**new Madden 2006 Info**

[ExtremeGamer]

Quote: Originally Posted by coogrfan

If that includes stick-butt running and the embarrasingly bad Suzy Kolber player interviews from 2k5, I'll pass. EA, if you're listening-just stick to borrowing the good stuff.

Don't turn this into a Madden vs. NFL 2K5 thread.

[gooberstabone]

Hehe.... I knew I should have put some sort of disclaimer in my post. I wasn't blasting EA with my statements. Anybody in there right mind would add those features because they're GOOD FEATURES. I was just pointing it out... my apologies...

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by ExtremeGamer

Don't turn this into a Madden vs. NFL 2K5 thread.

That was not my intent, I was responding to blackcaesar's statement (and imo he should at the very least have also gotten one of these gentle reminders).

[jhaunki]

Quote: Originally Posted by coogrfan

embarrasingly bad Suzy Kolber player interviews from 2k5

C'mon those were great! Ok, I actually only watched it once for the novelty and the second time I watched it, the game froze. Needless to say, I haven't watched them since. But there seemed to be only one voice, so Chad Pennington and Ray Lewis would sound the same

[blackceasar]

Quote: Originally Posted by coogrfan

If that includes stick-butt running and the embarrasingly bad Suzy Kolber player interviews from 2k5, I'll pass. EA, if you're listening-just stick to borrowing the good stuff.

All I wish EA would steal is 2k's graphics engine. As far as presentation goes Suzie can take a hike. But the rest of the presentation blows Madden away. Steal the halftime stuff and the graphics engine and I will be EA's monkey-boy from here on out.

[Nivek]

This looks VERY promising!

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by blackceasar

All I wish EA would steal is 2k's graphics engine. As far as presentation goes Suzie can take a hike. But the rest of the presentation blows Madden away. Steal the halftime stuff and the graphics engine and I will be EA's monkey-boy from here on out.

[spankdatazz22]

Player interaction.

I'm all for Madden borrowing also, but I think one HUGE thing Madden needs to borrow is true player interaction ala NFL2K5. Until they do, the game will still have that feeling of "meh". I know in years past it was impossible to interrupt a tackle/break tackle animation in Madden. Maybe that's changed, but I haven't seen evidence of it in any of the videos so far. In the situation mentioned above w/Duece Staley, in 2K5 he might break one tackle but it you had a guy there he'd assist in bringing Duece down. In Madden, unless two players engage in some preset gang tackle, it's all one on one player interaction.

I like what EA did with NCAA this year; the open field running is really nice. But the lack of true player interaction really sticks out to me.