Sound Off: Has the 'Closed' Nature of Connected Careers Turned You Away?

[gjneff]

Quote: Originally Posted by blklightning

No. They haven't taken away any features that I use. I'm more interested in stuff like the Twitter feed. I like my sports franchise modes to feel alive. Editing players and playing other teams' games doesn't do that for me.

So you never change a players position? What do you do when you have 2 LLB that are better than your RLB? Just play them in the wrong spot in your depth chart? That hurts their ratings in previous maddens.

[Stampede_94]

I want the game, but I don't want EA shafting us time and again. I am amazed that the same people that used to fight on other boards as well as here defending the game to no end, are now crossing over to the "team consumer" side.

I love the NFL, but I don't really trust this company 100% to represent it anymore. I will get the game used, and clearly wait for reviews now instead of a release day letdown.

[bichettehappens]

Quote: Originally Posted by gjneff

So you never change a players position? What do you do when you have 2 LLB that are better than your RLB? Just play them in the wrong spot in your depth chart? That hurts their ratings in previous maddens.

You sure about that? Every time I've put a left on the right or vice versa their rating has been the same. It changed in the middle for instance, but left to right have always been the same in my experience

But again, overall means nothing.

[Wista5]

I signed up just to post how upset I am by this. I like letting the CPU make all trade, draft, and free agent signings and I just play the games I want and let the league play out itself. I like using more than one team because it gets boring just controlling my Raiders. What if some hot-shot overall 1st round QB gets drafted by a team I can't control? I never get the benefit of playing as him and seeing how good he is.

This is why I can't get into Fifa and NHL Hockey. Gameplay is great in both games and I like playing one-off games but I cant get into BE A GM mode because I am stuck playing as my Sharks over and over and it gets boring. What if I want to play a game as Sid the kid with the Penguins or Ovechkin with the Capitals.

I buy and play almost every sports game every year, but this is why NBA 2K and MLB the Show get the majority of my play time. Great Gameplay plus great franchise modes. EA is just pissing me off and screwing-up my hobby.

[bichettehappens]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wista5

I signed up just to post how upset I am by this. I like letting the CPU make all trade, draft, and free agent signings and I just play the games I want and let the league play out itself. I like using more than one team because it gets boring just controlling my Raiders. What if some hot-shot overall 1st round QB gets drafted by a team I can't control? I never get the benefit of playing as him and seeing how good he is.

You can switch to control just him individually or control his entire team. Unless you're wanting to do both that and continue with the Raiders simultaneously

[Evan_OS]

Haven't turned me away at all. They got rid of a couple of things, but introduced something so much bigger than the modes that we're thrown out. No sense in getting our panties in a wad over a few modes when something HUGE was just added IMO.

[WillisFaithful]

Quote: Originally Posted by gjneff

So you never change a players position? What do you do when you have 2 LLB that are better than your RLB? Just play them in the wrong spot in your depth chart? That hurts their ratings in previous maddens.

When was the last time ratings mattered?

[StL_RamZ]

It went from a first day buy to a first day buy lol

I usually get games early so I guess a week before buy