The decision of the 1st NG Madden team to start from scratch was the worst decision in the history of football video games... Madden '06-08 were steps in the wrong direction. Madden '09-11 brought us back to square one. Madden 12 is the first Madden on NG with all of the 'features' of the previous generation of consoles and is what Madden '06 should have been.
People that haven't enjoyed Madden on NG systems need look no further than the decision made in 2005 for the source of their bemusement. That decision still haunts the series...
During the 3 years in which Madden fell down the rabbit hole - the dev team's priorities were just DEAD WRONG... Features that the previous generation of consoles innovated were left on the cutting room floor until the CRAP that was added during the plunge. Setting aside memory to chart the field wear overrode game play we sorely missed.
That said, I'm kool with where Madden is now - even if it's 6 years later than it should have been. At least the garbage that was Madden '06-08 won't happen again. I'm 100% sure the dev teams have learned from their 2005 mistake. As eager as I am to see the new systems, I'm more eager to see what happens during the remaining life of the current systems...
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