Two Weeks of Madden 09, and Official Patch News!

[SoMiss2000]

yeah, yeah, yeah, "it should've been fixed out of the box". Well, no one told you to run out and buy it at launch without waiting for impressions to see how the game played. EA could just do what they normally do and give us all the middle finger and tell us it'll be fixed next year. Instead, they interact with the boards this year and take our suggestions under advisement and work hard to implement these wishes through a patch/DLC and they still are being thrown under the bus. This game could've shipped with all the patch fixes and most of you still would've found something to gripe about. Please, please, please, wait a few weeks before you buy 2010 since $60 seems to set so many back.

[Segagendude]

That's what I do,SoMiss. I can patiently wait till around the Holidays to buy it.(at 1/2 price, I might add...)

[Skyyplum]

Well, I tried what you said Ian for the fix to franchise freezing and it worked the first time but not once since. I save after a game, quit franchise mode, reload the franchise and the game still freezes at the first play call screen. If the patch fixes this than it can't come soon enough because this is beyond frustrating.

[Skyyplum]

Plus one more thing, how can some of you say that the problems on that list don't make the game unplayable? I think when a game freezes in certain areas non stop to the point where you have to shut your system down is an issue that can make a game unplayable. Plus shutting a system down over and over is not very good for the system .

[brendanrfoley]

I think it's interesting some of us see no freezes (such as myself), while others do.

Shouldn't that tell people that it is hard to tell what is causing the crashes and, therefore, fix them?

[xxzone]

That "yeah yeah you didn't have to run out an buy it" argument is tired man! They brought this all upon themselves by taking the cowards way out and making it so they had zero competition in the market.

People have every right to hold EA to a higher standard due to this, and the dog sludge that they put out this year wouldn't have been acceptable with even 2 other competitors. They wanted it all, and now people are going to expect a ton from them...especially me. I always played both games when there wasn't a choice, but now that there isn't I'm always going to want what was in the other game also.

The one year 2k get their football game on track, and had a great platform to build on for years to come, and it was squashed, so yeah people have every right to go off on it. You have no other option thanks to this mess, so of course people are going to want to buy it and hope for the best. When it doesn't live up to the hype they have every right to get mad.

On top of all that, since when has it been "ok" to release games that freeze? Never, but now that's becoming the standard, and they will just patch it later. This is exactly what people didn't want with the ability to patch game, and unfortunately EA is doing exactly what people feared patching ability in games on consoles would do. Freezes hardly ever happened before the patchable systems, but now it's starting to be common place.

So yeah....I was kinda forced into purchasing/renting the game if I wanted any new NFL experience this year, so I'm going to vent as much as I see fit due to EA wanting to be the head NFL @##%# and them not coming even close to living up to what they should be.

[Vikes1]

Quote: Originally Posted by stux

You are missing a group. The people who like the game are thankful for the fixes that they didn't have to make but are upset about the freezing issues that shouldn't have made the disk.

This is the group I'm in.

To me...Madden '09' is by far the best playing [gameplay wise] Madden game of this generation. I really like the game...warts and all. Now I don't like to have to play with blinders on over certain things, but many of these issues are being addressed with patch #2. So that will help a lot...and I'm thankful for that.

As for the freezing issues...myself, I've just started my franchise. So I haven't as of yet suffered any lock ups. But of all the issues, for franchise gamers...your franchise freezing up IMO is the biggest problem. For me, no other issue is as frustrating as having 2-3 seasons worth of my time invested into franchise mode...only to have all those hours wasted by having the game lock up.

I may be wrong, but my understanding is that some "stability" issues are being addressed with patch #2. [in game freezes] But franchise lock ups overall...were not. Please correct me if I'm mistaken.

In the meantime...and however Madden '09' ends up after the patches and DLC has run it's course, I plan on enjoying the game the best I can. All I really hope for is that a great deal of my time isn't wasted by the dreaded franchise freeze. Barring that...I'll be more than pleased with this years game.

[brendanrfoley]

Quote: Originally Posted by xxzone

That "yeah yeah you didn't have to run out an buy it" argument is tired man! They brought this all upon themselves by taking the cowards way out and making it so they had zero competition in the market.

You're missing a key fact. The NFL approached developers, not the other way around.