NCAA Football 10 Demo Now Available, Post Your Impressions Here

[Happyvally74]

I've run the Qb sneak on 4th and 1/inches and came up short

[mmorg]

I still haven't seen a shotgun snap go over the QB's head. I really want to see it and I have put in probably 75+ games on the demo.

[NoLittleBabies]

I know this is minor, but why does EA have so much trouble implementing a proper dive animation for trailing defenders? When you are trying to chase down a ballcarrier from behind and you push dive, you actually lose ground on the ballcarrier, thus making the dive entirely pointless.

[mmorg]

Quote: Originally Posted by NoLittleBabies

I know this is minor, but why does EA have so much trouble implementing a proper dive animation for trailing defenders? When you are trying to chase down a ballcarrier from behind and you push dive, you actually lose ground on the ballcarrier, thus making the dive entirely pointless.

Because diving is actually slower in real life than running? You can't propel yourself forward faster with a dive than if you are running. The only thing a dive can be beneficial for is trying to trip up the ball carrier by hitting his feet. This is another reason why you rarely see people slide into First Base in Baseball.

[NoLittleBabies]

Quote: Originally Posted by mmorg

Because diving is actually slower in real life than running? You can't propel yourself forward faster with a dive than if you are running. The only thing a dive can be beneficial for is trying to trip up the ball carrier by hitting his feet. This is another reason why you rarely see people slide into First Base in Baseball.

No, that's incorrect. In the very short term (obviously) diving is slightly faster and allows you to get your arms around the ballcarrier, which is why you see people dive to tackle someone from behind in real life. Diving propels your upper body forward just enough to get your arms around the lower body or trip them up. If diving were slower you would never see anyone dive in real life. In the game, there is no point in trying to dive because you will never get close to getting your arms around even their feet.

[Happyvally74]

Quote: Originally Posted by mmorg

I still haven't seen a shotgun snap go over the QB's head. I really want to see it and I have put in probably 75+ games on the demo.

are you playing on the 360? I don't think the ball gets snapped over your head on the 360. Could be wrong tho

[stateprop]

Man im very disappointed in this demo, my friend was using tebow he ran back 15 yard and throw off his back leg, and was dead on accurate i was like wtf are you serious?. And he is the master of the rocket catching, he can abuse it like crazy. This dev team needs to be fired.

Its time for a new dev team for NCAA football, this is a joke man. Man i always enjoyed NCAA football than madden on the ps2 cuz i always believed it was a step ahead but now they are a joke. Since Madden got a new dev team well sort of more of change at the lead position. NCAA football need a change at the head position.

I wish Ian can take over NCAA football but that might be too much to handle both dev teams. I guess its ps2 this year again at least i can play with FCS teams and enjoy doing my spring drill practice, spring game, and oh yeah formation subs unfreaking believeable that these are not in the game yet.

[Hammerhunker]

Simple question, probably asked before, but why can't the exact PS2 version be created with the new gen graphics? Is the PS2 easier to program for? The PS2 version was still a better version last year just because of the features and overall gameplay. I would even say the graphics were better simply because of the running animation (which is once again painfully awful in the new gen version).

I just don't get it.

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by mmorg

I still haven't seen a shotgun snap go over the QB's head. I really want to see it and I have put in probably 75+ games on the demo.

It's my understanding that this is only an issue on the PS3 demo. One of the NCAA devs (Greg Heddlesten, aka G-Reg13) stated back on the 19th over at ncaastrategies that this issue has been addressed and should not be present in the retail version.

[StormJH1]

I think some people are being a little harsh on the graphics of the demo for no good reason. There is a significant mass of people who say that they prefer playing NFL 2k5 or last-gen Madden/NCAA, but when it comes to evaluating the graphics of NCAA '10, they look last gen and horrible? Doesn't the fact that people still play those old games tell you that graphics are only part of the story?

I've played the demo a few times, and I've enjoyed it for the most part. It's hard to tell if playing defense will be as irrelevant as it was last year, but something like position lock at least gives me something else to do. NCAA '09 wasn't close to perfect, but I did like that game, and I think '10 has quite a bit to offer too.

You all complain but you darn well know that online dynasty and new rosters ARE things that interest you, and I highly doubt you'll find 11 people to do your dynasty that would rather play '09 than '10.