Warcodered Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Translation for non-Madden folks? Good players are gold stars that get special abilities that effect how they play making them better. Great players get X-factors which gives them more abilities when conditions are met in a game. Like Mahomes has bazooka which when activated is supposed to let him throw like 10 yards further. I don't think Allen started as a super star this year so they did upgrade him as the year went. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, Warcodered said: Good players are gold stars that get special abilities that effect how they play making them better. Great players get X-factors which gives them more abilities when conditions are met in a game. Like Mahomes has bazooka which when activated is supposed to let him throw like 10 yards further. I don't think Allen started as a super star this year so they did upgrade him as the year went. Belicheat has the spycam ability that lets him know what play the opponent is running. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 17 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Translation for non-Madden folks? Allen has special abilities because he is a "Superstar" Basically he has suped up abilities that let him play well above his overall. Like they give him a speed boost when he scrambles outside the pocket and a faster throwing release under pressure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 30 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: Allen has special abilities because he is a "Superstar" Basically he has suped up abilities that let him play well above his overall. Like they give him a speed boost when he scrambles outside the pocket and a faster throwing release under pressure Is this the NFL or the Marvel Universe? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 34 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Is this the NFL or the Marvel Universe? They're pokemon trading cards 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) As I tell my wife all the time, it’s an analytics based ‘simulator’! Not a silly video game 😉 Edited December 25, 2020 by Over 29 years of fanhood 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Buffalo619 said: OP is this a video game? Why does this matter? Buf, a solid, solid question. Why does it matter? It really doesn’t, but it continues to serve the nauseously continuing mentality in some areas of football, whether it be sports commentary or, yes, the sole NFL video game out there, that this guy is...a little bit better than “meh”. YOU don’t focus on evaluating Allen for an ongoing, multi-million selling sports simulator played heavily around the country. ...but THEY DO, and THEY have been doing a poor job of evaluating the talent for that Sim, especially when it comes to Allen. Edited December 25, 2020 by dollars 2 donuts 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 This is an outrage! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 8 hours ago, dollars 2 donuts said: https://www.ea.com/games/madden-nfl/madden-nfl-21/player-ratings Go: Filters Position check quarterback Scroll down and hit done then hit apply My goodness they are so quite simply the worst at EA Tiburon. Allen 10th rated QB. AFC Pro Bowler. Edit: tied for 10th. The only stats Happy Gilmore should have a 99 is in Backling(back tackles/throwing yourself into the pile after player is already tackled), quitting, whining and blaming others after he gets burned for a TD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternOHBillsFan Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 7 hours ago, HardyBoy said: That's the last version I bought, because the hall of fame edition came with streaming Sunday Ticket. I bought every madden from 05-08 and then stopped for a bit (so basically the hey day) and Madden 25 just wasn't that good...so crazy it's viewed as the last good madden game! Micro transactions and card packs killed the game, plus being forced to shoehorn a sports game onto a fps engine. I'm a MUT player primarily, and I stopped caring after they tried to pass off Madden 20 as a legit game... I found it to be cartoonish and a microtransactions hog as well. I didn't bother buying Madden 21. Until they stop giving EA exclusivity, they will continue to ruin the franchise. WE NEED 2K NOW... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 14 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Rant on, envious rabble, while I hone my skills... The crazy thing Ridge is we used to have one of those things when I was little. I still remember in middle school walking down in Blasdell to the arcade by Hills. I’d save up all my quarters and thought it was awesome to play asteroids, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardyBoy Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 10 hours ago, EasternOHBillsFan said: I'm a MUT player primarily, and I stopped caring after they tried to pass off Madden 20 as a legit game... I found it to be cartoonish and a microtransactions hog as well. I didn't bother buying Madden 21. Until they stop giving EA exclusivity, they will continue to ruin the franchise. WE NEED 2K NOW... MUT is the problem. Franchise mode from 05-08 was insanely good. It all started to fall apart when they transitioned to the ps3/xbox 360 neg gens, but Madden 25 put it back on track and if they had built on that foundation you could have a potentially great game, but definitely would be good. MUT debuted that year in Madden, I believe, they saw a cash cow and franchise mode hasn't been updated since then from what I understand, and some stuff was removed even. That on top of being forced to switch to an engine that is for first person shooters, the technical stuff is super inefficient. Instead of focusing on a tear down rebuild with a focus on delivering a proper simulation football game, they are focusing on MUT with its gambling card packs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 16 hours ago, unbillievable said: Belicheat has the spycam ability that lets him know what play the opponent is running. Another example of art imitating life. He already had that in the 'real' world. 🤨😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 20 hours ago, dollars 2 donuts said: https://www.ea.com/games/madden-nfl/madden-nfl-21/player-ratings Go: Filters Position check quarterback Scroll down and hit done then hit apply My goodness they are so quite simply the worst at EA Tiburon. Allen 10th rated QB. AFC Pro Bowler. Edit: tied for 10th. We’ve got to get you outside Donuts. Caroling, Skiing, sledding, and so on. 😇 I don’t know if you saw my post on the Mahomes/Allen thread (nice visual about their arm hanging on by a tendon. Reminded me of that Benghazi movie where the guys arm was hanging on by a thread) where I said something about a Wide World of Sports for NFL QB’s charity event. That’s one of the easiest ways to have Mahomes and Allen crush Mayfield in a contest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Don't look at Ike Boettger's rating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Don't really care because I rarely play Madden, but if they don't have Josh in the top 5 QBs at least after making the Pro Bowl, that's dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRT88 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 You worry about things that simply do not matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsBytheBay Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 21 hours ago, klos63 said: This is important. No. Its a video game that many of us play.... you didnt really have to imply it was more than that. Hell, were on a board dedicated to a game as it is, lol. 6 minutes ago, KRT88 said: You worry about things that simply do not matter. Like football? Lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsaikotic Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 haven't bought a Madden game in years...I might buy one next year though when they have mvp Allen or Diggs on the cover 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klos63 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 39 minutes ago, BillsBytheBay said: No. Its a video game that many of us play.... you didnt really have to imply it was more than that. Hell, were on a board dedicated to a game as it is, lol. Like football? Lol jesus, it was a joke. Of course it's not important. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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