If you call yourself a football fan, and want a good franchise experience, then DEFINATELY get NFL2k5. Ive bought madden every year since its incarnation ( sega genesis ) and even though i bought nfl2k5 for 20 bucks, and played it a few weeks whilst i waited for madden05 to come out, i figured hey.. its only 20 bucks and itll get me through my football craving till the real game, madden hits. Welp after 2 weeks i started to LOVE nfl2k5. Everything about it was SO much better than madden. Graphics, Gameplay, Features, Presentation, Sound, Options, etc just beat hands down anything madden had to offer. And the much hyped hit-stick definately wasnt a hit with me as the hits felt the same and i had better tackling animations and experiences on 2k5.
After everything was said and done, i traded in madden less than 2 weeks after i shelled out 50 bucks for it with and old game to get burnout3, which was easily the best trade in ive ever done. Right now, the best football game ive ever played sits still in my xbox, nfl2k5.
Its 20 bucks. Trust me on this one, id pay 3 times that to get this game. NFL2K5 is THE football game to own this year. And the franchise mode is GREAT. I especially love "the crib" where not only can you customize your house with gadgets, you can go upstairs and look at all your player records, and the trophies they give you that correspond with said records. Not some flimsy notebook you flip through where you read about your records, you actually can zoom in and rotate each trophy and its engraved with your record numbers ( like record for yards per season, etc ).
Great game, Great price. Madden sucked this year. Hopefully this taught ea a lesson and will make them make a better madden next year. Im still a madden fan, but if you have last years version, dont expect anything new.
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