*Official* Post your impressions of NCAA Football 12 here

**kevboogie**

Invincible HB glitch. Ive only seen it on youtube. but now its been used in a online match against me. very problematic when you can't tackle the guy

**timas2791**

Things I liked:
1. Improved tackling.

Things I didn't like:
1. Super linebackers
2. Perfect defenses (The adjust perfectly to your offensive play)
3. Commentary (Same old stuff)
4. Filed graphics

Things I'd like to see and that need improvement:
1. Better plays (Only a certain number of plays in each play book actually work consistently)
2. More commentary (How many commentators were there doing bowl games this season? Seriously need more variation than just Herstreit and Nessler. On top of that, Herbstreit and Nessler NEVER broadcast day games)
3. Fans rush field in upset victories.
4. Play action passes actually work
5. No more dropped/not even tried at passes
6. Steve young once said, "In the pro's, nobody is open, in college, everybody is open." Unless you're playing a ridiculous defense, there should always be at least one guy open. NO defense can rush 4 or 5 and still cover every body.
7. Bring back the option. The option rarely if ever works.
8. Somehow make jerseys a downloadable content. First off, everyone who didn't hear about the GameStop special code got ripped this year. Second off, there were so many new jerseys in college football this year, and everyone wished they'd be in the game. If anything, EA should have there own jerseys that the game developers make to unlock in dynasty mode or road to glory.
9. HAVE ALL THE NEW JERSEYS IN THE GAME.
10. Bring dynasty back to where you have full control of everything. Recruiting, spring game, academics.
11. Coaching carasouel is awesome, but i'd like to have a 2k feel to it where when you get signed to a big school as a head coach, you get a press conference and can answer questions and what not.
12. Need dramatic attribute overhauls. Players get significantly worse the deeper you go in dynasty. If you win the Heisman with a 75 or 76 qb/rb. The next year he should be at least a 90 or better.
13. Size specific attributes. 230lb rb's should have good break tackle/trucking. And the tackling physics should change for "power" runners. I only recruit speed runners because at least they can run away from guys. Right now, power runners are just slow and can't break tackles anyways.
14. Better game simulation. I played against a 96 overall Oklahoma team with Rice who was 67. And shut them out in the Nat'l championship. A game like that should be a shoot out. I can understand C-USA games being a little lop sided, but a non conference game against the undisputed number 1 team in the country should very close, if not a blow out by them.
15. More helmets and equipment to chose from. (There are more new Revo Speeds, Secondary color, more socks options for the whole team i.e. be able to put long socks on everyone, or medium socks, or for specific groups of players [qb's, rb's, wr's, etc...]
16. Bring back the 5 week bowl season for OFFLINE dynasty. You get screwed with injuries because bowls season is only one week. At least back in the day your players could get healthy.
17. More traditions, and enhanced stadium fans. Have fans hold up signs, or do the wave, and don't make it so its the same thing over and over and over and over and over like it is now. VARIATION IS ESSENTIAL
18. Be able to get conference invites as a small school instead of just switching it yourself.
19. Better speed differential. A corner with 87 speed and 92 accel shouldn't be able to keep up with a wr who has 97 speed and 98 accel.

**KilrMarshmallow...**

Things I liked:
1. The new 3D grass- AMAZING!
2. The new tackling system- Very good but not quite there yet.
3. Stadium Entrances- Great.... the first week i got it but now i just try to skip it.
4. Custom Conferences
5. Dynasty- Coaching Contracts was a good improvement.
Things that NEED TO BE IMPROVED:
1. RTG- I had a 99 overall QB, won the maxwell my Jr. and Sr. year. won the o'brian Soph, Jr, Sr. year. the maxwell... but i never won the Heiseman... NEVER. i always got 2nd. what's up with that.
2. Sideline interaction- have the sidelines be ALIVE. Have them react to plays. all of the players act the same. COME ON MAN!!!!
3. I try to skip EVERYTHING... so make injuries non skippable, make time outs not skippable, do what they do on TV.
4. GAME PLAY- i can't pass against the defense... the LBs jump like 20ft in the air and CBs sprint all the way across the field to make a diving deflection. Also, the WR and TE have no awareness for where the ball is!!! Make NCAA Football 13 the most realistic football game ever. Make it fun to play. DON'T LET ME DOWN!!!!!!!!

**Hard-work-pays**

Dewiel wrote:Hey Guys,

Please use this thread to post your thoughts in a list format. Something like this would be great:

[b][b][b]Things I like about the Game

1. The graphics

2. The pre- game rituals

3. The plays available for use

Things I'd like to see Improved

1. There are too many broken tackles for players who aren't even known for that and the run game is too easy, especially for QB's they should make it harder for the QB to run. I'm tired of my opponent just getting 30 yard runs every play. They should make the defenders come up to hit the QB or anyone who's running, the denders just sit and watch the QB run. There are way too many fumbles from weak hits. The D-lineman gets to the QB too fast And every d-line isn't good. I get so tired of teams d-lineman getting to the QB who's d-lineman aren't even superstars. The play of the safety, linbackers, and corners needs to be fixed. the slants across the middle work every time as well as the go route even if i move my safety's back they still get beat. I notice that the defenders don't even start running with the reciever until the reciever runs past and then they begin running which is then too late. And there should be a choice in the adjustments where we can tell the corners and linebackers to jam the recievers while telling the safetys to play help for the corners. I think they could fix how the secondary players make psychic interceptions, its okay to make them anticipate passes but noty as often as it happens. Another thing that could be fixed is how the defenders deflect passes when the recievers are 20 yards down field. And for the QB's, every QB isn't a great passer, i played an uncle and he threw 80 something percent passing with 419 PYDS with jordan jefferson. throwing every deep ball on point while case keenum and robert griffin missed a lot of passes. Another thing is the blocking of the O-line, it gets ridiculous when the defense has 9,10 sacks in a single game. I hate when the d-linemen get to the QB when there are only 3 men rushing and the o linemen should block better than they do period,fullbacks as well. How the O-linemen just throw the d-linemen to the ground every time is ridiculous as well as when you bull rush the O-linemen and you have thrown him down and you don't get control right then and the RB runs right past you. once you've thrown the o-linemen down you should be able to attempt a tackles. A player shouldn't be able to burn another if the ball carrier or recivever isn't faster than the defender. allow the defender to jump just as high as the reciever on jump balls and to pick or knock the ball away. Not throwing salt on Ncaa college football but there's a lot to fix. It would be realy cool if they could put a celebrationt rating and add more celebrations such as the one when players rotate their wrist towards their mouths as if their eating. There should also be a swagger ratings as well as player animations such as players smiling while seeing their mouth pieces and players getting into scuffles after plays due to frustration when a team is losing badly. there should also be the mouth pieces that cover your whole mouth and gloves with team logos on them which can be shown as a celebration. and have all pro combat uniforms.

2. In Road To Glory you should be able to take official visits to campuses and have coaches visit you at home and there should be an under armor all american and army game. you should be able to be interview by reporters about where you go and be able to respond to questions. you should also be able to transfer to other schools if you please. 'road to glory should also be two players on and offline so you can go head to head with others or both commit to the same school and become teamates.

For Dynasty mode, it should be a two player game mode on and offline to let two players go head to head to see who is the best coach. It will also bring a competitive vibe and the two could begin a long rivalry. As a coach you should be able to hire and fire your coaching staff. You should be able to get onto your players,offense or defense in a games when they are not performing well in games and also give them halftime speeches to boost their confidence. you as a coach should be able to go through press conferences after games. The players should also be given personalities such as: Team Leader- team leaders could give persuasive speeches such as tim tebow would if his team was down and not playing good. Game Changer- someone who can change the momentum of the game whether on offense or defense. Highlight reel players- players who make ridiculous or amazing plays. you should be able to suspend players (grade wise or rule wise). with recruiting you shoud be able to continue to recruit players who commit to schools and try to switch their commitment to your school. you should also be able to offer close friends or family members of recruits in attempt to try to get them. And during games as a coach you can boost players morale if they are upset after missing an assignment or commiting a turnover or drop passes. you should also be able to practice on what you need to get better at. for instance if your recievers or defenders drop lots of balls thats what you could focus on in practice.

3. I Still love NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Wolverine17_cdm...**

Good Things:
1.Tackling is much more realistic than in the past.
2.The facts at the beginning of a game about the stadium are kinda cool.
3.NCAA football is still better than madden.
4. Michigan is awesome.
5. Denard Robinson on NCAA 12 is much better than NCAA 11's D-Rob.
Bad Things:
1.Um...Why is it that half the time you spy the QB, your guy doesn't attempt to tackle him until AFTER he has already ran past.
2.This one really frustrated me: So I was setting up my dynasty when I said,"Wait! There are FCS schools coming in a couple of years. I can add them."So, I went to teambuilder and downloaded UTSA, Texas State, S. Alabama, and UMass. Then, when I tried to put them in, it wouldn't let me have more than 120 FBS teams. Not cool man.
3.Why is Fitzgerald Toussaint so bad? On 13, he should be an animal.

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**KP_Duece_02**

Noob type question here. What does it mean when people say "Sim Style" play?

**Toctsx**

Things to fix

Since when does every other qb run like a hb. It seems like most of the time they don't even look to pass and just take off running. There are maybe two qbs in real life that play like that. Which brings up another major issue, no one seems to react to the qb running. Even when he is running straight at a lb or db.

I have played 15 years of a dynasty with 15 saved draft classes for madden. Guess what, it doesn't work. I have read it is an NCAA issue with when you save. That's horrible. Not only has this years game been riddled with problems but now it has ruined madden for me. I have wasted months forcing my way through NCAA for this not to work. I was really looking forward to playing n drafting my favorite players. Thanks for ruining two games this year.

I'm not going to be one of those guys who denounces the game forever, I have been buying the game since 98 n will continue but this years has been the biggest disappointment. You guys have really let me down. This is your job but I would hope that you enjoy playing the game too. But I really doubt that, since one season in and you would have seen everything your fans have posted in this thread.

One thing for the rest of you players. How bout you stop asking for more jerseys n team entrences, which let's be honest you only watch once, and start demanding that the basic gameplay works WELL.

**BALLINDOUG**

There are many things that were improved from NCAA 11. When I first started playing, I thought it was great. The more I played the more I disliked it. There needs to be more commentary options, not only Kirk, but the game needs Brent Musberger and other commentators. There should be a pregame show, and a prediction from the Saturday Gameday crew. Lee Corso should make a pick, and pull out the mascot head like he actually does on Saturdays.

Things that should be added/removed from the game should be as follows:

An Offensive Coordinator should be only allowed to recruit offensive players. Vice Versa They should not have total control of recruiting, that isn't how it works.

There need to be new catches and different style hits, too often are guys laying on the ground flailing around pointing backwards. That needs to be fixed, other motions should be added as well.

When a pass is thrown, a DB or a LB should not be able to jump five feet side to side or jump up five feet and knock the ball away.

**** The throwing motion of the quarterback NEEDS to be fixed. I can't believe the throwing motion is so bad. The ball is not even in the QB's hands half of the time. It is really embarrassing and needs to be fixed.

There should be suspensions for players, in the modern day players are getting suspended all of the time for many different reasons. In the older games there was suspensions, and it affected the coaches rating. I think that should be brought back into the game.

**Recruiting. Recruiting needs something new, a more fun way to get the best players. There needs to be more stats and more personality traits that makes a player fit to your system. If you run a pro style offense your quarterback should be a pocket passer. In Madden 12, there is confidence, clutch and other traits that really matter with a QB. I would like to see that happen in NCAA 13.

Players should not be dropping the ball so much. I understand that it happens, but often times my reciever will make a curl route and drop the ball, even if he is wide open. Defensively, my corners will have their hands all over the ball and drop it. Again, I understand that happens, but it should not happen as often as it does.

As far as appearances go, there needs to be new kinds of mouth guards, compression sleeves, and new socks. Not only the regular white or black socks. Nike Elite socks would be awesome. New cleats, facemasks, and padding would be awesome. A lot of times players let their back plate hang out of their jerseys. That would give a realistic feature to the game.

One last thing that I would really like to see, is when you upset a highly ranked team, the crowd could rush the field. Erin Andrews should be talking to the player of the game and give them some face time on camera. You should have an option of what to say and that would affect the chemistry rating of the team.

Thank You for your time

**PColeman28**

Good Things:
1.Road to Glory is sick i love the new changes.
2. Dynasty Mode is sick with the updated coaching features and contracts
3. Tackling is wayyyy better All in all the best NCAA game ever on the next gen systems even though it needs tons of work.

Bad Things:
1. It seems EA doesn't try to improve the game year to year like they did on the old systems ps2 and regular xbox. Don't let 2K make football games again, it might be better. I've been a Fan of EA my whole life but they let me down a lot.....

2.In dynasty mode a fake draft class can be saved over the real one. after my bowl game the game asks me if i wanna import a draft to madden. Like an idiot i always said yes(because of updated rosters and players becoming better i import new classes to madden ever 2 months or so) i get 10 years into my dynasty and i take a break to play madden and what happens after i import i go to scouting and all the players are fake.....so what i do now is when the game asks me to import directly after my bowl game i say no, then after the players leaving stage it'll ask again and the correct players will import..Whack Glitch

3. Gameplay kills me when i throw a 15 yard comback route and the fricken 5'9 DT bats it down or the 5'11 LB jumps 60ft in the air to intercept it. That is sooo fake the only way a linebacker can do that is if the reciever is 5 yards behind him, not 30 yards...One time was really bad..i was trying to throw a 40 yard streak to my WR who had no one covering him they blitzed the corner and the saftey was too slow, so i throw a bullet but the DE jumps up and intercepts it for a touchdown?????? wait so if the DE didn't jump that means the ball wouldn't have traveled the full 40 yards because of the angle in which the ball was thrown which was low if the DE picked it off...but GUESS what if the DE didn't jump it would have been a TD.....WOW!!!!Why does my QB fumble every other sack? if it's not an All American hitting me every sack i shouldn't fumble so much.....Like someone mentioned on the first page....when you become a coach your prestiege level is like a D which is fine, but why can i be head coach of Alabama? and if i'm an A+ why is it hard to get a decent head coaching job when i break NCAA record for total offense every year as a coordinator??? whatever i can deal with that...... I love that feature

IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED TO DYNASTY
dynasty is the only reason i play the game so please work on this a lot....NCAA 2008 on PS2 and Regular Xbox was tight it was perfect why can't those features pass over? Please Please tell me I really wanna know.

1) Some kind of Training camp or Spring Practice Game should be added as another method to improve players awarness....why does the heisman trophey winner after 5 seasons have 47 awarness? doesn't make sense.

2) I have NCAA basketball 08 and the best feature on the dynasty mode is the McDonalds All American Game....Can we Implament the US ARMY all star game or the Under Armor All Star game Right after Week 4 of recruiting? All all star games take place about a month before signing day in real life. That would be pretty Cool to play with your number one recruit before he gets on campus. You can leave this off if you add my next suggestion to either Madden or this game preferably on this game.

3) SENIOR BOWL!!!!! That would be sick if you could play this right before the players leaving stage. it's the senior bowl only seniors can play who will graduate automatically from the game after this stage. And let them wear their actual college helmets(this doesn't seem difficult since it was like that on madden 06 pro bowl on ps2) everyone can wear the senior bowl jersey but let them wear their schools helmet....But don't half * it like on Old madden when they had bootleg EA jersey's Sorry EA I love you guys but lets make this stuff real as possible lol..

OVERALL
I love football, very much that's why i play this game and i think EA you take advantage of the fact you're the only football game on the market, but lets make us fans happy....you did a great job on madden franchise, now fix ncaa dynasty. I swear if 2K made another football game and it was like NBA 2K yall would be in deep dookie, i mean when is the last time NBA Elite was made? Lets make NCAA 13 the Best fix all gameplay glitches or at least try but the foundation is good the tackling is good.....I just want the ulitmate Dynasty Expereience....

**XxDr PepperxX11...**

Things I like about the game:

1.Presentations

2.Conference Realignment

3.Online Dyanasty Control on the Computer

4.New Tackling

Things I dislike about the game:

1.Offseason
A. Should Start Spring Training, Spring Game, Cuts, Redshirts, be able to view needs then create prospects/set up recruiting board,Season Starts, Championship week, Bowl Season, Coaching Carousel,High School Army Bowl/ Under Armour Game, Signing day/Recruit Transfers and repeat.

2.High School All-Star Game- Just before the final stretch of recruiting be able to play as the high school players and see which all-american you might have missed and can make a run for.

3.Recruiting- No random topic, i want to be able ask the recruit what intrests them or I want to try to sell them on something. When a kid is verbally commited i want to be able to try to sway him to switch out of that verbal to my team on signing day. I want to be able to see 40time, bench press, squat, awareness and GPA for all recruits.

4.Transfers- I want to be able to see which kids are unhappy with playing time and offer them acceptance via transfer. Especially if i need depth at a position!

5.Pass Blocking- So many times I get sacked on plays that need time to develop i watch the replay to see if i just take too long or if its the CPU, well the OT and OG were double teaming a 72 Overall DE that just ran right around them without either diving to make a block or to change his direction.

6.Passing- So many times i try to throw a dart and its getting tipped by a linebacker at it's highest point with the linebacker jumping 12ft, so when i lob a pass it gets intercepted or my wideopen receiver stops running and the DB swats it down.

7.Something about the lighting just doesn't fit with me, My Florida Gators have a bright orange helmet and in the game it looks dull

8.Pass Rush- Put some better pass rush techniques and moves such as a swim move, spin move, bull rush or just a flat out speed rush, i am sick of falling every single time, even when i put it down to all-american with a maxed out created player (tried it for fun) he falls down and gets pancaked by a 6'0 center...

I haven't played for a few weeks so this is what i could think of.

**DemoniacElf**

Dewiel wrote:Hey Guys,

Please use this thread to post your thoughts in a list format. Something like this would be great:

Things I like about the Game

1.My favorite football game by far
2.

3.

Things I'd like to see Improved

1.Pass Receiving needs to be fixed. Receivers should come back for the ball if it's thrown short.And battle for the ball when it's in the air.I've thrown passes over the middle and hit the receiver in the side of the helmet without them making any attempt to catch the ball.

2.Blocking needs to be fixed. Fullback who does not run to the right hole when leading the halfback and missing the block.Pass blocking wow getting sacked on every play or having to run like hell after every snap,got to fix that

3.The QB wind up before he throws the ball got to get rid of that.
All that chest bumping replay crap GET RID OF IT.
Showing the logo after every play in a bowl game damn! got to go
Uniforms! come on guys give me all of them for the love of god
CB's or LB's who have there back to the play as there covering a TE or WR should not know when the QB throws the ball Come on now they got there back's to the play

**Yyarkoon**

This is the first time I have ever played the ncaa series. Are they always this buggy?

**justdalo**

Hey Guys,

Please use this thread to post your thoughts in a list format. Something like this would be great:

Things I like about the Game

1. Great online dynasty. Couldn't have asked for more.

2. Custom conferences was great. More customization the better.

3. Dynasty week advance controlled by commish and not preset was important. Again customization is key.

Things I'd like to see Improved

1. Need band music. I think it should at least be an option to turn on and off.

2. Roster sizes should be at 100 with 85 dressing for home games and 70 for away games.

3. Too many underweight players at each position. Why would a power style RB be 6'2" weighing 170? Why would a possesion receiver be 5'10" 150? Outside linebackers weighing 190 or Defensive Ends weighing 210... not in NCAA FBS.

**mackenzie4520** · This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 06/11/2012 13:14:21

I like most everything, but I have a few issues.

This applies to both Madden and NCAA, but I have a major problem with injuries. I have no problem with injury frequency. My problem is that the only people who are capable of being injured in this game are either ball carriers or are involved in making tackles. It is quite literally impossible for an offensive lineman to be injured in the game, and defensive players are injured far less often then offensive players, when, in reality, that's not true. Offensive linemen can get injured, believe it or not, and defensive players are just as likely to be injured as offensive players, whether they are making a tackle or the injury happens away from the ball. The injury frequency is just fine. In a typical football game, they are roughly 5 injuries per game. However, it's rarely the same running back getting injured 4 times in 1 game.

Also, assisted sacks are pretty rare in the game, but pretty common in real life. You could improve the animations there.

One other problem: recruits love to come to rivalry games, right? The unfair thing is that some teams have more rivalries than others. Plus, if I take over as the head coach of Florida Atlantic with the the intention of getting them to "rise through the ranks" and eventually get into the SEC, do I have to bring FIU and Troy with me, just so I can play rivalry games for recruits? Pretty annoying. Also, teambuilder schools don't have rivals in dynasty, so, once again, I can't bring my recruits to rivalry games. Allow for custom rivalries in dynasty mode, maximum 3 or 4 rivals.

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