Official NCAA Bugs/Glitches thread (PS3/Xbox 360)

[dbrandon]

Quote: Originally Posted by pjv31

Ok well I don't complain about games much but this is ridiculous.

I am surprised that you would be shocked, after all this is ea, king of gimmicks and hype.

[jestr962]

The true injustice here is that we have no other football games to buy. EA is a monopoly and that has been obvious since they signed the deals with both the NFL and NCAA for exclusivity. Now I have been buying Madden and NCAA football games since I've been twelve. That means that I've been loyal to EA for 6 years when it has come to football games. So please, EA, if you know what will make your product the best do what has to be done. Cancel the exclusivity deal with both the NFL and NCAA, I think your fans deserver it. Competition is the only thing that will get this **** straightened out.

[MaxMan1000]

Gee. This is pretty crazy. I actually started liking the demo and was considering maybe getting this on Tuesday.

It's kinda odd when I think about seeing Gamestop is giving NCAA $40 trade-in value towards Madden this year. If you're a conspiracy theorist you'd probably think that people in the know with EA and Gamestop knew something would be afoot and made an arrangement.

NCAA '08 already dove badly in sales in '08 losing 100K sales from '07. The NCAA franchise can't afford for this to happen again. EA is going to have to consider going back to how they used to be in the 90's; if the game was broken, it got pushed back until they fixed it. In the short term it may seem like on-time release over quality is more important, but in the long run you're going to alienate your fanbase, lose consumer trust and lose sales all in the same process... which is exactly what's been happening.

I never thought I'd ever see EA games in this shape after how strong they were in the 90's.

[jestr962]

Quote: Originally Posted by MaxMan1000

Gee. This is pretty crazy. I actually started liking the demo and was considering maybe getting this on Tuesday. It's kinda odd when I think about seeing Gamestop is giving NCAA $40 trade-in value towards Madden this year. If you're a conspiracy theorist you'd probably think that people in the know with EA and Gamestop knew something would be afoot and made an arrangement. NCAA '08 already dove badly in sales in '08 losing 100K sales from '07. The NCAA franchise can't afford for this to happen again. EA is going to have to consider going back to how they used to be in 90's; if the game was broken, it got pushed back until they fixed it. In the short term it may seem like on-time release over quality is more important, but in the long run you're going to alienate your fanbase, lose consumer trust and lose sales all in the same process... which is exactly what's been happening. I never thought I'd ever see EA games in this shape after how strong they were in the 90's.

When you're guaranteed a 100% share of the market there isn't much worrying going on.

[dbshady]

Ok, this is very depressing, but I have to ask, just so I know... depsite the Roster Bug we have all just encountered (and I guess this is for people who have the game).... can someone give me a rundown of how many bugs have been found so far?

Just a list, and quick sentence explination, im trying to read through this thread and find out, but I would much rather just get a list. It seems like people on here are finding tons of bugs, I would just like to know what those are, because I dont.

The Roster Bug (Edit Too much, Freeze and Teams Vanish)... What else?

[#85_on_a_mission]

Can you say repeat?

[jestr962]

Quote: Originally Posted by dbshady

Ok, this is very depressing, but I have to ask, just so I know... depsite the Roster Bug we have all just encountered (and I guess this is for people who have the game).... can someone give me a rundown of how many bugs have been found so far? Just a list, and quick sentence explination, im trying to read through this thread and find out, but I would much rather just get a list. It seems like people on here are finding tons of bugs, I would just like to know what those are, because I dont. The Roster Bug (Edit Too much, Freeze and Teams Vanish)... What else?

Go to the "Gameplay Issues" thread. A developer set up a list in the first post. But supposedly Rosters are a mess, Online dynasty freezes alot, non-existent defense, every QB is a heisman QB, etc.

[erivera7]

I'm going to post here since I wouldn't be able to post in the other threads (impressions, etc.). Again, I'm glad people find the game fun but it's hilarious to see how naive some people are when addressing the game. Some people are sugarcoating the game too much and masking a plethora of problems (better than '04? really?).

People who think the QB TD/INT ratios and QB completion %'s are fine, I find laughable. It's near consensus, and should be a consensus, that the statistics for the QB's are way too inflated in the stat sim engine. It's absurd. Go to Bill Abner's blog to see my point.

http://nutweasel.blogspot.com/

The INT statistics are broken as well. Want to know why? Last year, the top 40 INT leaders in the NCAA, 39 of them were DB's. Only 1 was a LB. It's been confirmed by many that when you sim a season, a good number of the INT leaders are LB. Again, unrealistic and the stat sim engine can be to blamed. This problem can also allude to the lack of a CPU deep ball. If there was a deep ball, more DB's would be able to INT them. Common sense.

The kick/punt return game, broken. Want to know a good statistic to back up that claim if you for whatever reason think the kick/punt return game is fine? Last year the average starting field position for teams in the NCAA was 28.4 for kickoffs. Returning kicks with ease to the 35-40 is not realistic.

Yellow zones, broken. This probably plays a part in the ridiculous QB numbers.

Dumbing down of the defenses overall (ex: lack of pass rush).

I finally was able to play a little bit of the game today (thanks for a friend) and it's frustrating to see these problems.

[XpEeRuHmEnT]

I'm most def not looking forward 2 this game n e more. I guess i'll just stick with the demo since that seems to be working and free lol.

[NYG_Meth]

One other thing I've noticed is that forever reason, the only control you can change for defense (engaged) is "change player." This is a bummer, as I usually like to switch power move to the A button. This is for the 360 version, obviously.