IGN Reviews ESPN 2k5

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Originally Posted by SKINSnCANES

boooo, dont fall into their trap, thats what they want you to think, that you dont need madden. Frakly that sounds outrageous to me. Id say if anything just get teh collectors edition of madden.

for the longest time, the trap was buying madden year after year for $50 just for the new rosters, with no improvement in graphics and only tiny tweaks to the gameplay. (sorry, Owner Mode was not worth $50, i wanted to play more realistic football, not do math with hotdogs). this year looks like they are upgrading the graphics a bit more than in the past FOUR years, and added some significant defensive options so it looks like it'll actually be worthwhile this year...

Originally Posted by SKINSnCANES

Well, on a more serious note, its going to be really hard to play 2k5. Im so used to the madden game play. it would be awesome if they had a madden mode where the buttons were the same as madden. It would incline a lot more people to try it, IMO.

you've always been able to switch to madden controls in the 2k series. though bred on madden myself, i've actually done the reverse and switched to the 2k style controls, keeping speed burst on the A (for PS2: X) for both defense AND offense. more consistent that way.