NCAA Football 09 Demo Available: Discuss Here

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by bkfount

how is the play calling screen? I absolutely hate how it shows which one you pick in both 07 and 08. I prefer the ps2 style screen, where you scroll through and can pick from 4 plays with the 4 face buttons. It really ruins playing with friends when they can see which damn play you are picking. I'm sure there's a way to hide it, but still..it shouldn't be this way.

You pick using the four face buttons now.

[rspencer86]

Has anyone seen the CPU throw a deep pass yet? Just curious, as this was a big issue last year.

Can't wait to get home from work and try this demo out.

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by rspencer86

Has anyone seen the CPU throw a deep pass yet? Just curious, as this was a big issue last year. Can't wait to get home from work and try this demo out.

I only played one game but they never threw deep on me.

[spankdatazz22]

I'm not a big college football fan though I'm a big fan of NCAA '04 & '06 on the PS2. So take any observations w/a grain of salt:

Pros:

- really like the player models/proportions. strafing felt good

- control isn't as twitch/ultra-precise as I thought it would be, so it's not like you can do whatever you please from a control standpoint (good thing). Players do plant at times when there's a significant directional change from what I could see

- Passing wasn't precise; had appropriate amount of incompletions I thought

- Receivers showed nice sideline awareness; saw a nice mid-air animation where the receiver jumped for the ball and was hit by the defender low. He dropped the ball as he was coming down which looked nice and wasn't over the top

- Defensive pressure was evident

- Some movement by defense pre-snap; looks cool

Cons:

- lack of sense of momentum, weight, physics. There's some sense of each, just not enough to make me feel things weren't occurring randomly. I guess the "run into someone for tackle" mechanic takes some getting used to. Didn't feel like I was really tackling because there's no sense of back and forth struggle. Saw defensive ends getting flipped into the air way too often. Lots of tackle variety, but it felt scripted in a sense - wondered why players got a bit more or less yardage after contact. Without momentum factoring more into the gameplay, the cool analog jukes available don't factor as much into the overall gameplay (imo). Players are sort of moving at angles instead of having to round corners. Didn't feel the combination sense of acceleration/speed that I've felt with the older NCAA's

- hate the QB animations. Improved over last year's game though

- OL/DL play; overall player interaction. So much with the OL/DL just seems random - lineman getting shoved down easily (or flipped). Not much player interaction overall (players reacting to contact with another player, same or different team)

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

One thing I don't like is that it seems like players speed is inhibited around the line of scrimmage, a player shouldn't be able to go from stop to top speed but it seems like even really fast guys on a jet sweep are unnaturally slow trying to get to the corner or trying to burst through a hole.

Is it unnaturally slow or is it we're so used to players getting to top speed so fast and in 09 it takes a few steps to gain the speed/ momentum more realistically?

Can't wait to get home and play!

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by ohyeahbaby123

Why do I need XBL Gold to dl this demo?

That's one of the selling points of getting gold. Silver is a few days later.

[MBash721]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Dunno about the LB @ FB but Pryor is that way because he will be swapped in and out with Boeckman quite frequently this year in real life so it makes sense to have him as the alternate QB even though he's not the real #2.

The LB at FB is Curtis Terry who is going to play both positions.

[oukingpen]

I know this is about the demo, but does anyone know if the save and upload a snapshot/video feature will still be "in the game"?

i got the boy at home downloading the demo for me now. Hopefully it'll be done by the time I get home for lunch.

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by oukingpen

I know this is about the demo, but does anyone know if the save and upload a snapshot/video feature will still be "in the game"? i got the boy at home downloading the demo for me now. Hopefully it'll be done by the time I get home for lunch.

Yes you can still upload pics and videos

[rudyjuly2]

Can't wait for the demo tonight!