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smackson · 09-02-2005, 02:33 PM

I am a really big fan of the NFL and also NFL Video Games. For the past 3 years I really enjoyed the Visual Concepts NFL2k series and have not been impressed with the Madden gameplay.

As a lot of you probably know EA bought the exclusive rights to the NFL. So this has really upset me since I heard about it, but I was waiting for Madden 06 to come out so I could give it a try and see if they improved their gameplay.

Well I rented it and was very unsatisfied. The gameplay is nowhere near where the Visual Concepts 2k series was. One thing I did like is that there are a lot more options in Franchise mode and a lot more statistical breakdowns than the 2k series, but what is so good about that when you go and try to play a football game and you just can't get into it.

My brother was here the other day and we were going to play a 2 player game against the computer. Usually when we play I pick the offensive plays and play with the QB and he will be the RB or WR. One thing I don't like about this game is when I pass it to a WR(not the WR controlled by Player 2), it automatically changes this receiver to me(the 2k series would change to Player 2 because he is playing the WR position). Now my next gripe. He normally picks the defensive plays. Well this game does not allow Player 2 to pick any play or call any audible, it has to all be controlled by Player 1. So after playing a whole game we came to the conclusion that when you play a 2 player game it is actually only a 1 1/4 player game, because player 2 has really no control over anything.

I just found out a few weeks ago that you can download rosters off the internet to update your ESPN2k5 rosters to 2k6. This was pretty cool, but I really wish there were a variety of NFL games on the market so I could have a choice as to which game I wanted to purchase.

I am not trying to bash the Madden series(for about a 10-year stretch it was, in my opinion, the best NFL game out there), but the only reason you would purchase rights for a particular game is if you felt the competition had something that you don't have. Madden has excellent franchise features and options, but to me gameplay is the most crutial and that is where I feel the Madden series is missing something.

09-02-2005, 02:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
smackson Upright Location: West Valley City, Utah	Madden 06 I am a really big fan of the NFL and also NFL Video Games. For the past 3 years I really enjoyed the Visual Concepts NFL2k series and have not been impressed with the Madden gameplay. As a lot of you probably know EA bought the exclusive rights to the NFL. So this has really upset me since I heard about it, but I was waiting for Madden 06 to come out so I could give it a try and see if they improved their gameplay. Well I rented it and was very unsatisfied. The gameplay is nowhere near where the Visual Concepts 2k series was. One thing I did like is that there are a lot more options in Franchise mode and a lot more statistical breakdowns than the 2k series, but what is so good about that when you go and try to play a football game and you just can't get into it. My brother was here the other day and we were going to play a 2 player game against the computer. Usually when we play I pick the offensive plays and play with the QB and he will be the RB or WR. One thing I don't like about this game is when I pass it to a WR(not the WR controlled by Player 2), it automatically changes this receiver to me(the 2k series would change to Player 2 because he is playing the WR position). Now my next gripe. He normally picks the defensive plays. Well this game does not allow Player 2 to pick any play or call any audible, it has to all be controlled by Player 1. So after playing a whole game we came to the conclusion that when you play a 2 player game it is actually only a 1 1/4 player game, because player 2 has really no control over anything. I just found out a few weeks ago that you can download rosters off the internet to update your ESPN2k5 rosters to 2k6. This was pretty cool, but I really wish there were a variety of NFL games on the market so I could have a choice as to which game I wanted to purchase. I am not trying to bash the Madden series(for about a 10-year stretch it was, in my opinion, the best NFL game out there), but the only reason you would purchase rights for a particular game is if you felt the competition had something that you don't have. Madden has excellent franchise features and options, but to me gameplay is the most crutial and that is where I feel the Madden series is missing something.