confirmed that any gameplay that has been shown in the webcasts was NCAA 12's gameplay with NCAA 13's graphics. Thank god.

G4TV has additional footage of the new game, which is what I'm alluding to.

http://www.g4tv.com/videos/57993/ncaa-football-13-gameplay-preview/?quality=hd

 

[Golden Taters]

Things we know.

• Community Event coming up in a couple of weeks
• 243 new uniform parts (pants, jerseys, helmets, etc.)
• Coaches won't wear headsets during post-game cutscenes
• New schools being added: UMass, UT San Antonio, & Texas State. South Alabama not added because initially they were told that other three were full-fledged while USA was provisional. Once they discovered they were given wrong information, it was too late to add USA.
• 86 new heads... like past, head & hair are combined so you can't select independently
• No major changes to custom stadium sounds, though now it will default back to the last school you were editing
• No progressive weather this year but something they want to add in the future; new lighting tech helps towards the progressive weather.
• Crowds will sound more lifelike... they rebuilt their system from scratch. Crowds will take into account the importance of the game, the size of the crowd, using the real-world assets that have been gathered past couple of years.
• No changes to the sidelines that occur during gameplay... difficult to do during this generation though they still look at that possibility. However new vignettes of coaches on sidelines, players as they enter the game, etc.
• Not a lot of new player equipment added this year but did add some new facemasks
• Only new mascot is Big Red from WKU though did touch on some of the existing mascots to make slight updates (uniform updates, etc.)

New NCAA podcast found here.

http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/fo...isode-2-of-EA-SPORTS-NCAA-Football-13-Podcast

 

[spiker]

It's been confirmed that any gameplay that has been shown in the webcasts was NCAA 12's gameplay with NCAA 13's graphics. Thank god.

What does that even mean? Every new game has the last game's gameplay plus....

You can pretty much guarantee the game will look exactly like that with subtle tweaks.

 

[Golden Taters]

What does that even mean? Every new game has the last game's gameplay plus....

You can pretty much guarantee the game will look exactly like that with subtle tweaks.

The gameplay they have been showing in the handful of videos is NCAA 12 with new visuals. Meaning nothing besides the visuals were changed when EA were showing those off. They don't want to spoil any gameplay enhancements before the gameplay blog comes out.

 

[BrntO4Life]

What does that even mean? Every new game has the last game's gameplay plus....

You can pretty much guarantee the game will look exactly like that with subtle tweaks.

It's not that hard to understand. They took the code from NCAA 12 and put NCAA 13's shell over the top to showcase the visual improvements without revealing new gameplay.