Which Madden is better and why... 10 or 12

[m1ke_nyc]

Quote: Originally Posted by Liam

Madden 12's passing is Horrible. There is Zero trajectory at all. Madden 13's passing feels so much smoother and more realistic Never played 10 but passing is probably the same as 12... Horrible

Yea 10 and 12 had the same passing system for the most part. But 10 brought back the deep ball that didnt exist in 09. 09 had the stupid spin catch, 10 had the Tyree catch, and the over the shoulder catch.

[GisherJohn24]

@sausage

I made a whole thread of my love for 10. To this day, I still love this game. I think a lto of people dont' realize this is the last game MANY of the original Madden guys stayed with EA. I don't know if they wanted to go out with a bang before they said "screw you EA" . Nitpicks I do have with it don't overlay the fun I have. I made 45 created players yesterday and made my All Time Browns and Lions. Fun stuff.

@liam

Sausage can confirm, but I think the trajetory passing in 10 is spot on. I think that's the problem I have with 12 also.

Oh, also 10 has the best soundtrack around. 11 probaby close 2nd. dat NFL films music.

[braves_94]

Madden 10 wins it for me on the best title of the generation. Playing the Madden 25 demo just made it apparent how far offtrack this new dev team is. Sad.

[hyacinth1]

10 and 12 are my fav's this generation.

10 was the most balanced game. it was great if you liked running the ball and playing D. It was very simple but that was why it was good. If you play it today though, it may feel too simple.

12 was good too. it had it's up and downs, but it was a fun game. the controls were just excellent in 12. too bad they did a 180 with us with 13 because I thought 12 was a good start to rebuild the game.

13 was a joke.

[kstar12]

To me, 12 is the best. I feel like many others, where it was a nice building block that got destroyed once 13.

12 at least had an ounce of defense compared to 13. You could abuse the curl, the out and the streak. The running game was much better, although it needed improvement. WR/CB interaction wasn't awesome but DBs could at least make plays on the ball that weren't HURR BALLHAWK.

I don't really have too much of a problem with 10 other than its bland, and in my opinion, cheesier than 12. The problem is that man coverage is ridiculous (trying sending 7-man blitzes at the CPU using man coverage every play, they wilt). The biggest problem with 10 is that there is no double team blocking. Every iteration has its cheese but honestly everyone would just run Nickel 1-5-5 Cover 3 because any run is stuffed because all the DT had to do was beat the center and a run play up the middle was screwed up, and the safety freelancing was so ridiculous. Again, every Madden has bad cheese but it was just very relevant in 10.

12 is the best, and its an average game.

[Argooos]

These are the only two Maddens I own for this gen.

As a 32 team control offline franchise guys, 12 is better. I played and loved 10, but there were some serious flaws in that game. 12 also of course has a ton of flaws, but franchise mode in 12 is the closest I have seen to the way franchise used to be when it was great (around Madden 07).

[hyacinth1]

I popped in 10 last night and just was amazed how good the presentation was compared to the other games.

The halftime show was great, the cut scene w/ the EA Logo and NFL logo's like in that checker style pattern was really nice too. Replays were well done and it had the best grass textures of any of this gen's madden games.

But I think I played 12 more than any madden game this gen. 12 was just perfect too. If you had to choose between the two, I guess I would go with 12 because you can get up to date rosters for 12. I don't think you can with 10 nowadays.

even with all that said, I agree with what one of the other posters said. Even though 10 and 12 are considered the best madden games this gen, they're still pretty average sports games when you compare it to other titles this gen.


btw- I saw madden 10 at walmart selling for like 5 bucks. 12 was around 10 bucks.

[raiderphantom]

The passing mechanics were all way too similar from madden 09-12. My memory is foggy but I remember torching man coverage in 09, and it seemed to get gradually harder up to 12. All the screen plays were too effective on every game. Madden 12 brought back much more control for user catching and the sideline catching was a bit better although still flawed. The pass trajectories were awful on every version.

Onto franchise mode, I liked the scouting, future draft picks, offseason, and the in season player editing they added to give us more control. So I pick 12...