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Flames24Rulz · 08-05-2010, 10:33 AM

First off, I've been a yearly customer of this game ever since the 2002 version. Ten straight years of playing this game and wearing the cover off of it. IMO, the 09 version on the PS3/360 was the best game we have seen in this series. But this year, EA took a huge step back with this game.

Believe the fumble stories. They are awful. No matter if I hit R1 or not, my RB still coughs it up at least twice a game. Two fumbles a game when he averages like 17 carries or so. I play as Illinois and my starting RB Mikel LeShoure was out for a month. In his first game back (he was 100% too by the way), he had FIVE fumbles in the game with under 20 carries. Absolutely ridiculous. Scoop and scores happen way too frequently, as well. Usually when you fumble, there's just a pile on top of the football. Not in this game. One of my friends quit playing the game when he had a sequence where he threw a pick, then forced a fumble on the INT return, then proceeded to fumble again, all on the same play. It's extremely maddening, to say the least.

That's the major problem, but there's still several other pretty glaring issues. Lack of pass interference, being bumped off your route (as the throw is being made), and of course, the dropped passes by both the WR's and the DB's is excruciating. I lost my last game to Michigan 31-24 (where I had 7 turnovers, including 4 fumbles) on a dropped pass in the end zone as time expired. Really? I also love it how I can stop offenses that don't run the hurry-up, very easily, but when I'm facing an offense that runs it exclusively, I'm in trouble from the get go.

People can defend this game all they want, but this is the worst copy EA has put out by far. Hopefully the patch fixes some of these awful issues, but I'm not optimistic. Sorry for my rant, once again.

08-05-2010, 10:33 AM	#1
Flames24Rulz Rookie OVR: 1 Join Date: Dec 2007	Love this series but... First off, I've been a yearly customer of this game ever since the 2002 version. Ten straight years of playing this game and wearing the cover off of it. IMO, the 09 version on the PS3/360 was the best game we have seen in this series. But this year, EA took a huge step back with this game. Believe the fumble stories. They are awful. No matter if I hit R1 or not, my RB still coughs it up at least twice a game. Two fumbles a game when he averages like 17 carries or so. I play as Illinois and my starting RB Mikel LeShoure was out for a month. In his first game back (he was 100% too by the way), he had FIVE fumbles in the game with under 20 carries. Absolutely ridiculous. Scoop and scores happen way too frequently, as well. Usually when you fumble, there's just a pile on top of the football. Not in this game. One of my friends quit playing the game when he had a sequence where he threw a pick, then forced a fumble on the INT return, then proceeded to fumble again, all on the same play. It's extremely maddening, to say the least. That's the major problem, but there's still several other pretty glaring issues. Lack of pass interference, being bumped off your route (as the throw is being made), and of course, the dropped passes by both the WR's and the DB's is excruciating. I lost my last game to Michigan 31-24 (where I had 7 turnovers, including 4 fumbles) on a dropped pass in the end zone as time expired. Really? I also love it how I can stop offenses that don't run the hurry-up, very easily, but when I'm facing an offense that runs it exclusively, I'm in trouble from the get go. People can defend this game all they want, but this is the worst copy EA has put out by far. Hopefully the patch fixes some of these awful issues, but I'm not optimistic. Sorry for my rant, once again.