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[krulmichael]

Really good article, only thing that worries me slightly is the QB Avoidance feature which I talked about in another thread. I LOVE the new ratings system, least the sounds of it...bout time they change it. My Lions better be extra shitty now, they earned it damnit...least that offensive line.

 

[Helicopter]

Why does the new rating system and the player movement remind me of 2K5?

interesting... this is stuff 2K5 had, without the arcade game where you fight for a fumble.

i beg to differ on the 2K comment. Do you not remember the "charge up" from ESPN? It didn't get much more arcadish than that.

 

[Helicopter]

At least you have a chance to get the fumble back and not feel completely screwed now. It's in your hands.

Korn, by the way, I was flipping through the channels last night and saw you on that Madden show on ESPN where ya'll were in my hometown. My hometown wasn't too good to ya, huh? :kickballs: Sucks that you let that dude do you like that. I was impressed how you destroyed that one kid with the Titans, though. (minus the fact you used that turd Vince Young instead of the better QB in Scary Kerry, lol)

So you guys went to "The Stage" for your night on the town in Nashville? That place is full of nothing but tourists and completely blows. Even "Tootsies" or "Legends" would have been a better choice if you absolutely had to go to a honky tonk bar.

 

[mgoblue2290]

Shit. I can see this pile up smash the button idea going wrong. It had better not happen on every fumble. I don't want to see some guy 10 yards away get fly to the ball if its lying right in front of me.


Still nothing about franchise mode.

 

[krulmichael]

Shit. I can see this pile up smash the button idea going wrong. It had better not happen on every fumble. I don't want to see some guy 10 yards away get fly to the ball if its lying right in front of me.


Still nothing about franchise mode.

It's been hinted a good amount though that there's some good changes...even a "highlight show".

 

[Saluki]

Shit. I can see this pile up smash the button idea going wrong. It had better not happen on every fumble. I don't want to see some guy 10 yards away get fly to the ball if its lying right in front of me.

His exact words were. "It won't happen on every fumble."

 

[Nukleopatra]

Looks promising.

Now to avoid watching a video that completely strips me of all the hope I have for the game.

I like the new rating system, but I still don't think the people in charge of player ratings, is doing all that much research. The rookie sheet alone, is average at best. A lot of mistakes, whether it be speed, strength or jumping.

Starting to get pumped again.

 

[Aso]

I want the button mashing in but i just don't want the stupid meter.

 

[mgoblue2290]

It's been hinted a good amount though that there's some good changes...even a "highlight show".

I just want in to be in depth, and not have Tim Tebow come out as a 95 overall. Also teams drafting realistically would be nice, instead of 10 QBs going in round one to teams like the Falcons, Patriots, Colts, Broncos and more. Also not seeing Tom Brady in free agency at the beginning of the pre-season would be nice.

 

[Aso]

^ They've already fixed those things.

 

[Nukleopatra]

I just want in to be in depth, and not have Tim Tebow come out as a 95 overall. Also teams drafting realistically would be nice, instead of 10 QBs going in round one to teams like the Falcons, Patriots, Colts, Broncos and more. Also not seeing Tom Brady in free agency at the beginning of the pre-season would be nice.

This will never be fixed, in my opinion.. At least not completely.

I don't really care, because I control every team in franchise mode, which is the way I prefer it. Which brings me to my next queston, Adem - The option to control EVERY team in franchise mode, is still there, right?

 

[Aso]

^ Why would they get rid of it?

 

[Nukleopatra]

^ Why would they get rid of it?

Why would they get rid of CPU sliders?

Would you really be surprised? I mean, NBA 2k9, NCAA both have limits on how many teams you can control, as does Head Coach, and the guy who helped make that, is now doing Madden's franchise, right? I need to make damn sure I cover everything, before I buy another Madden game.

Until the question gets answered, I think the worst.

 

[mgoblue2290]

This will never be fixed, in my opinion.. At least not completely.

I don't really care, because I control every team in franchise mode, which is the way I prefer it. Which brings me to my next queston, Adem - The option to control EVERY team in franchise mode, is still there, right?

It has to be a simple formula. Just have them draft the best player available for the position that has the lowest overall player starting.

 

[Len B]

This article is not what I was looking for.

So I can button mash, I can avoid sacks, and I can avoid hit sticking the ref; great.

Now tell me about the important stuff, like if franchise mode works as well as it used to.

 

[Realist]

"And the game-play impact is absolutely huge. Now the teams actually feel like they have a personality. When you're playing as a team like the 49ers who don't have that elite quarterback, you're going to have a hard time throwing the ball. It's going to feel like you have a problem at that position, and that's a great change.

oh great. as if i didn't already have enough problems playing with the 49ers....:kickballs::club:

 

[ThunderHorse]

i beg to differ on the 2K comment. Do you not remember the "charge up" from ESPN? It didn't get much more arcadish than that.

The "Charge up" feature was more so to emulate a person building up a head of steam.

so when your running in the open field, and a player knows what he's going to do, whether he's going to lower his shoulder, or put out a stiff arm, or try to shake him, he could build up that head of steam and then go into the move and do it a little better.

if you think about it it emulates real life... maybe not in an effective way, but the feature wasn't meant to be arcade like, and debates can be made to say that it isn't arcade like. I personally didn't like the "tap A as fast as you can to sprint" feature, but it was also meant along the same lines...

anyway, the feature EA is putting in is arcade because it's more about who can press the A button the fastest... rather then who was in better position to get the ball... I would rather see a pile up, see all of the animations, and know that its a random dice roll, and that we both have an equal chance, rather then having to worry about some queer holding his controller a certain way and being able to press the A button faster then humanly possible to always get the fumble in those types of situations.

let the CPU figure it out, don't put it into the players hands.

 

[mgoblue2290]

It's an ESPN article. What did you expect.

Extreme bias towards the major sports cities and Dallas Cowboys?

 

[Helicopter]

Extreme bias towards the major sports cities and Dallas Cowboys?

Or about the Red Sox and Yankees? lol

 

[krulmichael]

Don't forget the New England Patriots/Tom Brady either.