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I am quite disappointed they have discontinued the PC version.Madden NFL 08 is very fun to play. Game play is smooth and fast. Building and improving a team through the draft and free agency is entertaining. I have enjoyed the PC version of Madden NFL for many years. There are multiple graphics levels which helps improve game speed if you have a slower PC.Owner mode is fun as well. One complaint about the draft - you have a limited number of scouting attempts. So you can't gain much information about any of the available players pre-draft.
Both offensively and defensively there are multiple audible options after a play has been called. Play calling is simple and direct. The playbooks and audibles are highly customizable.The graphics are nice at the highest settings. This does not seem right considering how much time and money real NFL teams spend analyzing players before the draft.
Four or 4.25 stars I would say. Lots of cool features, all time teams, create a team etc. Good, but not great graphics, I hate when players run then fall on their own (I don't know if this is my controller doing this). Pretty good, intuitive playability, but not great. Overall, I'm pleased and would recommend.
The same stupid bugs appeared year after year, like a department store Santa with syphillus. You may by now have heard that EA has killed Madden for the PC, and you are looking to buy a copy before it goes completely extinct. But I bought both programs and compared them and Madden 2008 is now in the garbage. How they did that I don't know. I'll keep this short and mildly enraged- Madden 2008 is the same program, but somehow with MORE bugs than 2007. They clearly never cared about the PC game. For what it's worth.
PlLayer progression should be based on 3 things: starting playing time, coaching quality, and a third unmodifiable category of "aptitude" or "intelligence". I just quickly want to agree with another reviewer who criticized the broken player progression model in Madden's franchise mode. But it's not likely EA will ever see the light on this issue, the same way they won't fix the salary cap, roster glitches, on and on. They have big games because they have improved. In reality, players do not improve because they have big games statistically. Until EA reverses this fundamentally flawed concept, their franchise mode will never work right long-term. It's amazing that they can let the same old problems fester for so long.amazing that is, until you realize that they just don't care any more.
I buy the new version of Madden for PC just about every year. I wish they would expand/ enhance the scouting drills for the draft, but I have greatly enjoyed this game, as always. It's th only way I can get my favorite team to win the Super Bowl.
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