Madden 09 Review

Madden Has always been a big sports franchise. To me the big three are NHL, Madden, and FIFA. Madden 09 combines all that you loved from previous titles like 04, 07 and even some of the NES titles and created a masterpiece. It's a year and a half old game, and still I think it deserves some credit as on of the best football games of the decade. While NCAA took over the quick, huck-it chuck-it style of football, Madden focuses on the elite players, and how well some teams can dominate. Playing a season of All-Madden or the online leagues are the most challenging ways to play the game. I remember being in a tie, I was Oakland and my friend online was Pittsburgh, and he had the ball at the 35 yard line in my end in overtime. I held my ground and he only made it to the 32. So he decided to take a field goal, and I ended up making my first FG block, and it was one of those madden moments they put into the game. Its a cool feature to have, but people like me just want to play season and multiplayer. Another cool feature was legends, and make your own team. Legends could be on your team, or brought into the league. Brett Favre snuck out of retirement to have a wicked season as on of the leading QBs in the league, and fortunately with the legend players, I just took him out of the list, and edited his attributes to make him play like a more experienced player, but who was a little bit older. All in all what the game offers is hours of on the field action where you may be able to make 100 yard rushes, or if you really challenge yourself, you'll be making drives, not risking 4th downs, strategically calling time outs, and trying to get the defense to jump the line of scrimmage early. The Passing I found to be my offensive strength, and my weakness was, ironically, defending the pass. Playing on low budget, crappy teams as a pro is my favorite thing to do, whether I be the QB, RB, TE, or WR.

Madden 09 deserves a high score and for its year it definitely got a lot of attention.

Gameplay(unbiased): 9.0

Fun Factor (biased): 10.0

Graphics: 9.5

Sound 8.0

Lasting appeal: 9.0

Overall Score: 9.3

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