Madden NFL 17 Review (Xbox One)

[BenGerman]

Quote: Originally Posted by The JareBear

Thanks for your review and your responses in this thread so far, Ben.

No problem, folks. Appreciate all the kind words.

[DeuceDouglas]

Nice write-up and good review.

Definitely an interesting read as a lot of what I read, gameplay wise, seemed to contradict what I've seen from pre-release gameplay but I'll have to wait until I get my hands on the game to effectively judge most of it and especially so with CFM.

[BSchwartz07]

Decent write up, but I don't trust OS reviews too much. Pretty much every Madden they have reviewed has received between a 7.5 and 8.5, to include last year that got an 8. If this is no better than last year, and knowing EA it won't be, I'll once again be upset that I bought into the laziest sports game maker on the planet once again.

[roadman]

Thanks Ben, I thought it was a well thought out balanced review.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by BSchwartz07

Decent write up, but I don't trust OS reviews too much. Pretty much every Madden they have reviewed has received between a 7.5 and 8.5, to include last year that got an 8. If this is no better than last year, and knowing EA it won't be, I'll once again be upset that I bought into the laziest sports game maker on the planet once again.

I wouldn't look too much into number scores to gauge if one year is better than the other.

The best reviewer is yourself if you trust them.

This Madden seems to be getting good scores around the net, so, I don't see where OS is different vs "all the other sites."

[ChaseB]

Quote: Originally Posted by BSchwartz07

Decent write up, but I don't trust OS reviews too much. Pretty much every Madden they have reviewed has received between a 7.5 and 8.5, to include last year that got an 8. If this is no better than last year, and knowing EA it won't be, I'll once again be upset that I bought into the laziest sports game maker on the planet once again.

Apologies that we're not trustworthy or legit. We'll, uh, try to do better in the future?

[BenGerman]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I wouldn't look too much into number scores to gauge if one year is better than the other. The best reviewer is yourself if you trust them. This Madden seems to be getting good scores around the net, so, I don't see where OS is different vs "all the other sites."

Also, we can't have reviews that constantly scale upwards. Just because the review has the same score, that doesn't mean they are just as good as one another.

I'll put it this way, and I'm sure Chris (who reviewed M16), will agree: Madden 17 is a vastly better game than 2016. They were both a step up from their predecessor.

[SwedishTouch76]

Is there a demo?