Madden vs NCAA
My last two updates were concerning the upcoming NFL and NCAA football seasons. Along with all the real football, half the fun of this time of year is the sweet video-gamage. Normally I only buy Madden, and rent NCAA for a week or two to export draft classes. But whenever I rent it I always say next year I'm going to buy it. Today, I actually did buy it and it is phenomenal. Madden doesn't come out until the 22nd, but until then NCAA will do.
NCAA is a very fun game, but it is an extremely different game than Madden. For a long time NCAA Football and the Madden series were very alike. The gameplay, the menus, the dynasty/franchise modes, and everything else. But as the individual series became more complex the two began having more and more differences each year.
Madden has a way more complex passing system with the vision cone( a cone coming from the quarterback's eyes that "reads" the field. The cone is either larger or smaller pending on the quarterback's awareness and accuracy). Along with the vision cone, Madden also boasts a very useful passting tool called precision passing which allows the gamer to place the ball exactly where he wants it relative to the route the reciever is running. If a corner back is playing outside shade, you simply press the arrow on the inside of the corner as the quarterback releases the ball to keep it away from the defender. The vision cone and precision passing make passing in Madden very realistic and comparable to a real life situation.
NCAA has neither of these features, you simply throw it at any time, and your quarterback can be looking anywhere. In that sense you could have a quarterback rolling out to the left, then make an impossible fifty yard throw back on the right sideline, without actually looking over there. Unrealistic, but very fun pending on the gamer's opinions.
The NCAA juke stick, or freestyle stick or whatever is, is very fun, useful, and realistic. Moves that people actually use in the open field opposed to the very boring, very redundant Madden "juke" we see year in and year out from the video game dynasty. Madden has installed the "truck stick" which allows bigger stronger running backs to bowl over defenders as he approaches them by simpling flicking the right analog stick up. I use it quite a bit in the open field, but with a running back like Tatum Bell it seldom works.
The dynasty mode in NCAA is phenomenal. Recruiting, captains, composure, awards, all americans/conference teams, coaches switching schools, players leaving early, NCAA violations, and sorts of other things. The franchise mode in Madden was once the dominant feature of the video game. Every year, until last year's installment, franchise mode got better in one way or another. Last year was an exact copy from 2005. Extremely disapointing for me, specifically because I think managing a team is extremely fun. Anyway to improve upon it is great, and if you leave it entirely the same, not so much.
If I had to choose, gameplay goes to Madden because of the realism, better passing features, and better graphics, although I do love the option featured in NCAA. If you asked me two years ago I would tell you Madden's franchise mode is better than NCAA's dynasty mode, but Madden's lack of franchise expansion over the last year or so has been disapoiting at best, edge goes to NCAA. Lastly, online play goes to Madden. Online, Madden is one of the most popular games in the world. Hell, there was even a TV show called Madden Bowl that featured some of the top internet players, and some of the top tournament players. Most of the best internet players did very well in tournaments as well. NCAA online is very fun, but since it's all gameplay a strategy the edge goes to Madden. If there were online dynasty mode someway, maybe it would be a different story. So from my analysis, Madden is still the number one sports franchise on the market, but every year NCAA gets a little bit close.
My last two updates were concerning the upcoming NFL and NCAA football seasons. Along with all the real football, half the fun of this time of year is the sweet video-gamage. Normally I only buy Madden, and rent NCAA for a week or two to export draft classes. But whenever I rent it I always say next year I'm going to buy it. Today, I actually did buy it and it is phenomenal. Madden doesn't come out until the 22nd, but until then NCAA will do.
NCAA is a very fun game, but it is an extremely different game than Madden. For a long time NCAA Football and the Madden series were very alike. The gameplay, the menus, the dynasty/franchise modes, and everything else. But as the individual series became more complex the two began having more and more differences each year.
Madden has a way more complex passing system with the vision cone( a cone coming from the quarterback's eyes that "reads" the field. The cone is either larger or smaller pending on the quarterback's awareness and accuracy). Along with the vision cone, Madden also boasts a very useful passting tool called precision passing which allows the gamer to place the ball exactly where he wants it relative to the route the reciever is running. If a corner back is playing outside shade, you simply press the arrow on the inside of the corner as the quarterback releases the ball to keep it away from the defender. The vision cone and precision passing make passing in Madden very realistic and comparable to a real life situation.
NCAA has neither of these features, you simply throw it at any time, and your quarterback can be looking anywhere. In that sense you could have a quarterback rolling out to the left, then make an impossible fifty yard throw back on the right sideline, without actually looking over there. Unrealistic, but very fun pending on the gamer's opinions.
The NCAA juke stick, or freestyle stick or whatever is, is very fun, useful, and realistic. Moves that people actually use in the open field opposed to the very boring, very redundant Madden "juke" we see year in and year out from the video game dynasty. Madden has installed the "truck stick" which allows bigger stronger running backs to bowl over defenders as he approaches them by simpling flicking the right analog stick up. I use it quite a bit in the open field, but with a running back like Tatum Bell it seldom works.
The dynasty mode in NCAA is phenomenal. Recruiting, captains, composure, awards, all americans/conference teams, coaches switching schools, players leaving early, NCAA violations, and sorts of other things. The franchise mode in Madden was once the dominant feature of the video game. Every year, until last year's installment, franchise mode got better in one way or another. Last year was an exact copy from 2005. Extremely disapointing for me, specifically because I think managing a team is extremely fun. Anyway to improve upon it is great, and if you leave it entirely the same, not so much.
If I had to choose, gameplay goes to Madden because of the realism, better passing features, and better graphics, although I do love the option featured in NCAA. If you asked me two years ago I would tell you Madden's franchise mode is better than NCAA's dynasty mode, but Madden's lack of franchise expansion over the last year or so has been disapoiting at best, edge goes to NCAA. Lastly, online play goes to Madden. Online, Madden is one of the most popular games in the world. Hell, there was even a TV show called Madden Bowl that featured some of the top internet players, and some of the top tournament players. Most of the best internet players did very well in tournaments as well. NCAA online is very fun, but since it's all gameplay a strategy the edge goes to Madden. If there were online dynasty mode someway, maybe it would be a different story. So from my analysis, Madden is still the number one sports franchise on the market, but every year NCAA gets a little bit close.
2 comments:
Either way, EA gettin paid.
i like ncaa
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