NCAA Football 11 Screenshot and Nine Changes Listed and Detailed

[65South]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cydonia

Bottom line is this: They can put all the glitz they want into it, uniforms, facemasks, hand towels, cleats, etc. But if the gameplay is still bad (just like Madden), then it will be nothing more than polishing the same turd. Stop the players morphing through each other. Stop the idiotic blocking logic. Stop all the canned animation. If the gameplay is crap, who really cares what it looks like? You people need to get your priorities straight.

Helluva post Cydonia. Couldn't have made it any more clear. END. OF. STORY.

[Critical Kills]

Honestly I think NCAA has fairly good gameplay now. It certainly could use quite a bit of improvements but there is no question that adding better graphics, animations and sound could really help it become vastly better in a short amount of time. Don't mistake what i'm saying, the gameplay needs improved. But play Madden and then play NCAA and NCAA just flat needs a lot of work in the graphics, animation and sound department.

So while I agree with you guys sentiments, that looks and sound mean little if the gameplay is awful, I just don't believe the gameplay is awful. I for one am hoping they do spend a lot of time on the graphics, animations, sound and presentation in addition to the actual gameplay.

[65South]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Honestly I think NCAA has fairly good gameplay now. It certainly could use quite a bit of improvements but there is no question that adding better graphics, animations and sound could really help it become vastly better in a short amount of time. Don't mistake what i'm saying, the gameplay needs improved. But play Madden and then play NCAA and NCAA just flat needs a lot of work in the graphics, animation and sound department. So while I agree with you guys sentiments, that looks and sound mean little if the gameplay is awful, I just don't believe the gameplay is awful. I for one am hoping they do spend a lot of time on the graphics, animations, sound and presentation in addition to the actual gameplay.

ODogg you make some really good points. I guess from my standpoint I was satisfied (probably isn't the best word to use but can't think of another right now) with the game's graphics, but was just sorely disappointed in the gameplay, particularly the blocking logic, play in the trenches on both sides of the line and still seeming like no attributes or vitals tend to matter besides speed. I guess in a way I would say that I stopped playing the game because I got frustrated with the way it played, not the way it looked. But like you said, if you play Madden then go back to NCAA, you notice a considerable difference in graphics, presentation, etc.

From that standpoint I think re-doing if not an overhaul of graphics, animations, presentation and sound would help the game improve tremendously. But I guess I'm just looking at it from the standpoint of, if all the presentations updates and upgrades hinder progress in gameplay, I'd rather have it the other way round. If that makes sense, lol.

[Critical Kills]

Yeah I was like you, I didn't have much issue with how it looked until I played Madden either. Now it's painfully obvious. I think you and I are in agreement in saying that both areas need improvement. However I will say that despite the poor look of the game I'm still playing it periodically which means the gameplay has definitely been improving (in past years I was done after about 2 months of playing it).

Honestly I'm both happy and unhappy with NCAA at this point. I'm glad it really improved a good bit from last year in terms of many areas but I still believe we need a major leap sometime and hopefully this is the year. I mean if you look at NBA2K10, The Show, FIFA 10, etc this game is just so far behind in so many ways. And I'm not sure how it got to be this way either since it was a top sports game on the prev-gen systems.

Here's to hoping...

[65South]

Here's to hoping...

Happy and unhappy with the title is an excellent way to put it. I admit, my hopes are high for this title over any other each game year because it's my preferred yearly title. I hadn't bought a Madden title before this year since 2005. As a hardcore online dynasty player with 4 friends across the country and NCAA series lover in general, I hope this one is the one that pushes the cream to the top.

[rfree21]

I agree with Cydonia..all these changes are just cosmetic besides formation subs..the gameplay is flawed to begin with, s*** is still s*** even if you polish it

that being said-it's early in development and hopefully ea looks at sites like these to see what they have to do to maximize their profits because I won't buy this game unless there are major changes and I know many on here are the same way

[Critical Kills]

rfree21 - I think you should just consider abandonding the series if you're expecting major changes. I can see some upgrades for sure but the series will still be what it's always been, EA football, and from reading your post it just sounds to me like you don't care for EA football.

[bigjake62505]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

rfree21 - I think you should just consider abandonding the series if you're expecting major changes. I can see some upgrades for sure but the series will still be what it's always been, EA football, and from reading your post it just sounds to me like you don't care for EA football.

Agreed, if you liked madden 10 then you will like NCAA 11. Honestly, I liked madden for the most part and thought it was a huge improvement and if NCAA = Madden 10 then I will be happy. Not happy enough to buy it on release day but once the patches come out I may buy it, after a rental.

This year is going to be nice for football gamers we have backbreaker and tecmo throwback coming out.