NCAA Football 09 Patch Announcement

[fishepa]

Quote: Originally Posted by Quint75

Isn't that just what Skyboxer did?

Yes he did. My post was not directed at him. Sorry if I made it seem that way.

[Quint75]

Quote: Originally Posted by fishepa

Yes he did. My post was not directed at him. Sorry if I made it seem that way.

No sweat! I was just unsure of where you were coming from.

[gsus8091]

Quote: Originally Posted by DiddyGotGrillz

Nor should they be at this point....i mean damn....are we seriously talking Bowl jersey patches at this stage in the game? Seriously? (Not addressing this to you bpd115)

I agree 100%, the gameplay and roster glitch have to be a much higher priority then anything assmall as jersey bowl patches or things like that. Those types of things won't be patched at all if ever.

People, you need to understand that right now EA has suspended all attempts at making a Dynasty because of these issues. That is a major flaw that needs to be fixed/ Things such as shoes, jerseys, field decor, mascots, etc. are either very very far down on the list or non existent all together. Please leave things like this out so the major issues and bugs can be discussed and talked about.

[babyfat9]

Just let me know when the patch comes out so i can start editing my players and teams, not to mention the Depth chart so i don't see just the highest rated skilled players returning kick offs or punts.

[naughty9]

Sup Adam,

I will have to give your props for absorbing all of our anger. I am glad to see a patch is in the works. Can you relay to the gameplay people for a second beside the tightening up the defense can they look at the powerbacks....lol. Right now they seem useless.

[sandershokie]

Quote: Originally Posted by Anti Honor

I'm sure theres an issue or two that ranks high on the list, but I completely agree with you. This is a huge deal for game play, if you ask me. I'd understand if it was only one slider messed up, but I'm not getting anything from ANY of the CPU sliders. I was looking for a little more than ''hoping,'' myself. I just wish this issue had gotten to me before I bought the game. Let's keep our fingers crossed... Because this is the last time I get screwed over. Every title from here on, is a rental. First question from me come August - ''Do the sliders work?''

im sure EA knew about it and was just keeping hush about it so they would get their money from everyone to buy it

[bukeyez]

I like the game. I have enjoyed playing it thus far. However, my only concern is the roster issue. I started a Dynasty and used the roster from EArosters com. I chose to download the rosters from him because after reading forum after forum, it seemed that people were having the least problems with his. I did not edit anything, just used the rosters and started a Dynasty. It froze after I finished my 5th game. I didn't experience any other issues just the fact it froze. I am hoping that the patch will fix all freezing and allow us to have every team edited so that we can all enjoy our Dynasties year after year. The freezing in Franchise mode of Madden last year, really soured my experience. I am a Franchise/Dynasty guy. That is how I enjoy these games. All the other technical stuff with gameplay, I don't notice most of the stuff that these people complain about. When something does stand out, it is usually something that does not happen often or I figure that it is a video game and it is hard to make things completely perfect. I haven't played a video game in my life that didn't geek out a little sometimes. However, freezing and being unable to experience the game as marketed is frustrating. There should not be freezing when you are playing in Dynasty mode or Franchise mode. I want to play multiple seasons and if it is advertised as being able to play 30-60 seasons than the game should do just that. If the game has an edit roster function, then it should work without any problems at all.

After the Patch:
Who will have accurate rosters where only names have been changed? (I don't want rosters from people who change ratings. I am fine with the default.)

Will EA let us know what we need to do to play a functional Dynasty with edited rosters?

I have deleted all NCAA 09 files from my hardrive and will not play again until this patch comes out and it is assured that there will be no freezing. I love my XBOX 360 but I do not play many games. NCAA and Madden are my favorites and I want to continue my yearly tradition of playing these games. I know for a fact that if I cannot get what I paid for this year......I am more than likely done gaming. I am older now and don't have the time and money to waste.

[therizing02]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

Open up the check book and hire some real testers....

The funny thing is that they wouldn't even have to open the checkbook if they asked a few of us here at OS. I know I'd do it for nothing.

[SidVish]

Quote: Originally Posted by therizing02

The funny thing is that they wouldn't even have to open the checkbook if they asked a few of us here at OS. I know I'd do it for nothing.

Good point. I would have no doubt that a few OSers would find most of the problems within a short time frame and would do it for nothing. I really don't know how realistic this is from EA's perspective but I know it would definitely help identify the problems.

[ewto16]

Quote: Originally Posted by fishepa

People need to be able to voice their concerns in a more mature way other than EA SUCKS, blah blah blah. This is not gamefaqs or IGN.

EA's testers suck? Some of the bugs that the game ships with are completely unexcuseable. People in the community are finding them after having the game for a day or two. How can a group of testers not find these issues when they play/test the game for over a month?

That is the problem that non-EA sheep have with NCAA/Madden. It is being released with bugs each year that clearly should have been caught in the testing process. If a typical game player can find a broken feature in the game in 2 days, it leads to the impression that EA doesn't care about us and isn't testing their games.

I really think most of us could live with the general AI issues that occur because we realize that creating a complex football game can be difficult and you can't program for every situation. What we can't live with is when a game ships with broken or buggy features right out of the box. We pay $60 for a good quality product and expect the features that are included and advertised to work. We rightly complain when they are not.

Would you be happy or satisfied if you bought Halo 4 and some of the guns didn't work? Maybe after you picked up a certain amount of guns, you are then unable to pick up a new gun from that point on and some of the other items in your inventory disappear. Would you be happy that you had to wait on Bungie to release a patch that made the game work correctly? Wouldn't people be furious that Bungie didn't catch something that was so obvious in testing?