Madden 2013

[SnakeXJones]

Its an improvement over 12 and i kinda like the physics but it looks awkward at times but some animations look good

[Aspengc8]

Hopefully they fix the rubbery animations. I have season pass so I'll report in next friday when I get to try the final build.

[bgguitarman]

I downloaded and played a game on the Vita last night. Giants vs. Patriots was the only option. I found the controls were responsive. You can use the touchscreen on the Vita to "draw" routes for the receivers prior to the play which was cool. Overall it looked and played really nice on the Vita.

[KCrockaholic]

ALL about connected careers mode..

Insane amount of information.

http://vassets.ea.com/Assets/Resourc...eersManual.pdf

But it looks AMAZING.

[KCrockaholic]

In. Sane.

[lcarus]

Originally Posted by KCrockaholic

In. Sane.

Yeah i had that happen once. Awesome. As long as its rare, and ive seen it happen once in like 8 games so thats a good sign.

[Dayze]

Is EA trying to simulate the action that goes on around the pile when defenders are trying to make a play?

[jd1020]

Not impressed with the demo. Game just feels slow. Haven't really seen any "realistic" looking tackles. Guys just run into each other and fall down.

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by jd1020

Not impressed with the demo. Game just feels slow. Haven't really seen any "realistic" looking tackles. Guys just run into each other and fall down.

so just like the NFL?

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by Dayze

so just like the NFL?

Not really. Guys in the NFL wrap up and tackle. Guys in Madden run into each other fall over like bowling pins.

[Demonpenz]

Fifa is almost flawless. Oh how I wish Madden was the same.

[Dayze]

maybe the based the tackling animation on Deion Sanders.

[Bump]

after watching that video I see that bullshit where the guy should get a sack, the QB makes a "pass" where the ball just goes 2 feet bobbling in the air. I hated that shit so much. NOT BUYING

[Sorter]

From that video and playing the demo, I'm not impressed. O-Line blocking animation looks shitty, and it took Jaamal almost 4 seconds to run not even 30 yards

[bowener]

It isn't a monopoly. Mecca is correct. No, I am not a lawyer, nor do I claim to be. This just simply isn't a monopoly. EA bought the rights to use NFL names/images. 2K can go out and make a football game that looks similar to EA's madden if they wish (just not too similar), they just don't have permission to use any trademarked images/names the NFL owns.

Hell, 2K can probably make a game that is called "Pro Football 2013", which has 32 teams in 31 cities (2 in NYC), each active roster would have 53 men, etc... as long as they don't have a team in Arizona called the "Arizona Cardinals". They can have a team in KC as long as it is something like, "the KC Cherokees" or something. I'm not sure if they could use the same NFL color schemes for each team tho.

I'm surprised somebody like 2K hasn't made this game where the owners of the game are allowed to customize everything, including editing images/rosters/player names, stadium names, etc. I know they wouldn't make much money on it being a yearly release since you could just edit the previous one to play like a new game.

Originally Posted by Bump

that's a horrible comparison. Say 3 companies were making football games before this monopoly deal they made with EA. EA, 2K and Sega all made football games and had built a business around these football games. Well this deal forces 2K and Sega to shut down immediately and not allowed to continue to make money so that only one company can make money. That's creating a monopoly.

Sega and 2K can make another pro football simulator if they wish, they just can't use anything trademarked by the NFL.

Do you think Warner Bros. has a monopoly over Batman films? They own the exclusive rights to produce Batman films. I'm sure FOX would love to be able to make a Batman film, but unfortunately they do not have the exclusive rights to do so... much like Sega/2K.