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djnemo65 · 02-15-2008, 12:23 AM

I love on All-Madden when you can watch the replay of the ball stopping in midair and changing directions like the JFK bullet away from your open receiver and into the arms of a defender. All-Madden is only playable with an elite qb, forget about about it with the Skins.

GTripp, not being able to see the flats is horrible. Last gen Madden had adjustable view options, which this year's game does not.

What else? How about the computer not being able to challenge plays? Or punting from your 29 yard line when they have a good kicker? Or punting on fourth and inches from the 40 down by 4?

How about players not developing in franchise mode? Carlos Rogers won NFL defensive player of the year for me and dropped a point the following season. Rocky has been a perennial probowler in my franchise and is still stuck at about 81. I got Campbell up to 84 after several consecutive probowls.

I think on the one hand it's easy to say that this game is better than last year's, and it probably is, but every year we continue to see a game that is highly flawed. When EA bought the exclusive NFL rights you feared that the quality of the game would suffer and it has. Madden 05 was the last great version imo, not coincidentally the last year they had to compete with 2k. They get away with these annoying problems because they are the only game in town, and it pisses me off.

02-15-2008, 12:23 AM	#9
djnemo65 Playmaker Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,836	Re: Do you think Madden 08 sucks I love on All-Madden when you can watch the replay of the ball stopping in midair and changing directions like the JFK bullet away from your open receiver and into the arms of a defender. All-Madden is only playable with an elite qb, forget about about it with the Skins. GTripp, not being able to see the flats is horrible. Last gen Madden had adjustable view options, which this year's game does not. What else? How about the computer not being able to challenge plays? Or punting from your 29 yard line when they have a good kicker? Or punting on fourth and inches from the 40 down by 4? How about players not developing in franchise mode? Carlos Rogers won NFL defensive player of the year for me and dropped a point the following season. Rocky has been a perennial probowler in my franchise and is still stuck at about 81. I got Campbell up to 84 after several consecutive probowls. I think on the one hand it's easy to say that this game is better than last year's, and it probably is, but every year we continue to see a game that is highly flawed. When EA bought the exclusive NFL rights you feared that the quality of the game would suffer and it has. Madden 05 was the last great version imo, not coincidentally the last year they had to compete with 2k. They get away with these annoying problems because they are the only game in town, and it pisses me off.