Madden Must-Haves: 1up

[hdaniel1]

1up has posted a article called Madden Must-Haves.

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"The storied franchise took huge strides from Madden 07 to 08, but for 09 to be a classic (or even just sports game of the year), it needs a heaping handful of not-so-obvious fixes before it hits shelves in August."

[RGiles36]

That is an awesome list. Too bad most of it won't be addressed 09.

[beau21]

Quote: Originally Posted by rgiles36

That is an awesome list. Too bad most of it won't be addressed 09.

agreed, an awesome doable list indeed.

hopefully EA will see that list and implement some of them for 2010

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Blind Spots Every rookie Madden player does it, and it drives us nuts: They run back 15 yards with their QB before tossing a perfect strike to their wideout. While the backward scramble can't be stopped, there's a way to make it hurt. Either gray out the passing icons when the QB's back is turned, or have the icons go away altogether.

*favorite idea*... MLB 2k8 did something like that this year w/ fly balls

[grunt]

Some great ideas from a casual gaming site. Good article.

[JBucc]

"No Need for More Speed
It's time to kill the speed burst. Nay-sayers may groan, but it revolutionized last year's hardcore sports game of the year, NHL 08. Everyone we know keeps the speed burst trigger pulled on every play, anyway, so what's the difference? It's time for Madden's makers to take the button out of the equation and make the speed burst contextual, so we can keep our focus on dodging tacklers."


I really wish they would do this. We've had analog sticks for the last 3 generations and still many games have us holding down or tapping a button to sprint. Not just sports games either, GTA IV is one of the biggest perpetrators of this ancient mechanic of the D-pad days.

[ewto16]

So when Madden 09 doesn't include ANY of those things (and 5 of them can already be confirmed as not included) will 1UP/EGM still give Madden 09 a great rating?

[mdgoalie37]

Missing the accelerated clock, but not a bad list.

[ezekiel55]

Considering that 1up is more of a "Broader" gaming site, unlike OS's sports centric crew, its good to know other people notice the problem with things like the 15 yard dropback perfect throw issue.

Good list though.