OS Roundtable: The Player Tendencies Snafu - Short Term Blunder or Long Term Mistake?

[TajDeni]

i didnt read thru every post so my apologies if this has already been mentioned...

while player tendencies is a huge issue and the ppl who this effects most have every right to be fed up. what i would like an answer to is how all the media outlets and folks from the community posted all those videos and articles about NCAA 12, yet not 1 person mentioned that custom playbooks was a disaster. seriously how does that happen.

not 1 review that i read about the game mention that custom playbooks was a completely broken feature. how about this, maybe i was content with ncaa 11 but i went out and spent the money on '12 because of the publicized feature of custom playbooks, yet 10's of reviews came out and not 1 review from a major media gameing outlet mentions that custome playbooks doesnt work. can someone involved please explain how something like this is even possible.

1 trip into and 1 exit out of custom playbooks and i knew there was a major problem, i cant speak for anyone else but its gettin to a point if its not already there where the customers cant trust EA or the various outlets to provide us with the truth...

they do realise we work 4 our money dont they...

this is not a rant, i would like an answer, please.

[Playmakers]

I used to get upset over NCAA 12.....the game turned out to be more hype than substance this year.

I've pretty much gone back exclusively to NCAA 11 and don't even sweat it no more.

NCAA 11 actually offers up some very solid gameplay and the sliders all work the way they are suppose to work.

So for me personally NCAA 11 & Madden 12 have allowed me to enjoy some football games this year.

Next year i can gurantee myself i won't be buying NCAA 13 on release day. I will waite about 2-4 weeks before i give in because i'm tired of the half @$$ job by this company on their college game. You simply don't know what your going to get from year to year anymore.

[carnalnirvana]

its not even about the $65 anymore for me.....i can afford it easily....

its not even about the(new issues)like tendencies being broken, we are already all accustomed to something being broken year to year.....

its about the same issues year to year not being fixed/addressed while something new will be introduced again next year..

i just fix the tendencies for my conference, ncaa has become like an rpg for me i find myself spending more time in menu's(edit player) and grinding trials for my edits than actually playing for fun.... its pathetic

[southriver]

I just wish we could get 2 year development cycles instead of "pushing another game out the door" just so EA can get their bank account full. No other Genre puts out a continuing title every year. These developers need time and 1 year is NOT enough.

[canes21]

Quote: Originally Posted by southriver

I just wish we could get 2 year development cycles instead of "pushing another game out the door" just so EA can get their bank account full. No other Genre puts out a continuing title every year. These developers need time and 1 year is NOT enough.

Call of Duty....

[Playmakers]

Quote: Originally Posted by carnalnirvana

its not even about the $65 anymore for me.....i can afford it easily.... its not even about the(new issues)like tendencies being broken, we are already all accustomed to something being broken year to year..... its about the same issues year to year not being fixed/addressed while something new will be introduced again next year.. i just fix the tendencies for my conference, ncaa has become like an rpg for me i find myself spending more time in menu's(edit player) and grinding trials for my edits than actually playing for fun.... its pathetic

well for starters i think these issues occur every year because EA IMO doesn't have any real game testers

i honestly believe they use the OS community and few others to be their game testers....from a business standpoint it's smart because you don't have to pay anyone to test your games

From a consumer standpoint it sucks unless your just a casual gamer who doesn't really get into under the hood things

[Radja]

this has as much to do with EA as the people who review the game. i traded in a bunch of games for this based on the review so i am not out much. but no review mentioned anything. in fact, with some of the broken features, some reviews hyped them even more than EA.

i will never buy a game (or trade for) based on reviews ever again. that includes OS. their review failed on some pretty big glitches also to meet the deadline. in fact, the simulation and long term dynasty features were given glowing remarks.

[Layoneil]

Quote: Originally Posted by canes21

Call of Duty....

CoD has Treyarch and Infinity Ward alternating every 2 years. those games also have very different sales numbers and budgets.