Probably my favorite game series (this and C.O.D) The Madden Football games. You all probably know about the game, it's a football game, lol. Named after Hall of Famer John Madden, who played football, and coached it 2. The latest game coming out Madden 09, should be coming out in early september. If you search madden 09 on IGN.com, you will be able to see a preview of madden 09 on x-box 360. But right now, i'm gonna talk to you about madden 08 for ps2.
I don't have a ps3 yet, but i love my ps2. My favorite games r driv3r, Ncaa football 08, and madden 08. Let's talk about madden 08. There are several things to do on the game. On the cover is Tennessee Titan's QB Steve Young. He won Rookie of the year in 07, but let's focus on the game. On the main menu of the game there are several options. There's "Play Now" which means to play an exhibition game, "game modes" to pick a game mode like Franchise, play online, practice, mini-camp, and some others, "features" to look at rosters, create a team, player, fan, or playbook, and look at Historic rosters. The there's "Extras" to look at other related game's trailers. Then, there's "My madden" where you can load ur game and save and stuff.
"Franchise"
A franchise is where you pick ur favorite team, and play through endless years of football. 1st, you have 2 do training camp, which improves your player's stats. After you're done with that, you play 4 pre-season games, to see who's better and who will be ur starters. But b4 all that, u may want to shop some players. Trading and signing free-agents is the best way to get players, besides the draft, (more on that later). For an example my team is the Cleveland Browns, as you know the Browns don't have tony romo, or julius Jones in real life, but in the game, i traded for them. After the pre-season you play in 16 games of regular season. After you finish ur regular season, if ur good enough, you will be in the playoffs. The round b4 the first round is the Wild Card. The WIld Card is to give teams a chance to make it to the playoffs. There are to be 6 teams in each division (AFC and NFC). In the 1st round, the AFC teams play the other AFC teams and same for the NFC. The 1st and 2nd seed get a bye week, so they don't have to play in the first round. After the first round, there will be only 4 teams remaining in each division.. Unlike other sports, there's no 7 game series, or double elimination. If u lose once, ur gone. Then they have the 2nd round, which determines which teams will play in the AFC championship and NFC championship. After the AFC and NFC championships r over, the winner of the AFC plays the winner of the NFC in the biggest game in all of sports, the Super Bowl. The winners of that are the NFL champions. After that, the season is over. Then they have sections, like retired players, roster management, and re-sign players. Then the free-agent sigining period, where you can sign new free-agents b4 the draft. After that, it's time 4 the draft. The NFL draft is where NFL teams draft player out of College. There are 7 rounds, and all 32 teams get 1 pick in each round, but u can trade ur picks for other picks, or other players. In madden 08, u can load a saved draft class. Where do u get a draft class? That's how Madden 08 and Ncaa 08 are linked. In ncaa 08, u can do a dynasty, and after ur season is over, some players will enter the draft. U can save that draft class on ur memory card, and then when u get to the draft on madden 08, u can import that draft class. For example, i drafted Mario Manningham from ncaa 08. After the draft, there's another free-agent signing period, then the re-order depth chart, where u pick ur starters, then start a new season! And the cycle continuos, i strongly recommend this game, and the soon coming of madden 09.
Thank you for reading my analysis on madden 08, i might do more video games, but idk.