Light at the End of the Tunnel - Infinity

[majesty95]

I've come to the realization that the team at Tiburon is limited by what the inital developers of next gen NCAA left them with. I'm not excusing the issues that we have seen the last two years, but I think it is becoming clear that this engine has run its course and needs to be redone.

The good news? The Infinity Engine.

Both Madden and NCAA have been plagued by a poorly thought out/implemented next gen engine and have been fighting an uphill battle on it ever since. With a brand new engine (hopefully with much more functionality and capability) I think we finally have the potential to see all of the great things we have been asking for.

Again, not excusing EA from what has transpired over the past 13 months, but I do see a light at the end of the tunnel.

[Pezell04x]

Quote: Originally Posted by majesty95

I've come to the realization that the team at Tiburon is limited by what the inital developers of next gen NCAA left them with. I'm not excusing the issues that we have seen the last two years, but I think it is becoming clear that this engine has run its course and needs to be redone. The good news? The Infinity Engine. Both Madden and NCAA have been plagued by a poorly thought out/implemented next gen engine and have been fighting an uphill battle on it ever since. With a brand new engine (hopefully with much more functionality and capability) I think we finally have the potential to see all of the great things we have been asking for. Again, not excusing EA from what has transpired over the past 13 months, but I do see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Or it will be a disaster. Madden 13 will be a good test.

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[jim8015]

Whatever it takes to get your $60 for another year. Next year will be new this, the year after will be new that.

[Colt45]

How is this going to be different than any of the other lights at the end of the tunnel?

[RumbleCard]

Quote: Originally Posted by Colt45

How is this going to be different than any of the other lights at the end of the tunnel?

Quote: Originally Posted by jim8015

Whatever it takes to get your $60 for another year. Next year will be new this, the year after will be new that.

Yeah but you're failing to realize that they're not just arbitrarily dropping random features and gimmicks like years past. Connected Careers, Infinity engine and better booth audio quality are exactly what people have been asking for these last two years. It may not be perfect for everyone but based on the general consensus they're listening to the things the hardcore fans want. Its a sincere step in the right direction.

I think there is good reason for that. There is or was a huge misconception of casual gamer vs. hardcore gamer with the previous developers and their superiors. I'm not going to dig the stat back up but somewhere in the range of 70% of Madden customers are repeat customers within the last 5 years. That means that a large portion of their clientele is in reality a lot closer to the regular buyers/players than random casual one time buyers.

[Pezell04x]

Quote: Originally Posted by RumbleCard

Yeah but you're failing to realize that they're not just arbitrarily dropping random features and gimmicks like years past. Connected Careers, Infinity engine and better booth audio quality are exactly what people have been asking for these last two years. It may not be perfect for everyone but based on the general consensus they're listening to the things the hardcore fans want. Its a sincere step in the right direction. I think there is good reason for that. There is or was a huge misconception of casual gamer vs. hardcore gamer with the previous developers and their superiors. I'm not going to dig the stat back up but somewhere in the range of 70% of Madden customers are repeat customers within the last 5 years. That means that a large portion of their clientele is in reality a lot closer to the regular buyers/players than random casual one time buyers.

But when I watched Madden clips and game play, I never got better booth audio. There was still a lot of dead spots between plays.

I'm under the guise that commentary is not EA's forte. Only one of their big 4 sport games has good to great commentary and that's FIFA. NHL, NCAA and Madden all have terrible commentary.

I'm more interested in what Connected Careers can bring (or restrict from us) at a collegiate level.

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[GSU Panther]

I would rather have all the uniforms, helmets, bugs, glitches, plays, stadiums, fans, sidelines, medical redshirts, spring games, 16 team ODs, full customizeable conferences fixed instead of infinity but that will never happpen unfortunately

[PowerofRed25]

Quote: Originally Posted by Colt45

How is this going to be different than any of the other lights at the end of the tunnel?

Maybe this time it won't be a train coming to plow you over. Maybe.

Yeah, probably not.