Madden NFL 09: First Online Leagues Details and Video Clip

[ewto16]

Video = lame and boring

Looks like Madden 08 with snow.

[EWRMETS]

Quote: Originally Posted by mauro78

Yes but 2k try to innovate on every iteration of their sports franchise. Look at 2k8 MLB; few very annoying bug, but overall the pace of the game is very good and there's some significant changes from 2k7. Madden is the same shi* every ****ing year...

2k relies on unnecessary "innovations" (aka gimmicks) every year to make their games more complicated while ignoring improving basic gameplay. 2k nailed basketball but what other sport have they nailed?

This of course is unnecessary in a Madden thread but the same people want to bring up 2k in every EA thread. Last year people complain about their being no online leagues...this year the same people say EA shouldn't be devoting time to online leagues instead of focussing on gameplay.

Madden 08 wasn't a bad football game but was extremely boring because of the lack of presentation. This year it looks like they focussed on presentation and Madden 09 could be a great game. The massive amount of EA haters do not want to accept that.

[eDotd]

Meh.

[mauro78]

Quote: Originally Posted by EWRMETS

Madden 08 wasn't a bad football game but was extremely boring because of the lack of presentation. This year it looks like they focussed on presentation and Madden 09 could be a great game. The massive amount of EA haters do not want to accept that.

I think that EA has no excuse for fumble and INT glitch that ruined NCAA 08 and Madden 08. Also they've ESPN license from 2006 and they never ever used it. What about no pocket and the interaction between DL/OL in their football games?

I don't hate EA, for ex. NHL 08 and MVP franchise were great.

With the budget that EA has for a game like that, they must provide great football game; Madden on next gen is mediocre at best.



Regards

[ColumbusKilled]

This looks exactly what I thought it would look like, which is to say it looks like Madden 99.

The animations are exactly the same - the players have no relation to whatsoever in the physical world. One animation runs into another animation and causes the first animation to change. Ergo: Run animation hits tackle animation, run animation turns into tackled animation. Boring. NOT very NG.

The player models are smaller, but the linemen are still the EXACT same as the quarterbacks, they are all tall and thin compared to how heavy real NFL lineman are. Lineman are round, they aren't thick and tall. Some are (Tony Boselli), some aren't (Warren Sapp).

The quarterback looks totally unrealistic, as does the line play.

Where are you NFL 2K9? *Cries*

[BezO]

Quote: Originally Posted by seanmac

My point is that I could care less about stat overlays and I'm not much interested in reading five pages worth of whining about their absence.

I got that from your initial smart *** comment. I guess I should've just asked what's the point of being a smart ***.

And I'm tired of people whining about other people's whining, disgusing it behind smart *** comments, but I know it's part of OS.

[TheBest]

Playing GTA makes me not even want to play Madden. That Euphoria engine is a beast. It just feels so much better. If feels as if you're controlling a human and not a robot. Sorry but GB is my only football option this year.

[DONF]

Quote: Originally Posted by ColumbusKilled

This looks exactly what I thought it would look like, which is to say it looks like Madden 99. The animations are exactly the same - the players have no relation to whatsoever in the physical world. One animation runs into another animation and causes the first animation to change. Ergo: Run animation hits tackle animation, run animation turns into tackled animation. Boring. NOT very NG. The player models are smaller, but the linemen are still the EXACT same as the quarterbacks, they are all tall and thin compared to how heavy real NFL lineman are. Lineman are round, they aren't thick and tall. Some are (Tony Boselli), some aren't (Warren Sapp). The quarterback looks totally unrealistic, as does the line play. Where are you NFL 2K9? *Cries*

Well said!!