GameBandits: "A lot has been said about the graphics in Madden. In terms of emulating the visceral power and tactical eminence of football there are few competitors to the game, but in terms of graphic Madden often falls short."
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "This is the sixth entry in a series of articles I’m writing that will look at all of the games available in a particular genre on the Vita. The articles will highlight all Vita-native games, as well as any backwards-compatible PSP and PS1 titles that can be downloaded in English (i.e. from the EU or NA stores), and will include some commentary on how well those games run on Vita and whether they fill any missing gaps in the library."
In many ways, this past console generation was a brutal one for sports video games. While other genres flourished, sports gamers were subjected to an irreversible thinning of the herd, losing MLB 2K, 2K Sports football, NHL 2K, both NCAA basketball franchises, and seeing arcade sports games all but vanish. Competition, which breeds innovation, is weaker than ever. But that’s not to say some standout games didn’t arrive as well.
TG writes: Want to know who's going to win Sunday's big game? I'll tell you. It's not going to be the Broncos or the Seahawks. It's going to be John Madden.
Who ever wrote this must live in Denver. I know it's Legal there now but don't smoke too much. It may cause insanity.
Why bother to improve anything? You have the NFL license and so its a monopoly and people will just buy it because its the only game in town.
ESPN NFL 2K5 >
How about improving the gameplay?
Improve the gameplay. EA has reached it peak with the graphics.
They need physics-based blocking/tackling/catching/kic king/shaking/stiff arms/spins/fumbles, like BackBreaker. BackBreaker was a game to show how to make a football game right not to take over. To illustrate how football looks down low to the field, up close to the action, authentic reaction skills. The game punishes you for making bad choices just like in the real NFL.
Madden just seems so stale to me. Maybe because I'm not the hugest Madden player or football follower. But I love Natural Motion for giving football a shot and making people realize that Canned Animation needs to be a thing of the past.
Hopefully NFL 2k comes back and uses the Euphoria Engine and then take over once again.