Looks beautiful, but the gameplay is abysmal
User Rating: 1 | Madden NFL 08 X360
The first few games I played, I absolutely loved this game. I was throwing 5 interceptions a game, but I figured I'd just get settled into it a bit and everything would be fine. Only... My team (without my help) actually intercepted the ball ELEVEN times in one game. Okay I thought, I'll just need to tweak the sliders or something. I dropped the interception slider for both sides... then dropped it some more... then dropped it some more.... and some more... then turned weapons off... With the interception slider on zero and weapons off, I still threw 7 interceptions a game and intercept 4+. Now I'm no madden god, but what the hell? I can win every single game in all pro quite easily -- just run the ball 50 times a game, throw a few play action passes or passes to wide open RB's in the flats. But the interceptions and fumbles make this game worthless. With the interception sliders on zero, there should be zero interceptions, and there are 10+ per game? Seriously, what the hell? And dropping players from the roster doesn't put them in the free agent pool, it removes them from the game. Seriously, how was this stuff not caught in beta? All it would take is ONE franchise played through a few years to make this glaringly obvious to any tester. And why is it that the 30th best starting quarterback in the league has a QB rating of 85? Why are world class running backs fumbling the ball 3 and 4 times a game? This game is utterly unplayable. I'm absolutely disgusted. I guess I won't be buying madden on the release date ever again. Do yourself a favor. If you're jonesing for a football game, get madden 07 used practically for free. Seriously, I cannot believe how great the game looks at first and then how bad it actually is. 
