I have played Madden NFL since its birth. Every year there seemed to be vast improvements upon the previous edition. Then came Madden 2003. This installment seemed to regress the gameplay in exchange for some gimmicks that i have since pushed aside in my own mind. I played 2004 and still I couldn't get excited so I picked NFL 2k4 ESPN and was immediately impressed. Since then I have played NFL 2k5 and Madden 2005 and I was still more impressed with 2k sports rendition better. I was very disappointed that instead of making better games that EA Sports chose to simply buy the rights so that 2K could no longer beat them in quality gameplay and presention. So I just got Madden 2006 for 360 and I found myself right back in 2003 again. Stuck with amazing sound and looks, yet gimmicky, cheap, and very poor looking gameplay. Tackles look weak, catches are ok but throwing the long ball is much too easy, and throwing mechanics as well as many other aspects need a lot of work. I can only hope that a year can give EA enough time to develop a good next gen game that I will enjoy. And not gimmicks surrounded by a shotty presentation.
This past year has made me hate EA even more and more with the purchase to the Exclusive NFL rights, which stopped 2k Games for continuing the ESPN 2k series which was starting to improve beyond what Madden has miss out ... Read Full Review
I waited 9 hours in line at Fry's to purchase an xbox 360 premium and boy let me tell you I'm really ticked off. First off, I'm not happy with the system and second of all the game titles are really weak. I know its la... Read Full Review
