Gamekilling flaw in Madden '07?

[Moodini31]

I got this from another board, check this out, sounds horrible-

I've been playing the final retail version of Madden NFL 07 for the Xbox 360, and was trying out the new Superstar mode. To my surprise, only three weeks into my season, Hall of Famers started appearing on other teams' rosters.

Sammy Baugh was the Bucs' QB, Paul Warfield was starting opposite Hines Ward in Pittsburgh, and Chuck Bednarik was holding down an outside linebacker spot for the Patriots. Playing more games results in ever more Hall of Famers returning to the league from retirement or beyond the grave.

As I asked the EA Tiburon reps directly if HOFers would/could ever appear in a current Superstar/Franchise mode, and was told directly that they would not (and I stated so in my Community Day thread based on the information I was given), I was surprised to say the least that this was happening.

I spent much of the day doing research into why it's happening, and here's what I've determined thus far:

As best as I can tell, HOFers are tied into the overarching Madden Gamer Level. Even if you delete your roster files and start fresh, the HOFers you've unlocked due to the "MGL" will be instantly re-populated within the roster file as soon as your profile is loaded.

This means that they're in Franchise mode, too. I had 16 of them sitting in my Free Agents list when starting a Franchise with default rosters.

Theoretically, you might be able to avoid this if you didn't use the "MGL", however, that would also mean you could make no settings changes whatsoever and save them - they're all tied into the "Profile", which apparently includes all settings plus the "MGL".

On top of that, if you accomplished enough within the game, you might earn enough points to add HOFers instantly, meaning that if you just played a game and saved it, the newly-added HOFers would be saved into your Franchise roster.

I've contacted EA Tiburon regarding this discrepancy from what I was told at the studio (which was what I reported as fact, as did IGN and other media outlets) and what I am seeing now, and I've been told that I will receive a statement and/or workaround tomorrow sometime in the morning from the Madden team.

A lot of people are saying this may ruin the game and they may cancel their pre-orders. WTF is EA doing? They're screwing everything up.

[Black Dynamite]

i heard about it too. But i also heard its only in next gen and it'll be fixed. alot of rumors though.

[Baker]

Couldn't you just delete these players from the rosters individually? I know it would be annoying, but it would keep the game from being ruined.

If EA screws up this game like they did NCAA, I'm going to go on EA strike next year. I will NOT buy one of their games until playing it first. Something I never do given the fact that I'm a die hard EA football gamer.

WTF!

[Moodini31]

Couldn't you just delete these players from the rosters individually? I know it would be annoying, but it would keep the game from being ruined.

If EA screws up this game like they did NCAA, I'm going to go on EA strike next year. I will NOT buy one of their games until playing it first. Something I never do given the fact that I'm a die hard EA football gamer.

WTF!

Nope, apparently they automatically become free agents and are rated high (they're legends) and the computer will sign them. It sounds like the only way around this is to not save your MGL or user profile, but that's pretty gay. EA is really cutting corners for next gen, I mean this is the second year of Madden on the 360. Should be fixed by now!

[Black Dynamite]

Couldn't you just delete these players from the rosters individually? I know it would be annoying, but it would keep the game from being ruined.

If EA screws up this game like they did NCAA, I'm going to go on EA strike next year. I will NOT buy one of their games until playing it first. Something I never do given the fact that I'm a die hard EA football gamer.

WTF!

Nope, apparently they automatically become free agents and are rated high (they're legends) and the computer will sign them. It sounds like the only way around this is to not save your MGL or user profile, but that's pretty gay. EA is really cutting corners for next gen, I mean this is the second year of Madden on the 360. Should be fixed by now!

It took 3 maddens to get it right the last gen. so its not that surprising. new programming is a bitch sometimes.

[Baker]

This isn't a game killing flaw for me.

1) My boys and I always say we're going to play tons of seasons in our dynasty in NCAA and it turns out to be about 3. NFL seasons are longer, plus you've got the playoffs. So, 3 years is quite a ways in.

2) I just won't save my profile. Yeah it sucks, but if the worst thing about the entire game is that I can't save my profile, I can live with it.

The actual gameplay in the commercials looks absolutely sick and I can't wait to be up in gamestop at midnight tomorrow to grab my copy!