So I played Madden the other day, and now I'm gonna write about it

I was going to mention this the other day, back while I was at home and the topic was still fresh on my mind. I was also going to mention that it pretty much sucked.

I went home, played about 10 games or so, then went back into town. So I can't really say that I "fully immersed" myself in the game or anything. But... it wasn't really all that fun. I mean, it's cool to a point and everything, and sometimes you're able to have fun with it, but it really doesn't compare to the football games of yore.

I read a few reviews for the game, and a complaint that I saw pop up was that the game was "too realistic." Now, I don't know if I particularly agree with that sentiment or not. Depends on how the game developers would describe the running game... if they would describe the running game in Madden as "more realistic", then yes, I would definitely agree that it is too realistic. If the game developers would describe it as "something we decided to make frustratingly more difficult to do to frustrate certain people," then I would merely say "f*** you, EA."

It's all kinda disappointing, because I hate passing the ball and would rather run like crazy (one of the reasons I've always sort of preferred the NCAA games as you can run the option, which means more emphasis on running). And in the games I played on a higher difficulty, I averaged about 20 runs: 5 probably resulted in losses, 10 went for 0-1 yards, 3 went for 2-10 yards and 2 went for 10-20... if I'm lucky. Perhaps it was the learning curve that I was not able to get over with the short time frame I was able to play the game, but still. LAME.

I don't know. It doesn't need to be completely Adrian-Peterson-literally-severs-limbs-as-he-slices-through-defenses fantastical, but games should be fun, you know?

But before I go, a list of my favorite football games of all tiime:

1) Tecmo Super Bowl... everyone loves it. It's still great almost 20 years after its release.
2) One of the first few Maddens that came out for the N64. There was this amazing unlockable that would basically turn off sidelines-that meaning that if you run out of bounds, you'd simply magically transfer over to the other sideline and keep running. It made games with my brother a lot more complex and fun.