Quote Originally Posted by bdoughty View Post
I have a rule and it might not apply to all but why not try and master the game as is (default sliders)? I think people hit the sliders too quickly looking for the magical "perfect game." Unless the game is completely broken and it is not, hit the practice field and get to where you can realistically stop the option.
I find EA's football games are never good at default and usually need a lot of tweaking to get the game where I like it. After years of seeing the same stuff we usually end up making similar adjustments every year too - like dropping the QB accuracy slider, boosting the cpu running game (although it was a lot better this year on the demo), dropping the INT slider, etc. I don't have a lot of time to waste playing on default when I know it's a 99% given that the same things I tweak every year will need to be tweaked again. Most companies fine-tune the default settings to be more arcade like for the casual gamer so I'm not wasting my time with stuff like QB accuracy at default when I know it will be crap there.

It's not just EA either. Every year with the Show since 06 the pitchers fatigue is done poorly. I always have to put starter fatigue up a bit and drop reliever fatigue down to 0 or 1 (out of 10). I always have to reduce pitch control for the user since it's too easy to hit your spots (like the casual gamer wants).

I keep track of all my sliders for every game and when I see the same thing done every year why not change it right away? If I don't like it I can always move it back.