Madden NFL '97

Review by: Sean McLean

GRAPHICS: 9.5/10
Madden 97 has unbeilevable graphics.There are lots of views and the game looks good in all of them. You can see John Madden and Pat Summerall before the game and it really looks like them! James Brown is in this game too. He is in it also at the beginning of the game and at half time. The graphics in this are better than any other football game I have played.

GAMEPLAY 9.5/10
This game is great to play. You can play in season,exhibition or playoff mode. In season mode you can sign,trade,release and create players. The salary cap can be turned of so that you can have as good of a team as you want. In playoff mode you battle your way to the championship. When you pick exhibition mode you can pick all the teams in the NFL including an All-Madden team and great teams from the past.When you score a touchdown the person that scores does a dance in the endzone. That is one of my favorite parts of the game. I'll tell you a code. Where you put in your name for record keeping in exhibition mode. Put in TIBURON then go back to the team select screen and you will find 8 new teams.

SOUND 10/10
The sound is amazing. It has Madden,Summerall and Brown real voice. Madden annouces the play-by-play as he says lots of different things. The crowd chants DE-FENCE and you can hear the crack of the players in the pack.

OVERALL 9.8/10
Overll this game is the best football game I have ever played. If you want a good football game awesome graphics,sound and gameplay. By this game.