Madden 09 gameplay footage and online play details

by pastapadre
Posted April 29th, 2008 at 6:05 pm

Well I was wrong about nothing significant coming out in an effort to avoid getting swallowed up by GTA IV on its release day. IGN has the full details on Madden 09′s online leagues via an interview with two of the Madden developers which you can read in its entirety here. It focuses on the league aspect but later in the interview shifts to discussion on the Virtual Training Center. They’ve also posted up the first gameplay footage. You can watch that video by clicking here (make sure to watch in hi-res).

Flex scheduling is cool for a multitude of reasons. First off, flex scheduling is what we refer to as an ‘open schedule’ with no set order. What this means is that if you log online and ten members of your twenty member league are online, you can play any of your opponents that you have remaining games with. The nice thing about this is that it doesn’t allow for leagues to get stale or held up waiting for others to play. If the stars align, and you have all of your opponents online, you can, in theory, knock out your entire league in one day.

Leagues are always difficult to see through to the end. You need a good group of owners and a wide array of options for the commissioner. I like the idea of offering open schedules and providing the ability to have the same team controlled by different owners. Those are the type of options that are helpful and assist in making them more likely to succeed.

It sounds as though they’ve thought them through pretty well and aren’t the glorified tournaments recently touted as leagues for titles such as NBA Live 08 and NHL 08. Those didn’t even include playoffs which essentially made them worthless. I’m going to assume that playoffs are included in Madden’s leagues, although not hearing them mention it within the interview was noticeable. Hopefully there is some sort of confirmation soon that there will be playoffs in the leagues.

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blackngoldfan

[quote comment="19602"][quote comment="19599"]Did anyone notice that Favre didn’t hold the ball up high on the 2 passing plays?[/quote]

Did you notice that brett favres beard didn’t have gray hairs in it and that the grass at lambeau field didnt look like real grass and that there weren’t enough cheese heads in the stands…………….sheeeshh

[/quote]
FYI, my statement wasn’t a negative one, so relax. A lot of people on the forums had been complaining about the way the QB holds the ball before passing it. Example:
http://www.pastapadre.com/2558/live-blog#comments

In the gameplay video, Favre held the ball differently, and I wanted to know if anybody noticed it…………sheeeshh
blackngoldfan

[quote comment="19602"][quote comment="19599"]Did anyone notice that Favre didn’t hold the ball up high on the 2 passing plays?[/quote]

Did you notice that brett favres beard didn’t have gray hairs in it and that the grass at lambeau field didnt look like real grass and that there weren’t enough cheese heads in the stands…………….sheeeshh

[/quote]
FYI, my statement wasn’t a negative one, so relax. A lot of people on the forums had been complaining about the way the QB holds the ball before passing it. Example:
http://www.pastapadre.com/2558/live-blog#comments

In the gameplay video, Favre held the ball differently, and I wanted to know if anybody noticed it…………sheeeshh
blackngoldfan

[quote comment="19602"][quote comment="19599"]Did anyone notice that Favre didn’t hold the ball up high on the 2 passing plays?[/quote]

Did you notice that brett favres beard didn’t have gray hairs in it and that the grass at lambeau field didnt look like real grass and that there weren’t enough cheese heads in the stands…………….sheeeshh

[/quote]
FYI, my statement wasn’t a negative one, so relax. A lot of people on the forums had been complaining about the way the QB holds the ball before passing it. Example:
http://www.pastapadre.com/2558/live-blog#comments

In the gameplay video, Favre held the ball differently, and I wanted to know if anybody noticed it…………sheeeshh
blackngoldfan

[quote comment="19602"][quote comment="19599"]Did anyone notice that Favre didn’t hold the ball up high on the 2 passing plays?[/quote]

Did you notice that brett favres beard didn’t have gray hairs in it and that the grass at lambeau field didnt look like real grass and that there weren’t enough cheese heads in the stands…………….sheeeshh

[/quote]
FYI, my statement wasn’t a negative one, so relax. A lot of people on the forums had been complaining about the way the QB holds the ball before passing it. Example:
http://www.pastapadre.com/2558/live-blog#comments

In the gameplay video, Favre held the ball differently, and I wanted to know if anybody noticed it…………sheeeshh
blackngoldfan

[quote comment="19602"][quote comment="19599"]Did anyone notice that Favre didn’t hold the ball up high on the 2 passing plays?[/quote]

Did you notice that brett favres beard didn’t have gray hairs in it and that the grass at lambeau field didnt look like real grass and that there weren’t enough cheese heads in the stands…………….sheeeshh

[/quote]
FYI, my statement wasn’t a negative one, so relax. A lot of people on the forums had been complaining about the way the QB holds the ball before passing it. Example:
http://www.pastapadre.com/2558/live-blog#comments

In the gameplay video, Favre held the ball differently, and I wanted to know if anybody noticed it…………sheeeshh
blackngoldfan

Check out the Derrick Harvey screen on that link to see what I was talking about.
blackngoldfan

Check out the Derrick Harvey screen on that link to see what I was talking about.
blackngoldfan

Check out the Derrick Harvey screen on that link to see what I was talking about.
blackngoldfan

Check out the Derrick Harvey screen on that link to see what I was talking about.
blackngoldfan

Check out the Derrick Harvey screen on that link to see what I was talking about.
fox

my 60 bucks will be going toward ncaa it looks way better then madden.if they was to put the time and effort the do with madden ncaa will crush madden.
fox

my 60 bucks will be going toward ncaa it looks way better then madden.if they was to put the time and effort the do with madden ncaa will crush madden.
fox

my 60 bucks will be going toward ncaa it looks way better then madden.if they was to put the time and effort the do with madden ncaa will crush madden.
fox

my 60 bucks will be going toward ncaa it looks way better then madden.if they was to put the time and effort the do with madden ncaa will crush madden.
http://pastapadre fox

my 60 bucks will be going toward ncaa it looks way better then madden.if they was to put the time and effort the do with madden ncaa will crush madden.
Eski

Bring back John Elway football from the arcade…That game was awesome!!
Eski

Bring back John Elway football from the arcade…That game was awesome!!
Eski

Bring back John Elway football from the arcade…That game was awesome!!
Eski

Bring back John Elway football from the arcade…That game was awesome!!
michael

Look, I hate to keep giving ea chances. But you have to give Phil Frazier at least a 1 year gimme. He got handed a complete piece of crap and is expected to turn it around. He is making a concerted effort to interact with the people put real effort into the game and answer questions directly, where David ortiz did not even attempt to . David Ortiz was the worst thing to happen to Madden….ever.
michael

Look, I hate to keep giving ea chances. But you have to give Phil Frazier at least a 1 year gimme. He got handed a complete piece of crap and is expected to turn it around. He is making a concerted effort to interact with the people put real effort into the game and answer questions directly, where David ortiz did not even attempt to . David Ortiz was the worst thing to happen to Madden….ever.
michael

Look, I hate to keep giving ea chances. But you have to give Phil Frazier at least a 1 year gimme. He got handed a complete piece of crap and is expected to turn it around. He is making a concerted effort to interact with the people put real effort into the game and answer questions directly, where David ortiz did not even attempt to . David Ortiz was the worst thing to happen to Madden….ever.
michael

Look, I hate to keep giving ea chances. But you have to give Phil Frazier at least a 1 year gimme. He got handed a complete piece of crap and is expected to turn it around. He is making a concerted effort to interact with the people put real effort into the game and answer questions directly, where David ortiz did not even attempt to . David Ortiz was the worst thing to happen to Madden….ever.
http://maddengods.org/ Madden Forums

The game is going to be good again this year hopefully. Sure everyone will sit here and bitch and moan about it, but we all know you’ll be the ones in line to get that copy ASAP
http://maddengods.org/ Madden Forums

The game is going to be good again this year hopefully. Sure everyone will sit here and bitch and moan about it, but we all know you’ll be the ones in line to get that copy ASAP
http://maddengods.org/ Madden Forums

The game is going to be good again this year hopefully. Sure everyone will sit here and bitch and moan about it, but we all know you’ll be the ones in line to get that copy ASAP
http://maddengods.org/ Madden Forums

The game is going to be good again this year hopefully. Sure everyone will sit here and bitch and moan about it, but we all know you’ll be the ones in line to get that copy ASAP
http://maddengods.org Madden Forums

The game is going to be good again this year hopefully. Sure everyone will sit here and bitch and moan about it, but we all know you’ll be the ones in line to get that copy ASAP
2K Football Deity

I wish all the Madden Sheep would wise up out of their commercially induced comas a realize that EA and Madden is just the same recycled trash year in and year out. Madden is just a kiddie Arcade football game marketed as a football sim, which is a total crap. Graphics seem to be the most important factor when it comes to the EA Sports Sheep Consumer which is pathetic, GAMEPLAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND 2K DELIVERS A REALISTIC FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE but because of the NFL license deal and the commercially induced generation of gamer it suffered in the sales dept.
Untill the Madden Sheep stops buying the crap EA will never make a decent game, so its in your hands. DON’T BUY EA PORTS PRODUCTS!!!!.
APF 2K8 is the greatest football sim to date, so if you are a real football fan that is what you should be playing, not the arcade, label induced garbage called Madden.
2K Football Deity

I wish all the Madden Sheep would wise up out of their commercially induced comas a realize that EA and Madden is just the same recycled trash year in and year out. Madden is just a kiddie Arcade football game marketed as a football sim, which is a total crap. Graphics seem to be the most important factor when it comes to the EA Sports Sheep Consumer which is pathetic, GAMEPLAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND 2K DELIVERS A REALISTIC FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE but because of the NFL license deal and the commercially induced generation of gamer it suffered in the sales dept.
Untill the Madden Sheep stops buying the crap EA will never make a decent game, so its in your hands. DON’T BUY EA PORTS PRODUCTS!!!!.
APF 2K8 is the greatest football sim to date, so if you are a real football fan that is what you should be playing, not the arcade, label induced garbage called Madden.
2K Football Deity

I wish all the Madden Sheep would wise up out of their commercially induced comas a realize that EA and Madden is just the same recycled trash year in and year out. Madden is just a kiddie Arcade football game marketed as a football sim, which is a total crap. Graphics seem to be the most important factor when it comes to the EA Sports Sheep Consumer which is pathetic, GAMEPLAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND 2K DELIVERS A REALISTIC FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE but because of the NFL license deal and the commercially induced generation of gamer it suffered in the sales dept.
Untill the Madden Sheep stops buying the crap EA will never make a decent game, so its in your hands. DON’T BUY EA PORTS PRODUCTS!!!!.
APF 2K8 is the greatest football sim to date, so if you are a real football fan that is what you should be playing, not the arcade, label induced garbage called Madden.
2K Football Deity

I wish all the Madden Sheep would wise up out of their commercially induced comas a realize that EA and Madden is just the same recycled trash year in and year out. Madden is just a kiddie Arcade football game marketed as a football sim, which is a total crap. Graphics seem to be the most important factor when it comes to the EA Sports Sheep Consumer which is pathetic, GAMEPLAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND 2K DELIVERS A REALISTIC FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE but because of the NFL license deal and the commercially induced generation of gamer it suffered in the sales dept.
Untill the Madden Sheep stops buying the crap EA will never make a decent game, so its in your hands. DON’T BUY EA PORTS PRODUCTS!!!!.
APF 2K8 is the greatest football sim to date, so if you are a real football fan that is what you should be playing, not the arcade, label induced garbage called Madden.
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What about the online disconnetc cheaters or laggers when you wuppin their azzez? any auto loss for those guys?
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What about the online disconnetc cheaters or laggers when you wuppin their azzez? any auto loss for those guys?
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What about the online disconnetc cheaters or laggers when you wuppin their azzez? any auto loss for those guys?
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What about the online disconnetc cheaters or laggers when you wuppin their azzez? any auto loss for those guys?
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What about the online disconnetc cheaters or laggers when you wuppin their azzez? any auto loss for those guys?