NCAA Football 10 - Current Plans

[chia51]

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It's unfortunate that a we've allowed a few things to get by onto the disc in NCAA 10, this kind of thing bother us just as much as you guys... We do have time to work on some solutions, and here is the update as promised:

• Rosters - A new file will be posted on EA locker to start and then we are planning on patching the online rosters.
• Downloadable Content - The plan is to add the off/on toggle in a patch.
• Game-play Sliders - Also planned on being in a patch to increase/fix the effectiveness depending on the slider.

It is extremely important to me (and everyone else on the team) to ensure that we get everything right as soon as possible. I wish I could say mistakes don't happen, but they did and we are going to do everything possible to get things right.

-Russ

How can sliders be broken for two years in a row? How?

You made a game last year with broken sliders and patched it and then they still didn't work like they are supposed to!

Now in most companies that have a product where feedback was taken and the company knows that something is broken they fix it! Maybe not instant but in the next ititeration its fixed!!!

Secondly, rosters! Okay so some old rosters were loaded.... mistake, accident, whathave you... I can let that slide as long as the correct rosters are available for download the day/day after release.

Lastly, Patches... now you say that you are working on a patch for these things (ie: online rosters, dlc, sliders) now when is this patch going to be available?

Are you close to submitting it? Since MS has to approve it.

If its close can you shed some light on exactly what was done?

Is this first patch going to be your last? Since last year iirc someone stated that you are only allowed one free patch and everything after has to be paid for...

Are you guys going to wait until the game comes out to find glitches/bugs and then start the patch? Or come out with two patches? (ie: patch for rosters, dlc, sliders and then another patch down the road for bugs/glitches?) Please dont wait for the first patch!

Lastly Russ,
I understand mistakes happen but gameplay sliders cannot be a mistake as they were broken last year, then admitted that they were broken and then not fixed the next year!

[loganone]

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The same song and dance every single year. Every year something is broken, from sliders, to injuries, turnovers, rosters, pass rush, progression, you name it. And every year EA inevitably promises that miracle patch that always ends up either too little or too late.

[1-hunned]

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dang talk about dejafu yall should check out my post in the (I felt like we was lied to) thread then come back to this thread and read russ post.2k is probbly disgusted and laughing there azz off at the same thinking dame EA is a shady company with gulible fanbase

btw-just incase you couldn't or didn't feel like looking for my post here is what I wrote:












Folks need to be ready for the dagger in the heart,when the devs post here again blowing smoke. telling you they are working on a patch for pass rush after release, only just to tell you at the last minute it would mess up the gameplay oh my bad that was last year. Thats the gift and the curse when it comes to patches,ea can hype us up then bring us down then the evil marketing comes full force with one reply:WE ARE WORKING ON A PATCH BY RELEASE! lol we hype up again till the patch comes out and it didn't work. so we are but it will be too late cuz ea already got your money THE END!

[Strummer101er]

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I'm speechless.

All I can say is that the slider patch better be out within a week after the game launches. If it takes five weeks like it did last year ... I'm boycotting NCAA 11 and Madden 10 out of spite.

[mastershake88]

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your best option russell is to cancel this game. because this is the worst i've seen EA at when making a football game and that says alot. Also you guys could have done 10 times better instead of just doing enough to get by.

[Hova57]

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is it possible to patch pass rush lookin into the glitch ian found.also to improve on speed of game maybe slow it down to see holes. sliders make sure they are effective. i don't think they can be overly effective at this point but moving them up or down a difference should be seen.

hopefully next year yall can get more time to play the game yourselves and look for glitches rather than these forums hacka shaq you on everything. aslong as your proactive to it.i think everyone would be happy. i think that's where most of the frustration comes from on here is that not enough time was given to looking fully through the game. maybe you guys did , but on some level something happened and things were overlooked. i like ncaa issues with the game doesn't really bother me much. but the fact the sliders don't work is a hurt piece those do really make a difference. anywho i will get the game i'm not looking for a perfect game just one that is playable and i am able to with current settings.

holla at ya boy

[FlyingFinn]

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Damage Control... Nothing more nothing less. Got to keep that first week sales number up

[Hova57]

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I dont see how all of you on here can defend the dev. team and say " oh its ok, im sure you'll have it fixed next year." This is bullsh**. What's next you guys gona start wiping the dev. team's asses too?

When you look at what madden has done this year and the fact that we are basicall gettin NCAA 9.2 with busted *** rosters, I feel that there is no way in hell that we should have to pay more than 20 bucks for this game.

I say to hell with the current dev team, and that EA needs to get Ian from madden over here to do some major-*** damage control after madden releases cuz this Sh** YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR is flat out unacceptable.

the only issue with u said is the fact they never guaranteed up to date rosters they've done it for ever but there is no guarantee or agreement that players have to match real lfe

[etrain75]

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To Flying Finn:
Exactly, Ian's number one focus should be madden, but atleast he could get those brain-dead F***s pointed in the right direction.

[etrain75]

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the only issue with u said is the fact they never guaranteed up to date rosters they've done it for ever but there is no guarantee or agreement that players have to match real lfe

this is a good point. But you would think that they would keep updating them, i mean thats kinda the whole reason behind people buying this game now..... since they (the dev team) obviously dont want to take the time and effort to update anything else.

[CandyEyes32]

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If EA didn't have an exclusive license, we wouldn't hold them as accountable as what we do. EA has eliminated the competition! With that there becomes more of a responsibility to release a finished product. 2 yrs in a row EA? I am not sure what to say.

[Hooe]

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It's a wonder that EA bothers patching this game at all given the harsh and scathing reception some people here are giving them. They're not obligated to do anything with the game post-release, but yet they're posting a patch because A) we've requested it (some with controlled, polite language; others using a far more disappointing tone), and B) they want to.

I'm not excusing the game's development cycle for playing out the way it did, as certainly there have been some unnecessary missteps (particularly with the rosters; this can't happen again), but if EA says they're going to add / fix content to the game with a patch or an EA Locker downloadable file, and we take their words at face value, does it really matter this year that the patch content is not on the disc? We're getting it either way.

I feel for the people who don't have internet access through their consoles, but for most people in this forum there's no reason to use such harsh language towards the developers when all they really want is to create an enjoyable and good college football game.

[jethrotull]

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After reading their explanation and playing the demo, it makes me want to puke, I was getting motion sickness from the new camera angle.

I thought they hired a new roster guy? How do you admit to having something broke last year and then not fix it this year?

Could you imagine if other companies in America took this approach. Say a car door kept falling off, but instead of fixing it they just let the driver hit the highway without it. A teacher who couldn't read, instead of replacing the teacher they continued to let her teach. It's almost comical how you guys messed this up.

If you can't put out a complete product with an exclusive license, don't. Great ideas, poor execution, which leaves you 4th and Goal from the five.

[CandyEyes32]

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After reading their explanation and playing the demo, it makes me want to puke, I was getting motion sickness from the new camera angle.

I thought they hired a new roster guy? How do you admit to having something broke last year and then not fix it this year?

Could you imagine if other companies in America took this approach. Say a car door kept falling off, but instead of fixing it they just let the driver hit the highway without it. A teacher who couldn't read, instead of replacing the teacher they continued to let her teach. It's almost comical how you guys messed this up.

If you can't put out a complete product with an exclusive license, don't. Great ideas, poor execution, which leaves you 4th and Goal from the five.

Very well put! Thank you for this post!

[tmac55]

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It's a wonder that EA bothers patching this game at all given the harsh and scathing reception some people here are giving them. They're not obligated to do anything with the game post-release, but yet they're posting a patch because A) we've requested it (some with controlled, polite language; others using a far more disappointing tone), and B) they want to.

I'm not excusing the game's development cycle for playing out the way it did, as certainly there have been some unnecessary missteps (particularly with the rosters; this can't happen again), but if EA says they're going to add / fix content to the game with a patch or an EA Locker downloadable file, and we take their words at face value, does it really matter this year that the patch content is not on the disc? We're getting it either way.

I feel for the people who don't have internet access through their consoles, but for most people in this forum there's no reason to use such harsh language towards the developers when all they really want is to create an enjoyable and good college football game.

This by far the most reasonable post in about 3 or 4 pages of people whining and moaning. I totally agree with everything you say and if anything it shows good community relations by at least addressing the issues.

I love Operation Sports and this is my fave site on the net for gaming info. but sometimes when I see the childish talk that goes on in these forums I feel embarrassed for those posting these messages. Video game companies make mistakes and I have always been a fan of patches if it improves the product. I laugh because as soon as they patch, half these people complaining will be closet owners of the game and will probably be the ones enjoying it.

Big thanks to EA for their proactive attitude and I am pumped for the game with sliders fixed.