Madden
NFL 2004
Win the
coin toss and kick off a fight to the playoffs and your quest for
a Superbowl XXXVIII victory this season with EA Sports’ Madden
NFL 2004 for PS2.
You
can play as last year’s winners the Tampa Bay Bucs, play in
an underdog team like the Cincinnati Bengals, take over ownership
of the New York Jets, or be extra daring and create your own team.
With your own franchise, you get special business tips and can manage
every detail of the business from player’s salaries, ticket
prices, promotions and even the cost of the hot dogs, drinks, and
jerseys. The game offers many features that add to the satisfaction
of your gaming experience; like the referees and announcers will
recognize your custom made team’s hometown.
Choices, challenges
and opportunities with Madden NFL 2004 are the gamer’s best
friends. You want offense; you’ve got offense–with lots of
ways to modify plays on both the offensive and defensive sides in
the coach’s menu. You can even go for the John Madden style
of defense, like when the Raiders limited the Vikings to just four
first downs, and the Raiders won the Superbowl 32-7.
You can fine-tune
your own instincts and reactions. Try to outwit the unpredictable,
when you create your own strategic playbooks or put together your
idea of what should be the all-star NFL roster. You can even take
advantage of a special mode where Coach Madden teaches you the basics
in Football 101. Just about any player at any age can enjoy picking
up some fundamentals from Coach Madden.
Another
exciting feature is the playmaker control that can be used to execute
some quick action, like when your quarterback is in trouble, you
can make a fast strategic decision by moving a receiver a bit to
increase the likelihood that he’ll make the catch and gain
a few yards or run in a touch down for your team. The playmaker
control is a plus that gives Madden 2004 a decisive edge.
Over last year’s
release, the plus features and play-action passing plays are good,
the camera action gives you a better arena and sports action feel,
rather than some of the off beat close up shots and action of some
players last year that took away from the game experience. The music
push is great for game promotion, but some players have opted to
mute it in favor of realistic sounds of the crowd roar, announcers,
the stomp and roll of the players in the football arena.
Madden NFL 2004
offers professional football with some fine big game features and
seamless winning qualities that you can enjoy on PS2 or take in
the road with online play.
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