Two Weeks of Madden 09, and Official Patch News!

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Qb

Incredibly, incredibly late on this one, but if all of that stuff is indeed 'fixed' in the second patch... wow. If it all works as intended, kudos to the Madden team for addressing community concerns... However, unless I overlooked something, I see no mention of CPU QB accuracy. I'm guessing much of the 40+ pages could have been on this very subject, but I haven't been to the Madden forum much lately. Read the Ian's first post & replied like a schmo... Sorry!

There is hope that the addition of CPU sliders will lower CPU QB Accuracy.

[Cusefan]

This cant come soon enough, I am so sick of losing to these idiots who cheat. I really hope that the madden team comes through with the promise to delete wins of those who cheat.

[xxjgbxx]

i could actually go for imported draft class players not wanting 10M for 1 yr in the 6th round

[Qb]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

There is hope that the addition of CPU sliders will lower CPU QB Accuracy.

Yeah, I just went and re-read Ian's initial post. I somehow managed to miss the paragraph about the DLC. Hopefully they can get that stuff approved & out the virtual-door!

[Skyyplum]

Quote: Originally Posted by ms24forever

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.

A slide in this community is needed, for a while this place has been known as the EA *** kissers forums around the web. I don't like that EA got the license at the time they got it but I blame the NFL for being ignorant, but since EA got the license what have they given us? Every year there are problems that need to be fixed or the game is nearly unplayable causing many returns. I have played many games on the 360 since I bought it over 2 years ago and no game has froze like this game or last years madden. Other companies can make sports games that are great without freezing so why not EA. They have the most money, but they seem to use too much on marketing.

You won't see respect and appreciation from the majority when they are stuck with a game that doesn't work half the time and lacks so much. Plus, nothing is worse hearing from a few saying their copies have never froze. Thats like telling EA that theres nothing wrong and just concentrate on making a flawed Madden 2010. I'm beyond frustrated only being able to play 1 franchise game at a time because if I try to play 2 it will freeze even if I quit the franchise mode and reload.

2k was having troubles with freezing in the past couple mlb games and you know what they did? They dropped Kush games because they proved they didn't know what the hell they were doing because if you can release a game that freezes year after year that just shows ignorance in programming and laziness in testing. EA gets away with it all the time and were stuck watching developers for this game talk it up like its the next big thing in sports gaming every year. WHAT?

Patching is the worst thing that could have happened this gen because it allows a company like EA to half *** their games and just reel in 60+ dollars from millions of gamers that need an updated NFL game. When EA can release a Madden game with zero freezing, realistic game play, and great presentation out of the box I'll take back everything bad I have said about them the past few years and I'll start buying all EA sports titles but I have a feeling a pole shift will occur before that happens.

[xxzone]

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.

No that is the reply to people defending the game and thier main argument being "no one forced you to purchase it"

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.

I love how 2-3 people quoted the above section of my post & then totally neglected that "If I wanted any new NFL experience this year". That's kind of an important part of the sentence, but everyone decides to exclude that part.

Now I understand how people get misquoted in the press all the time. Yeah it is a funny statement if the bold ed text was the entire sentence, but it wasn't.

The fact remains, if you want a new NFL experience this year you have only one choice. Read the entire post and answer in context to that. Yeah I liked 2k...I'd like any competition at this point. Fact remains both their football games freeze, but apparently that's OK now a days. People have accepted it, so it's not going to change. So who's more at fault, EA or the consumer who buys it and acts like nothing is wrong? "These things happen" seems to fix everything now a days.

I rented the game so I'm lucky. I just send it back to gamefly instead of keeping it. I haven't purchased an EA product since the exclusive deal, and this kind of product isn't going to break that streak.

[davidandjordan]

I'm not sure how I can be excited about this patch if I still can't go through 2 years of franchise mode without it crashing and burning.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by xxzone

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. No that is the reply to people defending the game and thier main argument being "no one forced you to purchase it" 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. I love how 2-3 people quoted the above section of my post & then totally neglected that "If I wanted any new NFL experience this year". That's kind of an important part of the sentence, but everyone decides to exclude that part. Now I understand how people get misquoted in the press all the time. Yeah it is a funny statement if the bold ed text was the entire sentence, but it wasn't. The fact remains, if you want a new NFL experience this year you have only one choice. Read the entire post and answer in context to that. Yeah I liked 2k...I'd like any competition at this point. Fact remains both their football games freeze, but apparently that's OK now a days. People have accepted it, so it's not going to change. So who's more at fault, EA or the consumer who buys it and acts like nothing is wrong? "These things happen" seems to fix everything now a days. I rented the game so I'm lucky. I just send it back to gamefly instead of keeping it. I haven't purchased an EA product since the exclusive deal, and this kind of product isn't going to break that streak.

Wow, you really took what I said and ran with it didn't you.

I meant nothing personal towards you in any of my comments, just a) stating my observation on the arguments back and forth and b) just having a laugh at what I bolded in your comment.

Thats it man. Sorry if that came across as a personal attack at you, it really wasn't meant that way.