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When a Patch is Just Too Late to Save a Game

04:18 PM - December 13, 2008 by RaychelSnr

When a new sports title drops, anticipation surrounds the release. People scourer message boards and try to get first-hand impressions from their peers. They read reviews, watch game footage and inspect every little screen capture they can on the Web. Still, nothing beats getting it into our grubby little hands for the ultimate experience.

When a game has major flaws, especially a much-anticipated title, it is a letdown to say the least. You can hear about these problems through the grapevine, or you can discover first-hand the reason why you may have wasted your $60.

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# 41 Pared @ 12/19/08 12:19 PM

That stinks... I think a split of the group to two smaller ones might be better if that is the case. I know NBA and NCAA hoops share many of the same CL's... but if it isn't working for the football titles, have them choose the title they would like to focus more on.

Probably not the best situation for the CL's that enjoy coming out there to see both games and enjoy the 3-4 four day extravaganza but it seems like it would be the best interest in the quality of both games.

Take your NFL heads and NCAA heads, split them up, and bring them out when possible. It just seems to me that the way CD is run for football it doesn't really benefit NCAA at all, and Madden ever so slightly. IMHO this should change and I think we're in agreement there.

Just some suggestions. From my discussions with Will it seems like he's a good guy. I just feel there needs to a better focus on what the CL's are there to accomplish. From speaking with some of the current and former CL's, that seems to be key that needs addressing.

I sincerely believe it will result in a better game. There are many intelligent individuals out there who just enjoy being involved in the process, myself included. Working with them seems to be doing wonders for other games.

# 42 rhombic21 @ 12/19/08 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by OMT


	Yeah.. I agree. Will needs to get comunity day earlier. The problem is that Madden is the big game and they are on a different dev cycle. So if you guys are brought in with enough time for NCAA changes, then Madden isn't showable.

Given the fact that NCAA is a major title in it's own right, don't you think it ought to be given it's own day, separate from Madden? Why does everything have to revolve around Madden's release schedule when it comes to the community?

Also, I'm of the opinion that you guys should not only have the community day earlier, but you really need to find a way to make it a multi-day event. One day is really not enough time to get deep into the game. You really ought to have 2 or 3 days, so that maybe on the first day or two people are mostly just playing the game and giving general feedback, and then the last day is some sort of intensive feedback session with developers. And FWIW, it would be helpful if you guys would have these on a weekend instead of during the week. I know that the team usually gets the weekend off, but for the guys that have to travel in for the event, you eliminate a bunch of people from consideration when you have a mid-week event that forces people to take several days off of work or to miss school.

# 43 rudyjuly2 @ 12/19/08 02:40 PM

I definitely agree with having a separate community day for NCAA. If the cost gets a little high, then don't invite as many people. But a separate and earlier community day where leaders can spend a couple days with the game would be great.

I'd really like to see more vs. cpu gaming done during these things as well. I'm always reading stuff about human vs. human play but a ton of us only play offline dynasty.

# 44 Hey_Rebby @ 12/31/08 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by rhombic21


	Given the fact that NCAA is a major title in it's own right, don't you think it ought to be given it's own day, separate from Madden? Why does everything have to revolve around Madden's release schedule when it comes to the community? Also, I'm of the opinion that you guys should not only have the community day earlier, but you really need to find a way to make it a multi-day event. One day is really not enough time to get deep into the game. You really ought to have 2 or 3 days, so that maybe on the first day or two people are mostly just playing the game and giving general feedback, and then the last day is some sort of intensive feedback session with developers. And FWIW, it would be helpful if you guys would have these on a weekend instead of during the week. I know that the team usually gets the weekend off, but for the guys that have to travel in for the event, you eliminate a bunch of people from consideration when you have a mid-week event that forces people to take several days off of work or to miss school.

Wow, what a slap in the face for fans of NCAA Football. I guess this proves that NCAA is and will always be second fiddle to EA Sports. If you were serious about putting out the best game possible you guys would find a way to host a community day for NCAA that allows for feedback to be useful for the development of the game.

# 45 spit_bubble @ 12/31/08 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by OMT


	I agree. And while "sad" might not be the best word for you to use, it is a good word to describe how many of us on the team felt when these issues came up. These things are very upsetting because we want to deliver a patch that enhances the game... not something which fixes a bug we should have known about.

*pats OMT on back*

Isn't a "patch that enhances" not a patch?

I dunno. I always thought a patch was to... Ya know, repair things. Maybe software companies use the word "patch" differently. Call Oxford!

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