Madden NFL 2004

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  • Summary: In its 14th season, Madden NFL Football isn't showing signs of slowing down. Madden NFL 2004 adds new features such as Playmaker Control and Owner Mode to it's deepen its football simulation. This year, players can make adjustments after the snap and create championship caliber plays withIn its 14th season, Madden NFL Football isn't showing signs of slowing down. Madden NFL 2004 adds new features such as Playmaker Control and Owner Mode to it's deepen its football simulation. This year, players can make adjustments after the snap and create championship caliber plays with the easy-to-use Playmaker Control. The new Owner mode allows you build and manage your own stadium in addition to your own team. Compete against other players through EA Sports Online Tournaments. With new plays, modes, and online play, Madden NFL 2004 is the most complete, authentic installment in the series yet.… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Playboy
    100
    Looking for more depth? Take the owner's seat and relocate your team, set concession stand prices in your new stadium and hire your coaching staff. Ditka: Send us your resume. [Sept 2003, p.33]
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  2. Play Magazine
    100
    If you demand the ultimate in presentation and extras, look no further than Madden NFL 2004. [Grade = A+; Sept 2003, p.86]
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  3. IGN
    94
    It has taken 14 years to get to this point, this peak of performance, and I can say, as someone who has actually played all 14 years of the series' various incarnations, that Madden NFL 2004 is the best playing, deepest, most complete Madden to date.
  4. Talk Xbox
    91
    With the addition of Playmaker controls, Owner Mode, custom sound tracks, and much more, it is clear that Madden has set a new high for games to follow.
  5. Xbox Nation Magazine
    90
    Aurally and visually stunning, Madden 2004 is easily the best re-creation of digital football ever made. [Oct/Nov 2003, p.94]
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  6. Cheat Code Central
    90
    The game has several improvements and new features, which adds to the replay value. Although the owner mode may not appeal to everyone, the game offers plenty of other features to keep any football fan happy.
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  7. TotalGames.net
    60
    To say that Madden 2004 is challenging would be a massive understatement. It has an uncanny ability to leave you shouting at the screen when your opponents seemingly know what you are going to do even before you do it.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 44
  3. Negative: 6 out of 44
  1. SIPPIO
    Sep 16, 2022
    10
    I played/Owned Madden from 1992-2013
    and 2003-2008 is THE GOLDEN ERA!
    And i played every year in GoldenEra on PS2 *EXCEPT 2004!! Because    I played/Owned Madden from 1992-2013
    and 2003-2008 is THE GOLDEN ERA!
    And i played every year in GoldenEra on PS2
    *EXCEPT 2004!!
    Because this was when i got an Xbox and My God was it better looking then
    PS2. Not even close.. But PS2 still got my money because of the controller & my comfort with it..
    But once they fixed the OG xbox controller and we got LB+RB bumpers instead of Black & white buttons= Xbox became the king.. But i didn't know this until 2018'ish..
    ***ENTER TH3 EMATRIX= MADDEN & NHL FANS= KNOW THIS AWESOME SECRET
    = Original Xbox has a powerful music tool that allows you to add ANY music into the actual Madden folder.. I watched my brother do this was a later Madden. Maybe 06(i forget)
    ***NOT JUST ADDING UR PERSONAL MUSIC but putting it into the game so it plays the way the other music plays.. Right now on XboxSX ~OR~PS4 we can play music at same time as Madden music but this isn't the feature im speaking of,... It adds it into the game so it plays during franchise menu & in-game stadium.....
    *So what i would do is= compile 90% of the music from Madden 2003-2012 and put those songs on there ;D but i tried it once & was too lazy to drag & drop the music into it etc....
    LONG LIVE THE KING= IAN CUMMINGS!!!!    … Expand
  2. NeilV.
    Oct 16, 2003
    10
    Sweet game! I'm more of an NFL2K person, though I haven't tried 2K4 yet, but this is my first Madden since 1998 and it hasn't Sweet game! I'm more of an NFL2K person, though I haven't tried 2K4 yet, but this is my first Madden since 1998 and it hasn't disappointed.… Expand
  4. NasS.
    Jun 27, 2003
    10
    Best game ever made by man.
  5. MatthewG.
    Mar 4, 2004
    10
    I wish there were a halftime show and areal record book, with all the record holders. But this game overall is a very good game.
  6. MatC.
    Aug 17, 2003
    9
    No *&#$)@ xbox live, and no 10's till it's there.
  7. BrianK.
    Nov 13, 2003
    8
    Great game but no Xbox Live!!!!???!!!!
  8. OliverM.
    Nov 13, 2003
    1
    A big lesson learned here - don't just pick up a game because it gets good scores or because a meathead friend recommends it (John - A big lesson learned here - don't just pick up a game because it gets good scores or because a meathead friend recommends it (John - thanks mate). If you like American football, no doubt you will flip over this. For me, playing this game is like trying to steer a herd of cattle around a field. Nothing but sides of beef with arms, legs and body armour hitting each other and finding feeble reasons to put hands on their team-mates in inexcuseable ways. It's a typically American past-time though isn't it - all out violence and whoever is bigger wins the day. What happened to talking things through, eh? I'm sure if the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears got their heads together they could come to some satisfactory solution which would avoid putting on helmets and smashing each other about. Or maybe (as my buddy John) they just like doing things that way. And what's all that nonsensical jargon about then? Pre-snaps, wrap tackles? Oh well. I'm off to pre-snap John's neck and wrap tackle the game disc around his head.… Expand

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#4 Best Xbox Game of 2003
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#8 Most Discussed Xbox Game of 2003