FrenchMovieTheme
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got my 360 yesterday, then popped in madden (which i bought on nov 15 :lol ). anyways, what followed was... probably the biggest disappointment i've ever had with a videogame. it's not that madden 360 is the worst game ive ever played, its that madden 2006 (xbox) was the best sports game i've ever played. and when you go from a delicious steak dinner to shit and spunk pie well guess what fellas, it sucks. here is why madden sucks and why i felt the need to create my own thread about it:
1. passing game feels like shit. first off, i can complete bombs whenever i want. secondly, i can complete passes whenever i want. double, triple coverage, doesn't matter. the game makes no fucking sense.
2. game moves too fast and is too herky jerky. i throw a ball and all of a sudden its caught and im tackled or its incomplete. i can't see the plays develop, i can't dissect defenses or anything.
3. the animations suck nuts. there are some decent ones in there, but these are the same animations we had in xbox version for the most part, only now they are completely sped up and disjointed. the animations dont flow together well. its like you get close to a ball carrier, then let the animations do their thing for the next 3 seconds.
4. qb running is ridiculous. hey EA, if alex smith could rip off 20 yards running at will we would be in the playoff hunt. he can't. so why can i outrun the entire D whenever i need a 1st down?
5. i feel like im not in control of anything on the field. i pick the safety, they hand off, i run up to make the tackle and the game stutters so bad that i dont even know wtf is happening. i know ive said this already, but christ it is a joke. there is no possibility to make plays on the ball, no dominating the run game, no nothing.
6. hey EA, why did you change the controls again? i just fucking got used to the new control setup of 2006, now you go and completely change everything again. the default layout is the most ridiculous thing i've ever seen (lets have R trigger as speed burst!) ugh
7. crappy running game. there is no momentum, no strategy to running. speed burst ahead, randomly hit juke, repeat.
i'm sure i've glossed over some stuff, but i think i've said enough about it. there are some small positives here and there (xbl implementation, new playcalling screens, stadiums look incredible, crowd noise is surprisingly good) but who gives a shit at this point.
in the end i dont know what to think about this. is EA waiting for ps3 to make a good next gen football game? did they not have enough time to make a competent 360 game? either way, they sure as fuck better go back to how it was before because this game is more or less garbage.
i have a self imposed ban threat on comparing madden to other football games, past or present, but let me just say that madden 360 is the worst football game i have played since the year 2004, and that is saying something my friends!
p.s.
1. passing game feels like shit. first off, i can complete bombs whenever i want. secondly, i can complete passes whenever i want. double, triple coverage, doesn't matter. the game makes no fucking sense.
2. game moves too fast and is too herky jerky. i throw a ball and all of a sudden its caught and im tackled or its incomplete. i can't see the plays develop, i can't dissect defenses or anything.
3. the animations suck nuts. there are some decent ones in there, but these are the same animations we had in xbox version for the most part, only now they are completely sped up and disjointed. the animations dont flow together well. its like you get close to a ball carrier, then let the animations do their thing for the next 3 seconds.
4. qb running is ridiculous. hey EA, if alex smith could rip off 20 yards running at will we would be in the playoff hunt. he can't. so why can i outrun the entire D whenever i need a 1st down?
5. i feel like im not in control of anything on the field. i pick the safety, they hand off, i run up to make the tackle and the game stutters so bad that i dont even know wtf is happening. i know ive said this already, but christ it is a joke. there is no possibility to make plays on the ball, no dominating the run game, no nothing.
6. hey EA, why did you change the controls again? i just fucking got used to the new control setup of 2006, now you go and completely change everything again. the default layout is the most ridiculous thing i've ever seen (lets have R trigger as speed burst!) ugh
7. crappy running game. there is no momentum, no strategy to running. speed burst ahead, randomly hit juke, repeat.
i'm sure i've glossed over some stuff, but i think i've said enough about it. there are some small positives here and there (xbl implementation, new playcalling screens, stadiums look incredible, crowd noise is surprisingly good) but who gives a shit at this point.
in the end i dont know what to think about this. is EA waiting for ps3 to make a good next gen football game? did they not have enough time to make a competent 360 game? either way, they sure as fuck better go back to how it was before because this game is more or less garbage.
i have a self imposed ban threat on comparing madden to other football games, past or present, but let me just say that madden 360 is the worst football game i have played since the year 2004, and that is saying something my friends!
p.s.
