Sound Off: Has the 'Closed' Nature of Connected Careers Turned You Away?

[TreFacTor]

Re: Sound Off: Has the 'Closed' Nature of Connected Careers Turned You Away?

I don't have a full understanding of CC yet, so please forgive me if this is a stupid question or comment.

From what I am reading, if we want to basically play what USED to be offline franchise, we play CC as a head coach.

How does this impact player progression for my team and other teams?

I used to really like that we could NOT control player progression and don't like the idea of earning XP to boost player stats without some automatic player progression.

I liked the randomness of the progression based on performance, age, time played, etc...

90% of the reason I played the game was to see how players I drafted would progress.

You can still assign the computer to progression.

[cbc72]

Re: Sound Off: Has the 'Closed' Nature of Connected Careers Turned You Away?

Thank you for that information, that is good news on my enjoyment front anyway.

It is still too bad that they removed other options that a lot of other people enjoy.

I am actually looking at making this my first "new" Madden purchase on this generation console. I have only bought 2 others and waited a year for the price drop. I have been getting NCAA each year, though.

[DereckM]

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So is there now no regular franchise? If no then yes CC has turned me off. I just can't believe people are willing to except no franchise mode from madden but would not take that from other football titles.

[Jukeman]

No its a stripped down version on last year's franchise mode covered up with twitter feeds.


-Juke

[BLA7E]

Re: Sound Off: Has the 'Closed' Nature of Connected Careers Turned You Away?

The most brutal disappointment of all to me is that they have finally included some legendary players in this game only to find out that we can just use one at a time. It already sucks massively that they don't have historic teams in general like NBA 2k12, but I was willing to settle and get pumped for at least some legends. I want control of all the teams. I want to immerse all of the legends back into the league on the teams they originally played for where applicable. And then I'd like the ability to play with any of these teams whenever I wanted and just enjoy the experience and thrill of getting to use these legends once again. The addition of legendary players in M13 just seems like a major tease more than anything else. Give us our freaking options and customization back!

YES! YES! YES! YES!

(X 1000)

[inkcil]

Re: Sound Off: Has the 'Closed' Nature of Connected Careers Turned You Away?

Now that people are reporting depth chart mismanagment with the CPU controlled teams, the closed nature is a big turnoff. Makes it pretty much a "Play Now" game only. Imagine being in week 7 of your season and playing against an Eagles team with a healthy Jackson and Vick and McCoy on the bench. It destroys the immersion. No "twitter feed" can make up for that.

[LaW97]

Re: Sound Off: Has the 'Closed' Nature of Connected Careers Turned You Away?

Yes
Im turned away.
They betrayed us in the name of all those who will go and spend 60 dollars blindly every year.

Removing franchise that they had been improving since M10 makes me feel like the end of Planet of the Apes,

"you really did it. you blew it up. you maniacs. *** **** you to hell EA."

[prey2god]

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I'm one of those turned off. I played online about a few times and those said times, I have not enjoyed it. However, I like to feel immersed in my NFL franchise, often putting myself on teams, but I can't do that now. I'm forced to play as myself only as myself. After years and years, they took out the functionality of franchise mode to appease the online crowd.

I cancelled my pre order and this is the first time I have with Madden since 2001. I'm highly disappointed. I'm glad others enjoy the game, but I know there are massive amount of Madden fans who are very much turned off by the whole limited franchise mode they installed in this new Madden.

It's just not Madden anymore.

[inkcil]

Re: Sound Off: Has the 'Closed' Nature of Connected Careers Turned You Away?

I'm one of those turned off. I played online about a few times and those said times, I have not enjoyed it. However, I like to feel immersed in my NFL franchise, often putting myself on teams, but I can't do that now. I'm forced to play as myself only as myself. After years and years, they took out the functionality of franchise mode to appease the online crowd.

I cancelled my pre order and this is the first time I have with Madden since 2001. I'm highly disappointed. I'm glad others enjoy the game, but I know there are massive amount of Madden fans who are very much turned off by the whole limited franchise mode they installed in this new Madden.

It's just not Madden anymore.

Although I stated this in another thread, it is also applicable here (probably moreso) and worth repeating that "Madden NFL the Videogame" is not just a videogame to the NFL anymore...it is an entertainment computer program social media tool being used to connect people to the NFL and to each other for the purpose of promoting and sustaining greater interest in the NFL. Connecting people to the NFL and Promoting fantasy football and creating social (online) networks surrounding the NFL to increase NFL revenue is the "endgame." The numbers must be qualified and quantified, thus the "encouragement" for everyone to be online so that the numbers can be counted just like they are on Facebook or Twitter or other social online applications that are now being used to shape our perception of oursleves, others and how the world works or should work around us.

[KingV2k3]

Re: Sound Off: Has the 'Closed' Nature of Connected Careers Turned You Away?

Now that it appears as though the game doesn't even play properly offline, I am not only "turned off", but I'm starting to question EA's motive to MAKE us play online...

Which in 12 years of pretty much daily gaming, I have NEVER done...

Can they benefit in any way from tracking our time / online gaming habits?

Hate to be a "conspiracy theorist" re: this, but as they say:

"If you want to know the answer to a question, follow the money"

[prey2god]

Re: Sound Off: Has the 'Closed' Nature of Connected Careers Turned You Away?

Although I stated this in another thread, it is also applicable here (probably moreso) and worth repeating that "Madden NFL the Videogame" is not just a videogame to the NFL anymore...it is an entertainment computer program social media tool being used to connect people to the NFL and to each other for the purpose of promoting and sustaining greater interest in the NFL. Connecting people to the NFL and Promoting fantasy football and creating social (online) networks surrounding the NFL to increase NFL revenue is the "endgame." The numbers must be qualified and quantified, thus the "encouragement" for everyone to be online so that the numbers can be counted just like they are on Facebook or Twitter or other social online applications that are now being used to shape our perception of oursleves, others and how the world works or should work around us.

You are 100% correct. Social networking is destroying America but that's another topic. I'm so turned off by social networking, I quit facebook. I can't stand it. Even making a twitter account just to "tweet" Donny Moore and Josh Looman was a pain for me.

Maybe i'm getting old, but i'm just not into the whole online sharing thing. I also don't want to be a statistical pawn for their game of money making.

[Jukeman]

Got dammit the illuminati is taking over gaming too




-Juke

[goh]

Re: Sound Off: Has the 'Closed' Nature of Connected Careers Turned You Away?

After having played it yes.

As a singular player I'm out performing the starter with about 1 drive per game and still not in even though he's the worst QB in the league. Looking at other teams they only have 1 QB on the roster,teams are signing well past their prime guys and starting them over 1-3 year guys and a bunch of teams that just drafted a QB high drafted another one in the first draft including the Colts and the Dolphins actually drafted TWO. The Chiefs drafted the highest rated one and he's not even starting though he's rated higher than Cassel. I can only assume teams aren't filling needs either as the 49ers had the 8th pick,lost Moss and Ginn yet took a DT.

[Airdrop01]

Re: Sound Off: Has the 'Closed' Nature of Connected Careers Turned You Away?

It all seemed too good to be true.

Now after this week's bombshells that you cannot edit players in connected careers or play any other games in the mode other than your own, it seems like the Madden team is once again forcing you to play your game their way. To me, this is a huge problem. Others of you? Maybe not so much. But let's hear it: Has the 'closed' nature of Connected Careers turned you away and/or cooled your enthusiasm about Madden NFL 13?

Sound off!

YES. It's absurd. I actually gave away NCAA13 when I got M13. Looks like I'll be sending M13 back when it comes from Amazon tomorrow and instead buying NCAA13 again. I'm very disappointed in the entire iteration. It's a real lost opportunity.

[leo2k2ndc]

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Dammit, I hate this website sometimes, I should just keep myself numb to the game til I buy it, but can't. This is by far the most bad I have heard from a game before it was even released. I also am an almost exclusive offline player, and don't need this negativity when the games one day way -_-. Luckily I haven't started a NBA 2K12 MyPlayer and just started one yesterday and its addicting. Unless its a spur of the moment buy, I don't see me buying Madden on release date for the first time ever, Since 95, When I was 8. This is a little sad, but when all I really wanted is to be able to create 3 people and me, my cousin, and brother play a franchise (Offline), I don't see the $60 price reasonable. Atleast I haven't played a Dynasty in NCAA13 either, so when MyPlayer gets dull I can get into that. Hopefully 2 months for 2k13 will come fast enough.