Agree here completely. Also, go look at the guy who posted the Madden 2004 greatest ever comeback video. Watch the whole thing. Aside from the technology being severely dated (10 years worth), you can see all of the same animations in that version that you see in this year's game. In fact, the player movement is actually better in the Madden 2004 video than it is in M13.
doesn't anyone remember mosier and Ryno talking about nagasaki and hiroshima? Or how Madden 12 was being thrown away? How it was the most realistic Madden ever? You can go back to 2010, change the names and dates and you would not be able to tell the difference. There is nothing an EAGC is ever going to tell me that I will believe, positive OR negative. I see the crap fest for myself and can see that very little changes and it's done that way purposely. I was told that the running backwards QB was gone, yet I watched in videos from E3 showing Christian Ponder running backwards with pressure in his face, do a 360 then throw a 30 yard strike. "It's an early build" was the excuse (like it always is), yet I am supposed to believe on the other hand that the build doesn't change that much from start to finish?
While the intentions of SOME GCs is good, They are simply being used as marketing pawns to influence their respective community groups. "Look at how much we LOVE this game, you will too!". I hate to use this example, but I'm a realist. let's examine the sim standard guys. Their intentions are good, but will the developers REALLY take their input over someone who runs a madden site and is inherently promoting their game? However, the clever Dewiel (who carefully picks and chooses the people who have a say mind you), can now tell people, "look, we even brought in Madden's biggest critics from the past, so how can you say we don't care?". Why isn't Moody there then? The guy has offered to pay for everything himself, has outlined an unbelievable level of detail regarding what needs to be fixed, yet he's been completely ignored.
The reaction to Madden by these GC groups is built purely from nostalgic emotion. They have loved Madden over the years and it somehow causes frustration when the real facts about the game are exposed. There is no objectivity. I used to LOVE madden more than anything when it was good and I've been playing it since it's inception. However, just because I WANT it to be great (or even good) doesn't cloud what I actually see when I play it. I preferred 2k football once it hit the street, but Madden on last gen was a GREAT game. Had it progressed at all it would probably still be great. Now, it's barely above tolerable, and has not evolved at all. In fact, it's gone backwards. I've also seen more and more arrogance from some of the developers who don't want to face the fact that they've spent long hours polishing a colossal turd. Who would?
All of this is truly unfortunate, and after the last 2 years, I don't believe any GCs will be taken seriously on this site. there is no doubt that guys who go there are being told what they can and can't say. They are threatened with legal action. There is no way EA is going to allow someone to be honest, it would only hurt sales since the game is as bad as it is. Phobia told the truth and look what happened to him. There is a lot of angst built up towards Madden now. Many old time players have given it up. None of my friends who I grew up with that were Madden faithfuls even play it anymore. EA could give a rat's a$$ too. They know that there is a younger generation of gamers who have never had the opportunity to play any other NFL game, and those will be the consumers they target.
AJ will always have my utmost respect for what he did. Maybe it wasn't the most tactful or professional outburst, but it was truthful and simply confirmed what we all knew that goes on there. The one saving grace will be when another developer can make an NFL game, and they show us that it wasn't as hard as these sorry bunch of clowns try to make us think it is.