This Game Still Holds Its Own
Created: 19/09/06
While this game may be older, not a next-gen console release and not have the best graphics, it's still a model football game. This game should have set the mold for future releases, had the NFL decided to set a monopoly and signed exclusively with EA Sports to produce Madden as the only NFL title. What's great about this game is the way it keeps you playing. Not only can you build your franchise and play several seasons though, but you can build your "crib". Basically, you'll have a penthouse that you can decorate with team memorabilia that you unlock. You unlock the items by earning points based on your performance in the games you play. You'll also add furniture and mini-games - like darts - as you go. Another great thing about this game is that it really seemed to be the first game that would remember how you and other players tend to play. If you and your friends have profiles in the game, the CPU will remember the style you play. If you run more often than pass, run the same several plays on average, etc, the computer remembers this. In turn, if you want to practice against your friends without having to endure embarassment or heckling, you can play against their profile and the CPU will play almost exactly as they would. This leads to the next feature...while it's not the best, you can play celebrities profiles and teams. The celebrities have all-star teams, so it's definitely a challenge, but it does get annoying that they have to talk all the time after plays. Plus, when you beat the celebrities, you'll get their teams and other unlockables. So this seems like a lot, but there's more!
Like I said, the graphics might not be the best there is (especially compared to the next gen consoles), but they're pretty good. The gameplay is basically similar to anything released within the past few years. Perhaps, though, the best feature which I have yet to see anywhere else is the trophy room. You'll have a room where you'll display trophies you earn in game play. These trophies range from things such as a perfect season, NFC/AFC champ, super bowl champs...or position trophies like earning a set amount of yards as a running back or QB...or player trophies - for these, you'll have to accomplish a certain set of goals as a particular players. Some of these trophies you can earn with relative ease, others will keep you playing forever in an attempt to collect them all. If Madden followed the crib mode and trophy features, I'd bet it would be even more critically acclaimed then it already is.
Put this all together and you get a football game that, while a few years old, is still a great title...and could even be the best!
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ESPN NFL 2K5, The one Football Game you Must Have!
Created: 02/07/06
I have to say, I am not the biggest sports game fan in the world, I pretty much like to play Halo, Call of Duty 2, Splintercell, Etc... But I am a Real time Football fan, so I decided to try this out, after all, if I didn't like it I could resell it here on eBay. and so I bought it, and have been playing it around once our twice a week ever since! Multiplayer is pretty much what I play, since I have friends that come over, and the quality of graphics rivals new games such as Halo or Burnout Revenge. You can always read the listings here on eBay to learn more about it, but overall I would recomend this to any Xbox owner as a Party game or single player as well.
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BEST NFL GAME EVER MADE
Created: 23/06/10
THIS IS THE BEST NFL GAME THAT HAS EVER BEEN MADE BLOWS ANY MADDEN GAME AWAY IN A HEARTBEAT.
THIS GAME HAS REALISTIC GAME PLAY , EXCELLENT GRAPHICS , REAL CROWD REACTIONS ,
AWESOME REAL GAME ESPN COMMENTATING , FRANCHISE MODE IS LETS YOU DO ANYTHING YOU
WANT IT'S TOTALLY SICK , PLAYERS DON'T LOOK FAT AND CARTOONISH LIKE IN MADDEN
THEY LOOK LIKE THEY REALLY ARE , MADDEN JUST LOOKS LIKE TRASHY ATARI 80'S GRAPHICS
THE SUPER COOL THING ABOUT THIS GAME IS THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD REAL LIFE NFL UP TO DATE ROSTERS AND YOU MAY EDIT THEM AS YOU LIKE WITH ATTRIBUTES , CONTRACTS ETC ...
ROOKIES EVEN HAVE PICS ON FRANCHISE MODE ON DRAFT DAY AND ON MADDEN THEY DON'T YOUR LUCKY ON MADDEN IF YOU SEE MADDEN HIMSELF LOL ....
ONE TIME WHEN I WAS PLAYING MADDEN AL DAVIS SLAPPED MADDEN FOR MAKING A BAD CALL AND TOLD HIM JUST WIN BABY AND I LAUGHED MY ASS OFF !!!!!!!
THAT IS PROBABLY THE ONLY COOL THING MADDEN HAS BESIDES TRADING IT IN AT GAME STOP OR SELLING IT HERE ON EBAY ....
ANOTHER COOL THING ABOUT MADDEN IS THAT WHEN YOU PLAY YOU FALL ASSLEEP SOMETIMES BECAUSE IT IS SO BORING .....
ONE TIME I WAS PLAYING MADDEN AND I WAS GOING TO WIN THE GAME BUT THE FANS ATTACKED ME SO I HAD TO TURN OFF MY SYSTEM AND PUT ON NFL 2K5 !!!!
THIS OTHER TIME WHEN I WAS THE RAIDERS I WAS PLAYING THE STEELERS AND THEIR QUARTERBACK THREW A HUGE PASS TO HINES WARD AND GEORGE ATKINSON LAID HIM OUT WITH A CLOTHES LINE LOL AND HINES STARTED CRYING AND GEORGE ATKINSON LOOKED AT HIM AND SPIT ON HIS FACE AND SAID DUDE YOU SOFT LOL HAHAHAHAAAAA !!!!!!!!
BUT YEAH NFL 2K5 BY FAR THE BEST NFL VIDEO GAME BECAUSE JAMARCUS RUSSELL DON'T COME OUT .......
THIS OTHER ONE TIME WHEN I WAS PLAYING AGAINST THE VIKINGS BRET FAVRE THOUGHT HE WAS ALL BAD THROWING DEEP PASSES AND COMPLETIONS TO SIDNEY RICE AND I WAS LOOSING THEN HE THREW THIS ONE LONG , LONG BOMB AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WILLIE BROWN THE DB COACH FOR THE RAIDERS COMES OUT OF NO WHERE AND RETURNS THE INTERCEPTION FOR A TOUCH DOWN ...LOLLLL
THEN WHEN I PLAYED THE REDSKINS I WAS ALMOST GOT SACKED SO I GAVE THE BALL TO MARCUS ALLEN AND JOHN FASENDA THE REDSINS STARTED TO FADE INTO THE DYING DAYLIGHT ON CAME MARCUS ALLEN RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT AND THE ANOUNCER SAID HOLE TOLEDO LOL BUY NFL 2K5 !!!!!!
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ONE OF THE BEST FB GAMES EVER MADE
Created: 22/08/09
This game is one of the best FB games I have ever played on any system. This game displays every angle of football, from the broadcast booth to the playing field, and the edition of ESPN is just ridiculous. When you look at todays games they are lacking that off the field experience, you may knock this game but there isnt one sports fan who would love to have thier best play highlighted on sportscenter. With the ability to go online and download the updated rosters along with the rookies makes this a timeless classic!!!!!

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ESPN 2k5 still on a roll
Created: 01/03/09
ESPN 2k5 has to be one of the most NFL great video games known today before it was bought out by the Madden Franchise. Followed by ESPN, the game had great innovation and was supported with amazing graphics by Visual Concepts. Known today, people still buy this game with features on the internet to allow roster updates giving the game its roster updates year after year somewhat still competing with the Madden franchise.

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