Madden ’09 a Starter, Maybe not HOF
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If it’s August, it must be “Madden.” As perennial as tugging out your Terrible Towel from the back of the closet, the classic franchise has returned with this year’s heavily hyped “Madden ‘09.” With new features and graphical improvements, Electronic Arts obviously has a blockbuster on its hands. But is this game, as the cynics claim, just the same old thing warmed over again? “The grass looks better this year,” after all, is hardly reason to shell out $60. So is “Madden ‘09” a worthwhile recruit or should it be left on the sidelines?
In football terms: This game is definitely a starter. But it might fall just short of being a Hall of Famer.
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