Madden 2012

[MTK]

They've got some serious updating to do with that roster, sheesh

There must be at least a dozen guys that aren't on the team anymore lol

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

They've got some serious updating to do with that roster, sheesh

There must be at least a dozen guys that aren't on the team anymore lol

By my count 19 players cut or traded, and 2 moved to other positions (Keiland Williams, Mike Sellers)

[MTK]

Surely that can't be the roster that will be shipped with the game. Guess it doesn't matter much anyway, the first update will take care of that.

[MTK]

Madden 11 stunk, but based on the demo and reviews from people who played it at E3, I think M12 has a chance to be pretty good.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Madden 11 stunk, but based on the demo and reviews from people who played it at E3, I think M12 has a chance to be pretty good.

I will not be suckered in with the demo for the 3rd year in a row Demo got me in trouble the last two years.

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Madden 11 stunk, but based on the demo and reviews from people who played it at E3, I think M12 has a chance to be pretty good.

Hopefully it's gonna be better than NCAA 12. I've found this game to be riddled with glitches. To the point of where dynasty mode is almost unplayable. For right now you can't even edit named rosters, because as soon as you touch anything about them, their tendency changes. Have a scrambling quarterback? Better not change his gear, because as soon as you do, he's going to be balanced. Have a balanced RB? Well he's gonna be power as soon as you're doing changing his face.

I mean, I like screwing with the edit appearances option, because nobody wants to have 11 clones on the field.. Okay well at least I don't. So when I'm bored, I'll tinker with their faces. Problem number 1... is that tendency issue. Problem number 2 is sometimes there are more faces than others, it just seems to be whenever the computer feels like giving me more options. Light skin tone actually has 20 options but 9 times out of 10 you're only gonna get 7. Dark skin tone has 55 opitons.. but normally you're just gonna get 10.

Drives me up the damn wall.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

Hopefully it's gonna be better than NCAA 12. I've found this game to be riddled with glitches. To the point of where dynasty mode is almost unplayable. For right now you can't even edit named rosters, because as soon as you touch anything about them, their tendency changes. Have a scrambling quarterback? Better not change his gear, because as soon as you do, he's going to be balanced. Have a balanced RB? Well he's gonna be power as soon as you're doing changing his face.

I mean, I like screwing with the edit appearances option, because nobody wants to have 11 clones on the field.. Okay well at least I don't. So when I'm bored, I'll tinker with their faces. Problem number 1... is that tendency issue. Problem number 2 is sometimes there are more faces than others, it just seems to be whenever the computer feels like giving me more options. Light skin tone actually has 20 options but 9 times out of 10 you're only gonna get 7. Dark skin tone has 55 opitons.. but normally you're just gonna get 10.

Drives me up the damn wall.

I heard a patch is in the works for that.

[Skins4L]

Hall an 86? EA has to watch more tape.

And Santana an 85? 90+ Receptions over 1000 but an 85.

Oh well.
At least we have two 90 safetys. And im sure in a franchise mode Fletch is ready to retire any year but on the other hand Orakpos 88 is an easy 90 in one year of offseason progression.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Skins4L

Hall an 86? EA has to watch more tape.

And Santana an 85? 90+ Receptions over 1000 but an 85.

Oh well.
At least we have two 90 safetys. And im sure in a franchise mode Fletch is ready to retire any year but on the other hand Orakpos 88 is an easy 90 in one year of offseason progression.

Eh, EA Sports rating crew fits my new word of the month, a bunch of blowhards. Only praise I have for them is them relying a little less on the "friends of EA sports" system, where guys that were buddy buddy with the producers and developers always seemed to get higher ratings. Still exist but seems much less prevalent these days.

[MTK]

The ratings will never be perfect. But with the weekly updates they can at least be more fluid.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

The ratings will never be perfect. But with the weekly updates they can at least be more fluid.

Try playing NHL 11. Rating updates come in whenever EA feels like it. And if a key guy is out for a few games when they do the new ratings then tough crap. There were parts of the season where I had to play online with Tyler Sloan for weeks at a time even though he only played in two games or something leading to the roster update. They also didn't even take the time to update Neuvirth in terms of ratings from an AHL goalie to an NHL goalie.

Chances are they're probably setting up some pay for update system like FIFA. I know I'm done with Madden, chances are I might be done with NHL as well. FIFA on the other hand can still be fun.

[skinsguy]

I have the NCAA 12 demo on the PS3. Just haven't found the time to play it yet. I usually skip every other year in Madden. This is my year to buy the new game. I might download that demo too and make sure it's what I'm willing to throw $60+ down for.

[over the mountain]

havent played a min of video games since i stopped doing what gandolf and that hobbit guy were doing in the first lord of the rings movie in the begginging where the hobbit blew a smoke ring then gandolf the wizard blew a smoke ship throught the smoke ring . . . i used to play about an hour a day on work nights then a good 3 hours every sat and sunday morning. miss those days, this will probably be the first time since madden came out that i wont buy the new version . . really sucks.

[That Guy]

its too bad they ditched the pc... i still have 2008, it's been modded quite a bit and the roster updates are accurate, on time, and fair, more or less.

[MTK]

Anyone else get the early release of Madden 12?

It's definitely a good game, and not just a roster update. Franchise mode has been totally revamped.