I'm starting to get encouraged...

[CapnKill]

To be honest I think after Madden 09 NG I pretty much wrote the series off and figured I'd just maybe take a glancing look at it from now on, but with no expectation really and probably just a rental at best.

I know they had blogs last year, but I never got the impression that they were tackling important issues so I discarded them for the most part. I also felt that after 4 or 5 years now on the NG system this game wasn't going to get much better and its current state was basically nothing that I considered spending even $30 on.

So far most of the information that has been shared with us and the issues that are being addressed are actually very important, and have shown me that the new staff is serious about bringing this game back out of the ashes.

I don't know how this will play out, but I'm certainly willing to give this new team the benefit of the doubt and at least for now my interest in the Madden series has been rekindled. I think every title that is sold yearly should take this approach, where developers actually communicate with the fan base via blogs and forums. Tapping this huge pool of hard core fans for ideas and such is a great way to approach things and its mind boggling to me that it hasn't been done sooner.

So I find it odd for people to say that they are concerned with this new direction, because I'm not sure what more you want at this point. I was concerned before, but now I've become encouraged!

[Golden28]

Hooray. Optimism again. Well said.

[roadman]

Best thread of the day, perhaps up to this year.

I couldn't agree more.

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Quote: Originally Posted by CapnKill

To be honest I think after Madden 09 NG I pretty much wrote the series off and figured I'd just maybe take a glancing look at it from now on, but with no expectation really and probably just a rental at best. I know they had blogs last year, but I never got the impression that they were tackling important issues so I discarded them for the most part. I also felt that after 4 or 5 years now on the NG system this game wasn't going to get much better and its current state was basically nothing that I considered spending even $30 on. So far most of the information that has been shared with us and the issues that are being addressed are actually very important, and have shown me that the new staff is serious about bringing this game back out of the ashes. I don't know how this will play out, but I'm certainly willing to give this new team the benefit of the doubt and at least for now my interest in the Madden series has been rekindled. I think every title that is sold yearly should take this approach, where developers actually communicate with the fan base via blogs and forums. Tapping this huge pool of hard core fans for ideas and such is a great way to approach things and its mind boggling to me that it hasn't been done sooner. So I find it odd for people to say that they are concerned with this new direction, because I'm not sure what more you want at this point. I was concerned before, but now I've become encouraged!

I agree, just never put into words.

[hollerback04]

well played sir... well played

[Tito78]

I'm getting encouraged with all interaction that's been happening; however , people have every right to skeptical. Madden on the 360/ps3 has been horrible, period.

[roadman]

Understood Tito, but that was also a team that's not together anymore. Every person working on Madden is brand new from last year.

Just because it say's EA on it, doesn't mean we can blame the new team about the past, can we?

We can certainly blame EA, though.

[Tyrant8RDFL]

Ahhh nice and refreshing to see a positive post.

Good Job OP, and we share your same thoughts.

Madden 2010 will be a solid title.

Yep I said it