ESPN NFL 2K5

"Better than Madden 05? No! Worst than Madden 94? YES!"

Graphics 6/10

This game has some excellent screenshots with almost realistic looking faces. Think exactly like the real player only he just got hit in the face with a shovel, but the graphics show there true color when the game begins. The players look like they are runnin around with a stick up their butts and everyone flops over like I was playing blitz. I thought this was supposed to be a realistic game.

Sound 4/10

This game has the worst menu music appearently there are 3 rap / techno artists who couldnt get a record deal so they settled for a Sega game but atleast you barly hear these terrible songs becuase the Chris Bermen top ten plays of the week song just loops forever. When I first heard it I thought awesome but then when I realized they would not play any other songs I was forced to do franchis with my TV volume off.

Extras 1/10
Alright this is where the game sucks the most celeberity challenge was a lame idea to begin with but throw in Jaime Kennedy as one of the "celeberties" and I should score this a -10/10. The crib is boring but first person mode is cool to play once but trust me its not like playing real football the only people who could say that never played the sport. VIP is a cool idea basically you can play spu versions of yourself or your friends but heres the problem I dont know anybody who plays normal games against the computer. The top 25 games is cool but thats it

Franchise mode is where I spent about 90% of my time on madden but it is just straight up lame in this the menus are boring teh fantasey draft doesnot make sense computer soes unrealistic trades and the offseason is boring weekly prep is a good idea but it is very confusing and not fun.

Gameplay 6/10
This is the best part of the game which is a good thing but I find the controls to be a little too loose the running game is too unpredictable either a -2 or a touchdown. The passing game is too easy. Their is no goaline on offense and on defense you select what the line does and then the coverage which is cool at first but then I realized that there are no zone blitzes something that happens almost every game. Also you cannot play players out of position which means Ray Lewis best player in the league cannot be on the field in 4-3 nickel, dime or prevent defenses... Sorry

Overall 4/10 The game tries hard but falls short on every attempt I would rather play Madden 94 which I can get for 17 dollars cheaper

Reviewer's Score: 4/10, Originally Posted: 08/02/04