End of Console Generations is Not an Excuse for No Innovation

[JerseySuave4]

it's especially not an excuse when your excuse for the mediocre games and not including things in games have been "next year" or "we're working on it in the future." Then the new systems come out and they use the fact that they are still learning the systems as their new excuse.

[avwhitechic]

Quote: Originally Posted by mestevo

Just more of the same, as if EA finds millions of new customers every year (they dont), and invoking the sacred 2k5 (again, will be happy when the sticky rules are finally enforced again). You'd think the gameplay has been the same since Madden 06 by many of the posts here, of course many probably consider Madden a roster update and little more every year which is probably the least genuine statement anyone can make. If we get half as many improvements to 13 as we saw in 12, many here will be pretty happy - but we have no idea what they've done with 13 yet, but this gen has been written off, nothing to see here. I would have expected the "can you be objective..." thread to come from a staff member and this thread created by one of the many jaded who post here, not the other way around. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

rgiles they've turned u but i understand....now back to this post

[bobtrain]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gotmadskillzson

Much like the NCAA series, the Madden series spent this whole generation playing catch up to the last generation. Adding features we already had last generation back into this generation as new features, when in reality it wasn't. This generation was nothing but the HD generation for EA Tiborun, because the only thing they improved upon was the graphics and online stability. Game play has been at a stand still for 6 years now. If it wasn't for online, most people wouldn't even buy Madden or NCAA. And that is the sad truth of it all.

Agree. Madden has a long history of removing features only to add them back in and call them new. I'm sure everyone one can recall when Madden recently added officials and field goal nets back into the game. Remember when Madden coded the game so if you called the same play multiple times that the CPU would read and react better each time. I'm not sure how it actually executed, but it was the little things the dev teams of old added to the game that made this one of the best franchises in the 90's and early 00's.

It's also sad to see John Madden (the guy who the game is named after) have less of an impact. I believe his insight into the football world has hurt this madden franchise over the years as now you have the "gaming" community pushing this product vs. the "football" community. I see more exploiting of "money" plays now and less football technique used. The philosophy of gaining leisure fans to increase sales has made simulation die. It's sad.

[misterkrabz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Profit89

This series needs to move to the PC if they want to be taken seriously.

I couldn't imagine playing a sports game on a PC (small monitor, generic controller or god forbid the keyboard, a bazillion hacks/cracks/cheats)...couldn't disagree more. No thanks.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Quote: Originally Posted by misterkrabz

I couldn't imagine playing a sports game on a PC (small monitor, generic controller or god forbid the keyboard, a bazillion hacks/cracks/cheats)...couldn't disagree more. No thanks.

You could hook a PC to any size HDTV, whether it be plasma, LCD, LED or DLP, hell you can even hook it up to a HD projector and play on a 300 inch screen if you wanted to. Also you can use a regular XBox 360 controller with PC games as well.

[The_Gaming_Disciple]

Looking forward to next Tuesday when the official gameplay for NCAA will be unveiled. I know these forums as well as other game sites for college football will be on FIRE!!!

[ch46647]

Quote: Originally Posted by The_Gaming_Disciple

Looking forward to next Tuesday when the official gameplay for NCAA will be unveiled. I know these forums as well as other game sites for college football will be on FIRE!!!

I hope so. But unless they come out with pretty much an entire new game engine. I think most people will just be looking at it as "same old, same old."

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Quote: Originally Posted by misterkrabz

I couldn't imagine playing a sports game on a PC (small monitor, generic controller or god forbid the keyboard, a bazillion hacks/cracks/cheats)...couldn't disagree more. No thanks.

That was a joke right? I believe Madden would be great for PC because the little things that are not right in the game can be fixed and made even better.