Getting Hit by the Madden Hype Machine

[asu666]

Quote: Originally Posted by Crash Davis

This is the first madden on Next Gen to actually do something, solid game small small flaws that I actually believe are being blow waay out of perpotion Madden is a hyped game no doubt, but you wanna talk about the biggest hyped game that didnt deserve it, Grand Theft Auto 4. a solid game but by no means even close to classic as almost every review states Anywho I respect waiting past the release date for madden but at least rent it i think youll be pleasently suprised

We must not have been playing the same game because I finished GTA 4 on PS# and X360. It has a great story and crazy deep gameplay. The work that went into making all of those system function together must have been staggering. I have easily put in over 100 hours and I still see new stuff that surprises me all of the time. The beginning is a little slow, but it's a great game.

Madden NFL 2009 was a big step up for people who play online or with a buddy using 5 to 8 minutes quarters. It was a huge dissapointment for sim fans.

[RunN1st]

I don't feel so bad now...

I'm holding off even thought 80% of the people on my friends list have picked it up. I guess what irrates the most is the fact that folks nowadays game hop from new release to new release. For crying out loud, I'm still trying to digest NCAA '09 and NASCAR '09.

I'm hoping that a patch is released by the time I'm ready to jump on the Madden wagon. And by that time, there will be plenty of used copies at Gamestop which will give me the flexibility to return it should it not meet my expectations. The downside is that everyone will be playing the newly released NBA games by then. Oh, well!
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Side note: I just realized that I'm a level 'Pro' poster!!! I wonder where I would be if I still had my original mniner OS user name.

[Cold77]

the superstar mode sucks....hard, this year, they didn't do anything to it....at all, actually I think they removed stuff from it.

[mastershake88]

again, funny that Professional threads come out on this. But yet again, if I or anyone else made this infraction would have been made. and thread would have been locked.

[Diehardfan]

Exactly Master, I got gigged by CountryBoy Fish or whatever his name is because I said pretty much said the same thing in a far more succint fashion. Its not that Im a 2K fanboy or dislike EA.....I love their hockey franchise and plan on buying HC09 when they release it.....WITHOUT Madden. Its just the Madden franchise with the NFL license in their back pocket has carte blanche to drop any half-baked piece of software they want on the football gaming public.

[ChubbyBanana]

This years Madden is like 08, minus reception problems. Graphics and animations have improved considerably. I would reccomend it to a friend.

Nice read. I have felt like the writer many a time before with different games...

[skipwondah33]

When players do there moves you have to admit their skating out there..lol and I thought NCAA moves looked bad

[HechticSooner]

Do what I did, buy it in the CE for Head Coach! I have yet to even put the Madden disc in the XBox. I even think that I might just sell it.