NCAA Football 13 Gameplay Trailer

[ViLLiO]

But will there be DEFENSE in NCAA 13? If it's wide open offense again, it's a no go.

[ViLLiO]

Will there be a speed rush where the DE doesn't get sucked into the OT and play pattycakes? Or will DEs once again be rendered useless, forcing me to go after nothing but DTs with the best bull rushing ability?

NCAA 12.3

[schnaidt1]

not impressed....the qb drop backs and throwing animations look awful....the footwork is horrible....

and i cant stress how horrible the qb throwing animations looks.

other player movements still look very robotic...

and they can do all they want with passing....but passing will still be bland. why??

now if a player "isnt looking" according to the cpu, you cant even throw the ball there way...

who's idea was that? that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard of....

1. watch a game...at any level...qbs and wr's have miscommunications on routes all the time. alot of balls are thrown towards a player who ISNT LOOKING.

2. not to mention the idea you cant pass them the ball unless they are looking just confirms that they are ignoring the communities plea for route based passing!! come on...all pro 2k8 had it....and its wonderful...

i just cant help but feeling like we are still getting the snikkle fritz......well freakin A i want the Pineapple express already!!!

[carvis#15]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigsmallwood

Color me not impressed thus far. Are they really promoting a 3,5, and 7 step drop as a new gameplay enhancement 8 years into next gen??? Wow. That's all I can say. I'll keep looking for more but for now, nothing even looks that different from all the other "sizzle" trailers.

go to EA sports.com and watch the playbook #2 video...it's over an hour long about the gameplay.

[pietasterp]

Don't believe the hype. If those are the major things they are promoting, advances that are miniscule at best, and assuming that 20-30% of the new features don't work as advertised (as has been their history), that leaves a game that's little more than a roster update.

[carvis#15]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phobia

Ok, I know I might sound like a broken record on this but honestly........what looks new in any of that video other than the new catch animations & shovel pass??? I watched it over and over again. Lets break it down by each bullet point. New Pump Fake - Hummmmm the last one didn't work worth a crap and just adding a new "look" to it hardly improves the gameplay Shovel Pass - New addition and honestly glad it is in. While not something that would see a ton of use it still opens up more options which is always a plus. New Drop Backs 3, 5, and 7 - I am glad this was added. But this is not "new", they had the quick drop and the long drop in last years game. The quick slant plays had the quick step back and the deeper routes had the long drop. Playaction abort fake - Again this is a feature which does not work correctly to begin with so just adding stuff to a non-working feature is hardly a improvement. It is still a good addition but minor in the grand scheme of gameplay things. Playaction pick up blitz - Another feature which has always been in the game just worked in many different ways. More often your Hb would be tackled thus "taking out a defender" other times they would pick up a defender to block. This is nothing special to me. Throw on run animations - The animation they showed look no differently than last years. Maybe there is more but the one they showed is not much of a "addition". Hell even if there is a ton of new looks, how does this improve the funky gameplay. Multiple Pass Trajectories - Maybe I am blind but the video did not look impressive or hugely different than last years. The deep pass looked the same and the short route over the middle looked no different than a medium touch pass. Another touted feature that I think will disappoint. Receiver Route Awareness - This part really confused the hell out of me. It highlights the left and right WR. Left it was "WR not looking", right "WR looking". Then the QB throws to the left WR who is supposedly "not looking" yet he reacts and catches ball as normal EA football does. Also the corner on the lower right of this play completely just runs down to empty space yet again taking his self out of the play and doing nothing. Also watch the MLB on this play, it really looks like he does that warp speed slide. All in all this video clips looks identical to 2012. 430 New Catch animations - I like this, one thing the game needs is tons and tons of catch animations. They need to trigger correctly. This is a improvement I will admit. Enhanced Option Pitch - Yet again what looks any differently???? I am truly lost here. It is like they are just picking things to say we improved on and the end result must be so minor it is hard to see what was changed or corrected. Improved Punt Coverage - Hard to tell how quick this clip was. But if done right this will be a improvement that is needed. On this play you can also see the "just let go block animation" is still present and will result in many bad plays on the O-line because of it. This animation needs to be removed, it does not look in any way realistic that the defender swims around the defender. Read and React Defenders - This is not going to be truthful in my opinion. There is a couple clips in the video that show this as "suspect". Hopefully I am wrong, but I believe it will fall short to what we would like to see. Overview Basically from those quick clips we have NCAA 12 with more catch animations, read and react defenders, new shovel pass, and better punt coverage. This is titled "gameplay" trailer and hardly any of these bullet points are good improvements to the overall gameplay. Several clips you still see the same lineplay and funky sliding that was been prevalent this generation. Sadly nothing that impressive.

Hey did you go to easports.com and watch the over hour long video about the gameplay?

[bigbob]

Quote: Originally Posted by DorianDonP

On second look, my excitement is a little tempered. I just noticed that the receiver still does that over the shoulder animation even though the situation didn't call for it.

That, unfortunately, is the one thing I noticed as well.

Other then that, I will say the gameplay looks a lot better but I'll wait until I get a hands on at GameStop before I give a real judgement this year.

[Phobia]

Quote: Originally Posted by carvis#15

Hey did you go to easports.com and watch the over hour long video about the gameplay?

Watching now.