Official NCAA 12! Thread

[Boucher]

We got DEFENSIVE placeholder on Amazon!

As well as this

NCAA Football 12 takes the journey of the college athlete to the next level of depth and authenticity. Experience the pride and pageantry of gameday Saturday with all new enhanced in-game presentation, traditions and school specific crowd celebrations. Make an impact on the field as your team takes down your heated rival on the road to the National Championship.

 

[Buzzman]

Holy shit is that RAY LEWIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Boucher]

DATS PATRICK PETERSON

 

[BrntO4Life]

So exciting...

 

[SHOGUN]

NCAA 11 was the first time I had fun with the series in a long ass time. I'm excited for this one, but there are five things I really want for NCAA 12:

1. Revamp the defense playbooks. While passable, they've barely been touched since the jump to next-gen. The hook zones are still off and the 4-2-5 and 3-3-5 still have alignment issues.

2. Make the Run and Shoot playbooks actually feel like the Run and Shoot. There are too many shotgun formations and it makes no sense that certain RNS concepts are in shotgun, but not in the ace formations and vice versa. Hawaii ran it under center (via Pistol) all year long, I'd like to do the same next year.

3. Speed up the mesh animation on read option plays. As it currently stands, it's almost a waste of time to run read options because the QB animation moves too slow to make something happen. By the time the QB gets some momentum, the defense is already on him. This would also help the flexbone offense as well.

4. Keep tuning recruits. Size STILL doesn't matter and it's near impossible to find a strong safety that's faster than an outside linebacker.

5. Dreadlocks. :lesmug:

 

[Atlas]

2. Make the Run and Shoot playbooks actually feel like the Run and Shoot. There are too many shotgun formations and it makes no sense that certain RNS concepts are in shotgun, but not in the ace formations and vice versa. Hawaii ran it under center (via Pistol) all year long, I'd like to do the same next year.

ummm, the Pistol is a shotgun set, not an under center set???

I'd like to see them finally add the ability to add seats to your stadium, etc., etc., basically an AD mode that still allows you to play the games...

 

[krulmichael]

I swear I read that little "description" every year lol.

 

[Boucher]

ya its pretty generic

 

[SHOGUN]

ummm, the Pistol is a shotgun set, not an under center set???

The Pistol is still closer to being under center than traditional shotgun. Under Center > Pistol > Shotgun.

What I mean that Junes Jones (SMU) runs his RNS out of shotgun while Mouse Davis (Hawaii) hates shotgun and prefers his QB to be under center for the half rolls and to have a downhill running game. I don't expect EA to completely revamp Hawaii's PB (correctly, anyway) to fit all that we saw from them last year, but I at least would like them to have all of the RNS concepts in under center like I would expect from a Mouse Davis-style RNS PB.

 

[Atlas]

The Pistol is still closer to being under center than traditional shotgun. Under Center > Pistol > Shotgun.

What I mean that Junes Jones (SMU) runs his RNS out of shotgun while Mouse Davis (Hawaii) hates shotgun and prefers his QB to be under center for the half rolls and to have a downhill running game. I don't expect EA to completely revamp Hawaii's PB (correctly, anyway) to fit all that we saw from them last year, but I at least would like them to have all of the RNS concepts in under center like I would expect from a Mouse Davis-style RNS PB.

the pistol is still a shotgun set... the only difference b/t it and a "classic" shogun set is that the QB is only 4 yards away from the center, rather than 5 yds, and the TB is 7 yards back, much like in a traditional I-form set... i've never heard of a pistol set where the QB is under center...

 

[SHOGUN]

the pistol is still a shotgun set... the only difference b/t it and a "classic" shogun set is that the QB is only 4 yards away from the center, rather than 5 yds, and the TB is 7 yards back, much like in a traditional I-form set... i've never heard of a pistol set where the QB is under center...

I'm not disagreeing with you, but you're nitpicking. :shifty:

 

[Bear Pand]

They need to:

Fix the defensive playbooks (already mentioned)
Fix how defensive backs play on this game. Shits a joke.
Improve the computer's playcalling logic.
Make stats matter more. Things like weight, play recognition, strength don't matter as much as they should.
Make it so the CPU generated recruits are in-line with the default rosters.
Make improvements to Online Dynasty.
Physics would be nice to but thats not happening.

Sadly they'll probably just add some generic half assed feature. Add a new game mode I have no interest in, like Rival Roshambo or some bullshit. Ignore glaring flaws and break a few things that didn't need to be messed with.

 

[kmanharris]

My wish list for 2012 (besides other stuff that has been said)

-Make ODs so teams can get invites from other conferences

-If the CPU is down in the 4th quarter or its the end of the 2nd half, stop making them call a TO at exactly 1:00. That shit annoyed me to no end.

-Like was said, improved CPU playcalling. I don't want them running draws when down 10 late in the 4th.

Overall 2011 was a pretty good game and I had a ton of fun with it. I have pretty high hopes for 2012.

 

[1ke]

Shit just got real!

 

[Tengo Juego]

all new enhanced in-game presentation, traditions and school specific crowd celebrations.

All new? Wasn't 11 all new everything presentation, bar commentary?

Crowd specific celebrations? Do they mean chants? I don't get that one.

Where'd you pull this from Boucher?

 

[CaribbeanJoseph]

2. Make the Run and Shoot playbooks actually feel like the Run and Shoot. There are too many shotgun formations and it makes no sense that certain RNS concepts are in shotgun, but not in the ace formations and vice versa. Hawaii ran it under center (via Pistol) all year long, I'd like to do the same next year.

What I mean that Junes Jones (SMU) runs his RNS out of shotgun while Mouse Davis (Hawaii) hates shotgun and prefers his QB to be under center for the half rolls and to have a downhill running game. I don't expect EA to completely revamp Hawaii's PB (correctly, anyway) to fit all that we saw from them last year, but I at least would like them to have all of the RNS concepts in under center like I would expect from a Mouse Davis-style RNS PB.

:yep::yep::yep:

 

[FirstTimer]

My feelings on NCAA football this year is outside of more stat overlays during the game and add back in dreads presentation really isn't an issue to me from last years games. I upload my own music so seeing push ups in the stands or students dancing etc I could really give a shit about.

Clean up the on the field an dynasty stuff. I enjoyed the hell out of last years game and it was the first football game I bought since NCAA 2008.

-Fix the recruits rankings. More in line with the defaults etc.

-Continue to fix/tweak CPU recruiting logic

-Clean up the playbooks and certain sets. This has been covered here already.

-Fix the QB Read option. (Speed up the QB animation/read in general)

-Tweak/Fix DB AI/Play

- Make it so CPU teams can actually run the triple option correctly. The option in last years game was ineffective at best. Sometimes you could catch them off guard by running the speed option but any sort of read option was too slow developing to be effective.

- Tune the sim/play CPU coaches sliders correctly. The CPU was blitzing WAY too much and I shouldn't have to go through 119 teams and set the coach sliders so blitzing/other aspects is more realistic when playing versus simming.

The game needs to be tuned and tweaked in some other areas(running QB's running) but NCAA 11 was a definite few steps in the right direction last year...which was refreshing to see.

 

[Survivor]

They need to:

Fix the defensive playbooks (already mentioned)
Fix how defensive backs play on this game. Shits a joke.
Improve the computer's playcalling logic.
Make stats matter more. Things like weight, play recognition, strength don't matter as much as they should.Make it so the CPU generated recruits are in-line with the default rosters.
Make improvements to Online Dynasty.
Physics would be nice to but thats not happening.
Sadly they'll probably just add some generic half assed feature. Add a new game mode I have no interest in, like Rival Roshambo or some bullshit. Ignore glaring flaws and break a few things that didn't need to be messed with.

I don't think we can hang our heads on the NCAA Dev team... If there is one thing we know, historically, it releases a title with better gameplay (and in my opinion a much better game overall) than Madden or other football titles. I think NCAA 12 definitely needs player momentum/physical attributes that matter. That is one of my biggest pet peeves. If I get a 240 lbs halfback I want him to be the one issuing out the hits. Player height/speed/attributes should usually go together.

But with the information given, I think we should break it down and over-analyze the way any good fan would:

NCAA Football 12 takes the journey of the college athlete to the next level of depth and authenticity.

This is obviously a hint at advancements in Road to Glory, and hopefully Dynasty. Let's see a much, much deeper RTG... Let's see details about each player such as grades/majors and team chemistry in both career modes. And this could mean more than twelve player faces!

Experience the pride and pageantry of gameday Saturday with all new enhanced in-game presentation, traditions and school specific crowd celebrations.

College Gameday is in. Bank it. I'd also like to be think that new commentary is another part of this...

Make an impact on the field as your team takes down your heated rival on the road to the National Championship.

This sentence is complete shit. It could be another hint towards RTG, but how can we tell. You can do all this in NCAA 2005.

I will remain optimistic. Also, I think a defensive cover is very exciting. Hopefully it is Peterson or Amukamara and they fix the god-awful coverage in NCAA 11. The first screen shot last year were out February 26th, so we should be expecting more news very soon!

 

[Boucher]

We get to vote for who is on the cover!! One of the players is former Ou rb Demarco Murray! Announcement goes live tommorow

 

[FirstTimer]

Tommy Rees or GTFO