Madden 10 - Will they prove us wrong?

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:34 pm

Madden 09 $19.99 Xbox

http://www.amazon.com/Madden-NFL-09-Xbo ... 776&sr=8-5

DivotMaker · Post by **DivotMaker** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:08 pm

Well, I stand corrected. Hell, if EA doesn't even show the game on their own website.....

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:26 pm

Divot did EA in fact state no more Madden for the Xbox1?

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:29 pm

Never thought I'd say this, but I'm actually starting to believe that they're going to deliver a playable game next year. There's no way they can spend THAT much time on OS and give us a game next year that doesn't have plenty of playable camera angles, a true QB pocket, realistic OL/DL interaction, etc., unless they have absolutely NO talent working at Tiburon. Five years into next gen, and I think I'm going to at least be semi-happy with the football game. Better late than never I suppose.

Wilk5280 · Post by **Wilk5280** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:33 pm

I bet you're not happy

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:33 pm

GTHobbes wrote:Never thought I'd say this, but I'm actually starting to believe that they're going to deliver a playable game next year. There's no way they can spend THAT much time on OS and give us a game next year that doesn't have plenty of playable camera angles, a true QB pocket, realistic OL/DL interaction, etc., unless they have absolutely NO talent working at Tiburon. Five years into next gen, and I think I'm going to at least be semi-happy with the football game. Better late than never I suppose.

Let us know cause i'm tired of wasting my money on that series.

I'm more interested in Head Coach 2010.

DivotMaker · Post by **DivotMaker** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:04 pm

Rodster wrote:Divot did EA in fact state no more Madden for the Xbox1?

I was under the impression that they had stopped producing XBox 1 games a year ago....guess not. I would be equally shocked if they put out anything for the XBox 1 this year.....

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:01 pm

PRBoom wrote:I bet you're not happy

Baseball and hockey are both well represented on next gen, so if I get a good NFL football game, I'll be ecstatic.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:17 pm

PRBoom wrote:I bet you're not happy

...he makes me ashamed of My EA bashing.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:21 am

One thing that puzzles me about Madden 09 (360) is that no matter how you set the sliders manually the games plays the same even if you change the difficulty to All Madden, it doesn't matter.

I finally broke down and took the stupid Madden test and now the game has become harder to play. Did Tiburon intentionally disable the game sliders as well as the in game difficulty settings?

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:05 am

XXXIV wrote:
PRBoom wrote:I bet you're not happy
...he makes me ashamed of My EA bashing.

...because Tiburon's done such a good job with Madden for these last 6 or 7 years, right?

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:52 am

GTHobbes wrote:
XXXIV wrote:
PRBoom wrote:I bet you're not happy
...he makes me ashamed of My EA bashing.
...because Tiburon's done such a good job with Madden for these last 6 or 7 years, right?

I wouldnt say great but I have enjoyed 2 of the last 3 very much.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:14 am

Zeppo pretty much nailed the problem with Madden -- it misses a lot of the fundamentals of the NFL. It's especially frustrating because the XBox version had made a lot of progress before the next gen abortions of 06-08 hit us.

Having said that, they did make a lot of progress with 09. There are so many issues with Madden that there's no way they could fix everything in one season, but this game was substantially better than the other next gen versions. If the 2010 game makes the same kind of progress this year's game made, then I think GTH may be right -- it could be a pretty good game.

I doubt we'll see Head Coach 2010. That game appears to have tanked in terms of sales, and I think EA's going to pull a lot of its features into Madden's franchise. That's why I'm going to hang onto HC 09.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:20 am

You guys could be right about HC. I remember seeing at CC 3 weeks after it was released for $29.99 and that was $20 off, because it didn't look like it was selling.

It's a shame because it is more fun than Madden itself.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:23 am

Brando70 wrote:Zeppo pretty much nailed the problem with Madden -- it misses a lot of the fundamentals of the NFL. .

Just cause they dont know how to align the players? or properly name the positions? or handle change of possesions? etc etc etc....

Thats just nit picky

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:32 am

Now that i've taken the Madden test Madden 09 has gotten more playable.

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:03 pm

This was mentioned somewhere in another thread but here is some bad news for Madden and other Tiburon Games (TW, Nascar, NCAA)

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=21931

EA Restructuring Hits Mythic, Tiburon

In addition, Gamasutra sources have indicated that multiple staffers have been let go at EA Tiburon, home of the Madden football game series and a number of other EA Sports titles, as well as other titles for separate EA divisions.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:06 pm

This shouldn't matter because a) EA didn't properly test there games before being released and b) we were their beta testers.

DivotMaker · Post by **DivotMaker** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:39 pm

bdoughty wrote:In addition, Gamasutra sources have indicated that multiple staffers have been let go at EA Tiburon, home of the Madden football game series and a number of other EA Sports titles, as well as other titles for separate EA divisions.

Should be interesting to see how this has impacted Tiburon as I am scheduled to visit them for an early look at TW10 in mid-February. The office complex they have there should be a bit lighter in head count....hate to see them let go QA folks as that is one area EA is weak in...then again, if the QA work they did was the best they could do, then they deserve to be let go....

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:43 pm

I hate to see anyone losing their jobs but you make a good point about the QA testers. Of course we all know that many of those bugs get caught and are never fixed, which is not the fault of the testers.

Don't forget to PM me all the details regarding TW10 when you get them.

DivotMaker · Post by **DivotMaker** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:57 pm

bdoughty wrote:Don't forget to PM me all the details regarding TW10 when you get them.

If there is no NDA involved and they let us freely talk about the game publicly, you are on. However, I have a feeling I will be providing my John Hancock once I enter the building....

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:33 pm

More on the layoffs

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/etan_o ... tland.html

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:52 pm

Sounds like us sports game-playing men may be getting kicked to the curb, on the PS3 and 360 at least:

"Game publisher Electronic Arts (ERTS), perhaps best known for its Madden NFL franchise and appeals to "hardcore" gamers, is doing an about face in its marketing: For 2009, the company will be increasingly looking to women and the Wii as its target audience.

The plan: More women-friendly titles like a rival to the bestselling Wii Fit, advertising on women-geared TV outlets like the Oxygen Channel, and endorsements from Oprah Winfrey's personal trainer."

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/sil ... _erts.html

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:47 pm

I think a company as big as EA can find time to market to more than one demographic at a time.

fletcher21 · Post by **fletcher21** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:54 pm

GTHobbes wrote: The plan: More women-friendly titles like a rival to the bestselling Wii Fit, advertising on women-geared TV outlets like the Oxygen Channel, and endorsements from Oprah Winfrey's personal trainer."

Oprah Winfrey's personal trainer?

Wow, that's a ringing endorsement right there.