Do you remember the year there was an ESPN-branded NFL game for consoles? I'm thinking 2003 or 2004. It was awesome, and its engine was significantly better than Madden for that year, but licensing and such happened and they never made a follow up. It would be really something if Madden was forced to compete with someone for the strongest NFL game.
No...I do remember Gameday. On the older platform it was better than Madden. I was a Gameday guy on the PS1, but when the platform changed and as their license ended it was awful. The last one made metalic sounds. Until then I had nothing for Madden. Then I took what I had to.
There was one Madden I actually liked. Had fake newspapers and a radio broadcast built in. Then they wen to the XBox 360 and literally never got all the stuff back in...
Favorite side bar touch that Madden did add was the Hall of Fame announcements. But I think that went away with the last iteration. EA blows chunks of underachievement. 2K...just look at their older games and how they outperformed years of competition.
Okay, I'm better now. :chuckle:
The possibilities are both hilarious and disturbing. Have you ever seen "Breaking Madden"? It's exactly the kind of thing we're talking about here.
No, I missed that one.