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Barely rentable
posted by mattr25 (PHOENIX, AZ) Aug 13, 2010
Member since Dec 2006
At first this looks to be a good Madden game, I mean finally it's been three years. Until you start playing, the game when you are not the be the pro guy big time blows chunks, there is no defense, there is no point to trying to play defense. Offensively it is simple, pass the ball, the gameflow is worthless for defense, not just because there is no defense. It touts it being authentic and what real teams would do, defensively speaking, it picks the wrong play every time.
Granted there is no defense to speak of anyway, however watching a guy running an extra 15-20 yeards because there was no defender gets old really fast. Offensively it picks the absolute worst plays every time, well close anyway. Need three yards on third down, run up the middle when they are stacked for exactly that. 1st and 10 on the opponent 11, long pass.
When you are doing be a pro mode, be ready to watch alot of video because you can't skip very well. When you are out there it's not bad after the play it sets again and lets you go to play fairly quickly, time out or big play you have to watch a video for twenty seconds. There is no commentator to speak of, generally best to play muted. There is practice and pre season scrimmage that are totally pointless after the first time when you see what you are doing.
The controls are not that bad, no speed burst which is really a non issue it does it for you. Graphically it's leaps and bounds beyond NCAA of this year, not that it is hard. Gameplay wise, there is no reason to do multiplayer, there's no defense, offense is simply pass. Be the pro isn't really much better, the gameflow nonsense is still there and ruins the play calling, the only upside is being a defender and actually making a difference. If your offense even plays of course. Offensively speaking the only viable position is QB because you can audible, with not very many plays. Slant up the middle is all you need really, there's still no defense.
Granted there is no defense to speak of anyway, however watching a guy running an extra 15-20 yeards because there was no defender gets old really fast. Offensively it picks the absolute worst plays every time, well close anyway. Need three yards on third down, run up the middle when they are stacked for exactly that. 1st and 10 on the opponent 11, long pass.
When you are doing be a pro mode, be ready to watch alot of video because you can't skip very well. When you are out there it's not bad after the play it sets again and lets you go to play fairly quickly, time out or big play you have to watch a video for twenty seconds. There is no commentator to speak of, generally best to play muted. There is practice and pre season scrimmage that are totally pointless after the first time when you see what you are doing.
The controls are not that bad, no speed burst which is really a non issue it does it for you. Graphically it's leaps and bounds beyond NCAA of this year, not that it is hard. Gameplay wise, there is no reason to do multiplayer, there's no defense, offense is simply pass. Be the pro isn't really much better, the gameflow nonsense is still there and ruins the play calling, the only upside is being a defender and actually making a difference. If your offense even plays of course. Offensively speaking the only viable position is QB because you can audible, with not very many plays. Slant up the middle is all you need really, there's still no defense.
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