When it comes to professional football, there are certain
names that stand out for specific reasons. Names like Walter Payton for his
rushing career, Vince Lombardi for coaching and so on but the one name I’m
thinking about is John Madden. After having a prosperous career coaching the
Oakland Raiders to victory in Superbowl XI in 1976, he would go on to becoming
a commentator and eventually being inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame. He is
also the name of the most popular football game in the world Madden. For over two decades, the award
winning game franchise has virtually dominated the football genre only to be rivaled
by their partner franchise NCAA Football.
Recently the newest game was released and as far as the Playstation 4 version
is concerned, it’s the best in years.
This was a vast improvement from its predecessor Madden 25, which celebrating the game’s
25 years in business but its celebration was more of an insult. The graphic
were a bit let down for a new generation console and the gameplay was nothing
impressive. This isn’t the case for the new installment Madden 15. The graphics are much better this year especially when
it comes to the attention to detail in the players, the coaches on the sideline
and even the commentators. However like every other game, the dialogue gets
repetitive after a period of time but it’s easily skipped over.
I’ve played three games testing the environments clear
skies, snow and raining settings, the detail to the rain and thunder was a nice
improvement. The snow was especially cool considering you can see how high the
snow is when you make footprints on the ground. Speaking of really cool, one of
the newest features is the improved kicking and punting gameplay. The same technique
is required, you pull back the right trigger to get ready and quickly push it
back up when the desired power is reached. The new feature comes in when it
shows three possibilities in the image of three color lines when kicking so you
can give a more accurate punt or field goal.
The defensive gameplay has been upgraded this year as it’s
the main theme hence the reason Seattle Seahawk’s defensive star Richard Sherman
is on the cover. Let’s hope he’s not a victim of “The Madden Curse” which some
believe if you grace the cover of a Madden game, you’ll be injured shortly
after. The new gameplay makes it easier now to control defensive players and
make plays with the new system. It’s a great advantage for gamers like me who
have a huge handicap, I only play offense. When it’s time for me to defend, I
just use the “Ask Madden” option and pick the selected option. Luckily there is
a new mode that can help someone whether their handicap is offense or defense.
The mode called Skill Trainer teaches gamers exactly how to
throw, tackle, defend, intercept, etc. This mode has been made specifically for
people who may not understand the game as in depth as others. It’s a great plus
for people like me who love football but don’t understand the dynamics of the
sport. There is literally hours of available training to help novice gamers
catch up to speed to veterans of the game so they don’t get crushed online.
After your done training, the same favorite modes are in there such as careers
and online gameplay so you can play with friends online or complete strangers.
The only problem I’ve encountered so far is connection
problems but that’s probably because everyone is jumping online to trash talk
and such. The beginning too was undesirable because when you start the game, it
replays a moment from a game last year between the Seattle Seahawks and
Carolina Panthers. If you’re a fan of either team then enjoy the beginning but
I’m a Dallas Cowboy fan and I rather would’ve skipped it if I could. Once you
get past it, the fun times await after setting up your favorite team and
choosing your settings for gameplay. This game is awesome and I would encourage
any fan to go out and get it now.
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