Madden NFL 09 Review

[Vikes1]

Quote: Originally Posted by BlyGilmore

I have heard more than a few people compare this year's game to Madden 05.

Add one more to the list Bly.

'09' does remind me of '05' in some ways.

Thats a very good thing for me...Madden '05' was my favorite OG Madden game.

[asu666]

Quote: Originally Posted by Benzhiyi

Good review, and I like Collinsworth, but the comms still don't come anywhere close to those in MLB 08: The Show.

MLB: The Show is the best sports series running. I think it actually even surpasses NFL 2K5 for presentation, options, and gameplay.

[bukktown]

Thorough Review. Well done. On Point. You cracked me up with the Tom Hammond/Speak and Spell reference. lol

[SDwinder]

How about a comparison between the PS3 and 360 versions?

[baebllr408]

For me, the player models, were very weak when playing the game. Again emphasis on playing! The pre-snap and replays show the best player models in a football game to date; yet even then T.O. is skinny, LT is skinny, Brain Westbrook is not a short/ stout little man. Still needs some work, but I am willing to accept it for now becuase there is a new team working on the game now and I can see they are planning on moving forward. When you are running plays however its horrible!!! It looks like PS2, and the name plates completely fade! There isnt even a little blur where the name should be! The presentation also blows. Hammond sounds like the radio announcer with more lines; when he was reading for his recordings did EA really go " wow that sounds natural! Not robotic at all!" The in game stats overlay...CRAP! The scoreboard is alright, but the damn overlay is ugly and an eye sore for me! Its massive and that futuristic **** got played out with sports games in the 90's. They have a license with ESPN... USE IT! Clean up the presentation, bring back madden and michaels, and fix the appropriate players to look like, well, themselves, and we have a great game! And please give us something to play for come Playoffs, Superbowl!!

[black jedi]

Hate to break it to ya but Ea aint using the ESPN license. In one the threads someone postes a quote from an EA rep sayings that they wont use it (ESPN) because they feel the they can do a better job. Nothing against Cris Collingsworth but how do you turn down Chris Berman, Trey wingo, and the NFL Live/Countdown crew. Anyways to all you who have the game and enjoy it Im happy for you. I am happy with NFL2k5. Maybe one day before we're all old and grey we will see competiton again in the football genre. (yeah right)

[blackngoldfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by DONF

IMO the demo played and looked better than the retail/final build. The game speed per the demo was just right and the camera angle was closer to the field than the retail version. The running game in the demo seemed realistic where as in the retial version the speed is wayyyy to fast and doesn't allow you to really see what is going on running game wise. The retail version actually plays very close to the NCAA (which was terrible IMO). Oh well, it is what it is.

I am in complete agreement with you DONF. The demo plays very different from the released game. When I played the game it felt like an early build. I'm still seeing the same hated animation of the 2 defenders flying in like rockets to take out the ball carrier, then all 3 players fall backwards like a bomb was planted between them (from Ians "Low-light" tackling animation video) I liked the smoothness and toned down speed of the demo. The demo is what sold me. It's funny that that the reviewer notes "Speedy gameplay brings pro feeling to life." as a positive. I do like the game, but there needs to be a gamespeed slider in the game.

[TCrouch]

Quote: Originally Posted by blackngoldfan

It's funny that that the reviewer notes "Speedy gameplay brings pro feeling to life." as a positive. I do like the game, but there needs to be a gamespeed slider in the game.

Personal preference. I love the speed and the feeling that you don't have as much time to do things as before. That's why opinions are great, everybody is entitled to their own view.

I agree that a slider would help please a larger audience, though.