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Among the highlights of his preview:
- 'Zombie Nation' & 'Seven Nation Army' crowd chants will be in the game
- Main focus of presentation: Make it clean and 'get you moving'
- Dynamic loading screens
- Quicker pre-game intro with music video
- Commentary focus on drive summaries
- New stadiums for ODU, GA State, South Alabama plus 'every neutral site game'
- Team specific gloves plus hand poses
Continue on to read an excerpt of the preview from ESPN Video Games and then share your thoughts with the community.
Enhanced crowd audio isn’t the only thing new about the “NCAA 14” presentation, as the design team made some monumental changes across the board to deliver a smoother-playing, slicker-looking game.
“The main purpose of our presentation this year is to make it quick, make it clean, and get you moving,” Haumiller said as he shows me the game.
The ESPN menus and backgrounds in the front end looked great last year, but they were such a resource hog, it made the game lag.
“We stripped that out for more of a whiteboard style font, and it really speeds everything up,” Haumiller said. “ESPN is still in the game in terms of in-game presentation, but in the front end, we wanted to go with a quicker, cleaner look and have something that’s more 2-D based.”
To go along with the new menus, dynamic load screens give more information about the game that you’re about to play. You’ll see the top players for each team, a list of injured players, and scores from around the country.
And while pregame run-outs and traditions have been a big focus for the “NCAA Football” franchise for years, “NCAA 14” takes a completely different approach, borrowing heavily from the pre-game intros of the “NBA 2K” series.
“The problem we ran into with the tradition videos is, they were getting stale, especially for schools like Clemson, where we’ve shown you the same thing for years,” Haumiller said. “Other schools like Texas, it took you two minutes to get through the intro, and all that does is condition you to button-through everything we’ve added. The goal this year is to make things a lot faster. We’re still hitting those moments and we’re still showing you what makes each school unique, but this year, you’re getting the passion without having to sit through such a long experience.
“So now the game starts out in the studio with Rece Davis, then when he kicks things down to the field, the game shows a quick music video showing highlights, fans, players, tradition, and run-outs all based on each school. Before you know it, you’re at the coin toss and you’re ready to start your game.”
Click here to read the full preview from ESPN Video Games.
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