Comments on: Madden 2006 http://nslog.com/2005/08/30/madden_2006 The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Wed, 23 May 2012 23:05:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: EXUNIS http://nslog.com/2005/08/30/madden_2006#comment-16705 EXUNIS Tue, 20 Sep 2005 20:28:20 +0000 http://nslog.com/2005/08/30/madden_2006/#comment-16705 I love madden 06, but i hate playing chep fagots who always pick the eagles, and throw to T.O all of the time, for me that is where the game fucked up. so if you a cheap loser pick the eagles when you play, but if you are not, counter with the patriots or steelers (Bettiis is a monster!!) If you hot stick tackle mcnabb you can injur him!! I love madden 06, but i hate playing chep fagots who always pick the eagles, and throw to T.O all of the time, for me that is where the game fucked up. so if you a cheap loser pick the eagles when you play, but if you are not, counter with the patriots or steelers (Bettiis is a monster!!) If you hot stick tackle mcnabb you can injur him!!

]]> By: Michael http://nslog.com/2005/08/30/madden_2006#comment-16704 Michael Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:12:37 +0000 http://nslog.com/2005/08/30/madden_2006/#comment-16704 I have been playing ESPN Since 2k3 and I definitely like ESPN a lot better, damn you EA Sports for taking all of the fun out of playing good football video games (For me anyway). I guess I will have to get used to EA Sports now, though I don't really want to. I just could never get into EA (Madden) the same way I do with ESPN. I have been playing ESPN Since 2k3 and I definitely like ESPN a lot better, damn you EA Sports for taking all of the fun out of playing good football video games (For me anyway). I guess I will have to get used to EA Sports now, though I don't really want to. I just could never get into EA (Madden) the same way I do with ESPN.

]]> By: Mike Zornek http://nslog.com/2005/08/30/madden_2006#comment-16703 Mike Zornek Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:57:08 +0000 http://nslog.com/2005/08/30/madden_2006/#comment-16703 I haven't bought Madden but I believe you when you say "the menu system is horrible." Over last 12 months or so we've played Tiger Woods, MVP, and College Football. All EA games, all with horrible, eye-gouging interfaces. My favorite is the number of times Tiger Woods asks you for confirmation when saving your profile. It's as if it treats every save as an overwrite of someone else's profile. Seriously there are like 3 or 4 yes/no questions for a simple save after a round. And then when you are trying to set up an online match, there is a choice right next to "request match" on a player profile that says "report abuse" and that goes through with one click. I could not stop laughing after I hit that by accident and it went through with no confirmation. And then there is the fact that after a game in MVP you have to choose "quit" to go back to the menu system, which to me feels like I won't get credit for this game. And then there are the obnoxious one liners from the announcers in MVP. I can't imaging how QA would let that level or repetition be present in a released game. And then.... ugh I could go on forever. Fact is EA puts out some shitty games as of late and I'm not anxious to further support their exclusivity practices nor the treatment of their programmers. I think I'll just go outside and play these sports myself. I haven't bought Madden but I believe you when you say "the menu system is horrible." Over last 12 months or so we've played Tiger Woods, MVP, and College Football. All EA games, all with horrible, eye-gouging interfaces.

My favorite is the number of times Tiger Woods asks you for confirmation when saving your profile. It's as if it treats every save as an overwrite of someone else's profile. Seriously there are like 3 or 4 yes/no questions for a simple save after a round.

And then when you are trying to set up an online match, there is a choice right next to "request match" on a player profile that says "report abuse" and that goes through with one click. I could not stop laughing after I hit that by accident and it went through with no confirmation.

And then there is the fact that after a game in MVP you have to choose "quit" to go back to the menu system, which to me feels like I won't get credit for this game.

And then there are the obnoxious one liners from the announcers in MVP. I can't imaging how QA would let that level or repetition be present in a released game.

And then.... ugh I could go on forever.

Fact is EA puts out some shitty games as of late and I'm not anxious to further support their exclusivity practices nor the treatment of their programmers. I think I'll just go outside and play these sports myself.

]]> By: crutan http://nslog.com/2005/08/30/madden_2006#comment-16702 crutan Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:59:43 +0000 http://nslog.com/2005/08/30/madden_2006/#comment-16702 Amen to that. Been playing it for a few days now, and you're definitely right about the kicking game and the general UI nastiness. 2k5 had much better presentation as well, I mean come on, EA, gimme a half-time show, instead of just a plain old stats menu! I think EA just got lazy this year. Everyone who wants to play with current rosters will be buying their game, so they don't have to cram features in there. Amen to that. Been playing it for a few days now, and you're definitely right about the kicking game and the general UI nastiness. 2k5 had much better presentation as well, I mean come on, EA, gimme a half-time show, instead of just a plain old stats menu!

I think EA just got lazy this year. Everyone who wants to play with current rosters will be buying their game, so they don't have to cram features in there.

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