Madden is still Madden
posted by SkaVeNgeR (CHICAGO, IL) Sep 25, 2011
Member since Jan 2005
Without any competition whatsoever its hard to determine if Madden is the best simulation football experience since it's the ONLY game of its kind. This year's edition has made some upgrades with player tackling, franchise, and several other areas. There are still some issues with mechanics. For example, if you've got a few steps on a defender and you throw the ball ahead of the WR, the defender can still bat the ball down and in some plays get an INT. It's impossible and down right irritating. The player tackling has been improved in the sense that you can hit a player being gabbed already but on the back end of that, you can chase a guy down and yank him back which is unrealistic. They also have pretty much eliminated breaking tackles for a big gain. You can break them, but will most likely get tackled right after. The AI still makes very dumb moves which allows big plays or causes you to miss big plays (not playing the coverage correctly on defense, linemen won't block, etc.). It has a realistic feel overall despite some of the flaws that they continue to work on. I give it a 7 out of 10 because it is really good football game but still has some work to do to be a complete simulation.
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