Madden NFL 10 – Xbox 360
- A revamped play calling system and menu options that take you to kickoff faster than ever before and speed up online matches with accelerated clocks, presentation and more.
- Pro-Tak animation technology providing unprecedented control over the outcome of every play via the dragging and dropping of players, a new blocking system and more.
- The most comprehensive list of online offerings in franchise history, including new modes like online co-op, to satisfy the needs of every football gamer.
- New TV broadcast-style presentation and cinematic cameras bring the suspense and intensity of the NFL to your living room.
- Enhanced franchise mode allowing you to draft players, sign free agents, manage the salary cap – just like a real GM.
Every Sunday in the NFL, an epic battle rages between the offense and defense. Every play is a struggle, with each side relentlessly pursuing every single yard. In Madden NFL 10, you will join the fight and experience first-hand what it’s like to Fight For Every Yard. With the all-new Pro-Tak animation technology, you will have more control over the outcome of a play than ever before. Whether driving your receiver towards the first down, or battling for a fumble at the bottom of a pile, the
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And I thought they’d got it right.,
After Madden 2007’s animation, animation, animation, fall over experience, I couldn’t bring myself to buy 2008. I bought 2009 because a friend told me how much better it was. After all 2008’s complaints about how easy offense was, they turned the DB’s and LB’s speed and jumping ability to ridiculous levels, causing there to be about 6 INT’s per game. This knee-jerk reaction and thus, overcompensation each year to whatever the largest complaint was has always seemed par for the course when dealing with a Madden game. Whatever. I just want to play an NFL game.
So the Madden 10 demo came out and I was impressed by the game play. “Wow, it actually kind of looks like football,” I said. So I did it. I dropped $60 more into the EA bucket just to have the privilege to play an NFL game. The game play this year IS, I uphold, the best, most realistic that the Madden franchise has ever made. Yes, they made the players slower, and it made a lot of fans mad, but it’s realistic. Nobody runs 10 yards in 0.5 seconds. At any rate, kudos on the in-game experience.
However, I play sports games to play franchise mode. I like trades, free agency, and the draft. Unfortunately, due to EA’s desire to become the most evil corporation ever, franchise mode is not, at ALL, an enjoyable experience. You see, the “Madden Shop” has been created, where you can buy “cheats,” which are really just parts of the game that existed last year which were disabled so that EA can make more money.
-You want the ability to fully scout players? You can pay 99 cents for a scout at EACH POSITION. Awesome. I’d LOVE to throw down 10 more bucks just to have access to the rest of your game.
-You want players to progress faster? 99 cents per position.
-Superstar mode is the same. You can’t train anymore. You can pay to improve.
-Pretty much anything you can think of… healing injuries faster, extra scouting reports, etc, you can pay 99 cents to improve.
Really, EA? Buying out the competition wasn’t enough for you? This whole system seems like such a joke to me. Do they honestly think it’s going to work? I guess the question is, are Madden fans really stupid enough to use the Madden Shop?
This will, I can say with confidence, be the last Madden game I purchase.
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|Another baffling entry in the Madden series,
If the last few entries in the Madden series did not exist, then this version would probably impress me much more. As other reviewers have noted, it seems that almost nothing has changed in core gameplay except for a few mini-game button mashing sequences. The reason I am only giving this game 3 stars, though, is that other parts of the game that contributed to my enjoyment in past versions have been changed or stripped out without reason. The playcalling menus are now harder to use, particularly in terms of substitution packages. You no longer have the ability to train players, making the preseason almost completely pointless and taking a way a fun weekly activity in the game to keep the franchise mode moving forward. Little changes like this may mean nothing to some gamers, but for me make this game less fun and compelling than last year’s version. On top of that the presentation has not improved – the game feels rough around the edges, there are bugs, the play-by-play remains terrible, etc. I wish I could return it.
I should note that I do not play online, so this review is not intended as a reflection of that mode. As a single-player experience, Madden 10 is one step forward and three steps back for those who play every year. If you don’t have anything to judge it against, it’s probably a pretty satisfying football experience. If you own Madden 09 and play primarily single-player, this is a roster update at best. Very frustrating given the strong work that some of the other EA Sports development teams have done with their franchises.
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|EA finally looks to get this franchise right,
Control – You play one Madden, you have played them all nothing new here.
Graphics – Stadiums are rendered nicely as always with great lighting…a little more attention has been paid to the helmet reflections, however most of the faces on the players look busted as always.
Sound – a big improvement on the overall crowd sound as now you can hear individual voices call out during the game….something 2K series has done for years. On the other hand the commentary from Hammond and Collinsworth still sounds (and uses lines) from last year with some of the phrases that repeats (especially the one about the WRs catching the balls in pitch black) but again, I will take this over ESPN radio any day!
Presentation- Kind of a mixed bag but I am liking it more than I hate it. While EA finally gave you a feel like you are watching the game with all of the nice cutaways to the crowd and facts…a few things still needed to be fixed in order for this to be the complete game that 2K5 is.
– Halftime show improvements – Ok ok…yeah we finally got one but how about doing a Chris Berman-esque voice over as the best plays are being replayed…worse yet how about all of the highlights are out of order?
– The pregame show – Thank you for putting it in!!! But guess what EA!! Another 2K5 steal that you dropped the ball on! When showing highlights from other games…SHOW.HIGHLIGHTS.FROM.OTHER.GAMES. if a 6 year old game can show you 1 or 2 plays from another game or even from my own, then you guys should be able to do it too! Also get rid of Alex…I am sure there are more people male or female that can act as if they are in the game better than her!
– I do like the fact that the AI is more active in signing players and making sensible signings, nothing like going thru a whole season and seeing the free agency just be static.
– Ahhh yeah!! before I forget, the tackling animations look a lot more realistic and so far I have seen 4 5 and 6 man tackles. Slightly glitchy in a few spots but otherwise it’s a step forward.
– Franchise mode has improved with team actually signing some players that were needed instead of going a whole season with many free agents just sitting static on the FA wire. Also you can’t really rob the AI out of trades and draft picks as in earlier versions
Some of the little things that I have seen that makes the game a little more worthwhile:
– the chain gang
– refs getting run over
– refs meeting and confirming the TD
– players being carted off after an injury
– so far 3 different crowd screens
– coaches arguing with refs about penalties
– players clowning around on the sidelines.
– better crowd reaction to plays
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Gameplay
– To ME…gameplay hasn’t changed all that much as far as AI and skill, you are either good at this game or you suck…just my opinion
– There are more varied player animations this time around and thankfully so far not a lot of repeat animations although as perviously mentioned you may get a really funky animation glitch but not so bad as to crash the game
– Accuracy of the stats… it depends on how YOU play the game and the time that you set it for.
– Is there a lot of gang tackling? NO…every tackle is NOT a gamg tackle but you do tend to see more defenders play towards whomever has the ball. It does look more realistic.
– Fight for the Fumble…i have only had it occur exactly 2 times…cheap…and arcadey and I believe actually, you can turn it off.
– In game ticker: Nothing makes you play a little harder than seeing how well other teams are doing throughout the course of your game…it’s till not here EA…fix this!!!
So, really this isn’t the year to be skeptical. It’s improved a lot over the last 2 iterations but still has a few more steps now to go before it completely makes me forget about 2K5.
And actually, when all is said and done, it’s really sad when you still can compare a new football game with a game that is 6 years old and last gen.
On a larger scale of 1 to 10 I would give this an 8.
Addenum: Buying cheats? EA…bad move…
Will I have to buy Michael Vick too?
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