Madden NFL 12 Reviewer: First Impressions

[Celtic34]

At least he doesn't say it seems like Madden "is still a year away". I've heard that one way too much. From the sounds of it this sounds like MAdden and like every madden before it. Baby steps. It improves in areas and other areas it leaves room for improvement. At least EA isn't here saying "these games are really hard to make, and you don't understand our pain and the time constraints we are under". I'm tired of that one too. If it's so hard to make and such a chore then let someone else make it. Fifa doesn't have these issues. But yeah.

This is MAdden. It's a solid 7.5 or 8 every year. It's an improvement but isn't that definative football game anyone is looking for. If you like Madden then go for it.

It reminiscent of mlb 2k which both games have a license. That's the only similarity and constant I keep coming back to. That is the issue. EA and 2k paid for a license and only have so much money to allocate for each title. So since they had these locked up their focus went elsewhere to try to sell the other games. Fifa doesn't have a license and has competition so in order to increase their sales across the board they made that a better game. It's slight and Madden is still a good game, but noticeable.

It is what is keeping this game from being a 9 instead of an 7.5 or 8. It's all relative ultimately. If there was even more competition a 9 these days wouldn't even be a 9.

[mdiggitydawg]

WOW opening the article with a comment on the menus? Really? I care about the freaking menus? That being said...sounds like frustration to me. This will sit in the wrapping until I see how major a patch is due out (since I'm still waiting for my NCAA Patch and have played only 4 games two months later).

I just don't have much faith in this series any more...I sincerely hope I am proven wrong.

[radney]

I'll reserve judgement for self until I get the game on Tuesday. You can have 10 guys play the same exact game but yet you'll get 10 different opinions. Everybody looks for something different.

[DaChiefs]

Front Page Sports Football with Barry Sanders on the cover!!! That was my favorite game for a while. You could change game plans at half time. It even had highlights from other games. The draft was fun. For its time the graphics were great too. Ahh...the good ol days.

[AceOfSpades1898]

All I see on this site is how madden failed again. But if you look at it, they are doing good. Maybe one of the reasons FIFA, NBA2k, or MLBshow is better is because there are not as many things going on at the same time. In football you have 22 guys all doing different things at once. Other sports like nba2k can make big leaps because they only have ten to worry about.

[BEARYChi]

Quote: Originally Posted by wEEman33

You should! FIFA and PES are looking killer this year!

FIFA 12,NHL 12, and NBA 2K12 is Must Haves.

[adambaseball]

thanks for telling me in your review to come back and read your review tomorrow. and thanks for not telling us any details about your first impressions about anything.

[rudyjuly2]

Madden should add the player lock camera on defense (even though I don't like it myself) but playing defense in Madden is a lot better than NCAA imo. Just based on the demo the improved control over your player and the slower passing speeds make playing pass defense a lot better in Madden than NCAA. In NCAA I am always a step behind in coverage and I feel useless. I didn't feel that way about Madden.