Madden 08 for the PS3 finally focused on key gameplay flaws and additions this year instead of an entirely new system that hardly ever works. First and foremost the new player weapons are a welcome addition that works surprisingly well. Power Backs go down moving forward and Spectacular Catch Receivers catch some amazing almost un-catchable passes. Big Hit defenders are clear avoiders for any QB or RB in that direction of the field. Even the minute ones like Brick Wall defenders have noticeable differences (mainly in the fumble area of gameplay). Speaking of fumbles you've probably heard of the fumble prone bug in this madden. This is an extremely frustrating aspect of the game when it's 4th quarter, 30 sec and your Back fumbles it for the 5th time in the game. Good running backs only fumble once a season, if that. So to have it happen at the least twice a game is frustrating. Also passing just for the hell of passing is strictly forbidden aswell on madden. Normally if no passes were open you throw it to some guy and hope for the best. Now if you pass it without thinking you WILL BE INTERCEPTED. Even passes that in the old would normally be caught are now incomplete. This is good and bad in the fact that it makes a clearer line between Madden Experts (*cough* me) from the cheesers. Now for the not gameplay part ; ). Graphics are nice (most early Madden's are). The menu screen is nicely developed but I find that game modes like superstar and franchise are under developed and aren't super fun to play. But they did still put franchise mode in there so thank god for that. Online mode with rings, trophies, etc is very appealing and fun. 30 fps my ass this is still fun. Graphics: 8.0 great. They maintain a good NFL vibe.
Sound:8.5 Good soundtrack, best in a couple of years. Good announcers and crowd Gameplay:9.0 Nice gameplay additions will hold you over for a long time.
Presentation:8.5 Real strong NFL vibe.
Lasting Appeal:7.0 - 9.0 If you like Football 9.0 if you don't 7.0
Madden 08 finally makes its debut on the playstation 3 with the Athlete Vince Young on the cover. I dont think he's gained the superstar status of an nfl player like Ladanian Thomas but he's a popular player and a good c... Read Full Review
The official review on this site was all about improved gameplay, same graphics. I don't know which game they were playing. Madden '07 on PS2 has a much better gameplay than any PS3 versions out there, Madden '08 incl... Read Full Review
