For those of you considering a 2012 pre-purchase

[prowler]

Speaking as someone who played and was seriously disappointed with DA2, I can say comparing it to the short comings of NCAA11 is insanely unfair. Unless NCAA12 ships with only ten playable stadiums and overly simplified gameplay, it's light years ahead of what DA2 was supposed to be.

[UofLCards]

Pre-ordering seems so useless now. There are sooo many stores that sell video games that you'll eventually find a copy. I've noticed, lately, that Gamestop employees aren't even pushing reserves like they used too a couple of years ago.

[drlw322]

Does anybody know if they fix the schedule glitch where they don't alternate home and away games in dynasty. Thanks

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by UofLCards

Pre-ordering seems so useless now. There are sooo many stores that sell video games that you'll eventually find a copy. I've noticed, lately, that Gamestop employees aren't even pushing reserves like they used too a couple of years ago.

Problem is that company's are giving away free specific to store giveaways. Like Fight Night, Best Buy unlocked Young George Foreman and Gamespot gave away usable Everlast Gear for the fighters as well as a 25,000XP boost for created boxers for online play.

The only way you will ever get Young George Foreman is if you pre-ordered from Best Buy. I can almost guarantee that EA will make something like Combat Uniforms a pre-order only perk. Or give away some dynasty or on-line accelerators to help the cheesers get a leg up.

This is where its headed.

I stand by the statement though of never buy an EA game at launch. It wll be cheaper and patched in a few months and it will save you many hours of aggrevating slider tweaking whic will inevitably be undone with a tuner package.

[mikehud]

Quote: Originally Posted by fistofrage

Problem is that company's are giving away free specific to store giveaways. Like Fight Night, Best Buy unlocked Young George Foreman and Gamespot gave away usable Everlast Gear for the fighters as well as a 25,000XP boost for created boxers for online play. The only way you will ever get Young George Foreman is if you pre-ordered from Best Buy. I can almost guarantee that EA will make something like Combat Uniforms a pre-order only perk. Or give away some dynasty or on-line accelerators to help the cheesers get a leg up. This is where its headed.

yo, I feel you on that pre-order thing. but all of that stuff that you can get on pre-order probably will be available, but available as DLC instead.

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by mikehud

yo, I feel you on that pre-order thing. but all of that stuff that you can get on pre-order probably will be available, but available as DLC instead.

I don't think so, and thats the problem. There are many games taht never release the pre-order incentive content.

[jeremym480]

Every sports game I've played this Gen has needed a patch or two. This is nothing new. But, thanks for the heads up though

[TimLawNYC]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeremym480

Every sports game I've played this Gen has needed a patch or two. This is nothing new. But, thanks for the heads up though

The point, I think, is that there's a huge difference between a game needing a patch to fix a minor gameplay bug or wrong-colored socks or something, and a game being shipped with significant features or game modes having enormous problems. Putting aside the fact that each patch and tuner update for NCAA '11 actually made the gameplay worse, there are still HUGE problems with glitches and bugs in this game that can ruin entire franchises, and those have never been patched. The whole thing just reeks of either total incompetence or wanton disregard for customers by EA.