[Wallcrawler]

ESPN's 2K5 was the superior game by miles.

It did all the extra things that Madden's EA team couldnt care less about.

Here are some examples.


1. Broken Tackles. Madden, basicly you get hit and fall down or you do some type of super pwnage stiffarm to break the tackle. ESPN had where the defender wraps up the ball carrier, but if you had charged up your shoulder charge, or repeatedly hammered the X button you could drive your legs and get out of the tackle.


2. Full, free flowing conversation style commentary. Madden didnt even start doing that until the 09 game, and even now Madden's commentary cant stand up to ESPN's game.


3. Penalties. ESPN's game enforced penalties that Madden STILL doesnt even acknowledge the existence of.

Illegal Contact
Illegal Touching of the Pass
Ineligible receiver downfield
Intentional Grounding


4. Challenge system. Madden thinks it can read your mind and know what you're challenging. You want to challenge whether or not you fumbled that ball, and Madden assumes youre challenging the spot of the ball. ESPN's game brought up an enormous freaking list of things possible in that play that you could challenge, and you select if from the list.


5. Presentation. Halftime highlights with Chris Berman Pwn'd anything Madden 05 had to offer.


6. Extras. By performing well on the field, you could make upgrades to your user profile's "crib". Mini games such as paper football and darts were really cool additions.


7. Profile system. You could play the game and it would map what your tendencies were. I used to play this game with my buddies all the time, and even when they werent there I could load their profiles into the opposing team, and they would call plays based on the tendencies of my friends. If they blitzed 70% of the time on D, you could rest assured that the CPU would call just as aggressively.


Bottom line, ESPN 2k5 was superior to Madden 05 in about every facet of the game. To top it off, their game was only TWENTY BUCKS.

To counter this, EA didnt try to make a better game, they just cornered the market and secured the NFL license for themselves.

I CANNOT fuckING WAIT until that deal expires.

ESPN NFL 2K13 FTMFW!!!!