I love this game because of it's great graphics (even though I've never played it for PSP). It's really hard at first but then once you know how to play it gets easy.
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Madden NFL 10
(2009, Video Games - Sports, Rated E, Play it on: Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Xbox 360, iPhone, iPod)
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Common Sense says
Excellent football game for players of all ages, skills.
In this game kids can: get active, improve hand-eye coordination, play multiplayer games, play with others, strategize
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 8 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Madden NFL 10 was written by Marc Saltzman
Parents need to know this football simulation game is appropriate for players of all ages, but if you deem football too violent, then you won't want your kids playing this. Overall, though, it's a great footbal game for kids to play and might encourage kids to play the real sport with their friends. Parents of younger children should be cautious of playing online with a headset because children may hear language that is inappropriate.
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What’s the Story?
Like clockwork, a new version of Madden NFL kicks off each August, giving football fans new features to play around with while retaining the ones that worked well from previous years. This formula works well for fans -- and EA Sports, too, as the publisher sells a gazillion copies of the game year after year. Here's the basics of MADDEN NFL 10: this is the only football game that lets you play as or against any NFL team, in realistically recreated stadiums, in a handful of single-player and multiplayer modes (including support for online matches). This year's version adds a number of improvements such as more responsive player handling, incredibly fluid animation (including up to nine-man gang tackles) and in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, photorealistic players that would truly cause passersby to do a double-take because this game looks like a televised NFL game.
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Is It Any Good?
While not flawless, Madden NFL 10 is one of the better football offerings in recent memory. While it falls just short of pigskin perfection, Madden NFL 10 won't disappoint finicky football fans thanks to its tighter controls, high production values, and new modes including an online co-op option (tackle the CPU together on the same team) and an impressively deep franchise mode, now supporting up to 32 friends with real NFL scheduling and live drafts -- all manageable from your console, on a PC, or via a downloadable iPhone app. Some of last year's fun features are back, too, such as the Madden Test hologram drills. And for younger children, the Wii version makes playing the game simple with something called "point and pass" as well as other extras including an all-new, four-player party mode.
But Madden NFL 10 still needs work in its defensive Artificial Intelligence (which is inconsistent at best) as well as play-by-play commentary (it sounds bland or repetitive), but overall is an extraordinary game that should yield many weeks -- nay, months -- of football fun for the entire family.
ClosePublisher’s Details
Released on 8/14/2009, price $59.99, online enabled
ESRB rating: E (for (No Descriptors))
ESRB rating: E (for (No Descriptors))
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive consumerism
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
- Safety isn't an issue
Perfect for tweens, difficult for smaller persons
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
This is got to be the best Madden game by far.
This is one of the best games I got for free from amazon. But I'm a big Madden fan anyway. Again thank god I got this game for free at amazon. bit.ly/tzFEv
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
- Safety isn't an issue
- Easy to play
Love Football? Hate Football? Try this game either way your gonaa love it
This game is awesome it gives you the actual feel as if your playing.Great graphics, and gameplay make for a great game.
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Ratings at a Glance
| 67% | of parents say kids find it easy to play |
| 33% | of parents say it gives kids positive messages |
| 33% | of parents feel the site is not safe |
| 33% | of parents don't feel there are good role models |
| 33% | of parents say they notice product placement |
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