The demo features one Heisman Challenge match-up (of co-cover athlete Robert Griffin III) and several match-ups from Week 10: USC-Oregon, LSU-Alabama, Kansas State vs. Baylor. All match-ups consist of four three-minute quarters with Studio Updates, however the Heisman Challenge game features four five-minute quarters with defense supersimmed.
Sharing the demo with a friend will unlock five Nike Pro-Combat uniforms for use in the retail version of the game: LSU, Navy, Stanford, Boise State, Ohio State. Playing through each Dynasty Experience match-up will unlock WR Tim Brown, RB Archie Griffin, and QB Jim Plunkett for use in Heisman Challenge in retail version.
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Hey Everyone, Ben Haumiller here and with July 10th fast approaching it’s time to talk about this year’s demo. First off, I’m happy to announced that the demo is now available for download, so rather than just hear about the buzz coming out of E3, you will get a chance to get your hands on the game and check out all of the great gameplay improvements for yourself.We are very excited about this year’s demo for two reasons; first, we are giving you a deeper look at what’s new than ever before, and second, we have never provided more rewards for checking out the demo.Before we get into the details, let’s take do a quick overview of the menu and we will dive into the features from there. You will see that we are providing a preview of the new Heisman Challenge, a Dynasty Mode experience, and the ability to share the demo with a friend. Heisman Challenge presented by NissanFirst let’s start with the Heisman Challenge. For the first time ever you will have the chance to experience what it’s like to be a Heisman Trophy winner. There are 16 former Heisman recipients involved in the Heisman Challenge in the full retail version of the game, but for the demo we are giving you a chance to play as 2011 Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III. You will be able to put RG3 on one of the six teams included in the demo, and experience for yourself the new Total Control passing system. You can also check out the all new Reaction Time feature which gives you the ability to “slow the game down” and take the time to make the split-second decisions that came so natural to these Heisman greats. Dynasty ExperienceWith the addition of ESPN Studio Updates and the Bottom Line ticker to Dynasty Mode, we wanted to give you a feel for how the stories of the day will be revealed to you depending on when your game is being played. To do this, we are going to drop you into a Dynasty that has been simmed to week 10 of the upcoming college football season. We chose week 10 for two very important reasons, Oregon @ USC and Alabama @ LSU. Since both of those games are played in week 10 it was the natural choice for our Dynasty experience week. With RG3 being playable in the Heisman Challenge it also felt right for us to select Baylor as one of the teams in our other matchup, and we opted for Kansas State as Baylor’s opponent.When you select the Dynasty Experience from the menu you will be brought to the schedule screen where you will have the ability to select any of these three matchups. Each one is at a different time of day so that you will get to experience the “stories of Saturday” from three different perspectives. Once you select your game it’s time to head in and check out all of those new gameplay improvements like Total Control Passing, Read and React Defensive AI, and more. Not only that, you can also follow all of the action around the country through the Bottom Line and Studio Updates with Rece Davis. Heisman Challenge UnlockAs a reward for checking out the demo, we are going to give you three Heisman Challenge athletes for use in the full retail version ofNCAA Football 13. By completing each of the three demo matchups (either through the Heisman Challenge or the Dynasty experience) you will unlock classic Heisman winners Jim Plunkett, Tim Brown, and Archie Griffin. Share the DemoIn addition to the Heisman Challenge unlocks, we are also giving you 5 Nike Pro Combat uniforms just for telling a friend to check out the NCAA Football 13 demo. All you need to do is share the demo once and you will unlock the Nike Pro Combat uniforms for Navy, Stanford, Ohio State, LSU, and Boise State: Now that you’ve got the details, go download that demo and start enjoying your first hands-on peek at NCAA Football 13. Be sure to preorder the game, and get ready for the full experience on July 10th.
With the NCAA Football 13 demo available to download now, it’s time to get your hands on this year’s game, check out all of the new gameplay improvements, and unlock your 5 Nike Pro Combat Uniforms as well as your three Heisman Challenge Athletes. If you’ve never downloaded a demo before, here’s what you need to do: Xbox Live Demo Download Steps 1. From Xbox Home go to the Games section 2. Select Games Marketplace 3. Go to the Demos section and select New Releases 4. Select the NCAA Football 13 Demo 5. Select Free Download 6. Select Confirm Download Visit the Xbox 360 Marketplace
PlayStation® Store Demo Download Steps 1. On the Cross Menu Bar (XMB) of the PlayStation go to PlayStation Store icon under the account menu option (the second column from the right). 2. Once you select this it will load you into the PlayStation Store. 3. In the Store Menu go to PlayStation Demos option to get a list of demos. 4. Here you should see a list of demos that are currently available to download. Note: This could be broken into sub sections like Action/Adventure, Sports, Racing, etc. You want to pick “Sports” or “New”. 5. Here is where you can find the NCAA® Football 13 Demo and can select it. 6. In this screen select the demo and choose to download the file which will be free and install it. 7. Once the install is done to access it you need to go back to the XMB. 8. On the XMB go to the Game column (fourth from the right) and you will an NCAA® Football 20th Anniversary logo that is the new demo. The NCAA Football 13 demo will be available on PlayStation® Store June 6 at 7PM EDT/4PM PDT
Bad news for impatient PS3 guys... an article for "how to download the demo" says The NCAA Football 13 demo will be available on PlayStation® Store June 6 at 7PM EDT/4PM PDT
I still wouldn't be surprised that it shows up tonight.
Demo is at 43% right now. I'm probably gonna try to get either a game with each team or just play all three matchup before giving an impression. Also gonna try out the Heisman Challenge and the whole "Reaction Time" thing. I'm thinking the Heisman Challenge can also be seen as a preview of RTG mode, but idk.
Going to take some time to get used to what passing trajectories to use and how long you have to hold the button down.
One thing I noticed playing as Bama is that I had a really hard time getting a pass rush, my guys were constantly in the patty-cake animation with the offensive lineman.
Lot of interceptions in the game too, I threw 2 of them and picked off 4 of them.
Saw one of the diving catch animations on a post route up the middle of the field, that was pretty cool to see.
Unless the entire store doesn't update until tomorrow for E3 and the massive stuff they're going to offer for PS+, I don't see why the NCAA demo would be held off til Wednesday.
Unless the entire store doesn't update until tomorrow for E3 and the massive stuff they're going to offer for PS+, I don't see why the NCAA demo would be held off til Wednesday.
Only reason I can think is if Sony wanted their first party stuff to have the store by themselves...
BTW, are these new/unseen Ohio State pro-combat uniforms? I didn't follow OSU at all last year so I might have missed them.
Just lobbed one up over the safety's head to my TE running a go route right up the middle of the field for an over the shoulder catch in stride...that was... awesome.
You do have one thing right here. The demo is not a final representation of the retail game. Though most will still bitch like it is rather than actually take steps to help make it better.
It may not be the final thing but it's pretty damn close, aka, if it's broken in the demo, more than likely it's going to be broken in the game. This theory has been proven time and time again the past several years.
Anyone know what difficulty the demo is being played on? I don't see a way to change it and I want to make sure I'm not playing on Freshman before I start bitching about how god awful the pass rush and pressure on the QB is again.
Just lobbed one up over the safety's head to my TE running a go route right up the middle of the field for an over the shoulder catch in stride...that was... awesome.
Demo is likely on Varsity though I could have sworn that they've given the option to change it in recent years... can't imagine they wouldn't this year as well.
If someone can confirm that there's no way to change difficulty, we can at least ask the question what difficulty it's on.
Demo is likely on Varsity though I could have sworn that they've given the option to change it in recent years... can't imagine they wouldn't this year as well.
If someone can confirm that there's no way to change difficulty, we can at least ask the question what difficulty it's on.
Past couple of years it has been an option to change it, that woudl really suck if they removed that option.
Demo is likely on Varsity though I could have sworn that they've given the option to change it in recent years... can't imagine they wouldn't this year as well.
If someone can confirm that there's no way to change difficulty, we can at least ask the question what difficulty it's on.
You could definitely change the difficulty last year. Not sure why they would remove that this year.
I don't know, I've looked. There's not even a menu option in game for "options" or "settings" like it has been the past several years. I didn't really look that hard on the main menu of the game but I don't remember seeing an option there either first glance.
It may not be the final thing but it's pretty damn close, aka, if it's broken in the demo, more than likely it's going to be broken in the game. This theory has been proven time and time again the past several years.
Anyone know what difficulty the demo is being played on? I don't see a way to change it and I want to make sure I'm not playing on Freshman before I start bitching about how god awful the pass rush and pressure on the QB is again.
It's either Freshman or Varsity, that is absolute. When I'm getting pop ups saying "Press to snap the ball", "Press to switch defenders, etc, it sure as hell ain't AA or Heisman.
As for the demo, So far I've seen three studio updates in the first quarter alone. First was immediately following the opening kickoff, the second came right after I threw an interception to the Baylor defense and the teams were switching out offense/defense, and then the third was the only questionable one, with it coming in the middle of my drive after a first down play to set up second and inches inside the Baylor 10 yard line. I still got the touchdown to even it up at 7-7, but it did sort of disrupt the flow of my drive a little.
So far, I have sort of tuned out the score ticker while playing. Only things that have explicitly drawn my attention to it during the middle of a play, pre-snap, or while in the playbook, is the Priority Score alerts.
The RBs are juking and spinning better this year. On Baylor's first drive, their running back was bending me over with his juking and spin moves, especially on one play where he juked out of a tackle attempt by my DT, and then immediately segued from the juke right into a spin around a linebacker and tore my ass up for an extra 15 yards.
Demo is likely on Varsity though I could have sworn that they've given the option to change it in recent years... can't imagine they wouldn't this year as well.
If someone can confirm that there's no way to change difficulty, we can at least ask the question what difficulty it's on.
I didn't personally see any difficulty options. I can check to be absolutely certain when I get done with this Kansas State-Baylor game.
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