EA\'s Pathetic Effort For PS3

When I loaded up Madden 07 for PS3 for the first time I expected something new...When I played Madden 2001 for PS2 for the first time you could see the player\'s hair,  eyes mouth, mouth pieces,  emotions.  You could see the rain drops. Lots of new things.  New things the PS1 version didnt have.

There is nothing new on PS3

It feels like there may be less

I was expecting pileups,  something neat with the weather,  like better snow ande rain effects,  anything.  But there is nothing new.  Just more detailed stadiums and more detailed but not more realistic faces for the players.

NFS Carbon shouldnt be allowed to be a PS3 game.

To put my and other\'s thoughts together simply:

PS2 Madden is 50x better then PS1 Madden both gameplay and graphics wise

PS3 madden is just slighty ahead of PS2 Madden,  ONLY in the graphics department

For both PS3 and 360 Madden 07 got 7.9 from gamespot.com

For PS2 and Xbox Madden 07 got 8.1

Why do last generation games get better ratings for the same game that is on next generation consoles that are 50 times stronger then the last generation consoles?

Hopefully people will learn like me and others and stop being a sheep that mindlessly buys the new Madden game every year.  I was OK with small steps every year after 2001 madden because the jump was so huge but after such a small jump to the next generation to me this has become unacceptable.

Stop trying to sound philsophical, it\'s annoying.  The reason they got rated better is because next gen forms were focused on making a new graphics engine as opposed to implimenting all the various gametypes.  Meanwhile reviewers eat up all those gametypes and dock the new gen forms for not having them.  I know EA is lazy so spare me on that.

If you were really expecting something that would blow your mind in difference you\'re a fool.  Maybe in 08 or 09 Madden (actually NCAA is better)

[Viper_Fujax]

to me, madden started with their foot in the ground with madden 06. The game was one of the many first sports games pushed to release in time for the 360 and it was a joke of a game. I mean..the achievements are like "get a first down" "score a touchdown"..stupid bs like that. I know achievements arent the game but it just sets the tone.

If im a sheep for enjoying playing a game (that i payed for) and at the same time it\'s pissing you off, then that\'s just putting icing on the cake

In other news..EA finally fixed the major lag online. There\'s still a little delay, but before it was ridiculous playing people on the east coast for me (west coast players were fine). Hopefully they can keep that going for the next maddens

Just got the latest issue of Game Informer

What do you know,  there is a whole page in it dedicated to EA sports and whether or not they are \'declining\'

The article features graphs showing how the ratings of EA\'s sports games have dropped over the past few years.  The magazine and I both agree Madden 2004 was the best Madden for the last generation,  and that ever since Madden 2005 the series has declined every year.

It also talks about how a group of NBA Live 07 PC gamers are boycotting EA.  Apparently the last straw was when EA didn\'t bother to program the AI to bench its starting players at any point throughout the game...

[Viper_Fujax]

why not just like...not buy EA stuff

2k basketball is awesome so theres no point in even mentioning nba live. Theres competition and EA is getting clobered in that sport.

football..that wasn\'t EA\'s choice to get the lisence but i guess ull just have to do without. 2k is going to make a football game eventually, they just wont have the names and teams

I just want my MVP baseball (aka Triple Play) back.  I miss that series, to me it was the best damn sports series.  F 2k for buying the baseball license, that\'s the one thing I really liked from EA.


Live used to be hot, but they started going a weird route which made it a weird game to me in transition.

I agree with a lot that has been said in this thread about Madden.  After 2004, I veered off to ESPN 2k5 which was half the price and a lot more fun.  That\'s when they dropped the bomb that football is gonna be exclusive to EA.  

BTW, where\'s Madden in this year\'s Madden? lol I played a couple of quarters (PS3) and didn\'t hear him once.


Currently I\'m playing my 360 that I recently purchased and am enjoying NHL 07 and NBA 2k7 which are both really good games.