Sunday, November 27, 2016

Madden 17

Every year we expect a new game, and most years the changes are minuscule, but still much appreciated. This year, however, the everlasting Madden series threw us a curveball... and it succeeded.


As an avid NFL fan, I live for every August when the new game is released. Mainly because it means I get the chance to beat my friends in yet another addition to the franchise. Once again I'm going to go back to the original rating system: Difficulty, Gameplay, and Multiplayer. Let's rate.

Madden itself is not a difficult game to get the concept of. As a matter of fact, Madden was one of the first games I started playing when I was just a toddler. This being said the difficulty of a Madden game is rarely hard. There are also difficulty options as well. The highest of all these options is All-Madden. Playing on All-Madden is rewarding as you will get much, much better at the game, but frustrating as well and you have to be able to handle losing every once in awhile. The All-Madden difficulty truly is for the best of the best. I think having the optional difficulty in Madden makes it a versatile game fit for anyone who is looking for a challenge, or even for people who want to take it easy on a lower difficulty. Give it a 9/10.

Gameplay, for being Madden, has improved drastically. A lot of people I know complain about how Madden gets boring because it is the same thing every single year. There were so many new features added into this game that it's almost like a new game entirely. One of my favorite features is the new running back locomotion. Now as a running back, you may get into a one-on-one situation with a defender and will be put into a quick time event, where you must hit a certain button in order to break a tackle. I think this implement gave a nice twist to the usually simplistic running game. Also, Madden added a bit more to it's receiving actions that were added in the last couple years of the game. You are able to make catches depending on the given scenario of your receiver. This includes a run after catch catch, possession catch, or aggressive catch. These were implemented prior to this year, but this game truly focuses on these and makes sure you have the choice to do what seems fit for the situation. The gameplay in this game is incredible. 9.3/10

And as if I hadn't proved to you guys how much I loved the game in the first place, the multiplayer is just as incredible as ever, however there are not many changes to it, other than the servers being 10 times better. Multiplayer gets a solid 8.7/10

The Madden franchise will never die, at least not in my eyes. It is almost too successful to die. And I mean cm'on, how can you not love a game with Gronk on the cover?

Overall: 9/10

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