Re: Madden 2009
 

yes and no... for all it had it was the best.. but it was broke in the same move scored every time on like 5 different ways which i found out like the first week of playing... never touched it again which sucks because i loved how it worked.

07, not as good in the realistic sense, was able to play it for a good year without any of those goal every time things happening.

which i know is not really your point. but i just have such high hopes that 09 fixes my issues with 08. :)

Re: Madden 2009
 

Eh, no comprendo. Please señor, English por favor. :(

Re: Madden 2009
 

??? it was broke in which the same move scored every time on 5 different ways which i found out in the first week of playing.



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Re: Madden 2009
 

Ah, I think I get it. It had random ways of making you score, even though you did the same thing?

Re: Madden 2009
 

no. you skate thro middle and shoot opposite direction it scored every time.

you skate along the goal line up towards the net and stop right when you hit the crease and quickly shoot, and he scored every time.

and a few others like that.

basically i can score whenever i please. and sure you can say just dont use those ways, but i cant do that... i cant just not score when i know i can to prevent something that the game should prevent on its own.

so it broke the game for me.

Re: Madden 2009
 

Aaaaah ok. I've had that with games, it sucks.

Re: Madden 2009
 

See I don't have that problem...if I'm playing with a friend of mine, we don't use cheap goal tactics. We're able to just not do certain things. We shouldn't have to, but the game still was the most realistic representation of hockey I've ever seen.

Oh, and the more I play of Madden 09 the more I appreciate the improvements that were made. Momentum plays a much larger role, you can break out of tackles after a player wraps you up, the running game is difficult but rewards actual skills like patience and vision. It just feels and looks very good. 8.5/10 thus far...

Re: Madden 2009
 

oh is easily the most realistic, i loved that. the computer actually sets up and gets in positions for power plays, so you can play a passing game, they do all those things right


now if the goal that went in was some stupid thing you'd never normally do, a type of glitch, where say you go behind the net and fire, and it magically counts.. i wouldnt ever need to do that and it wouldnt bother me.

but if im playing a competitive game with my friend, and all you have to do to score is skate down middle and fire in opposite direction of where your skating, thats one of my normal shots, just wouldnt be competitive if i avoid all the ways i know how to score and try something stupid just to make the game get a more realistic outcome. i cant see the point in playing at all then.

i absolutly loved the game though, i'll be getting NHL 09 on day 1.

Re: Madden 2009
 

I think NFL 2K games were pretty awful, I never got what perople saw in them. I didn't find the game to be more realistic then the Madden games that were out at the same time, the user interface wasn't as good, nor was play selection. The franchise mode sucked and got extremely buggy in the long run...

I forced myself to get into it for 2 years just to try and see what people saw in it, honestly now, I don't miss the series whatsoever. The only reason I'd like it now is because the 360/Ps3 era madden games have sucked so far (until this year). Competition probably owuld have made EA work harder on their product. But in the Ps2/DC era, no contest, I think madden was all around better.

As for people calling EA evil for taking the NFL licence, they're just doing what they have to do to make money. Just like M$ and Nintendo do. If it takes buying out big licences/developers and ruining them, or just shooting out a bunch of cheap games to make money... They're all gonna do it.

Re: Madden 2009
 

Well, yes, that's a business strategy, and I don't think they're evil because they buy companies/licenses. They're evil because they don't put all the effort they could into their games.