U Madden EA? That's what you get for refusing to pay royalties to the original designer of the game
[QUOTE]EA argued that the later games were not derivative of his work.[/QUOTE]
Typical of EA, claiming the game isn't a derivative even though it never changes from release to release.
[QUOTE=ArcticRevrus;41167608]Typical of EA, claiming the game isn't a derivative even though it never changes from release to release.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't say it hasn't changed since, y'know, [i]1986,[/i] but it's still the same series overall that's been built upon semi-consistently. Have they even been able to add any 'major' new things in the recent games, or are they just roster and team swaps now?
This may be unrelated, but didn't Bethesda have something to do with Madden too?
The guy had a part in the contract entitling him to royalties from Madden football games, you can argue in court all you want, it's right there saying what it is.
[QUOTE=ArcticRevrus;41167608]Typical of EA, claiming the game isn't a derivative even though it never changes from release to release.[/QUOTE]
because this
[img]http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/98940-john-madden-football-92-genesis-screenshot-running-running.gif[/img]
is the same as this right
[img]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTq46zslYt_rhRdoBL77OAyiEL0nTDpNjWvkOzQGs0GA3RKRb21HQ[/img]
if you're going to rail on a game you should at least put more than a millisecond of thought into it
john madden!
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;41175723]because this
[img]http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/98940-john-madden-football-92-genesis-screenshot-running-running.gif[/img]
is the same as this right
[img]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTq46zslYt_rhRdoBL77OAyiEL0nTDpNjWvkOzQGs0GA3RKRb21HQ[/img]
if you're going to rail on a game you should at least put more than a millisecond of thought into it[/QUOTE]
Derivative or not, they continued to use the IP without ever granting the designer his royalties.
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;41175723]because this
[img]http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/98940-john-madden-football-92-genesis-screenshot-running-running.gif[/img]
is the same as this right
[img]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTq46zslYt_rhRdoBL77OAyiEL0nTDpNjWvkOzQGs0GA3RKRb21HQ[/img]
if you're going to rail on a game you should at least put more than a millisecond of thought into it[/QUOTE]
Yeah ummmmm
[t]http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/116/1167748/madden-nfl-12-20110512020835525.jpg[/t]
the core gamplay is more or less the same, shiny graphics and PR buzzwords aside the game works almost the same way as it did originally so therefor it is a derivative
step it up.
[QUOTE=Generic Monk;41175745]john madden![/QUOTE]
football
[editline]25th June 2013[/editline]
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