there must be alot of people who "dont know how to play" then because ive read maybe 30 reviews all saying the exact same thing.. and claiming this game is ass

I love that EA Sports is finally prioritizing the efforts to make Madden NFL look like real football, but it comes up short in those important spots. Other sports games are lightyears ahead of Madden 25 here, and while it seems like a superfluous thing, it makes a big difference

thats from ign, what ign says GOES

every year every critic says its terrible

every year i play it and love it for a couple months until i get burned out on it.

im a cheap bastard tho and dont have xbox live. so i got madden 13 with the OLD rosters. think lee evans is still on the ravens squad

my only beef with madden 13 was when i start a career it reset the rosters. i spent a whole day updating every roster, trading players and creating guys who werent in the game.

started a career and nothing.

so word i pretty much only buy new maddens for the roster lol

also diode sucks at madden

i was thrashing him when i used a free trial of xbox live and he quit

he will claim he didnt, and that his internet cut out.

we all know the truth

The engine in 25 alone makes it better than 13. it's still not perfect, but 13's rushing attack was garrrrrrrrbage
and I can tell you right now the reviews are bad because A. They haven't liked Madden in a few years or B. They don't play it online.
Like I said most of the changes are for online play

LOL they fixed that shortly after, where you can chose what roster to use before starting career. Unless it's an online career

But its not real football its a video game

That's the beauty of it ... who wants to play a season that's super realistic ... I like realism but realistic is for sundays

Yes. Video games make a mistake by trying to nail realism so perfectly. 98% of gamers couldn't handle realistic defenses or schemes. No gamers are playing MLB The Show at true game speed, because none of them are realistically hitting 98mph fastballs. Realism needs to blend with fun, and I think Madden especially misses that point some years. I haven't regularly played Madden since 2010, I don't think. Had been playing it religiously since '93. It got too easy, for one. Then adjusting sliders felt fixed. Got old.

Okay...but you as the user can make the game realistic or not, it always gives you that option. Always

See we can agree on somethings ...

It's not a mistake to try and hit realism when that's what people want.

That's like saying it'd be a mistake to put onions on a dudes burer if that's what he asked for.

People don't know what they want. They think they do, but they don't. Most people in marketing know this. Certain aspects of the game need to be tweaked, but people like language like, 'The most realistic...' because it sounds like something you'd want.

i want the most realistic football game

madden is definately not that.

its the only football game.