Howdy all!
I never post here, but I have been coming to OS for a couple of years now. I come in to read the news and I would probably post more often except I'm in my mid twenties and it seems like every good conversation point begins and then unfortunately ends with some type of personal war between other people. Now this isn't a problem with OS, it's a problem with any message board. It's a product of human nature and differing opinions. I accept that. A lot of you guys seem like legit people that enjoy Madden and the NFL every bit as much as I do.
I'm not big into online, not just with madden, with any game. I abhor cheaters and people that play cheaply. If I could go more than two or three games with out dealing with that, then I'd probably play more often. The computer plays me straight up, my friends play me straight up, so I'll just go ahead and stick with that.
For me the bread and butter of Madden comes from the (offline) franchise mode.
I remember back when Madden 04 came out, I was blown away by the franchise. The newspaper, the presentation, the big hits and the training camp at the beginning of each season made it a blast to play. I'm not great at remembering the specifics of each year, however once the radio show came in, the email came in, and the players began complaining about their rolls on the team, it really seemed like all these tiny little pixels and polygons began to have a personality.
The little touches are what made it for me.
How great was it when the newspaper would predict that your team would lose only for you to laugh, take it a little personally, and then turn around and whup up on the CPU.
The gametime pictures, the player of the week, the tiny little blurbs that were somewhat vapid, yet at the same time just as exciting to read (fictional) week in and week out.
You can imagine my displeasure though when the "Next Gen" versions came out and I popped Madden 06 into my 360. That experience lasted one season and Madden headed right back to Gamestop. I spent the next two years playing 05 on my PS2. I still bought it every year, because I love the NFL and I didn't have a whole lot of options after that.
As for 07? A much better game, better animations, better player models and just generally more fun--still, that version made it only a season or two more than 06 did. 07 wound up back at Gamestop maybe a month later than 06 did...
Back to 05.
08 was the one that finally made me convert full-time to 360 football. The gameplay all around made that one for me, it still had it's glitches, the franchise still blew, but it was purty, and my PS2 had finally called it quits on me.
Coming here last year I was hoping and praying that 09 would finally give me my franchise fix... it did not. It looked spectacular, a butt-load of improvements (apparently), and how cool was it to see producers and designers talking to the general public. I even went so far to get the collectors edition for the first time.
F*****g robo-qb. Rewind... seriously? Backtrack, cool concept crapy name, fire the guy that came up with that little gem please. 09 met the cozy shelves at Gamestop as quickly if not quicker than 06 did. That CE allowed me to buy some other game that I don't really care about anymore.
Back to 08.
I know there was head coach, but you know what that was to me? Boring, boring, boring. I want to play the game.
What Ian and co. have done this year is amazing, me personally? I could give a rats *** about towels or facemasks or large/little numbers/letters. But I digress, I'm hooked with Pro-tak. I'll buy Madden 2010 and I'm assuming this one will replace 08. I sure hope it will. And if not? I'll wait for 11.
To this day there is nothing better than reading the paper or online article the day after a real game about how my team just whupped some *** and took a select number of names.
I'm hoping that everyone can be happy with where the presentation, the towels, the cleats, the face masks, the sock length, the eye black, butt size, leg size, arm size, and head size(too many hair follicles on Hasselbak...damnit to hell), the proper jock strap placement... I assume you all see where I'm going with this. Let's focus on recreating the NFL season, the season that we dedicate our lives and money to.
To steal a line, and it might just go ahead and turn this whole damn thing corny, please EA don't make me backtrack anymore.
Talk to you all in a year or so, enjoy the season and GO (insert team name here)!
Cheers!
Rob
I never post here, but I have been coming to OS for a couple of years now. I come in to read the news and I would probably post more often except I'm in my mid twenties and it seems like every good conversation point begins and then unfortunately ends with some type of personal war between other people. Now this isn't a problem with OS, it's a problem with any message board. It's a product of human nature and differing opinions. I accept that. A lot of you guys seem like legit people that enjoy Madden and the NFL every bit as much as I do.
I'm not big into online, not just with madden, with any game. I abhor cheaters and people that play cheaply. If I could go more than two or three games with out dealing with that, then I'd probably play more often. The computer plays me straight up, my friends play me straight up, so I'll just go ahead and stick with that.
For me the bread and butter of Madden comes from the (offline) franchise mode.
I remember back when Madden 04 came out, I was blown away by the franchise. The newspaper, the presentation, the big hits and the training camp at the beginning of each season made it a blast to play. I'm not great at remembering the specifics of each year, however once the radio show came in, the email came in, and the players began complaining about their rolls on the team, it really seemed like all these tiny little pixels and polygons began to have a personality.
The little touches are what made it for me.
How great was it when the newspaper would predict that your team would lose only for you to laugh, take it a little personally, and then turn around and whup up on the CPU.
The gametime pictures, the player of the week, the tiny little blurbs that were somewhat vapid, yet at the same time just as exciting to read (fictional) week in and week out.
You can imagine my displeasure though when the "Next Gen" versions came out and I popped Madden 06 into my 360. That experience lasted one season and Madden headed right back to Gamestop. I spent the next two years playing 05 on my PS2. I still bought it every year, because I love the NFL and I didn't have a whole lot of options after that.
As for 07? A much better game, better animations, better player models and just generally more fun--still, that version made it only a season or two more than 06 did. 07 wound up back at Gamestop maybe a month later than 06 did...
Back to 05.
08 was the one that finally made me convert full-time to 360 football. The gameplay all around made that one for me, it still had it's glitches, the franchise still blew, but it was purty, and my PS2 had finally called it quits on me.
Coming here last year I was hoping and praying that 09 would finally give me my franchise fix... it did not. It looked spectacular, a butt-load of improvements (apparently), and how cool was it to see producers and designers talking to the general public. I even went so far to get the collectors edition for the first time.
F*****g robo-qb. Rewind... seriously? Backtrack, cool concept crapy name, fire the guy that came up with that little gem please. 09 met the cozy shelves at Gamestop as quickly if not quicker than 06 did. That CE allowed me to buy some other game that I don't really care about anymore.
Back to 08.
I know there was head coach, but you know what that was to me? Boring, boring, boring. I want to play the game.
What Ian and co. have done this year is amazing, me personally? I could give a rats *** about towels or facemasks or large/little numbers/letters. But I digress, I'm hooked with Pro-tak. I'll buy Madden 2010 and I'm assuming this one will replace 08. I sure hope it will. And if not? I'll wait for 11.
To this day there is nothing better than reading the paper or online article the day after a real game about how my team just whupped some *** and took a select number of names.
I'm hoping that everyone can be happy with where the presentation, the towels, the cleats, the face masks, the sock length, the eye black, butt size, leg size, arm size, and head size(too many hair follicles on Hasselbak...damnit to hell), the proper jock strap placement... I assume you all see where I'm going with this. Let's focus on recreating the NFL season, the season that we dedicate our lives and money to.
To steal a line, and it might just go ahead and turn this whole damn thing corny, please EA don't make me backtrack anymore.
Talk to you all in a year or so, enjoy the season and GO (insert team name here)!
Cheers!
Rob
Welcome. And Ian is trying his best to make franchise good again for the next Gen console. He started this year and it will grow next year aswell. Just give Ian and crew time. They will get the job done. It already shows this year that they got the job done. So just give them time. They are working on it.
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