I played six games on the 360 today and had zero fumbles and the CPU had 2 or 3 total (2 lost IIRC). I'm surprised when I see the high number of fumbles others are seeing.
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I played six games on the 360 today and had zero fumbles and the CPU had 2 or 3 total (2 lost IIRC). I'm surprised when I see the high number of fumbles others are seeing.
Started Download at 5:30 pm, just finished at 9:03pm that's what you get for having 1.5 DSL plus a ton of people hitting the servers.
installing now.
I've seen some fumbles as well. 2 by the CPU in one game, 1 by me in that game. Another one by me in another game.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
Use the cover-up button, I guess. :)
Both games I played tonight were on Heisman. Good feel to it. Really enjoyed it. Passing is a touch tougher than AA, but still very manageable. CPU QB was way patient in one of those games and then routinely took off running as the pocket broke down, but that was after a long time. Happened several times. Interesting, very patient.
Playing more soon. :)
You actually have access to your entire defensive playbook. Formations can be switched by moving down/up.Quote:
Originally Posted by AustinWolv
Alright, all settled in finally after all the E3 fun and the playcall blog coming out. Getting a game going now.
Sweet, thanks for the heads up. I'm eagerly anticipating that blog just to see what has been addressed since the demo build.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
Me too. I wanna see it as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by IOUaBeatn
Taking Mizzou and those quad formations against Clemson first.
I played 3 games before I came to work, and only had 2 fumbles, and both of them came from the hit stick.
my 1st game OU (me)vs Texas I won 10-7.
not bad for 1st game.
players felt like they were floating or something.
Alot of over throws (which I like)
had 4 fumbles in this game, 3 right before the half which was one play with 3 fumbles and the other was at the end of the game.
New playcall screen I don't know about right now, maybe I will warm up to it, but at the moment leaning on the dislike side.
I started really gashing the D at the end of the game with outside runs.
ESPN stuff at the 1st of the game does nothing for me.
I know that I had alot of dislikes but there is something about this game that I do like just can't place my finger on it.
I am not experiencing any issues with fumbles thus far. I am still seeing some really questionable things in pass coverage, particularly with regards to passes over the middle in the seems area and with regards to deep passes down the sidelines. On the latter, it appears that CBs are too aggressive, particularly in cover 3 zones and in man coverage without any safety help, and that they get turned around and beat deep too often. It's not unrealistic from the standpoint that if a player was squatting on routes the way CBs do in this game they would give up the big play, but the problem is that there doesn't appear to be any way to instruct your CB to play off and not bite on the initial cut.
Maybe thats the point of the Pass Commit option, to prevent your CB from biting on cuts. Have you tried using that yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by rhombic21
My running diary on game one:
- The band on the pregame entrance is really quiet.
- First game and I have rain...yay!
- Had trouble stopping Clemson's no huddle for a few plays.
- Recovered a fumble in the redzone.
- Had a hard time establishing the run.
- Converted a few 3rd downs and then a goal line run for the TD.
- Camera starts underground when it cuts to the ref on a penalty, expect it to be fixed for retail.
- User pick on play one of Clemson's 2nd drive.
- Fly route is seeming to be easier this year....completed two deep balls this half.
- Burnt the corner on a hook post....14-0
- Gambled on a play and got beat deep....was able to catch up to him and stop him around the 15.
- Gave up a FG to end the half up 14-3.
- Hooray to the chicks wearing spaghetti straps in the rain.
- Fumbled opening kickoff of 2nd half.....14-10
- Running kicks back trying to wedge in the holes of the kick coverage is a blast.
- Realized I needed to be more paitient to get the good run game going.
- ANOTHER completion on a deep fly route.
- Slot post was WIDE OPEN for the TD, 21-10.
- Hit the QB as he threw....still got some zip on it, but it ended up being too much zip...very nice.
- Be careful if you use presnap adjustments for the DL to crash in, I did this at community day as well....but if you go to fast you'll get an encroachment.
- Clemson lost another fumble....not sure why they were running 3rd and 20 with 1:09 left in the game.
- Ran the clock out and took a 21-10 victory.
Yeah, something is definitely wrong with the way that players in yellow ("hook") zones are matching up with receivers. It looks like they are too concerned with dropping to a predetermined area, and that they don't match up right with threats that enter their area. This results in players running free through the middle of the field.
I was on All-American FYI for my notes.
Yeah that happened to me a lot as I was playing. And sometimes when I was in Man coverage, there would still be a guy running wide open somewhere, but that could be due to a mismatch in coverage.
Yep, found that tonight, but forgot to post on it. Good catch.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Yes, and they also do the same thing they've done since I can remember. If a receiver runs a hook, instead of getting in front of the receiver or fighting him for position, the defender will happily wait behind the WR for him to catch the ball before tackling him. If they were more aggressive, I don't think the issues would be quite as glaring. As it is right now, though, it's pretty annoying and most definitely noticeable. I do believe it's better than past years, but it could still use some tweaks. I really hope they address this in some way for the final game. That and the ineffectiveness of line/blitz pressure are the 2 biggest issues I've seen so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by rhombic21
2nd game felt like a track meet. Clemson vs Mizzo which I guess it should. Clemson (me) 21 Mizzo 17
Qb can get outside to easy.
Throwing the ball to the middle deep seems easy
Ball rotates on replays....yeah!
I think my QB was something like 12/13 in this game for around 190 yards.
Game kinda felt like wide open gameplay, but again I guess it should with this teams, I just wonder how it's going to feel when playing with a
team Like Bama which plays D, hope it's not wide open.
I played alot with my DE and outside LB in this game just to see how I could rush, about 4-5 times my player would warp into the Tackle so he could block me. Not very happy about that.
Kickoff returns feels faster than normal play, I returned one for a TD
Did see the CPU drop a wide open pass and had my DB beat by 5 or more yards.
As i said before I come up with the bad, but theres something I like about it.
I actually got some good pressure on the QB and vice versa.....it wasn't ALL of the time, but I did get some good rushes, and I got sacked a couple of times.