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Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Different era, different leadership. Why would Sim care about free trips and a free game, he's there because he has a direct line to the devs. He talked with Cam 1 on 1 at E3, I bet not many GC's have been able to do that over the years. This team is more accessible and honest, the proof is in the pudding, but so far the only reason to doubt this team is because of two letters, there's no real reason to think they can't accomplish what they're trying to do besides that.

Who knows what they're trying to do though? Generally speaking, they're trying to make a simulation football game. But what does that mean? Ask what sim football is here at OS and you'll get almost as many answers as members.

So when someone says future games will have what we've all been waiting for, I have to wonder who the "all" is.

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I'd argue they are less available than Ian and Phil Frasier ever were, different era or not.

Word! I think this future stuff would go over much smoother if it were from the source.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Senator Palmer

road, You beat me to it. WOW... you want to talk about access, it's not even close. Both Ian and Phil were regular posters here. Forget talking about someone with direct access to someone else, Ian used to post WIP videos of stuff he was working on and ask for feedback. He used to drop posts in the middle of the night here (and another site) breaking down the formulas and tech they were using to improve turn rates and acceleration so that we'd have a better picture of what they were up against. Last time I looked, Ian still has blog posts in his arena from that era where he'd give behind the scenes looks at how the game was being build and how he was trying to change the foundation. They even hung around to take the bullets when things didn't come out as expected. @jp: I'll never take a man to task for being optimisit, but when you make posts like this saying "this team is more accessible" when it's clearly not the case, it really makes it seem like you have the blinders on.

And you beat me to it. Can't beat WIP vids and real time feedback.

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Just because a game doesn't have everything you are wanting doesn't mean it's substandard, it means you don't like it. I believe M15 will be a high quality game in many areas. We're seeing an alpha build of the same two teams every time, this is the least amount of footage in years that we have gotten to judge a game off of. This team is trying to undersell over deliver so keep that in mind.

Of course it does. Substandard is an opinion. There are other games to compare Madden to. You either feel it meets the standard or don't.