NCAA Football 2006
 

Any of you guys play this game for PS2 or Xbox yet? Im thinking about getting it, just wanted to hear some opinions from you guys.

football? Basketball?

I changed the title...sorry lol

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I have heard good things about it. I haven't personally played it yet.

I am playing it as we speak as a matter of fact, and I like it, but I do have some gripes with it:

1) The long bomb passes are ridiculous, both for human and CPU. 90% of the time if the CPU throws a bomb into triple coverage, the receiver will miraculously jump 15 feet in the air and catch it, while your defenders will make half-assed attempts to bat the ball down. The short passing game for the CPU is retardedly hard as well, as the CPU finds ways to slide that ball between a tight middle zone coverage, a pass that should be picked off in real life 80% of the time. They also find ways to complete slow forming flat passes, another type of pass that should be picked off or at least batted down fast 90% of the time.

2) Offensive pass blocking: your offensive linemen have the skills of a 10 year old. Note I am playing a Race for the Heisman with SMU, so the players are not very good, but neither are the players I am playing against. Many times in a pass the DT will stunt, and theoffensive guard and tackle will just stand there bewildered that the defense would pull such a sneaky tactic, allowing the guy to come through untouched. I always keep my eyes focused on the line for the first few seconds of a pass play, I started doing that last year after getting sacked a lot, and 60% of the time I have to high tail it out of there, usually with little success. Note that the CPU's pass blocking is superb, and it is next to impossible to get through them without calling a 4-3 blitz.

Now for improvements:

1) The CPU running game is much improved, unlike last year where you could pretty much bet the CPU would pass 80% of the time. play calling is unpredictable, and makes you think twice about calling the same defensive play over and over. The impact players feature is the main cause of the improved rushing game. Good RBs feel like they can dominate you for perhaps the first time ever in an NCAA game. I played against USC, and Reggie Bush ran for 187 yards and two TDs, and he actually made nice moves and break tackles.

2) A few cool additions to the animations. RBs can win or lose a tackle battle by tapping the X button. The stiff arm animation is better I think.

I'm playing the game with SN's sliders, which are supposedly the best, but my assessment is there is not going to be any realistic video football game unless you play 15 minute quarters with appropriate difficulty settings (ie you have to punt the ball for most offensive posessions)

No difference, they both use their hands more than their feet in either. ban: spank: dance:

Im about to go out and get it here in a minute.

For PS2 the save times and load times are terrible.

I became addicted to it easily and I usually am not a big fan of college games.

Nothing really new in ps2 games, its like loading or saving an old school amiga game, when its doing it you go take a dump, get a drink or whatever.

Oh yes, I know. But on this game, it takes slow to a new level.

i like the game , i play as ohio state and they have a kick ass defense and 2 really good wr .

the computer cant really run the ball that well , but they sure can pass.

the impact player feature is really cool , if you are playing against a team with a good impact player look the hell out. i tried the race for the heisman a few times, but i wasnt good enough to get a scholarship from any good teams , so i just started a regular dynasty.

Overall its just NCAA 2005 with a few new features , im really waiting til Aug 9 when madden 06 comes with a new passing system.

You can run a 10K marathon when you save a dynasty on this game and it will still be saving it.

As far as the graphics, they are a tad bit better and stranger in some aspects. One thing that looks funny is the numbers are really fat on some of the jerseys. Vince Young #10, Texas, for example, the 0 on his jersey takes up the entire right side on the back, it looks stupid.

The sky backgrounds look a little better.

College Gameday is in the game now, but only for a few seconds.

Personally, I would keep 2005 if you have it, RFTH is not cool enough to buy it, and in-season recruiting is not a big enough addition to the dynasty to buy it.

Madden 06, on the other hand, is adding a huge game mode called NFL Superstar, and it looks in depth. I'd wait for that one, unless you really love college football a lot more than NFL.

NFL 2K series > all...too bad it is extinct now.

I used to be good at NCAA, but this year for some reason, I can't win. For one, control scheme is a little irritating for me on PS2. I can't understand how one can use the "juke stick" well. The idea of using the R3 button is too much of hassle since it's practically impossible to use while sprinting (you can't hold X and use the R3 button without awkwardly using your fingers). Another problem I have is the deep pass problem where it's very easy to complete (though I have been able to defend it when the correct animation comes up). I rather be able to complete deep passes rather than have them batted down 95% of the time (Madden).

Also, the Hit Stick button, for some reason, lags. Sometimes I press it, and the guy doesn't respond until the opponent has already past him. I might not be using the button correctly, but i still expect the animation to come directly after I press the button.

Race for the Heisman is a let down. It's essentially limited version of Dynasty mode. If you have any kind of imagination, you could easily duplicated the RFTH expierence on NCAA 2005 Dynasty.

As for Madden 2006, I am not impressed at all with the new features. From what I understand, they've only added three things: Passing Cone, Truck Stick, and Superstar Mode. If Superstar mode is anything like RFTH, I will definately be angry (i'm still gonna buy it though, since sports games are all I play). Unless they've added on to the features from last year, added a Hall of Fame feature for Franchise, and put in the names on the Historic rosters, I would be impressed.

Anyways, this is the last time I will be playing any new EA Sports games on PS2, so I wasn't expecting much from them.

[quote="Chronic Diarrhea":6a667]You can run a 10K marathon when you save a dynasty on this game and it will still be saving it.

As far as the graphics, they are a tad bit better and stranger in some aspects. One thing that looks funny is the numbers are really fat on some of the jerseys. Vince Young #10, Texas, for example, the 0 on his jersey takes up the entire right side on the back, it looks stupid.

The sky backgrounds look a little better.

College Gameday is in the game now, but only for a few seconds.

Personally, I would keep 2005 if you have it, RFTH is not cool enough to buy it, and in-season recruiting is not a big enough addition to the dynasty to buy it.

Madden 06, on the other hand, is adding a huge game mode called NFL Superstar, and it looks in depth. I'd wait for that one, unless you really love college football a lot more than NFL.[/quote:6a667]

the passing system will take so getting used to on Madden 06 , but its gonna kick ass