Madden 2006

So far Madden has been getting a lot of heat from reviews (IGN, Gamespots, etc.) and is slowly getting the title of "The First Madden Game that did not exceed the previous" (yeah, quite the long title)...

First off, there ARE new player animations, I just got done with about a 4 hour sitting and noticed new tackles, so I don\'t know what the fuck the reviewers are talking about. Also, I am going to backhand the next crybaby who just can\'t stand the new   Vision and Precision gameplay. So many people are butthurt over learning something new, something that just adds more depth and strategy when playing against human opponents, online, and All-Madden. I\'m already starting to get the hang of it, like everything, practice makes perfect.

My only gripe is them changing the X and O buttons on defense, so I\'m still finding myself cycling through players backwards and changing them when I want to sprint, and vice versa. Either way, something I can adjust to.

I\'m not going to say that EA did the best that they could do with Madden 06\', but I will say that the game has made as many significant changes as it did from 04\' to 05\'.

I want my god damn 2k6 and I want it now!

Monopolizing sucks!

They switched up the controls on NCAA also, you\'ll get used to it after a couple days of playing.

[Viper_Fujax]

i like it more than 05...i HATED 05 with a passion.

im also pretty tired of hearing about how bad the qb vision thing is. Manning is huge because of his awareness..how did that play into the game before? never did...now they implemented it in a system people have to get used to.

i also hate that they switched the sprint button on D..no point in it. And holding R2 is tough with switching players with the cone especially if u want to pass to R1 really quick. And holding L1 er L2 to sprint can be kind of a pain

Time for my one post every six months.

The default controls suck, however, if you pause the game and choose controller layout, you can pick the 05 settings.

[Viper_Fujax]

does it keep X as sprint on offense for running with the QB? or does it tuck the ball? cuz triangle is a reciever instead of X.

and does it keep the cone and stuff thats new?

Yeah I was really considering just changing the controller setup, but for the sake of conveniently playing pickup games I decided I\'d just get used to the new default controls.

I\'ve gotten frusterated a few times with switching the cone using R2, its so fucking slow... I\'m starting to get into the habit of using the right analog as another control that moves my neck.

I guess its probably not too bright to be getting used to all of this using the 49ers (Alex Smith doesn\'t have much awareness), but I\'m hoping in the end it makes me that much better.

Bring back 2k!

no

mm... you are a fan of madden?

i\'m a fan of sports games, you can\'t say the same?

of course i am.  but what is the problem with a little competition to keep madden in check?

check?

they gonna change it into some fruity soccer game when noone watching?

they might slack off knowing people will buy the game cuz it is the only professional american football title on the market.  update the rosters and add a new gimmick.  that is all they really need to do to keep selling.  before, with competition, they would need to do more.

I dunno, even with ESPN2k around, all Madden really did every year was update rosters, few new tackle animations, and one new gimmick anyways.

People (mostly non-football fans, and faggots) still give me shit about paying 50 dollars a year for new rosters, and I really have no problem with that. Especially considering last year the only games I bought were Madden and NCAA.