Madden NFL 08

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Feel what it's like to be a field general making key personnel decisions on both sides of the ball during the game’s biggest moments in Madden NFL 08...
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Game Overview

Feel what it's like to be a field general making key personnel decisions on both sides of the ball during the game’s biggest moments in Madden NFL 08. Quickly identify your strongest players on the field before every snap, then move them into position to make game-changing momentum-altering plays. Play to your team’s strengths by immediately reading your opponent’s schemes and reacting to the action as soon as the ball is snapped. Create mismatches and exploit weaknesses as you read and react with Madden NFL 08.

The Bottom Line

Feel what it's like to be a field general making key personnel decisions on both sides of the ball during the game's biggest moments in Madden NFL 08. Quickly identify your strongest players on the field before every snap then move them into position to make game-changing momentum-altering plays. Play to your team's strengths by immediately reading your opponent's schemes and reacting to the action as soon as the ball is snapped. Create mismatches and exploit weaknesses as you read and react with Madden NFL 08.

This year's handheld effort will feature a handful of welcomed new enhancements, including updated player models, more fluid tackle animations and a revamped touchscreen interface, including a hugely overhauled touchscreen kicking mechanic and touch-and-go offense and defense control. Also includes is a special Paper Football minigame mode, plus full online and local wireless gameplay.

Expert Reviews

80/100

score

Madden NFL 08 is a solid, feature-rich football game. Furthermore, all of the various minor improvements make it the best Madden to hit the DS yet.

74/100

score

In the future we'd of course love to see drawn plays with the stylus, as well as a more in-depth friends system online (as it stands you simply select "random" or "friend play" and are connected automatically to any eligible player), but this is by far th