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Quote: Originally Posted by sroz39

If it ain't broke, don't fix it, imo. Look at how long it's been since they have been able to make a Madden worth buying...all because they changed the engine for no apparent reason whatsoever. I still play Madden 08 on my Xbox and I think "why abandon this? Tweak it, but don't do a 180". I feel if they went to drastic with some changes to this superb engine, it'd be a case of one step forward, two steps back. At this point, I don't want overhauls, just minor to major tweaks. Things like board play and such. I think about this alot when I hear the skating engine needs work. IMHO, it only needs tweaking. I use the NBA 2K series as a perfect example where "sliding" was a problem in years past. Well, NBA 2K9 was frustrating and at times unplayable because they wanted to make every step count, so to speak. And the Draft Combine is a further evolution of that thinking, where there are times the game just flat out doesn't respond to what I'm asking it to do. I don't want this in NHL. Video games in general still need to feel a little bit "slippery" because these consoles are nowhere near powerful enough to convey the almost infinite movements the human body can make. Until that day, give me control like this game has, where everything I do happens, is conveyed in a mostly-realistic feel and allows the engine to select the best animation to convey that movement. It's not perfect, but give me the feel first, look second.

Madden 09 and 10 are lightyears ahead of 08. At least between 08 and 09 they've adding stuff to justify a $60 pricetag.