espn 2005

if your not connected online don\'t buy sports games.

You might have mentioned if you bought this for Xbox or PS2, Clips, but on the Xbox version at least, the minute you sign on (provided you use xboxlive or even sign up with the two free months included in the game package), the roster will update.

I like the fact that they have pictures for the players that you draft.

The only thing I dont like is that you cant edit players once you start your franchise... It\'s a small thing but that really bugs me.

^^^You can edit incoming rookies.

Why would you want to edit regular players?

Well, I\'m a big roster nerd.



Let\'s say I\'m wathcing a game on Sunday.. I see a certain player wears a different style fasemask than the one he has in the game.

I wanna be able to go change it.


Yeah, I know, its small potatos but I\'m a nerd like that.

I see what you are saying. I get real anal about players being on the wrong team.

BTW, Has anyone tried the ESPN25 games? Some of those games are RIDICUOLOUSLY hard. I don\'t know why I keep playing them. The immaculate reception scenario is giving me SO much grief.

Can you put yer own music on the ps2 version using the HDD? if so, how do you do it? the instructions are so ****ing vague for this game.

Don\'t know about the ps2... but I LOVE that I can put my own music in the game.

Rockin\' out to At The Drive-In while I create my player:)


I just got my XBOX a week ago, and I\'m lovin\' it (like McDonalds)

[Living-In-Clip]

Originally posted by Viper_Fujax
stop with the damn madden loyalist. its the better game. When a guy is running, im afriad in real life they are able to run to the left sideline and make a smooth rounded turn to get around the defense. You cant do it in this game. The guy stops his running and turns. Madden you can actually run and smoothly go around. Im not talking from going right to left, im talking going from right to straight in a realistic manner.

Its far from the best game. YOUR JUST A ESPN FANNNBOOOOY. Annoy after a while isnt it? Just because madden people think its the better game they are obviously the ones who are dilusional and wrong and follow into the brand. DUR NO DUR.


and i did buy the game.

Not only are you crazy, you\'re ignorant.

As far as football games go, from what I have played of ESPN it beats the hell out of previous Madden games and I have played most of them (infact, most of them are in the other friggin\' room).

[Viper_Fujax]

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Not only are you crazy, you\'re ignorant.

As far as football games go, from what I have played of ESPN it beats the hell out of previous Madden games and I have played most of them (infact, most of them are in the other friggin\' room).

EDIT: screw it..

I just got it

"hehe"

I haven\'t started my franchise yet just went throught training to see what has change. So far I am impressed. The tackling has gotten so much better. And the passing seems to gotten a lot of smoother.

I\'ll post more later.

Qu,  do you have the PS2 version?

I have it, and I enjoy it.  It is a good football game in it\'s own right I supoose...yet you can add all the bells and whistles you want, but when it comes down to it, gameplay is what keeps you coming back...and that\'s why I must say I am really anticipating this years madden.

In ESPN,  It\'s still too easy to run, the quarterbacks are ALL unrealistically fast (****ing Jeff Blake is NOT going to outrun any linebacker as he can in this game)...the gameplay is just generally lacking.  The run seems quirky, the pass has it\'s own flaws (one of my biggest peeves being that the icons over the recievers are too small). Meanwhile on defense you never feel like you\'re fully in control unless you\'re controlling a defensive lineman, in which case it\'s far too easy to get the sack.

But gameplay has been an issue that\'s been addressed on forums and in publications, it\'s no secret ESPN is lacking in that department.  But now, how about it\'s other selling point, presentation?  No question they hit it big here.  They took the ESPN license, and flat out abused it...they got everything they could out of it, now I can only hope they do the same for ESPNBA:)  But realistically...how much of this \'presentation\' will matter months from now, when the NFL season is in full swing...when you REALLY feel like playing a football game?  After, assumingly, plenty of games already, will you really want to sit through just another half time show...just another \'sportscenter\'?  I submit most will not, as I myself find both to be cool features...but after a while, they grow stale.

There is a feature I\'m still looking into...and that\'s the online leagues.  The online trading most definitely sounds interesting...but how to find a dedicated league on a game with such a shaky following...having gained many of it\'s fans through it\'s latest entry?

I just think Madden will, once again, be the better all around product, offering much of the same, if not more than ESPN did.  ESPN is definitely a fine holdover, however, and a steal at $20.