[T-Moar]

Quote: Originally Posted by khaliib

All you just mentioned are "icing" type of things, when I said Major, I was talking about the actual cake that's been a little dry these past releases. Actual cake meaning those things that will "enhance" the on-field Gameplay. There are several threads of in-depth discussions of what I'm talking about, so no need to repeat here. -things that separate QB's -AI runners running with purpose and utilizing their skillset to score. -Punt/FG Block programming -Weight meaning something etc.... Stuff that will not require a Major Editing Project again to get teams/players to behave accordingly. Nothing major is not an understatement as you implied, some are ok with icing type things. I guess my statement pertains more to Offline players.

I'm a completely Offline player. It's still ridiculous to say that improvements haven't been made when they obviously have. Furthermore, let's go through your list and see what's been addressed in Madden:

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-things that separate QB's

There's no evidence of this being in Madden, either. From what I can tell, Madden's passing system is still exactly the same as that of NCAA.

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-AI runners running with purpose and utilizing their skillset to score.

This is as much of an issue in Madden as it is in NCAA. I still haven't found a slider set in Madden that has a decent balance of power when it comes to CPU running backs. Either they go for 200 yards/game and break 30 tackles every time they touch the ball, or they get 20 carries and wind up with -30 yards.

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-Punt/FG Block programming

The team claims to have addressed Punt/Kick returning this year. I'm in wait-and-see mode when it comes to that, but you can't cite it as an instance of the devs not doing anything.

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-Weight meaning something

Assuming that Infinity Engine works right (I'm not so sure it will, but I'll give them benefit of the doubt for the sake of argument) this is literally the only thing on the list that Madden has addressed and NCAA hasn't.

Furthermore, when the devs give the players something that they've been begging for literally for years (good OD, RTG, Coaching Carousel) you can't claim that they're neglecting the series. It's a claim that's not there to be made. And I still haven't seen anything about TB being dropped, so your claim that EA is "dropping NCAA's online feature (TB), yet building on Madden's online feature" is a crock. It's like you're buying completely into Madden's hype, without even playing it.

I hate the recent developments as much as the next person, but let's stop pretending that the NCAA team is just sitting in their computer chairs over at EA and doing nothing.