Madden NFL 12 Review (360/PS3)

[sheredia]

and by the way, there is not NEARLY the buzz on a madden release day/midnight release like there used to be.......

[papasmurf]

i downloaded the demo, i like it alot better than 11 thats for sure. i rented 11 and every game was a 55-45 shootout. ncaa 11 was a pretty good game and i thought madden 11 would be too, but the two played nothing alike. i bought ncaa12 and it seems for the first time they played quite similiar. ill have to rent it and i'll probably buy it by christmas or better yet let someone else pay for it.
ncaa 12 gets a solid 8-8.5 from me. just based on the demo i would give madden 12 a similiar score.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by sheredia

and by the way, there is not NEARLY the buzz on a madden release day/midnight release like there used to be.......

Eh, depends. Our GS had 440 on reserve. They expected about half of that at midnight.

The line was much longer than last year. Took me 10 minutes last year, this year took me 20 minutes to go through the line.

[thevaliantx]

Quote: Originally Posted by mellamoaaron

But let's be honest, it's a lot easier to make a basketball, baseball, or even soccer game than it is to make a football game. For what they've been able to do with this game, I think was a huge jump for the series. I absolutely hated 11 and mostly every Madden this gen outside of 08, and this one truly impressed me. I would say I haven't played a football game that is better than this.

"But let's be honest, it's a lot easier to make a basketball, baseball, or even soccer game than it is to make a football game. For what they've been able to do with this game, I think was a huge jump for the series. I absolutely hated 11 and mostly every Madden this gen outside of 08, and this one truly impressed me. I would say I haven't played a football game that is better than this."

Ah, the "and this one truly impressed me" comment. There will ALWAYS be those folks who are hell bent on getting a game, I guess that's the beauty of demographics.

[JohnDoe8865]

I'm interested in the business of gaming as well, because in so many ways it determines what we will get a chance to play 2-3 years down the road. I'll be very interested to get some sales numbers for Madden 12 with the mixed reviews. I have to agree about the buzz being less this year. Of the people I talk to that play games (not online), most of them are either not interested or are down on Madden this year b/c of reviews and bad word of mouth.

Small sample size I know..

[OneWhitePanda]

*sigh* I was pretty excited for this game...wish I didn't get excited. I wanted it to be really good. I was disappointed. Maybe it's just me, but this years Madden seems kindof...generic? The commentary is awful. Not having a bunch of names is just crazy in Madden 12.The Presentation isn't as good as I thought it would be. It gets old pretty fast. The gameplay can be clunky at times. >.< Super LBers are in this game for sure. I didn't see it before, but now it's getting kindof a silly how they leap so high and pick off everything over the middle. The menus in Franchise mode can be really frustrating, in my opinion. I don't know if you guys think this is a big deal or not, but some of the simulated stats are way unrealistic. Oh, and am I the only one that notice is waaay too easy to get sacks with DTs? Even if they aren't elite. It's crazy. I believe Madden has taken a step back... It seems it was just lazily put together this year, and they just hyped it up to make it seem like they did so much. The only good thing I can say is that the graphics are pretty sweet. But we all expect them to be. When are we going to finally get a real solid football simulation game? ): I agree now more than ever, Madden wont make huge strides until they finally get competition. Because they know so many people will buy their game, since they're the only option. They're not even trying anymore... probably doesn't mean anything to you, since I'm just one of MANY who buy your game, but way to let me down guys... ):<

[poulka]

I have looked at many reviews and people's take on Madden 12. The commentary is hilarious to put it mildly. But when I look at everything else with Madden it has something very nice. Someone mentioned Madden 09, 10, and 11, to me 10 was the only decent Madden. That was the only one I managed to play more than 1 season. Now let's back up to 06, 07, and 08, with 06 and 07 I have no experience with on 360, but with the looks I seen back then they were formidable title. With 08 my first encounter with Madden on 360 was nice, but the player movement pales in comparison with Madden 12 and lets not start with the radio guy. Even 2k5 which I liked did not have good player movement. Madden 12 is the best package we have received in Madden for a long time.

[poulka]

One other item to add, someone mentioned about the rating for NCAA 12. What ruined Madden 11 for me was NCAA 11. But this year Madden turned the tables on NCAA 12, which means Madden should have a slighly better rating than NCAA 12.