[Valaskjalf]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

CFM will be better but by how much, who knows. Like with Big Decisions, was the game better with it? Probably. Would it have been any worse without it? Not at all. My guess is that there aren't any major additions and most of what was done is tuning and tweaking. Gameplanning will probably see the most attention with how shallow and poorly done it was, regression, probably goals again, maybe scouting again. I think we'll probably see coordinators but not position coaches and I don't think they'll have much of an effect on anything outside of maybe some XP discounts or GamePlan boosts. On one hand I like it because it means they'll be working on some aspects that they haven't really implemented fully and need a lot of attention and they'll be able to start actually making them better rather than adding new stuff and leaving them behind. Then on the other hand there is so much that needs to be added/changed or shouldn't be there that I just wish they'd start tearing the bad stuff out and do it the right way. Last year was a complete dud and this year looks that way too as far as new additions but for features that are already in it could be really positive depending on how they execute which is obviously suspect but still.

The biggest frustration to me is that the moment EA makes some big hoo-ha about a new feature, it turns out to be massively underdeveloped. The Big Decisions feature is the perfect example of something that was added, but had absolutely no depth. Same with player regression....it literally came down to "This guy is old so -2 on his skills". All these things need to be fleshed out, going through the regression screen and see 15 players regressing for a singular reason is terribly shallow.

And I fear we will see similar things this year, all these new "features" or additional screens, which essentially adds artificial depth to the game. For instance I dont think I have ever selected the option to bring someone back from injury early instead of starting the backup. It's a gimmick to give you the impression of choice/depth when the answer is pretty obvious.

EDIT: Apologies for this evolving into a rant, probably not the correct place for it. Just showing my apprehension for CFM this year.