Two Weeks of Madden 09, and Official Patch News!

[TheMatrix31]

Quote: Originally Posted by xxzone

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.

You're not forced to do anything.

[nookiebear]

Quote: Originally Posted by WARNING

man I am glad EA can fix all this stuff but what are the PS3ers supposed to play? Madden-waiting for patch NCAA-waiting for patch Head Coach-waiting for patch WTF? I think EA should hire better testers

I read this morning a letter in an English newspaper claiming that the new Tiger Woods is full of glitches as well. Apparently, when you beat Tiger at golf, the game crashes

Haha, you gotta laugh. Good old EA. Can't wait to see what problems FIFA's got

[nookiebear]

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. 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.

Spot on - they release a game that freezes then people come on here and say stuff like "you didn't have to buy it" or "you're acting like a spoilt child you should be grateful"

I don't play many games - mainly Resi Evil 4, Bioshock, Pro Evo, Fifa, Madden for the PS2 and Tomb Raider. None have freezed on me.

This is basic stuff, innit?

[adembroski]

Quote: Originally Posted by nookiebear

I read this morning a letter in an English newspaper claiming that the new Tiger Woods is full of glitches as well. Apparently, when you beat Tiger at golf, the game crashes

It's not a glitch, it's a feature! Because if someone ever really does beat Tiger, the world will end!

[adembroski]

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. Look man I like EA ,always have. It is just the last two years franchise mode has had freezing issues. I buy about a lot of games every year and I haven't bought one other game that freezes on me. (ps2 or 3) I have owned every madden since it first came out and only the last two years of ps3 have crashes on me. I think I have bought about 15 ps3 games and only madden 08 and 09 have crashed. No one expects to buy a game and have it freeze. I am not pissed like I was last year. I am not calling EA crap or anyone else. But I am not jumping up and down when they fix THIS (freezing) issue, it is a must fix for any game developer. I do think Ian was on the 09 team. I have read a ton of posts prior to the release of this game where he was tweaking the gamplay, using our input which is awesome. I think I even read you posting on one of them, I think he quoted you from another site. I thought he was the gameplay lead on 09? I could be wrong but that was my understanding. Ian is a great guy. I am not blaming him in any regards I think he is probably the best guy for us comminity guys on the team ever. I think 2010, if it doesn't crash, will by far be the best madden ever for franchise people. Anyway, I agree with TJ now this post is so far off the topic of the patch that I am not going to responde to any thing but that topic any more.

Ian was working on what he called a "super secret project". He did carry our concerns to the gameplay team at times and made suggestions, but he was not actively involved in the 09 project.

[countryboy]

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.

so is the argument that someone has "wasted money again on a Madden game" or the "Madden stole my money" or the argument that you reference above.

Quote: Originally Posted by xxzone

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.

Ok, this made me laugh. "forced into purchasing/renting the game"? What kind of marketing is EA using these days.

[callmetaternuts]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

so is the argument that someone has "wasted money again on a Madden game" or the "Madden stole my money" or the argument that you reference above. Ok, this made me laugh. "forced into purchasing/renting the game"? What kind of marketing is EA using these days.

I was forced into reading his original post, can i get my money back?

[boooey]

you know.. maybe its just time EA dumps Tiburon.

They do not seem to be up to the challenge of developing a next generation football game.