Ever since its debut 1990, Madden has been the premiere football game, but all of their next gen versions have been – well -- lazy. Fortunately, Madden NFL 08 is righting many of their wrongs and looking to broaden their audience even more.

Let’s get Physic-al

Player animations have always left something to be desired. Watching your running back do the same spin move on every play can become tedious to say the least. This is because collision detection has always been a joke in Madden.  Thanks to a new branching system that determines how one animation transition into another, you’ll finally be seeing life like animations that come as close as ever to matching the real thing. You can now stack the line to try and gang tackle LaDainian Tomlinson, or you can have your offensive lineman give your running back push to try and get him over the goal line. A great touch that makes the game feels more controlled by the user than ever before.

In addition, players finally have more control over the tackles thanks to the hit stick 2.0. Aim high