[valityr]

I stuck this in the bugs/glitches thread a few days ago but it's more relevant here.

Quote: Originally Posted by valityr

Right, i'm 16-0 down to Jax, only to work my way back up to 20-19 by virtue of a few TDs with an onside kick recovery in between. Jax get the ball back with at the start of the 2 minute warning. They work it down to inside the 20 and i'm dreading the worst, only for Keith Rivers to recover a fumble. Understandably, i'm ecstatic and start running down the clock. Due to a holding call and a couple of kneels it ends up being 4th and 21 with 38 seconds left, the clock winding down. I'm overjoyed, coming back from behind to seemingly win a classic. But then...DEFINING MOMENT! DO YOU WANT TO PUNT OR GO FOR IT? WTF, i want to do neither and just let the clock run out. Of course the clock's stopped while i'm confronted with the most illogical question ever posed to anyone. I tell Palmer to kneel down again, hoping that he doesn't actually snap it. However, with 17 seconds, leading by one inside my own 5 yd line Carson Palmer takes a knee. Josh Scobee, probably confused as hell comes on and kicks a chip shot and i lose the game. Now this is just inexcusable, i know it's just a game and you shouldn't get too worked up about stuff like this but it's just ridiculous. I hated defining moments beforehand, seeing them as illogical (worst i'd had before was being confronted with the same question in a preseason match at GB, 3 down in the 1st quarter at my own 40, stupid) and annoying but this is just silly. Other than the few bugs this is a fantastic game (myself living in England, i had it sent over by a friend who lives state-side), but the said few bugs and silly gameplay features really tarnish it. Either get rid of defining moments completely or at least let us turn them off as i've had to break one of my fundamental gaming rules and re-do a game, albeit it simming it, until i won as i wasn't losing a game due to something as stupid as that.