I managed to get my hands on a copy, and so far so good. I'll give you some of my initial impressions as well as answer any questions you may have about the game. -Interface looks good and takes a little time to get used to -40 yard dash is difficult (Haven't ran a 4.4 with coles in 10+ attempts) -Can't find Create a Playbook -Madden automatically unlocks players as you gain madden gamer levels and places them in FA for anyone to sign. I wish there was a way to disable this feature, or at least delete these made up players before starting up a franchise. Start your franchise before playing any minigames and ranking up. -Lead Blocker feature is pretty nice, it will take some time to get used to it -Fantasy Draft at the start of a franchise seems gone as well -Mangini is rated 85 as a coach, its a start :drunk: Well I'm off! Lets hope Clemens and Washington can hold up the franchise for a year, cuz there going in ! I'll give them one thing I don't think anyone should be complaining this years is like last years, there are alot of different features IMO. I'll check the board every couple of hours this morning if you have any questions.
Update: Man they took out formation specific audibles....I used to like those too They also took out the alternate uniforms...at least for the jets they only have basic home and away so no more throwback jerseys
I would really like to get on the phone with these shitheads and ask them what the f*** is thier problem. Why can't they just put all the shit in the game, and stop f***ing with me. Rumor is, there is no fatique for online games. Eh, great ! How can you make a game, and apparently just forget FATIGUE. WTF ??!!! I thought they had 30+ testers ? Im also hearing thier is no defensive playmaker, I hope this is false. If this is true , any of u guys can paypal me $40 and ill sell you the game.
Madden superstar mode sucks ass, don't let me controlt he plays, fine, only let me control my player (qb) fine, but give me a better f'n camera angle ugh
LOL you're a fool my GT is Duk Dodgers look my achievements up then come back and apologize, the only fool here is you.
You cant believe he think Duk Dodgers is telling the truth? He is telling the truth. You think a guy thats been around the site for a long time is gonna come on here and bullshit us? Take your head outta your ass then take your 93 posts and shove em up there buddy.
Update: They removed Defensive Playmaker options Also removed Defensive Matchups - where you could manually chose what db you wanted on what wr......going to hard to stop some teams....
That's fixed read Maddenmania sometime for updated Madden news http://maddenmania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140015 http://maddenmania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139998 http://maddenmania.com/forums/index.php?
Just a tip for everyone....when you first get in the game save the roster as is! As you gain levels in Madden they unlock HOF players and put them in Free Agency....So if you start a franchise after gaining a few levels you will have a bunch of 99's sitting in FA for the computer or you to pickup. I don't know if you'll like this but I didn't want to play with those HOF'ers but its impossible to delete them without deleting your profile I think.....just save yourself the headache and save the roster when you first get the game.
Is there a list of the HOF Legend players? Probably the only Jets who would get consideration are Joe Namath and Don Maynard. Probably Maynard would have the better chance since QB is loaded with Legends.
I just called outpost and cancelled by order, no defensive playmaker, no defensive assignments ??? Wtf !
I never even bothered looking for Herman Edwards rating LOL I'll check it after work today. 85 rating isn't a bad start for young mangini!
As far as I could tell they stripped the defense alot this year. You still have the base options where you can pinch or spread the dline, crash left of crash right, blitz linebackers or put them in back in a zone. But the ability to manually choose whom a guy will check or what zone they will play are long gone. I guess there were to many balance issues from having all that customization. But why removing Defensive Assignments? I'm still clueless to that. Maybe its hidden somewhere in the game, I just need to play it more. I'll try to look for it again after work, but I highly doubt I'll find anything.
Fellas I hope you like running, b/c it is much easier to establish the ground game and much harder to pass the ball IMO. The one new thing in the passing game I noticed is that you have a good chance of completing a long ball with receivers with good speed. Depending on the corners speed and if they have safety help you can rely on the deep ball early and often. Once you get the game, just go to practice mode and watch how easy it is to throw bombs to coles, mainly b/c a)coles has 95+ speed and b)barret has below 90 speed..... Of course it will be more difficult vs. premier corners, but at least you have a chance to complete it this year.
I tried practicing with my qb superstar....horrible camera angle!! I ended up making a fullback afterwards....
Update: they will release alternate uniforms later via xbox marketplace....my guess is it will cost a little cash though
