Madden 25 - Connected Careers - Freeze Issues

[jday]

A buddy and I have been setting up connected careers since it was first introduced in 2013. In this years addition he and I both are having alot of problems with it freezing. Are we the only ones or are there others who have had similiar issues? And if so, is there a fix?

 

[jrumann59]

yup I have had it happen after playing 2 games in a row I have had it happen after startup and going into my franchise, I have had it happen loading a season game. Supposedly EA is looking into it but I have run into this issue the past 5 maddens.

 

[jday]

I have played the last 5 Madden's and have never had an issue like this. One thing we figured out though is that seem to happen more often when one of has played the week and the other has not. It seems to happen every time until the other guy plays his game. I'm also running an offline franchise, and it has locked up on me as well. Overall, in the week I have owned this version this game has already locked up on me more times than Madden 25.

 

[MonsterD]

I thought the issue with freezes in franchise happened on Madden 9 or something close to that, I recall that I did not buy it that year but literally EA said they could not waste time fixing it because that would delay the next year's game. I was amazed they said it that was one major reason why I won't buy EA anymore.

 

[jday]

I thought the issue with freezes in franchise happened on Madden 9 or something close to that, I recall that I did not buy it that year but literally EA said they could not waste time fixing it because that would delay the next year's game. I was amazed they said it that was one major reason why I won't buy EA anymore.

That is useful information. Just what I hoped for. Thanks.

I keed, I keed.

 

[John813]

I assume you're talking about online connected career?

I manage two teams on the offline CC, and the only time it acts up is during the offseason, switching between teams during the re-sign/FA part.

 

[jday]

I assume you're talking about online connected career?

I manage two teams on the offline CC, and the only time it acts up is during the offseason, switching between teams during the re-sign/FA part.

I do both and so far me experience on offline and online has been miserable. The gameplay as compared to older additions is great - I like the upgraded difficulty against the AI - but the freezing has me just about ready to go back to Madden 25. My friend and I also had a head to head match yesterday and it took several attempts to get through the whole game.

 

[BigStar]

This is somewhat related: My offline franchise save is now unreadable? I took a week off and booted it up to read, "cannot use data on this version of the game...data supports another version of the game"??? Same hard copy, and was allowed to load a different franchise created initially on day one but nothing else. Back to year 1 I guess (screaming into pillow)

 

[jday]

This is somewhat related: My offline franchise save is now unreadable? I took a week off and booted it up to read, "cannot use data on this version of the game...data supports another version of the game"??? Same hard copy, and was allowed to load a different franchise created initially on day one but nothing else. Back to year 1 I guess (screaming into pillow)

lol. I feel your frustration. My buddy and I had our first head to head match. I was winning 21 to 0 and pretty close to scoring again when he got kicked off the network. When we were finally able to get through a full game - after several attempts - he beat me 38 to 35. That 3 points was from a fumble recovery on a kickoff return right before the end of the 2nd half. I'm calling it a draw.

 

[BigStar]

lol. I feel your frustration. My buddy and I had our first head to head match. I was winning 21 to 0 and pretty close to scoring again when he got kicked off the network. When we were finally able to get through a full game - after several attempts - he beat me 38 to 35. That 3 points was from a fumble recovery on a kickoff return right before the end of the 2nd half. I'm calling it a draw.

I know online is a little different, but in the past head to heads, a 21 point lead was a "skunk" and onto the next challenger. Your win

 

[jday]

I know online is a little different, but in the past head to heads, a 21 point lead was a "skunk" and onto the next challenger. Your win

That's what I said!!! I had a great game plan to start, as evidenced by the results of our first game, but after that he made adjustments on both sides of the ball and luck or lack thereof, became the ultimate decider between us. I can't scream at my kick returner to protect the ball...I just have to accept it.

 

[Derekmtl85]

It did it to me too, what i did was install the game on my xbox hard drive, never had that problem again.

 

[jday]

It did it to me too, what i did was install the game on my xbox hard drive, never had that problem again.

Can you do that for ps3? If so, how?

 

[Derekmtl85]

Can you do that for ps3? If so, how?

I looked it up and apparently only certain games can be installed on ps3.

I do it with every game on my xbox so it never freezes.

 

[jday]

I looked it up and apparently only certain games can be installed on ps3.

I do it with every game on my xbox so it never freezes.

I'll have to look into it. thanks for the info

 

[TheCount]

Froze my connected offline franchise today, after I played one of the better games I've played since I got the game and there was maybe 10 seconds left on the clock.

Every year, same old crap.