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Hooe · 03-31-2011, 02:59 PM

Numbers aside, there's no reason for EA to not give us the ability to make the passing game that hard if we want to. Options are the name of the game.

Understandably at the baseline difficulty there should be significant leeway to allow the game to have some pick-up-and-play ability and so it's not an exercise in futility; they're in the business of making video games, and the games they make have to have widespread appeal so that even those who don't enjoy football might enjoy Madden. However, that's no reason for EA to not develop more realistic AI routines that play out for gamers who enjoy a more difficult and more realistic challenge. The stated mantras of the company - "it's in the game", "everything you see on Sunday" - obligate them to as much.

03-31-2011, 02:59 PM	#7
Hooe Five Becomes Four OVR: 45 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Culver City, CA Posts: 21,506	Numbers aside, there's no reason for EA to not give us the ability to make the passing game that hard if we want to. Options are the name of the game. Understandably at the baseline difficulty there should be significant leeway to allow the game to have some pick-up-and-play ability and so it's not an exercise in futility; they're in the business of making video games, and the games they make have to have widespread appeal so that even those who don't enjoy football might enjoy Madden. However, that's no reason for EA to not develop more realistic AI routines that play out for gamers who enjoy a more difficult and more realistic challenge. The stated mantras of the company - "it's in the game", "everything you see on Sunday" - obligate them to as much.