Buying or Skipping Madden 11?

[callmetaternuts]

I realize I may be in the minority here, but figured I'd put it to OS in a poll to see where the community stands. With Madden 11 about a month away (and NCAA officially out) are you planning on buying Madden 11? What made you decide to buy/not buy?

I'm not purchasing it this year based solely on the fact that Franchise mode received zero attention for this release. As an offline franchise only guy, I have no incentive to picking up this game. It may look a bit prettier, run a bit smoother and offer some other slight upgrades, but the bulk of my gametime goes to playing and re-building my Tampa Bay Bucs and if offline franchise hasn't changed in any way, no reason to plop another $60 bucks down.

[PantherBeast_OS]

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I pretty much love madden straight up. I've played madden for 20 years now. No certain reason I would stop now. I'm looking forward to madden in less then 4 weeks from now.

[GoEagles614]

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I'm the Madden guy, if I dont have Madden the day it comes out I don't play anything. Id buy the demo if they put a small price on it. But My cousin works at gamestop so I'll get it for around free (after I trade 2 games in and MAdden 10 and the 15 I used to pre-order it) discount pretty much takes tax off on new games 25% on used games. . . OH REMINDER DO NOT GET IT USED IF YOU WANNA PLAY ONLINE

[roadman]

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No need for me to plop $60.00 either.

I will take advantage of the $40 trade-in at Gamestop.

[Eagles931]

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I'll be skipping this year NCAA 11 looks to good. And the Dynasty, OD and TB features will keep me alot more occupied. I'll buy NCAA 11, download rosters, crack open a Monster and go to work with Eastern Michigan (for those who dont know, Eastern Michigan is considered the worst team in the nation).

[GoEagles614]

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I'll be skipping this year NCAA 11 looks to good. And the Dynasty, OD and TB features will keep me alot more occupied. I'll buy NCAA 11, download rosters, crack open a Monster and go to work with Eastern Michigan (for those who dont know, Eastern Michigan is considered the worst team in the nation).

Or you could trade 2 game in and get both football games for around 85 bucks! Who doesn't wanna play with the Eagles this year, honestly

[GiantBlue76]

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I can't justify spending 60 dollars on Madden. I may pick it up used later in the year when it's cheaper. It's just too hard for me to spend that on it because I don't see the effort that we should/could see. Has it improved? It has, and it looks like it plays pretty decent. However, I can't justify it when I see how much better APF plays on the field, so I will continue to play that. Online franchise was not improved, no innovation took place with pro-tak, players still bouncing off the piles, challenge system untouched, still moonwalking QB, penalties weren't added... The list of the same old things that take the life out of Madden for me is just too big.

That being said, I will wait until I read some credible reviews (and I emphasize credible) before I make a final decision. Regardless, I won't be buying it new.

[SA1NT401]

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Aside from NFL teams...Madden isnt offering me anything more (less actually) than NCAA11....

I dont need it this year....

[NYJin2009tm]

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I'm not buying it and I'm not skipping it.

Getting it free with credit card points.

[ryan36]

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Aside from NFL teams...Madden isnt offering me anything more (less actually) than NCAA11....

I dont need it this year....

I'm interesting to see if Madden incorporates a lot of NCAA stuff, I'm very excited about NCAA...if it seems to be last year with a roster update, then no.

[bkrich83]

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With NCAA being as good as it is right now, I am leaning towards skipping Madden, but remain largely undecided on what I am going to do.

[Senator Palmer]

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I like the locomotion, gameflow seems half done considering that you can't use packages with it, and franchise is basically untouched. This is supposed to be the year of gameplay which would have been cool, but I'm starting to see the same issues that have been problems in other Maddens such as DB mirroring. All that being said, I still might have considered it a buy, but there's a whole lot of little things that I've been waiting for since 06 that have been left out again from no individual coverage, no progressive lighthing and I still can't get heads or tails on formation subs.

Other than playing with a fresh NFL stamp, I'm having a hard time finding a reason to sink another $60 into the EA coffers.

[GoEagles614]

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Skipping Madden. May I have a definition, its not in my vocabulary

[baseballsim]

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Buying it. I love playing online.

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[SA1NT401]

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Buying it. I love playing online.

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God bless you mate.....I would never have the patience to even bother anymore.....