There is something that I really need to get off my chest.
I am so sick and tired of people with narrow minds bashing one game or another! Let me remind you all...IT"S ALL ABOUT THE FOOTBALL!!! How many of you have ever caught or thrown a football? Do you remember how it made you feel to make a great play? The very reason that I play video game football is because it gives me a chance to run and jump like I did when I was a child. It's that RUSH that I crave and that's why realism is the ONLY thing that matters to me. Yeah graphics are nice, bells and whistles too but if I don't get a RISE out of playing then forget it! So please quit crying about the game engines being messed up or the graphics being out of whack. So what if Corey Dillon runs for 700 yards on you or you can never seem to get a sack. A lot of you are spoiled...used to getting your way and you whine about every little thing. I played MADDEN when it was on SNES, then GAMEDAY for PS1, then NFL2K for DREAMCAST and now I play ESPN FOOTBALL for PS2. Not because of Chris Berman or the First Person crap, but simply because it IS IMHO the most Realistic GAME out there! I don't need 3 football games because I don't have that kind of time to play. I just need one and when it comes time to make that purchase (every year) I WANT THE BEST!!! So to all of those people out there bashing one game or the other let me say this.....THERE ARE NO PERFECT GAMES...Get over it. How the hell do you think the programers are supposed to fit all that information on ONE DISK anyway! So what if MADDEN has no CRIB and ESPN has no OWNER MODE. Just shut up and PLAY THE DAMN GAME! For the love of football just PLAY THE GAME! So if you STILL feel that you need more REALISM in a game... get your Lazy *sses up off the couch, grab a pigskin and GO FIND A PARK!!!!!