Madden NFL 13 Title Update #2 Arrives Tomorrow, Player Editing Still Being Explored

[Staalker]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I tried to tell everyone not to expect much to get fixed on the first patch update. The bugs that have been flying around and being discovered the last few weeks might be covered in the next title update. This patch is for everything that was caught once the game went gold. ie stability issues, etc... even GameFace.

And you know, I get that. I really do.

However, the offline CC is broken. It's almost to the point of saying it's a broken game.

I paid my 60 bucks, and I deserve to have a working game.

I can live with some AI issues. But major functions of the CC, like schemes and injuries make it a completely wasted experience.

What I don't get is how it can be fixed online, but they haven't fixed it for offline. Since they got it working online, it can't be that hard to just push it over to offline as well.

I don't have access to xbox live gold, so online does junk for me. And in fact, I wouldn't buy a gold sub just to play CC online anyway.

I can excuse that these game-breaking bugs made it to offline in the first place, but I paid for this game on launch day, and at this point I still can't play offline CC because it's broken.

So, how is it that people complaining shouldn't be? I don't care about the missing fantasy draft, the editing of players (though i'd like to see it) or any of the other "game types" that people are whining about.

I took the game for what it was, what was advertised. And when half the functions of offline CC don't work...why shouldn't I be unhappy?

I have patience, but I can't understand how it can be working online and still not getting fixed for offline. If EA wants to give me access to online while I wait for the offline update, I'd be fine with it. But I didn't read anywhere on the case for the game that said I would need to pay more money to play the game I paid for in a working condition.

And by having to upgrade to gold to do just that...yeah, excuse me if I am unhappy with Madden 13 right now. Assuming they ever get these things fixed, this will be my favorite Madden since 2005. But for now, it's a 60 dollar paperweight to me.

[atc43]

Please Tiburon, im begging here, Invite some true football intellectuals to test out the game and give feedback?

I understand that Inviting tournament players to find glitches but thats all i believe they should have input on, unless of course they actually have realistic gameplay suggestions!

Invite some people on here! We OSers would gladly give you a list of the people that deserve to go if thats what you need!

Madden Needs Football Minds not Madden Minds!

ps. Since NBA LIVE will be going under pretty soon, EA should redirect those resources to Madden their cash cow! Hire more programmers just for bug/glitch detection, Hire more capable gampeplay code writers and animators, just do something!!! Please...

[Darth Aegis]

wow seriously gameface? Are u f kidding me it better be more then that. Offline guys can't even play a normal season with all the bugs. Wow EA u finally took the cake for dropping the ball in gaming history. Here we go again can't play the game until the real NFL season is over again for them to get there delayed silly updates in.You want your gameface its in my toliet along with this game.

[Danimal]

Geesh go away for a few hours.

Lets cut the shots about Game Changers this is a thread about the patch. GC are not Q&A testers and for that matter Q&A testers don't have any control over what gets fixed that is up to the developers.

If you want to discuss the patch feel free but the other stuff ends now. Only warning.

[LRBTODAY]

This news may make me keep my MADDEN.

[tril]

The masses have spoken and its clearly evident taht the masses arent the folks that frequent Operation Sports.
Game Face is a huge priority for the masses, that would be the young kids and casuals.
THE ability to edit rosters etc, is for teh die hard sim heads.
This brief discription of a patch, clearly indicates what EA's priority is when it comes to Madden. Hint: it aint us.

[ballymenasteve]

I really hope some of the small things get fixed in this update as well, like Stadium sounds not properly working, the wind meter pointing opposite direction than it should etc, punt returner bug when he goes walkabout etc.

I'm liking the game, but these small things are errors that should have been noticed pre release, and need fixed

[Big FN Deal]

Quote: Originally Posted by tazdevil20

If you really wanted to maintain a level of professionalism, you wouldn't have even responded to his post. Your response is very indicative of how things are done regarding this game at Tiburon. The product has been nothing short of terrible going on 8 years now. This year's game is the first game that shows SOME sort of effort. While it isn't fair to lump all of the gamechangers into the same bucket, you were strangely absent when some of them defended every aspect of Madden that was truly done poorly and incomplete. There was no mention of the lack of editing, the ridiculous number of oversights and bugs regarding both offline and online CC, nor the issues regarding the gameplay. Also, just because you brought in a few guys from the sim standard and wined and dined them into trying to tell us the game was incredibly better doesn't carry any weight. You have a guy who was one of the original youtube critics who is doing great work by showing all of the glaring gameplay issues still in Madden in a professional and respectful manner that were done better in that "other" game, but you're in no hurry to include him. If you really were interested in making the game better, you would not be responding to a comment that provided no value, but you would simply be gathering the input from the community as a whole and realizing that there are massive issues with this game year after year. You're talking about a company who bought an exclusive license to the nation's most popular sport, then proceeded to destroy it with colossally bad products for 8 years. Also, we all know why you mention the TSS guys. Your thinking was that if you brought in the supposed "harshest madden critics", you'd brainwash people into thinking that the game MUST be better. People make up their own mind here by playing the game. Tons of things are still broken gameplay wise, but to add to it, a bunch of things were removed and are now bug ridden that were in the non-gameplay areas. People are going to be upset. The price of the game wasn't lowered, so people's expectations aren't going to be. Also, let's not forget the face of the gamechangers for Madden. SGibs and ZFarls (nothing personal), but they are admitted tourney type/glitch players. They profit by writing strategy guides that tell you how to simply win at Madden, completely disregarding "football", yet you are touting this as a true simulation game. Come on now... There is a wealth of information here on OS that has been here for nearly a decade. Tiburon has chosen not to use it to improve the game. People are going to have their opinions about your game changer program. Have the mettle to take the info you need from the "negative" comments in order to make the product better. Even though you may not like how it was written or presented, the important thing is that you get the information. People who want to play NFL games want to play football, not Madden-Ball. We're all tired of comparing this to the other game on the field, and complaining about the bugs in the mode off the field. Plenty of people want to love this game. Line play, player movement, running animations, NFL rules, NFL atmosphere, NFL presentation, realistic roster and off field management need major work to catch up to where we were. That's the feedback the team needs to hear about. When those things are finally polished and we get a product worth 65.00 that looks like a company with all access to the NFL built it, then more respect for the development team and its affiliates will follow.

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