xbox.BlackSnowMan69 wrote:EA you are a joke! Why is there new patch info if the patch was submitted for certification 2 weeks ago? Shouldn't we be playing with the patch instead of getting new info? You guys are making no sense. Busted!

I couldn't agree more. There is one thing that is blatantly obvious if a patch doesn't come out for two months after it was announced. EA effed up and they know it. Their original game was so terrible, four months after its release, it is still unplayable. They will never admit that, but they don't have to. This delay says it all.

finally fixing the amounts of passing td's and rushing td's...

2 big errors I have seen multiple times in less than 30 franchise games:

1. Kicker at Guard, and doing a damn good job at it too, lol...

2. When returning a kick, breaking a long run etc. If there are blockers in front and you are being chased they keep on running ahead when their is no one to block ahead of them, lol...

EA= terrible game support, this years version has been atrocious with many holes left to fix...

I'm not trying to bash EA when saying this, but all these problems just prove that Madden doesn't need to be a yearly release. I'm sure we all understand...at least I do...that there is a lot of stuff that is involved in making a football game with the huge amounts of players that need to be added in and all the other details like how many players are on the field at the same time and stuff like that. This is why you can't keep releasing Madden every year and expect it to win over the fans of this series once and for all. You have to take more time with it. I would be willing to wait 2 years for a new release if it meant the game releases as a finished product. All these things should not have been missed, like the stats in Franchise and every other little detail pertaining to the gameplay and all. By releasing a new game every year, not only does it not give you enough time to fine tune everything which in turn forces the Madden team to release an unfinished game, but it also cuts into the amount of work that can be done to the game the following year because they have to spend so much time in fixing the problems with the previous title via patches. It doesn't help us and it certainly doesn't help the Madden team's reputation. Come up with a plan to release a game every 2 years without hurting your revenue, or let another team step in that can handle the load of getting the game done in a year because your reputation is being killed right now and a lot of fans of the Madden series are losing confidence in buying a game that is worth getting at launch.

ps3.ImpactPlayer89 wrote:I'm not trying to bash EA when saying this, but all these problems just prove that Madden doesn't need to be a yearly release. I'm sure we all understand...at least I do...that there is a lot of stuff that is involved in making a football game with the huge amounts of players that need to be added in and all the other details like how many players are on the field at the same time and stuff like that. This is why you can't keep releasing Madden every year and expect it to win over the fans of this series once and for all. You have to take more time with it. I would be willing to wait 2 years for a new release if it meant the game releases as a finished product. All these things should not have been missed, like the stats in Franchise and every other little detail pertaining to the gameplay and all. By releasing a new game every year, not only does it not give you enough time to fine tune everything which in turn forces the Madden team to release an unfinished game, but it also cuts into the amount of work that can be done to the game the following year because they have to spend so much time in fixing the problems with the previous title via patches. It doesn't help us and it certainly doesn't help the Madden team's reputation. Come up with a plan to release a game every 2 years without hurting your revenue, or let another team step in that can handle the load of getting the game done in a year because your reputation is being killed right now and a lot of fans of the Madden series are losing confidence in buying a game that is worth getting at launch.

I agree with this 100% if they wait untill the game is ready for actually playing instead of the begining of preseason they would have a better chance of making everyone happy.Just skip madden 11 sell the new rosters and make sure you have madden 12 ready to play on release date.

ps3.ImpactPlayer89 wrote:I'm not trying to bash EA when saying this, but all these problems just prove that Madden doesn't need to be a yearly release. I'm sure we all understand...at least I do...that there is a lot of stuff that is involved in making a football game with the huge amounts of players that need to be added in and all the other details like how many players are on the field at the same time and stuff like that. This is why you can't keep releasing Madden every year and expect it to win over the fans of this series once and for all. You have to take more time with it. I would be willing to wait 2 years for a new release if it meant the game releases as a finished product. All these things should not have been missed, like the stats in Franchise and every other little detail pertaining to the gameplay and all. By releasing a new game every year, not only does it not give you enough time to fine tune everything which in turn forces the Madden team to release an unfinished game, but it also cuts into the amount of work that can be done to the game the following year because they have to spend so much time in fixing the problems with the previous title via patches. It doesn't help us and it certainly doesn't help the Madden team's reputation. Come up with a plan to release a game every 2 years without hurting your revenue, or let another team step in that can handle the load of getting the game done in a year because your reputation is being killed right now and a lot of fans of the Madden series are losing confidence in buying a game that is worth getting at launch.

agreed

Are the blocked fgs and punts still count as fumble recoveries?
Do challenges work?
Are we able to call them when appropriate?
Is the AI better and not cheatier?
Do comeback routes, out-in routes, and curls and hitches work and not get psychically covered?
And lastly is the patch another downloadable content that we have to pay for?

Hey there Maddens fans, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! There is nothing better than sitting around with family and friends stuffing yourself with Turkey, all the sides and Pumpkin Pie while watching football all day long. My Mom and Wife might disagree, but for me and my Dad it doesn't get any better.

.. Actually Larry, I had a terrible Thanksgiving. My cousin came over and we played split screen and he kept abusing the flats with AP and then exploiting the backfield AI with some motion snaps. But things got carried away when he spilled some nog on my lap after celebrating his 4th consecutive punt return for a TD and I stabbed him in the face with my half eaten candy cane. Grandma got involved and she unplugged the 360 and started hollerin about family and holidays and just whack stuff about how games rot my brain and make me stab things when I don't get my way. But I showed her, in the end I set her house on fire cuz I love Madden!! Now I'm in jail and I have all this time to play, when is the release going to happen??

soooooo, they AREN'T fixing the flats....bump-and-run....man-to-man D....or....well any other actual GAMEPLAY flaw ? just....replays for the most part...

cem_ea_id.51BILLS wrote:soooooo, they AREN'T fixing the flats....bump-and-run....man-to-man D....or....well any other actual GAMEPLAY flaw ? just....replays for the most part...

please read the blog again and tell me how you missed the details to the patch?

I READ IT BUT U GOTTA ADMIT THEY DO TALK ALOT ABOUT FIXING REPLAYS AND SOCKS LMAO

I, JUST LIKE A MAJORITY OF OTHER DEDICATED MADDEN FANS AM SO UPSET AT THE AMOUNT OF CRAP IN THIS GAME. IM NOT GOING TO MENTION EVERYTHING BECAUSE ITS BEEN DONE TO DEATH ALREADY AND STILL NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BUT MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT IS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE SAME PLAY OVER AND OVER AND EVEN AFTER YOU CHANGE D A MILLION TIMES THEY STILL REACT THE SAME 9 TIMES OUT OF 10!!! PEOPLE RUNNING THE SAME FREAKIN SWEEPS OVER AND OVER AND A SUCCESSFUL STOP IS GIVING THEM 5 YARDS INSTEAD OF 20 OR EVEN A TOUCHDOWN OR AUDIBLEING TO PLAY ACTION ONLY TO HAVE THE FLATS WIDE OPEN IS LITERALLY DRIVING ME INSANE AND IM NOT EVEN GOING TO DISCUSS THE NANO BLITZING WHICH I HAVENT SEEN BEING ADDRESED WITH THE NEW PATCH!!! EA....WOWWWW....U DIND'T JUST DROP THE BALL U LOST IT COMPLETELY EVERY YEAR YOU GUYS FIND A WAY TO CHANGE SOMETHING ONLY TO MAKE SOMETHING ELSE WORSE ITS TOLERABLE IN THE BEGGNING BUT THEN PEOPLE GO ON THE NER AND FIGURE OUT THOSE CHEATS AND GLITCHES AND ITS A WRAP!!! I LOVE MADDEN AND I JUST WISH THAT EA WOULD FOCUS ON FAIR GAMEPLAY BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THE NEXT GAME BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY A FEW PATCHES JUST ARENT ENOUGH!!!!!!!

So, are you guys going to fix the progression issues and pancakes? Or is this long, drawn out ordeal just to add alternate jerseys and fix replays.

Again, you have half the fans wanting meat and potatoes fixes like this, and half screaming "TOWLZ, TAPE, SOX, LOL!"

The Seahawks' alternate jerseys were mentioned, but we all know those were made a long time ago, before the game was even released, and then removed. I'm not a Raiders fan, but I'd be pretty pissed if I had to look at a screwy field 8 games out of the year? What gives? Their field has part of a dirt baseball diamond in it. Why wasn't this correct in the first place?

I haven't played this game in over a month due to waiting on the patch. I would like to play it at some point before Christmas.

If it wasnt for the online franchises I wouldnt be playing it now, I only play onve a week just to get my league games in as scheduled.

I am really tired of the abuse I experience playing online and I never realy thought that this gen would bring this much anger and pain to the football scene. I blame it on desperation and greed on the part of the players who do this, with all the online gaming gambling sites out there people are just getting themselves worked up to go play for money and have there whacked scheme down packed.

I dont play to win, I play to try and win and out think my opponent, but I do feel like there should be some drastic changes to the overall gameplay of madden starting with the option to choose any playbook you desire in an online game.

Eliminate that for online ranked games and make everything TEAM SPECIFIC unless its an unranked game. The team you choose will be the PB you will be using.

Pauses should be like TO's, you get 3 a half and with the new options you gave us this year, I still dont see why people are still pausing the game before the KO when all the adjustments can be done before you decide to join a lobby and challenge someone.

I like the fact that we can make those roster changes before you play a game and can update them that way instead of waiting for your opponent for a few minutes to get all ready to go.

I got glitched a while back by a guy who had no choice but to pass on me while he was using the vikings and he did something so wierd that I knew instantly it was a glitch and he scored doing this and won the game by 1 point. I was in cover 4 and there was no one with in 15 yds of his WR harvin when he threw the ball, but prior to that he paused the game and even used a timeout. ( im guessing he went and looked it up on the internet)

But the point is I loss to a loser and it hurts even more when you lose when you know you should have won.

Im not worried about socks, fanny paks or team logos! I care about the gosh darn gameplay and with you guys catering to them is just downright sickening. They will understand in the long run how valuable gameplay is to cosmetic changes in the game.

I never won a game because I wear a certain color sock when I play with my team online, so with that being said... screw these cosmetic crybabies and fix the gameplay issues before BackBreaker mops the floor up in a few months.

man i was just wondering how come their where no block assignments man thinking bout 2008 had the lead blocker but the ol wrent that good in that game but now u have a massive supply of great ol but guess wat their is no lead blocker man some of these ideas u had in previous madden would of been great with this game abd i'm sure 98 percent of every madden player would agree, another thing y is there no power backs see their is time when i was running the ball with lendale or bush or lynch when i was takled by a player with takling like 40 and 50 and they put sum massive hit on my running backs they where looking like inside linebackers and and ss but it got pretty annoying well i hope u agree madden nation