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I have been hooked on NCAA Football games the past several years. I play TW golf and NASCAR and NCAA Football. I had bought 09 for PS3 because it was cheap. I skipped 10 due to reviews and waited until late to get this one. It was worth the wait. Got a great deal and the gameplay is vastly improved over 09. It is more like the smooth play of the old PS2. I have not tried this one, but I generally don't like the Road To Glory mode where you can control only one player. (It was better with the old Race for the Heisman mode where you cotrolled everything and could raise your stats by keying plays around you. And your sim kicker didn't miss XP's and the sim defense didn't lay down after you score.) The recievers tightrope the sidelines and catch juggled balls a bit much in NCAA 11. Also, the DB's can't catch interceptions very often, even when the ball hits them right in the hands. The AI defense seems to learn pretty quickly to adjust if you keep running the same play, so you have to mix it up and differ formations. The AI offense doesn't really make much "come from behind" effort, but there is an "unstoppable" no huddle offense which seems to move at will after you have a big lead. You really need to follow the blocks on running plays, or the defense will stop you cold. The in-season recruiting is tedious and time consuming, but I guess it, too, can be simmed. Also, too many control buttons are "locked" and can't be changed. Overall I give the game and A for entertainment and B/B+ for controls and gameplay. Hey, the game is supposed to be fun and have highlights galore!Read full review
Great game. This was my first sport game experience since Madden 98 on SNES so take thoughts for what they are worth. I love the online dynasty features. Road to Glory is a blast and it involves ERIN ANDREWS! Playing with my buddies all across the country is great too. You can be a player or a coach and lead your team to legendary status. The trophies, awards, and rivalry games are a blast. The ability to select and upload your highlights is nice. The game is great. You have complete control over your team, recruiting and everything, but you can also get help managing everything where you need it. The game can get a little ridiculous in allowing big plays, too many fumbles, etc but still fun. The ability to access recruiting and dynasties online is fun. You can even download rosters and recruiting boards to really focus your recruiting and make the best team for the future. The graphics, story lines, and commentators are a great supplement to the game.Read full review
I really like the custom conferences option. The only drawback is you have to swap conferences. In other words I just cannot add Colorado and Utah to the Pac-10 to make the Pac-12. There are only 10 designated slots in the Pac-10. So what I did was move the New Pac-12 and made it the Big 12, I took the 10 remaining Big 12 teams and moved them to the Pac-10. Then I took Nebraska and swapped them into the big 10 while placing Northwestern in the Mountain West spot vacated by Utah. I just chose Northwestern because they are typically the worst team in the Big 10. Gameplay is much like NCAA Football 10 although graphically it is much more polished. The players look and move more realistically. I would recommend this game because it is much more complete and polished then the Madden 11 edition.Read full review
Like: graphics, new locomotion system, ESPN integration, new recruiting, Dislike: recycled commentaries, too many injuries The graphics for this game are very realistic. I don't think anyone has a problem with that. The lighting is good and the movement is fluid. The new running system is much simpler and realistic. It uses mainly the right stick to do moves and you can string together moves. The ESPN integration is a nice feature. The ticker, news, and polls all resemble ESPN. The new recruiting system is very in depth. If you really wanted to, you could spend hours upon hours just recruiting. Now, players from your state are easier to recruit while out of state players are harder to recruit. It is more important now to get those blue chip players in your state. The commentaries are quite disappointing. We've heard the same things over and over and over again. I'm sure most of us have already memorized what bret Nessler is going to say after a big hit or what "the quarterback" Herbstreit is going to say the drive after you threw an interception. Also and other knock on the game is that there are way too many injuries. It seems like every drive, Im going to get at least one injury I have to deal with. But all in all, I think that this game is the best competition Madden has ever had. The recruiting is amazing and so is the gameplay. 4.5/5 but I'll round up :)Read full review
I've been a big fan of NCAA for years. I must say that this year's edition is somewhat of a let down due to the glitches. I have yet to complete a full season, but game play is pretty good, seasons are more challenging and dynasty mode is unreal. I just wish a patch would come out soon to address the glitches in not being able to connect to season showdown, or data going to your school.
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