Madden NFL 12 to Kick Off Another 3-Year Plan

[Exonerated]

11 is better than 09.

[MJenness]

Quote: Originally Posted by Exonerated

11 is better than 09.

Again....opinion. I get a kick out of people stating their opinions as fact. Personally, I try to never do that. We have a right to our opinions...but they ARE just that, personal opinions.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by MJenness

Again....opinion. I get a kick out of people stating their opinions as fact. Personally, I try to never do that. We have a right to our opinions...but they ARE just that, personal opinions.

Well, you came off stating that 11 is no better than 9, which came off as fact to me.

I know it's my opinion, that is what message boards are for. I've also mentioned that Madden 11 still has a ways to go before I'm totally satisfied.

That is why all opinions are subjective, as Rgiles said, even SIM players can't agree on everything.

[swanlee]

I think Madden as we knew it is pretty much dead, The last chance Madden had for anything resembling a decent football game was when Ian took over and he was not able to deliver. This 3 year plan stuff is just an excuse to only change a couple of things each year.

This console gen is stretching out a lot longer than expected so we are going to be stuck with this same graphic and animation engine for 3 more years which was seriously flawed to being with.

I just hope the exclusive license runs out in time for Next gen NFL football to be made by someone else cause EA has shown without a doubt that they cannot make a realistic next gen football game and I'd hate them to be in control when the next consoles hit the market.

Things have stagnated so much since 2004 that I'm simply bored to death of football videogames. Backbreaker was a nice breath of fresh air but they screwed that game up with un balanced gameplay but at least it was something different and a step in the right direction

[squadron supreme]

If this three year plan doesn't include some type of real time physics then it means nothing to me. With the longevity of this console generation it shouldn't be hard to make a game engine that maximizes the ability of the consoles. Backbreaker even with its numerous flaws had an engine at its basic core that was better than anything grapically or animation wise Madden has ever done.

[lofeazy]

Quote: Originally Posted by MJenness

the incremental improvements they made were not in one area that I was looking for, therefore, to me, zero improvement in the gameplay. The animations STILL suck badly, there is no immersion into the game, ol/dl and wr/db interaction is a mess, offline franchise remains almost unchanged....plus the things I mentioned before. To me, it is not an enjoyable game to play, I'm bored and/or frustrated to the point I shut the rental (yeah, I didn't buy it...again) before half-time.

great post and I agree with the facts you layed out.

[Senator Palmer]

Quote: Originally Posted by jWILL10

Some of you guys need to REEEEELAAAAAAAAXXX. Someone finally says, "Hey, lets calm our consumers and investors down, and re-assure them we have a plan in place to make Madden better, and tell them how.", and everyone takes this as "Wait until 2014 to buy Madden." Bet you if they hadn't said this, y'all would be like, "Things can't be good, EA needs to say something!" The sky is always falling around here...

Well, they haven't exactly told anyone HOW yet... unless I missed something. This was the only substantive quote in the initial article...

Quote:

Weber is doubling the size of the core football development team, and also plans to invest heavily in the franchise's web infrastructure over the next few years.

It was basically and announcement about an annoucement. Personally, I think they should have remained mum on a new plan until they had a few real nuggets to drop, because right now they've just left themselves open to speculation. You're right, they're probably in a no-win situation if they had said nothing, but I'm patient enough to wait for some real info vs. another vague "plan" that could be anything. They could interpret the sliding sales as cause to drop the sim angle and go back to a Madden 08 style of gameplay.

[maddenps2]

Quote: Originally Posted by Senator Palmer

Well, they haven't exactly told anyone HOW yet... unless I missed something. This was the only substantive quote in the initial article... It was basically and announcement about an annoucement. Personally, I think they should have remained mum on a new plan until they had a few real nuggets to drop, because right now they've just left themselves open to speculation. You're right, they're probably in a no-win situation if they had said nothing, but I'm patient enough to wait for some real info vs. another vague "plan" that could be anything. They could interpret the sliding sales as cause to drop the sim angle and go back to a Madden 08 style of gameplay.

Neither of those 2 Maddens were sim, and neither were that good imo.