Archive for the ‘NCAA Football’ Category
  • NCAA Football 12 Online Play Impressions
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    Posted July 13th, 2011 at 2:15 pm 46 Comments »
    With an online integrated feature as deep as Online Dynasty in NCAA Football, the series' suite online play options automatically starts at a floor higher than any other sports title to date. With the typical ranked games, unranked with numerous options, Teambuilder, and more there is no shortage of features. With NCAA Football 12 the Online Dynasty has gotten even better and general online play so far has been stable which is encouraging for the days ahead.  (more…)...
  • NCAA Football 12 Named Rosters Now Available for Xbox 360
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    Posted July 13th, 2011 at 5:00 am 93 Comments »
    Those with the Xbox 360 version of NCAA Football 12 can now share in the named roster fun! In order to snag the rosters go to Team Management – Roster Share – Download Roster – Download Roster and then search the gamertag pastapadre. Make sure to save the file after downloading and manually load it if the names are not immediately reflected. I can verify that these rosters do transfer over for use in online play and it contains all the college coaches. What I can't de...
  • NCAA Football 12 Named Rosters Available Now for PS3
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    Posted July 12th, 2011 at 7:15 pm 82 Comments »
    Those with a PS3 and a copy of NCAA Football 12 will now be able to download a fully named roster file! In order to snag the rosters go to Team Management - Roster Share - Download Roster - Download Roster and then search the name GamingTailgate. Credit for the roster naming goes to BigWY over at The Gaming Tailgate. Make sure to save the file and manually load it up to see the changes take effect and to start a new franchise. No changes were made to the file besides assigning na...
  • NCAA Football 12 Custom Playbook Troubles
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    Posted July 12th, 2011 at 1:45 pm 80 Comments »
    After only a few hours of official release the first major problem with NCAA Football 12 has been discovered. The Custom Playbooks feature - one of the most anticipated additions to NCAA 12 - appears to have a serious glitch that may lead many to decide the current best course of action is to disregard the feature completely in order to avoid experiencing the issue. Many are now reporting situations where within games their created playbooks display nothing but question marks or empty for...
  • Your Thoughts on NCAA Football 12
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    Posted July 12th, 2011 at 9:45 am 127 Comments »
    NCAA Football 12 officially arrives today! Check out the prerelease content below if you missed any of it. Online impressions and a 'Hits and Misses' review will come later this week. Named rosters appear to still be at least a day away from completion. When they are done I will immediately post about it with the names to grab them from in the roster share feature. Complete Impressions Road to Glory Impressions Set of Screenshots Second Set of Videos First Set of Videos Xbox ...
  • NCAA Football 12 Road to Glory Impressions
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    Posted July 11th, 2011 at 3:45 pm 82 Comments »
    Yesterday I posted my overall impressions of NCAA Football 12 and included some brief thoughts on Road to Glory mode. Largely neglected since debuting as 'Race for the Heisman' in NCAA Football 06 and also going by the 'Campus Legend' name for a few iterations the career mode now adds in motivating factors establishing more of an investment in progression for users however some underlying issues remain. (more…)...
  • Online Dynasty Owners Selected; Vote on Winning Teambuilder Design
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    Posted July 11th, 2011 at 1:00 pm 30 Comments »
    With over 200 people expressing interest in joining the official Pastapadre Online Dynasty for NCAA Football 12 and and only 11 slots available it basically became an impossible process to distribute spots. Ultimately most hoping to play are going to end up being disappointed with the announcement so again I apologize to those who aren't on this initial list. Keep an eye out for openings however should owners need to be replaced. Those who signed up in that first rush will be considered as r...
  • NCAA Football 12 Impressions
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    Posted July 10th, 2011 at 1:00 pm 154 Comments »
    NCAA Football 12 has experienced its share of ups and downs in the lead-up to its Tuesday release. The series continues to present one of the strongest feature sets amongst sports games and comes off a well-regarded iteration. It has stumbled in the last month or so however as EA Sports committed several missteps that hampered anticipation levels and followed that with notable indications of desperation on their part to build back some excitement. After spending an extensive amount of time a...