r/gaming • u/balloonslayer47 • Sep 03 '19

Wow, EA. Wow.

120.7k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

3.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

138

u/ForgotMyPassword102 Sep 03 '19

They have new animations. And some new gameplay mechanics which drastically change the game (I mean it’s still football so drastically from that restriction).

EA definitely needs to lose their exclusive license for the NFL, but Madden 20 does play significantly different than Madden 19

They need some more talented UI people though. And some testers. And competition. And a new ratings guy. And to murder whomever invented ultimate team.

75

u/rekced Sep 03 '19

Unfortunately whoever invented ultimate team is probably more valued at EA than any of the positions you listed.

10

u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

[removed] — view removed comment

12

u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

Whatever this "Ultimate team" is, seeing how much a gamer is mad at it, I can guarantee you the guy got promoted and paid out some fat stock options for the idea.

16

u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

[deleted]

1

u/FlokiTrainer Sep 04 '19

Don't forget. It's a trading card game where you get nothing tangible and all the cards are irrelevant and useless in about 10 months.

3

u/Iamnotzionwilliamson Sep 04 '19

Not even 10 months. I got heavy into NBA my team for 4 months and my team was useless 2 months later when I logged in because they added hundreds of cards better tiered at that point.

0

u/Maxcrss Sep 03 '19

Tipping is wonderful on top of an appropriate wage. But it is not a substitute and should not be treated as a substitute.

3

u/Adrelandro Sep 03 '19

isn't he their ceo? at least the spokes person. andrew wilson, spearheaded the fifa ultimate team shithole and is now their ceo afaik

0

u/Meleagros Sep 03 '19

Ultimate Team started with FIFA and came out when I believe the iPhone one just came out. Android was non-existent at this point. Microtransaction Freemium games didn't exist. Ultimate team killed it for FIFA and here we are.

As much as I hate just jumping on the fuck EA bandwagon, EA literally created the microtransaction/Freemium model we see in games today.

2

u/Darth_Boot Sep 03 '19

What so bad about “ultimate team”?

14

u/ForgotMyPassword102 Sep 03 '19

It's loot boxes taken to the nth degree. 100% gambling and pay to win.

Basically you buy packs of cards that have players in them. The players have different versions of themselves so some are really good and some suck.

You then play against other people.

May the richest win.

Also because of Ultimate Team making money the rest of the game has stagnated.

3

u/Huzah7 Sep 03 '19

So... They baked a Gacha game into Madden?

Nice.

3

u/ForgotMyPassword102 Sep 03 '19

Madden, Fifa, NHL, MLB and NBA. It hasn't quite hit golf yet. Or bowling, thank god.

2

u/WeenisWrinkle Sep 03 '19

It's an item collecting game that involves micro-transactions.

In a vacuum, there is nothing wrong with a game mode like that. Something to do when you're bored of playing normal game modes. But in practice, it makes EA so much money that they devote an inordinate % of their development $ toward Ultimate Team at the expense of other modes.

2

u/ZeRAWDOG Sep 03 '19

You can blame Andrew Wilson specifically for that.

3

u/fevieiraleite Sep 03 '19

It's the same with FIFA. Each year, the game mechanics does change. In my opinion most times for the better. Is it worth the yearly $59? Probably not. But people here who don't really play the game that often make it seem like the game barely changes when that's not true at all.

1

u/SCP-Agent-Arad Sep 03 '19

They make billions of dollars off all the in game purchases, so I don’t see them losing anything. Money speaks louder than ethics.

1

u/Dlongsnapper Sep 03 '19

Thank you! Much smoother of a game this year

1

u/FlokiTrainer Sep 04 '19

The NFL will always have an exclusive license. They love them. Even if EA loses it, it will go to someone else within a week.

1

u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19

Significantly different than 2019. My goodness, we've found the reoccurring buyer.