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Test Chamber: NCAA Football 13

Test Chamber

by Andrew Reiner on July 10, 2012 at 10:07 PM

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Shoulder a concrete pig and pump a fist high into the air! A new installment in EA Sports' long-running college football series hit store shelves today, and Game Informer's grid iron enthusiast Matthew Kato calls it a key moment in the franchise’s larger history. Kato took time out of his busy schedule to point out exactly how this year's game differs from previous iterations. I, of course, derail the talk when I see an elephant on the sidelines during one of the games. Kato does his best to keep the talk focused on the gameplay, but that damn elephant keeps showing up.

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Filed under: Feature, EA Sports, test chamber, NCAA Football 13

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by x-XMantisX-x Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 10:12 PM

Football!
by Rich Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 10:24 PM

I was hoping for a test chamber today, it was a slow day otherwise and definitely made it better.
by reecenations Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 10:25 PM

Neither of these people know anything about college football.
by kuge2341 Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 10:43 PM

This is honestly a joke. I assumed Kato felt the need to further touch on some issues that were not addressed in his embarrassingly short review on such a stable franchise for many college football fans. Instead I'm listening to two boneheads explain what "play art" is and why a particular play is being challenged.

GameInformer is the best and I will always defend them, but maybe it’s time I look elsewhere for my sports-gaming news as the majority of the titles I play are in fact sports games and the crew here are simply ignorant.
by cutthroat_tactics Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 10:45 PM

Fun Fact - Gatorade was invented by the staff of the Florida Gators.

The movement animation was smooth, compared to Madden games. Don't care much about college football, but that elephant was awesome. It sure liked to dance.
by MexicanDodgersFan Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 10:47 PM

Lol, for some reason I found Reiner's "What is that?!" to the Alabama mascot to be hilarious. Thanks for the Test Chamber.
by Mr Scud Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 10:56 PM

"What is that!?" My favorite quote from Reiner.
by DemonGoat Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 11:13 PM

I'd like to see better animations when they switch to next-gen. If they could somehow get the NaturalMotion euphoria engine from Backbreaker and mix it with all the great game modes and everything from NCAA Football that makes it great, that would be amazing. That won't happen though.
by bflave Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 11:15 PM

Go Hawkeyes! Fun fact, these editors are from Minnesota right? Well the pig or Floyd of Rosedale is the Trophy that the university of Minnesota and Iowa play for and look whos hoisting the pig!
by John Wrek Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 11:16 PM

Very nice indeed. While Both NCAA 10 and 11 had better review scores (as did 12), I can see why this one is actually a better reboot.
by Here Is No Why Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 12:17 AM

More Kato on GI videos
by TrogdorJosh Lein Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 12:36 AM

why didnt you just try out mascot mode and play as the elephants versus the Trees?
by No one Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 12:38 AM

I have to agree with the with the descreption of " that damn elephant"
by No one Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 12:40 AM

Description*
by Harvester of Sorrow Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 12:41 AM

You mean the Pittsburgh Panther, not the Nittany Lion. Don't want any of that slap slap slapping here.

Yeah, I went there. Big deal so what you wanna fight about it?
by Mike Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 03:40 AM

Kato sounds like a sports caster
by azzkicker Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 08:08 AM

Go up to Reiner say HI and runaway and he will say WHAT WAS THAT!
by In Soviet Russia Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 08:10 AM

Picked it up yesterday and the gameplay is very smooth. I haven't played NCAA since about 2009 so it was fun getting back into it.
by spon000 Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 08:38 AM

Let's get a petition for better mascot physics and collisions!