NCAA Football 14 Playbook 5 - Season

[PVarck31]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mckinley Cash

I didn't expect to see such an uproar over Season Mode when I looked at this thread.... Woah.

This is exactly right. There is no reason to bash EA for this. Its not taking anything else away from the game. I mean come on!

Some people would bitch if you hanged them with a new rope.

[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by PVarck31

This is exactly right. There is no reason to bash EA for this. Its not taking anything else away from the game. I mean come on! Some people would bitch if you hanged them with a new rope.

Like I've said in the past. EA deserves a ton of the criticism they get, but I swear they could make the greatest game in the history of making games, and the same guys would find reasons to complain non-stop.

EA gives us a mode that people like myself will actually take advantage of, and they get called lazy for it? Really? And that's supposed to be what helps the community or EA to make better games? I don't get that logic.

[fballturkey]

Well it was really only one guy after the initial 'so it's dynasty without recruiting?' (Which was my initial reaction too) died down.

It's a niche mode. I'll probably mess around with it during the actual football season for my 'play along' season for the reasons I mentioned earlier. It'll definitely keep some people that get intimidated by dynasty in the game longer.

My dad for example has been playing NCAA 2010 (I think is the version) since it came out, and he just plays a season, deletes the save, plays another one, etc. The fact that the game won't ask him to do all the other stuff and will be faster in loading will probably make him actually buy a new one this year.

Of course he'll have to find new money plays against the CPU haha.

[Mckinley Cash]

It's in the game.

[Hiro1]

I believe devs want to do more, but are held to certain constraints by the big wigs/suits. KingD did have a point, regardless of the feature/addition nobody wants to read "took very little effort" especially if the feature is seen to said person as mundane. In their minds that very little effort could have been placed elsewhere.

I'm jealous of guys who wanted this feature and received it. While small things that I believe take little effort didn't make the cut. I guess it's kind of like Mascot games, yes I think it's totally useless and has no place on Saturdays, but it took "very little effort" and is something that could be touted.

I wonder if they streamlined Road to Glory as well?

And how long are these load times? Haven't played Dynasty since 2012

[cbuhl79]

Quote: Originally Posted by fballturkey

...Yeah, that's exactly what he's saying. And that's perfectly ok. Had it been really hard to add Season mode it wouldn't have been worth doing because it is a niche thing. Since it was easy they could do it without sacrificing other parts of the game. I really like the addition, it all had to do with psychology. If I start a dynasty with a team and just play a season I feel like I'm 'missing out' on a lot of the dynasty stuff, and there's no sense of completion when the season is over. With season mode I won't get those feelings. Do I know that's all in my head? Yep. Do I care? Nope. Good addition.

Exactly :-)
This was an "easy win". I think there are going to be some people who are going to like this mode, just because it's a quick and easy experience. The main thing though is that it was simple enough to put in *without* taking any significant effort away from the areas where we really wanted to spend a lot of time improving Dynasty. If we had had to cut anything from the full-featured Dynasty to get this in, we wouldn't have done it.

[DorianDonP]

This might have been covered in the OP but I'm being lazy right now. If you do a season mode, then decide at the end of the season that you really liked the experience and want to continue playing with that program, can you transition to dynasty mode?

[Cardot]

Quote: Originally Posted by fballturkey

It's a niche mode. I'll probably mess around with it during the actual football season for my 'play along' season for the reasons I mentioned earlier. It'll definitely keep some people that get intimidated by dynasty in the game longer.

I have always thought that dynasty was a bit of a niche mode. I know it is the is the norm here on OS. But It would be interesting to know how many really play dynasty to its fullest, and actually complete multiple seasons. Seems like more work than the average gamer is willing to invest.