Something positive about M13, EA, and Moore, Looman & Co.

[SloeyEZ]

Most of you have probably figured out by now that I'm a diehard HC lover and Sim football player rather than arcade football player. (am i a fanboy? now? finally?)

I just wanted to start a thread that first, shares my hope and encouragement for the changes and potential for the Madden franchise now that it seems to be headed in the direction of HC offseason with Madden game play and graphics. I also hope that others will put the positive things they enjoy about M13 and express what does work and what seems like a step in the right direction. (How Pollyanna of me, I know)

I've seen what the team working on CCM can do. It's funny, I was just reading through my old private messages on here from 08-09 (because I haven't been on here since then until last week) and Dan Bekins sent me a reply about the weather bug surely being fixed in the next Head Coach. I kid you not, a tear almost fell. Oh, he was a Lead Programmer for HC09. It also got me thinking that there are real people working here and it is their job, thus their livelihood and I can just about guarantee you, none of them are doing it just for the money. It also struck me that it must have been just as hard on them as it was on me and some of you other HC fans that I know are still lurking around here when they got the news that HC would be no more.

I will admit and I bet a lot of the CCM team would admit that M13 is a bit of a Frankenstein right now but the potential is definitely there. At least from the perspective of someone who plays sim football games because a) I coach high school football b) enjoy living a life vicariously that I may not ever achieve (there are only 32 people in the whole world working as a Head Coach in the NFL y'know ) and c) like to feel like (just give me the impression I'm doing something unique, I don't have to know about the coding and numbers and rather it's all pre-determined...just fool me, LIFEdoes a pretty good job of it ) the choices I make and players I choose make a difference in what happens and reflects my virtual skill as a coach, not an arcade player. (Note: I have absolutely nothing against those people that like to play Madden and it is not an insult or demeaning in any way when I say Madden is/can be an arcade game. I know that there are 2 types of video game football players and without the Madden arcade players, I'd have no chance of getting any sort of a sim football game licensed by the NFL)

So, let's try to keep one positive thread going and I personally say thank you to the CCM team and quite selfishly hope they have their jobs for quite a while

What say ye

[outlawz1979]

Couldn't have said it better good post

[BlastX21]

Good to see a thread with a positive message for once. I was starting to think this was the Fox News forum what with all the negativity thats been posted recently....

[mirrored32]

Josh Looman and company have put together an amazing game. Madden 13 is truely what I have been hoping for in Madden in years. Yeah it isn't perfect, but I would hope not! I hope this version (m13) is the start of many more built onto this approach.

Truely there is so much about this game that is awesome, it is hardly possible to even compose a letter in detail of ALL the great things it does so very well.

The physics engine, the persentation, the commentators module is AWESOME and is more detailed then ever!

is it perfect? nope, but is it even possible to bash it? Nope. I don't see the point of bashing anywho. For $60 and the HOURS of gameplay (that is a fib, it is more like months of my life) it is worth every cent.

The game this year was a HUGE step in the direction of which I had hoped for many years. It has very little wrong with it in glitches that I can see.

So I applaud your thank you to Josh Looman and the EA Team that put this out. I hope the next 10 years of this game are built on this awesomeness.

[Mr_truthman.com]

Quote: Originally Posted by mirrored32

The game this year was a HUGE step in the direction of which I had hoped for many years. It has very little wrong with it in glitches that I can see.

Really, you must be playing JUST offline play now because every other gamemode has a huge list of bugs. Just search this forum. Offline playnow is solid, not many bugs in that mode. Wish all other gamemodes were the same.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr_truthman.com

Really, you must be playing JUST offline play now because every other gamemode has a huge list of bugs. Just search this forum. Offline playnow is solid, not many bugs in that mode. Wish all other gamemodes were the same.

Not many in online CCM, either.

[PioneerRaptor]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Not many in online CCM, either.

Agreed. With the ability for them to instantly fix online CCM, I haven't been seeing any glitches recently. I'm almost finished with my first season, my only issue is the difficulty, I'm going to have to make it a little harder for the next season.

[ocho cuatro]

Good post.

After playing the game on Season Ticket last month, I decided that the game had way too many problems for me. However, at the same time I realized that the game was deeper and more interesting than ever before. I'm excited to see where they take the game next year, and hopefully they'll make one that I want to buy.

Having said that, have they fixed the CPU play calling yet?