In any event, the series needs a shot of personality, and EA Sports only need look at its college football game on the consoles to see how to get it. Visually, it looks pretty much just like last year's game, although there are new animations sprinkled in here and there.
That's not to say the game looks bad; in fact, the only thing missing is dirty uniforms. If you play in the rain or snow, the uniforms look brand spanking new throughout the game. The gameplay, while familiar, remains tight, and a few improvements make things a bit more interesting.
EA's new "Playmaker" system isn't the revolutionary advance it's touted to be, but it adds a nice twist. Playmaker allows you to adjust things on the fly before and after the ball is snapped; you can change the direction of a play once you view the defensive scheme, instruct your defense to anticipate a run or a pass, add more hot routes to receivers, and even instruct blockers during a play.
Other gameplay improvements include slightly improved defensive AI especially on deep passes , better downfield blocking, and a more realistic passing model in that you cannot drop back 20 yards and expect to complete a lot of throws. The game forces you to stay -- and step up -- in the pocket. Most of the new features this year are off the field, and unfortunately this is where Madden continues to languish.
The franchise mode is certainly more robust and is loaded to the rim with options, but numerous problems remain which make long-term play a real problem.
The primary stumbling block is that the roster management AI remains woefully underdeveloped. This has always been an issue with Madden's franchise mode, but with the addition of the new owner's mode one would think that some of these old problems would go away. They haven't. There are numerous examples of the scatterbrained AI; many rookies are placed higher on the depth chart than established veterans.
Don't be surprised if Denver drafts a quarterback and benches Jake Plummer, regardless of how well Jake did in Wide receiver Keenan McCardell was sent to 4 on the depth chart in Tampa Bay in , despite being highly rated, and a rookie wideout rated much lower than McCardell was starting alongside of Keyshawn Johnson throughout the course of the entire season.
These types of examples are commonplace in the game, and while the AI will usually start a star player rated 90 or higher , solid players are not safe from being demoted in order to play a youngster. If the developers want teams to play young players in place of aging veterans that's fine, but the veterans in question should at least show signs of slowing down. A slew of players retire when they are still at the top of their game.
Why would a player who is 36 years old but rated a 91 overall hang 'em up? If this were a rare occurrence Barry Sanders it would make sense, but each year several high 80 to low rated players retire for no other reason than they reach an age that the game deems as "retirement friendly.
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