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At II Reignmaka II, T rating to me is relative. I let my kids play some Spider-Man games, super hero games and such I feel are alright. But I give you that one, I'm not letting them on this game.

But back to the sport of boxing though. Man, when we were kids, how many of us were playing Mike Tyson's Punch Out? I don't care how old you were, back in the day that was a fun game, and as kids, we all were intrigued by this guy. He was the sport! In his prime, he was the biggest deal on earth, and boxing was considered a respectable sport. And as kids, how many of us grew up watching boxing and our folks were cool with it? It's what made it a sport.

It's just sad that the emphasis to rekindle boxing is based solely on UFC and MMA. To me, you're trying to change something to fit the mold of what it never was about. If boxing ever gets some quality powerhouse names back, mainly heavyweight that dominate, maybe it will change.

This is just a bad move in sports gaming to me. What logic changed to say we need it to be M rated? So My Player in NBA2k11 should have that then, cause I hear more foul trash on any bball court than anywhere I have been in my life. Sometimes I wonder who the Yahoos are running that EA ship. How many years have boxing gamers been requesting this new M theme idea? I sense a strange desperation move here, uh oh are they losing $$? Sadly, PCs used to drive simulation games, and to me that's where console gaming needs to bridge the gap. Hello, get a clue developers.

Look at this site and see what's wrong with Madden. People want gameplay realism, not gimmicks and stories. Every year it's something new that breaks something else. Oh wait, EA I fell for it again.. how did you get my $$ this time? I see a big problem with developers at EA never identifying what sports gamers want.

I was semi-pumped about this game at first, but I predict...Focus is on graphics (again) and okay gameplay, but we still won't get that PC sim managing aspect of Career rankings and ladders, we will have bozos back in the top 10, champs won't feel like champs, no clinch fighting, no pre-fight hype, no newspaper headlines, presentation and analysis will be non-existant... all to emphasize this humdinger mode. But wait EA... I'll even let this M theme story slide. Times is tuff! Any of my hard earned dineros will be riding on this one EA.. I will not fall for it again!