since the cover came out i guess we can use this title now

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"Level the playing field: An all-new Adaptive Difficulty Engine assesses your proficiency in the core skills areas of football, then tailors the experience to match your playing style. An innovative, all-new virtual Training Center allows you to fine-tune your game in a holographic environment, while EA SPORTS BackTrack provides customized feedback, giving you a chance to learn from your mistakes. Then, take what you've learned and run the play again with EA SPORTS Rewind. Beyond broadcast presentation: Set your sights on the Vince Lombardi Trophy in an all-new network television-style broadcast as Cris Collinsworth and Tom Hammond call the action from the booth. A more immersive and visually stunning presentation package also includes a new Options OnDemand Picture-in-Picture playcall window giving you access to a wealth of stats, customized tips, and in-game options, all at your fingertips without having to pause the game. Online leagues 2.0: Make a run for the postseason for the first time online. Featuring trades and statistical tracking for Online leagues, up to 32 teams can battle it out using all-new flex scheduling. New look and feel: With an enhanced graphics engine and new player models, linemen battle in the trenches with more bulky physiques, while backs and receivers fly around the field with a more sleek and slimmer look. Featuring the most realistic-looking grass and field turf ever in a sports game, new weather and stadium lighting effects, and active exterior stadium views, Madden NFL 09 is hands down the best looking sports game ever made! Most authentic gameplay ever: Built from the ground up, an all-new Total Control Animation System allows for instantaneous combo moves while bringing new aspects to the game, including missed field goal returns, bobble catches, wrap-up/break-out tackles, user controlled celebrations, and more "

The adjustible AI is cool I guess, but the presentation is the only thing, IMO, thats been lacking on next gen

finally using that damn license for something

4/25/2008 11:45:00 AM

Tom Hammond is the guy who does Notre Dame games I think

and since Gumbel got fired from NFL network, I think he's gonna do those games with Collinsworth

I'm just glad they don't have Bryant Gumbel announcing

'Twould suck cock

4/25/2008 11:49:33 AM

Does this mean the Madden curse has been broken? Or do we have to wait and see if Farve injures himself while retired?

4/25/2008 11:57:02 AM

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/33234.html

a little game footage at the end of the updated engine

4/25/2008 12:15:32 PM

Entertainment?

I mean, i know its a sports game, but its where all the other 360 games are.

4/25/2008 2:20:41 PM

motherfucker i been makin it in sports talk since i got to this bitch

4/25/2008 2:32:19 PM

no big deal, im not offended either way.

anyways, im hyped. i get so each year before it comes out now : D

4/25/2008 2:37:23 PM

^^Thanks Hova for this thread.

4/25/2008 5:08:04 PM

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"Level the playing field: An all-new Adaptive Difficulty Engine assesses your proficiency in the core skills areas of football, then tailors the experience to match your playing style. "

It's about damn time. I have been calling for this for like 10 years. Surely it wasn't that hard to code. Sports games have been way too hung up on the whole easy, medium, hard choose your level stuff for too long. It always seems like with whatever game I'm playing (Madden, NHL, Fifa, NBA, whatever) I spend most of my time tweaking the sliders and difficulty so I can play competitive games. Either I'm losing 40-0 or winning 40-0. Hopefully this addition will work out well.

4/26/2008 2:07:59 PM

coach mode?

4/26/2008 2:11:43 PM

WTF? Apparently they are not making it for the PC anymore. Guess I'm gonna have to save up money for a console.

4/26/2008 2:15:02 PM

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"coach mode? "

the collectors ed for 80 comes with NFL head coach, and it's also being sold separately about 2 weeks later

if you don't wanna bite the bullet, i might be willing to part with mine, if you wanna go halfies on a collectors edition

[Edited on April 26, 2008 at 9:31 PM. Reason : srsly]

4/26/2008 9:31:14 PM

Tom Hammond looks like an old lady with Alzheimer's

4/26/2008 9:44:37 PM