{"id":3088,"date":"2010-08-10T05:38:54","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T10:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3088"},"modified":"2010-08-10T05:38:54","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T10:38:54","slug":"madden-11-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/08\/10\/madden-11-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"Madden 11 Ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Amazon\u2019s Prime service, with release day shipping to my door, Madden 11 should be waiting on me by the time I get home.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently there are a lot of mixed emotions about this year\u2019s installment on the various boards and blogs that cover such things as glitches in QB throwing motion animation sequences.  I kid you not; Madden releases are serious business.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time I would keep the previous version of Madden (or any other sports game for that matter) so I would have an option if the new version sucked (or contained some serious flaw).  I would also use the older version as a point of reference; i.e. research what was improved, revisit how some previous feature worked, and other nutty stuff that I did as a game reviewer.  Besides, I \u201ccollected\u201d games \u2013 what a loser.  These days I typically try to time throwing a sports game like Madden 10 on eBay to capitalize on the fact that the game is not fully discounted at retail and the new version is still a few months out.  So if Madden 11 contains some major issue that was not in Madden 10, there is really no going back.<\/p>\n<p>In the end I think things will be OK.  The developers will address any serious flaws or bugs in the inevitable patch(es), and the player ratings and rosters will be adjusted a couple of times during the season.  After playing the demo I hope items like piss poor punt return blocking and lack of quality kickoff returns will be addressed in the first gameplay patch.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for an overhaul in the franchise system, that is not going to happen this year.  After reading some of the comments from the producer, I am not sure if an overhaul of the franchise mode will ever see the light of day; apparently only a small, but very vocal minority of gamers care about such things as salary caps, owner mode, player rating progressions, and how the CPU handles trades, free agent signings, and the like.<\/p>\n<p>I will be happy if I manage to get in a couple of games tonight.  Typical \u201ctake these comments with a box of rock salt\u201d impressions and comments forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Madden everyone!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Amazon\u2019s Prime service, with release day shipping to my door, Madden 11 should be waiting on me by the time I get home. 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