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07-14-2010, 08:25 PM
Review: 'NCAA 11' best college football game yet
By Jeff Rider, Staff writer
The Charleston Gazette
The "NCAA Football" franchise has spent this console generation playing catch-up to its big brother, the "Madden NFL" series. Since its debut on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, EA Sports' college football sim has been hampered by hand-me-down technology, missing features and a number of bugs and glitches.
With the launch of "NCAA Football 11," however, developer Tiburon has significantly closed that gap. There's still room for improvement, but "NCAA 11" is a major step forward for the franchise.
Thanks to a new locomotion engine, greatly improved visuals and presentation, and revamped playbooks that showcase the variety of offenses you see on Saturdays, "NCAA Football 11" looks and feels like real college football. If you've played past editions of "NCAA Football," you know that hasn't always been the case. "NCAA 11" is different, though.
It's hard to explain, but "NCAA 11" feels like the most "honest" college football game I've played. With the new locomotion running mechanics and Dual Stick controls that maps jukes and spins to the right analog stick, I feel in total control of my player at all times - on both sides of the ball. So when I fail to hit a hole as a running back or whiff on a tackle as a DB, I feel like it's my fault as a player and not the byproduct of getting caught up in an animation.
Read the full review here (http://wvgazette.com/Sports/WVU/201007090305).
By Jeff Rider, Staff writer
The Charleston Gazette
The "NCAA Football" franchise has spent this console generation playing catch-up to its big brother, the "Madden NFL" series. Since its debut on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, EA Sports' college football sim has been hampered by hand-me-down technology, missing features and a number of bugs and glitches.
With the launch of "NCAA Football 11," however, developer Tiburon has significantly closed that gap. There's still room for improvement, but "NCAA 11" is a major step forward for the franchise.
Thanks to a new locomotion engine, greatly improved visuals and presentation, and revamped playbooks that showcase the variety of offenses you see on Saturdays, "NCAA Football 11" looks and feels like real college football. If you've played past editions of "NCAA Football," you know that hasn't always been the case. "NCAA 11" is different, though.
It's hard to explain, but "NCAA 11" feels like the most "honest" college football game I've played. With the new locomotion running mechanics and Dual Stick controls that maps jukes and spins to the right analog stick, I feel in total control of my player at all times - on both sides of the ball. So when I fail to hit a hole as a running back or whiff on a tackle as a DB, I feel like it's my fault as a player and not the byproduct of getting caught up in an animation.
Read the full review here (http://wvgazette.com/Sports/WVU/201007090305).