well i was hyped up to the extreme on this game and maybe thats why im a little upset. I was expecting the ability to costimize all of my players not just a class. (Ex. instead of costomizing all my offensive lineman i just choose, run block or pass block or balanced.) What happened to be able to costimize your icon? well they must have taken that out too. Oh yeah one more thing. NO STATS FOR YOUR PLAYERS. That's right so if you want to replace your runningbacks good luck because you will have no clue on what there good at oops i'm sorry i chose balance RB so i guess that means there good at both elusive and power but not great at neither. Well one should be quicker like real football but hey i have no idea. The worst thing ever implemented in a football game comes from this, the kicking. The worst position in football arguably the most useless they turn this into a minigame, because i want to play a minigame being the worst kind of position ever. Now ive played the 2k football games the A botton is sprinting but i mean anyone who has played football on the 360 knows one thing burst on almost any sports game is THE RIGHT TRIGGER. so now i have to learn a whole new weird botton thing with the charges that i never have time to use. That's another thing the charge's. The only time i can use it is when im a QB and run out of pocket then charge up, otherwise i will get sacked. I done the charges like 5 times in general with my RB. I just think of after 2 years they should have been smart i mean nfl 2k5 was amazing and it just seems like there could have been so much more. With no stats B/S bottons and cruddy minigames for the kicker this game sucks. But with the all-stars it seems like they just relied on that to reel people in to buying this game. I mean if they gave other players stats configured bottons a lot and made charges easier to use then this could be great but if you don't have a star reciever (either gold,silver, or bronze.) they can't catch even if they are 'possession' all in all this game has one thing, potential but that is it. From someone who is getting fed up with madden and hoping this was the light at the end of the tunnel im very upset with this. Maybe my expectations were too high but all the previews made this game seem great but once again they have to take out all the things that i actually wanted to play in this game, even before i found out about the all-stars i was exciting for the trash-talking and the bruising tackles leading to injuries, but i have only recieved that treatment three times. one time by O-linemean fell on his arm weird and twice my recievers got messed up by a crazy mid-air hit. I can't beleave im saying this but i can't wait untill Madden 08. This game was brought back not even 24 hours from when i bought it and i can't beleave how much of an overhype can do to people.
Now i do hear a lot on people saying things like this game takes stradegy and skill to play. Hmmm now us 'real football players/fans' can agree on one thing. Player substition is #1 when winning. Taking a slow WR out when your in a 2 minute drill and switching to a bigger RB on the goal line drive. I used barry sanders got down to the red zone and was stuck scratching my head. Who is my power back? I'm not wasting another star pick to get a jamal lewis type RB. That is another example of stats hurting this game. This game is also pretty easy too. I mean lack of plays and formations and still i can put a smacking on the other team. Anyone with a real brain can beat these AI and real football fans will get angry with the lack of substitution's. I pray they fix this by next year if they want to make another one.
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