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which is fine with me.. because i stick with ncaa, which pretty much just uses the previous years madden engine.. so if madden screws it up, i know which years of ncaa to skip ;)

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At least they eventually got rid of that cone of vision thing.

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I have Madden 12, because I got an XBox for Christmas...I think the last Madden game I owned was for my old PS2. I was surprised at how little things had changed, but ticked that you couldn't play in franchise mode with the current rosters of NFL teams...they make you draft your own. Maybe there's a way you can and I just haven't figured it out.

Anyway, I like Chris Collinsworth as one of the announcers...hope they keep him around. However, they really need to work on the recorded dialogue...it's the same stuff for each game...hardly any variety. Every time you play, Collinsworth is saying "this is a tough place to be the visiting team" (I'm paraphrasing)...no matter what stadium you're at. Even when you get to the SuperBowl, the annoucers comments indicate that you're at the home team's stadium, rather than the actual site of the SuperBowl.

There are a lot of other little things that irk me about it...it's an okay game, but it will probably be the only version of Madden I own on this version of the XBox (I figure by the time I want to get a newer one...two or three years down the road...the next generation XBox will be out).

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You can certainly do a Franchise with current rosters... but that said, I recall having difficulty finding the right path to make that happen because EA cluster-fucks up the interface.

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The commentary thing becomes a problem for all sports games... they pack a lot of comments in there, but eventually you'll have to recycle. I'm not sure what they can do about it.

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I'm in year 4 of franchise mode that started with the current rosters. I'm not even sure how to NOT use the existing roster :shrug:

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Per Madden NFL 13 Facebook Page:

Starting tomorrow, the EA SPORTS Madden NFL Facebook page will be your hub to find out which two players will be representing your favorite team in the 64 man play-in round of the Madden NFL 13 Cover Vote. We’ll be releasing an entire division worth of matchups per day leading up to the play-in round voting, which begins March 7th on the SportsNation Facebook page.

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You are right. But this years Maddened was horrible. I counted several wrong statements (Freeman 4th year in the league as an example). Plus they call out one star on your team every game, and it is always the same guy. Even if he is on the bench with an injury. He is the guy to watch...

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Fresh off a mega contract, Calvin Megatron Johnson has landed the coveted cover of Madden NFL 13.

The Detroit Lions wideout beat out second-year Panthers quarterback Cam Newton for the honor. The vote was announced Wednesday afternoon on SportsNation on ESPN2.

After nearly 20 million votes, Calvin Johnson beat Cam Newton for the honor of appearing on Madden 13.

Johnson, who won by garnering 52 percent of the more than 651,000 votes cast in the competition, said he was shocked by the decision.

Although hugely popular, the video game carries the stigma of a Madden Curse.

Running back Peyton Hillis, then a member of the Cleveland Browns, won the fan vote last year, but was plagued by injuries and controversy in a hectic 2011 season. Hillis said before winning the "Madden NFL 12" cover that he wasn't afraid of the curse, but after rushing for just 587 yards last season, Hillis said in December that he now believes in the cover jinx.

Johnson is coming off a spectacular season in which he caught 96 passes for a league-best 1,681 yards and 16 touchdowns. He became the third player in NFL history with at least 95 receptions, 1,600 yards and 15 touchdowns in a season, joining Jerry Rice and Randy Moss.

The Lions, who made the playoffs last season for the first time in a dozen years, rewarded the former No. 2 overall pick with an eight-year deal worth up to $132 million dollars in March.

Newton set the NFL on fire in his rookie season despite taking a crash course in mastering an NFL offense after a lockout wiped out most of the offseason. After being taken with the No. 1 overall pick in last April's draft, the quarterback that led Auburn to its first national title revitalized the Panthers, setting an NFL record for rushing touchdowns in a season by a quarterback (14) and becoming the first player in league history to throw for 4,000 yards and rush for 500 in the same year.

The former Heisman Trophy winner was then named the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year after the season.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/78...ers-cam-newton

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I voted for Megatron :up:

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I voted for Cam. :(

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http://kotaku.com/5911788/madden-nfl...ature-tebowing

Madden 13 will now feature "Tebowing"

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^^ Another reason I won't be buying this year. Can we let the Tebow thing go already? He's not good!

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Dang, Megatron won't even get his face on the cover... trying to buck the curse? :)

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The demo comes out today for the 360, PS3 and PS Vita.

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Anyone play the demo? I've got about 10% left on the download and I'm about to give it a shot.

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Might get this when it's on sale.

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I played the demo. It was what I expected. The tackling doesn't look that great.

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http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/...-nfl-13-review

Madden 13 got a 9 from IGN.

Metacritic is at 83 so far. Looks like the game is interesting/fun again.

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I've got it pre-ordered for Vita. $34.96 w/ a $10 credit is perfect.

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IGN always gives Madden a high score. That means nothing.

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Maybe to you, but the actual body of the review is appealing to me so it doesn't mean nothing to me. That and they were 8's the last 2 years, so it seems like there are some improvements.

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IGN blasted the Vita version.