NCAA Football 10 Demo Now Available, Post Your Impressions Here

[wisgator]

After two games with the demo, it looks like I'll be a passaholic this year. It was just too easy on All-American. I had over 300 yards passing with Tebow.

I think the defense came out in man way too often. The corner route was money almost every time, OU couldn't do anything about it with their man defense. I ended up winning 31-14 my first game.

Then I switched it to Heisman and got a better game. I was still able to pass quite easily. I took a slant 60 yards with Riley Cooper, and still hit those corner routes. I was only able to win 14-7 though.


I did see that high snap glitch where the snap is called as an incomplete pass. I'm not too pleased with the camera, but whatever. The game also feels a little more arcadey to me. The tackling animations are a nice tough, although it did seem like all the defense players were doing semi-horse collar tackles 40% of the time.

[koampapapa]

some glitches i observed through my gameplay:

1. my ps3 has really never frozen before, unless i overheated it (not on purpose, obviously, and this was summer of 08). i have tried to play the demo 7 times, and all 7 times it has frozen at various points in the game.
2. snap flew over Bradford's head and was ruled incomplete (this has been mentioned at TheMaddenLab so i assume it has been mentioned here)
3. I threw an interception. There was a roughing the passer call called on my quarterback. Not only did I receive the ball back, I received it with better field position, and I was placed on the opposite hash mark from where I had been tackled; i was placed on the hash mark that the interception guy was tackled. i believe that this is not standard ncaa procedure; the INT still should've counted, am i wrong?
4. passes that are released as i'm getting tackled fly backwards but count as incompletions.
5. i have seen the same horse-collar-like tackle on nearly every play on most of my possessions.
6. lol, this camera angle is absolutely atrocious, i expect it will be fixed?

[munson11]

Quote: Originally Posted by themaizeandblue

I was pleasantly suprised by the demo. It looks pretty good and feels quite a bit slower than last year. Also, I don't know if anyone else saw a play like this and don't feel like reading through 45 pages, but when I was on defense, my CPU-controlled DT made it to Bradford as he throwing a screen pass, the ball made it only a few yards, where it was intercepted by my end and taken in for an easy six. I've never seen a play like that in the NCAA series and it looked really smooth and unforced.

Just played my first two games. This exact thing happened to me, except I got hit while throwing, the ball kind of went through the air a little, and a lineback ran and picked it off. He then got promptly nailed by my o-line and then fumbled it, which allowed my wide reciever to come over and pick it up.

Pretty humorous. Game isn't to bad right now. I like the change of pace.

[a4reak]

Quote: Originally Posted by koampapapa

I threw an interception. There was a roughing the passer call called on my quarterback. Not only did I receive the ball back, I received it with better field position, and I was placed on the opposite hash mark from where I had been tackled; i was placed on the hash mark that the interception guy was tackled. i believe that this is not standard ncaa procedure; the INT still should've counted, am i wrong?

To my knowledge this is what supposed to happen outside of the hashmarks confusion

[mastershake88]

This is by far the worse football game of all time. and that says alot concerning the last 4 years of crappy football games on next gen consoles.

no way im paying for a ncaa 09 part II.

Go kick rocks ill see you august 14th to buy a real football game that showed effort.

[TreyIM2]

Played the demo a few more times. I got used to the graphics and there doesn't seem to be so much of a frame rate issue as I stated on the PS3. There are glitches but it's a demo. To be expected. I like the new animations a whole lot. Waist tackles, nice shoestring catch animations, it's a bunch to name that I noticed but I like. I gotta boost up to Heisman or sumthin cuz Varisty is way too easy. I think playing the speed of Madden 09 has really boned up my game playing.

[Radioactiveman]

Quote: Originally Posted by lamoyou318

something weird just happen,im playin the demo on the ps3 and im oklahoma,the first play im in a shotgun formation and the center hiked the ball over my head but the announcers called it a incomplete pass and the play was over.

Exact same thing happened to me but unfortunately for me it happened on 4th down.

[~Guru~]

Quote: Originally Posted by DGuinta1

Makes me appreciate the little things The Show has even more. OK back to your regularly scheduled programming.

you mean like scripted gameplay and scripted defense along with broken line ups...yea the show is just a dandy example this year

[sambf12]

Quote: Originally Posted by mastershake88

This is by far the worse football game of all time. and that says alot concerning the last 4 years of crappy football games on next gen consoles. no way im paying for a ncaa 09 part II. Go kick rocks ill see you august 14th to buy a real football game that showed effort.

not sure i'd say worst football games of all time in my opinion, but yeah, i'm really disappointed in this game. generally speaking, same game as last year and same graphics, but with slight improvements that don't get to the core of the gameplay. big disapointment. guess i'll be in the madden forum...

[SoxFan01605]

Well I tried it out on both systems (360 and PS3) while my Sox are in rain delay...

Positives:

-Animations seem a little more fluid (or maybe just less repetitive)

-slowed down gameplay makes the game feel less "arcadey"

-Like the new strategy element in the gasmeplanning.

-running seems better...contact feels less "pinball like"

-coverage seems improved. Guys seemed to stick to their man a bit better.

Negatives:

-Feels largely unchanged from 09

-I ran the ball up the middle and literally went through two LBs (as in, I could see half my body on one side, and the other sticking out the back end) leading to a breakaway run. It happened twice for the CPU as well. (PS3 version)

-Commentary. New announcers or completely new lines should be necessary at this point, IMO

-Presentation. Or lack thereof. It's a bit dry. There are some nice touches (like the band at the intro, some of the TD celebrations, etc) but overall there is nothing about the atmosphere that draws you in.

-Pass rush. Guys still seem to get suctioned to blockers and seem to get hung up too long.

-Still a lot of underneath stuff available for both you and the AI.

-PS3 stability is questionable at times. There are some noticeable hiccups in comparison to the 360 version...especially in wider shots it seems.

-Also, graphics for both are relatively unimpressive (though not a huge deal...they look good enough) but the PS3 seems less "crisp" overall.


Overall, I'm unimpressed. It was not horrible, just not very exciting. I enjoyed playing the first couple times (nice to fire up a football game) but it just felt like more of the same to me. Hopefully a rental of the complete game will be a bit more enjoyable for me. I was a renter hoping to buy (mainly due to teambuilder and the promise of tighter gameplay) but now I'm just a renter (for now, at least).