NCAA Basketball 10
- Make a run for the Final Four with more than 100 improvements, including player movement, rebounding, off-ball collisions, alley-oops, size-ups, and more.
- Authentic broadcasting presentations from the all-star announcing crews of Dick Vitale, Brad Nessler, and Erin Andrews of ESPN, and Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery of CBS Sports bring every moment to life like never before.
- Choosing from multiple sets that include the Dribble Drive, Princeton, Flex and more, run an offensive system that best fits your school’s strategy and personnel.
- NCAA Basketball 10 features the 20 Toughest Places to Play voted by you, the fans, as the most hostile and intimidating environments in college basketball.
- Enjoy a true-to-life college basketball experience as real-life RPI ratings and stats from every Division I school are imported in-game weekly – absolutely free. (Online connectivity required)
Product Description
NCAA Basketball 10 PS3Amazon.com Product Description
NCAA Basketball 10 brings you the best of EA Sports basketball, refined and polished for the NCAA fan. An overhauled game engine and a laser focus on improving core gameplay has resulted in the most fluid basketball game on the market with the energy, excitement and pageantry of the college game. Additional game features include all-new dynamic updates that… More >>
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Comments
Be careful with this game. It froze on me during dynasty mode. I actually got the game replaced by Amazon and the next copy did the same thing. EA Sports actually stated that they will not release a patch to fix the problems with this game. Beware!
Rating: 1 / 5
These other reviews were overly harsh. The presentation of this game is beyond what has ever been seen in a college basketball game. It is almost like you are watching a game on TV.
My review is trying to resemble what reputable gaming websites say — about a 7 or 8 out of 10. Everyone generally agrees that the new motion offense is very cool, and I really like that addition.
In the end, it depends on what you are looking for. If you want a TV-like experience, this is the game to get. Gameplay can be challenging at times, but you gain better graphics.
Rating: 4 / 5
I finally can say that EA got it right. For the longest time there hasn’t been a quality NCAA hoops game. This one is in spades, a quality game. The new ESPN and CBS broadcast features stand out, as do the dynasty features. Would reccommend this to anyone in the mood to play not only a quality hoops game but a quality NCAA hoops game.
Rating: 5 / 5
This game is simply broken. Far too often, it seemed like I wasn’t even in control of my players. It was frustrating to watch my shots get blocked when I was trying to pass the ball to someone, and my players would often run out of bounds when I was trying to pass. It was like the game had a mind of its own, and you weren’t in control. This game is broken. NCAA Basketball 09 for PS2 is a much better title.
Rating: 2 / 5
I previously owned March Madness 2005 and Hoops 2K8, both for PS2. I know there are a lot of die hard 2K fans, but I really like the EA games better. In fact, I preferred MM 2005 over 2K8. I thought MM 2005 had a better “floor” angle camera which made me feel like I was in the game. 2K8 players seemed too shiny and the crowd noise bothered me as it seemed like it played in a constant loop with an annoying whistle.
That said, NCAA basketball 10 is a huge improvement over both of those games. First off, the graphics are much better, which should be a given since we’re comparing PS2 vs. PS3. There are a lot of little cool features that are at least new to me since I haven’t bought the EA version of the game since 2005:
-Real schedules (dynamic update required)
-Live scores and ESPN radio at the main menu. This seems to udpate several times per day.
-Real weather updates from your favorite school
-Easily download the rosters of real players names and the announcers will say SOME of the player’s last names during the game
I really enjoyed the dynasty mode in MM 2005, but never got into it in 2K8. There doesn’t seem to be that many improvements to the dynasty mode in 2010, but that doesn’t bother me as much because I really enjoy online matches. Playing against real opponents is much more fun than playing agains the AI computer. Online games are generally fast (80% of the time), but once in awhile you’ll get a choppy connection. It is fairly easy to find an opponent if you select “Play Now”. Finding opponents to play in the lobbies is much more difficult. Online matches are fun too, because you get ranked compared to all other people.
The only bad part about playing online is 50% of my opponents seem to choose Kentucky, but they are pretty easy to beat if you double-team John Wall (point guard).
As other people have noted, there are some glitches. The one that I’ve seen the most is there is a bad camera angles that occur every once in awhile for an entire game. The only way to explain it is that the camera is not centered around the ball. For instance, when shooting a free throw, sometimes it shows the players feet, which makes no sense. This happens 1 out of every 20 games or so.
Another glitch is the crowd noise sometimes is really wrong. In a few games, the crowd booed the entire game, even when I was the home team and I was winning.
Other things that could be improved:
-There is no traveling in the game
-There are no “held / jump balls “, even though they have possession arrows
-The auto-subs needs to improve with the default settings (for online play). Michigan State will never sub during a 10-minute half during online play unless someone gets into foul trouble.
Overall, however, this game is a lot of fun and I recommend it if you’re into college basketball. It’s nice to have an option to not listen to Dick Vitale and choose CBS sports instead.
Rating: 4 / 5