Madden NFL 12 Reviewer: First Impressions

[adambaseball]

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thanks for telling me in your review to come back and read your review tomorrow. and thanks for not telling us any details about your first impressions about anything.

[rudyjuly2]

Madden should add the player lock camera on defense (even though I don't like it myself) but playing defense in Madden is a lot better than NCAA imo. Just based on the demo the improved control over your player and the slower passing speeds make playing pass defense a lot better in Madden than NCAA. In NCAA I am always a step behind in coverage and I feel useless. I didn't feel that way about Madden.

[lofeazy]

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Maybe one of the reasons FIFA, NBA2k, or MLBshow is better is because there are not as many things going on at the same time. In football you have 22 guys all doing different things at once.

Soccer has 22 guys playing at the same time to.(For a longer time.)The avgare football play is like 4 to 6 seconds.(somebody correct me if I am wrong.)

Boy I am already see the 22 guy on the field excuess to much in the review threads (3 so far).Whats next the fields to small for all 22 players.

[Profit89]

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You should!

FIFA and PES are looking killer this year!

Definitely.

Both look Ace this year.

[Profit89]

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FIFA 12,NHL 12, and NBA 2K12 is Must Haves.

Yup. Along with PES2012.

[spike83]

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There is really no excuse why the Madden series should not have Defensive Player Lock. Chase hit it on the nose when he said playing defense is just plain boring. More than likely, it will be introduced as part of a whole new marketing campaign next year (or thereafter) touting defense (remember the Ray Lewis cover?) and stating it's another innovation to the game. Sorry EA, money is tight and that said, this year's version is a NO BUY for me. My 60 bucks is going toward FIFA 12.

[BrownsFan72]

Im enjoying it and think its the best madden in years... certainly since 05...

[stlstudios189]

really already guys the darn game has been out for what 1 day to those who paid for it to get it early. the article is light because he played one game. That's what I like about OS they actually take their time on reviews here. Madden football is coming this year for Christmas so I have 3 months to take all this in loving it.

[7points]

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Im enjoying it and think its the best madden in years... certainly since 05...

ditto, best madden i played in years still far behind nhl fifa nba2k and probably the new rugby game to come out

[Eski33]

This game is fun as hell. Let the nitpicking begin. I havent enjoyed Madden in a long time. It isnt perfect but miles better than last year. The animations are awesome and the overall feel is fantastic. Throw in a hugely improved presrntation package.

Best Madden in years.

[JaymeeAwesome]

thanks for telling me in your review to come back and read your review tomorrow. and thanks for not telling us any details about your first impressions about anything.

You do know that is your #1 goal in journalism. You need to keep the reader thirsty and coming back for more. Works in advertising too, like you haven't went to go watch a movie because the trailer you saw rocked. Chris is genius, you have to acknowledge that.

[JaymeeAwesome]

Soccer has 22 guys playing at the same time to.(For a longer time.)The avgare football play is like 4 to 6 seconds.(somebody correct me if I am wrong.)

Boy I am already see the 22 guy on the field excuess to much in the review threads (3 so far).Whats next the fields to small for all 22 players.

Soccer may have 22 players on the field but only 2-3 are engaging each other at once. With football you have an average of 10 players engaged with each other. I bet if you compared the artificial intelligence code between the two games, football will have at least 50% more code than soccer.

[TearsOfPurple]

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Are people really complaining? Wow. Everything I've read in the impressions sticky has sounded GREAT. People these days...never happy.

[Dungeoncrawler]

Physics and collision-detection problems...ball passing thru receivers hands...during practices, qb's can be lit up by aggressive defenders...sounds like a pass for me.

[Armor and Sword]

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I agree with mva5580, love me some Front Page Sports Football! I agree that us hardcore football sim players wont ever get what we want because we are not the masses they shoot for when they make these games.

Hockey is my primary sport as a fan and even NHL isn't as hardcore as I would like it. They love the big hits and goalie fights.... :P But I think NHL and FIFA are definitely closer to the real thing and as mva5580 said I doubt football will ever get to that point. I think the average player wants a game somewhere between true sim and NFL Blitz.

And this is why Madden has been an amazing franchise.

They have nailed this. It is why I love this game. Plenty of sim elements....but also a lot of fun and action for the video gamer in you.

Another aspect that rarely get's mentioned anymore is how awesome Madden is to play with a buddy (or your son) but not online, In person....how 20th century!