EA's Logic Fails

[MmmmBeeeeer]

Things were going too well, they had to find something to piss everyone off.

I don't see why it isn't an option online.

 

[Tailback U]

good point.

another EA logic fail is having limited options.

when will these dumb fucks realize that options and good. more camera options, more gameplay options, more settings options, etc. are good and will keep the consumer happy.

these motherfuckers cannot understand this.

 

[killgod]

Things were going too well, they had to find something to piss everyone off.

I don't see why it isn't an option online.

Technical design.

They can state this a billion times over, but people will continue to ask why it's not an option.


They simply can't just plug in a "speed" option and call it a day like many people think is possible.

I'm sure they must have to some sort of re-design to allow this to be a possibility, but it's nowhere near as simple as you'd think.

I don't defend them for not designing their game in a manner that allows for speed option, I'm just stating that it's something that's probably not possible for Madden 10.

 

[MmmmBeeeeer]

Exactly, slow gives you just enough more time, hell you have enough time in the pocket 90% of the time to read all the routes being ran on the field. Normal you had to make quick reads a lot, and I could only read 2 or so routes by the time I had to make a decision.

Normal should be normal, slow shouldn't be in online because its not normal

 

[thirtydaZe]

your thread got locked at OS dipshit.

 

[MmmmBeeeeer]

Technical design.

They can state this a billion times over, but people will continue to ask why it's not an option.


They simply can't just plug in a "speed" option and call it a day like many people think is possible.

I'm sure they must have to some sort of re-design to allow this to be a possibility, but it's nowhere near as simple as you'd think.

I don't defend them for not designing their game in a manner that allows for speed option, I'm just stating that it's something that's probably not possible for Madden 10.

I don't buy it. I'm not an expert at programming, but I just don't buy it.

I'll accept that they can't reprogram to put in a menu option for game speed.

But I don't buy the whole "they can't just plugin a speed option".

Explain to me the parameters that tell the game what speed to run at.

*or* create an old people lobby, or OS lobby for those guys to play in.

Give everyone else normal.

 

[mgoblue2290]

your thread got locked at OS dipshit.

OS is basically the Vichy France to EA's Nazi Germany.

 

[killgod]

I don't buy it. I'm not an expert at programming, but I just don't buy it.

I'll accept that they can't reprogram to put in a menu option for game speed.

But I don't buy the whole "they can't just plugin a speed option".

Explain to me the parameters that tell the game what speed to run at.

*or* create an old people lobby, or OS lobby for those guys to play in.

Give everyone else normal.

Some people understand technology. Some don't have a clue how technology works.

You think it's that simple, I assure you it isn't.


I honestly couldn't tell you specifically why they can't do this, I don't know their infrastructure and don't have much experience in game design myself, but I do know how tech works.

I am constantly faced with requests for seemingly simple tasks (to an end user) that take days and weeks and months to complete.

Just about every instance the user/whoever requesting the task to be completed can't accept why things take so long, but in order for me to even begin explaning why I can't make whatever they want happen in a short amount of time.......I'd have to take them through a couple months of schooling on technology so they could begin to wrap their head around the reasoning I'd give to them.

Which is no different here.

It wouldn't be worth anyone's time at EA to try and educate non-technical people on why their product is designed in a certain manner and why it's not a simple task to alter.

That's the best answer I can give you.

If you don't like it, too bad, but that's how it is and that's just how it works.


Be logical for a second. If it truly was that simple to give the players the option to pick any speed they want, why the fuck wouldn't they just do it? (Save the lame EA comments to follow....)
There's absolutely no logical reason for them to not provide that option, provided it was as simple as you believe it would be. But again, it isn't.

 

[MmmmBeeeeer]

Don't compare making someone's printer work right to programming

 

[killgod]

Don't compare making someone's printer work right to programming

lol, I graduated from resolving printing issues a long while ago.

 

[adembroski]

EA makes Madden 10 - something we can all agree on.

EA puts 5 game speeds in the game - something else we can all agree on.

EA labels one of the speeds as NORMAL - something we can all agree on.

2 weeks after the game comes out EA tells the community that the game was "tuned" for slow speed - something we can all agree on.


Now if you make a game, give 5 speeds, and label one of them as "normal" don't you think you're leading people to believe that the "normal" speed is the speed the game was tuned for?


Why not label slow as the "normal" speed since that is the speed you tuned the game for?

...I got it, it is because you didn't tune the game for slow speed, you tuned it for normal speed.

No. It indeed was tuned for slow. They don't tune for what they call "normal", they tuned for what was default. Which, as I told them at the time, was fucking stupid. But, hey, the listened to somethings I told them, others they ignored.

 

[jeffx]

No. It indeed was tuned for slow. They don't tune for what they call "normal", they tuned for what was default. Which, as I told them at the time, was fucking stupid. But, hey, the listened to somethings I told them, others they ignored.

Did EA explain why they took away the ability to create your own packages. It doesn't make any sense and it's ruined franchise for me.

 

[jeffx]

good point.

another EA logic fail is having limited options.

when will these dumb fucks realize that options and good. more camera options, more gameplay options, more settings options, etc. are good and will keep the consumer happy.

these motherfuckers cannot understand this.

this.

That's why I've gone back to Madden 2009.

 

[Tengo Juego]

I dont think custom packages have ever been in next gen.

 

[adembroski]

Did EA explain why they took away the ability to create your own packages. It doesn't make any sense and it's ruined franchise for me.

Yes, they sat me down in a room and gave a detailed power point presentation on every feature that was in LegacyGen but has not yet been brought into NextGen. I hope that helps you feel better.

 

[jeffx]

I dont think custom packages have ever been in next gen.

This was the first time I played next-gen Madden. Are they still in the PS2 version?

 

[Tengo Juego]

I'm sure they are.