From IGN: Madden NFL 09 Hands-on |
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Written by Scott Hemphill
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 |
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Madden NFL 09 Hands-on (IGN)
The most additions we've seen to the franchise in years. Exclusive gameplay clip and screens included.
"It's been said that people should learn to appreciate the little things in life. The same is also true for Madden football. Madden 09 does not redefine videogame football. It doesn't take the classic Madden formula and turn it upside down. What it does do is it takes so many of the little things from last year's game and improves on them exponentially. They aren't details that can be seen by watching a short gameplay clip or looking at screenshots. They're the things that you don't realize about the game until you pick it up and play it for yourself, something that I was lucky enough to do recently at EA Sports' Tiburon studio. I played several games with a bunch of different teams on a handful of fields and can say with confidence that Madden 09 improves on last year's impressive effort.
The first thing you'll see when you boot up Madden 09 is the man himself, John Madden. He's been removed more and more from the Madden football presentation and gameplay over the past few years, but now he's back delivering introductions to the new Virtual Trainer feature that players can use to acclimate themselves to the flow of this year's gameplay. There are four challenges that you have the option of completing that will set the mark for your Madden IQ and thus your custom difficulty level (click here to read more about Madden IQ and the Virtual Trainer). There's rushing defense, rushing offense, passing defense and passing offense..."
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 May 2008 )
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