More NCAA Basketball 09 Impressions
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We’ve gotten good NCAA Basketball 09 impressions from around the community. Now Jon Robinson of ESPN has posted up his thoughts on the game along with plenty of details.
That means that this is the first game to not only feature the majority of Division 1 coaches, but these guys actually help you throughout your on-court rivalries and tournaments in terms of managing tempo, fatigued players, and shot selection by appearing in a pop-up window throughout the game with words of encouragement or instruction.
You can read the article in full here. While I’ve been down on the game due to the lack of modes and names not being displayed online, it’s hard not to be encouraged by all the positive reports on gameplay and how well the tempo feature appears to have been implemented.
October 28, 2008 at 6:04 pm
If ur not 1st ur last..
Sound nice, can’t wait…UNC #1
October 28, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Yea I gotta preorder this…….And I agree UNC-2008/2009 Nat’l Champs
October 28, 2008 at 6:36 pm
yo pasta, do you know if the crowd noise and reactions are better in this game, or about the same as live?
October 28, 2008 at 6:43 pm
How good can this game be? It’s gonna use the NBA Live engine…..blah
October 28, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Is that tyrese rice in that pic? Why is he white? lmao
October 28, 2008 at 9:34 pm
now why cant ncaa football 09 have the real coaches names?
October 28, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Cant wait to play this. If it plays like Live thats an improvement to last yrs version…..$hit was unplayable!!! Can you play with the Legend Teams online?? Would love to play with the UNLV squad from 90-92 online against any Duke team, any year.
October 28, 2008 at 11:23 pm
I miss 2k sports already. this is gonna be a long season I might have to stick with 2k8 this year with updated rosters.
October 29, 2008 at 12:22 am
Good write-up. Very much looking forward to the dynasty mode. Pasta, do you know if there are going to be a separate “coaching” roster, so users could create them and share them through the EA locker?
October 29, 2008 at 9:25 am
Dont buy into the hype Pasta. All of EA Sports games looks good during previews and whatnot but when they’re released, they’re garbage or need major patching.
October 29, 2008 at 10:50 am
Not that this is a big deal, how hard is it for EA to add assistant coaches to the bench to go along with the addition of real coaches? I mean this is another example of EA half assin. If you’re going to add something you might as well do it right. 2K has assistant coaches. I’m sorry but something as little as adding assistant coaches & even having players walk to the score table when subing in would really add to the realism & presentation of the game. When is EA gonna realize that little things do matter?
October 29, 2008 at 11:14 am
The uniforms and courts look great. I sure how the game doesn’t play like crap like all other EA bball games.
October 30, 2008 at 9:36 am
I”m semi-excited for this game. I want to get it because it’s the 09 version of college basketball, but man 2k was so great. I have a feeling NCAA Basketball 09 is going to be a letdown. Just because that is what EA does. They let you down.
October 30, 2008 at 10:59 am
wht 2k games do you people play out side of there basketball games there baseball game suck there hockey game suck, boxing game is beyond laughable, then they cut there college b ball game I cant see 2k sports lasting long I’m just keepin it real.
October 30, 2008 at 2:56 pm
After reading that write up i cant see why anyone wouldnt be excited for NCAA b 09. CH2k did alot of things right and they did a lot wrong. For starters their gameplay played exactly like NBA, we will finally have a game that plays like CBB(if this works right). Also a lot of their customization features were broken-chant creator, create-a-school. Dont geet me wrong though it did a lot of good things to.
October 30, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I dont think anyone was talking about 2k boxing or baseball dude. what are you talking about? I’m just keepin it real haha
October 30, 2008 at 10:42 pm
I hope this has a louder crowd than NBA Live 09. I’ve never seen such a more dead crowd in a basketball game before as in Live. NBA 2K9’s crowd is so life-like and loud! Do the folks at EA watch any real basketball games?
November 18, 2008 at 10:19 pm
This game SUCKS!!! I SHOULDNT HAVE SPENT 60 BUCKS ON IT!! BRING 2K BACK
July 5, 2009 at 5:33 pm
All my game does is freeze this sucks