so just like the NFL? :p

Not really. Guys in the NFL wrap up and tackle. Guys in Madden run into each other fall over like bowling pins.

Fifa is almost flawless. Oh how I wish Madden was the same.

maybe the based the tackling animation on Deion Sanders.

Actually, the Madden 13 demo was a build from around E3. The gamechanger crew has retail copies, and their threads with videos over at Operation Sports show the game play is MUCH tuned from the demo.

Thanks for playing, though.

Some Chiefs action retail version.

*woops, thanks for fixing!

Ummm... [youtube] isn't a valid tag..... I fixed it in the quote.

Defense bailing Cassel out... what else is new?

after watching that video I see that bullshit where the guy should get a sack, the QB makes a "pass" where the ball just goes 2 feet bobbling in the air. I hated that shit so much. NOT BUYING

You know signing a licensing agreement and a monopoly are not even close to the same thing right? It's bad for football gamers yes but it's not close to a monopoly.

Where is the disconnect between Madden and monopoly?

The NFL put their game up to be exclusive all companies had the right to bid on it, EA chose to pay the most. It would be like saying the NFL has a monopoly with Directv. All of the exclusive deals make the NFL more money and hurt competition but they also aren't monopolies.

I guess I don't understand how 1 company has exclusive rights to supply a product isn't a monopoly. That's like the very definition of the word.

From that video and playing the demo, I'm not impressed. O-Line blocking animation looks shitty, and it took Jaamal almost 4 seconds to run not even 30 yards

All sports leagues can sign exclusive rights to 1 company if they choose to. Matter of fact 2k just had an exclusive deal for baseball but the reason the show existed is because in those deals the console producer could also make a game.

So start praying for microsoft or sony football I guess. Truth be told if they put it up for exclusive license again, EA will win it again. No company in their right mind is gonna pay huge money to outbid EA and then have to start from scratch on a series they haven't touched in years.