NCAA Football 09 demo now available
June 19, 2008 by pastapadre
The demo for NCAA Football 09 is now available for the Xbox 360 and as of this afternoon it is up for the PS3. The demo features LSU vs Ohio State and a mascot game with the Gators vs Longhorns. Both games have two minute quarters and are played on varsity difficulty level.
Feel free to leave your impressions of the demo in the comments or discuss the game in the forum. I’ll be posting up some videos from the demo this evening along with thoughts in general after the significant hands-on time I’ve gotten out of the two community events.
when do you think it will be out for ps3 like what time? oh and first lol
I woke up this morning at 6:30 to download it and play a game before I went to work. I like it. The main thing that I noticed about the game is the speed. The game is much faster this year which I like. I also LOVE how you can break off an animation and go into another one….that is really cool. Other than that….the graphics are pretty much the same which doesn’t bother me all that much as long as the gameplay is solid that is all that matters. Overall, I think the finished product will be great.
I hear that the ps3 demo wont be up till next week….I will be shocked if the ps3 version is out today….But I am glad I have both systems and good ol 360 came through… the game is improved big time from last year
pasta when wil the ps3 one be out what time?
PS3 store update usually happens in the evenings on Thursdays. Look for it around 3-6 PM Est. today.
how do u get to it
I call str8 bullshit if they don’t release the PS3 demo today as well.
Good to see that initial reaction seems very positive, which is reflective of the feelings at the community event despite some of the issues detailed by myself and others. If people stay this pleased with NCAA then they are going to be blown away by Madden.
Pasta I freaking love it bro cant wait for game to drop great demo though!!!!!
i totally agree with u dre thats pure crap if its not up today
this is bull it better be out soon
haha Shocker Ps3 owners are the ones that are bitter on a download in which i can do in just seconds on my 360.
and the cycle continues in year 2 for ps3 owners….
quick question, whats running through the tackles like? Is it better than running through the tackles a la 08?
i cant download it because i have a silver account hahahahahahahahahahhahaha
i have to wait 5 days to download it hahahahahahahahahah……………….I HATE BILL
GATES XBOX360.this is my 5th xbox thanks to good ol’ bill.
Hopefully the only reason it is out on live and not PSN is that the PSN usually doesnt update until later..
HOPE!!
Not a NCAA fan - not gonna buy it
But downloaded the demo to take a look and man - it sure is pretty. Real pretty.
Best Looking Football Game Ever Pretty
I also think the average game score will be 76-62 given the “wide open” design and speed crank they’ve given it
The store updates for the PSN are always in the evening. This will not change just for the NCAA demo. Be patient guys!
i just played it its awesome
The only thing I don’t like is how RB throws the ball away. I feel like naturally RB should throw to the running back. Besides that I thought the demo was great and the mascot game was surprisingly fun.
my download is taking FOREVER…
is there anyway i can get my money back for my xbox360 without ebaying it. i feel like shoving it up bill gates azz ( )X( )
what time is it out on ps3
Generally 2-3pm pacific is when PSN updates their store on Thursdays. I don’t think its a coincidence that the demo release falls on a Thursday when the 360 generally gets demos on Tuesdays. They wanted to be uniform with the release of it, EA seemed to submit it extra early so that a specific date would be set. Normally you don’t see EA or 2K give a date because of the uncertainty but they got it cleared and set ahead of time.
its been great so far, and yeah if this game is great, then I can only imagine how awesome madden is going to be. I can’t wait
uhhhhh….I’m stuck at work and I can’t play the demo. I can’t wait to get home to try it out. Great to hear positive things about the game.
and I really didn’t have a problem with my front 4 getting pressure, I had maybe 2 sacks and like 4 or 5 hurries with my D-line.
Yeah this is something that the community leaders are trying to decipher. From what I’ve been reading the pass rush in the demo is respectable, which wasn’t the case at the events. I’m hoping to find out what build/point in development the demo is based on. We were told we were playing the near final build a few weeks back and that no real changes could be made at that point. Considering the time it takes to build the demo and get it certified I’d imagine the demo was actually pre-event.
@cory: You have to remember, you’re on varsity.
pasta what time do you think this will be released on ps3
So I read that Perriloux is in the game which confirms its at least based off a pre-event build as expected.
they gotta get him outta it
Perriloux was not in the build we played, he won’t be in the game that’s released.
the ice the kicker thing is cool. they need to make kicking more challenging all the time but also have it so you feel the pressure moments like you do with the ice the kicker
Pasta, I noticed the ROLB playing FB. Whats up with that?
what time tonight does it come out for ps3??????????
Ross I noticed that as well, just a bug, shouldn’t be a big deal
As for my impression of the demo… I am really ready to see the final product and then Madden.
The look of the game didn’t seem that much different from last years imo (I really wish they would change the crowd though lol)
The feel was SO MUCH BETTER. It really feels and plays great, even just being a demo. Playing a def lineman was a lot better and the branching animations felt smooth.
Looking forward to the full version should be good fun!
That is kind of a big bug that is noticeable every offensive play. They should of caught that.
yeah, i forgot about that….i thought it was on a higher difficulty….yeah i was wondering why Perriloux was in the game.
I’m still getting the real version come July.
No idea on the LB @ FB thing. Didn’t see that in either of the two builds I played.
Something pretty cool that i saw was on a kickoff….I was running down the field and somehow got blocked where it pushed me to the ball carrier and my guy used his momentum from being pushed to blow up the return man.
I watched the hb from OSU break 3 tackles with 3 different animations, I thought that was pretty slick
honestly when i looked at this game on the computer it didnt even excite me at all but i decided to download it and its awesome i was so wrong and i feel so stupid lol lets see what madden can do
According to an OSU fan over at OS:
” OSU has NO fullback coming into the next year, and Curtis Terry (ROLB#55) right now is the leader at that position. Dexter Larrimore’s amazing meteoric rise up the depth chart that appeared earlier in footage from Steve and other guys out there was finally sorted out to how it should be (#3 DT). Pryor is #2 most likely because he will see time in gimmick packages much more than Henton, (the guy who would have been the #2 QB) so that is fairly accurate.”
sounds good, keep the comments going, can’t wait to play it this evening!
I agree but its stinks we have to wait till five or six to get it
Demo plays well. Interesting “glitch” had a LSU player injured on the last play of the 1st quarter. The players left the field with him lying on the ground and as the camera pulled back between quarters he was still just lying all by himself on the field. However when the 2nd quarter started he was gone.
I didnt play NCAA last year went with APF then played the hell out of Madden (online), I downloaded the demo this morning before work, and I have to say I am truly impress everything felt so fluid, from passing, routes that were ran, getting in the open field off of a slip screen for 51 yards felt great, then celebrating with the mascot was awsome. The pace of the game was perfect, i saw about 5 different tackle animations which looked pretty good, and then saw some tackles from last year. The only thing that was lacking for me was the atmosphere and replays, and that when te’s went in motion looked kind of weird other then that, I think EA has taken a huge step foward cant wait for NCAA and Madden
And THANK GOD you can throw a deep ball this year (a pass with a little loft to it)
After playing the demo for about 30 minutes this morning before I left for work I have a few initial impressions. 1st let me say that I love the gameplay. I don’t know what difficulty level it was set to be it seemed to be well balanced. The speed of the game is improved which was one of the biggest problems I had with 08. Everyone was complaining about a lack of the pass rush this year but I didn’t notice that at all. As Pasta mentioned in his initial impressions there are a lot of small improvements that only can be noticed when playing. Example: When a player runs out of bounds, instead of watching the player walk through players on the sideline like they don’t even exsist, the camera quickly switches back to the field of play. That’s probably EA’s way to combat their nonexsitent interactive sidelines. That being said the players on the sidelines look a lot more realistic (however there are no coaches which kinda sucks). The one negative that stood out is that the game is still sorely lacking in presentation. Overall I was impressed & it’s a definate improvement over last year.
crimson vooodooo the game is actually slower then what uve probably seen in the videos, in earlier builds. scores are going to come out surprisingly realistic i just finished a game as osu and it was 21-7 i know its only 2 min quarters but if u add on a couple minutes the scores will still not come out to ur ridiculous assumptions of 76-62.
wow you all are making me so anxious. I got up at eight to download on ps3 but I have to wait until six LOL and have been on here all day reading LOL
Oh and one other thing, it’s kind of sucks that they don’t have progressive lighting & shadowing to go along with the lighting improvements. This is the only aspect that took a step backwards. Progressive lighting really gives you the feeling that you’re playing in a live breathing enviornment. Not nitpicking but that really stood out in the demo because it’s set for 6:00pm & I loved how in last years game it would gradually turn into a nightime game. FYI EA, once a feature like this is in the game, YOU CAN NOT TAKE IT OUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR!
Like the demo. Nuff said.
This game is going to be awesome on PS3 and Xbox 360.
man its messed up the ps3 version isnt updated but its a goodthing i have a xbox to haha.
You can really feel the sense of momentum & body weight this year. The gameplay feels very natural. Passing really feels more realistic this year.
WTF are you talking about?
dominique wrote:
WHEN WILL THE WII DEMO COME OUT SOMEONE TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the new running and how you can go from one move to another without having to wait for that move to finish. I also like how it seems like they go for the ball more(WR’S) . The deep bombs are nice looking and very accurate(maybe to accurate at times). I like the new tackles they added to the game to . So to sum it up NCAA is now a must buy for me and I can tell its going to be a great game.
About the LB at FB thing, Curtis Terry (Actually #99 for Ohio State but #55 in the game) will be one of their fullbacks. Brandon Saine will play some of the position as a ponyback and Brandon Smith will play fullback too. Just for anyone who wants to know…
1 and half more hours
how do you do the chop-step or left stick moves or whatever they’re called?
I played the Demo earlier today prior to work. It has potential. I liked the passing. Its a little easy to pass but i’ll chalk that up to the varsity level. The passing is more natural and you feel like you can make tighter throws this year. I did see a pass rush. The computer sacked me a couple times. The pass rush is good enough not to be a really big issue. I like the animations for the most part. The only animation that I saw that was a little funny was the one where the player is just flattened to the ground very quickly. It looks a little quirky, other than that animations were nice. I think with a bump to all-american and some minor slider adjustments we might have a pretty good game. I need more time with the game to verify my early impressions. I also noticed the spped rating change this year. A receiver caught the ball in front of me and I could not catch him. LSU had no one in the secondary that could match his speed. This can be good and bad. It makes the game more wide open and increases the big plays but it places even more emphasis on the speed rating which was already to big of a factor. Despite this. I think most of us will be satisfied with the game. Phew i’m done.
just played it….my 1st game the score was 37-7 and it was pretty easy(but i understand it on varsitty)…i had a little trouble running the ball but im sure i will get used to it…..this will hold me over until ncaa and ncaa will hold me over until madden
soonerhomie12 wrote:
Ahemmm…. I said……. TELLLLLLL MEEEEEEEE!!!!!
I’m assuming you mean for the PS3, and its been answered multiple times already in the comments. Generally the PSN store updates around 3-4 PT.
pastapadre wrote:
nope I mean the wii. but, if there isn’t a wii, ps2,or a psp demo then I’m sorry for the inconvenience.
WOOT DOWNLOADING NOW
soonerhomie12 wrote:
Maybe I can get one from GameStop or where?
Unfortunately I haven’t heard of a demo being available at all for those systems.
omg 1 hour and then i can have it im stoked but mad it took so long
I got the demo, it looks good. Better then last year, but the Rb’s they give you suck ass, as far as trying the new running system. Which i dnt really like, it feels more scripted then ever. Feels like ur running in a big circle, i hate it
rb dont suck ass beanie wells is the best rated rb in the game and hes a freakin beast #28 OSU
I played 3 quarters on my lunch break before having to go back to work. I really like it a lot. I noticed some new things.
Slide protection and smart routes are great to have.
While playing as LSU, I really liked how when I showed the play art while the crowd was going wild, a few of the receivers had a ? over their head, instead of the passing icon (a,b,x,y,lb). This is a great addition to homefield advantage, as you don’t know the icons before the snap.
When a timeout is called you can now coach specifics, ball protect for example, instead of just LB’s, DL or secondary.
I don’t have Xboxlive here at my parents, can anyone tell me if they fixed the pottbelly DE’s/lineman this year. That erked me more then anything on last years game.
tsp wrote:
The player models are vastly improved.
Ahhh.
Been downloading this for the past two and a half hours and only at 40%
from what i hear this demo sounds good
hey pasta,
do you know if/when the madden demo is coming out?
is it on there yet for ps3 its 5
I just created a whole new Xbox Live account just so I could download this.
It better be good.
omg is it out yet its five damn it
wow this is very frustrating for the ps3 owners cmon ps store update!!!
yeah its pissing me off
do I need to turn off my ps3 or something?
idk
wolverinefan wrote:
It might be 6 o’clock before we get the chance to play it.
stupid demo is tormenting our souls!
is it out yet
just checked PSN and its not on there yet
im at wits end
haha ps3 owners, i feel so sorry for u guys
i know it says 5 to 6 or 6 to 7 another hour is going to be hell
armando 1 wrote:
Nah feel sorry for the 360 owners who keep getting the pink-eyes from their game system.
Does anyone know when the ps3 version of the ncaa football 09 comes out for the ps3, this is very lame they made the ps3 people wait all day for a damn demo.
Get on ya Sh*t Sony!!!!!
i mean even when its available we still gotta allow 30 minutes to an hour to download !!!!!!!!!!!
the running game is very bad in the demo, i dunno i can’t even get to the line of scrimmage without being tackled, its like the line doesn’t know how to block.
only problem ive seen so far is that a lot of times the qb drops back his legs keep going like hes dropping back but he doesnt move
Uggggggg. I did a free 48hr gold trial and it still won’t let me download it! Looks like I’ll have to wait a few more days.
omg is it out yet for ps3
i just checked the store and i didn’t see the demo out yet for ps3…unless i missed something
wow this is gay
i’ve got to say this, but julio, reading all of your comments about the demo has been fun so far
lol yea i am pissed im so anxious to play lol im so obsessed i have a countdown on my computer for the game to come out and i am on all these sites everyday checking for stuff and videos lol i have no life lol jk
so is it on the playstation yet
no not yet
all playstation owners shouldnt buy the game just because of the wait for the demo and make sony get on there sh*t