NCAA Football 10 Wishlist
by cgb on
My Xbox 360 is involved in a monogamous relationship with NCAA Football 09. Aside from Tecmo Super Bowl it’s the only video game I play regularly (growing up sucks). I’m a pretty hardcore player. My Virginia Tech dynasty is going for their 10th National Championship in 10 seasons, I play in three online dynasties, logged over 100 online games and I’ve recently undergone the task of making Washington football into the elite of the Pac-10. Yes, I really do miss those fall Saturdays…
While I consider the NCAA franchise to be the best football game available, there are still some features missing that I’d like to see in the upcoming NCAA 10 release. Which from the picture below is looking quite bad ass.
http://insideblog.easports.com/archive/tags/NCAA+Football/default.aspx
Without further adieu I present CollegeGameBalls.com’s NCAA Football 10 Wish List
- A more evolved Wildcat. An eight play package was a good start, but more plays and variety are needed for it to be really effective. Creating a new Wildcat position would be helpful, because it would be nice if your 99 speed corner could take the snaps.
- Better bump and run AI by the secondary. It really annoys me when I bring my secondary up to press for them to immediately run backwards and let me opponent turn a 5 yard slant into a huge gain.
- No more challenges and instant replays. Yes it makes the game more realistic, but a video game is an officiating utopia. Don’t intentionally make the wrong calls so it seems more lifelike.
- Bring back throwback jerseys complete with helmets.
- Add the option of determining the national champion by a playoff to dynasty mode. Obviously the BCS rules the real college football world, but NCAA 10 can get it right.
- Improved game day atmosphere: referees on the field, players showing emotion after a big play, chain gangs moving up and down the sidelines, more realistic sideline and fan animations.
- Chippier rivalry games: pushing, shoving and jawing
- Complete control over your custom playbook and audibles that you can bring online.
- Better offensive and defensive line play, right now its one step above big mounds of digital flesh bumping into each other.
- Multiple pre-snap shifts.
- Neutral site games in dynasty mode.
- Fix the broken offensive plays, QB Read plays haven’t worked since their inception.
- Give us something new and fresh that we haven’t dreamed up yet.
We welcome any other additions in the comments.
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1vtbaz on Feb 24, 2009 at 9:44 am:
- Bring back the random fan celebrations, like after touchdowns or something.
- Classic teams.
- Pre-snap shifts seem to have lost some responsiveness in the latest iterations.
- Actually call late out of bounds hits. This usually isn’t a problem but I have had a player injured like this before.
- Interactive sidelines.
2cgb on Feb 24, 2009 at 2:08 pm:
Yeah classic teams were fun as hell to play with. Unless the play clock is about to expire they make the shifting player set before the ball is snapped. I liked how you could snap while he was still motioning and get him wide open on a slant.
3Bird on Feb 24, 2009 at 3:06 pm:
Well, being a GT fan, they need to work on the rosters particularly for GT’s triple option. Last year’s starters in the backfield were Nesbitt, Jamal Evans (quit football), Roddy Jones, and Quincy Kelly. Jon Dwyer was the fourth or fifth string RB not an FB. Plus, moving him to FB hurt his stats.
Second, increased unique-to-college details. I’d like to see some of the unique entrances ala Ramblin’ Wreck, Hokies American Flag run, etc..
Third, I-AA playoffs at least. That would be fun as hell. I know a lot of people don’t respect the little guy but give us something similar or at least a “Playoff mode” that can set teams up for a bracket of sorts.
This one’s for fun. Fourth, how ’bout a system that simply increases everyones stats up so the gameplay is faster. For example, the fastest player on the field is only 89 speed, so bump all the players’ speed up +10 (making the fast guy 99). Then, you don’t have a game that just looks slow when you’re playing as Hampton vs. Prairie View. Just a suggestion from left field.
4cgb on Feb 25, 2009 at 9:57 am:
@Bird
The 1aa playoffs would be pretty fun. Adding all the relevant 1aa teams and the ones that play 1a teams would be nice too. I’d like to bury James Madison and not FCS South East.
5spencer096 on Feb 25, 2009 at 2:51 pm:
amen brother.
lemme add one to the list…michigan is not included.
6Diesel on Feb 25, 2009 at 3:21 pm:
Eat shit spencer
7Bootleggersports.com on Feb 25, 2009 at 7:08 pm:
“A more evolved Wildcat”
Just set the guy you want taking snaps as your 2nd string QB and rotate him in on shotgun formations you want to run Wildcat on. It’s not exactly the same, but it is effective.
8MDogg on Feb 25, 2009 at 9:58 pm:
Formation Subs. Why did they leave?
9vtbaz on Feb 25, 2009 at 10:24 pm:
lol @ “Eat Shit Spencer”
That might be a go-to from here on out.
10cgb on Feb 25, 2009 at 11:25 pm:
But if they add Appalachian State and take away Michigan we wouldn’t be able to replay the “hot Hot Hot!” Bowl
For some reason when I run the double pass and move Pryor to WR he isn’t the one throwing the second pass. It annoys the shit out of me. I am probably fucking something up.
11Willy Mac on Feb 26, 2009 at 12:56 am:
Two wishes:
1) Entrances – Specifically, the entrance Clemson fans have wanted for damn near 15 years.
2) Anit-Vick Mode – it stops your opponent from doing the “hail-mary-but-I-run-it-and-sometimes-pass-it-with-a-fast-quarterback” thing. It’s cheap as hell and everyone that does it online or against a friend is a cheap fuck. No. Seriously. You are. Don’t argue with me. I’m being serious.
*Smashes friend with xbox controller in the forehead.*
12cgb on Feb 26, 2009 at 10:47 am:
QB Spy and DE contain shuts that shit down really fast.
13augusto on Mar 7, 2009 at 12:59 pm:
players have real names will be the best