Is NCAA 11 Worth It

[Lefty]

Some of the glitches and miscues in this game are unacceptable: PAT and field goal camera glitches, the PA bootleg hand-off glitch, inability to make assignment audibles on defense during a hurry-up occasionally, the game shipping with a new add-on not working at all prompting annoying pop-ups every time you enter or exit a game, all things that should have been easily caught during testing; while others are more forgivable: instead of telling you that using the right stick to gain extra yardage will increase fumbles, they leave you to figure it out on your own, and the option-pitch issues can be attributed to this being their first year with a new locomotion engine; and others are the usual EA head-scratchers: the CPU is still unstoppable on any difficulty setting in the 4th quarter, the CPU AI seemingly never makes use of the squib kick, this being the first year the squib kick is available on next-gen systems, ridiculous morphing by defenders for interceptions and swats, some on-field injuries not popping up or cuing commentary until a few plays later (if at all), a carbon-copy Road to Glory mode with literally ZERO improvements or additions and ridiculously stale commentary by a broadcast team less Lee Corso (who somehow still manages to make his pre-game picks if you review the matchup before a game).

But really, all of this is par for the course for EA, and in the end this will be a game you will lament not having once college football season rolls around, as the graphics indeed have received a boost, the new recruiting system is, well, new, to say the least, and they don't seem to have fucked up OD's that bad.

In my opinion, EA has bought themselves one more year of this "well, there are these gloriously unacceptable fuck-ups but we didn't mess up the other stuff too bad" cycle, so pick it up this year and do the same thing next year: wait until the game drops, read reviews/rent/borrow from a buddy and then decide.

[Lefty]

Oh yeah, and remember Option Dash, Tug of War and those little minigames? You know, they were fun to screw around with and get a feel for the game while waiting for rosters to come out, get polished, and so on. Remember those? Yeah, they're gone, probably only to be re-packaged next year as "new" or this year as DLC that you have to pay out the ass for.

[USCChiFan]

So you're saying that it has it's flaws like every year but it's still worth it?

[Lefty]

Originally Posted by USCChiFan

So you're saying that it has it's flaws like every year but it's still worth it?

To put it simply: yes. Every yearly sim from EA has it's glaring flaws (some of them game-breaking but more often than not they are "c'mon, EA" type of stuff) along with understandable issues, individual hit-or-miss type of stuff and marginal improvements.

This has been the modus operandi for EA (especially NCAA) for awhile now: add/remove components seemingly at will from year to year, usually lagging behind in removing modes/features that no one is interested in (Mascot games, one-button mode) and adding/upgrading/keeping ones fans do show interest in (squib kicks, Road to Glory, Option Dash and the like); create unacceptable-but-not-game-breaking glitches (this sounds like a contradiction in terms, but the "unacceptable" part stems from many of these glitches being discovered in the first few hours of gameplay, meaning they should have been caught during testing); tweak the graphics and experience by adding new shaders, increasing crowd reactions (which just means they turned the default volume on the crowd FX up) and add a few new animations (sideline grabs, stumbling QB's, etc.); make a few marginal enhancements to the gameplay (draws, pitches and screens aren't completely useless anymore, and the new locomotion engine makes for improved running and tackling, but it's not perfect); let some features ferment (the broadcast and soundtrack); package, repeat.

The game isn't bad by any means, but a realistic view of it yields just NCAA 10 with some freshly-polished areas and some new nicks and scratches in others. It's a classic, "if you liked last year's title you'll like this year's edition." This doesn't make for any decidedly bad games, necessarily, but the "kinda wash, kinda dirty, kinda wash, kinda dirty" cycle is getting old.

[ClydeLee]

I'm saying it isn't worth it if your not a fan of the BCS league schools or power houses because some of the little conferences aren't given much dedication. The one thing at least they do very well for every school is stadiums, now over the past 2 seasons only though.

Plus I've always thought the skip 1 year philosophy is very good to go by. I had 10 so I'll pass on 11 because year to year they are always too similar at least every 2 years there's several updates and changing on issues. Graphically it's always going to have to change some for the perceptual better but that shouldn't even really be including in asking if it's worth it year to year.

[USCChiFan]

Lefty alone has convinced me that NCAA is worth buying
I'll probably get it tomorrow. Also, Lefty which system do you play NCAA 11 on: XBOX 360 or PS3

[JoeHawks88]

Got teeth with a wasted vote. Dumb ass.

[Got teeth? Keith doesn't.]

Originally Posted by JoeHawks88

Got teeth with a wasted vote. Dumb ass.

Suck my cock you dimwitted, butthurt bitch. Just because I don't like your game that you orgasm over

[JoeHawks88]

Your vote doesn't count Got teeth.

[Got teeth? Keith doesn't.]

Originally Posted by JoeHawks88

Your vote doesn't count Got teeth.

It obviously does in this poll, you cocksmoker.