Madden 2005 initial impressions.

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i've owned every year Madden on any system i've had, since the first John Madden Football. i'm just mad at EA for being lazy and not seriously revamping player models, animations, and physics over the past 5 years since it came out on the PS2; all it's gotten are tweaks and add-ons every year. ANY other game besides this one would be considered an expansion pack and be $20. as you can tell i'm mostly pissed at myself for spending the $50 they charge.

EA is using its incumbency like a bully too. they effectively made MS cancel NFL Fever this year to do XBOX LIVE. Fever was another underdog that tried hard to push videogame football in ways EA doesn't feel it has to. it totally sucks that i can't Read n' Lead (think Maximum Passing but completely open and really well executed) a receiver in a current football game because EA crushed it. the least they could do is try and emulate something like it, add it to Madden. nope. don't have to. because of their 10 year name recognition. totally blows.

Madden is a great game. but it was almost as great 5 years ago. worth the $250 investment EA expects us to make over the years?? all you have to do is see the actual innovation and improvements made in other games like the $20 ESPN to get the answer to that one. IF they don't get cancelled by Madden's name alone.