Sound Off: Has the 'Closed' Nature of Connected Careers Turned You Away?

[edjames01]

Quote: Originally Posted by briz1744

When I say basic I'm not referring to any necessity for function I'm refering to customer expectations of what should be in a video game as a product, this is not 1995 or whenever career modes were first introduced and customer expectation is at a higher level now, in the same way that Henry Fords mythical "you can have any colour as long as its black" comment wouldn't wash with todays car buyers the absence of customising my game as an option will be railed against by todays game buyers from the OCD sim types to the kid who wants him and his brother on their home team

I blame online players for this. If offline & online modes weren't merged, some of these features would not have been touched. That has to be the real reason.

[Cnada]

Quote: Originally Posted by edjames01

I blame online players for this. If offline & online modes weren't merged, some of these features would not have been touched. That has to be the real reason.

32 Full-Online leagues vs editing equipment and jersey #

Its a no-brainer for the Madden team

(not saying its one or the other but you get my drfit)

[briz1744]

Quote: Originally Posted by edjames01

Some people are crying like their constitutional rights have been violated. Come on, It is a video game (and a awful one).

This is a discssion forum , people voicing their opinion is why it exists and its the ONLY game in the genre

[briz1744]

Quote: Originally Posted by edjames01

I blame online players for this. If offline & online modes weren't merged, some of these features would not have been touched. That has to be the real reason.

Can't blame the consumer , online franchise needed attention , how this was done however is the issue

[DeuceDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by edjames01

I blame online players for this. If offline & online modes weren't merged, some of these features would not have been touched. That has to be the real reason.

This is probably the most undersold things about CC at the moment. It seems that more than anything it's created some strong resentment towards online gamers from the offline franchise guys. I'm an offline franchiser and I don't see any reason to hold anything against them. It makes me wonder if the Online guys have had the same sort of resentment (e.g. it's all offline's fault) over the last couple years when offline got improvements and online wasn't hardly touched.

[briz1744]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cnada

32 Full-Online leagues vs editing equipment and jersey # Its a no-brainer for the Madden team (not saying its one or the other but you get my drfit)

Offline had it all already, I see your point for online but the fact that you even had to express it as a choice is the issue, if CC had replaced online and SS and offline franchise left as an option and maybe merged as it were later when CC has matching customisation we would have one exited Madden community , I guess disc space prevents that tho tbh

[briz1744]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

This is probably the most undersold things about CC at the moment. It seems that more than anything it's created some strong resentment towards online gamers from the offline franchise guys. I'm an offline franchiser and I don't see any reason to hold anything against them. It makes me wonder if the Online guys have had the same sort of resentment (e.g. it's all offline's fault) over the last couple years when offline got improvements and online wasn't hardly touched.

I agree with the sentiment, until some guy tells me I'm cheesing by editing ratings or position changes must never be added because it can be exploited online.
Online franchise did need work

[bucky60]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cnada

Yes i know how nice that is but do you understand that the dynamic nature of the storyline doesn't allow for custom rosters.

If the storyline is that static, then it wasn't designed very well. I would be shocked if they had static strings stored for tweets, etc. Everything about the story line should be parametrized and built up programmatically to be able to adjust to any changes in the roster. You say difficult. I say bad design decision.