Madden NFL 10 Patch #2 Details Coming Next Week

[jeremym480]

Quote: Originally Posted by jaytay10

I don't understand how some people don't see the difference between "broken" and "don't like it". The HDTV scenario in an earlier post was way off. The example given that TV was broken and inoperable. Bad comparison. The comparison would be if you got the TV home, it worked, but you just didn't like the picture, or some of the features didn't work how you liked them. I realize software isn't something that can be returned. Software is something that can be rented and tried first though. If you feel you are constantly burned year after year why would you not rent it before you buy it? If you were hit by a car crossing the street 1, 2, 3 or more times wouldn't you start looking before you crossed? Would you blame the drivers for your lack of due dilligence if you got hit again without looking first? My point is the game is not broken. It is playable and that is a fact that cannot be disputed. There may be a few discs that were defective, but they can be exchanged. Another fact is many people aren't playing the game because it doesn't suit their needs for one reason or another. I can respect that. I am one of the people holding off on some things myself. Stop saying the game is broken. The game actually works just fine, however that doesn't mean you have to like it. I would love for the game to be 100% rock solid for my tastes when it ships, but it didn't happen. Maybe the patch will help that. If not I still enjoy the game as best I can and hope for competition down the road.

A lot of good point's in this post! If only more people thought like you, this forum would be a much better place.

[ThaShark28_316]

All these people who are anti patch...I just want you to find me a perfect game that didnt need one..dont worry i'll wait.

[chuckm1961]

Sane folks (the ones who don't moan about everything).... remember, the non-sane will always find something to gripe about.

If it was the best game ever, they would gripe it could be better.

If it was not patched, they would gripe about that.

If it is patched, they will gripe about that.

They just like to gripe.

After all, the world is perfect.... why can't a videogame be perfect? [this is called "sarcasm"]

[marcus82]

Quote: Originally Posted by ThaShark28_316

All these people who are anti patch...I just want you to find me a perfect game that didnt need one..dont worry i'll wait.

for a game like madden that has an annual release i am definitely anti patch. the time they spend patching 2010 and band aid fixing the issues they could be game planning and creating more sustainable, concrete solutions for 2011. EA is finding themselves in a patch "do loop" which will keep them from ever getting around to releasing the best game possible.

The only patching they should be doing is to improve online play or things that improve the games performance (lag time/system slow down/loading errors). they SHOULD NOT still be making programming choices at this point in the game's life cycle.

[matt8204]

Quote: Originally Posted by marcus82

the problem i have with madden patches is that in 2010 they seem to be fixing bugs/issues that should have bee sussed out in the second or third next gen installment. instead we are in the 6th year of next gen gaming and we are still "patching" fundamental things. I understand the place that patching has in any software programming. but for a piece of software that gets released every year (with minimal base programming changes I might add) to have to "patch" the kinds of things that Madden patches.....EA's developers should just be flat out embarrased with some of the things that don't work with this game (why does the clock not stop after i am tackled 10 yards out of bounds???!!!!!!) . and from a consumer perspective its a major disappointment.

Exactly. What about CPU receivers with zero sideline awareness? You can't catch the ball five yards out of bounds, chief. The issue is never addressed. What about the fact that the CPU QB snaps the ball too quickly? They patched this in one of last year's updates, only to have the same problem this year out of the box. If you fix something, fine. But keep it fixed. That's all I ask. When the same issues that are discussed ad nauseum on the boards keep coming up every year, people tend to get a bit frustrated.

[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by marcus82

for a game like madden that has an annual release i am definitely anti patch. the time they spend patching 2010 and band aid fixing the issues they could be game planning and creating more sustainable, concrete solutions for 2011. EA is finding themselves in a patch "do loop" which will keep them from ever getting around to releasing the best game possible. The only patching they should be doing is to improve online play or things that improve the games performance (lag time/system slow down/loading errors). they SHOULD NOT still be making programming choices at this point in the game's life cycle.

Same could be said for every current major sports game release. This is hardly a Madden only issue, even though people seem to make it out as one.

[Bgamer90]

Quote: Originally Posted by bkrich83

Same could be said for every current major sports game release. This is hardly a Madden only issue, even though people seem to make it out as one.

The same could basically be said for any major video game this generation period.

Just about everyone is patching games... not just the team that makes Madden.

[Von Dozier]

In other news, morons would prefer no patch because a game is supposed to be picture perfect out of the gate.

Spoilers: no game, in this day and age, is perfect. Get over it. Take the patch. Be thankful EA even gives a **** to do it in the first place.