For those who may have missed how we got to NFL 2K5 being the greatest sports game ever, it was decided by a fan-voted tournament held in March: ua-cam.com/video/1M9ip39zbuU/v-deo.html
On all pro football 2k8 is that they are only legendary players and there is no franchise game mode but somehow online multiplayer still works on the 360 I have played against someone recently
I wouldn't have guessed back then that this game would be the pinnacle of what we would have in the future. Never would have thought the future would be so dim for football gaming.
This game scared the shit out of EA. Which is why ea bought the NFL exclusivity the following year. That was the worst thing that ever happened to sport gaming.
Yep. It ended up backfiring, as the NFL was miffed that their "premium product" was being sold as a loss leader, and that's the reason they signed the exclusive rights deal with EA in the first place. 2K5 was objectively the better game with the better presentation, but the NFL was so upset with them that they sold themselves to EA out of pure spite.
I would've paid full price for this game. Hell I would've paid 25 dollars over. This game took up so much of my time and brought me so much joy. Madden has done nothing but disappoint me and i havent touched it again in several years
@@thaloh im still playing this game. I got 6 franchises. I got the game for free. I play on super difficilt sliders. Set yours to 0 and the computers to all 100s. Then add 5 to yours and take 5 off theirs. Endless fun
The thing I enjoyed the most is actually getting realistic results out of my other players. For example: if I drafted the best pass rusher, I NOTICED HIS PLAY ON THE FIELD!! Where as in madden if I drafted let’s say Aaron Donald, I can forget he’s on my team cause he would do nothing.
@@cashflodigitalsportsnetwork the last Madden I remember where it mattered was Madden 08 for example I made a franchise mode with a cupcake team but a 96 overall QB and he wasn't horrible but he definitely wasn't elite I had to build the offense up around him and it took me a good 3 seasons to get him to a mvp caliber QB
@@KarastanCSaunders definitely not. I remember playing my PS2 then having the audio cords from my dvd player hooked up instead so I could listen to music while I played. I woulda just got an xbox
I still own this game for my OG Xbox. When 2k is able to make SIM games again this is the foundation they need. Just bring everything in this game to the next Gen and I will never EVER touch Madden again.
Ratings and Physics are respected and the presentation was on par with a real game and the greatest halftime show of all time. Even great preview shows to watch every week on your franchise. So much passion was put into this game with excellent execution. Plus, it was only $20 when games were normally $50.
Yeap, it did it...I'm mad at Madden lol From the gameplay A.I., to the depth of the franchise mode, I'm missing 2k5 and All-Pro 2k8...I promise if you lost a game in those modes, it felt like you lost because they were a better team and not because you were cheated.
1000% lol just got a 360 again just so i can play APF 2k8...honestly if that is what 2k releases for their newest football game I will be so fucking hype as long as it has a Dynasty Mode and has more legendary players. Plus the stadiums in that game thoughhhhh
The VIP profile was literally 15 years ahead of its time...because WE STILL DON'T HAVE IT TODAY SINCE! The ability to self scout essentially was just genius. I'm still playing franchise mode with updated rosters because the game play remains challenging at the highest level.
Because of this video, went to the garage and took out my 360 and hooked it up and started playing. I put my tv settings to 'VIVID' and the game looks so great still.
I saw some idiot praising Al Michaels and John Madden and their commentary on Madden over the commentary duo that were in this game...not that those two are horrible at the task, far from it, but to say that a team of people that literally sound better than the vast majority of, not just commentary teams on American football games from that time, but also in modern times, sounded amateurish in comparison to Al Michaels and John Madden, deserves not just a pimp slap, but a mecha slap, on the idiot human that dared to say that Terry McGovern and Jay Styne were a horrible commentary team in this series of games.
Some may not know this but if you played on og xbox you can set celebration music for touchdowns, field goals, interception returns individually from music stored on your Xbox hard drive! It even had an editing tool for picking exactly where at in the audio file you wanted to set it for use. 😏
Wow, that is awesome. I wonder if you could also play said music randomly as a game played, and/or set it up so that you could play certain songs in the introductions of games on certain days? I think that "Heavy Action" would sound perfect on a Monday Night, Playoff, or Super Bowl game, @Altered Beast, et al.
the way xbox let you add your own mp3 ripped on the drive to a first down catch to a big time touchdown catch was just ONE of the features that still hasnt been done since
This game was ahead of its time and was handled w/care, it released at $20, when others were releasing at $60, this resonated so much w/fans, still have my copy, my original Xbox, and talk to my boys about it.
The game was being sold BRAND NEW for $20 and was leaps and bounds superior to any Madden game ever made even to this day, 2k5 is the best football game ever made. Hands down.
I have 2K2-2K5 and gameplay wise NFL 2K3 and 2K4 is better after playing those 2 then going back to play 2K5 it's hard to play 2K5 because the gameplay is soo much better on 2K3 and 2K4.
Besides the gameplay, presentation, commentary, pregame postgame and halftime show......I loved how you could assign your DB’s to certain WR’s, you still can’t do that in Madden.
Nathan C you can make an adjustment in madden to match guys up on generalizations like fastest on fastest or highest overall on highest overall , but in 2k you could go in and specifically assign a guy to cover a specific player and could pick to double team then or not. One thing it still think is dumb in madden is how they pulled out all the defensive plays that had a double team built in, we already have enough button presses to do pre snap without have to manually double too
Nathan C yeah that will generally have your guys play the other teams guys based off where they are on their sept chart so your number 1 plays their 1, your 2 their 2 ect as an alternative to it being just overall. In 2 k you could say I want Jalen Ramsey to play against Julio Jone specifically without it necessarily impacting the rest of the line up, and you could assign a double team on him the whole game if you wanted. You could literally go in there an assigned anybody on defense to whoever you wanted
I just played this game 10 minutes ago, for the first time. It's great, and its great to see my boy Brett out of retirement, and back with the Packers.
Even 15 years ago they had different cut scenes, side line cameras, different QB step back motions, the ball doesn't hand in the air throwing a "bullet" pass. simple things Madden has been so bad for years but we have nothing to play sadly.
watching videos on 2k5 depresses me because I know we’ll probably never get a football game as good as this one ever again or at least in the near future
Lot of people loved that first person mode and that would be the only way they would play. It took a lot of practice to get use to it but after you did, it was tremendous!
It is quite amazing that this game that was made over 15 years ago can be put up against Madden 2021/2022 and be better than it in damn near every aspect except graphics. They absolutely nailed it.
I can't deny the greatness of this game but I remember shunning this game because it wasn't Madden. Let's not forget Madden, all the way up to and especially 05, was a good franchise that did things right. Everything after is hit or miss with definitely more misses. EA did bring us the NCAA franchise which was amazing as well. Madden on PS4 is so behind where it should be based on these much older versions.
@Jim Johnson Madden 05 was a response to a legitimate threat. Which should piss anyone who still plays the shitty versions of that franchise today all the way off. It's not an issue of if they can, but whether they will. And they won't. Because they have no reason to. Madden 05 was their apex...and it was a RESULT of 2K5 being such a great game. Choosing one or the other was splitting hairs because they were both fantastic games. But the POINT is, EA took the easy way out and snuffed out competition and has steadily regressed ever since. Kinda reminds me of the WWF/E. Shareholders over quality. But the people keep consuming so there no reason to change. Well at least in EA's case.
The inclusion of the field reporting and Chris Berman made feel like a real game and way more immersive. I would love the highlights replaying during the half time and at the end of the game.
I have to get my ps2 up and running and get some component cables for it. So I can play the copy I bought. I've Been watching it the gsmeplay for like two weeks straight and I can't take it anymore. I just remember playing this game for 2 years straight while every version of M0adden I've bought since madden 05. I've only played for two weeks. Speaking of herky jerkie movement or players between transitions. Madden still does this 15 years later which is inexcusable. 2K still looks way more realistic. Especially in the side view it still resemles a televised game because of the realistic movements. Madden still hasn't even done presentation right yet. I'm jonesing to play this game and I can't put it off much longer.
We would stay up all night long playing against one another . It’s the only football video game my dad would play with us because he hated madden. We played hours and all nighters with him. It was treasure memories
And to think that all of this run on ps2 and retailed only for 20 bucks are just... Mindboggling. Its scary to think how powerful, smart, and pro consumer game devs back in the day.
I like the fact that "Maximum Tackling" was their low key version of the hit stick. You just clicked the right thumb stick after a charge to deliver a bone jarring hit. You could also use the right thumb stick to spin and juke on offense and manually hurdle by clicking the left thumb stick. Nuanced is an understatement! 💪🏽
I was so depressed when NFL sold the rights to single source. This game was the reason i purchased the xbox. Still to this day it bothers me and i secretly hope that it will open back up again. i never converted to madden and stop playing any NFL games.
ESPN NFL 2K5 is one of my favorite sports games on the original Xbox. I played it for the 2014 NFL season and I had a blast with it. I added plenty of old NFL fight songs (Some of the songs were taken from The National Football League Marching Songs and The Raiders was taken from Music From National Football League Films Volume III) and use them as Stadium Music via custom soundtracks. Now I'm playing it again for the game's 20th Anniversary.
What's interesting is that people remember this year by Madden '05 having the hit stick while 2k5 came at 20$, but 2k5 had something similar to a hit stick: by clicking the Right thumbstick (R3) the defender would dive arm closed shoulder first as opposed to pressing X/square where he would dive arms open. This 2k hit "button" would stop forward progress knocking the offensive back and increase fumbles if done right, but was extremely hard to pull off. It was just something they really didn't mention
I remember going to EB Games in the Mall with my friends during the summer of 2004 in July, we all played the game that they had setup on the Kios. We all walked out of the store with our own copy of ESPN NFL 2K5, it was an amazing football game and still is to this day. With that being said, I recently bought ESPN NFL 2K5 and All-Pro Football 2K8 again off Ebay, I just got my ESPN NFL 2K5 in the mail this morning, All-Pro Football 2K8 won't arrive until Monday or Tuesday, I can't wait to finally own these games once again. I haven't bought a Madden game in years, and I won't due to the direction the game has headed in. And it also blows my mind that, a football game that's almost 16 years old still plays better than any current or last gen Madden game, lol! And I also believe that EA Sports shot themselves in the foot when they bought the exclusive license to the NFL because, there's no competition for EA Sports or anything to help push their game to innovate. However, this is why Madden hasn't gotten better like it should of after all these years, there ain't any other NFL game on the market to compete with EA Sports.
You forgot to say , in this game you can do one on ones in practice , yes I’m talking a receiver versus Db Limon versus defense of lineman you name it you can pick whichever two players you want to put on the field and go against your let’s say brother 101 or even the computer
My favorite part of this game (besides being able to play it on my steam deck), is the pre-snap motions, hot routes, and subs you can do very quickly. Makes playing offence so much fun. You can play the numbers game on each side of the field like real life nfl offensive coordinators and play callers do. Madden never got this quite right. I feel like Peyton Manning sending guys in motion to get them open.
There was a noticeable difference in playing with “elite” QBs, and, say, back up qbs. Accuracy mattered, you had to input which arm to stiff arm from, and even that was rating-related. Some RBs could stiff arm weak tacklers, but someone like Jamal Lewis would throw your face into the dirt. And i loved that animation where youd truck someone so badly that the player was rolling on the ground under your feet desperately trying to grab at you as you kept moving forward 😳
I'm in Thailand and I love American Football. This ESPN NFL2K5 is the best NFL game I ever played. Sadly it not continued. I buy a new from ebay and it my favorite treasure. ^_^
So if EVERYBODY in the football gaming community agrees 2k was better, WHY does EA have the exclusive rights???? I have never understood that. I hate madden literally with all of my heart
I would say greatest NFL game for sure, but for sports as a whole, MLB The Show drops a deep game every year with a few good modes that have a lot of replay value.
The Show is amazing but I'll argue that MVP Baseball 2005 is still the best baseball game ever made. Gameplay, graphics for its time, the deepest franchise mode in any sports game, the minigames, etc.
Trust me they know, they just don't care. But now with 2k back in the mix even if its not a true sim they will be forced to improve the game because they know how much they stand to lose if they don't.
I love this game and still own it, I remember going back and forth with Madden 05 during that year. The only things with Madden that I enjoyed that year were the hit stick and Ray Lewis being on the cover. 2K5 just made a football video game feel fun. Not NFL Blitz fun, but competitively (especially in Franchise mode) you felt like you were playing and witnessing an important game broadcasted by ESPN. No other time since has a football video game done this for me. Sure, in Madden you may feel the stakes during a playoff game or one against a divisional rival, but 2K5 made EVERY game feel like this. Chalk-it-up to immersion and detailed gameplay fluidity, because that is what a sports game should always be. Even better, due to the competition from Madden during those times, 2K5 debuted with a $20 pricetag!! This is the best sports video game of all time, and it isn't even close.
Plus you could add the nbc,abc Monday night football and fox sports theme on the introduction and after each score like a real game by adding ur own music downloads to the game it was amazing
If only you can play this game on the Xbox One X The only thing I did not like about the game you had to keep pressing the speed burst button, other than that the game was awesome
@@TheSquirreless operationsports.com. I got them for XBOX. You will need an original XBOX 360 and PC cable for the 360 external hard drive. The cables cheap, it's worth it. You get updated rosters, coaches and play books. Im on game 10 in my Redskins Franchise!
Just bought the game and Xbox transfer cable on Tuesday from eBay I have a xbox360 with 250gb hard drive so I just put it in my transfer cable and hook it up to a PC and go to operation sports to download rosters how long did it take you to do also I just need the transfer cable right to get rosters
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For those who may have missed how we got to NFL 2K5 being the greatest sports game ever, it was decided by a fan-voted tournament held in March: ua-cam.com/video/1M9ip39zbuU/v-deo.html
2k all day👌😂👍
I have the 250gb hard drive I have taken it out before so I should be able to do it
On all pro football 2k8 is that they are only legendary players and there is no franchise game mode but somehow online multiplayer still works on the 360 I have played against someone recently
@@ronaugustus5427 really
Terrible game. It's crazy how revisionist history is building it up now that Madden sucks.
I wouldn't have guessed back then that this game would be the pinnacle of what we would have in the future. Never would have thought the future would be so dim for football gaming.
This game scared the shit out of EA. Which is why ea bought the NFL exclusivity the following year. That was the worst thing that ever happened to sport gaming.
Right? Football. The biggest and most lucrative sport in America....and we have Madden to show for it..
Exactly! I had no idea at the time. Now I’m scrambling around trying to find the old football games 🤦🏾♂️
Chris Jackson what an embarrassment
@@Op3nUrEyez Ebay i bought NFL 2K2-2K5 and gameplay wise 2K3 and 2K4 is better
Just upgrade the graphics that's it and NFL 2k5 will kick ass for another 15 years.
Mike Robinson Try the M-classic and M-cable for HDMI..... I’ve also been playing it in the Brodcast cam since 06. Also don’t sleep on the 04 version 🔥
@@raamyasharahla535 ok
Mike Robinson seriously
Royal Bailey Yea bruh!
Mike Robinson literally facts. Just give me roster updates and I’m good 😂😂
Why does this game look smoother than current Madden and “real player motion”
Because EA doesn't care about game play. They only care about how much money they can get out of MUT.
2k play attention to details and mechanics
Cause it is lol
Because it was before the hd era when the majority of games ran close to 60 FPS
@@nategreatgames78 that's not the reason
If I remember correctly, they put all that in a game and sold it for $20.
Yep. It ended up backfiring, as the NFL was miffed that their "premium product" was being sold as a loss leader, and that's the reason they signed the exclusive rights deal with EA in the first place. 2K5 was objectively the better game with the better presentation, but the NFL was so upset with them that they sold themselves to EA out of pure spite.
Just another reason to love this game
@@tripleoo0 if that is true that is so so sad. I believe it though
I would've paid full price for this game. Hell I would've paid 25 dollars over. This game took up so much of my time and brought me so much joy. Madden has done nothing but disappoint me and i havent touched it again in several years
@@thaloh im still playing this game. I got 6 franchises. I got the game for free. I play on super difficilt sliders. Set yours to 0 and the computers to all 100s. Then add 5 to yours and take 5 off theirs. Endless fun
That beautiful throw to Kelce is impossible in Madden today
The thing I enjoyed the most is actually getting realistic results out of my other players. For example: if I drafted the best pass rusher, I NOTICED HIS PLAY ON THE FIELD!! Where as in madden if I drafted let’s say Aaron Donald, I can forget he’s on my team cause he would do nothing.
Josh Santiago ratings stop meaning anything on Madden long ago
They have kind of combatted that with the superstar X factor overhaul though.
@@cashflodigitalsportsnetwork the last Madden I remember where it mattered was Madden 08
for example I made a franchise mode with a cupcake team but a 96 overall QB and he wasn't horrible but he definitely wasn't elite I had to build the offense up around him and it took me a good 3 seasons to get him to a mvp caliber QB
I loved adding my own soundtrack to the game with the music on my xbox
Yup! Custom soundtracks on games like 2K5, Tiger Woods...it made those games that much better.
KCS Train Express that’s what turned me to using XBOX over PlayStation.
Wait, excuse me?
Nathan Didn't know you could do that?
@@KarastanCSaunders definitely not.
I remember playing my PS2 then having the audio cords from my dvd player hooked up instead so I could listen to music while I played.
I woulda just got an xbox
I miss the halftime show presentation!
Boomer was there man! "HE COULD, GO, ALL, THE, WAY!"
I play this game at least once a day. Me and my friend have been playing it since it came out
Squirreless Squirrelxss sage here along with 2k8
me 2, ESPN 2K5 IS THE GREATEST FOOTBALL GAME EVEN TO THIS DAY...
I still own this game for my OG Xbox. When 2k is able to make SIM games again this is the foundation they need. Just bring everything in this game to the next Gen and I will never EVER touch Madden again.
I HAVNT TOUCHED MADDEN SINCE 2005, THANKS TO ESPN.
BlakStaak
You are a G
Ratings and Physics are respected and the presentation was on par with a real game and the greatest halftime show of all time. Even great preview shows to watch every week on your franchise. So much passion was put into this game with excellent execution. Plus, it was only $20 when games were normally $50.
for 20 bucks that time the game was way ahead of its time
for those that have played Madden all their lives and have never once played 2K5.. u will never understand how great this game was, and still is.
I have this game I'm selling it soon
@@jay-lynnthibodeaux6491 , are you selling it because no one will play it with you, or because you are too stupid to play the game?
@@jay-lynnthibodeaux6491 whats the reason?
I remember going so far in my franchise like 7 years with my created player
Yeap, it did it...I'm mad at Madden lol
From the gameplay A.I., to the depth of the franchise mode, I'm missing 2k5 and All-Pro 2k8...I promise if you lost a game in those modes, it felt like you lost because they were a better team and not because you were cheated.
1000% lol just got a 360 again just so i can play APF 2k8...honestly if that is what 2k releases for their newest football game I will be so fucking hype as long as it has a Dynasty Mode and has more legendary players. Plus the stadiums in that game thoughhhhh
The VIP profile was literally 15 years ahead of its time...because WE STILL DON'T HAVE IT TODAY SINCE! The ability to self scout essentially was just genius. I'm still playing franchise mode with updated rosters because the game play remains challenging at the highest level.
THEY SHOW HIGHLIGHTS AND THEY HAVE SPORTSCENTER. Blows my mind how modern games are so lackluster
Because of this video, went to the garage and took out my 360 and hooked it up and started playing. I put my tv settings to 'VIVID' and the game looks so great still.
NFL 2K5 was truly amazing. Being a kid, I didn’t understand it at the time but this truly was a revolutionary game.
Because at the time this was the standard for football video games! We didn’t realize how lucky we were at the time.
I’m one of those gamers still clinging on to NHL ‘94 . Great vid
Other thing that was noticable was the field would gradually wear down whenever it was muddy or snowy.
Great video. I wish NFL 2k5 was backwards compatibile with Ps4 and Xbox One
Might be for the PS5
I can like this video without watching it 🤷♂️ that’s how much I know NFL 2k5 is the best
Agreed 👍
Aroneazy
Truth
i remember playing this game constantly on my ps2 growing up. best game i ever had along with SvR 2007.
I really enjoyed this game back in the day. Haven’t played a madden since 2007 lol
Playing 2k5 resurrected on my laptop so refreshing to be playing a great football game
Im forever so glad my dad bought this game when it came out.
Same lol. Back then I only wanted to play Madden, but this one took over my life.
I got this game for, I think $1 or $2 USD at a now defunct small chain of retro gaming stores...it was a very good purchase.
I still play this with updated rosters. I dont see that changing anytime soon
How do you get updated rosters?
@@ariswade1 operation sports forums nfl 2k5 rosters
It felt as if "Dan Stevens" and "Peter O'Keefe" were actually in the booth calling the game together and not like their lines were cobbled together.
I saw some idiot praising Al Michaels and John Madden and their commentary on Madden over the commentary duo that were in this game...not that those two are horrible at the task, far from it, but to say that a team of people that literally sound better than the vast majority of, not just commentary teams on American football games from that time, but also in modern times, sounded amateurish in comparison to Al Michaels and John Madden, deserves not just a pimp slap, but a mecha slap, on the idiot human that dared to say that Terry McGovern and Jay Styne were a horrible commentary team in this series of games.
It seemed a little weird that ESPN did not use real announcers instead of fake ones, given that fact that it is ESPN.
@@ninersdd21 2K decided to keep the announcers that started the game.
Some may not know this but if you played on og xbox you can set celebration music for touchdowns, field goals, interception returns individually from music stored on your Xbox hard drive! It even had an editing tool for picking exactly where at in the audio file you wanted to set it for use. 😏
Wow, that is awesome. I wonder if you could also play said music randomly as a game played, and/or set it up so that you could play certain songs in the introductions of games on certain days? I think that "Heavy Action" would sound perfect on a Monday Night, Playoff, or Super Bowl game, @Altered Beast, et al.
the way xbox let you add your own mp3 ripped on the drive to a first down catch to a big time touchdown catch was just ONE of the features that still hasnt been done since
This is ridiculous. EA has no excuses at all. The highlights feature on this game looks insane!
This game was ahead of its time and was handled w/care, it released at $20, when others were releasing at $60, this resonated so much w/fans, still have my copy, my original Xbox, and talk to my boys about it.
The game was being sold BRAND NEW for $20 and was leaps and bounds superior to any Madden game ever made even to this day, 2k5 is the best football game ever made. Hands down.
Just purchased this for my ps2 off eBay. I cant wait to play this again
patrick harrison that’s what’s up I’m lookin for a copy for Xbox. How much did your copy cost bra?
Opn UrEyeZ it was only 11 dollars bro
I have 2K2-2K5 and gameplay wise NFL 2K3 and 2K4 is better after playing those 2 then going back to play 2K5 it's hard to play 2K5 because the gameplay is soo much better on 2K3 and 2K4.
NewAgeOutlaw716 i played the hell outta 2k3 i really enjoyed it as a kid.
@@pmoneygetter Word i just think the gameplay is better on 2K3 and 2K4
This game was amazing. From the presentation to the gameplay, it was great!
Have you played NFL 2K3 and 2K4? Gameplay wise it's better than 2K5
It’s ridiculous how much content is not in sports games these days
Besides the gameplay, presentation, commentary, pregame postgame and halftime show......I loved how you could assign your DB’s to certain WR’s, you still can’t do that in Madden.
Akumaa2000 yah you can lmao
Nathan C you can make an adjustment in madden to match guys up on generalizations like fastest on fastest or highest overall on highest overall , but in 2k you could go in and specifically assign a guy to cover a specific player and could pick to double team then or not. One thing it still think is dumb in madden is how they pulled out all the defensive plays that had a double team built in, we already have enough button presses to do pre snap without have to manually double too
Nate Great Games ya you can exactly do that... it’s called cornerback assignments by depth chart 😂
Nathan C yeah that will generally have your guys play the other teams guys based off where they are on their sept chart so your number 1 plays their 1, your 2 their 2 ect as an alternative to it being just overall. In 2 k you could say I want Jalen Ramsey to play against Julio Jone specifically without it necessarily impacting the rest of the line up, and you could assign a double team on him the whole game if you wanted. You could literally go in there an assigned anybody on defense to whoever you wanted
I just played this game 10 minutes ago, for the first time. It's great, and its great to see my boy Brett out of retirement, and back with the Packers.
Even 15 years ago they had different cut scenes, side line cameras, different QB step back motions, the ball doesn't hand in the air throwing a "bullet" pass. simple things
Madden has been so bad for years but we have nothing to play sadly.
its because they dump all their resources int MUT and the gameplay is generic.
Seeing this video brought back some memories. I pray that whatever 2k is planning will be just a great.
watching videos on 2k5 depresses me because I know we’ll probably never get a football game as good as this one ever again or at least in the near future
I still play this game it’s such a masterpiece
Lot of people loved that first person mode and that would be the only way they would play. It took a lot of practice to get use to it but after you did, it was tremendous!
It is quite amazing that this game that was made over 15 years ago can be put up against Madden 2021/2022 and be better than it in damn near every aspect except graphics. They absolutely nailed it.
No it cant
I can't deny the greatness of this game but I remember shunning this game because it wasn't Madden. Let's not forget Madden, all the way up to and especially 05, was a good franchise that did things right. Everything after is hit or miss with definitely more misses. EA did bring us the NCAA franchise which was amazing as well. Madden on PS4 is so behind where it should be based on these much older versions.
anthoney franklin that is facts lol
@Jim Johnson Madden 05 was a response to a legitimate threat. Which should piss anyone who still plays the shitty versions of that franchise today all the way off. It's not an issue of if they can, but whether they will. And they won't. Because they have no reason to. Madden 05 was their apex...and it was a RESULT of 2K5 being such a great game. Choosing one or the other was splitting hairs because they were both fantastic games. But the POINT is, EA took the easy way out and snuffed out competition and has steadily regressed ever since. Kinda reminds me of the WWF/E. Shareholders over quality. But the people keep consuming so there no reason to change. Well at least in EA's case.
God I miss this game so much. Played it a ton on the PS2.
The inclusion of the field reporting and Chris Berman made feel like a real game and way more immersive. I would love the highlights replaying during the half time and at the end of the game.
That's better than the last cherry danish on the breakfast cart.
“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the ‘good old days’ before you’ve actually left them”
Those breakdowns of your opponents every week..... man i miss them. 3:56
Nothing will ever top 2k5, and the fact that you can download new rosters means it'll never die.
Imagine how incredible this would be with 2022 graphics
In addition to the charge, if you tap "X" your player runs faster. The faster you tap, the faster they run.
I played this game until my thumbs got bruised. Awesome game.
If you played 2k5 you know the right stick when running ball was lethal
I have to get my ps2 up and running and get some component cables for it. So I can play the copy I bought. I've Been watching it the gsmeplay for like two weeks straight and I can't take it anymore. I just remember playing this game for 2 years straight while every version of M0adden I've bought since madden 05. I've only played for two weeks. Speaking of herky jerkie movement or players between transitions. Madden still does this 15 years later which is inexcusable. 2K still looks way more realistic. Especially in the side view it still resemles a televised game because of the realistic movements. Madden still hasn't even done presentation right yet. I'm jonesing to play this game and I can't put it off much longer.
#dead
We would stay up all night long playing against one another . It’s the only football video game my dad would play with us because he hated madden. We played hours and all nighters with him. It was treasure memories
And to think that all of this run on ps2 and retailed only for 20 bucks are just... Mindboggling. Its scary to think how powerful, smart, and pro consumer game devs back in the day.
I used to play NFL quarterback club. I miss having multiple NFL options
I like the fact that "Maximum Tackling" was their low key version of the hit stick. You just clicked the right thumb stick after a charge to deliver a bone jarring hit. You could also use the right thumb stick to spin and juke on offense and manually hurdle by clicking the left thumb stick. Nuanced is an understatement! 💪🏽
My favorite memory was using the eagles and donovan mcnab with that pump fake n shoulder roll damn this game was lightyears ahead
I was so depressed when NFL sold the rights to single source. This game was the reason i purchased the xbox. Still to this day it bothers me and i secretly hope that it will open back up again. i never converted to madden and stop playing any NFL games.
ESPN NFL 2K5 is one of my favorite sports games on the original Xbox. I played it for the 2014 NFL season and I had a blast with it. I added plenty of old NFL fight songs (Some of the songs were taken from The National Football League Marching Songs and The Raiders was taken from Music From National Football League Films Volume III) and use them as Stadium Music via custom soundtracks. Now I'm playing it again for the game's 20th Anniversary.
Mane!!! Dat halftime show was so 🔥
Excellent video! I hope you can someday do one on the NCAA football series.
What's interesting is that people remember this year by Madden '05 having the hit stick while 2k5 came at 20$, but 2k5 had something similar to a hit stick: by clicking the Right thumbstick (R3) the defender would dive arm closed shoulder first as opposed to pressing X/square where he would dive arms open. This 2k hit "button" would stop forward progress knocking the offensive back and increase fumbles if done right, but was extremely hard to pull off. It was just something they really didn't mention
I remember going to EB Games in the Mall with my friends during the summer of 2004 in July, we all played the game that they had setup on the Kios. We all walked out of the store with our own copy of ESPN NFL 2K5, it was an amazing football game and still is to this day. With that being said, I recently bought ESPN NFL 2K5 and All-Pro Football 2K8 again off Ebay, I just got my ESPN NFL 2K5 in the mail this morning, All-Pro Football 2K8 won't arrive until Monday or Tuesday, I can't wait to finally own these games once again. I haven't bought a Madden game in years, and I won't due to the direction the game has headed in. And it also blows my mind that, a football game that's almost 16 years old still plays better than any current or last gen Madden game, lol! And I also believe that EA Sports shot themselves in the foot when they bought the exclusive license to the NFL because, there's no competition for EA Sports or anything to help push their game to innovate. However, this is why Madden hasn't gotten better like it should of after all these years, there ain't any other NFL game on the market to compete with EA Sports.
You forgot to say , in this game you can do one on ones in practice , yes I’m talking a receiver versus Db Limon versus defense of lineman you name it you can pick whichever two players you want to put on the field and go against your let’s say brother 101 or even the computer
My favorite part of this game (besides being able to play it on my steam deck), is the pre-snap motions, hot routes, and subs you can do very quickly. Makes playing offence so much fun. You can play the numbers game on each side of the field like real life nfl offensive coordinators and play callers do. Madden never got this quite right. I feel like Peyton Manning sending guys in motion to get them open.
There was a noticeable difference in playing with “elite” QBs, and, say, back up qbs. Accuracy mattered, you had to input which arm to stiff arm from, and even that was rating-related. Some RBs could stiff arm weak tacklers, but someone like Jamal Lewis would throw your face into the dirt. And i loved that animation where youd truck someone so badly that the player was rolling on the ground under your feet desperately trying to grab at you as you kept moving forward 😳
This game was way ahead of its time
Who else shed a tear watching this?
#memories
This was one of my favorite games of all time!!
One of the greatest vidoe games everr made
I like the fact that you had a crib where you can see all of your trophies and accomplishments you had a jukebox paper football
Can’t even throw the damn ball without it getting picked off on madden 20
Still have NFL2k5 till this day someone just was trying buy it off me ..just can't let a classic like that go
Aah man, I miss that game!
I'm in Thailand and I love American Football. This ESPN NFL2K5 is the best NFL game I ever played. Sadly it not continued.
I buy a new from ebay and it my favorite treasure. ^_^
So if EVERYBODY in the football gaming community agrees 2k was better, WHY does EA have the exclusive rights???? I have never understood that. I hate madden literally with all of my heart
Because that’s what the NFL wants, and nobody was agreeing 2k5 was better until MUT took precedence
The passing mechanics look 100x more realistic and smooth than madden 24 jeez
I would say greatest NFL game for sure, but for sports as a whole, MLB The Show drops a deep game every year with a few good modes that have a lot of replay value.
2K3 and 2K4 is better gameplay wise
The Show is amazing but I'll argue that MVP Baseball 2005 is still the best baseball game ever made. Gameplay, graphics for its time, the deepest franchise mode in any sports game, the minigames, etc.
Super Tecmo Bowl
Can you send this video to the EA execs to show them what a real NFL video game looks like and what fans want?
Trust me they know, they just don't care. But now with 2k back in the mix even if its not a true sim they will be forced to improve the game because they know how much they stand to lose if they don't.
Lol if they're too lazy to even put REFEREES in the game what makes you think they gaf about us?
Playing it as we speak
I love this game and still own it, I remember going back and forth with Madden 05 during that year. The only things with Madden that I enjoyed that year were the hit stick and Ray Lewis being on the cover.
2K5 just made a football video game feel fun. Not NFL Blitz fun, but competitively (especially in Franchise mode) you felt like you were playing and witnessing an important game broadcasted by ESPN. No other time since has a football video game done this for me.
Sure, in Madden you may feel the stakes during a playoff game or one against a divisional rival, but 2K5 made EVERY game feel like this. Chalk-it-up to immersion and detailed gameplay fluidity, because that is what a sports game should always be.
Even better, due to the competition from Madden during those times, 2K5 debuted with a $20 pricetag!! This is the best sports video game of all time, and it isn't even close.
Plus you could add the nbc,abc Monday night football and fox sports theme on the introduction and after each score like a real game by adding ur own music downloads to the game it was amazing
I bought a OG Xbox and this was one of the first game I got that was a year ago
Carmen Electra being in 2k5 and Def Jam: Fight for New York has assured she will leave behind a legacy... a strange one, but still.
If only you can play this game on the Xbox One X The only thing I did not like about the game you had to keep pressing the speed burst button, other than that the game was awesome
The colts, falcons, and vikings using the colts playbook are just ridiculously unfair.
Still playing it to this day.
To me, it felt really even and balanced. It felt like football. Madden feels like a video game
I've got those updated rosters as of 4/13/20! NFL 2k21!
Where did u get them?
@@TheSquirreless operationsports.com. I got them for XBOX. You will need an original XBOX 360 and PC cable for the 360 external hard drive. The cables cheap, it's worth it. You get updated rosters, coaches and play books. Im on game 10 in my Redskins Franchise!
Where did you get your rosters from?
@@demeritusmoye749 operationsports.com
Just bought the game and Xbox transfer cable on Tuesday from eBay I have a xbox360 with 250gb hard drive so I just put it in my transfer cable and hook it up to a PC and go to operation sports to download rosters how long did it take you to do also I just need the transfer cable right to get rosters
This is by Far the Greatest Sports Video of All Time.
Played last night and got offsetting penalties! Never seen that in Madden and i doubt we ever will either!
On the xbox you could use your own music in the game which was awesome too. I had Tiger Army going off when I'd score a td for example.
3:49 LOL That rejection is just a funny thing to read.
I remember playing this WAY more than madden 2005. I only touched madden because of hitstick
The game that made me fall in love with football. Honestly best football game I've ever played. Nothing comes close !
@Jacob Elek, and yet there are morons that insist that Tecmo Bowl is a better game than this one, or All-Pro Football 2K8.