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| MADDEN NFL 06 |
Developer : EA TiburonPublisher : EA SportsRelease Date : Summer 2005 |
| Contrary to some reviews, we are pleased with the new Vision and Precision feature. It works very nicely and isn't as complicated or as awkward as we expected it to be. Other gameplay enhancements, such as impoved O'line blocking fit in nicely as well. The AI is typically solid and this plays like the best version of Madden to date. |
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| The graphics are good, make no mistake. Are they improved from last year however and it's a tough call. The game looks largely like it did in 2005. So while the graphics are certainly nice we've scored this one a little lower because it's really not the upgrade from 2005 we wanted. |
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| Franchise mode alone gives this game incredible replay value, but throw in the new 'Superstar' mode and you could easily be playing this right through to next year ... or failing that, next gen Madden which comes in November. |
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| The on-field presentation is the one single area where it seems like EA have not quite hit the right mark yet. Maybe the new ESPN deal will assist in that process but as far as 06 is concerned the sense of a tv broadcast is flirted with but not completely achieved. The stat overlays are ok but not offering much that is new... no lineup overlays or half=time or post-game recaps, etc... Aside from that the rest of the game is blessed with great presentation - from the Bruno radio show to the newspapers in franchise mode, to the website stuff of Superstar mode to the general navigation of the entire game, presentation is excellent. Hopefully next gen will deliver on all counts. |
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| Sense of atmosphere, a belief that you are amongst the crowd at a football game... it's good. Madden and his commentary is somewhat better but Al Michaels (as far as this reviewer is concerned) is flat out dull. Many gamers will wish Madden was dropped and while some of his comments are cheesy and need to be updated it's good to see more gameplay and franchise specific comments thrown in this year. |
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| Madden 06 is the best version of Madden we've ever seen. It's also as close to real football as most of us will ever get. Is it a brand new football game though ?... no it isn't. Is it a highly polished and accurate recreation of the NFL... yes, in the most part. Will some gamers look on it as a patched up 05 version... probably, there will be gamers out there who do. You can look at Madden 06 from any of those perspectives and on that basis score the game in vastly different ways. Madden 06 is the best football game we've ever played though and while it doesn't contain a massive number of new features over what was offered in 05 you can be sure you won't be disappointed playing a bug free, highly polished version of NFL football. |
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