Where are you buying Madden?

[Joey P]

sell on craigslist man, Gamestop is raping people on trade ins

Good advice, thanks.

 

[Herm]

Good advice, thanks.

i just asked about fallout 3 yesterday they said they would give me $14 and they still sell it for $50 WTF? I can get at least 30 for that same game on craigslist

 

[T.Dot]

Probably a week early seeing as how my dad works for EB Games but if not prob Walmart a day or two early
I don't think there are any mom & pop video game stores in Canada, lol

 

[vamprb]

i just asked about fallout 3 yesterday they said they would give me $14 and they still sell it for $50 WTF? I can get at least 30 for that same game on craigslist

Gamestop. They gave me $25 for fallout 3 about 2 weeks ago.

 

[Yawkey Way]

I don't think I even know where a mom & pop shop is in my state. Its a damned shame.

this right here for me.

Probably go to the mall because i have a 50$ giftcard to it, if they don't have it i'll just get it from gamestop.

 

[adembroski]

Why are you buying Madden?

Why are you buying Madden?

I'll be honest, if I hadn't gone to community day, I might be waiting on it.

For those of who you are sold at this point, why? What made the difference. This is aimed especially at those who hated '09 (that'd be most of you).

 

[Rush]

I am buying Madden because no matter how bad of a reception it receives, or how much people complain about it, I will still buy it. It is just something I do every single year since about 1997. I have gotten it the day it came out every single year lol. It signals the beginning of the NFL season and I love that.

The past 2 years I haven't been that "excited" about it dropping but I bought it anyway. I am truly EXCITED this year from interacting with the people who make Madden possible on Twitter. You can really tell the work that goes into it and Ian & crew really put attention to detail and work hard on it. In year's past, there was no interaction in the community. Also hearing the reception from you Adem has really gotten me excited.

 

[Woy]

Same as Rush, I buy it every year.

 

[LC AAU]

Ehh, I get it because it's Madden. Seriously almost everyone gets it, doesn't matter if it sucks or not. But I hope this year will be good.

 

[killgod]

1) Online Chise mode
2) Stretch ratings, doing this manually is not fun but it's something I toyed with on PC versions and it vastly improved the experience
3) Sliders are back to help customize the game so I can adjust it to provide sim with my own skill set even further than last year
4) Franchise re-done. Offline franchise finally appears to not be a giant bag of shit. I don't need to to blow me away, I just need to to fucking function somewhat normally, and it appears it will.
5) Presentation finally looks legit with all the minor touches added, the overlays and display seem to have diverted from that gaudy shit in 09 to something you'd see on TV.
6) Game speed adjustment

All these items are big for me with this game.


For the record, I didn't hate 09, I play it off and on, it is an alright game.

 

[Joey P]

As with the others, I buy it every year.

 

[guchi45]

Walmart or EB Games(canadian gamestop)

 

[guchi45]

beacause its madden

 

[MRN]

Because EA has me under mind control, making me buy it year after year.

 

[kyhadley]

I get it every year lol.

But if even if I didn't, I think that I would buy it this year.

 

[Herm]

How are you buying Madden?

How are you buying Madden?

Cash, credit, debit, trade something for it?







I figure we already had a where and why, now all we're missing is what , when, and who to have all the info

 

[adembroski]

Debit

 

[Herm]

You left out rob some poor guy at gunpoint.

Hey whatever it takes to get the game.

 

[DSpydr84]

1) Online Chise mode
2) Stretch ratings, doing this manually is not fun but it's something I toyed with on PC versions and it vastly improved the experience
3) Sliders are back to help customize the game so I can adjust it to provide sim with my own skill set even further than last year
4) Franchise re-done. Offline franchise finally appears to not be a giant bag of shit. I don't need to to blow me away, I just need to to fucking function somewhat normally, and it appears it will.
5) Presentation finally looks legit with all the minor touches added, the overlays and display seem to have diverted from that gaudy shit in 09 to something you'd see on TV.
6) Game speed adjustment

All these items are big for me with this game.


For the record, I didn't hate 09, I play it off and on, it is an alright game.

The stretched ratings won't mean a thing if they still have Madden IQ. Constantly adjusting the difficulty level mid-game makes sense in a role-playing game, but all it does on a football field is make the ratings useless. If you have a great QB playing great football (possible Madden-ism), the defense will in turn react to this and be more challenging, and thus, your QB will no longer be all that great. If you have a RB having an off day in the first half, not to worry, because the game is about to get easier.

Slumps/great games is mainly what football is about, and more importantly, it's why certain players ARE good and why others are not. The Madden IQ - although a good idea on paper - takes the ratings right out the window.

/rant.

I won't be picking up Madden 10 on release day, I'm gonna be renting it first (used to always buy it on release day as well and had every Madden since '97). It's sad it came to this point, but hopefully things are looking up and I can happily jump back on the bandwagon next year.

 

[dave]

Because it's the NFL and I buy it every year.