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Old 12-24-2011, 06:13 PM   #9
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Browsers can actually do a fair bit these days and it won't be long before proper widespread 3D acceleration is possible within a browser. I'm not sure what effectively amounts to a "wrapper" really provides developers looking to make proper 3D PC games however - people surely want them to be fullscreen, so why bother having them in a browser? It will be aimed at taking current browser based games to the next level, not as a desktop replacement.

Although with that said, with Windows 8 and the Metro app initiative, which is HTML5 and Javascript driven, such a browser based game could effectively become a "desktop" game.

Not sure what EA were thinking here. The quote "The label was serious enough about the project to build a working, mouse-driven interface for the game's console engine" seems to suggest you'd be given the chance to manage a Madden franchise in your browser, which their servers actually play out? And you watch? Kind of like as a GM? Or maybe even as coach mode. I think I would probably pay to try something like this, if heavy improvements were made to Madden's GM functions. I still want Madden back on the PC though - with NBA 2K on PC, EA officially ran out of excuses years ago. It's clear now EA Sports are just not savvy enough to tend to a PC audience and aren't even going to bother to try - we scare them, I suspect.
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Old 12-25-2011, 08:56 AM   #10
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I think a text-based Madden football game (similiar to Strat-O-Matic) could work. On defense you could pick your play, hot route some guys, and then pinch the line. On offense, you could do the same and then let the engine generate the outcome.
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While I play Madden on a console, the prospect of being able to mess with the game internally, adding rosters, and players easily, would certain make me give it a look.
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Old 12-28-2011, 09:28 AM   #11
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I don't think this would have been a stripped down version of the game. It would just move all of the UI menus into the browser, allowing you to adjust your franchise, etc, from anywhere and then launch the on the field 3d game similar to how battlefield 3 works.

Since they are saying it would be a 4GB download, I am sure that graphical assets would be on you PC meaning you could have free reign to mod as you wish.

I don't really see a negative here and would welcome it; especially if it indeed had the ability to manage a franchise from anywhere.
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Old 12-31-2011, 04:28 AM   #12
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I lament the passing of the pc version of the game and would certainly buy it again if it were to return. Not sure about the browser -based version but would probably give it a go if that was all that was on offer. After they dumped the pc version, I launched a one-man boycott of Madden 09, but had to succumb to buying a ps3 the following year just so I could play Madden again.

Having played on the ps3 for several years in online leagues I think I would stick with that but would love to get back to the pc as well. Sadly, I don't think it will happen as they just can't rake in the same amount of money for pc games as they can console ones.
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