NCAA Football 09 Patch Announcement

[Hammer67]

Quote: Originally Posted by jlfarris

The patch referenced refers to only the rosters issue. There has been no announcement about a patch to deal with sliders, warping players, superhuman QBs, superhuman OL, etc.

I believe I read on this site that they planned on releasing a second, larger patch addressing gameplay issues later. This patch is a quickie to fix the roster issue.

[babyfat9]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hammer67

I believe I read on this site that they planned on releasing a second, larger patch addressing gameplay issues later. This patch is a quickie to fix the roster issue.

yeah there should be a 2nd patch but don't dream bout it til like December or so.

[jlfarris]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hammer67

I believe I read on this site that they planned on releasing a second, larger patch addressing gameplay issues later. This patch is a quickie to fix the roster issue.

That's the plan, and I'm pretty sure they will. However, sometimes this kind of stuff falls out of development's hands, and someone higher up will kill the idea. I think these issues are big enough that doing that would be terrible PR, but until there's an announcement, anything can happen.

[BoiseState07]

Being in the software development world myself I know that "patches" and "fixes" are all about cost/benefit analysis. At what point do you cut your losses and just move on to next year's product, because if you wait around too long fixing this one you will only be in a greater hole come next year's release.

If they work on a patch or fix and it won't be done and tested and released to Sony/Microsoft to be approved until December you've used up all of that time in between where you could have been refining next year's product.

Now granted, some of this stuff pops up year after year and you wonder why on earth this stuff makes it from year to year without being fixed, but maybe now that they have their ear lower to the ground by being in forums, a lot more issues will be more blatantly obvious. It's definitely a lot easier to see flaws when you're not the one that built it from the ground up for sure. It's like having someone else proofread your writing, it always looks right to you.

[fishepa]

Quote: Originally Posted by babyfat9

yeah there should be a 2nd patch but don't dream bout it til like December or so.

I'm going to start calling you "Negative Nancy". Are you ever happy?

[Fightin_Gobbler]

I understand the conflict between fixing this year's product vs. working on next year's but when a major element of the game (i.e. sliders) is completely broken, isn't there an obligation to fix it even though it means you get behind?

By all indications, they want the game to be more wide open so maybe the offense will always have an advantage but at least you can make it so someone has the ability to tweak it to their liking, which is the whole reason sliders exist in the first place.

[Skyboxer]

The who bought, why bought, shoulda bought stuff doesn't matter. Early adopters don't have the same rights as others as far as getting a unbroken product?
oooook.....

"Sir my Tv I just purchased doesn't go to the low channels after being on for 2 hours"....

"Well you really should have waited until later to buy, Sorry but that's the price to be an early adopter. However in just a few short months the FU-OVER 2.0 will be on the shelf!"

[Jeru3131]

One more thing they should try to fix is the computer AI. They always hike the ball at the first opportunity even when they should be killing the clock. Unbelievable.