Madden NFL 06

THE BAD:
-No EA Sports Bio
-Not Much Else

SUMMARY:
This game has very few flaws. The only one i can think of is that there is no EA Sports Bio. Besides that the game is nearly perfect.

You can play this game nonstop. The superstar mode goes for 20 years. You get to live your life as a NFL player. You get to randomly select certain parents that make you very athletic or non athletic. Then you get signed to a team and get a two year contract. You get to answer interview and do movies. You dont run the team like in Franchise but you manage your player. You can guarantee playoffs and wins but they will take down your rating. You can also demand trades but that hurts your ratings too of course. It is pretty sweet. You can play for 20 years running your superstar.

Franchise can run for up to 30 years. You manage the whole team in this mode. You can make trades, resign players, release players, anything that has to do with your team. You can even put prices on concessions. You can do anything to run the team. It is a very cool mode.

This game is a must for Football fans.

THE BAD:
-Blocking Punts/Kicks is slightly messed up
-Although QB Vision can be toggled off, if left on it can be irritating

SUMMARY:
This is the best sport game of this year. With all the updated rosters and draft picks this game is more realistic than ever. You can't just wait to feel like you are actually inside the helmet when playing and feeling the game experience.

Gameplay: The gameplay is similar to 05', but the touched up on the small details that they missed on last year. For one, they added the new Truck Stick option, which is similar to Hit Stick but instead when you have the ball you can ram into the defenders and knock them away like a truck; but yet you are more likely to fumble when doing this. The QB Vision option is tricky, but soon you can learn to cope with it, or just toggle it off and go on about playing. You can also aim the ball the direction you want when throwing to a reciever, such as throwing over the head of a defender, throwing so that the reciever will have to jump in the corner of the endzone and stay inbounds, or throw inbetween two defenders which helps during tight 3rd down situations.

Visual: The graphics are similar to 05', but just as the gameplay they are tightened up just a bit. There is nothing much to say about them but that they are more realistic.

Sound: The soundtrack is a new thing at Madden, and some will like it and some will not. Some songs will get on your nerves, but just as in 05' you can toggle the songs on and off, keeping various songs. This time they add a blend of songs from NFL Films which has music designed for football which is a new thing.

Superstar Mode: The Superstar mode is drawn out well with few flaws. First you create a character (if you are not importing from Street 2 or NCAA Football 06') by letting the game randomly pick parent jobs and hobbies, and basically you waiting until you find one that is whatever position you want, and whatever race (white or black, if it matters to you). Then you create a sheet with your first and last names, height, weight, college, and that's about all except for jersey number which can be altered. Then you start out by speaking to your mentor, the great halfback Terrell Davis of the Denver Broncos. He will give you words of advise throughout the gameplay. You then look around your apartment and then start with the IQ test. It is really a disappointment, seeing as how I got a 60 (though if you're smarter you may like it). Then the draft. The draft is random and very dull. You just watch at the bottom as team logos speed by with names of the players they pick and all the ect. of the players, until you are picked late 2nd round or later (me being late 3rd round by Bills).

Then you go through training camp where virtually how well you do reflects your rating. Then you start with your games. Depending on the agent you hire and how well you do, you may get a movie deal in the first year, but it depends. At the end of the year, you get all your endorsements which are set up well (unlike the movie roles, where you must get 100% to pass the test, ort so I learned) adn you can even be in the Madden Bowl and be on the cover of Madden NFL Video Game.

Overall the Superstar mode is a success, but look for next year for it to be enhanced greatly from the faults this year, which weren't many.

Yet here is another review from Mr. Review, and saying:"I reccomend this video game, but yet again it's your money!"