The Best of Madden (GameInsano)

[Steve_OS]

GameInsano has posted their Best of Madden. It's a pretty good read. Which one is your favorite?

"In light of sports commentator John Madden’s retirement from the booth, coupled with the summer release of Madden NFL 10, a sudden overwhelming feeling made me stop and think: Which Madden rules over the rest?

The question is subjective in nature. There is no empiric evidence that points to a clear winner during the last 21 years of EA’s Madden series. The question itself might even be considered questionable –Does there have to be a best Madden? And, who cares?"

[drae2]

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1. Madden 92-how can you not love an ambulance running over the hurt player, and everyone else, lol.

2. Madden 05(X-Box)-best so far.

3. Madden 89-The original baby.

[CapnKill]

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PS2 Madden 08 IMO was the best.

It still had the vision cone (which obviously I thought was awesome), it had the best of all the PS2 features, Audibles on the fly, all defensive playmaker options including the 1st down marker zone, all the camera angles, etc..etc... it was just hands down the best.

I never played PS2 09, but I assume it was just as good, not sure if they added anything significant on top of 08 though.

Also I want ot note that it was the PS2 version not the xbox version that I liked. There WAS a difference and that was in man to man coverage. I found that on the XBOX for some reason even scrub CBs could hang step for step with most WRs in man coverage regardless of stats, it was a bit weird.

1. PS2 Madden 08
2. PS2 Madden 05
3. Madden 92

[Outkizast]

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I think it's odd that some of them didn't have Madden '05 in their top 5....

[PlatooN]

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Madden 05-07 for the PS2...i wish it could have logged how many hours i spent in franchise mode

[bowdown2shadi]

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Madden 05(PS2)

My brothers and I played that game so many hours. We had about 20 PS2 games at the time, and since we were playing 05 so much we decided to put 05 away and play some other games.

That only lasted about 6 hours

[CapnKill]

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Madden 05(PS2)

My brothers and I played that game so many hours. We had about 20 PS2 games at the time, and since we were playing 05 so much we decided to put 05 away and play some other games.

That only lasted about 6 hours

Yep, I was about 85% done with Metal Gear 3 when I bought Madden 05... and that thing never left my PS2. I still have not finished MG3 to this date

One thing that made Madden 05 so good in a weird way was that you couldnt' throw high... so you couldn't throw over LBers... so you REALLY had to work hard on finding good plays (comet pass anyone?) and hitting those gaps between zones and stuff... I don't even think WRs could jump in Madden 05... don't remember exactly.

[FootballSchemer]

Good read, giving rep to Madden 2001 :thumbs up:

[shotgun styles]

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Add me to the '05 list.

As some of you know, I bought it back in March for $5 on PS2, and have been revamping the rosters. It's my backup plan just in case '10 doesn't come off as planned.

[bowdown2shadi]

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Yep, I was about 85% done with Metal Gear 3 when I bought Madden 05... and that thing never left my PS2. I still have not finished MG3 to this date

Ahh, Snake Eater was a great game. I too couldn't get into that game because of Madden 05. There were a ton of games I just couldn't get into because of how good sports titles were last gen.

[Brandon_c993]

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1. Madden 06 (PSP, the Madden that made me a Madden fanatic)
2. Madden 08 (on Xbox)
3. Madden 07 (also Xbox)

[afro_dogg20]

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1. Madden 04 (ps2)
2. Madden 05 (ps2)
3. Madden 99

[Triathlete_201]

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The only Maddens I enjoyed was the first one on Sega Genesis (1990?) and Madden 1991-1993. These are the Maddens that really got me into playing football video games. The other years I was playing 95-96 (NFL gameday) and 2000-2008 (2k football). Dates in between I didn't play vid games.

[2krules]

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I liked Madden 2001 the most, mainly because of the funny thingsthe PA announcer would say.

[jWILL253]

1. Madden 07 (PS2) I spent my life and my kid's life in Franchise mode, and I don't even have a kid.

2. Madden 06 (PS2) The introduction of the QB vision. I loved it. It's a shame they did away with it in the 09 version (hint, hint).

3. Madden 2005 (PS2) Hit Stick, baby! Scatbacks, beware!

Now that that is out of the way, let us pay homage to the horrible:

1. Madden 06 (PS3/Xbox 360) I thought next-gen Madden would be phenomenal. It was, instead, murderous.

2. Madden 07 (PS3/Xbox 360) Can someone say, "Copy and paste"?

3. Madden 08 (PS3/Xbox 360) I was constantly getting destroyed by Robo Romo (that's the name I give CPU-controlled QB's. There is no stopping them).

I think Madden 09 was a step in the right direction. Here's to 10...