Showing posts with label NCAA 10. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NCAA 10. Show all posts

Friday, July 17, 2009

WIPLN:Ncaa 10, Neves

I played RB for quite awhile and I really enjoy playing Poison by Alice Cooper I wish there were more Hair Bands in RB.

NCAA 10

Played some more Ncaa on the 360 and I'm taking it back today. I started a dynasty and played the first game against an easy opponent and had a pretty good game except on certain drives they were unstoppable picking up 1st downs on about every play.
I really do like playing as a Safety with the camera angle hopefully that will be in Madden as it makes playing Defense a lot of fun for me. I do wish there were more camera angles though, the PSP version has 4 different angles and the 360 only one so not too much customization.

I then played against Georgia and they were better ranked in every category so I knew I had a tough game on my hands. The game was close in the first half but things started happening that started to get me frustrated. They had one drive where their quarterback never missed a pass, and many times he had 8-10 seconds to complete the pass while I on the other hand had about 2 seconds before the rush overtook me.

So I started the second half and Georgia was driving, they through a pass I ran between the receiver and the ball he catches it for a huge gain. Something didn't look right I thought that the ball should have hit me so I watch the replay. I got to the point where I ran between and sure enough the ball went through my helmet then about 5 feet into his hands with the ball not altering it's flight path, the game didn't recognize the collision, I've seen that other times as well and I've only played 3 games.

One other time I was on a drive and my receiver had the inside position running across the middle the defender was about a yard farther out and just behind my guy. The ball gets close and somehow the defender speeds up and gets infront of my receiver and gets inside him by about 2 feet. I watched the replay and not sure what happened but it just didn't feel right. It's the little things like this that are turning me away from the game.

Neves
This is a DS game where you have different shapes and use those to create pictures. There is a set way the pieces must be turned and flipped in order to complete the picture. If you like puzzle games then this is great. There are a ton of puzzles, a timed mode, and an advanced mode where you only get 7 steps to complete a puzzle so you must know exactly how the pieces fit as you don't get to make mistakes.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

WIPLN:Ncaa 10

Had a good night at Wallyball, played hard and sweated a lot, which is a good way to lose weight.

NCAA 10

I took back Ghostbusters, I didn't finish but will play again, and picked up Ncaa 10. I read a lot of forums and posts from others that detail all of the shortcomings of NCAA. I would read slider settings and try to get the most realistic settings and once that was done I would sit down and play and get pounded and not have fun at all. So this time I just chose the default difficulty and played and I still got pounded, maybe I'm just not cut out for playing football games, or maybe Arkansas just stinks.

The graphics are okay not spectacular but I haven't noticed any slowdown while playing, there is a little when I go to the pause menu to watch a replay though. I wish I could click a button to watch a replay instead of hitting start and choosing the option. The sideline and stands still look horrible but who notices that, maybe those who don't see any refs or the chain gangs, it's 2010 they have millions of dollars and still don't have this, they are lazy.

The gameplay is alot better than last year for me anyway. The only problem is the speed of the game it's really really fast which makes it hard running and playing defense. I know college football is fast but they need to tone it down just a little. The one big change for me is now you can lock-on to a player and the camera adjusts directly behind them. So on defense I can play a linebacker or safety and feel like I am one. The only gripe is that the camera focuses on the ball and sometimes it moves the camera's at odd angles especially when I am a linebacker and try to get close to the line. I like playing this way but the speed of the game makes it a little difficult as it's easy to over run plays.

They did add some nice animations as they don't feel as stiff as in years past. I still see 2 people running, hit each other and like a cartoon they just both fall backwards, something is just off when that happens. I turned down the commentary as I really don't like those guys and they don't add much to the game.


I am having fun with this game but Madden just looks awesome and the demo will be on July 23 if you've pre-ordered the game otherwise it's July 30 so then I will make my decision.