First look at NCAA Football 11

Would it be so difficult for EA to make a marching band in the shape of an 'M' and go back and forth on the field? Is that so difficult? I swear to god if I see the band spell "Go Go Go" again...

Most of those features are on madden 10. Kind of surprising the weren't already on the last one

and the whole blocking engine needs to be overhauled, among other things. The FIFA franchise is getting so good I wish EA could get college football going too.

But will they finally give Denard the speed rating he deserves? Or should I say QB #16...

Those are all nice, but Madden already does that except numbers on the helmets that are kind of a waste except for Alabama. Hopefully some of the other features are pretty impressive, otherwise I'll probably just not get it this year. Last years game was pretty disappointing for me. Seemed like a step backwards, and it seems like NCAA Football is just worse than Madden. Madden 10 has impressed me, though, with some cool stuff like ultimate team. I just like the way Madden plays more. NCAA Football seems pretty arcade-y, and I got bored playing it. Maybe I'll rent NCAA if it starts to look decent this year, but otherwise I'll just pass.

...but there are some things that are lacking and have been lacking for a while that I want to see:

1. Better blocking, like previously stated. I want to be able to see the option and zone-read run properly, something the game has never had. It's tremendously frustrating to run the zone-read, the user can only RARELY gain more than 3 yards.

2. Better college atmosphere. I want to feel like I'm at the stadium. Right now, the environment feels dead to me. I liked the screen shake from the ps2/xbox days and I like the custom sounds feature from recent versions but I feel they can go further. I also think the marching band formations idea was a good idea, but needs to be expanded. The real formations were good, but there were so few and the generic ones sucked. I think it would be really cool to see team specific intros (like us running out and touching the banner). And overall, I want MUCH more crowd noise.

3. Dynasty mode needs to be spiced up a bit. Progression is currently broken as every player progresses at least 4-5 points at the end of each season no matter what. It makes everything FAR too easy. I think there should also be less elite recruits and a much bigger difference between a 5 star and a 3 star. Also, there needs to be a much bigger spread of player ratings. Right now, players are essentially interchangeable and all feel the same. I think they need to take a page out of Madden's book for this one. Also, it would be nice if they could allow multiple players to have the same number like in real life. Finally, I want to see real coaches running their real systems.

4. ESPN TV-Style presentation would definitely add to this game. Also, it would be nice for Nessler, Corso, and Herbie to record some new lines.

I realize this seems like a lot, but this series needs some reviving in my mind. I feel like it has been treading water since coming to the new generation of systems, but I just may be picky. I blame MLB: The Show, those games are just amazing and have really raised the bar for me.

is put dreadlocks back into the game. robbing denard of his dreads is like delilah cutting off samson's hair

I read the comments where Madden already does something. I thought I read somewhere that the NCAA football game engine is always based on the previous year's Madden engine. Madden is the flagship and I think everything happens there first.

Thank god! I don't know why it's taken so long for this to get into the game.

thete needs to be an NCAA hockey game! Am I right?

I think it's about time I upgraded from 2007 and moved on from Michigan's "A" rating.

Do anal?

I wish I could save in the middle of a game. I don't always have 45 minutes to waste.

Which roster did you guys download? The one I did had Ryan Van BergAn (?), Justin Turner as 14, Denard as 10, NO CONER??

I really hope they add some type of game awareness tweaks to the AI like being on the 1 down a TD with 7 secs left in the game with a running clock, I don't want everyone to mosey on up to the line, even when you call the hurry up, just strolling along

They should put in a defensive play book called the "No Fly Zone", whenever you select it, Demar Dorsey automatically gets put on your roster and has 99 speed.

I refuse to buy until major improvements are made. They haven't recorded new play by play in years. The TV pres is awful. March Madness sucks balls but has awesome TV pres. I could go on and on.. I want 2K to get a shot at this. It will never happen sadly.

I buy both every year and usually NCAA is the one I end up playing the most. This years Madden however is by far the best football video game I have ever played. I love running the zone read out of phillys playbook book because you can actually make the read and run the play correctly. The way blocks set up on NCAA 10 is awful. If NCAA 11 has the same gameplay as this years madden I am gonna become mighty worthless.

I hope they mix up the commentators. I've basically memorized Corso's retarded dialogue.

I haven't bought this game in three years. I hope this year is good. '08 was fun...I took Pwhite and Slaton and just trucked fools. Don't tell me the zone read doesn't work properly...

One thing that I would really like to see changed, is if a QB has a speed rating of 90, he should not be caught from behind by a DE will a speed of 78. That happens to me waaay to much when trying to roll out.

I hope that they get rid of the Cheese on D, and unstoppable plays (motion) on O.

will enable me to recruit 5 All American RBs and go running back by committee.
I always found it funny that the hurry up offense took longer (play-clock wise) than if I were to quickly choose a play from the playbook.