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Easily the best NCAA game ever made.
I started off with the campus legend mode as a wide receiver. The high school playoffs are really pretty fun. The band and the stadiums really make it feel like a high school game. Of course, the Tennessee state championship is played at Neyland. You kind of feel like you've made it to the big stage at that point.
The campus legend mode is really fun in that you get the view of the game from only your players position. It does get frustrating (as a WR) when your team calls 8 straight running plays and all you get to do is block or when your QB just won't throw it to you no matter what you do. But overall the campus legend is a great new addition to the game. That part alone is like a whole new game.
The gameplay is very smooth. As others have mentioned they have made it more realistic by taking away the deep drop. If you are one of those players who drops your QB back 10+ steps in the pocket, you are probably going to get sacked. The DE takes a direct route around the blocker. Some will have to readjust their game. It also is more difficult to roll out...although I am playing with Ainge.
I played one game in Dynasty mode and the biggest thing that caught my attention was how much more in depth the recruiting mode is. For those of you that get into that type of thing, the recruiting is WAY more detailed this year.
There are some years that you buy this game and think it's just last years game with a few tweaks. Not this year. This may be the biggest upgrade in the NCAA game from one year to the next that I can ever remember (and I'm pretty old).
My only gripe with the game thus far are the graphics. Overall they are good. However, as somebody mentioned, the players standing on the sideline look like some monster straight out of Scooby Doo. They just look creepy. I can live with that though.
What REALLY annoys me the most are the shadows on the field on sunny days. I don't know if it's that way with every team or just Tennessee, but the players (especially the jerseys) look really fake/bad when in a shadow. Not very realistic at all. Even in the sunlight I think the orange is too bright. I played a game at Mississippi State in the rain with the white uniforms and I had no complaints.
I started off with the campus legend mode as a wide receiver. The high school playoffs are really pretty fun. The band and the stadiums really make it feel like a high school game. Of course, the Tennessee state championship is played at Neyland. You kind of feel like you've made it to the big stage at that point.
The campus legend mode is really fun in that you get the view of the game from only your players position. It does get frustrating (as a WR) when your team calls 8 straight running plays and all you get to do is block or when your QB just won't throw it to you no matter what you do. But overall the campus legend is a great new addition to the game. That part alone is like a whole new game.
The gameplay is very smooth. As others have mentioned they have made it more realistic by taking away the deep drop. If you are one of those players who drops your QB back 10+ steps in the pocket, you are probably going to get sacked. The DE takes a direct route around the blocker. Some will have to readjust their game. It also is more difficult to roll out...although I am playing with Ainge.
I played one game in Dynasty mode and the biggest thing that caught my attention was how much more in depth the recruiting mode is. For those of you that get into that type of thing, the recruiting is WAY more detailed this year.
There are some years that you buy this game and think it's just last years game with a few tweaks. Not this year. This may be the biggest upgrade in the NCAA game from one year to the next that I can ever remember (and I'm pretty old).
My only gripe with the game thus far are the graphics. Overall they are good. However, as somebody mentioned, the players standing on the sideline look like some monster straight out of Scooby Doo. They just look creepy. I can live with that though.
What REALLY annoys me the most are the shadows on the field on sunny days. I don't know if it's that way with every team or just Tennessee, but the players (especially the jerseys) look really fake/bad when in a shadow. Not very realistic at all. Even in the sunlight I think the orange is too bright. I played a game at Mississippi State in the rain with the white uniforms and I had no complaints.
. Unfortunately NCAA will never let it happen.
