MSU Red Cedar Message Board

They still have the telephone recruiting, you just get to choose what to talk about.

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I don't think the recruiting is as hard as some people are saying

If you put a little time and effort into it, the game allows you to get most of the good prospects that you want

I haven't bought a new NCAA since 08- have they fixed any of this BS yet?

1. Fuckin super human LB's

2. Absolutely retardedly easy on anything sub-Heisman.

3. Unusable passing game (on the only usable mode-Heisman)- opposing DB's perfectly read every play and jump every route, no matter how low their ratings. Impossible to actually position the ball where you want it to go.

4. Recruiting way way way too easy

5. Stupidly low 70 player limit

6. Impossible to effectively do manual pass coverage while on D. Only being able to rush the QB while playing on D gets old

7. Ability to create manual 2nd and 3rd teams. Pisses me off I how I'll want to rest my stars without destroying my talent levels, and find that it's impossible. Putting my 2nd team in for more than like 1 play results in QB's playing safety and WR's playing CB for no reason

8. Ability to manually create kickoff and punt coverage teams. I hate how the computer will throw out my 99 OLB and fatigue him for no reason on kickoffs

9. Making non-mobile QB's actually useful. Linked to the stupidity of the passing game making pocket passing far too difficult and random.

10. Getting rid of the minimum position numbers. Why should a spread team have to waste roster spots on FB's, for example.

11. Making ATH's actually be able to go somewhere other than WR.

I'm glad we ended on a good note. 1/11 ain't bad

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that's good. I'm cool with that. It just drove me nuts when I'd call a kid and find out his interest in Academics, Coaching Prestige, Playtime and Exposure are all very low, least or w/e and it would continually bring those up. Seemed like the game almost tried to make the topic the lowest possible fking thing the kid wanted to talk about (i know it was random but it felt that way).

Recruiting wasn't hard, it just wasn't any fun. The recruiting back on the PS2 versions was fun.

Also I don't remember them fixing ATH to be anything but WR. In last years game they still had crap stats unless you made them a WR seemed like.

as for the list of stuff that was borked. I always played with a pocket passing QB and did fine, passing wasn't that bad for me. It seems like this year they've put a lot of work into passing game (last 2 years it was tweaking/fixing the run game). Seems like pass trajectory, leading the receiver and receivers creating space (which is cool, before they just ran their routes and would just run into a DB/LB and run in place basically so the QB would throw to a spot and the WR would be being basically held by a defender and it was never called). Hopefully these things add some fun to the passing game.

My concern is that even though they are tweaking the defensive AI that now it will be almost to easy to score. Also I really wish they could fix the penalty system. Unless you manually adjust the sliders it seems as though penalties are never called. But if you increase it at all then they get called every single play.

Lastly, didn't they up the player limit to 80 or 85 last year? I can't remember i don't think I played NCAA2012 after the first 2 weeks or so that it was out. just got bored with it.

man in 2012 after 3-4 recruiting classes my defense was unstoppable.The biggest problem i had was with the "hero plays'. You know the play where the RB that has been getting like 1ypc all day suddenly breaks 10 tackles and runs 90 yards for a TD.

The 70 player limit is just bullshit. Isn't the real scholarship limit 85? That would be so much cooler, to actually create depth in your dynasty. I hate the current setup, where you can only sustain depth at a few positions, at the expense of everywhere else. Far too often you get stuck with a dearth of players at OLB or RB or something because you can't recruit them in years where you don't need them due to the limit.

Do they still have paid unlocks? I haven't bought one of these games since they did that bullshit a few years back. 2008 was the last one I actually enjoyed.

I'm curious to see what they do with ratings this year. I think Denard had like a 90 passing accuracy in 2012 and I'm sure they'll have him incredibly high in that (and arm strength) again. Such a joke.

I actually think I might cancel my preorder after seeing that 1 minute clip. Perhaps we'll have to wait for the next generation of consoles for them to change this game enough to warrant a buy.

Sadly, I buy it solely for the rosters. But I haven't spent 60 dollars on it since 09 I think. The last three years I've gotten it for 40, 40, and free. EA made a mistake when I cancelled my order last year and I got a free copy.

If Michigan is ranked 9 I want to know what the hell we're ranked.