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Madden NFL 10
- Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP
- Price: $59.99
- Genre: Sports
Common Sense Media says
Excellent football game for players of all ages, skills.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that 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.
What's it about?
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.
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.
Online interaction: The game adds a number of online modes but be aware that kids could chat with others online using a headset and might hear inappropriate language.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about whether or not EA Sports should release a new game every year or should the publisher allow a free download to update team rosters for existing gamers (which you can do only until the end of a current season).
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Perfect for tweens, difficult for smaller persons
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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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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Best Madden eva
This game is freak'n awesome. I just cant stop playin it. BY FAR THE BEST MADDEN EVER!!!!!!!!
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Kid, 12 years old
October 22, 2010
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sick game.
this is a reely safe game for football fans. i love it the hits are HUGE at times an can get rough
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Kid, 12 years old
February 17, 2010
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Why can't I change a player name?!???
UGH! I can't change a player name!
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May be too easy.
We have this for Wii. My 10 year old son thinks it is too easy. We have to figure out how to make it more challenging.
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We are big fans of the Madden franchise. However, this newest game has a feature called Madden Showdown in which the player is given a set budget of points with which to bet against other players or the computer on simulated games or games you play. You can bet on the winner, total points, total yards, and other categories. We were terribly disappointed to see this game used as a platform to introduce the basics of sports betting. Be on the lookout. We explained the dangers and the risks of gambling to our tween who loves the game and have instructed him that this feature is prohibited. The game is good enough without it. It should not have been included.
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Get this game now.
I am only reviewing the WII version here. So if you are looking for PS2 or XBOX360, I cannot help you.
Comparing it to Madden 09, I like it better, since the controls and AI frustrate me much less often that 09. New modes make it fun and although I am still having trouble with finding the replayability of the Road-to-the-Superbowl, and its still a bit buggy, but its still a heck of a game.
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| Topics: | sports and martial arts |
| Platforms: | Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP |
| Available online? | Available online |
| Genre: | Sports |
| Developer: | EA Sports |
| Release date: | August 14, 2009 |
| Price: | $59.99 |
| ESRB rating: | E for (No Descriptors) |
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