Several Madden 11 reviews came out today. MaddenHQ’s Take: Seems like mostly rave reviews about the changes to gameplay and visuals, but a few major knocks for ignoring franchise mode and commentary glitches. Here is a summary Pastapadre (n/a) [i]The gameplay is the best it has ever been though being plagued by a few elements of frustration. The feature set is not that intriguing but I’ve still found value out of GameFlow and GamePlan. The [...]

Take note of the talk at the opening to the Redskins-Eagles game because it is the same thing for every single game played. I even fired up a Lions-Rams game and Collinsworth went through the very same spiel about Sam Bradford and Matt Stafford being experienced QBs. I was told that there would be a ton of unique openings based on the QB matchups (DoubleT23 on Twitter mentioned there were supposed to be 900+ variations). [...]

There are generally two paths to take when entering Franchise Mode in Madden. The first is to select your favorite team and run them the way you have always wanted them to be run. Using your favorite team is a smart choice and there is that immediate attachment to the franchise dating back long before you took the team over in Madden. But the other path is the path of the architect, the Bill Parcells [...]

Per Madden rosters guru Donny Moore and his Twitter feed… Madden NFL 11 roster update is out! For those lucky enough to have an early copy. #madden11 We will hopefully be able to provide a list of changes soon.

Friday afternoon, NCAA Football associate producer Larry Richart posted a blog at the official NCAA Football 11 product site detailing the addition of ‘Real Assignment AI’ to the game franchise.  (Shortly thereafter, Madden NFL 11 Creative Director Ian Cummings confirmed the feature will also be in M11.) From Richart’s blog: So, we have made some very dramatic changes to the way the offensive linemen select their blocking targets. Last year you might see some plays [...]