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Old 09-18-2020, 10:51 AM   #29
nagaspo
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Re: My apologies but, this the best Madden ever!

One quick example from two EA products, just related to roster editing



Fifa:
created players cannot be assigned 5 star skill moves, and traits cannot be edited.

This completely hamstrings one's ability to manually update rosters, forcing players to pay for each new version to get realistic rosters.


Madden does the same thing
Certain traits cannot be edited, like swim move, clutch factor. Most important, the lack of ASSIGNED AUDIO. Since players wear helmets, face scans that come with official roster updates are even less important in football, so Madden INTENTIONALLY cripples a players ability to update the rosters, forcing them to pay for the new version if they find commentary important to immersion, which many do. They also do not provide an ability to edit facial models. Some features are unlocked once in franchise mode, like being able to edit possession catch, player age, and contract values. Anyone trying to create 2021 rosters in Madden 20 has this ability severely limited overall (unlike with 2K and SDS) and the few editing features that unlock once in franchise mode require large scale manual changes with every new franchise started, instead of being able to download or edit a roster once.



tl:dr

EA removes features entirely, or blocks them partially, to try to guide players into more profitable modes that have more potential for microtransactions, and to coerce players into paying for the new version each year, no matter how minimal the improvements. It's absolutely abusive and anyone supporting EA is encouraging it.
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