Comments on: Madden Time

By: Brian Hook

Brian Hook — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 05:01:01 +0000

The NFL exclusivity is what pisses me off, not EA doing Madden. I think Madden is tragically bad compared to what it COULD be — I mean, hello, a basic time acceleration slider would be miraculous for letting you become a better player, instead of the mind alteringly stupid mechanic of “on easy, you always do well”.

The lack of any substantial tutorial that shows you how to play football (the drills don’t count). Passing a ball in football is more than just “drop back, look for an open receiver”. The game tries to have high levels of sophistication but in the end you aren’t playing football, you’re gaming Madden, looking for the secret mega plays or the team with the overrated stats (cf. Ravens or TB defense after their respective wins — Sapp would actually beat the ball to the QB on some snapps).

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:08:34 +0000

What’s evil about has nothing to do with the games and everything to do with business practices. I love Madden. I’ve owned a copy every year since madden ’94 on the Genesis.

I just think, as a corporate entity, they’re monsters.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:30:30 +0000

I think EA can still be criticized because they’ve been releasing the game *every single year* for years…none of the other companies mentioned are guilty of that. And across those years, no, I don’t think the changes have, on average, been particularly substantial. I’m not anti-EA – in fact, I’ve worked for them and I do think their philosophies are in the right place, but they’re still a company that consistently makes C and B games at best, and yet wields an almost unstoppable force in our fair industry — to its detriment.

By: psu

psu — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 02:38:08 +0000

Actually, no. I think the zombie cheerleaders are gone.

By: Elvis Flathead

Elvis Flathead — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 02:07:51 +0000

Does it still have the vapid, space-case cheerleaders?