It's not perfect but

All things considered, it this game really worthy of all the hand ringing?

Yes, there are legit issues and maybe content could be better. Can't be denied. But, I honestly think the game is fun, and am having a good time team building.

There's obviously a meta but it's way more common to run across players with different schemes than Madden where mostly the same offenses and the playbooks don't have the variety of viable plays. Does it suck sometimes to get Flexboned to death or shredded by someone running five wide all game? Absolutely, but just gives you more reps to solve the puzzle.

**Forgot to add I'm looking at it as a first go. Could be naive but there's a chance next version has different elements added to CUT to make it a more well rounded and engaging experience. It could also be worse instead. I'm definitely not blind to that.

gameplay is nice.....content is boo boo

Need content to have a good game. If this was EA's first go of an Ultimate Team mode I would be very understanding. However Madden already exists and MUT is wildly successful. To come out with CUT and starve the mode to death is unforgivable. I won't be buying an EA game ever again.

OATS09 said:

Need content to have a good game. If this was EA's first go of an Ultimate Team mode I would be very understanding. However Madden already exists and MUT is wildly successful. To come out with CUT and starve the mode to death is unforgivable. I won't be buying an EA game ever again.

Thats fair 

I've never played Madden and this was the first video game I've played in probably 5-6 years so to me the content isn't lacking but given the stated experience I can see where you're coming from. I watch people on twitch a decent bit now so I'm at least familiar with what's going on in MUT noe

The coping and gaslighting y'all will do to defend EA being lazy and incompetent at best, and outright evil at worst, is fucking insane.

WhiskeyLullaby said:

The coping and gaslighting y'all will do to defend EA being lazy and incompetent at best, and outright evil at worst, is fucking insane.

Unfathomably based and EA pilled

OATS09 said:

Need content to have a good game. If this was EA's first go of an Ultimate Team mode I would be very understanding. However Madden already exists and MUT is wildly successful. To come out with CUT and starve the mode to death is unforgivable. I won't be buying an EA game ever again.

I saw a theory that someone had regarding lack of content on CUT. MUT is working on an extension of the NFL exclusive license and I believe it's still up in the air on whether they'll get it or not. The lack of CUT content could be a way to try and force players over to MUT and hope that they spend money there to inflate their numbers to try and retain the exclusive NFL license. 

It doesn't help that Madden's gameplay is downright awful compared to CUT so making people jump over to Madden is tough outside of the people who are addicted to Madden itself. Take myself as an example. I am a pro football fan. I like college and will watch it, but I don't keep up with it like I do NFL. Outside of my favorite teams, I don't follow much NCAA football. However, I haven't touched Madden in a week or so because of how bad the game is gameplay wise. What good is content on the game when I have no desire to actually play due to how bad the game is? Them making CUT such a barebones mode almost feels like they're trying to force the Ultimate Team players over to MUT as they know there are enough dynasty players on CFB to keep the gameplay numbers high.

WhiskeyLullaby said:

The coping and gaslighting y'all will do to defend EA being lazy and incompetent at best, and outright evil at worst, is fucking insane.

Word, man. Just trying to have a conversation and share an opinion. What a bizarre reply. You have a good one.

from a gameplay pov cfb 25 is great. When it comes to cut it might actually be the worst run ultimate team mode of all time

longocalrissian said:

All things considered, it this game really worthy of all the hand ringing?

Yes, there are legit issues and maybe content could be better. Can't be denied. But, I honestly think the game is fun, and am having a good time team building.

There's obviously a meta but it's way more common to run across players with different schemes than Madden where mostly the same offenses and the playbooks don't have the variety of viable plays. Does it suck sometimes to get Flexboned to death or shredded by someone running five wide all game? Absolutely, but just gives you more reps to solve the puzzle.

**Forgot to add I'm looking at it as a first go. Could be naive but there's a chance next version has different elements added to CUT to make it a more well rounded and engaging experience. It could also be worse instead. I'm definitely not blind to that.

I completely agree the only thing I that I wish is that it would be easier to make coins or if booster packs aren't bnd then I would be so happy

Lulbriches12343 said:

I completely agree the only thing I that I wish is that it would be easier to make coins or if booster packs aren't bnd then I would be so happy

That's true. It was slightly better when we had the all American solo seasons and could have done with a Heisman solo, honestly. Chance at a platinum pack for winning a solo natty at that level would have been cool.

Decent but not crazy rewards in champs/gauntlet but man do you have to win a lot to make it count.

longocalrissian said:

Word, man. Just trying to have a conversation and share an opinion. What a bizarre reply. You have a good one.

You can't have it both ways, are you "wanting to have a conversation," or was it a "bizarre reply"? 

The game has no content, gameplay has a litany of issues that're easily fixed, packs are awful, glitches galore in all areas, etc. 

When the game could be so easily fixed with a single patch and a modicum of effort, how can you defend EA with the slop they've given us? How can you defend the game being so dead, when they had so much hype going into the launch of the game? Why're you so content with laziness and slop, at best, that you'll defend it?

WhiskeyLullaby said:

You can't have it both ways, are you "wanting to have a conversation," or was it a "bizarre reply"? 

The game has no content, gameplay has a litany of issues that're easily fixed, packs are awful, glitches galore in all areas, etc. 

When the game could be so easily fixed with a single patch and a modicum of effort, how can you defend EA with the slop they've given us? How can you defend the game being so dead, when they had so much hype going into the launch of the game? Why're you so content with laziness and slop, at best, that you'll defend it?

I literally said in my post it's my first video game I'm a while so that's why I'm not as harsh on it.

You should try reading before you stoop to being hostile.

Hope your day gets better.

longocalrissian said:

I literally said in my post it's my first video game I'm a while so that's why I'm not as harsh on it.

You should try reading before you stoop to being hostile.

Hope your day gets better.

Projecting isn't an argument, it's pathetic. 

And no normal person believe nonsense like, "It's my first video game in awhile," it's a lazy, garbage excuse. Even it was true, it's really easy to tell how bad this game is when compared to what we had a decade ago.