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There was a thread about Madden 07, but it was kinda lame. I want to get into some real discussion.
Madden 07 is almost here (Coming out 22nd). I don't know why, but it seems like it crept up on me for some reason. Who's gonna grab it up?
Was just reading about it at IGN and it sounds like they made some good changes this year, we'll see. Hope they don't half-*** it just because they have the NFL license or whatever. IGN didn't say if the vision cone thing is still intact in this year's version. You can't even tell from the screenshots they have posted, like they are trying to keep it a secret or something. I kinda liked the vision cone idea, but it needs work, was too unresponsive in 06 i felt, especially online with the lag. By the time you switched your vision cone to another receiver, you could be sacked. There was just a lot of lag in the whole passing process, even offline, just not as noticeable. So i hope if they keep it in they made it more responsive, or they just take it out, or leave it off by default.
From year to year there have been things about the Madden series that bug me that they won't change. Maybe the least important of which is the unrealistic crowds, they never try to improve on those. Still look like jagged paper cutouts, all of which stay in their seats, no one walking around the stadium at all, and always a sellout crowd, heh. Seems a little better on the 360 but not much. That's not important, but there's lots of little things like that they always leave the same every year when there's much room for improvement.
I think one of the reasons why it crept up on me was because i thought Madden 07 would definitely be the first madden i was going to play on a Next Gen console. But, here we are, with just the 360 to choose from (it's only been out for about 9 months...cmon Nintendo and Sony, hurry up, i'm growing impatient =p). I don't want to buy a 360 system+Live subscription just to play Madden 07. I do feel left out though like i'm stuck in the past. I'm just not too interested in the 360, plus i don't have enough money. I probably won't get a PS3 for at least a year anyways, not going to pay $700 for it, and, most people won't from my predictions. So i guess I'll have to wait for Madden 08 until i can play it next-gen style. I could wait and get 07 on the Wii, but that's going to be a whole different experience, for good or for worse. Plus the main thing i like about Madden is to play it online against other people (hopefully not punks who always use exploits =/). I'm not sure if the Wii's version of Madden will be online or not, even if it is i don't see that working out very well. I don't buy Madden just to play against the computer, that's for sure. So i guess i'll just be picking it up on for the ole' PS2 (sigh).
Then again, i could also get it for the PC i suppose, for some nicer looking graphics. PC versions get the least attention though, which is understandable, because the PC versions of EAsports titles never sell near as well as the console versions. Which also shows in the online PC EAsports lobbies. Can never set up a controller exactly the same on the PC as it is on PS2. I use a PS2 controller on my PC, but EA always puts in some weird controller setup thingy, and it's not the same. It seems game companies still haven't realized lots of people use console controllers for PC stuff now.
Blahblahblah, somehow i got off on a typing escapade there. Sorry bout that. Anyways, anyone else wanna chime in on Madden 07?
Madden 07 is almost here (Coming out 22nd). I don't know why, but it seems like it crept up on me for some reason. Who's gonna grab it up?
Was just reading about it at IGN and it sounds like they made some good changes this year, we'll see. Hope they don't half-*** it just because they have the NFL license or whatever. IGN didn't say if the vision cone thing is still intact in this year's version. You can't even tell from the screenshots they have posted, like they are trying to keep it a secret or something. I kinda liked the vision cone idea, but it needs work, was too unresponsive in 06 i felt, especially online with the lag. By the time you switched your vision cone to another receiver, you could be sacked. There was just a lot of lag in the whole passing process, even offline, just not as noticeable. So i hope if they keep it in they made it more responsive, or they just take it out, or leave it off by default.
From year to year there have been things about the Madden series that bug me that they won't change. Maybe the least important of which is the unrealistic crowds, they never try to improve on those. Still look like jagged paper cutouts, all of which stay in their seats, no one walking around the stadium at all, and always a sellout crowd, heh. Seems a little better on the 360 but not much. That's not important, but there's lots of little things like that they always leave the same every year when there's much room for improvement.
I think one of the reasons why it crept up on me was because i thought Madden 07 would definitely be the first madden i was going to play on a Next Gen console. But, here we are, with just the 360 to choose from (it's only been out for about 9 months...cmon Nintendo and Sony, hurry up, i'm growing impatient =p). I don't want to buy a 360 system+Live subscription just to play Madden 07. I do feel left out though like i'm stuck in the past. I'm just not too interested in the 360, plus i don't have enough money. I probably won't get a PS3 for at least a year anyways, not going to pay $700 for it, and, most people won't from my predictions. So i guess I'll have to wait for Madden 08 until i can play it next-gen style. I could wait and get 07 on the Wii, but that's going to be a whole different experience, for good or for worse. Plus the main thing i like about Madden is to play it online against other people (hopefully not punks who always use exploits =/). I'm not sure if the Wii's version of Madden will be online or not, even if it is i don't see that working out very well. I don't buy Madden just to play against the computer, that's for sure. So i guess i'll just be picking it up on for the ole' PS2 (sigh).
Then again, i could also get it for the PC i suppose, for some nicer looking graphics. PC versions get the least attention though, which is understandable, because the PC versions of EAsports titles never sell near as well as the console versions. Which also shows in the online PC EAsports lobbies. Can never set up a controller exactly the same on the PC as it is on PS2. I use a PS2 controller on my PC, but EA always puts in some weird controller setup thingy, and it's not the same. It seems game companies still haven't realized lots of people use console controllers for PC stuff now.
Blahblahblah, somehow i got off on a typing escapade there. Sorry bout that. Anyways, anyone else wanna chime in on Madden 07?
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