NCAA Football 12 Demo - Share Your Impressions

[xMrHitStickx904]

I can successfully run a Spread Option attack. It's gonna be a long day for opponents more times than not

[skipwondah33]

Installed the demo, chose Oregon vs Texas. AA difficulty.Texas elects to kick.

Kickoff return 98 yards up the sideline untouched. I remember not being able to return kick offs on next gen at all.

For my first game...game does not play fast like ive heard at all. Actually feels good right now. I'll play on Heisman next. I was able to get a manual pass rush with my MLB out of the 3-2-6 formation...that led to a pick. Actually surprised the QB didnt miraculously find someone open.

More later

[beartide06]

My 2nd half of the Oregon/Texas game.

in those last couple plays when you got hit/sacked... those were DEF fumbles, not incomplete passes lol. This seems to be a frequent problem I have been running into as well.

[Cipher 8]

Also, I'm a little confused as to why about twice a game, the CPU QB will snap the ball and immediately throw it 20 yards out of bounds. I'm even more so confused as to how it isn't considered intentional grounding.

Ya i only played one game and it happened once to me as well but your right how isn't that intentional grounding?

[Deuce]

Wow! I really suck. I threw 4 pics in my first game and could not return a kick past the 25! It's going to be a long first season In my cupcake dynasty...and I couldn't be happier.

[joshuahuskers]

Game plays smoother than NCAA 11, IMO. Passing is much harder, I'm throwing picks left and right. Which is good. Zone defense changes are nice. My only complaint so far is that I was playing as Oregon vs. Texas. There were 4 seconds left in the half, and I was up 7-3. I'm on my own 48 yard line. Clearly, this is a hail mary situation. I call the hail mary, and what does Texas call? Well, engage eight, of course. I mean, seriously? My 3 WRs on one side blew by the one defender trying to defend them. If I hadn't overthrown my WR and made him dive to catch the ball, it would have been an easy TD. That's terrible AI.

[hitman625]

I have seen this and so has a friend of mine.

I've seen it a couple of times as well, but hopefully this doesn't move along onto the retail version

[PeteyKirch]

in those last couple plays when you got hit/sacked... those were DEF fumbles, not incomplete passes lol. This seems to be a frequent problem I have been running into as well.

Yeah I mean I tried to throw it away, but it ended up just being what looked like a dribbler falling out of the QBs hand.

What about the play where the Texas HB for no reason goes across the field completely?

[Flav]

Am I the only one who has random players practicing kicking field goals on the last drive?

[razorback44]

Am I the only one who has random players practicing kicking field goals on the last drive?

No, I saw someone else post about this earlier in the day this happening to them as well.

[gschwendt]

Am I the only one who has random players practicing kicking field goals on the last drive?

I've seen a couple other people mention that as well... like HB#21 for Oregon is warming up for the game winning field goal.

[hitman625]

What worries me about the ease of kick offs is that I was hoping that they made them a little harder. I was able to easliy return kicks to the 50 and further pretty frequently on Heisman on '11. I had 2 return for TD in 2 games, but I also only had 4 returns

[Flav]

Was tied 21-21 with :12 seconds left against Texas and they returned a kick to the house. smh

[xMrHitStickx904]

first diving catch animation all day on 3rd and 15. FML. thought I had a stop.

[umhester04]

I am going to go ahead and say that the problem with returns is definitely because the defense swarms the middle of the field. It is the same with punts too everyone just runs directly toward the returner. If they actually stayed in their lanes the return game would be so much different.

[Kansacity88]

I dont know about everyone else, but I like the auto sprint option A LOT!!! Also, I noticed that the blocking on punt returns is soooo much better! I broke a few good ones about 20-25 yards or so! This coming from someone that doesnt really have a knack for returning punts! Done it before but not too often. Only a matter of time before I take a couple to the house! This was on AA.......or was it Heisman? Oh well, you get my point! The tackling system is RIGHT!!! WRs catching the ball in stride and their momentum helping them keep their speed as they turn up field! A couple of the replay camera angles were pretty nice too (after a TD). All in all, I like what I have seen so far! I cant wait to get my TB teams in!!

[ram29jackson]

sheesh..20 guys show up to the site and it gets laggy haha

[Flav]

Receiver ran a bubble screen and I hit him before he got the ball. Pass interference.. that's a first

[ryby6969]

I've seen a couple other people mention that as well... like HB#21 for Oregon is warming up for the game winning field goal.

I had #92 for Alabama warming up for a FG. Maybe it was Suh's brother!

[ram29jackson]

waiting for rhombic to come by and tare this thing to shreads ( break it down)