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here is my biggest complaint

the game was better and had more features on the old gen consoles

makes no sense to me

The most fun baseball game ever is The Bigs 2.

Baseball is so gd boring and this game actually made it fun.

There are 120 division 1 football teams. EA could hire SpartanRockey to enter in the information for each team and he would have accurate ratings for every player on every team in less than 12 weeks.

ya that was a really awesome feature. That and the ability to build up a small school. I started my dynasty at SMU and you get challenge point for things like beating rivals, winning the NCAA/making a FF or winning a big time game on national TV. You could only get like 3-4 per season. But you could use those to upgrade your gym, dorms, streets, stadium, library and such. These would effect your rankings in facilities, academics, environment, stuff like that. Fans have been begging EA to put something like that into NCAA football. Instead we get a lame ass attempt at coaching changes.

I think my favorite thing from last year was they made a HUGE deal about "realistic pylon physics!"... meaning if you hit a pylon it will fall over.

They can't fix superman plays, LB's jumping 6 feet into the air to INT a ball. QB's being sacked and throwing a 50 yard bomb on target with no wobble while the QB is being sacked. They can't fix having Olinemen just stand there instead of blocking, or having a guard run right by a LB so that he can get 10 yards down field to block a safety. Recruiting still sucks. I hate the random dial of topics thing. Commentary has been bad for years. They can't fix officials, you either have 0 calls ever or you have to set the dials manually and they call a penalty every other play. Official reviews gets things wrong so often its pathetic. Like having a WR catch a ball and land 4 feet out of bounds but have it ruled a catch.

There are tons of things they need to fix, tons of things fans have asked for. Instead we'll get 1-2 new lines of commentary, trophy presentations and marching bands.

the sad part is the marching band thing is something people have been asking for. Boggles my mind. It's like EA goes through their forums and reads the things people want. People for some dumb shit reason instead of putting "fix all the broken shit" put "give us marching bands!!11!"

I wont be buying it this year until it's been out a bit and i've had a chance to rent it or get friends feedback.

Better graphics mean nothing to you? I perfer Techmo Bowl myself.

Fixed, since penalties that actually matter, like pass interference, are non-existent.

And what about special teams? The punt coverage/return/block logic has been awful for years.

Maybe I don't understand all the dynamics inside EA, but why can't the Madden gameplay just be copied and used inside NCAA? Then you would get synergies out of the gameplay developers with some tweaks for each version to account for rule differences, and each game could have a development group for the stuff around the game (player ratings, dynasty, recruiting/drafting, stadiums/jerseys).

That doesn't mean I haven't played it, moron. Get a brain and realize that EA had some lazy developers compared to other sport gaming companies.

To be honest Battlefield 3 is the shit

If you get it right, then you can add and experiment with features. 2K got the gameplay and important cosmetics right first with several of their titles before tweaking features. It isn't that hard to do. If one developer can do it, most should be able to do it.

This video compares NFL 2K5 to Madden 12...and it's a crying shame that NFL 2K5 ranks better.