Madden NFL 10 Patch #1 Available, Post Impressions Here

[Hassan Darkside]

-Sigh, still didn't fix the replays starting midway through the plays.

[fjccommish]

There is a lot of improvement.

However I noticed two new glitches.

1. On 2nd and 10 a WR caught a ball way out of bounds, both feet on the white sideline. The referees conferred, ruled it a completion, but it was still 2nd and 10 at the original LOS. It looks like the play was ruled a non catch even though the referee animation was for a catch.

2. Mixed up team facts. During a franchise game with my Bears vs. the Bengals the ticker showed a Bengals Fact : the team used to be called the Decatur Staleys (that's a Bears fact.) Later during the same game there was a fact listed as a Bears fact, but it pertained to the Bengals.

[Segagendude]

That doesn't sound good about bad ref calls. perhaps it was a sign to me this morning when I tried to download the patch......it kept giving me an error,and wouldn't download.

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by darthlaidher

i want to know why phil said that that patch included 7 min quarters for online play when it was 7 minutes before the patch dropped.

Ask and you shall receive.

This was Phil's response to the same question (I couldn't quote it because the thread has been closed):

Quote:

Totally understand the frustration here. Here's why we wanted to wait for the patch. There is actually two systems for starting online games. One system is the Quick Match option and one is by inviting a specific player. With the way the game is currently built, one of these systems uses a server based setting and the other requires a client side fix, or a patch. We didn't want there to be confusion over why there was two ranked game durations so we didn't flip the server change switch until the eve of the patch. Hope this helps. Phil

[Guggy107]

after a few games, my first instinct is to say the patch makes the game worse. but the only reason i would say that is because i had the sliders pretty good before, and now everything is a bit out of whack. im sure the patch improved the game, we all just need to find a new set of sliders to go with it. thats frusterating.

i might delete the patch and stick with what i had before, cuz honestly i wasnt unhappy with the game before.

[darthlaidher]

Quote: Originally Posted by kehlis

Ask and you shall receive. This was Phil's response to the same question (I couldn't quote it because the thread has been closed):

awesome thanks

[ridemooses]

So it's pretty obvious that Madden comes out every year as an incomplete game and needs to get patched multiple times. My question is, at what point in the year does EA start working on Madden 11?

I just don't understand why EA, which is making tons of money off of the Madden franchise, cannot hire more developers to aid in all of these processes. It seems as though they have limited staff that cannot fix the current game quickly or put these corrections into the next game in addition to what would seem like an entire YEAR of new corrections, additions and subtractions.

It would make sense to me to have two teams working on the game. One working on the current game, making patches, fixing rosters etc. And a separate team working on permanent fixes for the problems that the current game has. As well as adding in new features, mostly which should be basic to fill in where the previous game lacked.

Easy right?

[erkizzlemynizzle]

Quote: Originally Posted by fjccommish

There is a lot of improvement. However I noticed two new glitches. 1. On 2nd and 10 a WR caught a ball way out of bounds, both feet on the white sideline. The referees conferred, ruled it a completion, but it was still 2nd and 10 at the original LOS. It looks like the play was ruled a non catch even though the referee animation was for a catch. 2. Mixed up team facts. During a franchise game with my Bears vs. the Bengals the ticker showed a Bengals Fact : the team used to be called the Decatur Staleys (that's a Bears fact.) Later during the same game there was a fact listed as a Bears fact, but it pertained to the Bengals.

I have noticed both of those happening to me today as well. In fact, in regards to the fun facts, I have seen the wrong thing pop up about 5 times today, all having to do with the Bengals or Bears. Yet, in every game I played, neither the Bengals nor the Bears were being used.