Arena Football

EA Sports

PlayStation2

$29.99

Staying loyal to the AFL rules and regulations, Arena Football was aiming to keep sports junkies hooked on the juice during the off-season. However, unlike real-world NFL, Madden NFL 06 has no off-season, thus the need for another game is eliminated. Necessary or not, Arena Football garners a lot of rave for its slamming sidewall and hyper-speed plays, but these features just dilute the feverish intensity of how a football game should play. The visuals in Arena Football are noteworthy, but they sparingly make up for poor game audio and the less than impressive game design.

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This article appears in December 8 • 2006.

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