During the three years I have been on staff here at OS, I have been one of the more vocal critics of the
Madden franchise. It's not that I have anything against the series, I just have never been able to understand how a company's flagship yearly title (in the US), one that carries the weight of an NFL exclusive license, could lag so far behind its genre-specific competition since the jump to the current generation of consoles. Believe me when I say that my expectations for
Madden 12 coming into E3 today were pretty low --
Madden 11 felt more like a stopgap in the series than a true upgrade from
Madden 10, and I was at the point of simply accepting that
Madden would never achieve the completeness seen in games such as
NBA 2K11 and the
MLB: The Show series.
I'll be honest, I think I may have been wrong in a very big way. Based on what I played today,
Madden is back, and it's well on its way to being mentioned with the elite sports games of this generation.
(Please Note: These impressions are based solely upon exhibition gameplay. Franchise mode and Superstar mode were not available for play or discussion at this time.)
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