EA Sports was not always the huge sell out company they are today. Look no further than Madden 2005 and you will find one of the last great Madden games ever made. At the time of it's release SEGA was still developing ESPN NFL 2K games and at the time MADDEN had huge competition. These were the glory days for NFL Games. There were multiple studios and multiple publishers making competitive football games. Madden 2005 still holds up today and still holds up well against the newest games EA is releasing. This is retro football at its finest.
Madden 2005 hands down has to be one of the best maddens. I loved the franchise mode, it actually made your league feel like a living breathing world. Presentation wasn’t there like nfl 2k5 but they made big strides with this years game.
Thanks for watching! It would have been interesting to see the competition between ea and 2k really get going. Thanks for watching my friend I appreciate it!!
That Tony Bruno radio show was a game changer! It's disappointing that it's one of the features among many that EA let fall to the wayside. When Madden 05 1st came out, I used to always think about how good the game would be 10-15 years down the line. Unfortunately, it's worse than its ever been, three console generations later, smh. 🤦🏿♂️
This video made me want to pull my Gamecube out and start a lions franchise
Do it!!!!!
I’m gonna bust this game out and start a new franchise again after watching this! This IS the best madden ever! Great vid!
They did have the accelerated clock feature that stops this game from dragging out
The accelerated clock was a huge help. It really saddens me that the newer games have ruined that for me. Thanks for watching!
It was mind blowing in 2005 that you could aubile the whole linebackers group to blitz/stay in coverage with the touch of a button.
We had it so good back then
I love the presentation of the game. If only they had the same speed button for both sides of the ball it'd be near perfect for me.
As much as I love this game I am terrible on defense and future madden games with super sim have ruined this for me. Thanks for watching!!
I couldn’t agree more. Madden 2005 was by far the best one I played in the series. While I preferred more arcade-style football games like NFL Blitz, Madden 2005 was the best playing sim football game. Great review man, and glad to see I wasn’t the only one who thought that was the best installment! Oh, and microtransactions are garbage. During this 6th generation, developers ensured their games had a ton of content (usually). Nowadays though, almost everyone is capitalizing on the idea and it’s truly awful.
It’s a terrible trend to the world of video games that I must pay for extra content that’s not truly DLC. I think if madden every year here since about 2018 just released a roster pack and small updates for $30 they wouldn’t get so much hate. Thanks for watching one of the first videos where I had no idea what I was doing lol. I’ve been toying with the idea of doing my most underrated Madden video followed by my worst madden video . Meh we’ll see, thanks for watching my friend
@@LameDadRetroGamer It really is a terrible trend. And it was cool watching one of your first videos man! I’m trying to catch up on even the earlier content of people’s channels 👍 I think that Madden video idea would be pretty cool also! Keep up the great content man!
@@GameCubeGalaxy thanks man I’ll progress with the madden idea, really appreciate that man, needed that today
@@LameDadRetroGamer Of course! 👍
That’s terrible! The lack of competition and innovation has left the series dead since 2017. I thought the exclusive NFL license was expiring soon or at least one can hope maybe we can have any developer try to make a football game. Thanks for watching
Madden 2005 Hands down had the Best Music Ever.
Dude that's what made me get into Alter Bridge. Thanks for watching!!!
Fans are to blame too until they stop buying trash wont change
Absolutely 💯 agree! If they were to lose half of their normal sales we’d have their attention but fans keep buying and keep complaining, the cycle repeats year after year. Thanks for watching
NFL 2K5 & Madden 2005 might be the top 2 of all time.
Agreed and I would even be willing to lump NCAA 2005 or 2004 in that statement as well
@@LameDadRetroGamer that era was so good for sports games. I’m glad to have experienced it first hand. NHL 2004 was amazing.
Agreed those were great times
Poor Madden 2005 I know a lot of people that didn't buy it because the mad 2k5 19.99. only Madden I didn't buy since 1999.
The $20 price tag of 2k5 was genius. I'm sure they knew at this point they weren't going to be able to make another so why not go out swinging.
I had a few Maddens growing up. My rule was I'd get a Madden after each season the Pats won the Super Bowl (My favorite team, and no I'm not a bandwagon fan. They were my favorite long before Brady arrived. Big fan of Bledsoe and Curtis Martin) Anyway, Madden 2005 was one of them and I remember all the awesome features that came with it. Watching this video which goes into great detail about the amount of love Madden 05 received really makes me want to go back and play it. Great job explaining WHY Madden 2005 was such a great game.
Geez man Curtis Martin, haven’t heard that name in a while. I still enjoy playing 2005 it just feels complete. This was the golden era for NFL games, some good competition between the companies never hurt anyone
Dope review, makes me wanna pull out the PS2!
Thanks for the watch and the comment. Dust off the PS2 and get after it!!!
Definitely one of the best. You can probably make a case with Madden 08 on the PS2 but I think Madden 05 was the best.
Personally I spent way more time in madden 08 on the 360 then any other. Thanks for watching!
@@LameDadRetroGamer People say Madden on next gen consoles were bad. I personally enjoyed Madden 08 on the PS3
2004 and 07 were better.
I do the exact same thing with supersim and can get a realistic number of offensive plays and plays overall for game stats.
Yea supersim has ruined classic football games for me
For me 2003 is number 1. 07 is 2 and 05 is 3. Top 3 maddens of all time. No disrespect to 2004, that ones fire but I love 03-05-07 a lot more.
Thanks for watching. One of my other favorites is 08, loved that one and put a ton of time into. 07 was great as well I agree with you. When it debuted on 360 it was game changing. Thanks for stopping by. I am actually working on 2 more madden videos..the most underrated and the worst ever
I also super sim defense. What was the first Madden that had that feature again?
Madden 07 on 360 may have but I know 08 did. I played a lot of 08.
@@LameDadRetroGamer awesome! Thanks!
Madden 08 my fav and 98 classic also
Thanks for watching. I think 08 is underrated and i put way too many hours into that game. Wish they would bring back the ring profile
Now have can I get updated rosters & coaches on this game?! If that's possible, I'll buy a PS2 & game just to bring it back. 👀
You absolutely can. Check out ebay and you can find some memory cards for sale where people just literally create and modify the rosters. You can do this with any old sports games. Thanks for watching!
Yes
😂 Of course it was. A Baltimore Raven was on the cover. 🎉I used to buy these games every year or two, now I really don’t play them anymore.
Whoa man thanks for watching my earlier videos that were kinda crap lol. I’ve been wanting to go back and put a new thumbnail and edit some better footage add the new intro etc. they are games that I used to really enjoy playing franchise every year but I haven’t got enjoyment out of them since probably 2008. Thanks again for watching
@@LameDadRetroGamer All good bud. I saw it pop up on my feed and had to give it a spin. Especially when I saw the Ray Lewis Madden cover. I didn’t bother editing all my old stuff when I rebooted my channel name and intro. Too much work for videos that most likely won’t get much love anyway. The next round of Dad boxes were mailed out yesterday. Should be delivered to the recipients between Saturday and Monday.
@@DrinkGameswithJosh awesome dude!!! Looking forward to it
NFL 2K5 Review?
Yes on the way. That’s the next one I’m working on with NFL Fever 2003 after that. Thanks for watching!
I love all the old games.I think the new ones are trash.01 was probably my favorite Madden but 05 is great as are many but nastalgia of 01 wins.The 2k series is great and fever.I love em all
Thanks for watching! 05 is a great game but I did love 01. That was really the start of some amazing football games
@@LameDadRetroGamer I played 05 yesterday and it IS truly great.I just remember 01 when it came out for ps2 and how exciting it was.It seemed to have it all.
Any madden after 11 was terrible 🤣
12 was ok I thought
@Lame Dad Retro Gamer madden 12 was when you couldn't stop crossing routes unless you did something glitchie. Especially with the packers
25s gameplay was the best on that generation.
Nope. 2004.
Madden 22 sucks. This was the best game ever.
I haven’t played 22 but from what everyone says it sucks. It’s a shame too hopefully with Maddens passing EA will put out a great product to honor his legacy thanks for watching
I was just playing this game on my original xbox the game on og xbox has very good graphics and it’s better than current madden
I agree. The og Xbox is probably the best version of the game.