NCAA 2005 - Fixed ?

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:20 am

Before I debate spending about £11 of my hard-earned on a new version of this, can I confirm or otherwise that the bundled version of NCAA 2005 has been significantly improved from the original, particularly around the slowdown issues ?

cheers

DT

Boom · Post by **Boom** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:59 am

I haven't played the original release, but picked up the bundle disk because many seemed to think it was fixed. All I can say if this new release is fixed, I'd really hate to see the broke version.

Very slow, choppy and just overall a mess imo.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:12 am

I picked up the new NCAA/Top Spin combo and haven't really noticed much of a difference at all. The slowdown does seem to be limited if you change to the Classic view which is a little further away from the action. There may be fewer drops as well but I wouldn't say it's flawless or anything.

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:47 am

Boom wrote:I haven't played the original release, but picked up the bundle disk because many seemed to think it was fixed. All I can say if this new release is fixed, I'd really hate to see the broke version.

Very slow, choppy and just overall a mess imo.

Yeah, my friend got one of those new discs and initially he thought the same thing. He WANTED it to be fixed so badly that he now admits that he was probably imagining things.

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:52 am

Bah - back to NCAA 2004 then.

Jackdog · Post by **Jackdog** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:02 pm

That's not really a bad thing Dave.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:37 pm

The game seems to be better...at least when it comes to catches. I don't have wide open receivers drop the ball all the time like I used to. The slowdown seems to be a bit better, but it's still not acceptable. I'm happy with the fact that the receivers actually catch now so it was worth my 20 bucks.

Wilkie33 · Post by **Wilkie33** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:51 pm

On a side note. I just for some reason cannot believe for a second that the people at EA Sports would take the time or money to "fix" a game that they are going to be "giving" away.

kevinpars · Post by **kevinpars** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:16 pm

Based on a small sampling (1 and 1/2 games) - I did not see any evidence of a change in the game. I did not have any slowdown - perhaps due to a newer Xbox with a 'good' CD drive? And I still am seeing low completion rates.

I will repost if I see anything to change my mind.