08-15-2017, 07:38 AM
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MVP
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Re: CFM Reminiscent of Downfall of MLB 2K Franchise?
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Originally Posted by brandon27 |
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Yeah, this pretty much sums up my opinion on this.
They're adding things. They're just, apparently not adding all of the things that everyone really wants, and of course, that's upsetting to people. The mode has changed over the past couple of games. It's not like it's sitting stagnant. Sure, it hasn't changed as much as I'd like it to either, but things are happening with it.
I'm a bit surprised at some of the commentary around here on CFM really. I mean, earlier when it was announced that Madden was going to move to Frostbite, everyone really made several assumptions that have basically become common knowledge. Firstly, that moving to Frostbite would likely take away from new additions to the game itself. Secondly, that a story mode would likely be coming as Frostbite gives that ability, and that again, would take time/resources from the rest of the game. Finally, I think we all expected this, many had accepted it as well. I'm not really surprised by any of what we've seen, or lack thereof so far. We all knew it was going to happen.
Sure, that doesn't make it better. I know that. I also know that the fact most of us likely won't play the story mode either. It's like MUT for a lot of people. You know what though, it is what it is. That's the direction they wanted to take it. Everyone loves to say EA lags behind with Madden compared to The Show, or NBA2K etc, etc. Now they spend time and resources "catching up", and everyone is still upset. I get it though, I really do. I'd like to have seen CFM get a full revamp from the ground up to be quite honest. I just don't think we will ever see that. I'd like to see other changes and additions more than I'd like to have seen a story mode, or MUT, etc, etc. It's the direction they went, it is what it is.
I think those additions to CFM should help make it fall more in line to where it should be. Especially the trading and free agency things. Last year we got the practice squads and such. So yeah, it's not sitting stagnant like the last few years of MLB2k did, so it's not a good comparison at all IMO.
But thanks for the painful reminder of how I felt when I bought the last couple editions of the 2K MLB series as my only baseball option being an Xbox gamer... What a letdown that was. I don't see Madden, or CFM itself in that territory yet though. There's good progress being made, and I think the shift to Frostbite as we keep moving forward will benefit the gameplay side even more, and as they appear to be eliminating more and more legacy issues, hopefully they can devote more time to cleaning up, fixing, or completely rebuilding CFM
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Frostbite taking away resources would have been acceptable in two situations - first, that the graphics simply blew us away, which so far they haven't. The sidelines are still the same, lined with almost motionless zombies. The intros to the field are bare bones with a small group of players running out. Second, the reason that franchise has had little attention isn't actually frostbite at all - they shifted their franchise resources to NBA Live.
My level of acceptance takes a hit bearing in mind of those two facts I've mentioned.
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