Madden NFL 2006 (XBox)

I don't know why everyone is bashing Madden 2006 - while the improvements over last year don't seem like much on the surface, the game-play is MUCH improved in my opinion. I barely played 2005 because many aspects of the game felt awkward (I literally ended up reverting back to a previous version), but with 2006 everything just seems a bit more fluid and fun. If you didn't like 2005, 2006 is worth the money.

On a side note, the new quarterback viewing feature isn't that great, but at least you have the option to turn it off. I have a feeling once I've mastered the game I'll give it another chance and it could be kind of neat.

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This Game Sux period point blank

THis game is for little kids it is so poor the graphics are bad the running is bad the passing is bad it looks very unrealistic

bring back NFL 2K series please those where so much better madden is for little kids who want an easy game to play its the most unrealistic sports game next to all of the new basketball games which suck too

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Madden 2006 is great. Overall it is upgraded and just better all around. I like how each QB has a unique view. When a QB is throwing a pass where the QB is looking affects the pass. If the pass is thrown in the QB's vision it is thrown well. If the pass is outside the vision it is thrown poorly. This makes the game much more realistic. Another thing that improves passing is precision passing. When throwing a pass you can select where it is thrown. This can be useful when a defender is close by. If there is a defender running right behing him you can choose to throw the ball in front of the reciever. You can also throw the passes down low, up high, or right behind them. This makes it more fun on offense. I really like the new truck stick a lot. When about to run into a defender, you can push the right thumbstick up which will make the player lower his shoulders and hit the defender hard which will help break tackles. My number 1 favorite for this game is the smart routes. In the old games I would have a reciever run a good route just to catch the ball short of the first down. Now you can have a reciever run a smart route which will make the reciever run past the first down mark so you don't come up just a little short. This is very useful on third down.

On defense you have a few more options. One of them is whether or not you want to use manlock. When a play is about to start, if a reciever moves his position manlock will come into play. If you have it off everyone will shift over one man. So instead the guy who was covering the reciever is now covering the tight end, and the guy covering the tight end is now covering the reciever. However, with manlock on they will follow the reciever they were covering in the first place which will help prevent mismatches. This even works if you are using zone. Which could make the offense think you are playing man to man. There are also a few other new options on defense which I still have to mess around with.

Live is decent but it's not the best game I've played live on. I may have just missed a few things on it. Graphics are very good. A few negatives include that there are so many things you can do that its taking me a while to get used to everything. Also I'm not very fond of John Madden sitting there using the same comments over and over and over again. This gets very boring to listen to. I haven't played it too much so there might be a lot of comments this time and I just haven't heard them all. Overall, I think Madden is very good and a lot of fun to play.

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