EA SPORTS FC™ TeamI think lack of communication has played a big role. Think it’s a knock on effect of remote working during Covid. It’s a lot harder to spitball ideas and solutions to issues remotely than it is when you’re all gathered in one place. Think that’s where there was a dramatic increase in bugs and they have snowballed ever since. I’m not even sure if they are back working in the offices full time. Personally I think until they do bugs will continue to multiply
Whenever talk of new game engines comes up I'm reminded that the last time they did this we got F1 2015, which had no career mode at all. I can't see this happening again personally but I do suspect expecting a new engine AND major changes to career mode is unfortunately likely to lead to disappointment.
@ScarDuck14 wrote:
@Meza994I think only thing that will hold sales next year is major overhaul to career modes and new engine. Personally I think it’s Epic fail they havnt touched career modes
@ScarDuck14 I think they gambled this year with F1 World; trying to capitalise on the recent popularity of the sport. I’ve seen some posts regarding game sales being lower than previous versions - probably due to a combination of massive bugs and also the season IRL hasn’t been “box-office”. So, all in all, I don’t think the gamble has paid off.
I’ve said elsewhere on the boards (regarding the trade off between developing F1 world and Career modes), that next year’s game will be the clearest indication of their focus and the way the franchise is going. My hope is because the gamble hasn’t paid off, they have no choice but to double-down on Career modes and sorting long-standing bugs, as @Meza994 suggests.
Here’s hoping 🤞🏽
Got the same feeling as @Ultrasonic_77 but then again 2015 wasnt bugfree either from what i heard but i also agree they likely wont do another game without career mode nor do i think they could allow themselfes another game without
@Monzstar83quite likely also probably thinking a bit too much with their wallet when they made that decision.. However i dont really know if they will really learn.. The people up high dont take a look at comments or forums (at least very unlikely) and all they take a look at is what part of the game is being played most, well many of the most played modes are hidden within F1 World so actually if one only looks at numbers it will probably be the most played mode, especially with Career mode being boring for 3 years now and leagues apparently also problematic so i dont know yet.. Too much mistrust on people who make big decisions i guess😂
My suspicion re. F1 world was that it was based on a broader drive from EA to introduce similar elements across multiple titles. And from my perspective the concepts seem broadly GOOD to me but most specifically falling down by inexplicably not providing an adjustable AI difficulty setting.
Yes, the current EA sports portfolio strategy seems to be focused mainly on pushing an enagement and transaction driven gaming architecture (here F1 world) with sports mechanics strapped on. Some of the bits are ok and yet, as @Ultrasonic_77 points out, weirdly broken in annoying ways, but can still be good when a quick hit or some gamified challenges are wanted. EA obviously has a bunch of data from this and PMs no doubt use it to show why this is the right approach. Same is true for PGA tour as I’ve pointed out before.
Braking Point is the attempt to cash in on the Drive to Survive rise in interest (and it was less bad than I expected TBH), F1 World is there to keep them going at it. The more hard core racing (or any of the other sports) enthusiasts who want to do the full up championship and similar stuff must not be the main target as their experience continues to be given the short end of the resources.
And TBH from a data perspective probably true - you have to be strongly into a sport to gain satisfaction from grinding out the full season or managing the team vs just getting a sugar rush from the game engine goodies EA thinks that’s needed to sell more games. So some stuff gets included as its needed as a checkbox but neglected due to low use, reinforced because of flaws.
Same with group competition, which would seem like an obvious thing to facilitate, but EA has pretty consistently failed at undertanding what people want. Cheating and bad behavior further limit interest and hence play through so more negative data trends.
But its the persistent lack of QA that really puts the t*d in the punch bowl. Which is a shame because there must be some serious racing (or other sports) nerds on the dev teams, as there are aspects that do shine. It’s got to be as frustrating for them (i hope) as it is for us to see those efforts short changed by such bad QA.
I was only expecting two things from F1 23 - better handling and the new tracks, so I’m not let down (much) by buying it. And as a Fanatec user they didn’t break my wheel so I lucked out enough to enjoy those things. The rest? meh. Can or will they improve the franchise? Not so sure how to gauge the future but was really hoping for more improvement this year.
@Neil_RS60 wrote:
Braking Point is the attempt to cash in on the Drive to Survive rise in interest (and it was less bad than I expected TBH), F1 World is there to keep them going at it. The more hard core racing (or any of the other sports) enthusiasts who want to do the full up championship and similar stuff must not be the main target as their experience continues to be given the short end of the resources.
And TBH from a data perspective probably true - you have to be strongly into a sport to gain satisfaction from grinding out the full season or managing the team vs just getting a sugar rush from the game engine goodies EA thinks that’s needed to sell more games. So some stuff gets included as its needed as a checkbox but neglected due to low use, reinforced because of flaws.
But its the persistent lack of QA that really puts the t*d in the punch bowl. Which is a shame because there must be some serious racing (or other sports) nerds on the dev teams, as there are aspects that do shine. It’s got to be as frustrating for them (i hope) as it is for us to see those efforts short changed by such bad QA.
I was only expecting two things from F1 23 - better handling and the new tracks, so I’m not let down (much) by buying it. And as a Fanatec user they didn’t break my wheel so I lucked out enough to enjoy those things. The rest? meh. Can or will they improve the franchise? Not so sure how to gauge the future but was really hoping for more improvement this year.
Very well said @Neil_RS60, I feel exactly the same 👍🏽
@P4st3l1ak wrote:
This year, we get stickers!! (yeay ☹️ )
I collect them to complete the compenduim. Don't know why am I doing it, but yeah.)
