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Originally Posted by FBeaule04 |
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No, I don't take it too personal Realm, I just spoke for myself since I didn't want to speak for others. :-)
I know they are adding things every year and try to make the game better. It's not like EA's game are pure sh*t. They are good sports game overall, but with flagrant bugs, glitches and ommissions that makes me, a customer that is always asking for attention to details, shake my head.
I know there listening to the community, but in the end, they listen to their fish swimming outside the water more than the fish already in the tank. I mean, it's not like I'm asking them a new feature that would take tons of hour. Saving game while in progress is offered in every game except in EA's sports game, and it was there with the game for many years.
Outside that, I fully understand that EA Sports is now a monster with many heads and that the name of the game is selling copies. FIFA doesn't have to think about that, soccer is a global game, while hockey is regional.
If fairly honest, with the budget and ressources they have comparing with FIFA, Tiger, Madden and NCAA, NHL games are by far the best product for the ressources allowed on the sports market. I should keep that in mind in the end.
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I hear you. It would be amazing if NHL were given the budget of Madden, I believe all those reoccurring issues might be addressed at that point, and at a quicker pace. I'll be the first person to admit as someone who's defended the series quite a bit since the reboot, that I too felt they somewhat coasted the last couple years. But not being a fly on the wall at EAC, I'm sure there's reasons for it.
We haven't heard from Littman at all this year, or really since he was moved to the NBA Elite failed reboot, Dean is back as well, so I really wonder if there wasn't a bit of team shuffling done at EAC on this particular sku over the last year or two that might explain why the game stagnated a bit. Not that it's an excuse than anyone would care about outside of those who have a interest in the industry itself as a whole outside of just the games themselves.
I'd love to see mid game saves or the ability to set season length for those that would use it. Things like that. Those little things that people ask for every year that still haven't made their way into the product.
I honestly think, and this is obviously without playing the game yet, that this year might mark the largest jump this title has had since the 07 reboot. When you add all the components together, the new skating, GM Connected, the new AI and CPU logic (GM Brain) Strategies etc. If all of these revamps work as advertised, even if they're not totally what we, the hardcore fans would like to see, (no custom sliders/rosters in GM connected for example) It's still going to be a major improvement than what we've gotten the last couple years.
I know it's easy to get frustrated with the lack of progress, I do too. At the least I have a ton of respect for guys like you and bwiggy who voice it constructively and who actually want to discuss things rather than flame and argue.