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Madden NFL 12 Reviewer Impressions: Gameplay

10:59 AM - August 27, 2011 by RaychelSnr

Madden's gameplay is a strange sort of Jekyll and Hyde act this year. While on one hand, I really want to love the gameplay for all the things it does right, there's always a bit of creeping anger and disappointment when I experience the things Madden doesn't do quite so well.

Madden is far from a bad game. I'm about 15 games into my Madden experience, and it's pretty easy to conclude that Madden is anything but a bad game. It's just that to get to some realistic results, the game cuts so many corners and seems to be asking me to suspend my own disbelief to find enjoyment in the face of some lacking realism.

On the basic surface level, if you've played NCAA Football 12, you sort of know what to expect from Madden 12. If you've played an EA football game in the last several years, you've also played a large part of what Madden 12 has to offer. What Madden does differently is important to the core gameplay experience and will probably define whether you, as a hardcore fan, are willing to spend the $60 on the game.

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# 61 TheTodd84 @ 08/29/11 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by darknmild


	I agree and perfect zero I don't think he was referring to back yard football

He was probably referring to real football. The flaw with his argument is that 99.5% of us in this country will never be able to put on an NFL uniform, or even play College Football. For most of us, the farthest we get is high school ball. So, for most of us, this is the closest we can ever come to suiting up on sundays. That is why we request the game to be so realistic. We don't get the nuances of football playing in the backyard. And most of us cannot play in the NFL, and this is our chance to feel what its like to be peyton manning reading defenses and making solid calls. And there is a strong satisfaction with that notion.

So while is it "just a game," that argument is tired and old. The ultimate fact is that there is ZERO REASON why this game, with all the modern technology, cannot play more realistically than it does.

Please, come up with a better argument than that. I know you can. For most of us, this is our NFL, so d@mmit, it better be just like it.

# 62 Jukeman @ 08/30/11 10:25 AM

"The game is fun" translate to me as "it's a good head to head game"

I'm a single player/and CPU vs CPU guy...

I guess cutting corners while getting "sim" results is their way of balancing the game...

I'll rent the game eventually so I can judge for myself but I wish there were an alternative that suits my interest (made by any company)

Football is my favorite sport and I haven't owned a football game for more than a year since 2007...

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# 63 Armor and Sword @ 08/30/11 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Jukeman


	"The game is fun" translate to me as "it's a good head to head game" I'm a single player/and CPU vs CPU guy... I guess cutting corners while getting "sim" results is their way of balancing the game... I'll rent the game eventually so I can judge for myself but I wish there were an alternative that suits my interest (made by any company) Football is my favorite sport and I haven't owned a football game for more than a year since 2007... Sent from my HumancentiPad using Tapatalk

As much as I enjoyed Madden 10 (until the cheap exploits became too much as well as the rawness of the new approach) and I did enjoy Madden 11 (believe it or not) I have not kept a Madden game more than one cycle since Madden 2007. I played that game till Madden 10 came out (my first PS3 next gen version). I plan on making Madden 12 my last Madden purchase till Madden 14 at a minimum. I have personalyl been very impressed with the demo and really feel the franchise mode will have more than enough depth for me to stay busy with it for a couple of years easy. And the same holds exactly true of NCAA 12. NCAA 11 was my first college football purchase since NCAA 07 for PS2.

I hear ya. But I think EA has really focused on this years football output. Yes the NCAA 12 bugs are well documented and are being patched. But I think EA really made a concerted effort to polish the games up and really make both of them a very strong video game representation of the game of football that is both deep in modes and replayability but also keeping the fun factor intact.

I have always loved the balance EA has been able to provide in that regard. It's not perfect but the games are a lot of fun to play.

# 64 CzingerX @ 08/30/11 06:03 PM

Still dissapointed with the tackling system. NCAA was really good this this tackiling wise. Thought it would carry over to Maden too. Guess not.

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