Anyone play Madden 09?

 

I have played EA's Madden NFL since the early 90's. I've seen its ups and downs. Sometimes the game is just a simple roster update with a few new features. The Madden 09 promises lots of new features and much more fluid animations. This game has a constant problem in previous versions and it still occurs in the 09 release.

Madden NFL players have been having problems of the game freezing up at different times of the game. There is nothing more annoying being in the middle of a game and have the game freeze up on you. You lose your concentration of the game.
EA should have found this problem before they released the game. It has happened with at least two versions of Madden NFL. One has to wonder if they are even testing these games pre-release. They even sold us on the new version by telling us that there were new features but those features are useless if the game just freezes while your trying to use them. Sometimes the game even freezes before you get to start the game. Yes, I have even had freezes in franchise mode. You can lose your franchise if you try to improve your prospects. Sometimes the freezing seems to get worse each time you reset the game other times it happens every 3 or 4 games. I've had freezes in Franchise Mode. It seems that when CPU teams try to add players before pre-season starts, I think they funds to fill their depth charts which causes the freeze. One freeze happened in-game when I was using the EA Sports Rewind feature. After a penalty in the fourth quarter. During Franchise Mode, it froze when I wanted to simulate either a pre-season or regular season. When I got to season three in the Franchise Mode, I could not play or simulate any pre-season game without the game freezing. A simple restart of the system would fix this freezing problem when I had it before, but I tried this method several times in season three and it doesn't work.

All the games I have played on the Xbox 360 except the EA Sports games have not frozen on me. It's very disappointing to see an otherwise excellent game be unplayable because of a problem that professional game developers should not allow to even reach the store shelves. The thing is the game looks great and is a lot of fun to play. It is one of my favorite games. It has been for a long time. A lot of us bought it for franchise play. I like the impressive improvements in player animations. There are several new animations like the bobble catch and the missed field goal return. Running, group tackling, blocking, and other animations are smoother and more authentic. The downloadable roster update also is a cool surprise in this game. The gold XBox Live account is needed to download, and there is manual updating the will be required if you want to be up to date with what's going on with the NFL depth charts. The soundtrack is great too and you're get to select whichever songs you want to hear. Madden Moments and the Online Dynasty are also cool new aspects of Madden 09 as well as Franchise and Superstar Mode. If you get the more expensive Special Edition you will have even more features to enjoy.

This is what happens after 20 years of developing a game? At around $60 a copy I would think that they will have made enough money to have someone test the game and fix the problems. Maybe this is happened because the NFL gave EA exclusive rights. The NFL is stupid to do this because we would buy more football video games from other makers and the NFL would get more money.

We would also get a choice to buy a game that doesn't freeze and ruin the whole game playing experience. We certainly don't have a choice of returning a flawed game after we have opened the box. You can send the disc to EA to get a replacement, but the replacement also contains the same flaw because it is something in the code of the game. EA needs to go over the game and figure out where their software is going wrong. This is not just happening with Madden 09. It also occurs in Nascar 09 and NCAA Football 09.

Well we are fighting back, and there are a lot of us. What do video game players do when they want to get the video game companies to listen to them? They start petitions. Not only did someone start a petition, but hundreds of people are signing the petition to get EA to fix the game.You can be part of the movement and tell EA to stop releasing games that don't work properly. Fill out the petition form and let your voice be heard. If enough of us communicate this to EA they may start to work on this problem. Sometimes companies will not listen to just one customer. They may make a refund or send a new copy of the game, but they won't take much interest in fixing the game. Even if they get hundreds of single returns or complaints they seem to take action.

Signing up on the petition will let EA know that we are all together in letting them know we are not happy with them releasing a game with such problems. They need to be told that they must spend more money, time and energy on testing their games before we shell over $60 or more to purchase a worthless product. Many people are seeing this as EA just stealing money from us.Do your part to help the gaming community fight back against dishonest companies who promise us good working games and then don't deliver.

Go to http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Madden09 and sign the Madden 09 petition. Let your voice be heard.
Please, just take a moment and sign the petition!

I am looking for support to help spread my message to publicize and expose Senator McCains hidden agenda especially to Republicans. Senator McCains speeches consistenly focus on strenghtening the military to keep us safe and he repeatedly acknowledges that the military is stretched thin and have to do multiple tours of duty. Senator McCain will not orally express his plan to implement the draft because he knows that would lose the election. If Senator McCain wins the election, the President has the power to call a National State of Emergency and bypass Congress in his endeavor. McCain believes it is his mission to spread democracy and deal with Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, Russia and other Middle Eastern countries. Senator McCain has the support of his special interest group, the big oil industry behind him. McCain has no regard or concern for the economy. Listen to his interviews and speeches carefully.

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This Palin episode in American politics is a fraud.

Attack the fraud.

They are giving us a tremendous opportunity to discredit them with their own words, That is what should happen to dishonest people. Expose their dishonesty, and they will wilt.

McCain can't possibly testify for Sarah Palin because he doesn't know her. Palin can't possible testify for McCain, because she knows him less than I do. Surely Biden knows more about McCain than Palin does.

Expose the fraud, the glib one line zinger for what it is - cute but without substance.

I followed this site in 2004 and liked it. It shows Obama likely winning, as well as Dems increasing their senate majority to about 55 seats, and about 60% of the house of representatives.
http://www.electoral-vote.com/

When you have to 'spin to win' as the Repubs are doing now, you've obviously lost your principles.

This lasted about 3 minutes on PB this morning... so here it is again.


I'm sure we all volunteer but, there is a simple thing we all can do....
WE NEED TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT!

Wear buttons!
Put up YARD SIGNS!
Use BUMPER STICKERS!
(Put them on the outside window, you can take it off with a razor-blade)

I drove to NC from Indiana on vacation and saw 2 McCain bumper stickers and about 10 Obama in 10 days... THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

I wore my button everyday and didn't see ONE other person doing that! THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

The general population needs to see that YOU, normal, good, nice, friendly, people support Barack.... then, when they ask you why, TELL THEM... IN YOUR OWN WORDS. This is as good as knocking on doors....
and you can do it anywhere, anytime. In the grocery, the gas station, the pizza restaurant... Show that you are a PROUD supporter!


OUR DIVERSITY IS AN ASSET, BUT WE HAVE TO SHOW IT!
People need to see that middle aged women support him, that people of all ages, not just the young, support him. Supporters are of all colors and creeds, of all religions and sexual orientations.

It is so simple, and will offer you the opportunity of gaining voters for our cause without saying a word... Just be the nice caring people you are and others will take note.

IT WILL TAKE US ALL TO WIN THIS!
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!

People will follow a winner... the more support they see the more it will snowball. We can battle media imbalance in this way...

WE HAVE TO WIN THIS...OUR COUNTRY AND OUR CHILDRENS' FUTURE IS AT STAKE.

Feel free to reuse this post anywhere! Get the word out!

peace,
marsha

Don't attack Palin.

Attack Palin's words.

Alaskan Pipeline? Started in 1976 and still not finished? but she talks as if the gas is already flowing? Check your facts, Biden. Then lay that glove firmly on her over-confident bragadaccio.

She is testifying for McCain? You have know McCain longer than she has been alive (almost, I know I exaggerate)so if she praises him, all you have to do is pull a Lloyd Bentson:

I know John McCain, you're no John McCain, You don't know John McCain because you met him once or twice!!!!...John McCain has....fill in the blank of any personal story you know about John, then she will have just hung herself with "canned lines" about McCain is such a maverick.

I thought that The Democratic National Convention went very well. All of the speeches were wonderful! We have to elect Barack Obama President, and I hope that you will join me in doing so! We need to put this country in the right direction and Barack Obama is the person to do that.

I'm a cartoonist and don't know how (or if you can) add images to the blog. I drew a cartoon today after thinking about the lack of meat in McCain's speech. Since I can't attach it, I'll describe it: McCain is sitting in the doctor's office. He looks angry and the Doctor is speaking. The caption above the cartoon sets the scene: " Suffering from a chronic, incurable Republican condition, John McCain seeks advice from the Republican Primary Physician... (sign on wall identifies the physician as "The Spin Doctor")."

The doctor says to McCain, "It's the same prescription George W. used for the past 8 years. The only CHANGE will be the dosage..."

How can he understand your world when he never lived in it?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6xR-_fvUOY

Rachel, in for Keith Olbermann just announced that Barack Obama will be Keith's special guest on Monday.

The McCain/Palin No Talk Express will debut this weekend in Colorado Springs.

Colorado prides herself as a State with a populace that asks the tough questions to make informed decisions to select leadership.Governor Ritter and Senator Salazar can attest this this.

Sarah Palin has been invited to express her concerns and ideas by just about every news outlet in our country,She has refused these invitations.

The people of the Centennial State need to know:
1.The City of Wasilla Alaska enjoyed a surplus in its city coffers before you were elected and a deficit after you left.
2.Did you really oppose the Bridge to Nowhere?Theres confusion on this issue.
3.Why did you and your husband join the Secessionist Movement in Alaska?
4.You purport to be a Christian.Why didnt you repudiate Anti-Semitic rhetoric expressed in your church as Senator Obama has done?
5.You are pro-life, as I am.What have you done to educate young people on family planning?How far will you carry your pro-life stance? My pro-life stance is to provide avenues for pregnancy adoption and teen pregnancy education.You follow the extreme right crowd on this issue and are part of a ticket that seeks to outlaw abortion.This is not the answer.
6.You are a strong proponent of gun ownership.As I am.But yet; with the right to own and bear arms comes responsibility.I see no problem with gun registration and a limit on what guns should be outlawed.Why cant you draw a line on assault weapons and heavy artillery?
6.You and the Republicans talk about individual liberty and castigate Federal government infringement on basic liberties.Yet you oppose the union of same sex couples.

There is no doubt the No Talk Express show in Colorado Springs will be nothing more than a pep talk.The people of Colorado demand some Straight Talk instead of the No Talk scripted GOP address you gave at the RNC Convention.What are you afraid of?

Rachel Maddow, sitting in for Keith on Countdown just called Palin a liar. She has already said lying about 15 times. Must see TV tonight, Rachel is on fire.