Madden 2004
so, I never play the playoffs in Madden 2k4. No stat's are kept so it's almost like the games don't matter/exist.
In 13 years of playing this game, I think I've only played the superbowl once or twice.
This year I thought I'd do the whole thing. So, after going 15-1 in the regular season, I'm the Boston Lions (that whole owner mode thing lets you move your team) playing the New England Patriots in the Superbowl. Mind you I played the Pats earlier in the year and won 20-19.
The super bowl was weird, in the fact that I won 72-7. i had 6ints (1 for a td), 3 sacks and 2 punt returns for tds. My best game ever, and broke all kinds of records. So, the final gun sounds, John and Al sign off, and this new screen appears, it's a view of midfield with a trophy on it, and the camera is panning down to it, with some text under it that says "Super Bowl Champions" and I'm thinking, "great, a nice little beat-the-game movie". So I sit back and RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR....
that's the sound of my PS2 freezing on me. I try tapping it, bumping it, etc...So, that's it...All those years, then a few wasted hours and finally some satisfaction, all to be thrown back in my face.
For those of you who have not listened to people bitch about madden before, many people say the game cheats. Especially when your winning big, the game goes into robo-qb mode and a 3rd string qb who you've shut down all game suddenly goes balistic and throws for 300 yards and 4 tds in the last quarter. Well, I shut the computer down in the nfc championship game and the superbowl. Shutting them out in the NFC championship and giving up 1 td in the bowl. This is like the ultimate computer cheat..."yeah, good job you beat me, here's your reward...RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...."
I'm still pissed...I hate going to bed mad at a video game.
Madden always gets his revenge!!!
Damn you Madden..Damn you to hell.
I think that''s the sound of Madden passing all that freakin'' food he eats.
"All that time you waste dating and having sex could be better spent scouring the web for new game developer press releases." - Quintin_Stone
Just curious, what difficulty are you playing at? Playing on All-Madden, the computer is brutal as hell. I like to think I am pretty good at football games, so if you are pummelling people 72-7 on All-Madden and I am fighting for my life against the Texans, I am curious what you are doing.
"It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem." - Malcolm Forbes
I actually have the same question. I can''t seem to get out of a game healthy and without turning the ball over 16 times.
I play on All-Pro. I agree that All-Madden is brutal...it is unreal...When Ahman Green is caught from behind (he is a 95 for speed) by some rookie linebacker (73 for speed) something is seriously wrong.
I think I''ve heard Pulse complain about the speed\\absurdity of this before as well.
The game I had in the super bowl was a fluke. won most of my games in the 30-21 range. i did have 2 shutouts during the year though, which was cool...
You know in Madden, once turnovers start happening, it''s like a domino effect. So, 4 of Tom Brady''s int''s happened in like a 5 minute span. In the 4th quarter, i just sat in a quarter Defense and picked him off.
I play online once in a while as belt500. My first game online I lost 56-7. The guy I played against was the falcons and his recievers, even the crappy ones were 5 yards past my db''s every time he went deep. I just don''t get it. I was the eagles, which have some good dbs.
Tell me again why people say Madden is the ""better simulation?""
I generated a virtual world in the toilet bowl this morning.
-- Podunk on the PS3's mystical, magical abilities
At least he didn''t do the ''Michael Vick show'', which is what most of the unoriginal f#*&@s online try. You know...shotgun 5-wide and send everyone deep then roll out and take off for a 20 yard run with Vick.
I eat people like that for lunch. I know it works, but if that is all the game you''ve got, then put on a dress and go get us real men a beer.
"It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem." - Malcolm Forbes
I always seem to get the guy who chooses Tampa. When you get someone with some skill controlling that defense they are so f-ing tough to beat. Gave up 3 defensive TD''s and lost 24-10.
sucked.
Oh, you think THAT is bad? I have two stories for you. First off, I went to the Madden 2004 tournament at the local GameStop a few days after the release. First off, no one had any idea who I was, which put me a little uneasy, and second off, it was on ps2...quite different from the xbox controller I was used to. So, the first game I play, I am set up against the best guy there. Everyone knew it, they wrote me off right away. I take the Falcons, he takes the Dolphins. I can''t do crap, nothing. I get one lucky, crazy fluke kickoff return for a touchdown and then go the rest of the game gaining only 20 yards of offense. The other guy absolutely tromps me. He gets 70 yards every single drive, but can''t score for some reason. I think he went 1 for 8 in the red zone, I would pick him off or force a fumble every time. So, regulation runs out and it goes to overtime. I get the ball first, go 3 and out and punt. He catches the punt, he gets hit, he fumbles, I run it in. I go on to win 5 straight and go to the championship. By this point, I have the controls down and the Falcons are dominating. I go up against the Broncos....yes, the Broncos. Once again, tight game, goes to overtime. He gets the first posession and converts 6 3rd down plays in a row, making it only to my 45 by the end of OT. One last play, Jake the Snake drops back deep and delivers a pure bullsh*t 50 yard bomb to Ed McCaffrey sitting somehow uncovered in the end zone. I get 2nd place and at least expect a free used game or something for my performance. I get absolutely nothing except ""would you like to sign up for our Soul Calibur 2 tournament?""....I did.
Second story takes place in NCAA Football 2004. I enter dynasty mode as the Badgers, go 12-1 my first year (beating the #1 USC Trojans in the National Championship 66-6 by the way), but I just couldn''t beat the cheating Hurricanes at home. I lost 7-3. So, big deal I say, I''ll get them next year. So, I schedule them the next year and, once again, lose to them 33-25 and finish the normal season 11-1. Look who I get to play in the national championship this time? Yep, the Miami Hurricanes. So I make it my mission to dominate those bastards once and for all. I demolish them. With 30 seconds left to go in the game, the score is 72-0. The Hurricanes have negative yardage for the game and I am revelling it. I pause the game for a second to get a drink, come back, and get the old message ""The disc you are using may be dirty or damaged."" The Hurricanes cheat again, go figure. So, I go back and re-play them and end up losing 28-7. It doesn''t freeze THAT time...bastards.
"Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." - Unknown
Yeah. I think you boys need to crank up the difficulty and adjust the AI sliders. I play on Heisman and All-Madden respectively and have the AI sliders fiddled with to make the game even more realistic. I play plenty of close games against the computer.
I don''t know about how any of the rest of you play, but I play straight-up, no whacky substitutions, no 50-yard drop backs, no pulling defensive players out of position, etc.
So, anyone here have Madden or NCAA on PS2 and want to rumble?
"It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem." - Malcolm Forbes
Ill play a bit of PS2 madden if you want Johnny. Ive played three games online so far and my record is 1-2. Killed the first guy I played and then lost the next two. My handle is Stric9 if you want to set up a time tonight to play let me know, I get home around 6:30 PST.
PSN ID: Stric9
That sounds like a challenge to me. I''m in. This time we''ll give each other more than 5 minutes notice before a challenge
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Email is an effective method of communication for a challenge. Just need some notice. Got the new baby at home which eats a ton of time, as you can imagine.
Loser has to post how good the other is in this thread?
I can''t tell if that''s cheaper or more expensive than formula.
"If you're not a stinky-stink, you're not addicted to anything!" - Reaper
Cheaper. Formula is $24.99 for a ""value"" size. Huge rip! Oh, and when you make a bottle because they''re hungy, it doesn''t always mean they''re going to finish it. It seems we burn through a canister every few days.
No where in the manual did it say this.
She''s about to lvl though....slept 7 hours last night! WAHOO!
lol, yeah, i suppose if i win 72-7 i should be turning up the sliders but, on a positive note, i do jack the computer''s AI sliders to the max for defensive awareness/run blocking/run ability/pass accuracy.
I just still feel that all madden pulls out some non-legit stops when playing. Like linebackers covering wide recievers. If i use a slot strong, and they dont adjust I expect to get at least 1 step on the linebacker. Or, not expect the linebacker running in the opposite direction, facing away from the qb to be able to put his hand up behind himself to knock the pass down. It''s like a reverse slap....and it infuriates me!!
**shakes fist at backwards slap**
Again, I''m belt500 online, message me if you see me online, I love rumbles.