
Madden takes 2 steps forward 3 steps back
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I began playing madden in 2005 and saw obvious flaws in the game (computer becomes Peyton Manning no matter what if they're trailing in the 4th quarter, little corners can lay the wood on huge Running Backs all the time, etc.) so I was looking forward to 06 immensely, even got on the pre-order list to get it ASAP. Well I found the game the exact opposite of the previous year. Passing, once the vogue in 05, was now super difficult, but at least linebackers bite on the 2nd and short play-action every once in a while, right? The Truck stick allows running backs to beat up the secondary when they get there, but now speed ratings are all tapered down to such an extent to where no burners have a big edge like dante hall, westbrook, vick, etc. Defense is far stingier, but now the offense struggles mightily at times. But ultimately the one time that was over the line that made me sell the game right here on ebay and revert to playing 05 for another year and hope they fix some stuff in 07 is the fact that they took away custom playbooks from the franchise mode. You would think they would keep the features they have that everyone likes.....Because after failing with all the playbooks in the game I was thinking "hey, at least I can spend the time to customize what I want to do on offense and go from there." Nope. Play for 30 years in a franchise, but with all the same plays to choose from. Yep, that's realistic.
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