WiiGamersHaven.com - Wii Resources & News

Madden NFL 08 Review

Madden NFL 08 Is ok, I've played better Madden games, But this game was pretty bad compared to some of the other madden games.

Graphics: The graphics for the Wii version of Madden 08 was probably as bad as they can get on the Wii, From what it looks like EA could have done a lot better, By what I can see from Mario Galaxy, The Wii is capable of producing some graphics, Ea just didnt use it in 08. Lets hope in 09 they do a lot better.

Gameplay: The Gameplay for Madden 08 was surprisingly good, I was a little dissapointed about the graphics but the Gameplay was fun. Its pretty addictive if your a madden fan, and if you haven't played a madden game for the Wii, Then your in for a surprise. Its better than the Ps3 Version, but not the 360 version ( IMO).

Multiplayer: The Multiplayer for this game is Medicore, It uses EA's server aside from the Friend Codes ( Which I'm sure everyone is happy about), So you dont have to spend all that time punching in the 16 digits. Its pretty fun once you get into it and if your good, But the time I've spent playing it, It gets pretty laggy and can get almost as bad that you cant play it.

Controls: The Controls are pretty well done! (I'm happy to say that this game has something good about it). So all you do is choose what player to pass to and with a little flick of the Wii-Mote passes without hesitation, Moving the Wii-Mote side to side Left to right, Makes the played do a stif arm, And When your on the Defence side pushing the Wii-Mote forward Towards the screen tackles the opponents. These easy motions makes this game happy to call it madden 08 for the Wii, Without these features, This game would be a total let down . But This makes it number one out of the series.

Overall Rating: I'll give this game a 7.5, Because the Dev's could have done alot better at making this game, they lack a lot of the purpases of the Wii, and they graphics look like an early Ps2 game. Because of the laggy multiplayer and the graphics, Maybe brought it down a full 1.0 rating. If they made it alot better I would say one of the best games ever made for the Wii by far. :D