by Justin Manucci

Created on: April 09, 2009

Madden 06 for Xbox 360 is a football video game released on August 8th 2005 by EA Sports. This game is the 16th installment of the Madden series, which is one of the most popular football video game series of all time. Madden 2006 was the first Madden game to ever be released for Xbox 360 and Playstation Portable Systems (PSP). The game was made popular due to long time football announcer John Madden, who endorses the product.

The game was released on Playstation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360, Windows PC, Windows Mobile Cell Phone, Playstation Portable (PSP), GameBoy Advance, Nintendo DS Portable Gaming system, and for mobile phones (non Windows Mobile phones). I personally own the game for the Xbox 360 system, so this is the version that I will be reviewing.

One of the many new features in this year's Madden 06 game include what is called "Superstar Mode" where the player can create and control of a NFL player all the way until he decides to retire. This mode is similar to Madden's popular Franchise Mode, where you play through the season with a team, except you are looking through this in the eyes of the particular player.

Another new feature of this year's Madden game includes what is called QB vision, or Quarterback Vision Control. This allows the user to see where the Quarterbacks field of vision is, allowing for more precision in their passes. This can also hurt the user, if the QB vision is not pointed on the intended receiver; the throw is likely to not be very accurate. Depending on who the quarterback is, and their current "awareness rating" their size of their QB vision field may be very small to the point where it covers the entire playing field.

A third new feature in this game is the Precision Passing feature, which is similar to the QB Vision Control feature. This allows the player to control exactly where the ball goes, choosing whether the ball goes over the receivers head, to their left or right, or at their knees height level.

A final feature that is new in this year's Madden 06 is the Truck Stick, which is similar to the hit stick from previous years. This allows the user to push up on the control stick, in order to run over defenders, which could potentially increase the risk of fumbling the ball of course.

There were some problems with the Xbox 360 version, with a few different problems being reported by users and experts. Some of the problems include that during Franchise mode, users are not able to hire or fire their coaches, switch to a new

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