NCAA Football 12

Aug 17, 2011

Animation Improvements to NCAA Football 12

NCAA Football 12 offers quite a few improvements to last year’s NCAA Football 11. The first improvement that is noticed is the animation in some aspects. They finally have a more realistic field; it has much more textured surfaces, as is seen in Madden games. The stadium fans in NCAA Football 12 are also much better than last year’s NCAA Football 11; they are more realistic in appearance and movement. In addition to the field and fans, the fluidity of the players has greatly improved. Hits and tackles are a lot more smooth and believable. In general NCAA Football 12, as far as animation goes, has showed great improvement since last year’s model.

New Aspects and Details

NCAA Football 12 has added some great new aspects, details and modes that were not present or not as enjoyable as last year’s model. There are now very realistic pre-game team specific festivities that were not in last year’s model and improve the enjoyment of the game greatly. There has been all over revamping of NCAA Football 12. “Road to Glory” is a mode that many player find very fun and have a long term goal process. The player chooses a character that is in high school and they have to work their way up to college scout material. This is another more realistic aspect added to NCAA Football 12 that was missing from last year’s model. “Dynasty” mode is another addition and entails a player choosing a team, playing multiple seasons, with the goal being to win a national championship. Finally, if power is what the player desires then there is the “Coach Carousel”, which has a player start as a school coordinator and work their way up to college coach through various activities. These are all wonderful improvements to NCAA Football 12 but the coolest part is that a player can now import their character to the Madden NFL 12 game. This makes it possible for their career to span from high school, through college and all the way to the pros. This makes the life span of the character longer and the game more realistic.

Outshining Madden?

NCAA Football 12 is Madden’s little brother, but could it be outshining its predecessor? Let’s do a compare and contrast with the new editions to the game family tree. NCAA Football 12 has the new, extremely authentic pre-game entrances that Madden 12 is lacking. Those pre-game entrances get the players amped up for their impending games, it adds to the excitement of the game. Also, NCAA Football 12 has the new “Road to Glory” mode, which is a big hit among devoted game fans. The “Road to Glory” mode allows a player to pick a character and stick with their character through its college career. During the high school period the character must work their way up from new team member to college recruit status. This is a realistic process and then the character gets offers from modest colleges. As the character gets better, the colleges get better. These few aspects might the “little brother” the winner, NCAA Football 12.