There are many different viewpoints on how Madden NFL 09 is either the best of all Madden games or the worst of the generation. I’ve heard gamers complain about it being too much like the other previous seasons and have also heard that Madden 09 has the best graphics and attributes of all the others. Instead of looking like a video game, Madden 09 has graphics that make you feel like you’re watching a game on TV. The new additions to the game play, such as the motions of the players, are far better than any other Madden season available. Little enhancements of tackling, throwing, catching, and running are great to have, but are not the most important changes that make Madden 09 differ from the rest.
The two major items in the game that differ from the other Madden seasons are the playing styles and the “My Skill” feature. These two aspects are what set the difficulty for the user. “My Skill” is the difficulty level that is changed after every game, depending on the performance of the player. “My Skill” difficulty is a great way to work with the players’ actual skills of the game. The better you do in a game, the more difficult it will be the next game you play.
The playing style can be set by the player on the difficulty screen to make the opposing team easier or more difficult on you as the gamer. This is a better way to keep things easy for gamers, to be able to set the difficulty to the same page as their personal ability to play the game. If you set the difficulty to a skill level that is close to easy, the game really isn’t the skill of the player besides hiking the ball, running, and throwing the ball to a receiver. The harder you set the level of difficulty to, the harder and more realistic the game becomes for the gamer.
Set the difficulty yourself on the screen that allows you to pick and choose the difficulty of every aspect of the game. The running styles and tackling have become more realistic, which is easy to tell after playing the game. Catching the ball has become more realistic with the fact that the action of the receiver, when trying to catch a ball, involves the actual arms and hands reacting to the ball, instead of the receiver being in the area of the ball.
People who follow the sport of football expect a lot out of the video game, especially since it comes out with a new season every year. With these additions to the game, it’s hard to understand how gamers can get so upset when and if there is a minor glitch in the game. Even if there are minor glitches, should it be enough to make the game the worst ever played by some gamers?
Madden NFL 09 is definitely easy to put out in front of the other games of the Madden series with all the attributes and features it withholds in the system. The question is whether the Madden NFL football game series will remain as popular as it has been for the past twenty years.