Madden NFL 13 Roster Editing Issue Rears Its Ugly Head

[malky]

Quote: Originally Posted by PacMan3000

Question for those that play other sports games, because I'm mostly only an NFL guy... Do other companies who make basketball, hockey, soccer, and baseball games remove features or often announce an inability to get something in a game (or back in a game)? I honestly don't know if this is a Madden thing, or if it's typical of games that get released every year and are on a tighter schedule than say, Call of Duty, where two companies trade off releasing a new game each year, giving them two years to develop the final product.

To answer your question not really. Which begs the question the madden team for the past two to three years can look at the gold standard of sports games The show and nba2k and model everything after them yet they continue to go against what's working for everybody else. Hmmm I wonder why? That's a rhetorical question because most have known for years why

[Big FN Deal]

Quote: Originally Posted by DMorganU44

Big, I don´t have a twitter account, but from the times I visited Loomas twitter, the vastly majority were not rude. He blocked a few guys that post here just because they did not throw him a softball... You can dig around youtube, podcast´s and all you see is a love fest. Plus, he said people will always complain about "little thing" when asked about an important aspect of the game for big part of the consumers. It´s better be clear I´m not defending people being rude, because they deserve a block. But a lot of the msgs I saw on his twitter were just tough questions of people that do not agree with his "little thing" remarks... and they were blocked. Looman just need to look how M. Young is dealing with twitter...

I am not referring to people being rude though, I guess I am more so referring to the attitude that Looman "owes us" more than what he has already done. Familiarity breeds contempt comes to mind when thinking about this. Looman has told people what will not be in the game, given his explanation and POV on it so I don't see what more people expect from him. He is not some elected official or something and it's not like the game is even out yet and people bought it before finding this out.

I understand the disappointment and know all too well how it feels but this tweeter stuff about Looman is being blown out of proportion, imo.

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

They dont. The Show adds to its Franchise and modes each year. NBA2k has only added to its franchise since it moved to next gen. Even EA games like NHL and Fifa add to its franchise mode.

Yeah, the only other game I can think of that followed a similar trend as Madden (in terms of feature inconsistency) was MLB 2K.

[BTownSlinger]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoxFan01605

That is correct. Your roster options are default or EA roster updates. No custom rosters. Your CAP option is to start an individual career.

Thank you. Saddens me bad. This was my only hope after no no imported drafts. Sadly this is a game breaker for me and I will not be picking this one up.

Here's to Madden '14.

[slick589]

what does everyone think the chances are that equipment and number editing and/or custom ccm rosters get added before release or via patch?

[Bigmac612]

Quote: Originally Posted by Big FN Deal

I am not referring to people being rude though, I guess I am more so referring to the attitude that Looman "owes us" more than what he has already done. Familiarity breeds contempt comes to mind when thinking about this. Looman has told people what will not be in the game, given his explanation and POV on it so I don't see what more people expect from him. He is not some elected official or something and it's not like the game is even out yet and people bought it before finding this out. I understand the disappointment and know all too well how it feels but this tweeter stuff about Looman is being blown out of proportion, imo.

Mannnnn he hadnt said S***...if he was real bout his, he would have explained to us everything that wasnt gonna be there at E3 w/ the many CC interviews he did,...i mean EVERYTHING...we shouldnt even have to ask him..with issues this important to ppl..he should had the decency to come out and tell us straight up like a man, only thing he did was answer vaguely about questions from the "community" that Dewiel was reading off a paper..which leads me to believe they were ?s specifically picked by them for that piece...surely they wasnt going to pick any of these type ?s we have...which im sure was submitted...Period


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[themassacre771.1]

Quote: Originally Posted by slick589

what does everyone think the chances are that equipment and number editing and/or custom ccm rosters get added before release or via patch?

There is potential with a good, respectful, push from us the consumers.

[Pacman83]

Quote: Originally Posted by tazdevil20

No, that's not what I said at all. You are so hung up on the online vs. offline that you are choosing only to see what you think you want to and not what I am saying. I have never advocated one over the other. I was always pushing for a united experience where there was simply a franchise mode and you could play online with friends or by yourself. Everything should work the same. I'm not going to argue with you because it doesn't matter what is said here, you will continue to feel that your mode is all that matters and the reason why you lost what you liked was because of the "online" community. I'm here to tell you that is not correct, but that doesn't matter because you are hell bent on seeing it how you want to. TAKING AWAY FEATURES FOR ANY GAME MODE SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE. PERIOD. It has nothing to do with online or offline or the facet of the game that it was taken from. It should not occur if it doesn't have to. It will continue to happen when only one game is being produced. The only reason why some folks like Big and a few others brought up the online crowd and how we felt was to let you know that there are others who do not play the game the way you do that can empathize with you. Instead, you are looking at it from the "I told you so" point of view. Couldn't be further from the truth. When things are absent from the game after they were there, it affects people the same way. Your situation is not unique to what Tiburon has been doing to many other football gamers for years. It does not make it any more acceptable regardless of the piece of the game that was removed.

--What?? lol, not really, I actually agree with you're stance. I'm not sure you're reading my post correctly to see where my problem lies. I have no problem with online, at all. However, online franchise functionality had a lot to do with the reason offline was stripped. I do believe that. And my posts are more directed towards the perspective of Big's post, especially #503, not yours. I responded to you directly, but only with the first part. And like I said, you didn't say it, but it was said. Meaning I'm not referring to you.