I know I am late to the party,but NCAA 05 sucks!

Jackdog · Post by **Jackdog** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 8:37 pm

Man I am glad I still have 04. I thought my X-box was acting up until I went to OS and read some impression threads. I turned off HFA and still the slowdown was driving me nuts. What a joke! Shame on you EA.

Anyone have some good sliders for 04.

Peace.

hellbent · Post by **hellbent** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 12:05 am

Jack,

Damn right 2005 sucks. Here are Bill Abner's awesome sliders from last year for 2004. Not sure if he has a newer set now, but mad props to Bill regardless. These are a great starting point for me:

Abner's NCAA 2004 sliders

AA lvl
10 min quarter
Defensive coach ratio at 80% pass (make sure to change this if you sim a game with your team)

--10 min quarters gives me an ideal number of plays (between 120-140). It also seems to help the CPU running game (at least in terms of number of attempts). The AI w/o a doubt looks at the clock when determining its playcalling logic so I think the longer games you play, the better game you'll have. I usually let the clock run down to 5-6 secs before snapping (after a run or completed pass i.e. if the clock is still running).

OFF (HUM/CPU)
QB Acc - 10/18
Pass BLK- 5/20
WR CAT- 13/13
Run ABL- 10/20
Run BLK- 5/20

DEF (HUM/CPU)
AWR- 5/17
KNOCK- 8/18
INT- 5/10
Break BLK- 5/18
TAK- 5/15

Jackdog · Post by **Jackdog** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 12:33 am

hellbent wrote:Jack,

Damn right 2005 sucks. Here are Bill Abner's awesome sliders from last year for 2004. Not sure if he has a newer set now, but mad props to Bill regardless. These are a great starting point for me:

Abner's NCAA 2004 sliders

AA lvl
10 min quarter
Defensive coach ratio at 80% pass (make sure to change this if you sim a game with your team)

--10 min quarters gives me an ideal number of plays (between 120-140). It also seems to help the CPU running game (at least in terms of number of attempts). The AI w/o a doubt looks at the clock when determining its playcalling logic so I think the longer games you play, the better game you'll have. I usually let the clock run down to 5-6 secs before snapping (after a run or completed pass i.e. if the clock is still running).

OFF (HUM/CPU)
QB Acc - 10/18
Pass BLK- 5/20
WR CAT- 13/13
Run ABL- 10/20
Run BLK- 5/20

DEF (HUM/CPU)
AWR- 5/17
KNOCK- 8/18
INT- 5/10
Break BLK- 5/18
TAK- 5/15

Thanks for the hook up. That Bill Abner kid is alright........for a Buckeye

sigma · Post by **sigma** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:16 am

The only way I can get something good from NCAA this year is to watch my teams' games or keep coaching and just take the game as it is. Watching is getting boring so I will most like head back to coaching...bad passing game and all.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:18 am

Its never too late .....One of the few games that hurt my eyes.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:46 am

Worst mistake by EA ever, IMHO. How do you screw up the best franchise ever? I have heard that Jistic's latest set of sliders (posted at OS) do help. But I think I am going to sim a bunch of draft classes with 05 and get rid of it. I still have 04 as well and may just go back to that.

The thing that's too bad is that the CPU finally runs pretty well in 2005. But the rest of the game is so broken.

vader29 · Post by **vader29** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 12:42 pm

I ended up simming out 4 draft classes for Madden before trading mine in a couple weeks ago, only got $17 for it at ebgames but it was better than nothing as Gamestop was only offering $10 for it.

I will not be preordering next years version like I did this year, will either rent or read everyones impressions of the game here first, wish I would have done that this year.

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:04 pm

Whew. I'm glad I sold that flaming pile of crap when I did. I think I at least netted $30.

I repurchased 2004 for $10 and will get back into it once the "new game smell" of the basketball games wears out.

RustedWalleye · Post by **RustedWalleye** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:54 pm

I ended out trading in the Xbox version and picked up the PS2 version. It is so much better and smooth, and I dont see any of the slowdown problems that drove me nuts with the Xbox version.

Boom · Post by **Boom** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 3:37 pm

There's no slowdown problems w/ the PS2 version but there are some other things that will quite possibly bug the s*** out of you.

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 4:19 pm

"But the rest of the game is so broken."

Sorry for sounding out of the gripe loop, but what exactly is so wrong with it? I have it and enjoy it. I get slowdown every once in a while, but I just don't get the hatin'...Brando, what's the problem for you?

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 5:08 pm

The PS2 version does not have the framerate issues, but the gameplay is about the same IMO. Running is a little easier without the hickups.

Tealboy, read this:

http://www.digitalsportspage.com./modul ... ent&id=144