New Game, same old problems.
posted by MDiver82 (PALM COAST, FL) Jul 14, 2011
Member since Dec 2006
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There isn't much change from '11 to '12; except for the revamped Road to Glory and the Coaching Carousel. Being able to alter conferences and BCS Bowl game tie-ins are cool too.
The problem is, a lot of the new features don't work quite yet, and we will need another patch soon.
Custom playbooks don't work, it's the chief complaint on the EA boards. There are other issues in Offline Dynasty; for instance the Televised games not registering so your Nationally Televised grade goes down every year, and sometimes it won't let you advance past week 15 (essentially killing the dynasty). Some other bugs persist, like using Supersim at your own risk; it can cause the system to freeze (It's used quite a bit as a Coordinator).
EA servers have been having problems, and it literally feels like I get booted from the server every 3 minutes. That's been a minor issue as well.
Ironman is cool for RTG; but you may just want to play DE or DT on defense, because the other team will never throw your direction and they get rid of the ball too fast when you are sent on blitzes. Also the recruiting process for it is a lot more involved. I like that change quite a bit. You pick 3 teams you want to go to. Then after every week you get additional offers from other schools that you can add to your interest list, and then you have to meet the scholarship requirement to sign with them. Requirement isn't that tough; unless you play as a DB.
All in all, it's another NCAA football game with another facelift, without much really adding to the actual gameplay. Coaching Carousel Is a much needed addition to Dynasty, but it doesn't add much to keeping Dynasty fresh.
It's a 7 now because of the game crashing bugs; and the bugs that devalue staple game modes like Dynasty.
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