Gameplay

[JeffHCross]

CPU vs CPU, using playbooks that have nothing but Pass Plays (which means this is a scramble): http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/80024898

[Dr Death]

Also, EA needs to let the defense change formations and have players run on and off the field so you can get your two extra LB's out there when going from a dime to a 4-3. But it should result in the risk of getting called for having too many men on field. This would add to the authenticity of the game. Imagine late in the game, a team completes a pass and you see their RB and FB running onto the field while two WR's run off. You want to try and get your 4-3 players out there, but the offense snaps the ball before all your men are off the field and it results in the offense getting a first down late in the game inside your red zone. This would just add to the strategy of the game even more.

Although I know you're only posting someone else's thread, whilst I would love the No-Huddle to be implemented better and I also agree about the CPU having no concept of Time Of Possession, if the above were implemented EA would really have to get it right. Because if not... w/ the CPU, as well as On-Line, this could be an absolute nightmare.

I am all for a more authentic game, but I don't know if this gen can handle it all. It seems that things like the No-Huddle are so poorly implemented that the people doing the implementation are either not football savvy or are hand-cuffed by the current gen of consoles.

One thing that bothers me to no end is when a new "feature" is announced... like Custom Conferences last year and even more-so this year, yet seemingly simple things like Conference Patches on jerseys stay stagnant. It kills the realism if you create your own custom conferences but the teams are wearing a mish-mash of patches from previous conferences.

It's like... someone comes up w/ an idea and they rush to get that in, but don't properly think every little detail through or... they have thought of every little detail and purposely implement new ideas in increments to make us feel like we're getting something new every year. Either way... it's frustrating.

[ram29jackson]

its a video game- worrying about extensive hurry up details is a waste of intellectual time and quite silly...

the only people that do hurry up almost all game are a bunch of 15 year olds not worried about having a heart attack or something, I want to play video games to relax ( even though its minor competition haha) not to speed things up...now of course i'm talking about online not human vs cpu where seeing more entertaining stuff and detail can be interesting, but what you are talking about is years down the line and it probably wont be EA that has anything to do with it. They arent human, they are animations running around, they dont get tired soon enough anyway, so worrying about hurry up detail is pointless in the long run. ....IMO

[HawkFan]

Does the CPU still choose to receive at the start of every game as they did in the past if they win the coin toss? I have noticed in the demo it appears they do not, but was wondering what someone with the game had to say about it.

[gschwendt]

Does the CPU still choose to receive at the start of every game as they did in the past if they win the coin toss? I have noticed in the demo it appears they do not, but was wondering what someone with the game had to say about it.

Nope... we made sure to voice our thoughts on that and it was fixed. The CPU should now choose to kickoff at the same rate they were choosing to receive last year... occasionally you might see them choose to receive but probably 99% is to kick.

[HawkFan]

Nope... we made sure to voice our thoughts on that and it was fixed. The CPU should now choose to kickoff at the same rate they were choosing to receive last year... occasionally you might see them choose to receive but probably 99% is to kick.

Awesome, I mean in the grand scheme of things it is a small thing but it's so far against the norm of college football that it got to be annoying. Great to hear it's fixed.

[JeffHCross]

its a video game- worrying about extensive hurry up details is a waste of intellectual time and quite silly...

I disagree. Vehemently. Caring about the little details is neither a waste or time or silly.

[ram29jackson]

I disagree. Vehemently. Caring about the little details is neither a waste or time or silly.

a whole hurry up offense isnt a little detail and will take years at this rate to do anything about and make fun in the process.

endzone pylons are a little detail, like dreads haha....in any case, 9 days away

well, for me anyway

[Gotmadskillzson]

Wow surprise that QB got caught from behind on that Ohio St scramble. Thought for sure he would have took it to the house.

[Downinthebend]

Although I know you're only posting someone else's thread, whilst I would love the No-Huddle to be implemented better and I also agree about the CPU having no concept of Time Of Possession, if the above were implemented EA would really have to get it right. Because if not... w/ the CPU, as well as On-Line, this could be an absolute nightmare.

I am all for a more authentic game, but I don't know if this gen can handle it all. It seems that things like the No-Huddle are so poorly implemented that the people doing the implementation are either not football savvy or are hand-cuffed by the current gen of consoles.

One thing that bothers me to no end is when a new "feature" is announced... like Custom Conferences last year and even more-so this year, yet seemingly simple things like Conference Patches on jerseys stay stagnant. It kills the realism if you create your own custom conferences but the teams are wearing a mish-mash of patches from previous conferences.

It's like... someone comes up w/ an idea and they rush to get that in, but don't properly think every little detail through or... they have thought of every little detail and purposely implement new ideas in increments to make us feel like we're getting something new every year. Either way... it's frustrating.

I couldn't find hornfan's quote, but I am 90% sure that that particular situation is illegal, the Offense would get slapped with an illegal proceeding foul, because if the offense subsitutes the defense must have the right to. (I remember hearing this in an Oregon game)

[JeffHCross]

I couldn't find hornfan's quote, but I am 90% sure that that particular situation is illegal, the Offense would get slapped with an illegal proceeding foul, because if the offense subsitutes the defense must have the right to. (I remember hearing this in an Oregon game)

You are correct. The offense must give the defense time to substitute if they do so. One of the officials will stand over the ball until the defense has had sufficient time to substitute.

Though that doesn't always happen quite the way it should (see LSU/Tennessee).

[baseballplyrmvp]

does the cpu still auto correct your players if you've manually moved them? like if you move your d-tackle 2 steps over to his right, then switch to another player, does the cpu move him back to where he originally was? or does he stay in the spot you moved him to?

[I OU a Beatn]

I disagree. Vehemently. Caring about the little details is neither a waste or time or silly.

Agreed, I would love to see them make changes to how the no huddle offense is executed. Also, Ram, the no huddle offense isn't exclusive to 15 year old kids jacked up on Mountain Dew. There's several teams in college football that run the no huddle offense almost exclusively...Oklahoma being one of them. A no huddle offense and a hurry up offense are two very different things.

[beartide06]

One thing I have noticed, that I wish could be fixed/adjusted is that WR's need to go up and get the ball!! I want to see a WR actually be able to turn around and jump over that small CB and bomb on a guy and embarrass him lol. They try to catch it over the shoulder almost every deep pass play. It would just be a nice addition to the deep ball. Also, I know how they added the dive button/feature for passes this year again, but half the time it seems that you really don't even need to dive for the ball because you could just as easily run through the pass and keep running down field. Why stop to dive and kill the play early? My question is are any of these things entirely different in the retail? From videos it doesn't seem to be, but it could be a thought for tuning updates, patches, or future iterations of the game. One last thing, can you dive for interceptions on defense? Thanks in advance! You guys are doing a great job with feedback.

[ram29jackson]

One thing I have noticed, that I wish could be fixed/adjusted is that WR's need to go up and get the ball!! I want to see a WR actually be able to turn around and jump over that small CB and bomb on a guy and embarrass him lol. They try to catch it over the shoulder almost every deep pass play. It would just be a nice addition to the deep ball. Also, I know how they added the dive button/feature for passes this year again, but half the time it seems that you really don't even need to dive for the ball because you could just as easily run through the pass and keep running down field. Why stop to dive and kill the play early? My question is are any of these things entirely different in the retail? From videos it doesn't seem to be, but it could be a thought for tuning updates, patches, or future iterations of the game. One last thing, can you dive for interceptions on defense? Thanks in advance! You guys are doing a great job with feedback.

yeah, they showcased the dive animtion but in most of the gameplay vids here you dont see any diving catches...the one unique thing I saw was the backwards fall down catching a pass in the back of the endzone...I think it was the Iowa game ?

[beartide06]

yeah, they showcased the dive animtion but in most of the gameplay vids here you dont see any diving catches...the one unique thing I saw was the backwards fall down catching a pass in the back of the endzone...I think it was the Iowa game ?

Yeah I did see that catch. I thought it was really cool. It kind of looked similar to some that happened in real life this past season.

[Cipher 8]

does the cpu still auto correct your players if you've manually moved them? like if you move your d-tackle 2 steps over to his right, then switch to another player, does the cpu move him back to where he originally was? or does he stay in the spot you moved him to?

I imagine this is something you can test yourself with the demo. I can't remember off hand but I think it's the same as always, i find this annoying too but it probably has to do that so the cpu works correctly, since when you're controlling them you choose their movement otherwise it's scripted sorta. Mess up where he starts off and you mess up the script?

[gschwendt]

Cal at UCLA


UConn at Cincinnati

[ThaShark316]

I like how UCLA has "Revolver".

[rhombic21]

Nice user skills, G. Especially on defense. Do you know when online will be up and running?

One thing that I have noticed is that the play art is wrong for a lot of the option plays. Or at least it's not very clear at identifying who the QB is going to read. Not sure if it can be patched/should be patched, but it's definitely something to pass on to the dev team. I really like Travis' idea of highlighting the player that you're going to read on these plays, as this would make it easier for people to know who is going to be left unblocked (this would especially help casual players that don't spend a lot of time in practice mode running option plays against various fronts).