Last Summer, I was inspired by some of Mr. Hurricane's streams to revisit some older Madden games. One of the ones I played for the first time in a good while was Madden NFL 12.
Back when it was the most current game, I sunk a ton of time into M12. To date, that game marks the deepest I've ever gone into a Franchise and it held my attention for multiple calendar years (I didn't purchase another Madden game until the Xbox 360 version of M15).
As I revisited M12, I was a bit worried that it wouldn't live up to how I remembered it. And while there are aspects of the game that haven't aged particularly well (player movement was greatly improved with the Infinity Engine games and the super-jump LB's still live in infamy), I found gameplay to still be fun and engaging overall, especially with the game speed slowed down a bit. Though I'm sure I'll have to tweak some sliders, I enjoyed the challenge the CPU was able to give me on default on All-pro.
While Franchise is missing some essentials features that have been added in recent years (practice squads, the out-of-town score ticker, not having to make any pre-season cuts until after the fourth game, etc.), it's a still a deep, engaging mode. Not to mention one that includes features we're still asking for the return of (coordinators, a more straightforward way to control 32 teams, editable coaching tendencies, etc.) and features that were just reintroduced to the game (proper stat-tracking on player cards).
Presentation is one area that I have little nostalgia for, though. My God, the Johnson/Collinsworth commentary is atrocious lol.
So, for the past few months, I've been spending a lot of time messing around with gameplay and editing rosters to reflect that year's preseason (I used the pre-lockout, on-disc rosters to start my original Franchise back in the day). As a 49ers fan, I'm anxious for the opportunity to recreate that magical 2011 season, and rewrite the history of the Harbaugh era.
Has anyone else been spending time with M12 as of late?
Back when it was the most current game, I sunk a ton of time into M12. To date, that game marks the deepest I've ever gone into a Franchise and it held my attention for multiple calendar years (I didn't purchase another Madden game until the Xbox 360 version of M15).
As I revisited M12, I was a bit worried that it wouldn't live up to how I remembered it. And while there are aspects of the game that haven't aged particularly well (player movement was greatly improved with the Infinity Engine games and the super-jump LB's still live in infamy), I found gameplay to still be fun and engaging overall, especially with the game speed slowed down a bit. Though I'm sure I'll have to tweak some sliders, I enjoyed the challenge the CPU was able to give me on default on All-pro.
While Franchise is missing some essentials features that have been added in recent years (practice squads, the out-of-town score ticker, not having to make any pre-season cuts until after the fourth game, etc.), it's a still a deep, engaging mode. Not to mention one that includes features we're still asking for the return of (coordinators, a more straightforward way to control 32 teams, editable coaching tendencies, etc.) and features that were just reintroduced to the game (proper stat-tracking on player cards).
Presentation is one area that I have little nostalgia for, though. My God, the Johnson/Collinsworth commentary is atrocious lol.
So, for the past few months, I've been spending a lot of time messing around with gameplay and editing rosters to reflect that year's preseason (I used the pre-lockout, on-disc rosters to start my original Franchise back in the day). As a 49ers fan, I'm anxious for the opportunity to recreate that magical 2011 season, and rewrite the history of the Harbaugh era.
Has anyone else been spending time with M12 as of late?
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