Feedback, if read and taken into consideration, is often times the difference between a bad game and a good game.
That's true. If it's contructive. Saying "NCAA is a shitty game" is not the best way to get your voice heard though. It's doubtful IMHO that being a vocal supporter of lawsuits against EA is the best approach to having feedback be taken into consideration. I don't play Madden anymore. The last Madden I bought was 09. I speak up about what I think needs to be done with Madden, but I don't come in here and say "Madden is a shitty game, it's about time someone sued them". I just don't buy it.

Second of all, Backbreaker was an abortion.
Agreed. Maybe programming a football game isn't so easy after all.

Did you play online last year?
Yes, and you have reasonable opinions. We'll see what 12 is like. I don't play randoms though. Shooters and sports games can't be treated the same. Randoms will ruin any sports game, if you subject yourself to them.

If it's developed the way it should be developed, then everyone who enjoys the sport should enjoy the game
How doesn't this apply to shooters? If it's developed properly, and you like the genre, shouldn't you enjoy it?

The logic of "no game will satisfy everyone" works with shooters. It does NOT apply to football or sports games.
Remind me which game, in the history of video games, has satisfied everyone.


I have no problem whatsoever with them implementing small features like grass, season showdown, or whatever. HOWEVER, when there are BLATANT issues with the game play then they need to be addressed first and foremost...... Yes, I'm fully aware that they have different teams. It makes no difference. Whenever a game has problems in the core game play and ANY team is focusing on grass, it's going to get on my nerves.
So, because the first thing they released were visual improvements, you KNOW for a fact that no one is touching game play? Have you ever stopped to consider that the game is a WIP? It's not a finished product waiting to be shipped in July. I would venture to say that screenshots are released first because video would show an incomplete game (particularly from an AI/game play perspective). Would it make sense to put out a screenshot and say "We fixed zone coverage!"?

Again, graphics people don't work on making the game play better, they make it look better. So you'd like the art guys, who may or may not know enough about football to program game play, to fix game play? Or would you prefer that the game look exactly the same forever, and they just fire the guy who made the grass look better?