NCAA Football 13 - General Impressions Thread

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

Great, looks like it's official. No dynasty for me until at least the late-August patch that hopefully fixes half of this. :( :fp:

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That's when I'm starting mine. To occupy my time in the mean-time, I created a second profile called Trophies and have been playing trophied rivalry games. I also created a throwaway dynasty and simmed up to the conference championship games. I played and won those games to get those conference trophies and now playing through all the bowl games to win those bowl trophies as well. Any team that didn't have a conference championship game in year 1 will have one in year 2 so I can get those conference trophies for my trophy case too.

Glad I don't put all that much time into this game or I'd be frustrated I see lol

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Great, looks like it's official. No dynasty for me until at least the late-August patch that hopefully fixes half of this.

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Should I mention that my #1 WR went down with a broken collarbone in the national title game and was lost for the rest of the season? ;)
Don't worry, I still won. :D

Smooth, FWIW, besides the occasional freeze on the title screen I've had no issues. Haven't seen injuries crop up, at least for my team.

(time to desperately search for some wood to knock on)

Florida State- Shotgun-tight-wide receiver screen...doesnt work

I woke up early today and since I had nothing to do, I fired up the PS3. Starting playing an exhibition game. Since I used real-time weather, the game started off as a night game (the sun hadn't come up yet) and ended as a day game. I thought that was cool.

Damnit, 2nd dynasty season and my starting HB gets injured in the first game and is out for 3 weeks. Guy is a 99 overall too.

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Originally Posted by AustinWolv

Damnit, 2nd dynasty season and my starting HB gets injured in the first game and is out for 3 weeks. Guy is a 99 overall too.

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lol thats rough. Same thing happened to me with ryan aplin on arkansas state

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Originally Posted by souljahbill

I woke up early today and since I had nothing to do, I fired up the PS3. Starting playing an exhibition game. Since I used real-time weather, the game started off as a night game (the sun hadn't come up yet) and ended as a day game. I thought that was cool.

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On a sidenote I must say that the passage of time during a game this year is absolutely wonderful. The progression of time and the way the dark/shadows come in is very well done.

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Originally Posted by jaymo76

On a sidenote I must say that the passage of time during a game this year is absolutely wonderful. The progression of time and the way the dark/shadows come in is very well done.

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Start a game and super-sim it. You can watch the shadows move.

I was playin an online game; and it was a close game 17-14 I was in the lead. He couldn't stop my running game and offered a friendly quit? I was like no I'm in the lead and it's a good game. Then he threw a pic and quit with 3:00 minutes left in the 2nd QTR.

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Originally Posted by Jake

I was playin an online game; and it was a close game 17-14 I was in the lead. He couldn't stop my running game and offered a friendly quit? I was like no I'm in the lead and it's a good game. Then he threw a pic and quit with 3:00 minutes left in the 2nd QTR.

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I don't understand this mentality. The guy submitted. You won. Let him go in peace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lst8MbLZ8k

Brad Nessler got confused and thought the game at Rutgers, was in Denver, Colorado.

He was on the bourbon for that game :nod:

all aspects of the game take forever to load compared to last year..waiting for disc to load..waiting for game to load

I am now four seasons in as a coordinator for Rice and regardless of all the issues this game has (primarily blocking and zone D) it it hands down the best NCAA FOOTBALL title on PS3 and in truth gives my personal fave (6 on ps2) a good run for its money. I have played the heck out of this game for the last couple weeks and I am totally enjoying myself. My advice... overlook the flaws of this game and just appreciate for what it is... entertainment. I have got my money's worth and more. Now if we can just get those FCS teams back for 14...

jaymo, :+1:

Although I will say that the ghosts playing the game during the post-game "play of the day" sequence is lame. Just a football floating around the field with no players visible....

RTG Week 2

My player's stats (vs. FCS SE)
12-16, 286 yds, 12 carries, 212 yds, 9 Total TDs

Stats for the national player of the week (vs. FCS E)
11-12, 246 yds, 6 TDs

Do I have the right to say I was robbed?

I just saw something horrendous. Facebook had an ad for the site that sells rosters smh.

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Originally Posted by Kingpin32

I just saw something horrendous. Facebook had an ad for the site that sells rosters smh.

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They're opening themselves up to litigation.

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Originally Posted by souljahbill

They're opening themselves up to litigation.

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If that was true, those sites would have been sued years ago. I agree that they should be, but it's also obvious that they've somehow avoided it.

I've been playing more dynasty as of late, and I'm really enjoying it at the moment. I think having Rece Davis and the ESPN ticker at the bottom really helps deepen the mode. However, I miss the stat overlays like we used to have on PS2. I fondly remember as far back as NCAA 03 having dynasty stat over lays during the play, and during certain cutscenes. For example; during conference play, when the teams took the field, the game used to show all of the standings in the conference. In addition, it showed the overall record, conference record, and it would highlight the two teams playing as well. It also showed the coaching record of both teams during the initial changes of possession. A great way the NCAA Dev team could expand on that is to bring those stat overlays back, and gear the in-game commentary and studio updates more toward the games in which the outcomes affect the game you're playing. I think it should show more personalized updates on the conference games as well. Since it's year one, I'm not disappointed. I just think there is A LOT of potential with dynasty.

why is QB contain command foe defensive line so messed up ?

you make the the command you can see it there..but if you do it again, it gets rid of the command and nullifies the command and you cant get it back before snap. Why is it so sensitive?

...and besides that you have a short window to flip your defensive play if you want to. The game just decides that you are stuck there and cant do crap about it.

and can you really user swat or catch anything now?

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Originally Posted by xMrHitStickx904

I've been playing more dynasty as of late, and I'm really enjoying it at the moment. I think having Rece Davis and the ESPN ticker at the bottom really helps deepen the mode. However, I miss the stat overlays like we used to have on PS2. I fondly remember as far back as NCAA 03 having dynasty stat over lays during the play, and during certain cutscenes. For example; during conference play, when the teams took the field, the game used to show all of the standings in the conference. In addition, it showed the overall record, conference record, and it would highlight the two teams playing as well. It also showed the coaching record of both teams during the initial changes of possession. A great way the NCAA Dev team could expand on that is to bring those stat overlays back, and gear the in-game commentary and studio updates more toward the games in which the outcomes affect the game you're playing. I think it should show more personalized updates on the conference games as well. Since it's year one, I'm not disappointed. I just think there is A LOT of potential with dynasty.

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I agree 100% about the stat overlays. They would add so much to the game. Personally I used to love seeing the passing yards for each area of the field.

Tonight I had my first post patch freeze. It froze after the last play of the game... just like it used to do before the patch. I guess the freezing issue isn't totally fixed.

I'm still running into my on-load freeze where it freezes during the initial load screen (immediately after Press Start Button). So no, not totally fixed.

Had a freeze occur yesterday while going into the 4th quarter. Post-patch, obviously.

I think the freeze fixes were primarily for when you're in the dynasty menus... recruiting, etc. I'm not certain of that but I know that was an issue pre-patch and haven't seen as many (if any) complaints about it post-patch.

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Originally Posted by gschwendt

I think the freeze fixes were primarily for when you're in the dynasty menus... recruiting, etc. I'm not certain of that but I know that was an issue pre-patch and haven't seen as many (if any) complaints about it post-patch.

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So are they any plans to address the other freezing issues with this game? I see at OS that the freeze thread is absolutely massive.

I was just reading someone commenting on the shake blitz and I thought - Why doesn't EA just start adding fatigue to the LBs if they shift more than twice? Just delay your snap count and watch your opponent's LBs get so tired from shifting that they start leaving the game.

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Originally Posted by Rudy

I was just reading someone commenting on the shake blitz and I thought - Why doesn't EA just start adding fatigue to the LBs if they shift more than twice? Just delay your snap count and watch your opponent's LBs get so tired from shifting that they start leaving the game.

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Would be interesting if fatigue was worked into pre-snap movement. Would defer people from running around in circles before the snap trying to throw off the AI.

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Originally Posted by Rudy

I was just reading someone commenting on the shake blitz and I thought - Why doesn't EA just start adding fatigue to the LBs if they shift more than twice? Just delay your snap count and watch your opponent's LBs get so tired from shifting that they start leaving the game.

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or just take it out-period- since its such AI abuse to begin with

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Originally Posted by ram29jackson

or just take it out-period- since its such AI abuse to begin with

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That's a terrible decision. If the offense changes formation or comes out unbalanced in a strong set you should be shifting your LBs or DL. In real football you will often see the strong side and weakside LB swap spots depending on how the formation lines up. The front 7 just doesn't line up the same way no matter what formation the offense is in. That's not a solution as they do it all the time in real life.

So I finished my 5th season as OC and last night I won the C-USA and the Liberty Bowl. While I was playing the C-USA title game my wife who was watching me asked why I wasn't more excited for such an important game. Then it hit me... I didn't really care whether I won or lost the game. Maybe it's because I have been playing this game non-stop all summer but honestly, I was indifferent to the game at hand. I had the same feeling during the liberty bowl. Now to be fair my interest peaked a little during CC when I finally took on a HC contract with BYU but really my interest in this game seems to have dropped.

I am a huge supporter of this series and NCAA 13 in particular. I have been a huge fan of this game and have totally overlooked a lot of the issues people have because I find the game a lot of fun. However, last night I seemed to have an epiphany that I was bored. Is it just me? Have I played the game too much this summer and now I need a break? Does it have something to do with how much cleaner/brighter/fancier the Madden 13 demo looks/feels? Is it the 10+ years of the same commentary/glitches/issues? I can't figure out why I had such a change of heart. Who knows, maybe (probably) tonight I will be back on board with NCAA, but I am wondering, am I the only one feeling like this 1.5 months after release??? How has people's interest in the game help up???

I'm definitely in the same boat. My interest has been waning. I've been switching from dynasty to RTG to Heisman to get different "tastes" and keep me around. But I don't think it will last long for me. Guild Wars 2 (and maybe Madden too) will be the game that pulls me away likely...

Jaymo, you're not the only one. I'm not getting nearly involved in the game-to-game action as I used to. But, at the same time, I'm not feeling that way about any games now. Or, if I do, it's pretty damn rare. inFamous was satisfying to finish, but a lot of the missions were "just get it over with". Mass Effect 2 was the same way -- loved the story, but the actual gameplay didn't pull me in the way it's supposed to.

I remember back on NCAA 2004, I had to stop playing a dynasty as Ohio State because I kept losing to Iowa, quitting, and then losing again. It was unacceptable for me to lose to Iowa; I wouldn't let it happen. Part of that is because I was a Buckeye student at the time and a member of the student section. We had beaten Iowa that year, so I wouldn't let us lose.

The other part is that I was just more immature then too :D When I was younger, I used to play repeated attempts of the same demo, over and over again, just to play the game. The NCAA titles in particular, from all the studios. Last night I didn't even get past halftime of Madden before I was done with it. I just don't care.

Now, all that being said ... I'm about to spend the next two or three hours messing around inside my OD ... because the OD itself has me hooked, even though the games really don't.

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Originally Posted by jaymo76

So I finished my 5th season as OC and last night I won the C-USA and the Liberty Bowl. While I was playing the C-USA title game my wife who was watching me asked why I wasn't more excited for such an important game. Then it hit me... I didn't really care whether I won or lost the game. Maybe it's because I have been playing this game non-stop all summer but honestly, I was indifferent to the game at hand. I had the same feeling during the liberty bowl. Now to be fair my interest peaked a little during CC when I finally took on a HC contract with BYU but really my interest in this game seems to have dropped.

I am a huge supporter of this series and NCAA 13 in particular. I have been a huge fan of this game and have totally overlooked a lot of the issues people have because I find the game a lot of fun. However, last night I seemed to have an epiphany that I was bored. Is it just me? Have I played the game too much this summer and now I need a break? Does it have something to do with how much cleaner/brighter/fancier the Madden 13 demo looks/feels? Is it the 10+ years of the same commentary/glitches/issues? I can't figure out why I had such a change of heart. Who knows, maybe (probably) tonight I will be back on board with NCAA, but I am wondering, am I the only one feeling like this 1.5 months after release??? How has people's interest in the game help up???

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Maybe all of that and playing the CPU just isn't fun. I can almost fall asleep playing the CPU that is how disinterested i am into playing a game against them. They do the same types of things and are just boring to play. I find myself just calling random plays and going through the motions.

Years back in the house we never played CPU, it was always against one another. Even when we in played dynasties a different teams, the other person would be the CPU team so we never had to play them. Then when online gaming started off we played other people around the country.

I never would get past Week 2-3 in any Dynasty or Franchise I played by myself in either Madden or NCAA.

So today I only play other Users in Madden and won't play CPU.

The CPU will never be able to give me the same experience. No matter how sliders are tweaked, the game designed, etc. People have to go out of their way just to get a reasonable experience. Use to be that you just set the difficulty (us anyway) to the hardest difficulty and just played the game...that was house rule.

Don't know but I enjoy the game so much more playing against other people and not the ones in the lobby looking for exploits.

Skip brings up a good point. Back when I was playing the hell out of NCAA 2004, I'd never played another user outside of my college roomie (who would just call one play over and over) or a few guys down the hall. It was just me and the CPU (and sliders from AustinWolv :D). So I had Dynasty threads and backstories and all this extra work that I was doing. Now I have neither the time nor the interest to do all of that extra work. Plus with the OD, I don't really need to.

Same for me back in college. All the guys played Madden and College football against one another in each others room. We would have a tournament every night it seemed. Even when I was much younger, we would have tournaments, Only way you could even play the computer was if you were the last one up after everyone else fell asleep at like 4 or you got up super early before people woke up. There was always someone who had "next".

Back then we might not have been as picky (atleast some of us) as to how the CPU played or their decision making. But the smarter, more informed and more aware of technology that is out there....and the fact that we are paying the amount of money for these games. Makes us a bit more pickier as to what is happening in the game.

I sure wasn't worried about how the CB's played the flats in Cover 2 playing Madden in the early and mid 90's. Now if I keep seeing the flats open on against a standard Cover 2 I'd be a little upset.

It passes the time as a good hobby. I've been gaming since I can remember playing Atari, always have enjoyed it so I will look to continue doing so lol

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Originally Posted by JeffHCross

Skip brings up a good point. Back when I was playing the hell out of NCAA 2004, I'd never played another user outside of my college roomie (who would just call one play over and over) or a few guys down the hall. It was just me and the CPU (and sliders from AustinWolv :D). So I had Dynasty threads and backstories and all this extra work that I was doing. Now I have neither the time nor the interest to do all of that extra work. Plus with the OD, I don't really need to.

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Wasn't that fun back in the day to do that kind of stuff. I still have my TECMO SUPERBOWL NOTES somewhere in the garage. Back them we didn't have the immersion so we made it ourselves. Good times...