Thread: Madden 12

Originally Posted by Gonzo0100

I have 08, 09, 10 and 11 for 360. I have loved each more than the year before.... Minor changes, when you play 3-5 games a weekend during the season makes it worth the money. Plus I split it with a buddy who comes over on Sundays to watch football and play football. Gameflow was a neat idea but conventional is better..... I just hope they fixed all the play action plays to not have the quarterback hold the ball for a full 2 seconds after the fake....

My wife texted me and told me it came from Amazon!

All the previous versions I've owned for the xbox and the 360, but this year decided to bite the bullet and get it for the PS3 I bought myself 6 months ago lol. It's now the 3rd game I own for PS3.

Play Actions are still terrible Gonzo, so no hope there. Didn't use GameFlow a lot last year 'cept occasionally on defense, since I can get fairly predictable to other people, and would use GameFlow sometimes to change things up. Seems to be better this year so I'ma give it a fair shot.

Originally Posted by HappyThoughts

Madden 12 is basically a copy and paste version of Madden 11 with a couple upgrades. EA Sports has already come out and said that they had "big plans for Madden 12 but the NLF Lockout set it back til Madden 13". But for now were stuck in the over-hyped Madden 12.

I won't deny there're things that I would've liked to have been in Madden 12, such as upgrades to it's online franchise system, since I play several of those with Hocus every iteration (and by several, I mean we've got at least 1 running at pretty much all times lol). Even without upgrades to the online franchise though, I think this years Madden is a large step in the right direction. You're not gonna get a whole lot of innovation from year to year in sports games, mainly because unlike other games they put out a version every year. Most games have development processes of far longer than that, which is why there can be such a large change from an original game and it's sequel. I understand the arguements against Madden, and questioning WHY they put out a new version every year, but the answer to that question is the same as every other sports games, "Because we can, and you'll buy it."

And they're right, Madden is like crack to me, and I must have the new version as soon as it releases