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Madden 2005

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GoofyBuckeye

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Came early to my local gamestop last night..It's alot better gameplay wise and blows NCAA out of the water...not even close in that department. No slow downs in gameplay which is really nice.
Everything else is pretty much the same as last year except they added on a defensive feature using the right stick where you can change individual defenders' assignments on the fly and you can hit harder using the R-stick.

The radio show (which you'll find out about) is annoying and totally useless. Why they wasted the time to do it is beyond me.

One thing that caught me off guard, I played a whole season in NCAA and exported the draft class. None of the Buckeyes were high draft picks, in fact, only Nugent and Ross were 2nd round or higher. Everyone else including Sims, Schlegel, Underwood (they left early) were 6th and 7th rounds.

Still a great game. Some annoying quirks but they improved alot of areas.
 
Passing is MUCH easier in Madden than in NCAA. Running is a bit harder as it should be. What I like the most about the game play is there is no slow down in the action like when you run through the hole it's like slow mo or something. Madden doesn't have that problem
 
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i dont have that problem with NCAA.

i avoided madden last year after getting beat 3 different games on my buddies system with him just throwing the deep ball all day long. totally unrealistic and pissed me off. so i missed out on the franchise mode and all that. im gonna rent this one and check it out. then i might buy it.
 
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I thought this was funny. Be careful, Madden can be addicting.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04223/359281.stm

With life-like graphics and strategies, Madden accurately replicates the feel of an NFL game -- video gamers control one team, choosing different plays -- but it's not for everybody. Or more appropriately, it can be too much.

That's what Steelers running back Jerome Bettis decided two years ago after burning a night in front of the television. He looked at the clock. It was 7 a.m. He had to get ready for practice within the hour.

"I had to quit cold turkey," Bettis said. "I had difficulties going to sleep. I had to quit so I could get some peace of mind. I was obsessed. Madden was killing me. I'd try to play an entire season in, like, one night.

"I went cold turkey two years ago. I never played [the 2004 version], and now, 2005? No way. The guys are trying to pick up this tournament, and they asked me. I was tempted" -- for effect, Bettis theatrically licked two of his fingers -- "but I can't do it, because the game is so addictive."
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Did Madden come out early this year? I, pretty much, only play football on my ps2. Last year I seem to remember playing NCAA 2004 for a while before playing Madden. This year they seem very close together in their release times.

That said, I hate games that cater to the offensive player (partly because I suck at offense). I hope Madden is not like that, but it sounds like it is.

We'll have to establish a tournament. . .
 
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I haven't played the ESPN game. If you typically perfer EA gamplay over ESPN gameplay, then Madden's your choice, and vice versa. If you have the NCAA game and want to import draft classes, then Madden is the game for you.

Regarding the gameplay differences, I've heard that the sim features and defensive AI is better with the Madden game. I've also heard that ESPN's graphics and presentation are great though, and that it really has an ESPN type of feel to it. It mostly depends on your preferences.

FWIW- I prefer the EA style and importing draft classes.
 
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Madden is great in some areas, and infuriatingly shitty in others. Do not, for instance, ever plan on taking a created team into Franchise mode. First they force you to supplant an existing NFL franchise, then the game sort of forgets that you just sucked the free agent pool dry (read: all the FAs you signed when you created the team are there, creating duplicates of each player). Importing draft classes from NCAA 2005 is also problematic, as talented underclassmen enter the draft more than once (read: Santonio Holmes declared as a sophomore, then again as a junior, and yet again as a senior, leaving the NFL with three of the same guy). I haven't given the actual gameplay a whole lot of attention, and that's probably why I still prefer NCAA (despite the gameplay speed issues), but I definitely do. Madden isn't bad, but (as always) it is far from perfect. Real, real far.
 
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madden is terrific. the defensive AI is phenomenal. i don't even use all that franchise stuff, i just play games. and the games are great. it's a fanstastic, incredibly realistic game. every year in madden, there are flaws in the gameplay which they gradually improve upon and correct year by year. however, there are few, if any, flaws in the '05 gameplay. it's terrific. the defensive pre-snap adjustments are AWESOME. there is no way an opposing player can run the same play against you, over and over; you have the tools at your disposal to stop the play. this is a great defensive game, although it's still possible to be successful on offense, you just have to really know what you're doing and have your offense running like a well-oiled machine. i only play at the all-madden leve, the easier levels are too easy for the offense.
 
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