NCAA Football 09 Patch Announcement

[LowerWolf]

Re: NCAA Football 09 Patch Announcement

I'll ask here rather than start a new thread:

For the EA guys on here, will the presumed second patch (not the roster-edit patch but the one for gameplay issues) be able to work on an existing dynasty? Or are we better off waiting until after that patch (assuming there is one) is released to start our dynasties?

Thanks.

[SoMiss2000]

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come on man think this through. if you release ncaa in august then when do you release madden? after the nfl season starts? release two football games in the same month?

madden hasn't always come out in August. I wouldn't mind it releasing in September, after the season starts.

[astronut]

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Which begs the question: with problems like these appearing every year, wouldn't it be better for EA to simply push back the release schedules for their games? Instead of releasing NCAA July 15, why not release it August 15? That's still two weeks before the start of college football and it allowes testers a full extra month.

I guess I'm just not optamistic, I think no matter when the game comes out there will still be problems to fix. So if the game comes out a month later thats just a month later on getting the patch. So the earlier the game comes out the earlier the patch. If they started letting the community guys be the testers, then more bugs or issues would be found, then it would be okay releasing it later because there wouldn't be as many things to patch.

[Herky]

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madden hasn't always come out in August. I wouldn't mind it releasing in September, after the season starts.

Remember when Madden used to come out in November?

[stateprop]

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OMT thank you for recognizing the problems fast and fixing them right away ty. But i have a ? who are testing these games before they are released because they are not doing a good job and they need to be fired.

[bling1202]

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So it'll come out next week?

[Mr. Moustafa]

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It'd be great if they could push the release date back for more testing. But 2 fball games in the same month? Sales for NCAA would drop a massive amount. And why push madden back? Don't you think the NFL wants people all over the country get pumped for the upcoming season by playing with their favorite teams for a few solid weeks.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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I remember when Madden came out in November. And I remember when NCAA came out in September. And NBA Live came out the week of Thanksgiving.

But then back then, 98% of videogames came out between October and December. There was no new games coming out every month, year round like it is now.

[texbuk84]

this is great. good way to get on it EA

[servo75]

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I guess i be waiting for the 2nd patch. I just couldnt the play the game man with these bugs. i praying and hoping theytune up the defense AI.

I really don't IMHO think the defensive AI is the problem, it's just that the offensive passing is too perfect. If they tone down CPU passing and tone up OL run blocking, things should be ok.

[tommyboy]

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Heres what I would like to see, EA come out with the game in July.However this will be a demo disc and available to a few people. Then the guys who helped them this year can test it in real situations. Im talkin about the guys from operation sports. The testers could talk openly about problems with programmers and get the disc fixed before it is released to the public. Of course this would make the disc later depending on how many problems get ironed out.This could also make the game more expensive. Then the disc will be released and then any problems that pop up can be easily patched.EA will show they care about their fan base and the public gets a better representation of football.I say this is a win win situation now will EA go for it?

[USC_QB]

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Didn't have time to read all 16 pages of whoop it up posts, so can anyone give me any info on whether or not we can edit the players names on our own from the default rosters ni the game without causing issues in dynasty?

I have been editing in 2 or 3 players real names on some of the top 20 teams in my dynasty since I didn't want to download any of the rosters after reading about all the problems. I also put in the real player names on my user controlled team, ASU Sun Devils.

After I read OMT's statement I wasn't sure if it was in regards to not downloading anyones rosters from the locker and then editing them or if it meant not to edit at all regardless of whether your doing it yourself or if you downloaded from the locker.

I would like to know this as well.

[Mr. Rad]

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Pushing it back a month only helps that particular year, the next year, the development cycle would run August to august, right now its July to July, so after the one year they pushed it back, you dont gain anything. Thats not the issue, its not a time factor, its attempting to fit other/newer features in rather than refining gameplay.

Exactly.

What they need to do is hold the community day events earlier, while there is still time to make adjustments to the game. Lot's of the gameplay issues were recognized during the community events, but it was too late to patch.

As for the depth chart bug, I'm sure they will test for it in the future. EA has responded to this one quickly.

[ewto16]

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For those of you that keep asking if the 1st or 2nd patch will work with a dynasty that is already started, it will not.

Unless EA changes something from how they have done it in the past, the dynasty file isn't affected by any patches made to the game.

[Jas8099]

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I am just hoping that at some point one of the producers at EA can convince the powers that be to have an "NHL 08" year. On that game there were basically no additions or improvements other than a serious overhaul of the AI. The end result was the greatest AI in a sports game to date. So good that I can still pick it up and not have the game feel the same as the last after all these months. It made the gameplay so good that additional flaws or absent features were easily forgiven by the people who played it.

I know football is infinitely more complex than hockey but with one single focus I think it could be done.

Amen.