Official NCAA 12! Thread

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

well thats not normal...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWHpkyDxovg

was going to mention that, some PA plays are broken and leave you hanging

 

[Maynard]

is there any reason for me to DL this? i mean is it the same game as before

 

[Realist]

is there any reason for me to DL this? i mean is it the same game as before

no, no its not..

 

[krulmichael]

is there any reason for me to DL this? i mean is it the same game as before

Sound like my dad.

 

[Steel Mamba]

My impressions (Heisman Difficulty):

The Good:

Graphics
Presentation
EA Sports logo (apparently this makes the difference)

The Bad:

Passing game is still too easy.
Flats are easy to abuse
Post routes are still overly effective
Overall you can squeeze the ball in places you shouldn't be able to, and complete passes that would hardly ever be made in real life.
Unrealistic stats and feel to the passing game.

QB drop-backs and planting isn't there/unrealistic

Horrible blocking logic.
Specifically the WRs. They're hesitant, indecisive, and time and time again will fail to pickup the obvious assignment. I've noticed WRs go after one defender, just to change their mind midway, then go after another. By that time I'm tackled and that specific WR hadn't gotten a hand on anyone. This was also a reoccurring problem on both titles last year.

No realistic double team blocking.

No chips or shoves. They have to be face to face in order to engage in a block, which also makes the blocking horrible and unrealistic. Sometimes all you can do is push a guy out of the way, but you don't see that on this game.

Route running is not realistic. You don't see WR's plant and cut like they should, you also don't have any visible difference in route running between any of the WRs.

Cookie cutter defenses. You can't scheme by disguising your coverages, changing your shells, call delayed blitzs, etc (ala 2k8)

No bull rush and unrealistic play in the trenches

Too much time in the pocket.

Goofy defensive line play. I watched 3 D-linemen fall flat on their ass, all at the same, all exactly after the ball was hike, multiple times. Often happened back to back. wtf is that? Makes me feel that some of this stuff is fixed, because all 3 linemen can't fall flat at the same time, over and over coincidentally.

Player momentum isn't very realistic, should have been improved by now.

Too easy to return kicks.


That's all I can think of right now off the top of my head. But, it's only a demo, so we'll see how the final version turns out.

 

[Steel Mamba]

is there any reason for me to DL this? i mean is it the same game as before

There's nothing to lose from downloading a demo, but yes it is essentially the same game. From a gameplay and core mechanics perspectives there's not a significance difference. Take away the new tackle animations, which are good, and it's basically NCAA 11 with better graphics and presentation.

 

[FirstTimer]

Any stat overlays?

 

[DoubleDeuce]

I found the passing game much harder, but the run game much easier. I dunno, maybe it's because I'm Alabama and used to passing to Julio

 

[Ravin]

I guess the one joy of not playing football games (or being a hardcore football fan) is I don't see, or let all these bad things bother me. That will probably slowly die as I advance.

 

[Steel Mamba]

I'll have to try some different teams, but I'm getting close to 200 yards passing with Oregon and few incompletes. I know their offense is lethal, but that much on 2min qtrs is ridiculous.

 

[Irish]

I hate to be that guy that dogs on EA Football around release time, but this game feels like a downgrade of NCAA 11.

 

[KNUBB]

I hate to be that guy that dogs on EA Football around release time, but this game feels like a downgrade of NCAA 11.

When was the last time you played NCAA 11.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

This feels like a slight upgrade to 11 to me. And the demo is usually much worse than the retail

 

[Sven Draconian]

CPU bitzes way too much, making the passing game too easy.
Still to many DL on their back.
Read Option is still pointless (and the CPU still can't use it)

There are some improvements to the zone D, not that the AI uses it enough.
I think blocking looks a little better, double teams are solid (not sure what steel mamba was seeing there).
New tackling is crisp.

Unfortunately, the retarded AI is going to ruin this game...again...until they decide to fix the AI playcalling instead of just adding new shit to it.

 

[killgod]

I played one game and said fuck it, same ol EA football.

Looks great? Yep.
Presenation great? Yep.
New collisions? Totally surprised me, they are great too.

Scoring 6 combined TD's in a 2min quarter 2nd half? Typical EA football.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

I played one game and said fuck it, same ol EA football.

Looks great? Yep.
Presenation great? Yep.
New collisions? Totally surprised me, they are great too.

Scoring 6 combined TD's in a 2min quarter 2nd half? Typical EA football.

That's what sliders are for. Hopefully a good set comes out soon after release, though.

 

[killgod]

That's what the boards always say.

"Do you have the retail copy? No."
"Sliders can fix anything"
"I heard the Demo was an Alpha build"

All those same old songs don't ever ring true when the game arrives. I'll see what Madden has to offer.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

That's what the boards always say.

"Do you have the retail copy? No."
"Sliders can fix anything"
"I heard the Demo was an Alpha build"

All those same old songs don't ever ring true when the game arrives. I'll see what Madden has to offer.

You can hate all you want. I like to look on the positive side of things.

And if you deny sliders make the game better, I'm not sure what to say. Don't get me wrong, it won't be perfect, but what game is?

 

[killgod]

You can hate all you want. I like to look on the positive side of things.

And if you deny sliders make the game better, I'm not sure what to say. Don't get me wrong, it won't be perfect, but what game is?

I don't deny sliders improving the game. I do deny sliders ability to prevent the ease of scoring found in EA football games.


I don't want the game to be perfect, I want the game to be realistically challenging.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

I don't deny sliders improving the game. I do deny sliders ability to prevent the ease of scoring found in EA football games.


I don't want the game to be perfect, I want the game to be realistically challenging.

I guess I should be thankful I suck at video games. I get challenges on default All-American