No Madden NFL 13 Super Bowl Halftime Blog

[KBLover]

Quote: Originally Posted by Big FN Deal

Nothing is accomplished in one cycle, whether that's making a top notch simulation or a casual friendly arcade game. So as disappointed as we all might be with this generation of Madden as a whole, there is little doubt Madden began trending towards increased realism for M10 and M12 seemed to double down on that last year. Considering that, a simple tweet about "we're coming out big this year", in relation to M13 seems like a potentially Big F'n Deal for increased authenticity, imo.

Thing is...why was M11 NOT what M12 was now and then M12 what M13 is supposedly going to be? Why did M11 step back even though it was under the same leadership as M10?

If they can "skip a year" with M11, who says M13 won't "skip a year" and the M14 pick up the M12 torch "full sprint".

I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'm saying the skeptics aren't either.

And if nothing is accomplished on a cycle...perhaps we should just wait until the cycle where everything is set and finished and buy THAT game?

[KBLover]

Quote: Originally Posted by huskerwr38

I don't buy that excuse that memory is holding them back. Look at what other sports games are able to accomplish with the 360/PS3, FIFA, NBA 2k, NHL, MLB: The Show. Those games are WAY ahead of Madden in terms of gameplay, animation, player interaction, and just everything else. Just face it Madden is holding back Madden. Heck, Madden isn't even to the level that it was last gen.

Agreed - it's the code, not the platform. If they are running into memory or whatever else issues, they need to streamline the code and memory management.

The lags in M12 for just changing menus is insane. That's not because the PS3 is too weak to handle menus.

[Big FN Deal]

Quote: Originally Posted by KBLover

Thing is...why was M11 NOT what M12 was now and then M12 what M13 is supposedly going to be? Why did M11 step back even though it was under the same leadership as M10? If they can "skip a year" with M11, who says M13 won't "skip a year" and the M14 pick up the M12 torch "full sprint". I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'm saying the skeptics aren't either. And if nothing is accomplished on a cycle...perhaps we should just wait until the cycle where everything is set and finished and buy THAT game?

I don't want to make a long drawn out post about all the subtle and seemingly blatant signs for me believing it's different for M13 but I will state this. For the longest time prior to M10 many people had complained about the hype train and how EA wouldn't tell gamers upfront what not to expect in the next Madden. However, right when all the marketing hype was getting started for M11, we were told upfront that there would be little to no offline/online franchise changes but that it would be a major focus for M12.

I tend to believe that businesses for the most part don't have humanistic traits but that they trend, one way or another. So looking at the recent Madden trend of seeming to avoid over selling when knowingly about to under deliver and the legacy next gen Madden trend of the uniform message espoused by EA, which currently seems to be authenticity, being the vision for how the game is made, M13 should be another substantial upgrade, imo.

[Broncos86]

Quote: Originally Posted by Big FN Deal

However, right when all the marketing hype was getting started for M11, we were told upfront that there would be little to no offline/online franchise changes but that it would be a major focus for M12.

Exactly. They were very open and upfront about what to expect for M11.

[SoAwesome]

How shocking.

[TheTruth437]

"We're coming out BIG this year!"

Let's hope so.

[Goblowsoup]

Cool, hope it will be big. Like to see them fix the major legacy issues like warping DB's, Super LB's etc. Also would like to see them bring back the authentic stadium sounds. I know it costs money for music, but if they can get something similar or just the audio with now lyrics would be cool to me. NBA2k pulls off the sounds for each stadium and I'm sure those have copyright issues there. Would also like to see them fix blocking and the pass game, I think this years pass game suffered greatly with new defensive AI. But I'm not really upset with this years game, it was decent...just hoping coming out BIG is really BIG and stuns us all.

[Jamake1005]

Haven't bought madden in years. Got Madden 12 for free. Returned it two weeks later. Never again. I'm so sick of the garbage that Madden release every year and ppl run out and buy and then defend the garbage. No thank you. What madden 13 we will say players name correctly and not call them by numbers. DB's will stop morphing through and running Wr routes before the Wr even finishes his route. Not Trolling but this game has been complete garbage for years.