Okay, let?s be real for just a second. Most likely this is far from the first Madden review that you?ve ever read. Lord knows that this isn’t the first Madden review I?ve ever written. To put it bluntly, I think I?m fresh out of original ways to introduce this series. Honest. This is what total mental bankruptcy looks like.
What do you say I do us both a solid and cut out the cliché hyperbole and fast forward to the part that you actually care about: THE ACTUAL GAME. So where were we" Oh, right! Remember back last season when the good folks at EA Sports decided that it was time to turn their focus towards ratcheting up the quality of the passing and receiving mechanics" Well this time the pendulum has swung rather dramatically into the backfield. If there were a theme for Madden NFL 17, it would have to be ?The Year of the Run.?
Ground and Pound
The evolution to the ground game does a great job catering to the varying different styles of halfback present in the game today. For the finesse backs that earn their keep utilizing quick feet and up field acceleration, there are a series of new quick-time-like sequences that significantly change up the action. When quick-time presses are successfully strung together, legions of defensemen will be left munching on Astroturf. However, for an entirely different collection of runners, the mere concept of juking and jiving is hilarious. These smash-mouth, straight-ahead sloggers will be able to take better advantag...