14 DAY TRIAL // The new FIFA video game from the EA Sports division of publisher Electronic Arts is shaping up to be great, a significant change for the series, thanks to its new emphasis on focus and on natural movement on the pitch.
EA clearly feels that Madden NFL 12, the American football simulation, should be similarly praised and had the game playable at its E3 2011 stand.
My limited experience with American football is mostly linked to the movie The Reserves and from a recent marathon of the series Friday Night Lights so I chose to mostly look at how others played and enjoyed the game.
There were a lot of fans playing at the E3 2011 Electronic Arts stand and they all seemed impressed with how Madden NFL 12 was shaping up before the anticipated late August launch.
The game is very fluid and delivers both smooth gameplay and a graphics upgrade and the focus on the physics of the game seems to be paying off, with impacts and movement feeling very close to real life.
It’s almost easy to forget that Madden NFL 12 is just a game, especially when seeing how EA Sports managed to deliver all the spectacle of the game of football while also making easier for players to jump in, select the plays they like and try them out with the teams they like.
The developers at EA Sports insist that making the game more realistic does not actually make it harder to play because making everything determined by physics means that it’s very easy for gamers to just base the way they control their players and teams by taking their inspiration from real life.
Electronic Arts is also pushing the Nintendo 3DS version of Madden NFL 12 pretty hard with the 3D capabilities of the device said to enhance a player’s experience by allowing him to be right in the middle of the action.