Madden NFL 10 Superbowl Video: Cowboys vs. Titans

[SteveOS]

http://www.operationsports.com/videoview.php?id=454

Anything can happen, right?

 

[MWILL]

I can't wait to make everybody feel like Ian Cummings.

I hope the season ends like this game.

Thanks for sharing

 

[CPonder14]

*** how did Johnson outrun Scandrick?

 

[jswalker1981]

Umm, Felix looked really good in that clip, and so did Bennett.

 

[DavidS]

http://www.operationsports.com/videoview.php?id=454

Anything can happen, right?

Hey Steve, can you please re-activate my account for a fellow Cowboys Fan?

 

[Ren]

I like the new attitude Ian Cummings has brought to EA i think this years madden is going to be the best Madden yet and it will finally catch up to 2k5

If you listen to interviews with the guy it's all about gameplay now when in recent years madden has been all about the gimmicks they could print on the cover to sell you the same game over and over

 

[NinePointOh]

McBriar kicking off?

 

[Alumni2k11]

Looking in the background during those interviews, it appears they finally added a more legit super bowl celebration.

 

[Muhast]

Although the play seems different the actual in game graphics look the exact same.

The post play celebrations and sb celebrations look great but the IN GAME graphics look identical.

 

[Ren]

Although the play seems different the actual in game graphics look the exact same.

The post play celebrations and sb celebrations look great but the IN GAME graphics look identical.

Personally i would rather have a bad looking game that played more like football then a good looking game that played like crap

Development time for games these days are about 2-3 years, EA are putting these out every year so they can't just build the game from ground up every year and a lot of stuff will look the same. I think they made the right choice in focusing on gameplay this year the list of gameplay improvements as well as online dynasty and better presentation is more then enough to give them a pass for not doing much with the visuals IMO

 

[morieeel]

Personally i would rather have a bad looking game that played more like football then a good looking game that played like crap

Development time for games these days are about 2-3 years, EA are putting these out every year so they can't just build the game from ground up every year and a lot of stuff will look the same. I think they made the right choice in focusing on gameplay this year the list of gameplay improvements as well as online dynasty and better presentation is more then enough to give them a pass for not doing much with the visuals IMO

Agree. Ian has even acknowledged that the presentation has been lacking and even though they can't add everything in this years addition they definitely want to improve the gameplay and presentation in the coming years. From what I seen over the years, EA promotes the hell out of the looks, but out of my own experience, I'm already bored to wits with the game after half my season. The newness of the wonderful graphics wears out quick with me.

 

[fannypack]

I think it's absolute BS that a game development studio is allowed to obtain an exclusive license.

I mean I know things in life have exclusivity sometimes, but to do this to an NFL game that comes out once a year and completely cut off competition..

I mean...

Coke - Pepsi
Ford - Chevy
DirecTV - Dish network
Tap Water - Bottled Water
NBA 2kX - NBA LIVE
Madden - ??????

Madden can do whatever they want, however they want.

 

[Hoofbite]

Madden Sucks

 

[Hoofbite]

I think it's absolute BS that a game development studio is allowed to obtain an exclusive license.

I mean I know things in life have exclusivity sometimes, but to do this to an NFL game that comes out once a year and completely cut off competition..

I mean...

Coke - Pepsi
Ford - Chevy
DirecTV - Dish network
Tap Water - Bottled Water
NBA 2kX - NBA LIVE
Madden - ??????

Madden can do whatever they want, however they want.

What? :laugh2:

 

[fannypack]

What? :laugh2:

I'm just emphasizing the freedom of choice, no matter how trivial that choice may seem.

 

[peplaw06]

I think it's absolute BS that a game development studio is allowed to obtain an exclusive license.

I mean I know things in life have exclusivity sometimes, but to do this to an NFL game that comes out once a year and completely cut off competition..

I mean...

Coke - Pepsi
Ford - Chevy
DirecTV - Dish network
Tap Water - Bottled Water
NBA 2kX - NBA LIVE
Madden - ??????

Madden can do whatever they want, however they want.

Those aren't licensing issues. It's up to the NFL. Just like ABC can't show NFL games anymore, since they lost Monday Night Football.

The coke-pepsi, ford-chevy, directv-dish is about competition, monopolies, etc. Licensing is different.

 

[peplaw06]

I'm just emphasizing the freedom of choice, no matter how trivial that choice may seem.

No one's taking your freedom of choice. You can buy it and support the NFL's decision, or not. If enough people stop buying it, then the NFL will assume the product isn't good enough. Then they will license to other companies.

 

[Kilyin]

The PC community for Madden is simply outstanding. The things they've done with Madden 08 (since EA didn't release 09 for PC) are just incredible. The fact that EA has taken a big steaming crap on the PC side of things is pretty disheartening... but given they just continue to put out the same game every year, maybe it's not that big of a loss.

If you've ever played Madden PC and know how to implement the stuff from football-freaks.com, then you know it's the only thing that makes the game worth playing.

 

[fannypack]

No one's taking your freedom of choice. You can buy it and support the NFL's decision, or not. If enough people stop buying it, then the NFL will assume the product isn't good enough. Then they will license to other companies.

That's not going to happen. People will buy Madden a lot of times due to the name alone. It has gotten by for years and years on its name, but throughout most of those years there was always some form of competition. Gameday , 2k etc.

Now, there is no alternative that has authentic football. If I quit buying the game it's one drop in the bucket out of about another handful of people who would stop.

Forgoing on a football game year after year in the hopes that they won't hold the license deprives me of the chance to play ANY football game. Again I'm emphasizing the freedom of choice, the choice between no football game and Madden isn't a choice most football fanatics want to make.

 

[peplaw06]

That's not going to happen. People will buy Madden a lot of times due to the name alone. It has gotten by for years and years on its name, but throughout most of those years there was always some form of competition. Gameday , 2k etc.

Now, there is no alternative that has authentic football. If I quit buying the game it's one drop in the bucket out of about another handful of people who would stop.

Forgoing on a football game year after year in the hopes that they won't hold the license deprives me of the chance to play ANY football game. Again I'm emphasizing the freedom of choice, the choice between no football game and Madden isn't a choice most football fanatics want to make.

You still have a choice.

You could also complain that Monday Night Football is on ESPN rather than ABC. But you have the choice not to watch it.

The company/channel that pays for the rights is betting that it's not important enough of a choice for you to not buy the game or watch it on their channel. That's why they pay the big bucks.