Madden NFL 16 Title Update #1 Available Now, Roster Update Scheduled For Friday

[kchuskey]

Is it possible that the robo QB's associated with the confidence spike is subjective? Because I've also heard others say it isn't an issue for them.

[LorenzoDC]

As a 100% sports offline sim franchise player, I have no problem with the game or even this patch.

That's because for the second year in a row, I was smart enough not to buy the game at all. Invested no time or money in it.

EA has taught me oh so well.

Been ducking into the threads every now and again just in case CFM might be worth playing at some point this year. So it was handy to learn a couple of weeks ago that EA said flat out not to play the mode post release, pending a patch.

105 thread pages later on patch 1, I think I have enough data to tell me the patch to fix it. . . hasn't. Not that I'm shocked. I'm not even mad.

Just relieved I didn't waste my time or money.

I'll probably be back again next summer to hear JP tell me how it's really really really going to be different this time.

[RogueHominid]

Man, this is a disappointing thread.

I shelved Madden once Kolbe said that waiting for the patch was the best move, and I was looking forward to starting up my CFM once the Friday roster update dropped.

Now, seeing long-time guys like Bkrich, who are not known for hyperbole or engaging in the anti-Madden vitriol, say that CFM appears to be fundamentally compromised even after the patch, I feel like a fool for giving Madden my money.

I was all about the game play improvements evident in Play Now and thought there was no way that they could manage to bork CFM badly enough to make it not feel like the same game as Play Now. I thought they had really turned the corner with this game.

I have ZERO interest in this game for Play Now. I ONLY bought it for franchise play. And I feel like I got robbed. Again. But it's totally my fault. This game has a two-console generation record of failing to deliver a basic sim experience.

I won't say much more than that, but I feel duped, and disappointed. With two kids and a budget to adhere to, I can't afford a $60 mistake. I'm going to have to consider getting into basketball, and I'm going to have to play baseball through football season now.

#disappointment

[mojo7877]

I am new to Xbox One. How
Do I install the patch? Thanks.

[Armor and Sword]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trojan Man

Man, this is a disappointing thread. I shelved Madden once Kolbe said that waiting for the patch was the best move, and I was looking forward to starting up my CFM once the Friday roster update dropped. Now, seeing long-time guys like Bkrich, who are not known for hyperbole or engaging in the anti-Madden vitriol, say that CFM appears to be fundamentally compromised even after the patch, I feel like a fool for giving Madden my money. I was all about the game play improvements evident in Play Now and thought there was no way that they could manage to bork CFM badly enough to make it not feel like the same game as Play Now. I thought they had really turned the corner with this game. I have ZERO interest in this game for Play Now. I ONLY bought it for franchise play. And I feel like I got robbed. Again. But it's totally my fault. This game has a two-console generation record of failing to deliver a basic sim experience. I won't say much more than that, but I feel duped, and disappointed. With two kids and a budget to adhere to, I can't afford a $60 mistake. I'm going to have to consider getting into basketball, and I'm going to have to play baseball through football season now. #disappointment

32 team offlline CFM no tuner.......the truth.

IMO. Game is highly playable doing that.

[howboutdat]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

More from Twitter: Josenrique Brizuela ‏@ninjadoc48 54m54 minutes ago @ClintOldenburg please go to operationsports and read the patch thread. Drive goals and confidence broke cfm entirely Clint Oldenburg ‏@ClintOldenburg 34m34 minutes ago @ninjadoc48 we commonly read those forums, but thanks for the tip. We are fully aware of most of the perceived issues. Thanks

Same type of thing was kinda said about regression and confidence last year too....We saw how much that got fixed then, and still isnt fixed now.

Quote: Originally Posted by yankees028

So we need to invest time and energy to provide video proof? Again is this not there full time job? I'm rather lost with all of this and what to even think.

Looks like even if you have a full time job , actually playing a mode for more than 30 minutes doesnt isnt included in QA. Im rather tired of hearing excuses that people who have a paid job to test this stuff cant find what we can in a couple hours of playing the mode.If they looked , it would have been seen . I have a hard time seeing how just because theres so many more of us, that means they couldnt have seen it just as easy with 20 people playing it for 2 days. I dont buy that for a second, sorry.

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Kolbe said during the access time there is more people playing and testing during that period than they are able to test the whole year.

He also said they put more resources into CFM this year than ever, yet its more broken than ever?yeah that makes total sense to me.How do you not see players attributes over 100? You just dont look is how. 1 person could have caught that.How do you not even think " we adjusted stock roster speeds, we need to do the same for rookies"? How do you say you had two people working on confidence and regression ALL YEAR, and its still screwed up?It had never worked right since they added it last year and still to this day dont.

So here is my constructive input. They want to blame the fact they dont have enough eyes testing it to find things out in the open to see,here is your solution EA, hire more QA testers, preferably people who actually only buy madden to play CFM. People like that will surely put more effort into what they are testing and look over the mode well.The gameplay on this game is much improved, welcomed and bravo to the team that did that!! That is what is making this so much more frustrating.The gameplay is so good, it really makes us excited to play but CFM so messed up it sucks all the life out of that excitement.Sorry ,but we deserve this fixed this year, not next. Somehow i feel like they will "run out of time" to fix it all once again and we will be stuck with half this stuff still wrong plus something else they mess up if they try another patch.

[HozAndMoose]

Quote: Originally Posted by LorenzoDC

As a 100% sports offline sim franchise player, I have no problem with the game or even this patch. That's because for the second year in a row, I was smart enough not to buy the game at all. Invested no time or money in it. EA has taught me oh so well. Been ducking into the threads every now and again just in case CFM might be worth playing at some point this year. So it was handy to learn a couple of weeks ago that EA said flat out not to play the mode post release, pending a patch. 105 thread pages later on patch 1, I think I have enough data to tell me the patch to fix it. . . hasn't. Not that I'm shocked. I'm not even mad. Just relieved I didn't waste my time or money. I'll probably be back again next summer to hear JP tell me how it's really really really going to be different this time.

If you didnt buy it you have no reason to be here

[LorenzoDC]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trojan Man

Man, this is a disappointing thread. I shelved Madden once Kolbe said that waiting for the patch was the best move, and I was looking forward to starting up my CFM once the Friday roster update dropped. Now, seeing long-time guys like Bkrich, who are not known for hyperbole or engaging in the anti-Madden vitriol, say that CFM appears to be fundamentally compromised even after the patch, I feel like a fool for giving Madden my money. I was all about the game play improvements evident in Play Now and thought there was no way that they could manage to bork CFM badly enough to make it not feel like the same game as Play Now. I thought they had really turned the corner with this game. I have ZERO interest in this game for Play Now. I ONLY bought it for franchise play. And I feel like I got robbed. Again. But it's totally my fault. This game has a two-console generation record of failing to deliver a basic sim experience. I won't say much more than that, but I feel duped, and disappointed. With two kids and a budget to adhere to, I can't afford a $60 mistake. I'm going to have to consider getting into basketball, and I'm going to have to play baseball through football season now. #disappointment

When I got frustrated with Madden I went to 2k basketball.

Was like moving from here



to here:



Ok, so maybe there are some drainage issues out back and some cracking plaster in the downstairs bathroom, but as an offline franchise gamer it's been like a revelation. Playing a really fun game where the developers go out of their way to blow you away with their improvements based on community feedback year on year.

I bring this up in a Madden thread because I'm hoping somehow, somewhere, someone at EA will decide to study what's been happening with that game, its priorities and design, and approach to franchise modes and think, "Hey, maybe we should do that."

I'd love to come back to Madden football if that could happen.