Bottom Line

[jsquigg]

Every year it seems like the same story. I played the NCAA 10 demo and thought it was decent, in spite of many glitches that have been talked about at length. Obviously, the slider issue is a game breaker (at least to me) and the fact that the game has just been slightly tweaked is a disappointment. I'm not going to judge someone in a personal way without knowing how hard they work, but I will judge based on results. The fact is that Russ, Adam, and the other developers are well paid for their efforts to say the least.

Some of us however, have to scrap to shell out $60 for what we hope is a much improved game. I can tell you even if they fix what's broken, this game is NOT much improved. Just because Russ does what he should by communicating doesn't mean he should be let off the hook for problems that were pointed out by OS, NOT by his development team. My biggest frustration is that they supposedly "reach out to the community" but add only a few things that came from the community. Also, how can you play the game every day and not notice problems until you see them somewhere else?

As long as sales are high, I don't think there will be significant change. I wish stylee and the others who have talked about how schemes work in the trenches could be heard out, and I also wish we could get presentation that wasn't continually stale. When in doubt, there needs to be customization for a wide appeal at the least. We make these guys living for them to some extent, so it should be an expectation to be heard.

Rant over.

[Pared]

This could have gone in the impressions thread.