The GameDaily One-Minute Review

And on the third day of the week, EA released Madden NFL 07, and it is good. It's really good. It's vicious, nutritious, and undeniably delicious, and you absolutely have to buy it immediately. Not only does it look gorgeous splayed across an HDTV, but it plays better than its predecessors. The new kick meter is easy to get the hang of, the new Lead Blocker control dramatically alters the gameplay, and the developers have taken the running game to new heights with the Highlight Stick. The game's just a lot of fun, and thankfully, the same holds true off the field. The all new Superstar Mode, where you take a player through the draft all the way to the Hall of Fame, is killer, but so is playing online opponents in Franchise Mode and waging Madden Gamer Level points (accumulated by doing all sorts of things) against offline competitors. The game isn't perfect (some laggy online play brings it down), but this is without question one of the best Maddens to come along in years. Buy it, love it, play it with your friends.