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This is not directed at Roadman but at this general notion of implying that the info EA employees supply consumers about Madden, is a creditable reference to it being true. I am attempting to state this in mature manner, so I can both vent my frustration but be constructive.
If anyone was to check my posts for the last 4-5 weeks, I was becoming increasingly more excited about Madden 12 every week. That changed a few days ago when I accidentally stumbled into a next-gen Madden PR/marketing "history lesson". At this point, I am optimistic about the fact that "new blood", Adembroski and Cam Weber, have been brought in along with the hardcore Madden gamers that are being used multiple times in this dev cycle to test the game but I am realistic about company rhetoric.
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Two things. One, I think there is some truth to what you said in the first paragraph. We've heard a lot from the Madden devs the last 3 years, and there are def some statements you can look back on and poke a hole through. It is what it is.
Two, I'm a little confused as to how you can call reading through an old blog a history lesson. I know what you're getting at
, but let's be honest: the
main objective of the blogs is
not to
keep it real with us, it's to generate interest in an upcoming release. Simple as that. Some people (not you in particular) seem to take on this notion as if they've been mislead from year to year. With just about any videogame that comes out (especially sports games), the general theme of a new-feature blog is going to be, "Remember how frustrating xyz feature was last year? Yea, we fixed that and added a gazillion enhancements to it. That's why Madden 2024 is going to be better than Madden 2023!!" It happens every year -- and it's no different than in the blog you linked to a few days ago.
I'm not saying to not be cautiously optimistic in regards to Madden. I just feel that the idea that franchise has been upgraded is more substantiated now than it was going into M10.