jhartshorn wrote:
As you know I'm new to all things NFL, so no doubt you've all already posted your thoughts, but with Xmas coming and having been a good boy all year (sssh!), I'm wondering whether to go down this route. Just seen trailers and it looks awesome, although I fear I might end up spending 5 hours per day on it, and that'll have to come btw midnight and 6am! :O
I would be more interested in the management side (think it's called 'franchise').
Anyone got any thoughts or experiences of these?
The thing I enjoy most about the NFL and all these games is learning about the 1000's of plays and deciding which to play etc. I love the look of choosing the plays on the game and seeing how they pan out with real 3D players!
Anyway, your thoughts (as scathing as they no doubt will be) would be much appreciated!
jh
I've played Madden since it first came out. Don't miss a Season with it.
You can actually Manage without ever going into a game and 'playing' it... which I do from time to time. I also invite Friends and we'll Manage the games vs. the AI and Play our Head to Head Games, for a mix of who is the best at Management and who is the best at the sticks (controllers).
The issue I have, being a fairly good player, is that there is no realism in Stats. On All-Pro (the 2nd highest difficulty) I'll have 800 Passing or 400 Rushing a game on 10 Minute Quarters and always Win. On All Madden it's much tougher, I will still always Win (even with a Roster full of Rookies via Trade, or the Cleveland Browns) but the Rushing YPC is shot to **** and none of the stats are close to realistic.
Simulating, for the most part, DOES drive realistic stats. So if you want it for a Sim, you'll do well. But if you want it for a Realistic Play... you likely won't get that from any game.
However, there is a bonus. Madden goes VERY DEEP in Tutorial, even breaking down types of Offensive and Defensive Schemes you can practice in Drills. It will TEACH you who the Fill and who the Cutback are on Defense, it will TEACH you what a Cover 2 is, how to play it and how to play against it, it will TEACH you what a Flood Concept is, how to play it and how to play against it... and on and on.
So it would be a much more 'Fun' version of spending 40 bucks for a Football Tutorial on a specific System, where here you can 'have fun' and get a light Tutorial on almost all the NFL Systems.
So for some one wanting to learn, the Drills and Simming your Team will teach you a ton.