NCAA Football 12 News Post

First NCAA Football 12 Screenshot, Dreads Are Back - What Else Can You Spot?

12:22 PM - March 14, 2011 by illwill10

Jon Robinson, over at ESPN The Gamer, has just posted the first NCAA Football 12 screenshot, along with some additional information on what's to come tomorrow.

Besides the obvious dreads, what else can you spot?

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# 61 jboss13 @ 03/14/11 01:58 PM

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	Hurts my soul that people actually are excited because dreads made it. I'd be more excited if it showed how weight and momentum impacted a play

Nah brah you got it all wrong. I was just happy that they finally posted something. I noticed the dreads and edited my post. Im guessing that dreads will not be able to be used online, because EA can't put dreads on specific players. Right?

# 62 COACH WEBB @ 03/14/11 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Ruff Ryder


	Sweeet. Dreads, finally. Grass looks good too. Anyone think the colors are a little washed out though? I guess it could be the lighting, but washed out colors are something that seems to plague the majority of sports games.

Glad you posted this. Hopefully we can get the accurate socks AND shoes for the procombats. You know? Like in the real pic, UM has on the green socks and the cleats are team specific with their logo. I'm a big "uniforms", so I love all of the little details with the appearances.

# 63 da ThRONe @ 03/14/11 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by dan_457


	Graphics and Visuals are important, but the fact that people put accessories like dreadlocks over gameplay, in terms of importance, does boggle the mind. Who cares how good a game looks if it plays terrible? Anyway, I'm digging the new lighting, looks more realistic for sure, the grass is a nice touch and I love that they've gotten around to getting new helmets and facemasks in. Hopefully they've added more than just one helmet this year, like how they only added the Revo speed last year, and immediately showed it off in the first photo. One thing that bugs me is how the untucked sleeves still look really weird.

Who side its one or the other? It has been said thousands of times there is a gameplay department and a graphic department. If we push for dreads and facemasks wont change whether or not game play is improved.

# 64 geauxfan70 @ 03/14/11 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Survivor


	To me, the ball carrier's position looks like part of a new animation. maybe not?

I know what you're saying, his legs look like they are in a complicated move or something, I've never seen a player cross his legs like that in any previous animations.

# 65 hurricanefootball4 @ 03/14/11 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Bama83


	Yeah ... okay, it looks nice, but honestly, it's makeup over more of the same broken gameplay. Hurts my soul that people actually are excited because dreads made it. I'd be more excited if it showed how weight and momentum impacted a play.

On Facebook one of the devs wrote this when someone posted a similar concern:

"we'll have plenty of gameplay related items to cover leading up to launch stay tuned. -JD"

I don't know why the assumption is made that since they added dreads they neglected gameplay. There are months for them to drip all that information to us. Just let us be happy that we got dreads in the game because it helps with authenticity

# 66 aimiami @ 03/14/11 02:07 PM

yay miami... graphics look good again

# 67 chen_sc @ 03/14/11 02:07 PM

is it just me or the ball is still bigger than it's supposed to be?

# 68 Playmakers @ 03/14/11 02:07 PM

game looks great already....i'd rather they spend more time on actual gameplay improvements as opposed to cosmetic upgrades.

these year seems to be more about just making the game look better....i enjoy NCAA 11 it's my favorite game the best in a years by EA. But having said that if they took the gameplay to another level i coudl care less about the added eye candy on the field

# 69 dan_457 @ 03/14/11 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by da ThRONe


	Who side its one or the other? It has been said thousands of times there is a gameplay department and a graphic department. If we push for dreads and facemasks wont change whether or not game play is improved.

I'm not saying it is one or the other, I'm saying I've never understood why people will put stuff like dreads and helmets over gameplay in terms of importance.

# 70 Guguets @ 03/14/11 02:08 PM

Cmom ... this screen is great, turf is great, lightning great ... but i have a doubt , i ask for the ncaa team to input dreads, bowl patchs, tatoos ... i have a question to everyone here, im seeing a lot or we have a tatoo under florida gators elbow brace ... look at the photo ... someone can see ... or i�m seeing a lot ???

Thanks and sorry for my poor english !!

# 71 rollinphat @ 03/14/11 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by illwill10


	Since dreads are in, I hope Custom Playbook and Coaching Carousel is in. They probably have more plays too. Since they have new plays they should have Custom Playbook

custom playbook is in this year

# 72 mm boost @ 03/14/11 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by EA_Alex_Howell


	Haha I had nothing to do with the actual dreds getting in, but I will give a hug to the artist who did HUUUGSS

regardless, you are representing EA by coming on here and keeping in touch with us, so you are representing EA as a whole, so therefore I am thanking you. I can't be like "hey alex, go tell charlie thank you for adding in dreads. or thank bob for adding textured grass."

A hug will suffice

# 73 wildinkc @ 03/14/11 02:19 PM

it looks like I am also seeing some dirty uniforms.

# 74 Gotmadskillzson @ 03/14/11 02:19 PM

They got dreads.......Odogg would be proud and smiling from ear to ear.....

# 75 jyoung @ 03/14/11 02:20 PM

Dreads are definitely important to the game.

It wasn't too long ago that all the players in video game football were clones of each other.

Until Madden '95, every player in the game was white.

Madden '96 was the first game to have numbers visible on the uniforms.

This is just the next step in making sure each player is a unique individual and not just a generic clone.

# 76 StayPlation82 @ 03/14/11 02:21 PM

the way the feet are positioned i'm guessing new footing tech and even body control...i see a blade of grass in air, meaning it came from dude falling to the ground making a tackle...and something about #99 but i can't put my finger on it just yet. great first photo though.

# 77 mshoop3 @ 03/14/11 02:25 PM

I zoomed in on the picture and #6 does have a black nasal strip on his nose.. Or is it just me?

# 78 Hova57 @ 03/14/11 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by StayPlation82


	the way the feet are positioned i'm guessing new footing tech and even body control...i see a blade of grass in air, meaning it came from dude falling to the ground making a tackle...and something about #99 but i can't put my finger on it just yet. great first photo though.

if you look at his footing #6 he's changing direction, #99 was or is being double teamed.

# 79 Dazraz @ 03/14/11 02:27 PM

Uniform degradation looks great. Love the lighting. Be inetresting to see if EA have expanded upon the ESPN presentation this year.

# 80 theharbinater @ 03/14/11 02:27 PM

could just be a canned animation, but it looks like there;s potential for momentum to be in there, with the defender having been juked and the rb/ball carrier leaning into his juke.

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