Madden NFL 12 Reviewer: First Impressions

[elbos2k]

I prefer better presentation and graphics than improved gameplay mechanics. When you play a person online (non-ranked) or offline, they play for fun and sometimes cheese the hell out of a good play. Not caring about any gameplay mechanics. In online ranked games, you'll always play a freakin cheeser.

[BlackJackRabbit]

Quote: Originally Posted by kbmnm247

Because it is a very complex sport with 22 players on the field that are always active and doing different things based on what the opposition is doing. When you couple that with the fact people want head tracking, feet planting, refs, 3d grass, etc. etc. then it gets even tougher.

Head tracking, foot-planting, and refs where all done a while ago. Nobody really clamored for 3-d grass. Madden started off on a poor foundation that has never been fixed, and due to the lack of competition, EA has no incentive to really get into the core of the game to correct the faulty foundation. If they are, they're certainly taking their good old time doing it.

This notion that only so much can be done in one cycle is a bunch of crap ! Eventually Madden won't be the only football game in town. When that happens, whatever year (or decade) it is, watch how much Madden improves. Watch all of the legacy issues vanish into thin air in one cycle. Watch Madden catch right up with the rest of the sports genre. Now I'm saying that there won't be issues, but those issues won't be the same issues popping up year after year.

That being said, I am enjoying the M12 demo. I've played it more than any other demo that I remember, but Madden is still behind the other sport titles. That's a fact.