Archive for the ‘Madden’ Category
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Madden 11 Hits and Misses
With Madden 11 out for two weeks now and having let some of my initial feelings settle with additional play-time I thought it would be interesting to isolate some of the accomplishments in the game along with some areas that it whiffed on. I've listed out what I perceive to be the top five hits and top five misses for Madden 11. In addition to this make sure to check out my full impressions and online impressions which present more comprehensive reports on the game. Continue on to check out th...
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Madden 11 Gets Online Quitting Fix
EA Sports released an update yesterday that changed the way wins and losses are reported online in Madden 11. One of the big issues so far with online play had been the ability for quitting to take place in the first half of ranked games and at any point in Madden Ultimate Team games with no penalty in the way of a loss being tagged to the quitter and no win being presented to the person quit on. Now quitters will receive a loss no matter when they depart a ranked game and those quit on wil...
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Madden 11 Struggling to Meet Sales Expectations?
I've seen quite a bit of chatter today regarding some thoughts that initial indications are the sales for Madden 11 have been disappointing. At this point there is absolutely no concrete data to suggest sales are down. However this CNBC article seems to have stirred up discussion by making some purely unsubstantiated assumptions. While we won't know the official sales numbers for Madden's first month until mid-September there are some things to examine now. (more…)...
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Madden 11 Online Issues Remain Unaddressed
Eight days have passed since the release of Madden 11 and there has still been no official statements regarding the online play related troubles gamers have encountered. As covered in my online impressions the big ones include first half quits in ranked games not penalizing quitters with a loss or those quit on with a win/ability to play CPU out, quits at any point in Madden Ultimate Team ending as though they never happened with no coins being awarded, the ability to play friends or those cha...
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Updates Coming to Madden Ultimate Team
Yesterday a few updates that will be rolling out for Madden 11's Madden Ultimate Team were laid out. It sounds as though they will be arriving in the patch that has been slated to be delivered around the start of the NFL's regular season. Amongst the updates is the ability to view the lineup of teams from the leaderboard, which is pretty neat if you're interested in seeing how other teams are shaped but without the ability to play friends in the mode not sure how many will care about that. ...
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Madden 11 Monumental Comeback in OTP
Last night I got together with Fred and CoreySA to run through a couple games of Online Team Play in Madden 11. The memorable game of the evening included a comeback from down 28-6 late in the 3rd quarter. Though we felt like we were playing decently on both sides of the ball the opposition kept converting third downs. It took us a while but eventually we decided to dial up the pressure and what resulted was a 36-11 swing which included three INT-TDs (all by defensive lineman) and a 42-39 vict...
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Madden NFL 11 Online Impressions
After a few days with Madden 11 online I've put together some impressions covering general ranked/unranked games, the addition of scouting reports, Madden Ultimate Team, and Online Team Play. Overall the online performance seems to be up to par but some design decisions have hurt the overall experience. (more…)...
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Your Thoughts on Madden 11
With Madden 11 now officially out leave your impressions of the game in the comments! I'll be working up an online play report for later this week, however a word of warning in advance. Ranked games don't count if quit out of in the first half. Quitters don't get a loss and those quit on don't get a win or even the chance to play the CPU out for the win (also means no coins earned). This is obviously a huge concern right now to monitor with the online experience taking a huge hit because of it...
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