Madden 360....Unbiased Review

[Pared]

[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Sorry, got a fantasy draft season going that I can't quit on. Unfortunately it appears that I will have to keep my PS2 as their doesn't appear to be an appealing baseball game coming to the 360.

[RoyalBoyle78]

Quote: Originally Posted by bkrich83

I have yet to see any of the bugs you have been talking about, nor any of the freezing issues. I recommend this game highly. I guess I must be playing a different version.

same here, I haven't seen any of these bugs either, maybe it slipped under my bug proof eye radar.....lol. I don't have a any big problems with the game, it's good but it does need some more work, thats with any game though.

Quote: Originally Posted by PooDiddy

So my final thoughts would be, If you are a hardcore offline player who only plays franchise mode, DO NOT BUY this game YOU WILL HATE IT!!!!! If you are the type of guy who just sits down and plays a random game VS the CPU. BUY THIS GAME , YOU WILL LOVE IT!!!!! If you are the type of guy who gets together with your friends to play head to head games of Madden, while drinking Beer and betting on games and calling I got next. BUY THIS GAME YOU GUYS WILL LOVE IT.

I agree with the things you notice aren't quite perfect, but I'm a hardcore offline player who does nothing but play franchise, and I love this game. The imperfections don't bother me at all. The gameplay is a blast and the graphics are beautiful, and on top of that, I always remember that this is just a videogame...

[humpdump66]

Quote: Originally Posted by quietcool72

If it was just a "bare bones" game, that's one thing. Its another that it has more bugs than the entomology exhibit at the Smithsonian. And remember, I'm normally a Madden fan who takes heat on these boards for talking about its positives.

I've read you before so I know you are a legit critic. Plus you are from the 'Burgh so you get props for that too! I have never experienced the bugs you refer to. Hopefully I won't and it will be a problem with a few discs only.

[daveyboy79]

I really don't understand how people can accept the "well I knew this game would be stripped down" and so accept the mediocrity. People there are no excuses. Someone mentioned in this thread this is a glorified demo for 60 bucks and I agree 100%. Its just the little things - no challenges, only away and home jerseys, no player edits, poor franchise sim results etc. Its an absolutely shoddy product. When Madden 2001 came out when the PS2 was launched it was a complete product based on what was available at the time, not stripped down.

My problem is that when the PS3 is launched Madden 07 will be a complete product, completely smacking XBox 360 buyers.

[JayBee74]

Quote: Originally Posted by daveyboy79

When Madden 2001 came out when the PS2 was launched it was a complete product based on what was available at the time, not stripped down. My problem is that when the PS3 is launched Madden 07 will be a complete product, completely smacking XBox 360 buyers.

SONY FANBOY POST OF THE YEAR, NO, DECADE!!!!!!!

[quietcool72]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Wow... amazing of you to admit that... I think hell froze over...

Pared,
Heh heh, I do call 'em like I see them after I play the game.

Something is up with this game. There's a cross section of people having NO problems with the game, and others who's game freezes and has all kinds of camera problems and other things that cause you to have to power off/power on.

Some of the wierd problems- such as the "Dissappearing Ball during a QB drop-back" seem to scream software problem. The freezes "could" be hardware, and the camera issue seems like software problem.

But some people are showing none of these problems (or at least they haven't yet), while others are having the same problems.

Is it bad Madden disks? Is it hardware? Is it both? I don't know.

(But defenders getting stuck on each other because of trying to follow offensive WR's in motion... well, stuff like that isn't hardware, that's for sure.)