Everything I've said came from these articles:Originally Posted by Jayrah
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...n-play-calling
http://smartfootball.com/offense/com...play#more-2461
http://coachhoover.blogspot.com/sear...nation%20Plays
I know nothing else on the topic other than what was in these articles. If I've misread something, then fine. Give at least the Grantland story a read.
Interesting. So that's kinda what I was talking about with the rise & fire. So basically putting one guy in a one on one situation on the edge if the defender is too far off, or running the regular play, which is a hand-off. If it's a run play, blocking ends up downfield so you have to throw the screen or it's a penalty...
Hey guys, new member here. This is a question more about gameplay. Did you guys notice any differences in how different teams call plays on defense like one team plays majority man because of their scheme or one teams blitzes alot or does every team still play the same zone defense 85% of the time?
I know what he means by two play options. Oregon used to run it alot with Dennis Dixon/Darron Thomas. One version is in the game as the bubble screen out of the 4WR Trio Str formation, but they removed the playaction motion. The QB and RB run a read option motion while the slot receiver runs a bubble screen. The QB reads post snap if he's going to hand the ball off to the RB as if he is running a zone read. If he hands off that's the play, if not instead of running the QB throws the bubble screen (almost like a triple option run play). Another variation has the same look post snap but is a different play. It's a PA from the start. The slot receiver still runs a bubble screen, but the middle receiver out of the trio runs a streak. The QB carries out the PA fake then decides if he is going to throw the bubble screen or the streak depending on how the defense plays it. If the QB decides to throw the streak he pump fakes to the bubble screen, then throws deep. The key to getting these plays to work is each player has to run the play as if he is the one getting the ball, same as the zone read. The RB doesn't wait to see if the QB hands the ball off to him he runs the play as if he is getting the ball, if he doesn't oh well. Look at Oregon's offense two years ago. You would often see them hand the ball off to LaMichael then Thomas would carry out the fake and throw an air ball to the slot receiver running the bubble screen. This furthers the deception, because the defense has to stay home because they don't know which version of the play the offense is going to run.
I listened to the Operation Sports: Press Row Podcast, the episode on the Infinity Engine. The designer talked about a bunch of new blocking animations/styles. New reach blocks, pulls, outside zones, completely different run and pass blocking engines. It sounded like he was talking about Madden 25 only. Do you guys know if any of the new blocking made it to NCAA 14?
Do both CB press on NCAA 14..i know on the ps3 the left side CB never did..so you were forced to have help on that side
I'm not certain. I've tried to get clarification but at this point I still don't know.
They said that that should be fixed in NCAA14. I didn't test it specifically so I can't say for certain but they were at least aware of it and trying to correct it.
I would still like to hear more on how user pass defense is with the new Infinity Engine. I was hoping the lack of unrealistic cuts would make it a bit easier to cover guys in pass coverage.
I hope the near final build at E3 will show off a cpu that can run the option offense effectively. In all honesty I will buy this game if I go up against a team like Oregon or Texas A & M and the QB is running wild, running the option right and destroying me. I'd still like the RE vs LE sack issue to be fixed and I still want to see the cpu QB force the ball more to the elite WRs but the cpu running the spread-option offense is the biggest flaw that needed to be fixed.
does the cpu "learn" from your playcalling better? it just seems like the cpu always calls only a handful of different plays on defense.
It seems to me that when the CPU "learns," it goes Tecmo Bowl on me. It's most evident in practice mode. I call a play, it works the 1st time, less the 2nd time, and it just sucks every time after that.
One question about the player lock camera. It's been said you can use it from any of the camera angles now. Does that mean it still rotates around in a 1st person sort of way for every camera angle or does the camera angle stay locked (no rotation) on the other camera angles as though it were just a defensive point of view? I just never liked how forward constantly changed direction under the player lock before as the camera always rotated due to the ball position. I would think with the co-ordinator cam or a wide cam you wouldn't have to do that in order to find the ball.
I know E3 is next week, and we're gonna get a lot of gameplay videos (along with team ratings, top players, etc.) but does anyone think we'll get some gameplay clips this week? Say, maybe a drive by a team or just a 2-3 minute video?
I honestly don't think so... But who knows. They've been pretty quite though
Did the audible (defensive and offensive)button mapping change? Or in other words, is the auidble interface like madden 13 or NCAA 13? I prefer audible interface of NCAA 13 over madden 13.....
is auto sprint/speed burst still an option for online games or do you have to push a button all the time now to get any speed ?
There's no speed burst anymore. The game will attempt to get to top speed where space allows. The R2 is now an acceleration burst meaning "I want to try to get to top speed now."
LOL I still don't get how those two things are different.
yeah? you push it for 2 steps and that's it, or something ?
I think it will make more sense when you can get your hands on the demo tomorrow.
Sounds like the NHL speed burst philosophy. You notice it but it's subtle and short lasting.
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