I started a dynasty with the Georgia Bulldogs, and played my first game against Boise State just now. They nailed the game play, at least at first blush. It plays a lot like NCAA 11, but things are much more smooth. In hindsight, you could tell in NCAA 11 when the tackle animations were starting, but that's gone in 12.
I'm loving it so far.
You know you're a geek when....
I think the custom playbook function is broken. Pretty frustrating to put 4 hrs into your dream boom only for it to glitch out. Was able to see it one in practice mode before the play call screen went completely blank. Very frustrated. EA quality shines through.
The customization is pretty sweet in online leagues. You can redo conferences AND lock in rivalry games into the league schedule.
It's very tempting to talk a bunch of my old classmates who I know play NCAA into helping to pit together rosters for our conference.
Stele - that's the problem I had. Going to try again and see if it is consistent.
Stele,
Sorry i had the playbook corruption issue. No playart and players coming out of the huddle in a big group mass. Deleted the playbook and going to start over.
I started making a playbook but got interrupted for dinner or something last night. Guess I should try it out.
It's great for me because I hate wasted plays and I love certain formations, but you can't find certain plays because it is scattered about in different team play books even though it is the same formation. I love compression and spread and it's tough to find that in a college playbook.
Mr Gumpypants himself has some positive impressions on NCAA 12. I love Bill Abner's reviews, but he can be pretty hard on games, and in particular sports games. that's fine, as I think he provides an honest look at what is going on in a game. I can decide if what is bugging him is going to bug me. But Abner always provides a good honest take based on a lot of time with a game.
http://nohighscores.com/node/1150#new
Anyway, over the years, to say that I have had a love/hate relationship with NCAA from EA Sports is sort of like saying the Romans had a love/hate thing going on with the Visigoths. There was a time when everything was joyous and then over the years the relationship turned poisonous and next thing you know we’re in the Dark Ages.With NCAA 12, continuing this admittedly weird analogy, we could be entering the era of Charlemagne, which would lead to the Crusades and then enlightenment. We just have to hope that the Vikings (in this case gameplay bugs) don’t show up and start screwing up the plan.
In other words, I think I like NCAA 12.
360 users...
Indian J0e(yes that's a 0) has good rosters and coach edits. Check it
Thanks for the heads up on super sim. That's the first I've ever heard of that. As Jayhawker rightly pointed out way back in the 2* thread, I'm a heavy user of super sim. Mostly so my games go quicker and because I suck at defense. However, I don't like the idea of getting minutes worth of extra possessions as a result of my laziness. I'll have to keep an eye on that.
So anyone found any good sliders for AA yet? I've loaded SN's from Operations Sports but have yet to give them a try.
Also, anyone found an enjoyable non-custom playbook yet? I typically run Multiple, I think I used Texas A&Ms for my one game with Nebraska so far.
I've used Multiple for years now so I'm sticking with it.
My play books are done on both sides of the ball. Working my way through a Dynasty with Oregon. Sob far my D is stronger than my O which is unusual.
Getting really sick of RtG, hoping the rosters get done tomorrow so I can start dynasty.
gamingtailgate - PS3 users
Fairedales are done. I think he is going to do coaches soon.
There is some word on the OS forums that his rosters may have inadvertently altered some QB's tendencies. Hopefully it is not going to be a big deal.
Jay/Stele,
Once the "good" rosters/coaches are up should we all download the same ones for our dynasty? Or can the commish do it only for the league. I haven't downloaded the rosters before, but I'm assuming it's similar to when you download a created team. Thanks!
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