Madden 09 Coverage Wrap-Up and Your Impressions

by pastapadre
Posted August 11th, 2008 at 10:14 pm

Madden 09 has made its way out and with that brings an end to the prerelease coverage of the game. I still have plans to complete full online impressions, a look at fantasy football importing into Madden (which looks like it has been fixed), an EASW video highlight contest, and the setting up of the custom team online competition to look forward to in the near future. Otherwise I’ll be directing my immediate focus towards NFL Head Coach 09 which I’ll have later today.

As always I’ll be curious to see how the masses receive the game. I suspect for the head-to-head crowd it will be considered very good, while those who heavily invest in CPU offline play or online play will have mixed feelings. As I stated in my random thoughts write-up it is a huge jump forward in gameplay and presentation but the overall experience feels somewhat empty as it doesn’t have a feature or mode that can compare to NCAA Football 09′s Online Dynasty or the Online Team Play of several other EA titles.

Here are links from the prerelease coverage. Feel free to leave your impressions of Madden 09 in the comments!

Random Thoughts on Madden 09
Roster Update Details
Online League Impressions
Full Game of Madden 09: Seahawks @ Chiefs
Full Game of Madden 09: Bengals @ Colts
Full Game of Madden 09: Texans @ Titans
Full Game of Madden 09: Bills @ Jets
A Few More Videos (Madden Moments, Superstar Mode)
Community Event Impressions
Live Blog from Community Event

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I’ll give the game a solid 8. NFL 2k5/8 is still to date the most accurate depiction of football gameplay in my opinion. Not to mention the 2k series blew Madden out of the water in terms of presentation, but nonetheless this new Madden is solid. Graphics look good, stadiums are awesome and the passing is fun. The running game is RIDICULOUSLY difficult even if you have a stud for a running back. Blocks are almost never held, and the defense is perpetually in the backfield. It’s kinda sad when a 15 yard run is cause for a major celebration. In the 2k’s the O-lineman actually had visible blocking schemes depending on the run play you called. In Madden they just kinda hit anyone near them with no clear strategy, and most of the time they do a lousy job at that. Chris Collinsworth does a great job on the commentary, however his counterpart is absolutely atrocious. I think the dynasty mode on NCAA 09 is more intriguing, and I would agree with earlier comments in that Linebacker reaction time to passes is way out of hand. Other than that take it for what it is: another Madden game that’s really not that much different from the previous 10 installments. Better graphics, and pretty fluid controls is what puts it slightly ahead of its predecessors.
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I’ll give the game a solid 8. NFL 2k5/8 is still to date the most accurate depiction of football gameplay in my opinion. Not to mention the 2k series blew Madden out of the water in terms of presentation, but nonetheless this new Madden is solid. Graphics look good, stadiums are awesome and the passing is fun. The running game is RIDICULOUSLY difficult even if you have a stud for a running back. Blocks are almost never held, and the defense is perpetually in the backfield. It’s kinda sad when a 15 yard run is cause for a major celebration. In the 2k’s the O-lineman actually had visible blocking schemes depending on the run play you called. In Madden they just kinda hit anyone near them with no clear strategy, and most of the time they do a lousy job at that. Chris Collinsworth does a great job on the commentary, however his counterpart is absolutely atrocious. I think the dynasty mode on NCAA 09 is more intriguing, and I would agree with earlier comments in that Linebacker reaction time to passes is way out of hand. Other than that take it for what it is: another Madden game that’s really not that much different from the previous 10 installments. Better graphics, and pretty fluid controls is what puts it slightly ahead of its predecessors.