Madden is back to its roots!!
User Rating: 9 | Madden NFL 08 X360
First let me start by saying I used to be a NFL2K guy. I loved Madden back when it was on the Genesis, heck I even have it for my Saturn. But it seems like it started fading away and just cloning itself over and over with few added features. This year I decided to purchase Madden 08, with the sour taste in my mouth from Madden 07 for the 360 still looming, and give it a chance. Wow! EA has really LISTENED to the gaming community for once and went back and built a truly next-gen football game.It almost seems like they went and hired some of the 2k guys and put them on the Madden project. The reason I say this is because I also purchased All-Pro 2k8 and boy does it suck! The graphics in 2k5 on the xbox beat the snot out of 2k8. The gameplay is not as robotic as the previous years version. The graphics engine is revamped and utilized to take full advantage of the 360's processing power. I do wish they had some more of the Big guy's (John Madden) voice-overs though. So my only gripes with this years version are as follows:
1) You can't setup a ranked game between you and your friends.
2) Not enough John Madden.
3) You can't save replays. The best new feature in my opinion is the ability to watch your teams highlights from the NFL Network. This is very important to me, being a 49er fan living in NC. If you haven't played this years Madden, I highly suggest you rent it and I guarantee you'll fall in love with it and end up purchasing it! 
