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cdj
06-05-2011, 02:18 PM
http://thegamingtailgate.com/images/misc/E3logo.jpg E3 2011 is in the books. After no mention of NCAA Football 12 during day one's media briefing or EA SPORTS uSTREAM event, lots of game news, media, and hands-on impressions came out during the course of the week.

Among the highlights: The NCAA Football 12 demo will be available June 28, we now know all 120 team ratings and prestige (courtesy Hellisan at TSO) (http://traditionsportsonline.com/ncaa-12-team-ratings-revealed), and EA SPORTS released three unedited gameplay clips: Alabama vs. Auburn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW4T3J-7nY8&feature=player_embedded), Ohio State vs. Nebraska (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTgRQ6bbEBQ&feature=player_embedded), and Clemson vs. South Carolina (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpK3buKNI1o&feature=player_embedded).

For complete E3 discussion with The Gaming Tailgate community, visit our E3 2011 Discussion thread (http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/showthread.php?2303-E3-2011-Discussion).

Continue on to see the full list of info and media released during the week of E3 2011:

EA SPORTS released three unedited gameplay clips: Alabama vs. Auburn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW4T3J-7nY8&feature=player_embedded), Ohio State vs. Nebraska (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTgRQ6bbEBQ&feature=player_embedded), and Clemson vs. South Carolina (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpK3buKNI1o&feature=player_embedded).


From Operation Sports' Christian McLeod on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/Bumble14_OS/):
- Very pleased with #ncaa12 Game feels incredibly polished. Videos do not do it justice. Great news: mobile QB's scramble.
- Bad news: Spread CPU teams still had a hard time running from the shotgun in the game I played. Still better than NCAA11 though.
- Sliding is not apparent when you are playing. Momentum just feels good. As I said, vids don't do it justice.
- Played against CPU Baylor in #ncaa12 and got shredded by their option, mobile QB, and run from shotgun. All on All American difficulty.


Brief preview from Hellisan (http://traditionsportsonline.com/e3-hellisan-is-on-site-for-tsos-coverage) at TraditionSportsOnline


Operation Sports Madden NFL 12 and NCAA Football 12 Q&A Chat (http://www.operationsports.com/news/487773/madden-nfl-12-and-ncaa-football-12-live-qa-815-pm-est/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)


OS at E3 NCAA Football 12 Preview (http://www.operationsports.com/previews/120/os-at-e3-ncaa-football-12-preview/)


Road to Glory: Following Brock Luker - Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfsebupBJi4) - Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKI0FwEf-Zg) - Part 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJckoS7oJuk) - Part 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnRQsc0pjzE) - Part 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK8N0xrFr3w&feature=feedu) Expect full details on the mode beginning next week.


All 120 team ratings and prestige courtesy Hellisan at TSO (http://traditionsportsonline.com/ncaa-12-team-ratings-revealed)


The NCAA Football 12 demo will be available on June 28. The demo will contain two match-ups and allow users to unlock five 2010 Nike Pro-Combat uniforms (Miami, West Virginia, Florida, Oregon State, Alabama) for use in the retail version of the game. The match-ups within the demo have not been announced.


E3 Live Broadcast Q&A with Producer Ben Haumiller (http://www.livestream.com/electronicarts/video?clipId=pla_485d9a2b-c3b7-4a81-90de-2861330c3e35)


Gamespot: NCAA Football 12 E3 2011 Stage Demo (Xbox 360) (http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6318714/)


PlayStation Lifestyle: NCAA 12 E3 Preview (http://playstationlifestyle.net/2011/06/10/ncaa-football-12-e3-preview/).


Snoop Dogg stopped by the EA booth to check out NCAA Football 12 (http://www.whosay.com/snoopdogg/photos/36231).



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morsdraconis
06-05-2011, 02:25 PM
$10 says it's just the leaked information from that one website that posted it by accident and then retracted it a bit later where they revealed quite a bit about it all. For anyone that read that article, it's probably highly unlikely that there's going to be anything new added to that.

illwill10
06-05-2011, 02:31 PM
$10 says it's just the leaked information from that one website that posted it by accident and then retracted it a bit later where they revealed quite a bit about it all. For anyone that read that article, it's probably highly unlikely that there's going to be anything new added to that.
I agree with that id you are talking about RTG.
I still think there might be more small stuff about it, though

cdj
06-05-2011, 02:35 PM
I would guess there will be videos, images, official blogs, media hands-on previews, etc. Pure text info - published or intentionally leaked - doesn't do game improvements (NCAA FB, MW3, or any game) justice.

joshuahuskers
06-05-2011, 03:00 PM
Hoping to hear something new about TeamBuilder. When will you guys be able to talk about TeamBuilder (either to confirm nothing has changed, or tell us about improvements)?

Paakaa10
06-05-2011, 04:46 PM
Thanks for setting this up, Chris. Love E3 in that we get a lot of new information about games that we're excited for, but it can definitely get difficult to keep up with all of that information when everything is coming out at once. Will you be able to post links to archives of any UStreams in the event that people here aren't able to watch? I'm planning on watching the EA SPORTS bits live, but sometimes plans change.

Jayrah
06-05-2011, 05:50 PM
I'm just ready to see some more game footage.

psusnoop
06-05-2011, 05:59 PM
I'm just ready to see some more game footage.

Exactly, and we all know this means we are closing in on demo day as well!

ram29jackson
06-05-2011, 05:59 PM
i'll just wait for this site to get its grubby hands on something and look at that haha

jaymo76
06-05-2011, 07:47 PM
All I want is a demo date announcement!!!

souljahbill
06-05-2011, 08:06 PM
All I want is a demo date announcement!!!

July 11th. :p


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SmoothPancakes
06-05-2011, 08:11 PM
All I want is a demo date announcement!!!


July 11th. :p


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It'll be in December or January. EA's going to join the various other companies and release a demo 5-6 months after release date, like various games have, such as: Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops, Fable III, and others. ;)

jaymo76
06-06-2011, 12:00 AM
July 11th. :p


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Is that fact Soulja or an educated guess??? Either way, I'm good with the 11th of June. It will allow me to finish up the current NCAA 11 sched...

RussellWilson
06-06-2011, 12:06 AM
I hope in RTG you can transfer schools... also in RTG to be a kicker because I think it'll be interesting to see. :))

In RTG I hope theirs different freaking colors because the colors except orange blew donkey vagina... :( But to transfer from a school to another would be pretty cool!:up:

I OU a Beatn
06-06-2011, 12:15 AM
Is that fact Soulja or an educated guess??? Either way, I'm good with the 11th. It will allow me to finish up the current NCAA 11 sched...

He was joking as NCAA '12 comes out the 12th of July. I would assume it would release either June 14th, 21st, or 28th.

jaymo76
06-06-2011, 12:19 AM
He was joking as NCAA '12 comes out the 12th of July. I would assume it would release either June 14th, 21st, or 28th.


Oops... I thought he put down JUNE 11TH as in this week ~ Lloyd Christmas moment... "my friend's a little slow in the head"

SmoothPancakes
06-06-2011, 12:43 AM
I hope in RTG you can transfer schools... also in RTG to be a kicker because I think it'll be interesting to see. :))

Please, for the love of God, this! Yes, to the devs, and probably to 99% of those who actually play RTG, kicker is worthless as a playable position, but just once, I would love to give RTG a go as a kicker, being called out on the field for the game winning field goal, or the game winning extra point. I want that chance, even if I'm only one of like 10 other people who want it.

Since I highly doubt it's an option this year, Community guys, please add this to your list of things to mention to the developers for next year. Please bring up the idea and topic of making kicker a selectable and playable position in RTG next year.


He was joking as NCAA '12 comes out the 12th of July. I would assume it would release either June 14th, 21st, or 28th.


Oops... I thought he put down JUNE 11TH as in this week ~ Lloyd Christmas moment... "my friend's a little slow in the head"

Yeah, I'm putting my money on June 14th. It'll be a month before the release date, which is what EA has pretty much averaged for demo releases. Plus from what the devs have said about it already working it's way through the verification system and waiting for approval from MS and Sony for a little while now, June 14th would work out pretty well for length of time to go through the various processes from MS and Sony and be ready for release.

I OU a Beatn
06-06-2011, 12:50 AM
I personally hope they don't release it til like June 28th or July 5th, mainly because I don't want to play a demo. I'm nervous that if I do play it and it turns out to be a huge debacle like last year's demo, I may actually get pissed and not buy it, which would be terrible because it's an easy platinum. :D

Of course, I guess it could surprise me and be really solid. Last year's demo definitely left a really bad taste in my mouth, though, so I just hope it doesn't have the same types of issues.

You're probably right, though - June 14th sounds about right.

morsdraconis
06-06-2011, 01:00 AM
I've stopped really caring about the demo at all. I only played last years long enough to unlock the jerseys and really it was just for the hell of it as I never used them and never planned on using them. The demo does nothing for me as it's never truly indicative of how the game is actually going to play.

I OU a Beatn
06-06-2011, 01:15 AM
It's pretty close. The main thing is it gives them a chance to get some early feedback implemented on the first patch or tuner tweak. Last year's demo was really close to how the final game played, IMO. Some of the really major issues were tweaked on the first patch, too, which was released relatively quickly and ended up at least allowing me to complete a few games online.

That wouldn't have happened if some of the issues prevalent in the demo weren't identified and tweaked.

beartide06
06-06-2011, 01:41 AM
Some guy I know said on his PS3 it ran across the screen and said that the demo was coming out June 7th

Jayrah
06-06-2011, 02:16 AM
It's pretty close. The main thing is it gives them a chance to get some early feedback implemented on the first patch or tuner tweak. Last year's demo was really close to how the final game played, IMO. Some of the really major issues were tweaked on the first patch, too, which was released relatively quickly and ended up at least allowing me to complete a few games online.

That wouldn't have happened if some of the issues prevalent in the demo weren't identified and tweaked.

It won't be as close this year with all the community days feedback, and I honestly didn't think it was very close last season. I was very dissapointed with the demo last season as I thought it actually would be close to the release, and for a while I thought they were fairly close as you did IOU. But after about a month or two the differences continued to gap from marginal to fairly significant to really significant. The tweaks identified from demo last year that we had to find have probably already been identified with 12 via the extra CD session after demo was finalized.
I played the demo last year more than ever before and was left unimpressed, yet I still am playing and enjoying 11. In fact I'm definitely not playing the 12 demo until my TSO OD plays and completes its final season, which should begin next week. I dont want to ruin the experience I am having cuz I have a feeling once I touch 12 in any capacity its RIP to 11.

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Jayrah
06-06-2011, 02:17 AM
Some guy I know said on his PS3 it ran across the screen and said that the demo was coming out June 7th

Do not tempt me satan! :D

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Flav
06-06-2011, 03:16 AM
Some guy I know said on his PS3 it ran across the screen and said that the demo was coming out June 7th

I mean I wouldn't doubt it since E3 is this week. It'd be great if it did.

Rudy
06-06-2011, 04:44 AM
I thought the demo last year was pretty decent. I don't think it's fair to call it horrible after the NCAA 10 demo. If you think NCAA 11's demo was horrible, what do you call that train wreck in '10? I couldn't believe how sloppy and buggy that demo was. I'd see the cpu player about to score and then run horizontally down the 5 yard line. The AI was awful. The ball physics on passes were a freaking joke as well. You could launch lasers off your back foot 40 yards down the field with an arm Brett Favre would be jealous to have.

For me, NCAA 10 was the biggest disappointment because it took steps back in certain areas like ball speed for passing and the camera was terrible.

cdj
06-06-2011, 07:27 AM
Some guy I know said on his PS3 it ran across the screen and said that the demo was coming out June 7th

I just watched all of the scrolling text and there was nothing NCAA related. The 'closest' was "COMING JUNE 7, GET THE DEMO NOW" - but that was referencing inFamous 2.

illwill10
06-06-2011, 08:27 AM
Please, for the love of God, this! Yes, to the devs, and probably to 99% of those who actually play RTG, kicker is worthless as a playable position, but just once, I would love to give RTG a go as a kicker, being called out on the field for the game winning field goal, or the game winning extra point. I want that chance, even if I'm only one of like 10 other people who want it.

Since I highly doubt it's an option this year, Community guys, please add this to your list of things to mention to the developers for next year. Please bring up the idea and topic of making kicker a selectable and playable position in RTG next year.
It be a worthless position to play(especialy without skill points). But as a person who plays RTG alot, I would love to be put in clutch situations. I know old PS2 Madden had the abilty to play all the position.
I am hoping for TE being available. It can give a person that doesnt want to play OL and want to block and still catch. I am surprised it is not in

Pig Bomb
06-06-2011, 08:36 AM
BTW Spike TV is covering E3 starting today at 12 noon ....i'm looking forward to the XBOX show at 12:30

I OU a Beatn
06-06-2011, 08:56 AM
It won't be as close this year with all the community days feedback, and I honestly didn't think it was very close last season. I was very dissapointed with the demo last season as I thought it actually would be close to the release, and for a while I thought they were fairly close as you did IOU. But after about a month or two the differences continued to gap from marginal to fairly significant to really significant. The tweaks identified from demo last year that we had to find have probably already been identified with 12 via the extra CD session after demo was finalized.
I played the demo last year more than ever before and was left unimpressed, yet I still am playing and enjoying 11. In fact I'm definitely not playing the 12 demo until my TSO OD plays and completes its final season, which should begin next week. I dont want to ruin the experience I am having cuz I have a feeling once I touch 12 in any capacity its RIP to 11.

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I meant that the demo is going to be extremely close to what we get on release day. I'm not factoring in the sequential patches and tuner tweaks. But as for '11, the demo was very close to being the same thing as the final game when it shipped.


I thought the demo last year was pretty decent. I don't think it's fair to call it horrible after the NCAA 10 demo. If you think NCAA 11's demo was horrible, what do you call that train wreck in '10? I couldn't believe how sloppy and buggy that demo was. I'd see the cpu player about to score and then run horizontally down the 5 yard line. The AI was awful. The ball physics on passes were a freaking joke as well. You could launch lasers off your back foot 40 yards down the field with an arm Brett Favre would be jealous to have.

For me, NCAA 10 was the biggest disappointment because it took steps back in certain areas like ball speed for passing and the camera was terrible.

The NCAA '11 demo was easily the worst demo ever, simply because of the flaws with pass coverage. I was putting up 70+ points and 700+ yards passing on Heisman in the 8 minute demo. Of course if it weren't for that demo and the fact they were able to tweak it relatively quickly, it might have been an even bigger issue in the final game.

Colossal28
06-06-2011, 09:19 AM
I meant that the demo is going to be extremely close to what we get on release day. I'm not factoring in the sequential patches and tuner tweaks. But as for '11, the demo was very close to being the same thing as the final game when it shipped.



The NCAA '11 demo was easily the worst demo ever, simply because of the flaws with pass coverage. I was putting up 70+ points and 700+ yards passing on Heisman in the 8 minute demo. Of course if it weren't for that demo and the fact they were able to tweak it relatively quickly, it might have been an even bigger issue in the final game.

Regardless of if the demo lives up to your lofty expectations, at least you can play around with the new tackling engine as well as a taste of any new AI. I don't understand people who wish for the demo to be pushed back?

If you don't want to play it, then don't haha. I for one cannot wait to play the demo and am glad we get one at all.

I OU a Beatn
06-06-2011, 09:24 AM
I don't have lofty expectations - the exact opposite really. I fully expect the game to have issues that make it unplayable, when in reality, all I want is a game that works the way it should. :D

It has nothing to do with not playing it. It has everything to do with playing it, realizing it has those issues, and realizing I'm going to be without a solid football game for yet another year. If it's even playable, I'll be happy.

Koach Vonner
06-06-2011, 09:35 AM
I for one thought the NCAA 11 Demo was ok. i played that demo more than I did any other demo. I also noticed a difference in the demo to the final release of the game. I'm excited about this years demo release. I hope they allow us to play around with "Custom Playbooks"

brza37
06-06-2011, 09:43 AM
Will the embargo on all NCAA 12 Info be lifted after the EA Sports press conference today?
I also wanna know whether there will be any upgrades to Teambuilder and if so when the new site launches.

NatureBoy
06-06-2011, 10:17 AM
I thought the demo last year was pretty decent. I don't think it's fair to call it horrible after the NCAA 10 demo. If you think NCAA 11's demo was horrible, what do you call that train wreck in '10? I couldn't believe how sloppy and buggy that demo was. I'd see the cpu player about to score and then run horizontally down the 5 yard line. The AI was awful. The ball physics on passes were a freaking joke as well. You could launch lasers off your back foot 40 yards down the field with an arm Brett Favre would be jealous to have.

For me, NCAA 10 was the biggest disappointment because it took steps back in certain areas like ball speed for passing and the camera was terrible. NCAA 10 is by far the worst in the series IMO. I loved NCAA 11. If NCAA 12 is even better, I won't know what to do with myself. :D

cdj
06-06-2011, 10:24 AM
Will the embargo on all NCAA 12 Info be lifted after the EA Sports press conference today?
I also wanna know whether there will be any upgrades to Teambuilder and if so when the new site launches.

Once EA officially releases info on a feature, then we have the green light.

We don't get much access or looks at web stuff at the Community Events, so any and all TeamBuilder news will have to come directly from EA.

I OU a Beatn
06-06-2011, 10:27 AM
NCAA 10 is by far the worst in the series IMO. I loved NCAA 11. If NCAA 12 is even better, I won't know what to do with myself. :D

What about '07 and '08 on 360? They were the first two games designed for next generation and it definitely showed.

brza37
06-06-2011, 10:48 AM
New RTG Video just posted on youtube:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfsebupBJi4

Short but sweet. Love the fact that we can play both ways in high school.

beartide06
06-06-2011, 10:59 AM
I just watched all of the scrolling text and there was nothing NCAA related. The 'closest' was "COMING JUNE 7, GET THE DEMO NOW" - but that was referencing inFamous 2.

He saw it a few days ago. Early last week. I was skeptical on it because he may have misread something. But wasn't the demo released last year the day after E3?

Paakaa10
06-06-2011, 11:06 AM
But wasn't the demo released last year the day after E3?

E3 is a week earlier this year than it was last year. Not that that means anything significant, but the changed timetable makes it more likely that the demo wouldn't be out until next week at the earliest.

That said, I certainly wouldn't complain if the demo DID come out tomorrow.

SmoothPancakes
06-06-2011, 11:06 AM
He saw it a few days ago. Early last week. I was skeptical on it because he may have misread something. But wasn't the demo released last year the day after E3?

Except E3 is an entire week earlier this year than it was last year.

Damn, Paakaa beat me to it. :D

beartide06
06-06-2011, 11:09 AM
E3 is a week earlier this year than it was last year. Not that that means anything significant, but the changed timetable makes it more likely that the demo wouldn't be out until next week at the earliest.

That said, I certainly wouldn't complain if the demo DID come out tomorrow.

Yeah I remember it being a week later last year. I wouldn't mind if it did either. I, personally, think it's coming out probably next week. I was just saying what I was told from someone else. I really have a strong doubt it comes tomorrow, but it would be a nice little gift lol.

iBrandon
06-06-2011, 11:46 AM
What "leaked info" came out? :)

I would love for a demo to drop this week, although like you guys, I expect it to happen next week.

I hope one of the questions answered are the amount of members an online dynasty can have. Hopefully it's more than 12. I would be happy with at least 16.

gschwendt
06-06-2011, 11:50 AM
I hope one of the questions answered are the amount of members an online dynasty can have. Hopefully it's more than 12. I would be happy with at least 16.
You can still only have 12 members in an Online Dynasty.

iBrandon
06-06-2011, 11:56 AM
You can still only have 12 members in an Online Dynasty.

Doh! I must have missed the information, thanks for sharing.

Any idea on why they haven't bumped it up to at least a few more users?

gschwendt
06-06-2011, 12:02 PM
Any idea on why they haven't bumped it up to at least a few more users?
No... no specific reason. Truthfully though, I imagine the large majority of ODs have less than 12 users currently. It would be nice to have 16 so that they can match to a single power conference.

iBrandon
06-06-2011, 12:04 PM
No... no specific reason. Truthfully though, I imagine the large majority of ODs have less than 12 users currently. It would be nice to have 16 so that they can match to a single power conference.

I agree, it would have been nice. Oh well, 12 will do. Thanks again.

CLW
06-06-2011, 12:46 PM
No... no specific reason. Truthfully though, I imagine the large majority of ODs have less than 12 users currently. It would be nice to have 16 so that they can match to a single power conference.

I suspect that will be the ONLY reason and ONLY time you see them expand the OD user limit. When it 1st came out I had dreams of one day being able to get a group of 120 guys to run one with coaching contracts and the whole bit. Basically, run NCAA __ like real life NCAA football. Unfortunately, it does not appear that will ever get off the ground.

Jayrah
06-06-2011, 12:56 PM
I meant that the demo is going to be extremely close to what we get on release day. I'm not factoring in the sequential patches and tuner tweaks. But as for '11, the demo was very close to being the same thing as the final game when it shipped.

I knew what you meant. I'm saying the difference in 12 because of the increased community day feedback will be night and day from demo to retail, as well as that the demo and final seemed close in 11 for a while, but if you played it for any amount of time you would've realized it wasn't actually all that close. Maybe the patches and tunings had something to do with that though

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psusnoop
06-06-2011, 12:57 PM
I suspect that will be the ONLY reason and ONLY time you see them expand the OD user limit. When it 1st came out I had dreams of one day being able to get a group of 120 guys to run one with coaching contracts and the whole bit. Basically, run NCAA __ like real life NCAA football. Unfortunately, it does not appear that will ever get off the ground.

That would be quite interesting to say the least.. :D:D

Getting through the offseason would take days :D

Jayrah
06-06-2011, 12:59 PM
I suspect that will be the ONLY reason and ONLY time you see them expand the OD user limit. When it 1st came out I had dreams of one day being able to get a group of 120 guys to run one with coaching contracts and the whole bit. Basically, run NCAA __ like real life NCAA football. Unfortunately, it does not appear that will ever get off the ground.

That's just not even feasible for soooooo many reasons

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gschwendt
06-06-2011, 01:00 PM
That would be quite interesting to say the least.. :D:D

Getting through the offseason would take days :D
Yeah... the only time they could ever do something like that was if they made it "live" meaning that there were never weeks to advance, never having to wait on anyone else, etc. You just go on and do your stuff whenever you want within that current season. But with that there are HUGE hurdles so I doubt we get to that point anytime.

iBrandon
06-06-2011, 01:03 PM
That's just not even feasible for soooooo many reasons

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I agree. 120 user dynasty. Yikes and yuck.

JBHuskers
06-06-2011, 01:08 PM
I agree. 120 user dynasty. Yikes and yuck.

It was hard enough to get games in on Donny Moore's 32-man Online Franchise.

iBrandon
06-06-2011, 01:26 PM
It was hard enough to get games in on Donny Moore's 32-man Online Franchise.

We tried a 32 man franchise for Madden 10 and that thing was a nightmare.

Pig Bomb
06-06-2011, 02:03 PM
less than 30 min until EA press conf... hopefully NCAA will release some stuff after that

iBrandon
06-06-2011, 02:16 PM
Yeah, I am ready for some news. Hopefully demo details and release date are announced as well.

JBHuskers
06-06-2011, 02:18 PM
Remember it's an EA overall press conference. Not sure if NCAA 12 will be talked about much or not on-stage.

DariusLock
06-06-2011, 02:19 PM
I suspect that will be the ONLY reason and ONLY time you see them expand the OD user limit. When it 1st came out I had dreams of one day being able to get a group of 120 guys to run one with coaching contracts and the whole bit. Basically, run NCAA __ like real life NCAA football. Unfortunately, it does not appear that will ever get off the ground.

When League Daddy was big I was in a 120 Team League, you picked three teams and then played out their whole schedule. I remember I went Undefeated with Pitt haha.

iBrandon
06-06-2011, 02:24 PM
Remember it's an EA overall press conference. Not sure if NCAA 12 will be talked about much or not on-stage.

Is there an EA SPORTS press conferece?

Paakaa10
06-06-2011, 02:28 PM
Is there an EA SPORTS press conferece?

It's a combined EA/EA SPORTS presser; there will be more EA SPORTS-specific stuff online after the conference is over though.

iBrandon
06-06-2011, 02:29 PM
It's a combined EA/EA SPORTS presser; there will be more EA SPORTS-specific stuff online after the conference is over though.

Got ya. I am just excited for the info, I'm not watching the presser.

CLW
06-06-2011, 02:55 PM
That would be quite interesting to say the least.. :D:D

Getting through the offseason would take days :D


That's just not even feasible for soooooo many reasons

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Yeah... the only time they could ever do something like that was if they made it "live" meaning that there were never weeks to advance, never having to wait on anyone else, etc. You just go on and do your stuff whenever you want within that current season. But with that there are HUGE hurdles so I doubt we get to that point anytime.


I agree. 120 user dynasty. Yikes and yuck.


It was hard enough to get games in on Donny Moore's 32-man Online Franchise.


We tried a 32 man franchise for Madden 10 and that thing was a nightmare.

The 120 team user dynasty is doable. It really only requires a "Nazi"/iron fist like Commish approach. All you need is the following:

#1 - 120 guys with "Similar" schedules (i.e. "9-5" work guys or guys that are available every night late at night)

#2 - HARD (no extensions given under ANY circumstances) 2 or 3 day deadlines (depending on how many seasons you want to get through) and a rule that knocks out the off-season in one swoop at a definite time.

Would that be "easy" to pull off? No. However, with the right group of guys I'm sure it could be pulled of and be VERY enjoyable.

JBHuskers
06-06-2011, 03:33 PM
Show is live now...

http://www.ustream.tv/easportslive

morsdraconis
06-06-2011, 03:40 PM
Show is live now...

http://www.ustream.tv/easportslive

According to the description, there's nothing about NCAA Football at all.

iBrandon
06-06-2011, 03:41 PM
According to the description, there's nothing about NCAA Football at all.

Disappointing. At least some demo news...

JBHuskers
06-06-2011, 03:50 PM
According to Twitter:

Live! EA @ E3: The EA SPORTS E3 Pregame Show on UStream http://tlk.tc/3n4 SSX, NHL, Madden, FIFA, NCAA Football...

So there might be some NCAA Football talk in there.

cdj
06-06-2011, 04:45 PM
Failure to mention NCAA Football 12 at either the on-stage press briefing or the EA SPORTS uSTREAM event is baffling and extremely disappointing. They missed out on a lot of game exposure to a casual crowd and would have been one of the few "games you can play in a month" versus the "here's a look at a game you can buy in 8-16 months."

ram29jackson
06-06-2011, 04:48 PM
New RTG Video just posted on youtube:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfsebupBJi4

Short but sweet. Love the fact that we can play both ways in high school.


hey, I've used that helmet logo a couple times haha...interesting how it looked a little blended in the video....

coogrfan
06-06-2011, 04:56 PM
Would that be "easy" to pull off? No. However, with the right group of guys I'm sure it could be pulled of and be VERY enjoyable.

Yeah, but who knows that many masochists?

gschwendt
06-06-2011, 05:03 PM
Failure to mention NCAA Football 12 at either the on-stage press briefing or the EA SPORTS uSTREAM event is baffling and extremely disappointing. They missed out on a lot of game exposure to a casual crowd and would have been one of the few "games you can play in a month" versus the "here's a look at a game you can buy in 8-16 months."What makes it worse is that they teased the NCAA crowd by spamming the E3 coverage on the NCAA Football Twitter and Facebook feeds. If you're not going to mention the game, don't abuse the contact with your followers to spam other games.

illwill10
06-06-2011, 05:15 PM
What makes it worse is that they teased the NCAA crowd by spamming the E3 coverage on the NCAA Football Twitter and Facebook feeds. If you're not going to mention the game, don't abuse the contact with your followers to spam other games.

Fully agreed
I can understand when they first showed it yesterday/weekend. But dont tweet saying your going to shown info a min before the Ustream, and dont show any anything.
NCAA was the only reason I wanted to watch the Stream

Pig Bomb
06-06-2011, 05:16 PM
booooooooooo!

cdj
06-06-2011, 05:30 PM
AJ from the EA SPORTS Live Team just tweeted this: "More Madden, NCAA, NHL and SSX to show this week. Subscribe to EASPORTS on YouTube and follow on facebook.com/easports to keep up."

Hopefully we get some good content this week to make up for nothing at the media presser or the uSTREAM event. The initial RTG Promo vid was nice, but I think we all were hoping for a little more on day one of E3.

JBHuskers
06-06-2011, 05:33 PM
AJ from the EA SPORTS Live Team just tweeted this: "More Madden, NCAA, NHL and SSX to show this week. Subscribe to EASPORTS on YouTube and follow on facebook.com/easports to keep up."

Hopefully we get some good content this week to make up for nothing at the media presser or the uSTREAM event. The initial RTG Promo vid was nice, but I think we all were hoping for a little more on day one of E3.

Yeah hopefully they give a little more for NCAA the rest of this week.

psusnoop
06-06-2011, 06:35 PM
Fingers crossed, geez

Rudy
06-06-2011, 08:44 PM
The 120 team user dynasty is doable. It really only requires a "Nazi"/iron fist like Commish approach. All you need is the following:

#1 - 120 guys with "Similar" schedules (i.e. "9-5" work guys or guys that are available every night late at night)

#2 - HARD (no extensions given under ANY circumstances) 2 or 3 day deadlines (depending on how many seasons you want to get through) and a rule that knocks out the off-season in one swoop at a definite time.

Would that be "easy" to pull off? No. However, with the right group of guys I'm sure it could be pulled of and be VERY enjoyable.

What you are asking for is really only available with a cpu commissioner. Has EA ever thought of having random online leagues of 12-120 teams with set rules? ie. A three day online dynasty. All teams involved have 3 days to play and recruit or it's simmed. Nothing is delayed or sped up. If you miss too bad. That way nobody waits for anyone and everyone knows exactly how often they need to play. These dynasties would have to be on default settings with no slider tweaks but it could allow for large groups of people to play against other humans in a potentially massive online dynasty. If people don't like it they can drop out and others added on the fly. Let people vote if users are acting like losers and too many negative votes = booted.

JeffHCross
06-06-2011, 10:05 PM
Failure to mention NCAA Football 12 at either the on-stage press briefing or the EA SPORTS uSTREAM event is baffling and extremely disappointing. And yet, totally not surprising. Other than when they had Teambuilder to build up hype with, I don't recall NCAA being a participant in EA's Press Conference ... ever.

cdj
06-06-2011, 10:10 PM
And yet, totally not surprising. Other than when they had Teambuilder to build up hype with, I don't recall NCAA being a participant in EA's Press Conference ... ever.

I want to think it was several years back. However, that does not excuse EA's uSTREAM from excluding the title.

illwill10
06-06-2011, 10:17 PM
I want to think it was several years back. However, that does not excuse EA's uSTREAM from excluding the title.

fully agree. I know that they might see some time during E3. but you shouldnt tell your fans that you will show up on a Ustream with other games multiple times and dont show up.
Especially since NCAA wont have a time slot in E3. It makes some fans feel that they dont think NCAA is a high priority to them.

Solidice
06-06-2011, 10:19 PM
I want to think it was several years back. However, that does not excuse EA's uSTREAM from excluding the title.

Especially when the ustream event is specially about EA Sports.

I never expected NCAA 12 to be mentioned in the EA Press conference, at most a "hey, NCAA 12 will be available next month".

ram29jackson
06-06-2011, 11:01 PM
its all been played out anyway. Its just a matter of waiting for the game at this point for me.

JBHuskers
06-06-2011, 11:44 PM
Especially when the ustream event is specially about EA Sports.

I never expected NCAA 12 to be mentioned in the EA Press conference, at most a "hey, NCAA 12 will be available next month".

Fully agreed. It is tough to fit everything in to the EA presser, but I was shocked when it was completely ignored on the Ustream event.

beartide06
06-06-2011, 11:59 PM
Disappointing. At least some demo news...

Demo news?

steelerfan
06-07-2011, 05:59 AM
its all been played out anyway. Its just a matter of waiting for the game at this point for me.

+1

Of course, I've spent about 10 days playing the game though. :P

iBrandon
06-07-2011, 08:25 AM
Demo news?

Nope. I should have said, I was hoping for at least some demo news. Sorry.

JBHuskers
06-07-2011, 09:35 AM
Part two:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKI0FwEf-Zg

Daywalker86
06-07-2011, 10:09 AM
These RTG videos are pretty bare bones lol

Deuce
06-07-2011, 10:16 AM
These RTG videos are pretty bare bones lol

That's what I'm thinking...I know there's still more to come but so far we really haven't heard much at all about NCAA12. I'm ready for some info on TB and the rest of RTG.

xGRIDIRONxGURUx
06-07-2011, 12:20 PM
the RTG videos arent bare bones theyre a waste of life compared to the news we are usually rolling in at this time of year... my 2 cents...

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th3 last tiger
06-07-2011, 01:00 PM
Well at least we now know that you can play on both sides of the ball

Paakaa10
06-07-2011, 01:05 PM
Not NCAA-related, but apparently EA SPORTS will be showing off the following games today at 6PM ET/5PM CT/4PM MT/3PM PT:


Madden Presentation and Defense
SSX Exclusive video of 3 NEW Tracks
NHL 12 Physics and Goalie interaction


No place specified for where these will be shown, but I would imagine that EA SPORTS' Ustream channel would be a good bet.

xGRIDIRONxGURUx
06-07-2011, 01:37 PM
Well at least we now know that you can play on both sides of the ball

thats old news that had been discussed...

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th3 last tiger
06-07-2011, 01:43 PM
thats old news that had been discussed...

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Well now I know.

cdj
06-07-2011, 03:00 PM
Here is a shot of EA's booth at E3:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/316328315.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJF3XCCKACR3QDMOA&Expires=1307477288&Signature=uIfwHudv00c1Up0q7wOZiyPp%2F1I%3D

pastapadre tweeted (http://bit.ly/mDOicj) that the game is not on the floor to play, but based on the pic above it is in the booth area. (Under FIFA 12, the 'Press START' screen is NCAA 12.) Maybe that area is just for media and invited individuals? Early guess is that they want to keep RTG under wraps (as best they can) until officially announced.

JBHuskers
06-07-2011, 03:22 PM
Yeah 100% that it is the NCAA 12 start screen.

cdj
06-07-2011, 03:43 PM
From Operation Sports' Christian McLeod on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/Bumble14_OS/):

Very pleased with #ncaa12 Game feels incredibly polished. Videos do not do it justice. Great news: mobile QB's scramble.

Bad news: Spread CPU teams still had a hard time running from the shotgun in the game I played. Still better than NCAA11 though.

Sliding is not apparent when you are playing. Momentum just feels good. As I said, vids don't do it justice.

Treadstone6700
06-07-2011, 03:43 PM
Here is a shot of EA's booth at E3:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/316328315.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJF3XCCKACR3QDMOA&Expires=1307477288&Signature=uIfwHudv00c1Up0q7wOZiyPp%2F1I%3D

pastapadre tweeted (http://bit.ly/mDOicj) that the game is not on the floor to play, but based on the pic above it is in the booth area. (Under FIFA 12, the 'Press START' screen is NCAA 12.) Maybe that area is just for media and invited individuals? Early guess is that they want to keep RTG under wraps (as best they can) until officially announced.

Looks like that image link is broken, are you able to re-post?

cdj
06-07-2011, 03:46 PM
Looks like that image link is broken, are you able to re-post?

Try this link:
http://t.co/IMsSbLX

JBHuskers
06-07-2011, 03:53 PM
From Operation Sports' Christian McLeod on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/Bumble14_OS/):

Very pleased with #ncaa12 Game feels incredibly polished. Videos do not do it justice. Great news: mobile QB's scramble.

Bad news: Spread CPU teams still had a hard time running from the shotgun in the game I played. Still better than NCAA11 though.

Sliding is not apparent when you are playing. Momentum just feels good. As I said, vids don't do it justice.

I agree 100% with that post. Spread rushing need work yet on the CPU. There are times where the WR on a jet sweep can get some good yards, but I was seeing mostly 2.5 to 3 ypc.

CLW
06-07-2011, 04:05 PM
I agree 100% with that post. Spread rushing need work yet on the CPU. There are times where the WR on a jet sweep can get some good yards, but I was seeing mostly 2.5 to 3 ypc.

2-3 YPC might be slightly low but maybe I am wrong i dont think teams average 4-5 yards a pop unless they are great rushing teams.

iBrandon
06-07-2011, 04:24 PM
2-3 YPC might be slightly low but maybe I am wrong i dont think teams average 4-5 yards a pop unless they are great rushing teams.

I would guess 2-3 ypc isn't the norm and the issues are seeing guys getting stopped for no gains and negative yardage and you see an occasional 2 or 3 yard carry.

Boucher
06-07-2011, 04:36 PM
Very fishy that NCAA is not open for everyone\

Koach Vonner
06-07-2011, 04:43 PM
From Operation Sports' Christian McLeod on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/Bumble14_OS/):

Very pleased with #ncaa12 Game feels incredibly polished. Videos do not do it justice. Great news: mobile QB's scramble.

Bad news: Spread CPU teams still had a hard time running from the shotgun in the game I played. Still better than NCAA11 though.

Sliding is not apparent when you are playing. Momentum just feels good. As I said, vids don't do it justice.

I wonder how the crowd noise sounds? Does the crowd erupt on huge plays? Did they improve on that? What about the commentary?

cdj
06-07-2011, 04:54 PM
Very fishy that NCAA is not open for everyone\

Here is what McLeod said on twitter about it:

"just wanted to bring more attention to Madden--no other reason. NCAA is looking good."

Paakaa10
06-07-2011, 04:59 PM
Very fishy that NCAA is not open for everyone\

There are actually a few people being very active on Twitter with their impressions on NCAA Football 12. I imagine there'll be a good amount of impressions from E3 at sites like OperationSports.com before the night is through.

Here's a comment thread on Twitter from Christian McLeod of OS.com, actually:


Treadstone6700 said: @Bumble14_OS - any guesses as to why they put NCAA behind closed doors? I feel like that franchise is being neglected right now

Bumble14_OS said: @Treadstone6700 just wanted to bring more attention to Madden--no other reason. NCAA is looking good.



I wonder how the crowd noise sounds? Does the crowd erupt on huge plays? Did they improve on that? What about the commentary?

From the Community Events it did sound like crowd noise has been addressed this year. There's more "depth of sound" to some of the chants and 3rd-down cheering so that it sounds more organic. It also seemed that the fight songs were tuned to sound more like they were a part of the stadium experience than they were in NCAA Football 11 where it felt like the music was being piped in over the rest of the noise.

With the new defensive play it was hard to explode on very many "huge plays," but it did seem like the crowd was more reactive than in previous years.

Commentary didn't seem to have a complete overhaul of new stuff, but there are definitely new lines from Erin Andrews and the guys as it pertains to the overall flow of the game when they're recounting big plays.

gschwendt
06-07-2011, 05:16 PM
Brief review from Hellisan at TraditionSportsOnline
http://traditionsportsonline.com/e3-hellisan-is-on-site-for-tsos-coverage

Jayrah
06-07-2011, 06:14 PM
I wonder how the crowd noise sounds? Does the crowd erupt on huge plays? Did they improve on that? What about the commentary?

The new stadium levels will help as well with this. Small crowd vs medium vs large crowd sound effects! I am extremely pumped up to hear the game this year.

Jayrah
06-07-2011, 06:15 PM
Brief review from Hellisan at TraditionSportsOnline
http://traditionsportsonline.com/e3-hellisan-is-on-site-for-tsos-coverage

Meh. Very little can be seen in one quarter.

CLW
06-07-2011, 06:21 PM
Meh. Very little can be seen in one quarter.

Yep looks like the Demo is going to be HUGE to many in the community as very little has been seen as far as actual gameplay video.

Tarhead10
06-07-2011, 06:55 PM
Tomymac over at OS said that he was there and they stuck NCAA in a dark hot room in the back... He said that it was so hot in there that Ben needed paper towels every minute.... He also said that Madden looks and plays better than NCAA... Whats up with them treating NCAA this way at E3, something is fishy???

Rudy
06-07-2011, 07:02 PM
2-3 YPC might be slightly low but maybe I am wrong i dont think teams average 4-5 yards a pop unless they are great rushing teams.

2-3 would be very, very low if true. 75 of the 120 BCS teams averaged over 4 ypc last year. Only 9 teams averaged less than 3 while 21 averaged more than 5 ypc and three teams averaged more than 6 ypc.

http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/national/team/offense/split01/category01/sort02.html

Rudy
06-07-2011, 07:05 PM
Tomymac over at OS said that he was there and they stuck NCAA in a dark hot room in the back... He said that it was so hot in there that Ben needed paper towels every minute.... He also said that Madden looks and plays way better than NCAA... Whats up with them treating NCAA this way at E3, something is fishy???

That doesn't sound right at all. I'm not too worried since the community guys here seem to really like what they have played.

Tarhead10
06-07-2011, 07:07 PM
That doesn't sound right at all. I'm not too worried since the community guys here seem to really like what they have played.


I trust the community guys, however I just stating something that was said at E3....

cdj
06-07-2011, 07:07 PM
2-3 would be very, very low if true. 75 of the 120 BCS teams averaged over 4 ypc last year. Only 9 teams averaged less than 3 while 21 averaged more than 5 ypc and three teams averaged more than 6 ypc.

http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/national/team/offense/split01/category01/sort02.html

I think he was referring to running out of the spread/shotgun, not straight-up CPU running.

At the last Community Event, I felt the CPU running attack was pretty solid at times, especially out of power sets.

Jayrah
06-07-2011, 07:08 PM
Tomymac over at OS said that he was there and they stuck NCAA in a dark hot room in the back... He said that it was so hot in there that Ben needed paper towels every minute.... He also said that Madden looks and plays way better than NCAA... Whats up with them treating NCAA this way at E3, something is fishy???

Nothing's fishy. There aren't any "light" rooms around those places. They're all dark lol. If it's not on the main floor it's gonna be in a dark back room. And Ben is probably going to sweat if it's warm, he's a big guy. And some guys prefer Madden play style over Ncaa in SOME areas of the game. That's a very general statement and it's been told to us by very reliable sources that NCAA plays so much better than 11. I liked 11 so that's good enough for me!

Don't read into general statements with people that haven't gotten enough time on either (or both) games to get a feel for why the difference is there and what the difference even is. This guy prolly got 1 qtr on ncaa (if that), and a full game + on Madden.

NCAA has had A TON of coverage to this point where Madden has not had hardly any public coverage. They are just bringing Madden to the forefront for a couple days. Especially with the lockout, there's just not very many good things on the NFL front going on, making Madden an afterthought. Let's just let it play out and see for ourselves.

Tarhead10
06-07-2011, 07:10 PM
Nothing's fishy. There aren't any "light" rooms around those places. They're all dark lol. If it's not on the main floor it's gonna be in a dark back room. And Ben is probably going to sweat if it's warm, he's a big guy. And some guys prefer Madden play style over Ncaa in SOME areas of the game. That's a very general statement and it's been told to us by very reliable sources that NCAA plays so much better than 11. I liked 11 so that's good enough for me!

Don't read into general statements with people that haven't gotten enough time on either (or both) games to get a feel for why the difference is there and what the difference even is. This guy prolly got 1 qtr on ncaa (if that), and a full game + on Madden.

NCAA has had A TON of coverage to this point where Madden has not had hardly any public coverage. They are just bringing Madden to the forefront for a couple days. Especially with the lockout, there's just not very many good things on the NFL front going on, making Madden an afterthought. Let's just let it play out and see for ourselves.


Probably true.... I also feel that NCAA kicked Madden's butt last year and that is a reason for all the hype at E3...

cdj
06-07-2011, 07:12 PM
Tomymac over at OS said that he was there and they stuck NCAA in a dark hot room in the back... He said that it was so hot in there that Ben needed paper towels every minute.... He also said that Madden looks and plays better than NCAA... Whats up with them treating NCAA this way at E3, something is fishy???

I have no clue if the OS poster is legit, but I have seen a couple mentions that the EA SPORTS room was very hot.

From what I can tell - based on various tweets - they wanted E3 to be more about Madden, which is somewhat understandable given the NFL uncertainty. Though, I agree with the sentiment that NCAA should have been given somewhat of a visible E3 focus.

Community Manager Justin Dewiel did tweet this earlier:


we'll have more on NCAA Football 12 later in the week. we've been releasing short teaser videos on Facebook for Road to Glory and we'll have some unedited gameplay live from E3 later in the week. Don't worry, plenty to share on that front too.

cdj
06-07-2011, 07:17 PM
Operation Sports - Madden NFL 12 and NCAA Football 12 Live Q&A (http://www.operationsports.com/news/487773/madden-nfl-12-and-ncaa-football-12-live-qa-815-pm-est/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) going on right now

joshuahuskers
06-07-2011, 07:32 PM
I'm not real worried about the CPU running game. We have RBL and RBA sliders for a reason.

Rudy
06-07-2011, 08:20 PM
I will say this about Christian McLeod on OS - I trust him. He's been around awhile and really liked NCAA 11 while he didn't like Madden 11 much at all. He's Bumble14_OS on twitter and he's really good imo. That's why it is disappointing to hear him say NCAA 12 feels like a polished NCAA 11 (not necessarily bad) but that it didn't blow him away while Madden 12 was a HUGE improvement over Madden 11 in his opinion.

OS Q & A wrap up highlights:

Madden and NCAA Q & A on OS: http://www.operationsports.com/news/487773/madden-nfl-12-and-ncaa-football-12-live-qa-815-pm-est/

- No in game saves
- 3D grass looks amazing
- On if Madden gameplay has changed "Yes, yes, yes. Players have momentum and weight to them, and different player types play as they should. MJD plays like the bowling ball he is--Jhavid Best is quick and agile--and receivers like Mike Williams can make some spectacular catches."
- The game and animations sets really elevate the overall on field product.
- on overall impression of NCAA 12 "Extremely polished version of NCAA11. Wasn't blown away, but really liked what I played. "
- super jumping LBs appear to be gone, warping reduced
- animations are improved and impressive
- no demo news
- field degredation, grass stains, etc. very nice
- gameflow in Madden better - can have the cpu select conservative, normal or aggressive plays for you
- Christian (big NCAA fan and didn't like Madden last year) felt Madden 12 is a bigger jump than NCAA 11 from previous versions
- cpu AI was a focus and cpu teams will play more to their style.
- Madden camera angles are impressive
- both games look great and new lighting in NCAA is great
- collision tackling looks good
- return games seems a bit better
- negative NCAA news - still sees cpu shotgun rushing game as being too weak (not a shock to me but still disappointing given the ton of spread running teams in college football)
- Christian thinks Madden plays better but NCAA still good. Said Madden is a huge leap this year.
- both Madden and NCAA use the same momentum engine
- NCAA 12 is a more polished version of NCAA 11. Madden 12 huge leap forward.

Rudy
06-07-2011, 08:23 PM
I'm not real worried about the CPU running game. We have RBL and RBA sliders for a reason.

I AM worried about the cpu running game and sliders don't fix the disparity between a traditional running offence and the spread option offence. I've usually been able to tweak the sliders to fix the traditional cpu ground game but the cpu shotgun running game still normally sucked. It's almost impossible to play with two slider sets, particularly since most spread teams may still have traditional formations and certainly the goalline.

Unless EA split the run blocking slider between traditional runs and shotgun/option runs, this is still a big issue that the series hasn't fixed on next gen.

Deuce
06-07-2011, 08:26 PM
Nice summary Rudy. It really doesn't bother me that he is blown away by Madden and not NCAA. Madden has been bad...not fun at all. So it had a lot of room for improvement. I would have been pretty happy with NCAA if they only fixed the zones. We've got a lot more than that.

JBHuskers
06-07-2011, 08:27 PM
2-3 YPC might be slightly low but maybe I am wrong i dont think teams average 4-5 yards a pop unless they are great rushing teams.

Maybe a bump in sliders will cure it....

JBHuskers
06-07-2011, 08:28 PM
Very fishy that NCAA is not open for everyone\

Not really....it's not an indication of how good or bad the product is....

JBHuskers
06-07-2011, 08:29 PM
I think he was referring to running out of the spread/shotgun, not straight-up CPU running.

At the last Community Event, I felt the CPU running attack was pretty solid at times, especially out of power sets.

Yes I'm referring to spread teams like Oregon.

JBHuskers
06-07-2011, 08:33 PM
Well there is a reason why Madden seems to have more improvement over NCAA....they had much of a bigger hill to climb.

beartide06
06-07-2011, 09:00 PM
True stuff. It's no different than how much better NCAA 11 was from NCAA 10. This is just madden's "jump year" if you will as far as major improvements go. Madden needed a big overhaul this year as NCAA needed it last year and now the two games will just be improved on significantly each year.

xGRIDIRONxGURUx
06-07-2011, 09:58 PM
if madden made a leap over ncaa that just means its finally catching up to ncaa and the standard it set with the jump made in 11... no worries from me, just tired of the 20 second RTG vids... seriously lol

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SmoothPancakes
06-07-2011, 10:05 PM
Yeah, the fact that NCAA is shoved in a back room while Madden gets the entire floor, means absolutely nothing. Madden 11 was attacked by everyone in the gaming community last year, from casual games, to fans of the series, to reviewers and gaming magazine/website writers. This is EA's way to trying to show people that Madden really is better this year and has been improved leaps and bounds over Madden 11, by making it the main (and pretty much only, besides Need for Speed) product on their floor.

Jayrah
06-08-2011, 01:14 AM
I also think anyone who is worried about these comments is forgetting that these impressions are based solely on gameplay improvements, where it seems that YES indeed the big improvements are collision system and zones, which are big-time (but simple in most regards) polishing measures of what IMO was a great game from 11 when considering where 09 and 10 were. And then of course the visual upgrades are nice but they won't get graded most of the time at an event like E3. Ncaa's big-time jump in 12 however is OUTSIDE of the gameplay elements, and in that regard, the playability of the game has improved 1000x.

Madden's gameplay has been just terrible the past 2 or 3 seasons, utterly terrible, so any decent jump in that area is going to and SHOULD get rave reviews from anyone who's played it recently. I LOVE what Madden did this year by the way. I can definitely see aspects of both games that really truly capture the spirit of football at each level. I am just dreaming of playing in these series' where I go to throw in my NCAA dynasty and play a game and feel the college pageantry and gameplay aspects of team and recruiting and coaching on Saturdays, and then throw in Madden and get a truly gritty pro football game, where ratings of individuals jump off the page and really make different one on one matchups crucial to your success or failures on each Sunday. I gotta say, once again both these games will be fun to play for an entire year where I shouldn't ever be bored. Also looking forward to exporting my graduating class and FINALLY having the good players in the class come into Madden as the highest rated draftees. I've always hated that the best NCAA players were just so-so in the Madden draft class when I exported them.

Jayrah
06-08-2011, 01:22 AM
if madden made a leap over ncaa that just means its finally catching up to ncaa and the standard it set with the jump made in 11... no worries from me, just tired of the 20 second RTG vids... seriously lol

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I love NCAA, but once again I hope Madden actually matches and surpasses the NCAA series in certain aspects, while I want NCAA to beat Madden out in other aspects. Not because it was "worse" for either game, but because they did something totally riveting in different parts of the game. It's happening now, but I hope it continues for both games in the future each and every year. I want each to try and work on their game, but try and surpass the other each year in the dynamics that it brings to the table for that level of football. For example next year I'm looking for an aspect of dynamic player performance from Madden 12 to be integrated in NCAA fashion for NCAA 13, but I want it to be totally unique and college performance driven. And of course other stuff too.

cdj
06-08-2011, 06:48 AM
Here is Operation Sports' NCAA Football 12 E3 Preview (http://www.operationsports.com/previews/120/os-at-e3-ncaa-football-12-preview/):


I'm a huge fan of college football and an even bigger fan of what EA's NCAA team is trying to accomplish with the series. My fear is that NCAA 12 may be unfairly criticized in the weeks leading to its release. As I mentioned, unless you actually play the game you will not really appreciate just how much better NCAA 12 feels when compared to NCAA 11. Thankfully the game's demo will be releasing soon (before the game's July 12 release), giving folks a chance to experience the game for themselves.

cdj
06-08-2011, 10:43 AM
Part 2 of Hellisan's E3 NCAA Football 12 impressions (http://traditionsportsonline.com/e3-hellisan-is-on-site-for-tsos-coverage) (Tradition Sports Online)

psuexv
06-08-2011, 10:46 AM
Part 2 of Hellisan's E3 NCAA Football 12 impressions (http://traditionsportsonline.com/e3-hellisan-is-on-site-for-tsos-coverage) (Tradition Sports Online)

Is it just me or was this video bad? It just showed defenses getting burnt with deep balls and dudes missing tackles.

And there was no flow the real clips vs the game clips

cdj
06-08-2011, 10:49 AM
Is it just me or was this video bad? It just showed defenses getting burnt with deep balls and dudes missing tackles.

And there was no flow the real clips vs the game clips

Just so people don't get confused, that vid is NCAA 11. His impressions are text only.

Jaredlib
06-08-2011, 11:00 AM
I'm not real worried about the CPU running game. We have RBL and RBA sliders for a reason.

This response scares me. EA needs to be held accountable if the CPU running game from shot gun sets still sucks. Look at the BCS title game last year.

Unless this is magically fixed before release, we are going to run into the same problem this year as last. If you bump the sliders to make spread running attacks viable then traditional/pro style sets are overpowered.

College football is very much about the spread offense....I think it is honestly dumbfounding that EA couldn't figure out a way to make this work....

psuexv
06-08-2011, 11:52 AM
Just so people don't get confused, that vid is NCAA 11. His impressions are text only.

Thanks for clearing that up Chris

Paakaa10
06-08-2011, 03:36 PM
From PastaPadre's Facebook account:


Played a full game of NCAA Football 12. The improvements are more subtle than Madden, but in a sense that has allowed it to play really clean while Madden is still a little rough at times around the edges. I think people will be satisfied by NCAA but it will feel familiar.

It would seem as though his speculation about why the game was not being prominently displayed has proven unfounded.

Cody
06-08-2011, 03:42 PM
So it will be like NCAA 11 gameplay wise?

Not a bad thing, I fell in love with that game.

Paakaa10
06-08-2011, 03:47 PM
So it will be like NCAA 11 gameplay wise?

Not a bad thing, I fell in love with that game.

We're at the point where videos and information cannot replace or substitute for hands-on time with the game, in my opinion. I wish the demo were out right now so that people could get their own hands on the game and see how it feels for themselves.

Are the improvements from NCAA Football 11 to NCAA Football 12 subtle? I guess; but I think that the improved zone defenses and enhanced tackle and collision system bring a lot to the gameplay this year. I've hardly touched NCAA 11 since I've played more recent builds of NCAA 12, and I probably won't load up NCAA 11 again once NCAA 12 is released because--to me--it is that much of an improvement year-over-year. This is saying a lot because NCAA 11 was the first NCAA game I really got into and played long past the end of the college season.

Cody
06-08-2011, 03:50 PM
Thanks for the quick response Paakaa, I haven't loaded up NCAA 11 for awhile, and will probably spend tons of time on NCAA 12

Paakaa10
06-08-2011, 04:21 PM
More Facebook Pasta-pressions:



William Miller: so NCAA is the same game?
pastapadre: ‎@william No not the same game, it has some of the same enhancements Madden has. The broadcast camera shots, default gameplay camera, an anything can happen feel to it...that's Madden. NCAA plays "better" but wont feel particularly new.



pastapadre: Demo is coming "soon". May be announcing the date next week. I expect it to be out on the 21st or 28th.

cdj
06-08-2011, 05:41 PM
From twitter:

We'll have insider info on the NCAA Football 12 demo date when we hit 90K tweeps and NCAA Football hits 685K on Facebook" http://tlk.tc/s14

They currently have 88,106 followers and 683,843 fans.

cdj
06-08-2011, 05:43 PM
All 120 team ratings and prestige courtesy Hellisan at TSO (http://traditionsportsonline.com/ncaa-12-team-ratings-revealed)

ryby6969
06-08-2011, 05:47 PM
Damn, Auburn a 6* now.

xGRIDIRONxGURUx
06-08-2011, 05:47 PM
i like that no team is default A+ across the board... finally some reality checks for default ratings...

"E"

CLW
06-08-2011, 05:51 PM
Wow Duke = B- OVR and B+ Offense but still 92nd. :smh:

souljahbill
06-08-2011, 05:51 PM
All 120 team ratings and prestige courtesy Hellisan at TSO (http://traditionsportsonline.com/ncaa-12-team-ratings-revealed)

#86? Ouch! We're behind Army and Wyoming!


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psusnoop
06-08-2011, 06:43 PM
This is great I love checking out the team ratings!

Flav
06-08-2011, 06:44 PM
Demo = the 28th.

beartide06
06-08-2011, 06:49 PM
http://www.facebook.com/easportsncaafootball

Here is a link to the demo news on their facebook page. I posted this in another forum as well.

WolverineJay
06-08-2011, 06:50 PM
Wow, that is pretty late and considering I will be on vacation in another state for the last week of June and the first part of July looks like I will be passing on the demo this year.

beartide06
06-08-2011, 06:51 PM
Yeah it is two weeks later than last years. I wonder if their is a reason why that is. the wait is going to kill me for 3 more weeks.

xGRIDIRONxGURUx
06-08-2011, 06:54 PM
id say some tuning will be done based on feedback from the videos we will see over the next bit... id say they prob want a demo that is as close to box as they can get...

"E"

Solidice
06-08-2011, 07:37 PM
id say some tuning will be done based on feedback from the videos we will see over the next bit... id say they prob want a demo that is as close to box as they can get...

"E"

it wont be done for the demo, it was sent in to MS/Sony nearly a month ago I believe.

morsdraconis
06-08-2011, 07:42 PM
#86? Ouch! We're behind Army and Wyoming!

I think it's kinda bullshit that Army is still a :1star: school. They had a winning record, went to a bowl game, won the bowl game, and had their best season (7-6) in the last 14 years and only their second 7+ win season since 1988. I think this past season in the game would have seen them increase to a :2star: prestige school for that type of season.

SmoothPancakes
06-08-2011, 09:01 PM
Damn, no love for Navy. :(

And it appears I am starting my career as a DC at Florida Atlantic. It was between them and Bowling Green, and as BG is still a 2-star, FAU is my new home. Which also works out well as they have a D+ defense.

Rudy
06-08-2011, 09:04 PM
I can't agree with Michigan's prestige dropping down to 5. No way. At the same time, Michigan is a bit too high at #33 and the horrible defence of the last two years does not deserve a B+ defence. No freaking way. Still a real lack of talent on defence and B- would have been generous. Same goes for special teams. The kickers were AWFUL last year although they did add a good freshman. The offence might be better than an A- but only if Denard can transition to a pro style attack. He's probably best suited for the spread.

umhester04
06-08-2011, 09:35 PM
Bill Abner just said in his blog that the ps3 version looks significantly worse than the 360 version...

WolverineJay
06-08-2011, 09:39 PM
Yes Michigan is a 6 star program just like Notre Dame. They are the very definition of prestige in college football.
I agree Michigan deserves like a B+ offense, but only a C+ defense (my goodness a team scored 30 or more points on them 9 of their 13 games last year).

Paakaa10
06-08-2011, 10:21 PM
According to the schedule of events for E3 at the EA SPORTS Facebook page, we can expect to see more "Raw Gameplay" video from both Madden NFL 12 AND NCAA Football 12 at 2PM ET tomorrow. There will apparently also be an NHL 12 "Broken Glass Gameplay" video at 2PM ET. Then the "24 Minute Challenge" will continue at 4PM ET, though no game is specified.

NatureBoy
06-08-2011, 10:26 PM
:South_Carolina: I am very pleased with South Carolina's ratings this year.

Jayrah
06-08-2011, 10:29 PM
According to the schedule of events for E3 at the EA SPORTS Facebook page, we can expect to see more "Raw Gameplay" video from both Madden NFL 12 AND NCAA Football 12 at 2PM ET tomorrow. There will apparently also be an NHL 12 "Broken Glass Gameplay" video at 2PM ET. Then the "24 Minute Challenge" will continue at 4PM ET, though no game is specified.

Sweet I'm looking forward to that

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JeffHCross
06-08-2011, 10:39 PM
Yes Michigan is a 6 star program just like Notre Dame.Not based on how the game determines prestige ratings:

6-Star: If you finish with a final ranking worse than 15th or win less than 8 games you have a chance to move down.
Three seasons under that criteria is hard to ignore.

Jayrah
06-08-2011, 11:55 PM
Not based on how the game determines prestige ratings:

Three seasons under that criteria is hard to ignore.

:D Good point. Michigan may still well be a program that is looked at as "elite", but you can be a 5 star "elite" program imo. The football program at the moment isn't elite, and the recruiting classes that got them there sure do say something. Also the academic issues that have gone on there and the "practice" issues within the past few seasons all play into that as well. To me, UM is not the program it was a decade ago, or even 5 years ago. It can and will be again, but right now I'd say the missing star is deserved.

Notre Dame is a 6 star "elite" program because of the religious and academic standards that the program holds. Sure the football program has struggled recently but they still have drawn little to no media attention for violations or kids getting arrested or coaches being investigated. Plus, as compared to, say, Michigan, the program is still one of the #1 coveted jobs in football. For a while the question for Michigan was (and still is to a degree, even though Hoke is there now): "Who wants to take this job when the program is where it's at? Sure it's a great job, but who will leave their post at what is probably a good situation for this?". For Notre Dame it's been a completely opposite mindset: "Who's gonna get there first with the most to offer? Everyone wants this job because the program is still untainted and a class act".

Rudy
06-09-2011, 04:47 AM
Bill Abner just said in his blog that the ps3 version looks significantly worse than the 360 version...

Hellisan from Tradition Sports said the PS3 doesn't look as good either but what else is new? I don't really care though as the graphics aren't the problem and look pretty good to me.

steelerfan
06-09-2011, 04:52 AM
Hellisan from Tradition Sports said the PS3 doesn't look as good either but what else is new? I don't really care though as the graphics aren't the problem and look pretty good to me.

Who knows? In my 3 trips, I was the only one who played a ps3 build (that was only in April) and 3 or 4 guys who were playing 360 builds stopped by and commented that the ps3 build looked much more crisp and vibrant. I'm guessing it's all marginal, either way.

Rudy
06-09-2011, 05:21 AM
Who knows? In my 3 trips, I was the only one who played a ps3 build (that was only in April) and 3 or 4 guys who were playing 360 builds stopped by and commented that the ps3 build looked much more crisp and vibrant. I'm guessing it's all marginal, either way.

I would be you are right. Often when I read people say this version is SO much better there is only a tiny difference. Once the PS3 version went to 60 fps I don't think people can say there would be a big difference between the two.

Kwizzy
06-09-2011, 08:21 AM
:South_Carolina: I am very pleased with South Carolina's ratings this year.

I used South Carolina in the tournament we played at the community event & I can definitely say they will be widely used online this year. :nod:

JBHuskers
06-09-2011, 08:32 AM
I used South Carolina in the tournament we played at the community event & I can definitely say they will be widely used online this year. :nod:

:down: :D

iBrandon
06-09-2011, 08:56 AM
Baylor is about what I thought as far as grading goes.
Overall - B
Offense - B +
Defense - B-
Special Teams - B

They are "ranked" 43rd best and are 5th best in the Big 12. The teams they are ahead in the Big 12 are Tech (suprised about that one) Kansas St, Kansas and Iowa State. It's nice to see Texas not in the top 5.

iBrandon
06-09-2011, 09:05 AM
Part 2 of Hellisan's E3 NCAA Football 12 impressions (http://traditionsportsonline.com/e3-hellisan-is-on-site-for-tsos-coverage) (Tradition Sports Online)

Good stuff from Helisan. I'm glad zones seem to work better, that's going to make a big difference on defense. His notes at the end of the article are great as well. I'm so glad that people who just roll out play after play may have trouble this year. It just blows that the computer offense is inept.

souljahbill
06-09-2011, 10:21 AM
86 Southern Miss B B C+ B 2

Wow, we're a 2 star now? Man, have we fallen from grace or what?


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CLW
06-09-2011, 11:00 AM
86 Southern Miss B B C+ B 2

Wow, we're a 2 star now? Man, have we fallen from grace or what?


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Better to have fallen from grace than to have never been there at all.

Signed:

:Duke:

coogrfan
06-09-2011, 11:20 AM
52 Houston B B+ C+ B 3

C+ for our D might be a tad generous, but overall that sounds about right.

Kwizzy
06-09-2011, 11:25 AM
B+ for Nebraska's D is ridiculous to me!

cdj
06-09-2011, 12:34 PM
Our day of sports continues with the NCAA live chat starting in 30 min! Ask them anything via the Cover It Live box http://bit.ly/jcfJUa

http://live-event.ea.com/e3/chat/ncaa

Paakaa10
06-09-2011, 12:44 PM
Our day of sports continues with the NCAA live chat starting in 30 min! Ask them anything via the Cover It Live box http://bit.ly/jcfJUa

http://live-event.ea.com/e3/chat/ncaa

Hope this gets archived so I can watch it after lunch with my wife!

By the way, TGTers; this would be a great chance to ask some of the questions that we've been unable to provide solid answers on the past few days.

Flav
06-09-2011, 01:06 PM
I asked if we could play night games in online games. That would make me so so so so so happy.

SmoothPancakes
06-09-2011, 01:10 PM
Just for I OU, I've sent in two questions so far, asking what difficulty has the game been played on that we are seeing in these videos coming out of E3. And is there any difference in how and where defenders drop back in a zone defense depending on if you are playing on Varsity, AA, or Heisman difficulties.

PeteyKirch
06-09-2011, 01:12 PM
Teambuilder 12 ETA : 1 week before release

Kwizzy
06-09-2011, 01:14 PM
Just for I OU, I've sent in two questions so far, asking what difficulty has the game been played on that we are seeing in these videos coming out of E3. And is there any difference in how and where defenders drop back in a zone defense depending on if you are playing on Varsity, AA, or Heisman difficulties.

I asked a similar question. Has anyone gone through the thread at OS to see if the difficulty level is mentioned there?

SmoothPancakes
06-09-2011, 01:16 PM
I asked a similar question. Has anyone gone through the thread at OS to see if the difficulty level is mentioned there?

He just answered my question, I'm SP in the chat window. Didn't really say anything regarding if there is any difference between the difficulty levels though.

PeteyKirch
06-09-2011, 01:16 PM
LOL Brasky picking off a PSU option and returning it 95 yards for a TD.

Deuce
06-09-2011, 01:16 PM
Teambuilder 12 ETA : 1 week before release

Is this from EA? Or are just guessing? I still want confirmation on what TB Roster Share is?

gschwendt
06-09-2011, 01:17 PM
Is this from EA? Or are just guessing? I still want confirmation on what TB Roster Share is?
It's from EA... they're answering questions live now. Questions come across as text, answers come in the video.

http://live-event.ea.com/e3/chat/ncaa

SmoothPancakes
06-09-2011, 01:17 PM
Is this from EA? Or are just guessing? I still want confirmation on what TB Roster Share is?

Ben just said it in the current live chat he's doing.

PeteyKirch
06-09-2011, 01:17 PM
Is this from EA? Or are just guessing? I still want confirmation on what TB Roster Share is?

Ben said Teambuilder 12 to launch 1 week prior to release.

Deuce
06-09-2011, 01:19 PM
Ben said Teambuilder 12 to launch 1 week prior to release.

Oh ok...cool.

psusnoop
06-09-2011, 01:21 PM
I keep seeing the "real" McGloin in this vid, it is so REAL :fp:

psusnoop
06-09-2011, 01:22 PM
Nice QB scramble there. Very nice.

Flav
06-09-2011, 01:23 PM
Just saw Taylor Martinez take off after the pocket broke down. Looked really nice to see a CPU QB scramble.

psusnoop
06-09-2011, 01:25 PM
Nice punt formation there too

PeteyKirch
06-09-2011, 01:28 PM
Nice to see a just wild throw from Martinez.

Flav
06-09-2011, 01:31 PM
W R driving animations? Are you kidding me? :P

SmoothPancakes
06-09-2011, 01:32 PM
W R driving animations? Are you kidding me? :P

I'm laughing about that right now too. :D Something tells me she's just hired help after hearing her read that question.

Kwizzy
06-09-2011, 01:32 PM
Nice to see a just wild throw from Martinez.

Yeah I've seen a couple of bad throws that were nice to see.

psusnoop
06-09-2011, 01:33 PM
The tackle animation on the kickoff by the Penn State defender was a nice impact and tackle.

PeteyKirch
06-09-2011, 01:34 PM
Not a single one of my questions have got through.

JBHuskers
06-09-2011, 01:35 PM
Not a single one of my questions have got through.

That's because there are probably 2000+ people trying to do the same.

psusnoop
06-09-2011, 01:35 PM
Not a single one of my questions have got through.

LOL mine either so far.

PeteyKirch
06-09-2011, 01:37 PM
That's because there are probably 2000+ people trying to do the same.

Yeah but mine are legit questions, and not these talking points that have been answered 40 times.

SmoothPancakes
06-09-2011, 01:38 PM
:fp:

The question posted is "Will there be dynamic weather this year?"

What does she say to Ben? "Another question about weather, the question is what changes have been made to weather this year?"

gschwendt
06-09-2011, 01:38 PM
I'm hoping they archive the video/chat. I'm watching it on mute waiting for a meeting to start so I'm missing all of the answers (though I know the majority of them so far).

gschwendt
06-09-2011, 01:40 PM
Whoever this Penn State QB is... he sucks :D

SmoothPancakes
06-09-2011, 01:40 PM
Yeah but mine are legit questions, and not these talking points that have been answered 40 times.

Yeah, I was actually surprised to see my question pop up altogether, much less be the 7th question asked. That surprised me.

PeteyKirch
06-09-2011, 01:41 PM
Well that was a disappointment. Nothing really ground breaking sans a rough time frame on the eta of Teambuilder 12.

psusnoop
06-09-2011, 01:43 PM
Whoever this Penn State QB is... he sucks :D


Actually they have it spot on to him in real life. He does suck, he is cocky and quite frankly I don't like him one bit :D

SmoothPancakes
06-09-2011, 01:47 PM
If they do get an archive of this chat online, here's the questions that were asked, since the chick isn't mic'd and you can't understand her very well.


NCAA Football 12 E3 Live Broadcast

Thursday June 9, 2011
11:02
starting soon!

11:11
Comment From JaredL
Does the PS3 version of NCAA 12 match the graphic quality of the 360 version?

11:11
Comment From B.J.
Teambuilder - What enhancements do you have?

11:11
Comment From Matt M.
Any info on what additions have been made to Team Builder '12 and when can we expect the website to launch?

11:12
Comment From brandon
what improvements have been made to online ranked matches and also online dynasties?

11:13
Comment From Nick
How has RTG made improvements?

11:13
Comment From Terrell
Can you go through some of the new helmets and gear??

11:14
Comment From Smooth Pancakes
Is there a difference in how and where defenders drop back to their spots in a zone defense depending on whether you are playing on Varsity, All American, or Heisman difficulty?

11:15
Comment From bob
When AI controlled teams hire a new coach or coordinator will they get a new playbook or style of play as well?

11:16
Comment From Roman
What are the changes in recruiting/scouting this year compared to last?

11:17
Comment From Mark P
how will player progression be accessed in this years Dynasty Mode?

11:18
Comment From COREY. G
how does player weight and height affect gameplay ?

11:19
Comment From Nathan
Is the Michigan entrance the same as last year or willit be improved with the entire team coming onto the feild?

11:20
Comment From AU-Champ is here!
Are there different celebrations for scoring or first downs then there have been?

11:20
Comment From Chris
Are there improvements in defense that allow the games to be more balanced instead of offensive shootouts?

11:21
Comment From brandon
how is the new tackling system with the single button

11:22
Comment From Hector
Will there be bowl patches on the uniforms?

11:23
Comment From MarkW
How is the field/uniform degradation this year? In 11 we required a patch to fix this, is this ok in 12 with the retail version?

11:24
Comment From Alex Carlock
Can you go in depth about protected rivalries?

11:25
Comment From Cedrick
How has the offensive schemes of every team been updated? Like Michigan, For example.

11:26
Comment From Rick
How upgraded is the pass rush this year? I saw Crick get two sacks in the gameplay against Ohio State, but will RE's be more effective now?

11:27
Comment From Matt W. (GO DUCKS!!!)
Whats the maximum/minimum limit of teams in a custom conference?

11:27
Comment From Angelo
Do the crowds react realisticly this year?

11:28
Comment From MKDAWUSS
What new additions have been made to commentary and presentation?

11:29
Comment From Alex
how is campus legend setup this year

11:29
Comment From Caleb
will the coaches be transferable to Madden (Either now or in the future)

11:30
Comment From steve
is the super jump Linebackers and Defensive ends out of the game?

11:30
Comment From Michael
How many different WR diving animations are there?

11:31
Comment From Nick Fairley
Will we be able to view our online stats? Have user profiles, I suppose?

11:32
Comment From Ryan
Have you simulated a season and if so who won the national championship?

11:33
Comment From NickPapa
How are the ratings decided on for incoming freshman like Braxton Miller of Ohio State or other ESPN 150 players?

11:34
Comment From Broderick
how has commentary changed in Ncaa 12

11:35
Comment From brandon
is there still leaderboards for ranked matches?

11:35
Comment From john
In coach carousel does coach prestige stay the same when going from coordinator to head coach?

11:35
Comment From Jason
Will the Cpu have an advantage when blitzing this year? They always seem to be able to get in easier than the user

11:37
Comment From NickPapa
Are there different celebrations/award presentations for each individual bowl game?

11:37
Comment From OMReb
Will there be dynamic weather this year?

11:38
Comment From Ben Haumiler
How effective are zone blitz plays in ncaa 12

11:39
Comment From Alex
Can you explain how scheduling works when we customize conferences in Dynasty?

11:40
Comment From Dustin
Is play action fixed this year? Last year it seemed that was an automatic sack.

11:42
Demo Date!

11:42
28th!

11:43
This month!

11:43
Stay tuned for Madden.

SmoothPancakes
06-09-2011, 01:50 PM
Yeah but mine are legit questions, and not these talking points that have been answered 40 times.


Well that was a disappointment. Nothing really ground breaking sans a rough time frame on the eta of Teambuilder 12.

You also have to remember though, that unless you regularly visit or belong to a community site like here or elsewhere, you're not going to know a lot or all of these things that have been mentioned.

If you're not someone who really does a lot of reading on forums, all you have is what has been mentioned in magazine or articles on IGN or something, so some of these people aren't going to know this stuff yet, unlike us who know everything there is to know about this game besides (officially) Road to Glory and Teambuilder.

illwill10
06-09-2011, 01:50 PM
Kinda disappointed that TB comes out a week before release mainly because my ps3 isnt working right. At least rtg info comes out next week.

Gotmadskillzson
06-09-2011, 02:53 PM
Honestly I was kind of disappointed in the live cpu vs cpu stream chat. CPU teams still can't run out of the spread. Almost all the runnng plays out of the shotgun and option was for 5 and 7 yard losses except for 2 of them. That Penn St cpu QB forced way too many passes instead of just tucking the ball and scrambling.

I sure hope they fix that spread running ASAP. If not Oregon, Michigan, GT, Army, Air Force, Nevada, Nebraska, etc will be boring to play against again this year. Everytime the cpu tried to run out of the spread or on an option, the blocking was non existent.

So maybe they need to up the acceleration of Guards or something for they can get out and block faster. As it stands now the defensive line beats them to the hole everytime and blow up the running play out of the spread and option in the back field.

psusnoop
06-09-2011, 02:59 PM
As for the CPU QB for PSU, well you shouldn't see him take off with the ball anytime soon as he is about as fast as me and that isn't saying much also id say him forcing the ball and throwing picks are right on target. I mean he did throw 4 against OSU in the second half and he also threw 6 in the bowl game as well.

morsdraconis
06-09-2011, 03:09 PM
As for the CPU QB for PSU, well you shouldn't see him take off with the ball anytime soon as he is about as fast as me and that isn't saying much also id say him forcing the ball and throwing picks are right on target. I mean he did throw 4 against OSU in the second half and he also threw 6 in the bowl game as well.

Wow. And I was worried about WVU's QB situation with having Holgorsen and possibly throwing the ball quite a bit more. You guys must be really worried about your QB situation.

Paakaa10
06-09-2011, 03:40 PM
The Madden NFL 12 live chat and gameplay event got archived here: http://live-event.ea.com/e3/chat/madden

Going to the NCAA Football 12 live chat and gameplay event just has a page with the current live chat (NHL 12 right now), however; hopefully an archive is provided soon.

brza37
06-09-2011, 04:21 PM
All the EA live chats are archived here:
http://www.livestream.com/electronicarts/video?clipId=pla_485d9a2b-c3b7-4a81-90de-2861330c3e35&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb

Paakaa10
06-09-2011, 04:34 PM
All the EA live chats are archived here:
http://www.livestream.com/electronicarts/video?clipId=pla_485d9a2b-c3b7-4a81-90de-2861330c3e35&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb

Nice find! Now to watch the NCAA live chat that I missed...

psusnoop
06-09-2011, 04:57 PM
Wow. And I was worried about WVU's QB situation with having Holgorsen and possibly throwing the ball quite a bit more. You guys must be really worried about your QB situation.

Yea not to mention 2 maybe 3 of the 4 not including McGloin were thinking about transferring , lol

Slightly worried here!

gschwendt
06-09-2011, 04:58 PM
Can't watch it myself since I'm in a conference call but just came across this from Gamespot: NCAA Football 12 E3 2011 Stage Demo (Xbox 360) (http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6318714/)

gschwendt
06-09-2011, 05:23 PM
Can't watch it myself since I'm in a conference call but just came across this from Gamespot: NCAA Football 12 E3 2011 Stage Demo (Xbox 360) (http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6318714/)
Just watched it... interview with Haumiller but also shows CPU vs CPU gameplay footage with Washington State vs Washington. Nothing really new unveiled... still worth a watch though for anyone with a spare 10 minutes.

Paakaa10
06-09-2011, 05:23 PM
Can't watch it myself since I'm in a conference call but just came across this from Gamespot: NCAA Football 12 E3 2011 Stage Demo (Xbox 360) (http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6318714/)

Even though the gameplay footage here is from broadcast camera, the visual fidelity is probably the best we've seen of NCAA Football 12 from E3 so far. Definitely worth a watch. Washington State's new away uniforms on display too!

psusnoop
06-09-2011, 05:41 PM
I agree about watching it, worth it.

OSUCowboyofMD
06-09-2011, 05:45 PM
Where's the updated Washington uni? and turf?....i mean im not pressed about it, WIP so nbd. They will most likely get it in the game anyways

also, why are the bands SO small? Washington's band fill that WHOLE section at 3:02 mark

Paakaa10
06-09-2011, 05:50 PM
I know it's "just one guy's opinion," but just saw an interesting post on Twitter from Operation Sports' Christian McLeod:


Bumble14_OS: Played against CPU Baylor in #ncaa12 and got shredded by their option, mobile QB, and run from shotgun. All on All American difficulty.

steelerfan
06-09-2011, 05:53 PM
I know it's "just one guy's opinion,"

I don't want to incite a riot, but that made me :D :D :D :D :D

Paakaa10
06-09-2011, 06:13 PM
I don't want to incite a riot, but that made me :D :D :D :D :D

Oh come now; I'm not really trying to start &%#$. All that we're getting from any preview or impressions or Tweet is "just one guy's opinion" anyway; it just seems like some guys' opinions hold more water than others, which is fine. Given discussion of CPU spread rush offenses and whatnot, I thought it would be worth sharing.

morsdraconis
06-09-2011, 07:08 PM
Well, anyone saying that Hellisan's opinions are "just one guy's opinion" are sorely mistaken. Hellisan plays the game straight and not cheesy at all. He's a good guy and goes VERY in depth with his game playing so anything he has to say about the game (good or bad) should most definitely be taken as fact or as if anyone from this website's inside people said it.

Rudy
06-09-2011, 08:27 PM
Hellisan is very good and so is Christian McLeod from OS. Helli has a longer and well earned reputation from his old Madden forum days but I trust both. Really happy to hear Baylor's spread on AA was doing very well.

joshuahuskers
06-09-2011, 09:43 PM
The news of TeamBuilder 12 not launching until a week before release is actually quite encouraging to me. Means there may be some big (good) changes! I was just assuming nothing was different.

baseballplyrmvp
06-09-2011, 10:44 PM
how did hawaii move down from a 3* prestige to a 2??? we finished 10-4 last year and just outside of the top 25. :mad: :confused:

souljahbill
06-09-2011, 10:51 PM
how did hawaii move down from a 3* prestige to a 2??? we finished 10-4 last year and just outside of the top 25. :mad: :confused:

I know the feeling.


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morsdraconis
06-09-2011, 10:57 PM
I wish I could say the same for WVU. Another mediocre year and another bowl loss. We absolutely deserve to be a :4star: program now.... Hopefully we can turn this shit around and actually make something of ourselves in a horribly untalented Big East Conference.

xGRIDIRONxGURUx
06-10-2011, 11:07 AM
http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6318714/

BOOOOOOOOOOOM... snoop rolled with Oregon... nuff said...

first play HAPPENS... trust me... why im getting gray hair as a coach... loved to see the QB tuck it and score...

saw a dude motion through an OT, kind of casper'ish...

not sure whats up with the coverage on both of the deep sideline catches...

"E"

RTCVT
06-10-2011, 11:32 AM
The sideline catches could just be because it is Washington State

cdj
06-10-2011, 12:15 PM
NCAA 12 E3 Preview from PlayStation LifeStyle (http://playstationlifestyle.net/2011/06/10/ncaa-football-12-e3-preview/).

An excerpt:


Dynasty fans will be happy to see what changes are in this year’s title. Custom conferences may be done at any time, and rather than having to trade teams in exchange, you can simply move the teams as you want. This will allow you to move teams as you see fit. Another great addition is the fact that you can have accurate representations of coaches if you choose to, this includes customizing their correct offensive and defensive philosophies. Those that also want to only do coaching mode will be find themselves in Dynasty Mode as well, this is for the ones that don’t want to run the plays whatsoever, and would rather just call the plays. Also, you can focus on your coach’s career as well, and start out as a simple coordinator and focus on your specific area of expertise. Depending on your performance, you will then receive job offers at the end of the season, including upgrading to a head coaching position if you happen to be good enough.

One other modification that has been made is that the defensive backs and linebackers now actually cover the ways that they should when dropping back in coverage. No longer does a deep post/corner route always leave a pocket open. Yes it will occasionally be open for the offense, but there were specific routes that seemed to be open on many of the defenses that were presented, but this may have also attributed to the “gliding” mentioned earlier.

The Road to Glory mode will be making a return, but EA Sports said that more things will be announced at a later date. Though they did say it has been completely overhauled.

cdj
06-10-2011, 06:12 PM
Snoop Dogg stopped by the EA booth and checked out NCAA Football 12 (http://www.whosay.com/snoopdogg/photos/36231)

jaymo76
06-12-2011, 12:13 PM
So do we still not have an answer on whether or not, CONFERENCE PRESTIGE is DYNAMIC... aka changes from season to season? The fact nobody seems to be able to say tells me that it is NOT but I sure hope I'm wrong.