A new week and a new post! Ah Super Bowl Sunday! A national pastime and a celebration not only of America's Game but also of our right to sit down, eat tons of food, and watch the biggest game of the year friends and family. As the proud owner of a gaming blog, I cannot imagine a better time to share some advice for football gaming junkies!
As the years have progressed, EA Sports's Madden NFL Football has grown in popularity. However, coming into its 24th year of existence, Madden NFL had been slowing down and had been losing ground to its EA counterpart, NCAA Football. NCAA had surpassed Madden is many ways...until Madden 13 arrived. With a new gaming and graphics engine that applied real-world physics to the game (finally), Madden is ready to take its spot back atop the football gaming universe. With the new engine, plays happen more realistically so the authenticity of the game is astounding and with such realism, there are somethings players may want to know.
First off, the days of a 190-pound wide receiver bulldozing over a 235-pound linebacker are over. Wes Welker isn't about to truck Ray Lewis anymore. The new engine takes everything into account, including height and weight so if a 235-pound linebacker comes screaming at your 190-pound wide receiver, chances are that he's going down. HARD.
Second, when I said the engine takes everything into account, I really mean EVERYTHING! After playing for a few hours on the new Connected Careers mode (it's like Franchise and Superstar modes combined), I noticed that my runningback for the Pittsburgh Steelers would run up the middle and sometimes get tripped up...BY HIS OWN LINEMEN! Gone are the days where tripping over feet or other body parts wasn't a worry. Everything on a player's body can used as a method of tackling so if Peyton Manning decides to step up in the pocket and as he is about to throw, a defensive end comes around and grazes the end of the ball, this could be enough to knock the ball out for a fumble or an incomplete pass, just like in reality.
Now let's revisit the Wes Welker and Ray Lewis example. Just because Lewis has a good angle to tackle Welker, it doesn't mean it's a done deal. Welker can still make him miss by juking or shaking him. Lewis may still get a hand on him but the tackle can still be missed.
The best advice I can offer to any Madden player, is to play as your team would on Sundays. I can't tell you how much it pisses me off when I see someone trying to put the ball in the air all the time when they have an elite runningback, like the Philadelphia Eagles. Michael Vick is not an elite quarterback, especially when it comes to throwing it. LeSean McCoy, however, is an elite runningback in the league and should be used to his strengths, like catching the ball out of the backfield. Yet, most people believe that Vick is the greatest thing since sliced bread and decide to scramble all the time and never once give the ball to McCoy, which causes turnovers.
USE THE WEAPONS AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO YOUR ADVANTAGE! If you're the Saints, throw it. If you're the Vikings, run it. If you're the 49ers, have fun because there isn't a wrong answer, haha.
That's all I've got for now gamers but just for fun, there is no way that Ray Lewis is walking off the field with out a second Super Bowl title under his belt. Ravens 27, 49ers 17.
Deuces for now bros!
My older son enjoys this game.
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