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twa55555's Madden 2008 (360)
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| [March 3, 2008 02:27:44 AM]
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Game Play
There are many factors of this game that make it great for almost any audience. First it is a common game and breaks down into plays allowing learning even from one game of play. Second it allows for social interaction and deep emotional connection to game. Third it allows the one playing it to gain great control over players from continuous playing. Last it allows people to be some of their greatest sport heroes.
The plays allow one to choose different plays and find the ones they run best. Due to the large number of plays they can choose from a player is able to develop a unique style built on what they do the best. It also allows for many changes within one game. There are many good plays and many bad plays but it only adds to the suspense of the games played.
The social aspect is increased if the player has played the actual sport in the past. It is interesting because of how long the game is and how and up and downs it can have many games are lost in the last moments devastating someone who only had to hold you off for one more play. This goes back to the sport and how its uncertainty of a games result is what people like the most.
Design
This game creates conflict out of its very nature. One player is forced to play another or the computer. The player controls every member of one of the two football teams and has specific players assigned to formations as well ass offence, defiance, and special teams. The conflict arises from kick off when one team kicks the ball to the other. The moment of conflict is called a tackle and can be a diving tackle, hit stick tackle, ore push out of bounds. The offensive player is trying to avoid the conflict and score but can also has the option of the highlight stick, spin, stiff-arm, or jump. All of these involve a little contact but also miss direction.
During normal plays different players are assigned to create conflict with each other. The linemen on offence are meant to hit the other linemen and protect the quarter back during a through, and hit open a hole for the running back to run through. The linebackers are defensive players behind the line of scrimmage and create conflict with the running back on a run in the form of a tackle, and the recover on a pass in the form of a big hit or tackle. There are safeties on the defiance that create conflict with the recovers from the line of scrimmage or during a tackle depending on the play.
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| [February 20, 2008 08:40:01 PM]
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Summary
In Madden 08 the player chooses from any NFL team and plays a game against another team. The objective or goal of this game is to play and beat another player a game of football. The same rules that apply in a real football game are enforced along with injuries to players. The goal of football is to get the ball over into the other teams end zone. You use the offence, defiance, and special team’s players to score or prevent the other team from scouring. This is a very strategic game that I believe is made more fun because have played the sport myself.
Game play
When I first got this game I didn’t exactly have the new controls down and that took away from the experience of the game. As time went on I began to get a feel for the controls and play a lot more freely. I played the 2007 versions a lot senior year of high school because I was playing the sport. Its social aspects were always interesting to me because I would always play matches against my football buddies and during a game get extremely emotionally involved. It seemed that in the moment of the madden game my friends and me were being pulled back into the emotions of playing the sport.
This game gives a social aspect to game play that I don’t see in single player games. There are four fundamental reasons that I believe it is a fun game to play with others. First it allows social commentary and interaction during game play. Second the random aspect of football was captured by the fact anyone can win on any given day. Third it allows the players to use prior knowledge of a sport and integrate it into the game. Finally there are lots of points scored so there are many chances for comebacks and keeps you on the edge of your seats.
This is a unique game because it has a large following due to its competitive nature. I have always played it for fun not extremely often but also have seen people who take it to another level. These are the reasons I like this game, because it seems simple but the levels of understanding go deeper tan you think.
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| [February 8, 2008 11:26:39 PM]
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When I first got this game I didn’t exactly have the new controls down and that took away from the experience of the game. As time went on I began to get a feel for the controls and play a lot more freely. I played the older versions a lot senior year of high school because I was playing the sport. Its social aspects were always interesting to me because I would always play my football buddies and during a game talk a lot of shit to them. It seemed that in the moment of the madden game my friends and me were being pulled back into the emotions of playing the sport. It became extremely personal to my friends when I would score a leading touchdown with 3 seconds left on the clock.
Now that I’m up here away from my old football buddies I have seemed to mellow out in my playing and also became better. I played my brother for this assignment and was not attached if I got one or two touchdowns down because I knew crazy thing happen during the last few minutes. Sure enough in the forth quarter I came back from a three-touchdown deficit to win triumphantly. I also notice that I have stopped being so emotionally attached to the game allowing myself to enjoy it more.
This is a unique game because it has a large following due to its competitive nature. I have always played it for fun not extremely often but also have seen people who take it to another level. They annualize your style at another level then I operate at and these are usually the people who beat me horribly. I play the game on instinct where as others play annalistically and take me out. These are the reasons I like this game, because it seems simple but the levels of understanding go deeper tan you think.
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| [February 8, 2008 11:26:06 PM]
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This game is a sport game that allows you to play as any NFL team in an accurate football recreation. The objective or goal of this game is to play and beat another player a game of football. You play on offence defiance and special teams wile choosing from an assortment of different plays. The basic plays on offence are run and pass but just like in the real game of football there are tons of different plays to choose from. Wile on the defensive side of the ball you can blitz and send linebackers on a rush or you can play the pass and drop your players into coverage. This is a very strategic game that I believe is made more fun because have played the sport myself.
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twa55555's Madden 2008 (360)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Friday 8 February, 2008
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