Madden NFL 10 Hands-On Preview (Joystiq)

[PlyrzNumber1]

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-100 community day guys from this site have played the game

Again, that begs the question: If you were one of 8 (out of thousands of people), to be flown in to Madden's development studio, to play an early version of the game (some people drive hundreds of miles, and pay hundreds of dollars over retail price to play the game 24 hours before it's available at a local retailers), and give your feedback -- do you think you could come back to the message board, and be 100% unbiased with your opinion of what you played?

As truthful, fair, and unbiased that I believe I am; If I were one of the lucky "8", I'd have a hard time being frank about my impressions of the game, even if I didn't see a single improvement. Maybe this is a personal problem, but I can only trust my intuition on the matter. The lucky 8's opinion (outside of maybe LBzrule, as he hasn't been as dedicated an apologist as some of the others), IMO, is clumped in with the rest of the Madden/EA team, whose word is on questionable merit with me given their track record.

[Brnto4life]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bgamer90

The new updates to franchise mode have been known for a while now. The new presentation mode seems interesting, but since they didn't say anything about it I can't really comment on it...

But that's why speculating is fun.

As for franchise, what have we heard? All I remember being talked about was the Inside EA Blog that simply went through updates to logic and whatnot. That doesn't strike me as "enhanced". I guess I'm just imagining some new features to franchise...

[Bgamer90]

Quote: Originally Posted by PlyrzNumber1

Again, that begs the question: If you were one of 8 (out of thousands of people), to be flown in to Madden's development studio, to play an early version of the game (some people drive hundreds of miles, and pay hundreds of dollars over retail price to play the game 24 hours before it's available at a local retailers), and give your feedback -- do you think you could come back to the message board, and be 100% unbiased with your opinion of what you played? As truthful, fair, and unbiased that I believe I am; If I were one of the lucky "8", I'd have a hard time being frank about my impressions of the game, even if I didn't see a single improvement. Maybe this is a personal problem, but I can only trust my intuition on the matter. The lucky 8's opinion (outside of maybe LBzrule, as he hasn't been as dedicated an apologist as some of the others), IMO, is clumped in with the rest of the Madden/EA team, whose word is on questionable merit with me given their track record.

They have all gave a bunch of things that were still wrong with the game in its stage during the time...

Please don't turn this into another "question the credibility of the testers" thread.

[buddyhobbs321813]

Quote: Originally Posted by PlyrzNumber1

Again, that begs the question: If you were one of 8 (out of thousands of people), to be flown in to Madden's development studio, to play an early version of the game (some people drive hundreds of miles, and pay hundreds of dollars over retail price to play the game 24 hours before it's available at a local retailers), and give your feedback -- do you think you could come back to the message board, and be 100% unbiased with your opinion of what you played? As truthful, fair, and unbiased that I believe I am; If I were one of the lucky "8", I'd have a hard time being frank about my impressions of the game, even if I didn't see a single improvement. Maybe this is a personal problem, but I can only trust my intuition on the matter. The lucky 8's opinion (outside of maybe LBzrule, as he hasn't been as dedicated an apologist as some of the others), IMO, is clumped in with the rest of the Madden/EA team, whose word is on questionable merit with me given their track record.

wow really i dont see how that would make someone biased at all they did criticize the problems that they saw so no i believe your wrong

[Derrville]

Quote: Originally Posted by CreatineKasey

I was. I just don't like seeing this criticism. It feels unfounded to me. Yes, we had people come play the game and say they liked it. The people that are talking down any criticism aren't these people. Were these opinions discussed constructively? nope... just junk like "This is why I hate such and such site". How about constructing a thought? Let's see... maybe from what we've heard they don't appreciate the intricacies we look for a in a football game. Gleaning from what they said, maybe the casual player will not fully acknowledge changes that we find game changing. That could be an interesting perspective to keep in mind as the game's information is released. The reviewer probably doesn't know football, and to the common player it might feel the same. That's a valid observation. No need to hate. Maybe casual fans won't think it's different. Again - we are better here at OS. I go here for stimulating discussions on football and Madden, not silly comments like these. I'm just a bit disappointed.

+1 Good post Kasey, cept the we are better here at OS, theres alot of Jerks here man.

[Derrville]

BTW what is a site that you guys would trust when giving an opinion about Madden 10?

[makalive]

just for the record, which site are we going to rely upon for a legitimate preview and review???

[buddyhobbs321813]

Quote: Originally Posted by Derrville

BTW what is a site that you guys would trust when giving an opinion about Madden 10?

CD guys