NCAA Football 10 Online Dynasty First Look

by pastapadre
Posted April 9th, 2009 at 5:31 pm

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After the revolutionary introduction of Online Dynasty in NCAA Football 09 the first look at what is being prepared for the mode in the upcoming release has been eagerly anticipated. Today that first look was presented through a video that has been posted on the official website for NCAA Football 10 and which I’ve included in this article.

Discussed in the video are the custom conferences, the tuning of simulated stats to provide more realistic output, and fixing of the glitch that prevented users from being able to convince players to stay. The biggest addition is the competitive recruiting aspect, and you can also see an updated interface for how the dynasties are presented.

Lets hope the menus aren’t as sluggish along with improved loading times. Navigating the menus has been too time consuming and frustrating, something that isn’t nearly as much an issue in other EA Sports offerings. It also takes several minutes to actually reach your online dynasty because of the lengthy process and the slow loading.

I know I probably shouldn’t feel this way considering my adoration of the mode in 09 and how much I’m looking forward to it in 10. But this video left me feeling a little disappointed. It was basically an overview of franchise mode with very little specific to the online element of it and probably should have been advertised as such. I was hoping for another big element of interactivity to be included, something along the lines of a spectator mode from within the dynasties. Despite all that I’m still excited for the game and that is primarily due to online dynasty.

Continue on to watch the video and leave your thoughts in the comments.

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spectator mode

Quan

I just fell in love with NCAA Football 10 on 360. I'm getting this game in the fall.

Rezluk

this looks tight

Antoine

I was really let-down, I wanted to see so much more on this year's version. It looks like last year with a different menu.

homer1303

as long as they have progressive lighting i will be happy, i still play 09 a lot

DrLogic

I definitely agree about the lack of celebration after important wins across the board on next gen sports titles. It is extremely anti-climactic and unsatisfying.

Shomari

I wish somebody hadn't said anything about "Team Builder"...now if it doesn't translate to Create-a-School I might cry!

Sidewinder

That would be nice since they haven't changed it at all for years. Look at how awesome MLB 09's Road to the Show is. If they could put together something that good, combined with an already great online dynasty, this game would be so much more popular.

jim

I haven't found the date of when this game comes exactly to stores. Do you know around which week it will come out? Thanks for the help because I was on vacation last time it was out and the store I went to sold out.

Sidewinder

I'm pretty sure it came out in the middle of July last year, and it's usually the same every year. I don't think they've announced an official date, or you'd probably see it advertised.

acreyman

What stuck out to me on that video most was how good the new player models looked.

RoDdy

All i really truely want is improved campus legend mode. More realistic and fun

Dre

I agree because if you played any other position but QB you were pretty much a a dead duck in water. The cpu called the dumbest plays ever and if you were a RB you basically didn't get to run the ball the entire game. If you played QB the game would call running plays all game long unless you audibled to a pass play. EA seriously need to fix that aspect of Campus Legend or go back to the old method where I got to play the game like you do in single play or Dynasty. If ppl don't loike playing the entire game then have the Super Sim mode but don't the enjoyablity out of it for me.

BK Slime

Honestly the only game i play right now is NCAA 09, so if they just improve it a little but I will be happy.

The biggest need for me is not being able to dominate after a few good recruit classes, I still want the computer to make it more challenging.

floridagatorfan

Kind of left me disappointed as the things they are mentioning are things that shouldn't be advertised as they were just broken previously. Ian Cummings of Madden mentioned this, I believed in one of his operation sports posts, how he doesn't want to promote the fixes that they've addressed as they should have been made right in the first place and from this video I get the feeling that NCAA is touting these things almost as features. The wording probably sucks but I hope I made some sense.

I just get the feeling that NCAA has not really done anything to improve upon last year. I am hoping that they have added much more to dynasty and are just holding back for now. I have much more confidence in Madden over NCAA this year though and that is disappointing as I much prefer college football over pro.

Also how does Florida State have roughly equal ratings as Florida they were not even close and Florida returns almost everyone this year. I guess they are not going the route of Madden in lowering down average player ratings. I get tired of having teams with like 10 90 or better rated players.

okafor43

every body on florida state returns also i believe

floridagatorfan

Understood but that team they return lost 45-15 to Florida last year and I do not see how they could have comparable ratings on the grade scale when the overall talent level is quite different. It frustrates me when they do not separate ratings from a good team and great team. Also, this is not me being a Florida homer as I felt this way in NCAA 08 when Florida's defense had high ratings when they were just awful defensively.

okafor43

this is the same every year with college football. ea puts nothing into the game we love soo much and its getting fustrating! I know its early but i hope the game will be ok. they dont seem to be touting as many features as madden 10

floridagatorfan

Kind of left me disappointed as the things they are mentioning are things that shouldn't be advertised as they were just broken previously. Ian Cummings of Madden mentioned this, I believed in one of his operation sports posts, how he doesn't want to promote the fixes that they've addressed as they should have been made right in the first place and from this video I get the feeling that NCAA is touting these things almost as features. The wording probably sucks but I hope I made some sense.

GO P RIDGE LACROSSE

at freakin :29 georgia is freakin #1 YESSSS! AGAIN! but i dont get how after massaquoi, stafford, moreno, and others hav left. i dont see them doing that well this year. but best of luck anyway.

and to Dre about the presentation of dynasty - yeah im that way too. i cant stand they way in every next gen ncaa game is just "congratulations, u won the bcs national championship!" and that be it. i mean cmon, its the most important game in college football for a team, and they cant make it special in any way. there BETTER be AT LEAST players coming onto the field, and players celebrating after the game, AT LEAST on the national championship game. and i want espn magazine back

floridagatorfan

I believe those are the ratings from last year as clearly Florida will not be #5.

Dre

We (Ga.) may not even be ranked in the top 15 with all we lost. Did you see our rankings. B+ all across. :(

Ty

Not to burst your bubble, but the only reason that they are still #1 is because they haven come out with the Pre-Season BCS standings yet. Florida will Probably be #1 this year.

Sean

this looks like a cartoon, i do not care for the menu styles that theyve chosen to with but if everything else works and plays great, then i'll be fine with it, just a little concerning to me though

JHeb

Negative Recruiting? Sweet...

Dre

All that is fine and dandy but I want details of the presentation. And how it spells out for me in offline Dynasty if I win the BCS Championship.

Brundog

Pasta I know this post is about NCAA, but what do you think the odds are that Madden has an online franchise mode this year? One year behind the NCAA crew? How sweet would it be to play 5-6 seasons of NCAA with some friends and save those draft classes for Madden? Then battle the same users in the NFL.

pastapadre

Online Franchise would be a bigger undertaking than Online Dynasty. I'm hopeful though.

indiered

DID ANY BODY NOTICE THAT THE RECRUITS HAVE HAIR?

Mr_EA_Sports

LOL

Beau

Could that "Teambuilder" option at the home screen in the beginning mean we're getting Create-a-Team and/or Create-a-Uniform this year?

okafor43

probably so. for all the kids who want to create alaska university with sarah pallin as the coach! lmao!

Indy

WTF with FSU being A+, A, A+, A. It was like that last year too. Who is a FSU homer that works on this game?

Sidewinder

Isn't Tiburon based down there? I'm not sure but if they are, that would probably explain it.

EPICBBQ

yea, I go to FSU and even with all my bias I wouldn't give FSU A+, A, A+... not even close

Uncle Hershel

I can't wait till July 14th.

bob

Is "Road to Glory" a new mode or just another name for campus legend?

pastapadre

I'm fairly sure that's Campus Legend re-branded

okafor43

Pasta im not feeling the confrence custom thing. How often is it schools really change confrences.

Dre

I just want offline Dynasty to be great. Especially the gameplay and most important presentation

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