Madden NFL 09
by Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of Madden NFL 09
Customer Review: Bring your learning curve
Summary: 4 Stars
I owned this title on x box and went to x box 360. It takes a little longer for things to deveolope on 360, but the learning curve is a little steeper, not being used to the 360 commands.
Like other Madden titles though, once your play a while, it is probably the most enjoyable, addictive and versatile games there are.
Every mode possible, training, very deep Franchise mode...just a plain blast! Highly recommned this game.
Customer Review: The best Madden in years
Summary: 5 Stars
I have bought the new Madden every year since 1997. Some years the updates are pretty drastic, and sometimes they are barely noticeable.
2009 stands out as a serious upgrade to the Madden franchise.
The graphics are OUTSTANDING, it looks like watching a game in high-def. The play seems more realistic. You have better control over the ball carrier.
There are several new features. When you score a touchdown, there is a highlighted area, if you go for the highlighted area it will go to a cut-scene animated celebration. You can even do a Lambeau Leap.
There are players designated as "play makers" and are shown with special icons under the player. Some are better run defenders, or pass defenders, or elusive runners, or spectacular receivers. It would be nice if there was more detail about HOW this affects game-play, and what each icon means but it is not well documented.
There is a "Rewind" option that allows you to "take-back" the last play and re-run it. So if you throw and interception to left and the CB runs it back for a TD you can "Rewind" the play (it actually runs in reverse) until just before the snap. You can then choose to throw with different timing or throw to a different receiver. By default each player gets 1 "rewind" per game, but this is configurable from 0 on up.
There is a new virtual trainer that will allow you to practice some of your game skills on both offence and defense. They will also test you on these games to rank you, presumably for online matchups.
Overall, I think it's the best Madden so far, well worth the upgrade.
Customer Review: Like a dumb supermodel.......
Summary: 2 Stars
I own the PS2 and the Xbox360 versions of Madden 2009. The XBox360 version is beautiful, yet unplayable. The game engine is sooo poor. Recievers regularly running out of bounds. Zero run blocking, not poor blocking, zero blocking. The blocking intelligence does not work in this game. Way too often an offensive lineman runs around people instead of blocking them. QB accuracy is a joke. Perfect accuracy too often and then can't hit the broad side of a barn when the game is on the line. Horrible. Beautiful graphics though. Excellent animation. If the game play of the PS2 version could be combined with the display of the Xbox360 version, we'd have the best Madden ever. I love playing the PS2 version. Not at all like the 360 version. Fun Fun Fun! With poor graphics... and sometimes slow frame rates. I played the 360 version for one month and went back to the PS2 version. If you are commenting in forums about this game, understand the PS2 version is a completely different game than the Xbox 360 version.Customer Review: control and bug problems
Summary: 2 Stars
Like most people I found the game to repeatedly freeze up on me at random times. Sometimes I would go entire games without freezing, and sometimes it would take only a few minutes.
Other then the obvious functionality issues. The player movement seems somewhat worse then usual. It feels as though your player is floating around instead of actually running.
The best aspect of the game is definitely the rosters. It seems they finally got most of the rosters correct, most times the game is released to early and the rosters are quite a bit off then what the team actually is fielding.
Overall it just seems like they shipped an unfinished product. Freezing up is unacceptable and far too many people have had this same problem to just blame it on a select few discs.
It just seems that they shipped an unfinished product.
Customer Review: Too many flaws
Summary: 2 Stars
As a life long Madden fan, I was really disappointed with this game. As one person stated earlier, the deep passing game is next to impossible. It went from way too easy in previous Madden titles to rediculously hard. I've played a few dozen games and have still never completed a deep fly route. In contrast the run defense is way too easy. I don't think an opposing back has ever carried the ball beyond 3 yards on my defense.
Also, the player progression in the franchise mode is terrible. The only way to build up a player is to go through their training drills each week. That is beyond boring.