Madden NFL 10 Hands-On Preview

[BlackRome]

The best Madden I have played in years was Madden 08 on XBOX.


This year's version reminds me of the PS one Madden circa. With pbetter graphics. .

[Shadymamba]

great work steve very in depth thanks...i'm still waiting till about christmas or after, after the sliders are out and a couple of patches come out then im all over this when the weather hits below 0 in NY lol

[Gossennator]

awesome stuff, thanks.

[wjhix88]

Christmas in August? Well I do believe so folks. I preordered mine last month. I'm curious to know just for fun if you could get this w/o preordering it? I dunno, it just seems as if Madden 10' will be the game to have! I am so friggin excited!

[DaReapa]

I am a huge NFL 2K fan so you can imaaaaaaagine how I felt when EA nabbed up the NFL exclusivity license. After that move, I've had nothing but disdain for EA Sports and Madden. Having said that, I actually gave the demo for Madden 10 a spin, and I must admit....this is perhaps the closest that Madden has actually come to offering a TRUE simulation-type experience in a looooong time. It seems that Tiburon has abandoned the fast paced arcade syle in favor of a more realistic slow styled pacing. Don't get me wrong - it's not the phenomenal leap in quality (from traditional Madden styled gameplay) that NFL 2K5 was, but it seems that the developers have opted to mimick the NFL 2K feel instead, even down to the sideline cutscenes, while making apparent improvements in the animation and overall gameplay. However, I'm still not completely sold on the demo alone, as EA has a horrible habit of offering very limited demos of their games, making it hard to get a good overall assessment of the gameplay (It also didn't help being limited to playing on a snow covered field). Legitimately good reviews and a potential rental might change that, though. But if nothing else, I can honestly say that EA has FINALLY started taking steps toward making a quality sim for the current gen systems - a move that's now 5 years overdue.

[SCOTTFREE226]

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"Steve: The bottom line is that this game has improved drastically in one year, and I haven't been this excited about Madden in a very long time -- I'm sure many of you feel the same way. "

Where have I heard that before.

Oh yeah. Last year.
Madden 09 review.

"Fast forward three years. Madden NFL 2009 is the best version of Madden that I’ve played in a long time.

In the present, Madden is still leaps and bounds better than recent efforts, and is my favorite football title in years."

dannydufflebags @ 07/27/09 08:56 PM
I can't help but know that this review is totally biased.


"To make things even better, the development team has been here on the OS boards constantly, and genuinely appears to be interested in the community’s voice. "

You betcha.

Good post!!!!

[Pbrown88]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Hands-On Preview

Has he posted the stuff about Offline franchise yet?

[HolyCrap]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Hands-On Preview

"Steve: The bottom line is that this game has improved drastically in one year, and I haven't been this excited about Madden in a very long time -- I'm sure many of you feel the same way. "

Where have I heard that before.

Oh yeah. Last year.
Madden 09 review.

"Fast forward three years. Madden NFL 2009 is the best version of Madden that I’ve played in a long time.

In the present, Madden is still leaps and bounds better than recent efforts, and is my favorite football title in years."

dannydufflebags @ 07/27/09 08:56 PM
I can't help but know that this review is totally biased.


"To make things even better, the development team has been here on the OS boards constantly, and genuinely appears to be interested in the community’s voice. "

You betcha.

Everyone gets excited for madden. But often times people are utterly disappointed once the game has been played for an extended period of time.

[roadman]

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Everyone gets excited for madden. But often times people are utterly disappointed once the game has been played for an extended period of time.

Let's hope this year is different.

So far, so good from here.

[HolyCrap]

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Let's hope this year is different.

So far, so good from here.

I hope so to im tired of 2k's old stadiums and unis.

But I am skeptical because of Maddens past history.

I am glad to see Ian taking interest into what the community is saying.

[antnyboy20]

I have had the ball tipped at the LOS when throwing a post to the left receiver which was actually caught by the right reciever doing an in route

[PacMan3000]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Hands-On Preview

Anyone know if we're getting the franchise write-up today?

[BlackRome]

The game is to slow. Period. There is no feel of speed in the game.

Parker has no burst and does not feel fast.

These developers spend time on everything but the game play.

They could have just took last years version and tightened the game play up.

I would have been much more happy. Whose idea was it to slow the game down.

They should be fired immediately.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Hands-On Preview

The game is to slow. Period. There is no feel of speed in the game.

Parker has no burst and does not feel fast.

These developers spend time on everything but the game play.

They could have just took last years version and tightened the game play up.

I would have been much more happy. Whose idea was it to slow the game down.

They should be fired immediately.

And yet you're complaining about the game play. Obviously they made changes. You can change the speed of the game once you get it, and I don't see how you don't think Parker feels fast. I've been rushing for over 100 yards in the demo with him like every other game, and that's with me spliting carries between him and Mendenhall too. Parker's a big play machine in this game.

[Moegames]

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I enjoyed reading your preview Steve.

17 more dreadful days.

god..did you have to remind us? That sounds like a loooooong time lol..when your looking forward to a game..that last few weeks seems like an eternity