Madden 2009

[Perfect Stu]

See I don't have that problem...if I'm playing with a friend of mine, we don't use cheap goal tactics. We're able to just not do certain things. We shouldn't have to, but the game still was the most realistic representation of hockey I've ever seen.

Oh, and the more I play of Madden 09 the more I appreciate the improvements that were made. Momentum plays a much larger role, you can break out of tackles after a player wraps you up, the running game is difficult but rewards actual skills like patience and vision. It just feels and looks very good. 8.5/10 thus far...

[Null]

Originally Posted by Perfect Stu

See I don't have that problem...if I'm playing with a friend of mine, we don't use cheap goal tactics. We're able to just not do certain things. We shouldn't have to, but the game still was the most realistic representation of hockey I've ever seen.

oh is easily the most realistic, i loved that. the computer actually sets up and gets in positions for power plays, so you can play a passing game, they do all those things right


now if the goal that went in was some stupid thing you'd never normally do, a type of glitch, where say you go behind the net and fire, and it magically counts.. i wouldnt ever need to do that and it wouldnt bother me.

but if im playing a competitive game with my friend, and all you have to do to score is skate down middle and fire in opposite direction of where your skating, thats one of my normal shots, just wouldnt be competitive if i avoid all the ways i know how to score and try something stupid just to make the game get a more realistic outcome. i cant see the point in playing at all then.

i absolutly loved the game though, i'll be getting NHL 09 on day 1.

[TheGame]

I think NFL 2K games were pretty awful, I never got what perople saw in them. I didn't find the game to be more realistic then the Madden games that were out at the same time, the user interface wasn't as good, nor was play selection. The franchise mode sucked and got extremely buggy in the long run...

I forced myself to get into it for 2 years just to try and see what people saw in it, honestly now, I don't miss the series whatsoever. The only reason I'd like it now is because the 360/Ps3 era madden games have sucked so far (until this year). Competition probably owuld have made EA work harder on their product. But in the Ps2/DC era, no contest, I think madden was all around better.

As for people calling EA evil for taking the NFL licence, they're just doing what they have to do to make money. Just like M$ and Nintendo do. If it takes buying out big licences/developers and ruining them, or just shooting out a bunch of cheap games to make money... They're all gonna do it.

[Bube]

Originally Posted by TheGame

As for people calling EA evil for taking the NFL licence, they're just doing what they have to do to make money. Just like M$ and Nintendo do. If it takes buying out big licences/developers and ruining them, or just shooting out a bunch of cheap games to make money... They're all gonna do it.

Well, yes, that's a business strategy, and I don't think they're evil because they buy companies/licenses. They're evil because they don't put all the effort they could into their games.