Hot on the heels of the unveiling of Peyton Hillis as the cover athlete for Madden 12, EA Sports has a released one of the first gameplay trailers for the game. Though it doesn’t go into much depth as far as new features are concerned it does tease the overall theme for this year’s iterations.
While many might have expected Madden 12 to feature something as revolutionary as Madden 11’s GameFlow, it appears, at least at this juncture, that EA Sports is attempting to polish an already solid experience. This year’s iteration, while an evolution for the series, is all about the details.
Some of those details highlighted in the trailer include improved ball physics, better defensive coverages, and new collisions. Each of these new elements will help create that realism gamers have to come to expect from the Madden franchise while still keeping the core gameplay the same.
Another of the key selling points for Madden 12 appears to be an accurate representation of players’ quirks. Gamers looking to see Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers’ championship belt celebration will finally get to witness it in Madden 12. Of course, it wasn’t until this past season that Rodgers jumped onto nearly every football fans’ radar, but that doesn’t mean other players won’t be receiving equally as accurate representations.
With a combination of new physics-based features and a commitment to stay “true to the game,” Madden 12 might, as of yet, be without that mechanic that differentiates this version from last year’s. However, with a unique situation in the upcoming NFL season’s uncertainty, Madden 12 has the chance to provide fans with the only football experience on the market.
With that idea in mind it stands to reason that EA Sports needn’t have done anything but slightly tweak the mechanics of Madden 11 and the game would sell like gangbusters. However, by trying to add a new polish to Madden and with an assumed set of features yet to be announced, Madden 12 just might be the best selling entry in the franchise yet.
What do you think of the first unveiled tweaks for Madden 12? What do you hope to see implemented in this year’s entry?
Madden 12 releases August 30, 2011 on the PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii, 3DS, and PSP.
Source: Gamespot
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Madden 12 will need a couple of improvements. One being ‘superstar mode’. It used to be so good in 07, 08, and 09. Then it all went downhill. Play-action plays rearely work in Madden 11 even if the o-line is rated all 90′s overall. Just a couple things on my mind..
those graphics look worse than madden 11 WTF??
I’m patiently awaiting the expiration of EA’s exclusive license so that 2K can get back in on the action.
All-Pro is to easy and All Madden is impossible… O-Line for the user doesnt protect know matter how good the rating… O-Line for CPU is impossible to get past.. even when I use the right joystick moves my defender just falls down everytime…. The first defender never gets the tackle..if your lucky the second or third or fourth or fifth or six or seventh defender will make the tackle….When you pass to a WR who is open defenders sometimes teleport in the path of the pass or you QB just throws the ball where the defender is for an INT……Madden has been a horrible game for the past years…PLEASE LET THE COMPETITION MAKE GAMES!!!! Madden has no comp so it puts out the same game every year… but as a football fan I was forced to buy…Well i’ll just wait for 2K basketball this year… Proof EA sucks they couldnt even release a basketball game b/c it was so bad…. But if 2K didnt make basketball games they would have released that NBA ELITE garbage.. just like they do madden every year