Madden NFL 12 Title Update #2 Details Coming Soon

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by bingo911

Oh yeah, i definitely agree about the suits part but.. saying that a company with less resources, less staff, and that they can get things done quicker? Thats a bit backwards i think. A company with millions of dollars of resources, and a huge staff should be able to destroy anything a small company can put together. I just hope that EA's contract with the NFL runs out soon. The lack of competition has obviously made EA a bit lazy. If there was a NFL 2K12 game out there right now, EA would definitely have made a better game. Who knows, they might have even produced a better game than than 2K, since 2K literally put the NBA Live franchise out of business- it could be payback. lol

I hear you, but there are pros and cons to working at a smaller company vs a bigger company.

A smaller company you don't need to run decisions up the flagpole and wait 2 weeks for an answer. A bigger company needs to take it over to marketing, run it around up to the suits, and maybe a decision will be made in a few weeks.

There is much more political red tape to hurdle in a larger company vs a smaller company.

[ccdeville]

I think EA simply doesn't try because they have no competition. Pride seems to motivate 2K and the bottom line seems to motivate EA. Look at the attention to detail in a 2K game. The fans are even active and moving, responding to whats going on in the game and everyone is doing something different. EA cuts and paste's 4 guys and spreads them all over the stadium. In 2K the sidelines are even active responding to the game situation. EA they look like cut outs from Madden '94. The commentary in the two games are day and night and well documented.
Now these things don't affect gameplay, but when this type of attention is shown in little things then you know they take gameplay seriously and vice versa. EA to this point can't even get the little things right and it seems like they just don't care.
Acquiring the NFL license just told me instead of working harder to produce a better game, we'll just kill the competition.
They still haven't even put mouthpieces in the players equipment.

[ghostlight85]

Speed up the menus. Seriously.

A lot of my gripes about the game would be lessened if the menus didn't have such significant delay everytime you change screens or go into a player to edit him or anything. I think I could even deal with UDFAs in franchise if the menus didn't make everything take 3x longer than it should.

[dirtguru]

Have not read the entire thread so probably in the minority here.

I'm all for fixing PS3 freezing issues, commentary and wierd sound bugs as well as the strange weather patterns that the virtual NFL seems to be experiencing. Graphics/colors in certain stadiums are a must.

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEZE don't mess with gameplay, super linebackers are not an issue for me.
I all ready have Madden 11.

[Bud2003]

Quote: Originally Posted by ccdeville

I think EA simply doesn't try because they have no competition. Pride seems to motivate 2K and the bottom line seems to motivate EA. Look at the attention to detail in a 2K game. The fans are even active and moving, responding to whats going on in the game and everyone is doing something different. EA cuts and paste's 4 guys and spreads them all over the stadium. In 2K the sidelines are even active responding to the game situation. EA they look like cut outs from Madden '94. The commentary in the two games are day and night and well documented. Now these things don't affect gameplay, but when this type of attention is shown in little things then you know they take gameplay seriously and vice versa. EA to this point can't even get the little things right and it seems like they just don't care. Acquiring the NFL license just told me instead of working harder to produce a better game, we'll just kill the competition. They still haven't even put mouthpieces in the players equipment.

Such an old and overused assessment.

Have you played the almighty MLB 2K series lately?

[Herky]

Quote: Originally Posted by youALREADYknow

Can't even enjoy Franchise mode right now. If the patch doesn't address most of the Franchise issues, then I'm sure this game will start gathering dust for a lot of gamers.

I haven't even bought Madden yet as I am waiting for the patch. I've followed threads on here and as a hardcore offline franchise guy, I need it to play well.

I did the same with with MLB 2K11 and NBA 2K11 and it worked well and got me to purchase the game. I wish I would have done the same thing with NCAA 12 as I'm not happy with it.

If EA comes through with a good patch I'll buy Madden. It sad because I've owned every Madden since 2003. From 2004-2009 I've purchased it on release day. Now I might not even buy it.

[GGEden]

A lot of pressing issues that people have brought up already.
Hopefully custom playbooks is fixed too, and hopefully they include the defensive camera view too.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by GGEden

A lot of pressing issues that people have brought up already. Hopefully custom playbooks is fixed too, and hopefully they include the defensive camera view too.

I doubt the defensive camera view will be included in the patch.

Mike Young already said in a podcast a week ago Thursday that was a huge project by NCAA highly unlikely to be included in a patch.