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I just bought Madden 2006 today and it is so hard. I try to look at my receivers with that vision crap and I have absolutely no time to do it. I get sacked so much and throw a million interceptions and i suck at defense too. I was amazing ot '05....i guess I just have to get used to this one. Right now I suck.

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I've turned off the vision cones for now. The overall AI is really jacked up this year as it is. I'm going to keep trying the vision cones in practice mode but I agree it's really hard.

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I just picked it up on my lunch break. Can't wait to play it when I get home. After the Angels vs. Athletics game that is. Go Halos.

I Hope I get some sleep tonight. :party-smi

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its booting up now!!!!! It was so tempting to just go home after I got the game on my lunch break

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i was top 500(at a time when there were like 100000 people) in the 05 on xbox and i promise i didn't cheat, i just can't get this one, i have gone 3-1 but 1 win was not really a win. I was playing a dallas fan and he was just playing with me at the end of the game being a d-bag he was trying to get some more points, i encouraged it because i was hoping for a turnover. My wish came true, he rolled out and soon daniels caught up to him, as he did he was forced to throw it and harris picked it off around my 20, i ran it back about 80 yards for the game winning touchdown with the clock at 0.
Otherwise i just learned how to throw the dam ball. I didn't know that you click R then the reciever to lock on the person, i was just wielding that damn cone side to side trying to catch the receivers and hitting air.
I haven't tried it in a game yet but i hope it works because i have been running it like a mofo. Gibbs book is really hard and the last game i tried with Mike Tice's book. It worked well because it has nice shotguns and 5 wides meant for speed. To bad i completed only 4 passes that game

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you need to watch all the learning videos. there is so much new crap on defense

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I'm just about to give up on the vision passing.

There's just too much to do to throw a damn pass, it's really frustrating.

Seems like they could have made it a little easier somehow.

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Its sad my first few games I felt like I was running Steve Spurriers offense with all the sacks I been taking, hard to bust runs out D plugs hole like mad, I'm figuring out that the Slide Blocking thing actually helps managed a 2.5 rushing avg. up from 1.5 Lol could be a long year!

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Yeah the pass rush is insane, and with the new vision passing makes it feel even worse.

I've gotta work on moving the protections too.

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I have only played a couple times but seems like fun

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The passing windows are hard to get used to, and it doesn't help that Ramsey's cone is so small. What I do like is the running game, easier to run up the middle as lineman actually hold their blocks and the fullback doesn't run past linebackers as much anymore.

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the vision is hard as sh*t. when i do franchise most of the redskins go down over a few seasons. campbell cant go up fo rme he just keeps going down. rogers will get up to like an 84 but then go back down. the progression in this new game is weird. i got to season 4 or 5 by simulating and there were like 20 90's left in the game

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around my sixth game i got it, it is a lot of fun trying to do it. It just needs some practice and as of right now no one is amazing at it. It is hard to move the cone but for xbox by pushing R plus the receiver then just the receiver the cone will move to the player and then throw it. It takes an extra half a second to push R and the receiver but that is what is new about it. One thing is on Defense we can see where the QB is looking making it even harder to adjust to the new system for offense

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guys the vision can make or break you in the passing game. The thing I like the most about it is that if you want to send one of your speedsters on a go route, you don't have to lob it up in the air to put it over their shoulder. You can fling the ball hard so that they don't have to wait for it and still place it in front of your man. And if the defender is in front you can hit them in the feet.

The running game is awesome because all the linemen actually block like they should, and a defense will bite on situational trickerey. I remember in the old madden it seemed like if you lined up in a 4 wide set on 3rd and 8 and picked a draw play they would always stack the box. The AI is more realistic. I've also noticed that you cant maul recievers while their on their routes anymore. This should make things a lot more interesting.

I can't wait to play it online, but that'll probably be a few days.

As far as player progression goes you can practice to make them better. Go to gameplan and practice the 3 situations and get the most points possible and your stuff will go up.

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[QUOTE=mredskins]I have only played a couple times but seems like fun[/QUOTE]
welcome

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Im not going to turn it off, I want to learn the new way of playing. I wanted a challenge and boy did they give me one. I havent played it much. I had it on the defaul difficutly. Which translates to me always winning, but only because of the running game.

Im surprised no one has said anything about the defensive controls being different. Its driving me nuts. I was so used to the old way. I keep hitting the wrong button to sprint/switch players. I prefered X as the button that switches you to the closest player becuase I would use it on kick offs and immedialy hit the hit stick. And its easier to go from X to R than O to R. (For PS2)

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I played it 3 times last night (After the Angels pounded the Athletics :lol:) and won them all.
I beat the Cowboys ,Steelers and the Giants. Are D kicks ass. And I did get some big plays out of Moss. Gardner (drop it like it hot) made some plays as well. I like how you can change the direction of the run before the snap. But the passing cones will take some time to get used to. I had 3 pic's all when I tried to throw outside the passing cone. I think by next week I should be pretty good at it. #47 triangle other wise known as Chris Cooley came up huge on goal line and short yardage he scored 4 td's! (player of the game againts the G-men). I must say the hot route feature is pretty sweet as well.
So far I would give the game an A. :biggthump

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[QUOTE=SKINSnCANES]
Im surprised no one has said anything about the defensive controls being different. Its driving me nuts. I was so used to the old way. I keep hitting the wrong button to sprint/switch players. I prefered X as the button that switches you to the closest player becuase I would use it on kick offs and immedialy hit the hit stick. And its easier to go from X to R than O to R. (For PS2)[/QUOTE]

Yeah, at first I didn't know if it was just me being used to playing ESPN 2k5, because I had recently played both that and Madden 05. I still Keep switching players when I want to sprint. That kind of throws me off. But I'll get used to it. Hopefully I can get LIVE set up within the next month or so.

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[QUOTE=BigSKINBauer]i was top 500(at a time when there were like 100000 people) in the 05 on xbox and i promise i didn't cheat[/QUOTE]


I never played madden on XBOX because I got stupid direcway and it uploads at like 28.8. But when I had a cable modem I played ESPN 2k4 on there and if i played enough games I was usually in the top 10-20 out of 20,000+. I don't know how that'll relate to madden, especially with over 100,000 players, but I'm excited to find out. Its hard to get people I know to sit down and play with me.

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i just finished a game with a qb rating of 1.7. I went like 1 for 11 with 1 int for the game. I have like 150 rushing yards though and lost 13 to 7

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i really posted that, but i forgot i wasnt logged out of my gfay brothers name^^^^

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i really posted that, but i forgot i wasnt logged out of my gay brothers name^^^^

and i dont know how that came up twice

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so steveo395 and bigm29 are the same person? Or brothers I guess

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[QUOTE=bigm29]i just finished a game with a qb rating of 1.7. I went like 1 for 11 with 1 int for the game. I have like 150 rushing yards though and lost 13 to 7[/QUOTE]

Tim Hasselbeck would be proud

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72]Tim Hasselbeck would be proud[/QUOTE]

lol i still liked tim after the big goose egg

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Locking onto a WR is easy before the snap, as is viewing the middle of the field, but it seems they could have made moving the QB's vision left to right a lot faster. :oink:

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i'm enjoyin the new vision cone thing. it presents a challenge, and it makes the game more realistic because that's how quarterbacks have it in real life. it took some time to get used to, but i'm loving it.

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I thought the theme for Madden '06 was "The Year of the Quarterback"? Running game is good and defense is great. Finally defensive pass interference! Am I the only one hwo has jumped right into All-Madden mode? Not completing a lot a passes and throwing some really erratic ones. Buttons have changed on defense (XBox) although you can go to controller select and change 'em to Madden '05 (one quirk), NFL Street (why?), or "Hardcore" (whatever that means). Where's playmaker when running or returning punts/kicks, or scrambling with the QB? Animations are as tight as ever. Lots of details. I'm impressed.

Jason Campbell, Lemar Marshall, Matt Bowen and Carlos Rodgers play better than I expected. Any one notice that Cooley has a 81 rating as FB versus 78(?) as TE? Antonio Brown is a free agent. 4-3 defense doesn't include 3-4 sets at all, but does include 3-2-6 formation which is very effective. Culpepper, Farve, and P. Manning 'see' the field better than any other QBs. I don't want to put this down. :oink:

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huh.i thought pepp's cone was really small, last time i checked.

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[QUOTE=mooby]huh.i thought pepp's cone was really small, last time i checked.[/QUOTE]
Have you played with or against him yet? It doesn't matter what we think. If I remember correctly his 'cone' was relatively wide. And just because this is the case doesn't mean he's a better QB than others who have otherwise. As much as the game is control overloaded, It great! :oink:

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[QUOTE=BossHog]Any one notice that Cooley has a 81 rating as FB versus 78(?) as TE?[/QUOTE]

I would assume that's because Cooley plays a hybrid role, in that his "positioning" on the field is more FB than TE...

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I've been running the ball with him (cooley) straight up the middle. He had 6 carries for 82 yards against the chiefs. And once you start slamming him up the mid from the full house formation, the fake fullback toss will get you a TD damn near every time.

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im gettin a little better at passing but i still suck

and i've played every game on all madden

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I spent an hour creating a playbook, only to find out that you can't use it in Franchise or Tournament mode! :frusty:

I still can't believe you can't randomize the schedule in Franchise mode. I hate playing the same schedule in season one...

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Yes, I finally won my first game online 3-0 vs the Cowboys. What a thriller! :laughing-

I've got a long ways to go, but I got to start somewhere.

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what do you think guys, many are saying that aside from the cone qb vision passing (I turned it off) madden 06 is exactly the same as the madden 05 with just an updated rosters, do yuo agree
please help before I purchase this game

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[QUOTE=bertoskins]what do you think guys, many are saying that aside from the cone qb vision passing (I turned it off) madden 06 is exactly the same as the madden 05 with just an updated rosters, do yuo agree
please help before I purchase this game[/QUOTE]

it has more animations and the superstar mode 2, but yeah it's a lot like the last few years other than those additions.