[TombSong]

The excuses are amazing for why EA has not produced a better football game than the game we are playing today. NO ONE is asking for a perfect football game and is not even a issue to be debated. We ARE asking for an improvement on what has already been done.

Every game that's ever been made has people that like it and don't like it no matter how much praise or bad press it has gotten.

What we do know is in 2007 there was a football game that:

1. Had multiple hit tackles where you could actually effect the tackle.
2. Had Defensive line calls that included stunts.
3. You could decide what kind of coverage look you wanted for your secondary.
4. You could shade your DB inside or outside and had 4 levels of depth you could play on the WR's
5. Making defensive adjustments was WAY easier.
6. Custom Playbooks was well done with LOTS of formations.
7. Animations and player to field ratio was off the chains.
8. Commentary was the best in sports(The OTHER game they make holds that title now)

9. You could send more than one man in motion on offense.
10. You could come out lined up in one formation and shift to another.
11. Could create your audibles on the fly in the play call screen.
12. Recorded your opponents play style so you could practice against it.
13. Wr's ran their routes beautifully and were aware of the sidelines and where they were on the field.
14. You RB did not go into Mario Running mode when you ran into the back of a lineman, He had the ability to push off and go around.
15. Man Covearge did not have to CHEAT to be good. DB's backpeddeled and turned their hips and displayed appropriate animations.

16. DB/WR's did not warp to make plays on the ball, and no super leaping.
17. When you called audibles, you could see the plays you were picking from on the fly. (unlike in madden where you jut better know what that play does when you set it in audibles)
18. Foot planting by the players was WAY better done than in Madden.

That's just the stuff I can think up off the top of my head. If ALL that can be done in 2007 the is NO FREAKING REASON why EA continues to release these sad games they have produced since 2007.

Madden games boil down to who knows how to game the game the best and who knows how to exploit the exploits the best. Football knowledge comes 2nd. When I see DB's in cover 3 with their backs to the LOS chasing a WR down the field, TURN and come back to defend a pass to a WR BEHIND him underneath, football just went out the window. Just field a team with high rated players learn the exploits on the madden sites and youtube and you will be top rank in no time. Then come in these forums and talk about how great a madden player you are and how much you love it, then get invited to the annual Tiburon field trip so they can show you their appreciation for not pointing out the fact a 6 year old game does stuff their game can't do.