NCAA College Football 2006
 

I picked mine up last night. I am loving the "Race for the Heisman" feature, but I can't stop anybody on D.

What does everyone else think of the game? I was hoping the College game would have the vision passing so I could get a leg up on that for when Madden 06 comes out.

Desmond Howard on the cover?

JUST turned it on!

UGH. The first intro video it played was BOOMER SOONER. Thats it. I'm taking this piece of shit back.

BTW, here is my new cover for the game...(Drew Tate)

http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/6...tate8jk1cu.jpg

LOL!

The faster speed of the game is a nice improvement and the run blocking is much improved which is nice but way too easy for the better rated RB's to break tackles. Overall all it is great as always from EA but the ease of breaking tackles leads to a crazy amount of 50+ yard TD scampers. That makes it exciting but not realistic.

It reminds me a lot of Madden 2004. It's a jailbreak on offense.

The first game I played, my QB threw for 400+ yards, and about 4 TD's. That's not counting the 100+ I rushed for with a couple of TD's. And that was on Varsity. Bad thing is, the opposing QB threw for more than I did.

In the Race For the Heisman mode my created RB ran for 899 yards in my first game...I had a little shake in my day but I wasn't even that good in my own mind. :D

I love the new passing game, as last years passing for NCAA was terrible. The CPU plays smarter then years before. I really havent had a chance to play Dynasty because I spent the morining playing RFTH, which I like to a certain extent. I think I am going to sim 4 years with my guy and use him as a coach and then put him into Superstar mode on Madden.

LOL! Yeah that's ridiculous. I'm finding that the option is close to unstoppable. Madden 05 really stepped up the D, and cut out all the completed triple covered bombs, 900 yard rushing days, and Vick running for a 1,000 on you from the QB position in one game.

Obviously NCAA hasn't went that route yet.

That would be a sweet idea. I'm never that big on the college games, but for some reason I wanted to pick this one up. I've liked what I've seen so far from it.

For some reason it always seems NCAA is always a step back from Madden each year...I dont know if they do that on purpose to make it feel more collegiate.

I do love the new Impact players this year, it is how real college football is, the allstars for each team always stand out, no matter how bad the team is.

I do like the impact player thing. I also like where you can pump up your crowd when your at home. I would love to see Madden bring that to the table. I got a guy to miss a PAT in OT online because I was jamming on the L2 so hard.

Yeah, I like the home field advantage too...nothing better then going to AggieVille and trying to call an audible only to see your WR throw up his arms because he cant hear you. Love that.

When the camera starts to shake, I got a little uneasy the first time it happened.

TRR have you had a chance to do the in-season recruiting yet? if so how does it feel and is it good or not?

Wasn't homefield advantage present in '05 as well?

Yeah it was, but to me it seems to have a bigger impact on the game this year, but again...thats just me.

What difficulty level are you guys playing on? You can't play on Varsity and expect it be difficult.

Personally, if they fixed the WR drops from last year and kep the rest of the game the same, it would be damn near perfect.

I am on AA, and they say that they fixed the WR drops but I have seen a few too many this year too...but maybe I few slider adjustments can fix that.

Heisman. It's a tradeoff. The running game will be far too potent on All American, but the computer will kill you with the deep ball on Heisman.

Unlike previous years, you can actually outrun the cpu's defenders on Heisman, as long as you switch up your backs and play calling. Whereas on All American, I ran for over 500 yards against Miami.

The happy medium may be AA with sliders heavily favoring the computer, just like years past.

Kinda a shame that the fans are usually male guys. Where are the hotties at, other than the cheerleaders.

Haven't had a chance to do that yet.

I think the first intro video I saw last year was fricking Tennescared. I nearly turned the PS2 off and threw the disc out the window.

i know im weird but im not digging this game. there is still slowdown on the xbox in widescreen, and im finding that even the best offensive linemen are getting run over (or just not blocking anyone) alittle too regularly.

I need to play a bit more and get the sliders set (default all american isnt cutting it), but so far the fun factor is really missing in this game for me.

I haven't enjoyed a football game since Front Page Sports Football Pro '95. Sad.

I'll be enjoying my 2K5 until Madden for 360 comes out.

The most absurd PC football single game I ever played was in the mid 90's. I returned the opening kickoff for a TD. Kicked to them, 3 and out. They punted and I ran it in for a TD. That was the whole game except for the two or three INTs I returned for TDs. I played 5m quarters and the score was ~140 to 0. I think that was the last time I played that game.

It wasn't long after that football games started making the cpu's slower players faster than your guys. I always loved it when my 98 speed wideout gets caught by an 80 speed LB. That's realistic. Instead of making the AI cheat how about making it learn that I'm running that curl play every other down?

I wish they made NCAA for PC.

Funny, that's what games do nowadays.

Never doubt Rich Scanlon. :p

You can still get away with calling the same 4 plays all game long? Maybe they should spend less time putting skinned faces on the players and more time making the f**kers smarter.

Especially considering he was 14 or so at the time.

Of course they had to stop using a regular int variable and use a floating point number to accomodate Scanlon's ratings. 999,999 strength had never been considered before.

I've been wondering where Scanlon's super-powers came from and I think I have an idea. Maybe there's something magical in the Roy's saliva that can be contracted through the penis. What does everyone think? We can get someone (not me) to test that theory. And no, I do NOT want to see pictures.

Rich has the magic VD. ROFL

I cant wait till i pick up my copy next week.

I mean hopefully i'll have enough money to get it.

So you guys are saying that after the offense version in 2004 and defense version in 2005, they've gone back to offense? Who would have guessed?? ROFL Gee, I wonder if it's the same for Madden :shake:

Psicosis can vouch for this, but I've always struggled finding the happy medium on NCAA. AA is always too easy and Heisman is always too cheesy.

I pick my copy up today and then I'm gonna start on sliders.

You could afford it if you trade in some of your old games, like the NCAA 2005 for that game. Granted, it won't pay all of it, but it would at least take 10 bucks off. Also, since I rarely played Madden 2005, I also traded that in, and that was around 12 bucks or so.

Plus, if you get those game magazines, you can try to find a coupon for that game. You'd just have to look around for it.

Trade other games in, like Coach said.... also, ask for a used copy. People will buy it and then trade it in a week later for something else because it suc.... er, because they played it so much.

I love me some screens, trick plays, WR reverses, HB pass to the QB.

I just picked up my copy and lo and behold, I have tomorrow off. :D

What do you guys think of the NCAA player ratings?

I am always a little disapointed when it comes to EA Sports talent evaluators. DonTrell Moore and Chris Barclay are rated as the #4 and #5 best RBs after Bush, Peterson and DeAngelo. Give me a ****ing break.

Wake Forest's QBs (Cory Randolph, Ben Mauk) are ranked higher than every QB tandem on the entire game!

Kelly Jennings from Western Michigan is the second best WR. He's 5'11 and will probably go in the 1st round of your Madden draft which is a joke. He's not even one of the top 20 WRs in the country.

Leonard Pope is the second best TE in college football (consensus, check the preseason mags) and yet he's not even ranked among the top ten tight ends!!!

I'm afraid you can't do that. You have to choose one or the other.

I'm really looking forward to picking up the game this week.

I didnt pick up last years version.

I've never had a college football game before, but after playing it a few times i have come to liking it.

I haven't played '06 yet, but I'm still willing to be that NCAA 2004 is the best college game out there. It doesn't have the great atmosphere of '05, but the gameplay is great (minus the OLB flaw).

If you can't afford '06, I'd highly recommend buying '04..... you can probably get it for like $10, if not cheaper.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest that NCAA 2004 is one of the top 10 games ever made. It's easily the best sports game, which makes it the best football game and the best college game by default.

ROCKY TOP..oh ROCKY TOP..home sweet home to meeeeee!!!
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UTEP on NCAA 2004 was by far the best, with the band blaring "She'll be coming round the mountain"...

Here ya go


:D

:banghead:

Wrong C-USA team...it's SMU...

http://fightmusic.com/mp3/conf-usa/SMU__Peruna.mp3

Does anyone else find Heisman mode realllly lacking? I thought we were going to be able to train him and stuff. But it really just looks like dynasty mode minus control of the team. Also I hate how you can't make different types of players, like a speed back for instance. I don't know, I was hoping for a lot more, but...oh well.

As for gameplay, I need some slider work before I can say.

BTW is the reversals of the sprint and player change buttons on xbox screwing everyone else up?

is this gonna be available for computers?

Edited: Was corrected.

PACKAGE SWAPS! FINALLY!

No. EA is stupid.

agreed, but so are sega and espn. Next year there won't be a baseball game available for pc other than the college one by ea.

DonTrell Moore is very good. I don't really have a beef with him being rated very highly.

I'd say maybe Maroney probably deserved the #4 spot behind the "Elite 3," but I don't mind Moore.

Adding package swaps=VERY NICE.

Also, I like how you can sprint with the X button instead of the L2 button. I always got mixed up and hit the R2 button (pump fake) and then got sacked. I'm not a big fan of in-season recruiting, but maybe that will change.

This game RULES. It plays much the same as 2004, with new tackling and running animations, so it's more fluid.

The WR drops are definitely fixed.

I'm just playing default Race for the Heisman as Iowa to get used to it.

Beat Ball State 33-7. Beat Iowa State 28-17 in a VERY tough game. Beat UNI 56-0.

The running game is definitely too easy on Varsity, but it will be easy to fix.

Post your sliders on AA when you get them set, Parker. Please. :)

I played the game the other night, and I finally got my first 3 and out. However, when I sacked the QB on third down, my DE did a little dance, and I got called for unsportsmanlike conduct. The CPU then proceded to score on me the next play.

ROFL

I just watched all the cameos. OU was the only Big XII school to get any features, and they only got a few. Bitches. Even friggin WAZZOU got a bunch of cameos.

Stupid coastal biased EA Sports!

Since I live in Mountain West country, I like DonTrell Moore, I just think Lydell Hamilton of SDSU is better!

No doubt about it.

This may have been discussed before I was a member, but I have a real problem with 2005. Once recruiting is finished, half of the prospects never sign with anyone, so it's almost impossible to fill a roster. Is there any way around that?

Hopefully be monday i'll have this game.

I hope you do to Roy. PM me and let me know when you do. We will play online. You'll kill me...I'm not as good at this as I am in Madden.

To everyone that has it or will soon, keep posting your feelings on the game... luckily I don't have time to play it now, or I might just buy it for the hell of it.

Here's my feelings on race for the Heisman:

Your player starts out bad. Obviously you'd expect as much from a freshman, but they plug him in as starter anyway. I'm currently like a 80 overall RB, starting ahead of 5 guys that are much better than me. Not only is that stupid, it sucks playing a RB that has 74 speed, because runs to the outside rarely work.

Even with the low attribute score, after 5 games, I'm running away with the Heisman race. I ran HB dive for 295 yds and a 12.5 yard average against UNI.

It will interesting to see how much my player grows after the first year, but I actually feel like I should see progression even during the season. Also, if I'm going to win the Heisman in my first year anyway, what's the point of playing all four years?

My overall impression is the Race for Heisman doesn't do well as a stand alone. If you could include it in dynasty, it would be cool. As it stands, you might as well play dynasty and win Heismans anyway.

Also, I noticed the picture of my girlfreind on my dorm computer started as as an ugly pig, but after only 5 games, she seems to be better looking. Anyone else notice this?

So Race for Heisman is just a 4 season stint as one person? Even though it didn't sound that exciting on the commercials, I figured it would be a little more than that.

Hell, in NCAA '04 All American, I can use Nick Reid on every play and win back to back to back Heismans on Dynasty mode :p

Pretty much. It's like playing four consecutive seasons, but with no off-season control. You get a stupid dorm room where you can read lame fan mail, and look at your trophys and records.

I guess the thing that turns me off the most is having to play a crappy player. I chose a RB, and against better teams I have to run the ball up the gut 35 times just to get 120 yards. Your player starts out so bad, it's like a grind to get him into the Heisman race. I have to neglect the other players on my team just so my crappy, slow, freshman RB can get stats that will get him noticed. I can't imagine how bad it would have been had I chosen to play a QB or LB.

I'll probably finish out my season, and may play all 4 years, but after that, it's strictly Dynasty for me.

RFTH is for more casual players who don't want to deal with the micro-managing and numerous tasks of the normal dynasty mode. I'm a dynasty guy all the way, but including a simpler way to go through the season for the numerous casual players was smart move.

I've played it for the last hour, and I just can't get used to the movements of the players. Madden is so much smoother than NCAA. One change of direction, and you can juke the defenders out of their jocks. Even playing online...

Well, I definately need to up the difficulty. I just beat Purdue 59-0. They had -63 rushing yards because I sacked their QB 11 times.

I'm guessing several others are playing the Hawkeyes. For those that are, what are your favorite off/def plays?

On defense, I use a lot of the 4-3 Thunder Green (blitz) with my D-line moved wide and my DBs moved up into press coverage. Greenway and Miles rack up the sacks with this play, and it's still solid against the run. Just watch the bomb, because you're CB is on an island. Normally the pressure rattles the QB though.

So far my dynasty looks like this:

FIU: 63-14. Not unexpected. This is a first year Division 1-A team. I subbed in my 2nd team at the beginning of the 3rd quarter.

@Marshall: 56-21. Marshall sucks this year. They lost alot of talent last year to graduation, so this was also to be expected.

North Texas: 55-24. They ran the ball very well against me. Probably for around 150 yards. At one point they had a lead, but I broke it open after halftime.

@OU: 29-24. This was a nailbiter. They led for most the game, but it was back and forth. They ran the ball very well against me with Adrian Peterson, for 179 yards, but their QB couldn't get it done in the air.


So far, I have quite a bit of success with the option, since Allen Webb is pretty quick. When I pass, which is 1 out of every 5 or 6 plays, I usually go deep. I'll finish this season out at Varsity, even though its fairly easy. Then i'll turn it up to AA and adjust the sliders.

Your player should show if he's progressing or not, by going to the computer, and go to View Rosters and, granted, I'm not sure how exactly it works, but it does affect a single game perhaps, that you should see a (+ #) The # indicates how much he has improved in that area.

I played 2005 for about 4 days before I got fed up with the ridiculous drops.

I started as a RB too, 76 OVR with 84 SPD.

Here's my rushing stats so far (on default Varsity)

vs. Ball State 22 rushes 205 yds 2 TDs
vs. Iowa State 21 rushes 91 yds 0 TDs
vs. Northern Iowa 23 rushes 221 yards 4 TDs