Madden NFL 10

Madden NFL 10

Last year's Madden on PlayStation 2 was home to some questionable changes to the long-standing formula. This time around EA Sports is sticking to the basics that made Madden so popular to begin with, while still offering some small additions and improvements to what could be the final version of the series to appear on Sony's aging console. There have been a few notable changes to the core gameplay that, while they don't significantly change the experience, do deliver a slightly altered way to work your way through a game of Madden. The first is the customizable right analog stick. Here you can assign up to eight moves to every direction on the stick for both offense and defense. You can set moves for when you're playing as the quarterback, when you have the ball or when you're the receiver. The right stick customization isn't an earth shattering revelation for football, but it works fine for as simple as it is. Fight for the Fumble is one of the few mechanics that was in other versions of Madden NFL 10 and actually made the transition to PS2. Sadly it doesn't work as fluidly as on Xbox 360 or PS3. Rather than jumping into a pile and scratching and clawing for the ball at the bottom you'll watch as your team clumsily kicks it along and tries to pick it up.