Two Weeks of Madden 09, and Official Patch News!

[driftwood]

any update on this patch#2 release? (i knows its only been about a week)

kinda just skimmed by most of the posts...

& is it for sure comming out for 360 & PS3 @ the same time? cause thats not the case for the NCAA croud... PS3 got screwed with a longer wait...


outside of the franchise issues like progression & freezing, none of the other issues bothered me...

game looks great in HD... but this game makes me sad with the lack of fnished quality with gameplay/franchise...

just a few weeks ago i bought PS3 for madden (contemplated keeping my trusty ps2 around for another madden season before buying a ps3)

now i pay good $ for a new gen console & the games look better (no doubt) but have many more flaws compared to late gen consoles & thats not the impression developers will want to leave on thier customers...

in no way should ps2 still be more complete/finished game-wise then ps3...

im glad somethings getting done in the form of patches (this is normal for me comming from the PC croud), but the severity of some of these issues should have never made it this far into game release without being caught by development...



also... any update of when we will be seeing the final cut roster updates (hopefully next week)? or will this also be effected with timing from the patch#2 release?




nice to see development supporting thier game (as they should), lets just hope its equal for all consoles & not just the 360 first...

[supdog]

Quote: Originally Posted by aBiNeR

You're right, this is not the first time an EA Sports title received a patch. Please re-read my post carefully: "This is exciting news as it marks the first time EA Sports has patched their products (and console versions too which I knew was possible) with game-balancing/realism changes"

I did re-read it, not sure what your saying because they have patched console versions and have had to patch game-balancing and realism changes on console versions. Example last year they patched fumbles and db reactions.

[SoMiss2000]

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.

Lol...all I got out of this post is you're just another bitter 2k fan that is still pissed about the exclusive rights deal. Again, no onw is forcing you to make a launch day purchase. They are fixing the game which normally doesn't happen. 2k sports has to patch every game they release yet they aren't held to the same standard. Rant,vent, write a letter, but the fact remains is they are making an attempt to fix the problem.

[mwjr]

Quote: Originally Posted by supdog

This is not the first time ea has patched madden or other ea sports titles but hopefully next year we will get a better madden out of the box.

But we say that every year. That's why so many are frustrated.

[ScottD413]

Quote: Originally Posted by 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.

You're right! Tiburon SUCKS!!!

[mike24forever]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoMiss2000

Lol...all I got out of this post is you're just another bitter 2k fan that is still pissed about the exclusive rights deal. Again, no onw is forcing you to make a launch day purchase. They are fixing the game which normally doesn't happen. 2k sports has to patch every game they release yet they aren't held to the same standard. Rant,vent, write a letter, but the fact remains is they are making an attempt to fix the problem.

I completely agree with you. These forums have become a place for nonstop bitching. The notion of blaming EA for buying the rights to the NFL is stupid. North America is a FREE MARKET society. Get a clue. Between the mods shutting down almost every thread to the "I've got my panties in a bunch" complainers, I've definitely started to see a slide in this community.

Just be happy that madden is being patched a quickly as it is.

[sois]

I never understood why people blame EA for the "monopoly". The NFL did it. The NFL is the one making all of the stupid deals.

The NFL also f'd me in the a with DirecTV. I just moved to an apartment that doesn't allow satellite dishes. Are there any other ways of getting NFL Sunday Ticket? Hell no.

The NFL and it's stupid exclusive contracts are hurting the fans.

[stux]

Quote: Originally Posted by adembroski

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.

Ian said "Sorry I've dropped off the face of the planet - though I did work on gameplay all year, I was pulled off the team to work on other new super- secret stuff for the last 3 months or so, but now I am back."

From this post:

http://forums.ea.com/mboards/thread....art=0&tstart=0

Sounds like he was working on it to me. It really doens't matter though. Like I said I think Ian did a great job. I do not believe he is a tester and I feel they are the ones that missed the freezing/crashing issues that I was concerned with.