NCAA Football 09 Official First Look: NCAA Strategies

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

They really just hate EA? They aren't just angry because they want them to make better games?

Believe it or not, there are people out there that hate EA.

[PAPERNUT]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

I don't think people hate EA, if they did they wouldn't have any reason to even be in this forum. I think it is mainly that a lot of us have in the past had some of our best gaming experiences playing EA football games in the era where they were constantly pushing the envelope in terms of innovation with their football games to make them more realistic, in recent years we have been disappointed because the games have lacked the qualities that previous titles did that really engaged us. We were used to every year being able to be excited about the new football games from EA and having them deliver a package that brought us a ton of enjoyment. I can't forget that upgrade between 2001 on the PS1 and 2002 on the PS2. That is probably the ultimate example of my expectations being exceeded. Many of the efforts of last-gen were fantastic and I feel those games really did achieve a lot in terms of being a football simulation. To me it's more like I know that they are capable of making the kind of game that we all want, because they have before, but for some reason they keep taking steps backwards which is very frustrating to those of us who have enjoyed the series for so long.

Excellent post. Agree 100%. Send that to Peter Moore please!

[razcan]

One think I am not clear on about the menus... We now have the option of highlighting the play or using a corresponding button ala last-gen to pick the play? Is this correct? It would be huge IMO.

Thanks

[rudyjuly2]

I think some of you are being too negative and jaded. Granted, EA hasn't delivered a truly next gen football gaming experience and so I can understand but some of you act as those gameplay reviews were horrible for EA. They spoke of a lot of good things in their hands on experience and they said they really enjoyed the game. Of course they mentioned the pick-6 and cpu QB AI but they hadn't had that much time with the game just yet. They are still getting more time with it (which we'll have to wait for). I was excited about some of the things they wrote and Pasta didn't say every game was a shootout either.

As for EA pulling the plug, I agree its a little fishy. I do see that Gamespot had an online dynasty preview this week and I totally believe EA hands out exclusive NCAA info to many different sites on a planned schedule. They probably try to give out new info every week to generate interest and maybe they wanted these guys to wait. On the other hand, these guys were very open on their site about the ability to post things right away and I never understood media days to show off a game and then not let you talk about it. If the reviews were totally negative I might be more inclined to believe that's why EA had them pulled. But there was a lot of positive stuff in there so I'm not buying into that theory yet.

A lot of the little things I wanted fixed seem to be moving in the right direction (better player weight, improved PS3, some old features back, more big plays which I like). I think everyone wanted the cpu qb AI to be fixed - that includes too many picks and not throwing deep. From what I read, the pick-6s were more user vs. user (still not a great sign). It does concern me that they wouldn't have had this fixed already at this point. Its a big red flag but they did have this early community session to get feedback for the game in order to correct things. I just hope some of this stuff does get fixed but some of you guys are jumping off the bridge a little early imo. Slider and difficulty level adjustments might fix some of this stuff as well.

[Spectre]

Quote: Originally Posted by J-Unit40

Shocker. EA realizes there didn't do jack about the most glaring issues with the game and a Community Day participant reports on it so there is a "gap in communication". What a joke. Here's a tip EA; fix the issues and we won't have much to be disappointed about. Here's the real "gap in communication": We recommend/beg for improvements regarding glaring gameplay issues and EA chooses to ignore us. EA should just make the arcade version where there are 9 INTs, 3 pick-sixes, 7 fumbles, 11 "jump the snap" sacks and 125 point shootout games on 5 minute quarters on the Wii and leave the real football on the PS3 and 360.

Good post

From all indications, this looks like its going to be an arcade-fest.

[Critical Kills]

Quote: Originally Posted by Spectre

Good post From all indications, this looks like its going to be an arcade-fest.

yes. i imagine by the time i'm returning my 3rd interception for a TD in my first game i'm going to want to cry.

[rudyjuly2]

Its still a little unclear to me as to how much human vs. cpu time they got in and how many human vs. human games they played. It sounds like the abundance of pick 6s were against each other. I know whenever I get the new game, it takes me at least 6 or 7 games to get a feel for the changes to it. Hopefully we'll get some good write-ups on May 2nd.

[JRod]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

Its still a little unclear to me as to how much human vs. cpu time they got in and how many human vs. human games they played. It sounds like the abundance of pick 6s were against each other. I know whenever I get the new game, it takes me at least 6 or 7 games to get a feel for the changes to it. Hopefully we'll get some good write-ups on May 2nd.

I don't know...

I saw the 10 minute video from the Community Day event. (I'm not sure where it was from.) And the game looked exactly the same.

I understand he was playing it on Freshman but this game hasn't made any major improvements since the switch to next gen. This is what a lack of competition does, it let's EA go at it's own pace, instead of the pace of your rivals.

Anyway, I don't think we are too jaded or negative. I think what we have here, is EA doesn't know what it's customers want. It's funny that are the most sim-like are the most successful. Winning Eleven, MLB The Show, MVP and NFL 2k were all at the top and more more sim than arcade.