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19 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
WORST MADDEN I EVER PLAYED, November 27, 2006
Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars
I have been playing Madden since the genesis days and this is by far the worst disappointment i have ever felt with a football game period. I think that the game should have remained the same from the PS2 version just adding the motion sensitivity and better graphics.
Just to be fair lets start with the good,
1) Great graphics-
2) Smooth control
and now the bad-
1) NO MADDEN!!!!!!!!!
2) The play calling feature sucks and hard to see
3) cant make defensive formation changes
4) the commentary sucks
5) button configurations are horrible and when you try to change them it never comes out right.
6) no huddles have a video attached to them that kinda defeats the purpose of HURRY UP offense.
I think that i am so dissatisfied because i was so excited about the PS3 and the Madden, but EA put absolutely no thought into making this game. I think EA should stick to the formula of maddens of 'ol and if they dont at least put JOHN MADDEN commentary on it. REFUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
I have to agree with the general opinion of this Madden, March 2, 2007
Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars
I'll start by stating that I was a big fan of the Madden games until I played Sega's NFL 2K5 on the PS2. After EA bought the exclusive rights to the NFL games, I was rather peeved. Madden 2007 for the PS3 just enforces the reasons for my dismay.
Pros:
- NFL foolball
- Improved graphics from the previous generation of video game consoles (not by the leaps and bounds you'd expect though)
- That's about it
Cons:
- Graphics not up to the quality you'd expect from next gen technology.
- Controls feel 'off', especially on defense.
- change of the speed burst button from X to R2...this was very difficult to get used to.
- create-a-player was ruined. Yeah, it was kind of cheap to be able to build the perfect player. Now you have to participate in drills to set your created player's attributes. While fine in theory, the drills (think scounting combine...bench press, 40yd dash, etc) weren't well executed. I really noticed the 'off' feel of the controls while running through a tackling drill with a LB. It was the same setup as the Mini-Camp drill from previous games (which I normally ruled at), but I could barely make a tackle. The players just didn't feel responsive.
Bottom line, this game felt rushed. I had a feeling EA would let the quality of their NFL game slip now that there's no competition. I can't even recommend renting this game, let alone buying it. It really seems that all of EA Sports titles are slipping greatly in terms of quality.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A disappointing update, January 13, 2007
Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars
I've been playing Madden on a PS2 for about as long as the PS2 has existed and this is the only update to disappoint me. Here are my thoughts.
Gameplay
This is the good news. The graphics are great - probably not quite as good as you thought, but still great. There is some pretty stupid eye candy. For example, between plays you get artistic shots of various unseen parts of the stadium like between pillars, or looking out from the hallways or, my favorite, a close-up of speaker clusters. Players on the sideline clap together in rhythm like trained monkeys. I wouldn't miss these.
Players move in a much more natural fashion and tackling in particular is much more realistic. For example, instead of either getting tackled or shucking a tackler, you may have a running back slowed down by dragging a tackler before getting popped by another one. It's hard to describe but it has a much more realistic feel. I also feel like its easier to run through the middle which was also a short coming of prior games.
The controls have shifted dramatically so you need to read up before you play. In particular, the triangle button has shifted from "hot route" to "jump offsides" - that cost me about 100 yards my first game. The new controls probably make more sense, but will take some getting used to.
They removed one feature that I really liked which was the "accelerated clock". That used to run the clock down to fixed time after calling the play which made it harder to call a crazy amount of audibles at the line and also kept the game moving. Without, I find that I can run a play every 10 seconds which is pretty silly.
Strategy
This is a complete disaster. In a rush to get the product out they have removed a ton of features. You no longer have formation specific audibles, so you're back to the basic five. You can't have formations specific substitutions, so there's no resting specific players or having a formation with your possession receivers. You can't adjust individual defenders, so you can't decided to blitz a corner instead of have them play zone or switch match ups. You can't alter your defensive match up (man match vs. zone match), so it's impossible to disguise zone coverage.
This is probably sufficient to send me back to the PS2 version.
Summary
If you just like to play a game with your friend and you don't generally make adjustments at the line, this is a worthwhile upgrade. If you play in Franchise mode and like a more cerebral game, I'd wait for 2008 when they've put those features back.
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