Even his photos look smug.

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In a few years you will have 8 year olds playing this game who think Madden is just the name of the company.

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And they will likely be correct by then.

Those TurDuckens are gonna catch up with him.

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I was talking more along the lines of controls, animations, the graphics engine, collision detection and all the other stuff that can't ever get truly upgraded and improved when a dev. has to use the same base game engine for a decade because they have a yearly release schedule. You don't need a new $60 game to implement a 2RB system or the wildcat, new rosters or new jesery's or whatever the fuck.

Pay $60 for the in 2012 and then have DLC upgrades for the next two years so the developers can really fix the game.

That and EA shouldn't have a monopoly on the NFL license, those 2k games were da' bomb diggity.

The ESPN game was garbage but youre right. The monopoly hurts. As much as I like the Show. EA MVP was good.


I hear ya SomeGuy. You're a guy who should buy it every couple years then. For me I dont mind shelling out the 60 if only because the hours to dollars spent ratio is too good not to.

I thought the ESPN one was good. For $15, it was just as good as Madden. Then they tried doing that stupid helmet view thing, which was terrible, but overall the game was solid.

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Too easy. Even on the hardest level you could dominate and any QB that could run a little was unstoppable.

True, but you could bling out your crib. That was the best part.

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There was nothing better than that ambulance plowing through a crowd of players for absolutely no reason.

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Question for sake of continuity:

You said you get the game for free. When was the last time you payed for the game? Last year? Four years ago?

I think Terry Bradshaw was on the cover the last time I bought it.


But MLB the Show and before that EA MVP are the same deal and I pay for those. And I would definitely pay for Madden if I didnt have the connection.

So then would you still be as willing to shell out $60 each year if you actually did have to? For the same game from one year to the next?

Yes, thats what I meant by saying Id still buy it even without a connection.


But im a unique case. I play two (2) games a year. Madden for six months and The Show for 6 months.

So 120$ for a years worth of games is not bad.

I dunno. I guess I just see that as being easy for you to say since you actually don't buy the game.

I haven't bought a Madden game in awhile (as I mentioned), so maybe I would actually enjoy this year's release seeing as though I have nothing recent to base it on. Then again, I am also in the minority of Madden players who only buy the game once every 3-4 years.

The thing is I think they have made it worse. They were trying to do some stuff with the cut scenes and a few are OK and others crashed and burned bad. When you go to kick a field goal they pull the camera away to the point you can't really see anything. I played 4 season games between Tuesday and Wednesday and heard the exact same comments to start the game for each game. Annoying to say the least. I get they are trying but this year it just seemed like they did too much to the point it takes away from the game.

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Me too. I gave up on Madden a few years ago. The game engine sucks, the AI is attrocious. Those two factors outweigh any other problems with the game. Any time you can beat a game on its highest difficulty 48-0 the game is poorly made.

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Got this on Wii.







Okay, now that you've stopped laughing, it isn't that bad of a game. Not a lot of bells and whistles, but unlike the past Madden games on the system, I can use the classic controller, so it seems like a real madden game.

Signed up for Sports Illustrated subscription. Should be getting Madden in a few weeks.

Two birds.....one stone.

#sorryimpoor

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I did this last year.

I'm not sure which one I disliked more.

At least SI gave me the Swimsuit issue.

So I guess the answer was, I disliked Madden more.

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I think it was being advertised for $50...that's what it was last year, anyway.

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28 issues. $50

Madden and some sort of Madden DVD that will most likely remain in the package...


Worth it, imo...

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It was more for the game. $1.79 an issue ain't bad, I guess. But I probably wouldn't even consider a subscription if the game weren't involved...

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