Customer Reviews

Madden NFL 09

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4 star:		(5)
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When Madden '09 came out, I bought it for the Nintendo Wii. That was a mistake. Being a longtime Madden player since the Nintendo days, I was looking for more than updated rosters. I knew that the wii version would not have graphis like the ps3 or 360, but they were not even close to being legit. The gameplay and overall appearance of the wii version was made for first-time madden players. I then found out that it came out for the ORIGINAL XBOX.

The new features are very nice. Along w/ updated rosters, the gameplay is very smooth and they added "stringed-together" moves while carrying the ball and the QB evade which I was glad to see. My favorite new addition is the sideline catches. Unlike the old Madden, if the ball is thrown towards the sideline, the receiver will go for the ball while attempting to stay in bounds, trust me...it's really nice to have. I played the 360 version, and I read other xbox1 version reviews and I think it is safe to say that the orginal xbox madden runs smoother than the 360. That is just an opinion, which obviously will vary by who you ask. They still have the mini-camps and all the stuff from the '08 version.

Basically, they tweaked Madden from the '08 version and though they did not change a whole lot, the few things that they did add definitely makes this game worth buying.

Since I bought my first Madden in '05, I have played thousands of games. This is the best product and it is the biggest year-over-year improvement they have produced to date. They have finally have the running game right.

I am 62, hate golf, ride my bike 40 miles a week and spend my 'hobby' time playing Madden, smoking cigars, and pretending to give interviews to the press about how a team owner can create a team that wins every game for thirty years.

Winning is easy, get a 99 throwing power QB, a couple of 99 speed receivers streaking down the sidelines, and learn to pitch and catch to the side of the field that the defensive safeties aren't. Add a good tight-end running a post pattern just in case the safeties are in a cover-two: and you are the king! I play on All-Madden, with the CPU-AI turned all the way up and only lose a couple of games out of a hundred.

Until this year, I couldn't run the ball successfully on the higher levels, and my offense was 80% passing. This year they have finally supported good moves for the running back, and my offense has developed a good running game: much more fun.

This was a GREAT swan song for the 1st gen Xbox Madden games. The ONLY pan I have is that a lot of the 2nd year player names were not updated and there was not a NCAA companion to cross draft for future seasons.

This is a really great game. Classic Madden genius and very similar to the previous years. Rosters were just a little dated and adjustments could have been made to the game before being released. They don't make NCAA for original X-box in a compatible year to import draft classes, other than that, I'm still playing.

It was a gift that my friend was not expecting and he was pleasantly surprised because he and I were both unaware that this game was made for the original X Box. Great buy.

excellent graphics, almost as if your acttualy in the game.

Still old madden graphics but better with updated roster and stadiums. I played madden 06 for years and my record was 214-21. I can see me doing it again with this game.

I gave this gift to my hubbers for Christmas. Well, it kept him busy for 8+ hours that day while I had to work. I don't think I could ask for much more than that.

I really enjoy playing this game, I feel like I am really there on the team.

is like all the madden football games a lot of fun to play with all
the good graphics