Madden 09 Hands-On Report: Pasta Padre

[pastapadre]

Quote: Originally Posted by maddenps2

I know you mentioned a couple frustrations you had with the game. i have your fumbles included in your quote. However, your overall assessment was very positive saying it may be the best sports next gen sports game to date. That's was your opinion so it can't be wrong I'm just not going be as easily convinced as I was last-year because from reading your 08 impressions the game sounded great! It only took a couple hours with the game to realize how bad it was. I went back to the last gen games and had a lot more fun.

Fair enough. I'm not trying to convince you on anything. If you want to take out the opinionated stuff I add in and just take the factual aspects instead I don't feel there is anything wrong with that. I'm not trying to sell the game to you. But I do feel very confident about my thoughts on it right now.

[Rawdeal28]

i really enjoyed your impressions pasta. it has me pumped. thank you!

[pastapadre]

Quote: Originally Posted by Flamehead

Pasta, Moostache, or anyone else at the community day: When you got hands on time with Madden, were you guys always playing each other, or did you ever play against the cpu? The reason I ask is because I'm curious if you've ever seen the cpu QB attempt to throw deep passes on you at all. Like, even once or twice. That's my one "obsession" right now, and I'm interested to see what you guys saw in this regard.

I'm probably not the best person to answer that, I didn't have an extensive amount of time against the CPU. But I remember a few intermediate passes at least, which seemed to stretch farther than I remember them throwing last year. I can't recall any really deep throws though.

[mdgoalie37]

Pasta - thansk for the write up. One question, is the Faulk pre and post game stuff still in? And the stupid ringbuilder?

I hated last year when you would finish a franchise game and Faulk would tell you that 'no trophies at stake, just about a W' - seeming to minimalize the importance of a regular season game over the placing of made up trophies on the line - against the CPU (yes I realize that there are many, many more important things in the world - obviously this is relatively speaking) .

[pastapadre]

Quote: Originally Posted by mdgoalie37

Pasta - thansk for the write up. One question, is the Faulk pre and post game stuff still in? And the stupid ringbuilder? I hated last year when you would finish a franchise game and Faulk would tell you that 'no trophies at stake, just about a W' - seeming to minimalize the importance of a regular season game over the placing of made up trophies on the line - against the CPU (yes I realize that there are many, many more important things in the world - obviously this is relatively speaking) .

I don't remember Faulk being in at all. Madden does an intro into the game as well as the exit out. Don't know if that applies the same way in franchise though.

[mdgoalie37]

Quote: Originally Posted by pastapadre

I don't remember Faulk being in at all. Madden does an intro into the game as well as the exit out. Don't know if that applies the same way in franchise though.

Thanks Pasta - did you notice the ringbuilder thing?

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by mdgoalie37

Thanks Pasta - did you notice the ringbuilder thing?

I didn't mind the ring per say, just like you say, all the yapping about it before and after each game...that got old.

[BezO]

Quote: Originally Posted by pastapadre

Fair enough. I'm not trying to convince you on anything. If you want to take out the opinionated stuff I add in and just take the factual aspects instead I don't feel there is anything wrong with that. I'm not trying to sell the game to you. But I do feel very confident about my thoughts on it right now.

Were you this confident last year? I do remember you loving '08 just as much.