DaltonGreen Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Madden comes out with the best football game every year!!!!!! They can not be beat by that crappy ass espn game!!!!! Go BENGALS!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASTYNATI Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 [quote name='The Carson Show' date='Jun 28 2005, 03:35 AM']i didnt start this thread FYI i just stated that espn2k5 OWNS madden [right][post="108139"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote] the title of the thread is madden "06" not, espn "2k6 (the non existant game)" you didnt start the thread, but you did start the debate... so im finishing it... if you wanna talk about espn 2k5 start a thread about it... that simple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodey319 Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 we've been over this so many times i dont want to contiue to type why i think madden is better than ESPN. It doesnt matter anyway, stop bitching about it cause its a non issue anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodey365 Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 R.I.P. espn football. lol i hear whispers that this years madden is goin to be so awesome. i hear it has a superstar mode where you are one player and you go through the ups and downs of an nfl career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorVirus Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Never liked madden to begin with and now I will be forced to play it cause it will be the only Official NFL game out. So......to those of us that did like ESPN, we are just SOL!!! Now EA can do a couple of things 1) They don't produce a good game because there is no more competition and 2) Raise the price for the game to $60 dollars because of no camp. But that's JAM except for the price going up, I read it in the X-box Mag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bengal_Smoov Posted June 29, 2005 Report Share Posted June 29, 2005 Here's a good article about a recent event for Madden 06' [quote]EA unveils Madden in New York NFL stars on hand as sports publisher shows off near-final version of its flagship title; says development is complete. NEW YORK--The ESPNZone in New York is usually known as being a hub of real-world sports, where fans from all over the Big Apple converge, watch their favorite teams, and down a few cold beverages. Tonight, however, the bar and restaurant was strictly devoted to sports of the virtual kind, as EA Sports unveiled the highly anticipated Madden NFL 06. Along for the ride were a bevy of current NFL greats, such as Daunte Culpepper, Tony Gonzalez, Byron Leftwich, Michael Strahan, and Madden 06 cover star Donovan McNabb, on hand to see the public unveiling of a game in which they all appear. EA Sports reps announced this evening that development of the football game is complete. There's still some work left to be done before the game reaches store shelves in early August, but for all intents and purposes, the job of programming and refining the game before it's sent to production is essentially finished. The level of scrutiny expected for this year's Madden is higher than ever before, as this entry will be the first NFL game released by the company since it obtained exclusive use of the NFL license in December 2004. Tonight's event began in relatively low-key style; as media streamed in, it was tough not to notice the NFL guys all huddled around the PS2 and Xbox consoles getting hands-on tours of the game by EA reps. For many of the athletes on hand, tonight's event was their first look at the latest iteration of Madden and its new features. Among the new features taking the field this time around are [b]a tweaked passing system that uses an illuminated cone on the field to represent each quarterback's field of vision on the gridiron, and passing controls that let players better pinpoint passes by throwing high, low, away, or behind receivers[/b]. Pickup games abounded throughout the event, the most intense of which was a battle of Madden cover stars. Minnesota Vikings quarterback (and Madden 2002 cover athlete) Culpepper took on McNabb (whose image can be found on Madden 06) in a match that found both initially standing up to pose for photos. But as the match progressed, it ended with the two QBs seated and staring intently at the screen. Unfortunately, McNabb was pulled away to do interviews before the game ended, so no victor was named. After the hands-on time, an open panel--consisting of Strahan, McNabb, Culpepper, Leftwich, and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez, and hosted by former San Francisco 49er Gary Plummer--discussed their impressions of the game. The players seemed to be united in their approval of the new passing system and were also nearly unanimously in agreement that their current player ratings in attributes such as speed and awareness could use a nudge upward. Among all the discussion, there was even a little room for some trash talking as McNabb and Strahan, two of the NFL's more effusive stars, took some friendly jabs at one another. Asked whether he would ever consider using the Raiders in a game, McNabb, a graduate of Syracuse University (a school renowned for its sports broadcasting program) took the time to do a detailed mock breakdown of the Raiders' offensive and defensive players, demonstrating his knowledge of his opponents both real and virtual. Strahan, perhaps sensing he was being upstaged, asked the one question about McNabb's Eagles that was on everyone's lips, one that McNabb himself doesn't know the answer to: "Well, Donovan, will [Eagles receiver and potential holdout Terrell Owens] be on the Eagles' offense?" Needless to say, this line elicited the biggest laugh of the night. Since the passing game is a focus of this year's Madden, Gonzalez had an interesting response to a question regarding what was more important to the offensive success of a football game: a quarterback with a great arm or a wide receiver with great hands. "I'm not going to make [Chiefs quarterback] Trent Green the best quarterback, and he's not going to make me the best tight end. We're all going to work together, and then you have to throw in the offensive line. If you, throughout history, if you can name a great quarterback you can probably name a great receiver [that played with him] and vice versa, so for me it goes hand in hand." The other big feature fully unveiled at tonight's event was [b]NFL superstar mode, an entirely new mode in the game that puts the player in the position of an up-and-coming rookie athlete making a name for himself in the NFL, complete with a slate of off-the-field drama that accompanies life in America's biggest sport[/b]. On Friday, GameSpot Sports will have a full preview of the NFL superstar mode in Madden NFL 06.[/quote] Sounds like Madden 06' got the players stamp of approval. I can't wait, I'm going to have to request my day off from work now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD_semro Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 I am a madden junkie i had espn but madden and the hit stick won me over and more additions for this year are.... 1. Truck Stick- Run over people with Duckett by pressing the hit stick up or down to do a finesse move with Warrick Dunn. 2.Run / Pass Playmaker control- they brought it back 3. 35 more formations on offense- to be more like team 4. Zone Defense- you can have your player go with a receiver if you they are in motion to diguise your defense. 5. Elite Receivers- They will be open the more you can wait in the pocket it they do a long route with maybe a slant or two they will be open only Elite Receivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASTYNATI Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 man i cant wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD_semro Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 Superstar mode is going to be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 [quote name='GoBengals' date='Jun 28 2005, 02:36 AM']when did this happen? all i heard was EA bought exclusive rights to NFL logos and teams, names, etc. [right][post="108075"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote] It didnt happen so far as I know because ESPN Sports has exclusive rights to Baseball now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD_semro Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 EA can't use any of the features of ESPN until next year i forgot where I heard that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BadassBengal Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 [quote name='NASTYNATI' date='Jun 28 2005, 02:52 AM']gameplay, the graphics, the franchise mode, the list goes on man... [right][post="108108"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote] The running game sucks in Madden. The graphics basically haven't been improved since Madden 03. If you have an elite WR, it's almost impossible to stop them from making a catch, no matter how many people, or how good your CB is. The only thing I give Madden over it is the Franchise mode. Probably. But the ESPN run game sucks also. Hell, so does the defensive game. It's about even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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