Tweets Of The Day
EA Sports College Football 25, the first video game for the sport since 2014, has released its gameplay trailer, demonstrating the user experience.
On3’s Andy Staples sampled the game for multiple hours last week and wrote about it in a column that’s a very informative look at what users will experience come July. Here’s an excerpt from Staples’ column:
The gameplay will feel familiar to anyone who played past versions of the game and everyone who has continued to play Madden. The infrastructure of the College Football and Madden games is similar, but the calculations the games will make during plays are very different. “The difference between the best player and the worst player is far bigger in college football than it is in the NFL,” design director Scott O’Gallagher said. So if you’ve got a two-star freshman defensive end facing an All-America left tackle, that end probably is getting buried.
Running the ball in the new version of College Football feels much more dynamic than in past versions or in recent versions of Madden. It’s easier to see individual blocks develop, and ballcarriers react quickly enough to stick presses to slide through open holes. Designers explained that the way blockers and defenders act has been completely redesigned. While older versions had movement patterns that encompassed multiple blockers and defenders, the new engine allows the game to generate individual matchups — the outcomes of which are determined by player rating (aided by Pro Football Focus data), scheme, leverage and situation. This produces a much wider variety of outcomes, and — designers hope — will look more like what an actual ballcarrier sees in a game.
Other tweaks will be welcomed by some gamers and jeered by others. For instance, on read option plays the controls have been modified so that a gamer must press X to make the quarterback pull the ball to keep it. Press nothing and the QB will hand off during his mesh with the back. In previous games, players had to press X quickly to hand off and kept if they pressed nothing. The reason for the change? The QB keep is the less frequent outcome in real life, and the new command allows players more time to read the unblocked defender to determine the correct course of action.
Here’s the full trailer followed by some clips that include Michigan:
Former Michigan guard Tim Hardaway Jr. and his Dallas Mavericks have reached the NBA Finals, ousting the Minnesota Timberwolves in six games in the Western Conference Finals. Hardaway has been dealing with an ankle sprain, playing in just games one and two versus the ‘Wolves, totaling 15 minutes in those two meetings. This is the third consecutive season in which a former Michigan player appeared in the Finals.
Michigan basketball announced the passing of former guad Dan Fife, a legendary high school basketball coach at nearby Clarkston.
Quote Of The Day
“It’s been awesome. He’s been around the team. He’s led workouts. He’s increased his work rate. He’s putting the time and effort into the weight room. He’s putting the time and effort into the little details. He’s obviously gotten to this point with a lot of mechanics, but also a lot of God given ability. He’s really made the time to focus and refine some of the details of his craft and other parts of the game like reading a defense. He’s putting a lot of work in. I can’t believe I’m seeing it and saying it, but he already looks better than last year.”
— Fort Myers (Fla.) Bishop Verot head coach Richie Rode on On300 Michigan football quarterback commit Carter Smith
Headlines Of The Day
• EJ Holland, The Wolverine: Blue Chips: Coach of Michigan QB commit Carter Smith details offseason progress
• Zach Libby, The Wolverine: A look at 10 important recruits Michigan offered during the spring evaluation period
• Anthony Broome, The Wolverine: Michigan QB Alex Orji dishes on an offseason of improving, advice from Jim Harbaugh
• Clayton Sayfie, The Wolverine: Michigan basketball non-conference schedule includes matchup against Arkansas at Madison Square Garden
• Clayton Sayfie and Anthony Broome, The Wolverine: Podcast: Sherrone Moore takeaways, Will Johnson wants to play some offense, revenue sharing is coming
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