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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $54.98
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New (20) Used (11) from $47.85
Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 420
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Edition: 20th Anniversary Collector's
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 19108
Model: 19108
UPC: 014633191080
EAN: 0014633191080
ASIN: B0017I1FSU
Release Date: August 12, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Great graphics and improved game play September 17, 2008
The anniversary edition, as with all new Madden editions, has improved graphics. But this is the greatest improvement thus far in the series. The addition of IQ has potential but their first stab at IQ has some things left to be desired. Future editions I am sure will have better IQ function. Franchise mode has been good for years and unfortunately, there is little to no improvement here. I have not attempted the On-Line League function but it is about time they introduced it. I still would like to see an in game save feature that allows you to finish a game at a later date and this is something Madden designers need to introduce for the next edition. Overall this is a better edition with many of the same issues from past editions (AI still throws passes to players as they are running out of bounds, etc.)
 Madden 09 August 27, 2008
So far one of the best of the Madden games ever made the best part is the your skill level play.
it also fun playing some old school Madden to realize how far we have gone.
Madden 2009 Collector's August 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
First off, I'd like to say that it is getting old every game manufacturer putting out something, adding little trinkets like an eight-ball keychain, adding a couple of extra features, and calling it a "collector's edition."
EA Sports did an awesome job when they released Madden 05 and its "Collector's Edition." They did an awesome job adding the interviews and showing the progression all the way from the beginning of Madden to the then current generation and even including THREE different versions of Madden. Since then, I've been duped into buying the 07 collector's edition and this one. The "extra" disc is okay, but it doesn't warrant really being called an "extra" disc. I will review Head Coach 09 right now before I review Madden. :YAWN!!! I tried to play, and even made it through one game. Yawn. Anyway. On to the game..
CONS:
1. Way too much information on the screen prior to the snap. After a few games, I've gotten the preplay options down fairly well. I do hit the right stick, but it still does pop up every so often during the game.
2. While I do appreciate the attempt at commentary upgrade from prior versions, Cris Collinsworth is rather dull, and the next time i have to hear him say, "The joy about the NFL is watching qbs throw the ball, and WRs catching the ball." My, how insightful. Worse yet, "the tight end is like a pacifier." comment. enough!!! I feel at times that eugene levy is doing the play by play
2a. if Tom Hammond mentions one more frickin' time that today's game is brought to me by EA Sports, i will Elvis my TV and shoot it.
3. Bring Madden back into his own game.
4. bring back the all the officials, not just the referee, and the chain gang.
5. when i challenge a play, let me know what I'm challenging first. I hate challenging a catch on the sidelines, b/c the guy looked like he was out of bounds, but when I challenge, it challenges the spot of the ball.
6. every so often, Cris will go to show me a backtrack, the logo will come up, and w/o pressing anything, it will disappear and go back to normal gameplay w/o doing squat.
7. the td celebrations are a nice touch, but only make them available only after a cool TD like an INT ran back, or a kickoff, not when I QB sneak from a yard out with the game already in the bag.
PROS:
1. gameplay and graphics are awesome.
2. they brought back the option to allow the cpu to play itself if you are bored and just want to watch.
3. the ability to bluff your plays. when i play humans, the main one i play against tends to watch my play.
4. If I lose a challenge, the salt isn't rubbed into the wound anymore by showing me the scoreboard graphic of "TIME OUT." It's a little subtler now.
It took a little bit for this game to grow on me for some reason. I do at least enjoy playing the 93 version. I must be dumb b/c i don't know where all these extra plays are supposed to be. This is probably a partial wish list for next year, but at least attach the field goal nets to something instead of casper the friendly ghost raising them. bring back the chain gang, and the ability to truly squib quick. it would also be nice if they would put up a sports ticker at the bottom like on the ps1 with ongoing scores of the other games going on when you are playing on the ea sports ticker. It's too bad that they can't throw in real time scores as well.
overall, the game is an improvement over the past two incarnations of madden for the xbox 360, but it really didn't live up to the hype that this game was getting. the box mentions 85 new features, but i've yet to find 20. That being said, i do enjoy playing it.
 Freezing! August 18, 2008
5 out of 14 found this review helpful
Freezes all the time. In the second year of my franchise on Madden, I can no longer train my players. Even before this, I couldn't play two consecutive games in my franchise or else it would freeze. Online games drop all the time. I assumed the 08 problems would be on the top of EA's priority list with 09, but they weren't. In fact, it's gotten worse. What EA does should be illegal. It probably is.
Extras! Extras! Read All About Them! August 16, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
As with most of my "deluxe" video game edition reviews, I will review the extras that you get with the Collector's Edition, rather than the game itself.
*Fully Playable Madden 93 Game: Turn back the clock and play the 16-bit Madden 93 game. Because I played Madden 93 fifteen years ago, I pondered to myself "WoW! I used to play this game?" This is not a game you would play for hours these days, but its nice addition to play and appreciate the past and how far the game came to this day.
*NFL Head Coach 09: If you are a fan of this series, you just might have to buy the entire Collector's Edition to play it this year.
*Extensive Playbook: This can certainly be useful for avid online players who might be looking for some extra weapons. There are 3 sets of extra playbooks available(Generation 1, 2 and 3.) Some of the plays go back 20 years ago!
*BONUS DISK: About 2 hours total time of 8 videos. Most of them are footages from NFL Network. Therefore if you do not get NFL Network in your area, this can be another selling point. The videos and their time in minutes and seconds are as follows:
Super Bowl 31 Highlights(23:41) - Packers Vs Pats
Week In review: Superbowl 31(20:41) - Packers Vs Pats
Week In Review: 2008 NFC Championship(14:02) - Packers Vs Giants
Manning, Brady, and Favre - The Quarterbacks(16:05) - Quarterbacks of today.
In Just One Play(14:37) - Join Chad Johnson as he discusses today's playmakers.
Moment of Impact(12:36) - Today's defensive playmakers.
NFL Greatest Follies, Volume 3(13:58) - Focuses on Touchdown Celebrations.
Madden NFL Concept Gallery(2:36) - Short Madden Game Art Gallery.
Bottom Line: If you can afford it and you are a Madden and NFL Fan, then definitely go for it and get the collector's edition. Also, the attractive packaging and box makes this a great gift.
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