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Madden 09 is out...
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JackBurton
Lifer
Perfect. Thanks mugs!
darkswordsman17
Lifer
Is it just me, or do they have some of the worst commercials for this game? They have one thats like 3 minutes long that is awful. I change the channel when it comes on.
Cuda1447
Lifer
Ive played a few games online and offline and haven't seen any bugs yet. I have no doubt that some exist, but lets be honest, to expect a game to be bug free is ridiculous. Some will be patched I'm sure. The thing I'm most concerned with is gameplay. So far I haven't seen any bugs in gameplay. The tackling seems significantly improved. Seems they nerfed the truck stick, but stiff arm works pretty well. Running with the QB's isn't as advantageous either as long as the person playing defense isn't a total buffoon. Overall it seems pretty solid to me and at the end of the day, its still the best football game out, period.
mesthead21
Platinum Member
Its the only football game out, period.
That being said after the 5-6 games i played last night, I havent experienced too many bugs... Just a lot of INT's :laugh:
Awesome stuff in this game.
-Played one of the mini games that resulted in a freeze that couldn't be solved without quitting via xmb.
-Was doing a Madden moment, after a play was completed, the game pauses by itself, my DS3 de-syncs itself and nothing short of a hard reset from the console power button would sort it out. Not even plugging in the usb cord or using another controller to unpause the game helped.
-Used the rewind, my TOP went into six figures
-Played one of the mini games that resulted in a freeze that couldn't be solved without quitting via xmb.
-Was doing a Madden moment, after a play was completed, the game pauses by itself, my DS3 de-syncs itself and nothing short of a hard reset from the console power button would sort it out. Not even plugging in the usb cord or using another controller to unpause the game helped.
-Used the rewind, my TOP went into six figures
Queasy
Moderator<br>Console Gaming
Correction on my part here. I badly remembered a Gamestop Mascot Cover Promotion
Here are templates for NCAA 09. And you can find some that people already created simply by doing a google search on NCAA 09 Custom Covers.
I have to agree. I was a 2k5 DIE-HARD, but Madden 09 offers so much more when it comes to on-the-field gameplay. More options with audibles, hot routes, bluffing (the new bluffing play art is SICK), etc. Graphics-wise, 09 is just plain incredible. It shocks me that people are complaining about its graphics. I'm a textbook graphics WHORE, and I think it's gorgeous.
So I've played half a game so far (sorry for backing out Cuda), and haven't done much more aside from look at the box - and I discovered some funny things.
I got the Collector's Edition partly because I like Head Coach, but mostly because it was free - anyway, on the inside of the box they have pictures of all of the Madden covers since 2001, and alongside that a timeline of what each version of Madden accomplished.
First thing I noticed - there's 9 years of boxes covered, but only 8 are displayed. Which is missing - 2004. I thought, why would they skip just that one year. Then I remembered - who was on the cover that year? Yessir - Mr. Michael "Dog Killer" Vick. I guess they want to remove him from history altogether.
Second, the achievements for each year of Madden are laughable. It starts off strong - starting in 1989 and having noticeable gameplay improvements each year - addition of the NFLPA license, addition of Franchise mode, addition of online play, etc. Then it just kind of fades off. My favorite is 2007 - "The Madden Franchise celebrates its 7th consecutive year as the bestselling sports video game". 2008 - "Brett Favre becomes the first retired player to be featured on the cover of Madden NFL Football". Oh really?
Laughable.
The game seems good, though. Not sure if this or NCAA will hold my grasp. Online dynasty in NCAA is above and beyond anything Madden looks to offer.
I got the Collector's Edition partly because I like Head Coach, but mostly because it was free - anyway, on the inside of the box they have pictures of all of the Madden covers since 2001, and alongside that a timeline of what each version of Madden accomplished.
First thing I noticed - there's 9 years of boxes covered, but only 8 are displayed. Which is missing - 2004. I thought, why would they skip just that one year. Then I remembered - who was on the cover that year? Yessir - Mr. Michael "Dog Killer" Vick. I guess they want to remove him from history altogether.
Second, the achievements for each year of Madden are laughable. It starts off strong - starting in 1989 and having noticeable gameplay improvements each year - addition of the NFLPA license, addition of Franchise mode, addition of online play, etc. Then it just kind of fades off. My favorite is 2007 - "The Madden Franchise celebrates its 7th consecutive year as the bestselling sports video game". 2008 - "Brett Favre becomes the first retired player to be featured on the cover of Madden NFL Football". Oh really?
Laughable.
The game seems good, though. Not sure if this or NCAA will hold my grasp. Online dynasty in NCAA is above and beyond anything Madden looks to offer.
holden j caufield
Diamond Member
where and how?
nismotigerwvu
Golden Member
Go to the forums at operation sports. I'm almost certain there will be an up to date roster on there. The easiest system will be the original xbox but I'm sure there will be PS2 rosters as well. The gameplay and presentation is still unmatched. Graphically you will see the age, but the realism of the animations hides this quite a bit.
Deeko
Lifer
I (maybe) had a breakthrough with the AI....
I hadn't really run into any issues with the computer AI until a few games into my season, when suddenly the computer's passing game became completely unstoppable, which I'd read other people complaining about. I had two games in a row where the opposition was something absurd like 24/26. I was getting pretty pissed...and then I realized, before that started I tweaked my coach settings. One of the changes I made was to move the defense slider much more on the 'aggressive' side. Maybe that's where the mistake it?
Tonight I'm going to move that slider back down and see what happens.
I hadn't really run into any issues with the computer AI until a few games into my season, when suddenly the computer's passing game became completely unstoppable, which I'd read other people complaining about. I had two games in a row where the opposition was something absurd like 24/26. I was getting pretty pissed...and then I realized, before that started I tweaked my coach settings. One of the changes I made was to move the defense slider much more on the 'aggressive' side. Maybe that's where the mistake it?
Tonight I'm going to move that slider back down and see what happens.
I purchased it on release day and have not had too many problems with it, with the only problems being small things (minor graphics clipping, CPU QB's are a little too accurate, CPU lead blockers/linemen can be borderline incompetent at times, and the animations in instant replays are choppy). Oh yeah - I, at one point, had a 125% completion percentage with my QB.
Aside from all that, the gameplay, graphics, and fluidness of the controls are completely unmatched by any other football game out there. It's the best football experience yet...anyone who claims otherwise either has a personal vendetta against EA or has a personal vendetta against EA.
Aside from all that, the gameplay, graphics, and fluidness of the controls are completely unmatched by any other football game out there. It's the best football experience yet...anyone who claims otherwise either has a personal vendetta against EA or has a personal vendetta against EA.
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