Best Xbox Games for Defense

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Madden NFL 2004

$18.00 Est. at Amazon

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the defense could use some tweaking and some help.
from www.amazon.com
it is a little unbalanced in the sense that it is a much more powerful tool for the offense than the defense, but it is still just a ton of fun to use.the much anticipated owner mode, to be honest,
from www.amazon.com
when the defense stacks the right and you picked a run play to the right with say, a tight end on the right...instead of switching the whole play around and moving the tight end to tip off the d that
from www.amazon.com
have the ability to turn madden off as a commentator and have better defense.
from www.amazon.com
while the defense is a little to easy to burn on any difficulty, the computer's offense is supprisingly good.

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Positives: Nice Graphics, Nice Realism, Great Gameplay, Publisher: EA - Electronic Arts

2 RECOMMENDED by 8 people for DEFENSE

ESPN NBA 2K5

$50.00 Est. at Amazon

from shopping.yahoo.com
i'm not complaining about that, because i like high scoring games instead of low scoring (due to defense.) ...
from www.amazon.com
on defense, for example, you'll notice that defenders away from the ball are watching the ball handler like real players do and positioning themselves to guard the passing lanes.
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in addition, the most previlent defense is to get a team with a big man, play zone, and let him camp out in the lane to stop any one from driving down the lane.
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-on defense the computer often forces you into a double team on the guy with the ball, and because you're locked into this maneuver the offensive player passes to an open teammate who easily scores.
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defense is the only aspect that didn't go downhill.

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Positives: Excellent Realism, Great Graphics, Good Gameplay, Publisher: Visual Concepts

3 RECOMMENDED by 8 people for DEFENSE

NBA 2K6

$20.00 Est. at Amazon

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on defense the right stick is for the strip and rip, it's easy to skyjack, snag inbounds, and fill passing lanes with this, which results in several steals.
from www.amazon.com
the defense is more interactive, as you can reach to pick off passes and choose whether you want to swipe for the ball with your right or left hand -- and it's simple.
from www.amazon.com
each team plays its own style of basketball and on different nights the same team will rely on different strategies to beat you depending on how you're playing defense.
from www.amazon.com
defense: is a lot more controlled to.
from www.amazon.com
on defense, the right thumbstick controls blocks and steals.

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Positives: Excellent Graphics, Good Realism, Great Gameplay, Publisher: Visual Concepts

4 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for DEFENSE

Nba 2k7 Xbox 360 for

$43.00 Est. at Amazon

from Kevin from PG County, MD, www.circuitcity.com
if you like being able to actually play defense then this is the game for you.
from vaheegn from Los Angeles, CA, www.circuitcity.com
there are so many moves, and each one plays a vital part against the defense.
from Dave55 from Covina ,CA, www.circuitcity.com
the defense will swarm on you quick.
from www.pricegrabber.com
the defense is perfect, making you work to get open looks, but isn't impossible.
from www.pricegrabber.com
in addition, teams now plays much more realistic due to the team tendencies options where you can control how they play defense (half-court trap, pressure, help defensive, rebounding...etc), and how

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Positives: Nice Realism, Good Graphics, Great Gameplay, Publisher: Visual Concepts

5 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for DEFENSE

NCAA Football 2003

$16.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
improved defenses, and more realistic movements make it a top notch game, and also make the replay factor more enjoyable.
from www.amazon.com
the added option play as well as the 5-2 and 4-4 defenses are a much needed and desired college bonus.
from www.amazon.com
the passing defense ai has been much improved to increase the number of interceptions (the defender will catch a majority of balls that come right to him whereas last year's version made every
from www.amazon.com
the defense is smart.

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Positives: Excellent Realism, Nice Graphics, Excellent Gameplay, Publisher: Sega

NBA Street Vol. 2

$33.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it is definitely what we're looking for!it's got the cool dunks and tough defense like we're used to in nba jam/hangtime.
from www.amazon.com
being an arcade game at heart, playing defense can be tough at times.
from www.amazon.com
the announcer is just hilllarious-"do you even know how to spell defense?" this is a must buy for all nba street fans and even those fans of nba 2k3, or nba live 2003.plus, you can get double game
from yusakugo, www.shopping.com
2 is more weighted towards a stronger defense than the offense.

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Positives: Excellent Gameplay, Good Graphics, Good Realism, Publisher: EA - Electronic Arts

Madden NFL 08

$25.00 Est. at Amazon

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the controls are better, the defense is more challanging, better graphics, better running, the game is just better over all.
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the running game is a little tough in this game unless you are an experienced madden player and can read defenses; but still amazingly fun.
from reviews.cnet.com
after a single play or coverage scheme has been called four times, a quarterback like peyton manning or tom brady can actually see exactly what the defense is going to do, whereas a smart defender
from XboxFan from Ca, www.circuitcity.com
realistic gameplay, deep franchise mode, and excellent graphics for a 'last gen' system.thecpu depends a little to much on big plays for its scoring, making defense too easy, but at the same time not
from www.bestbuy.com
playing defense is actually fun with the all new hit stick 2.0.

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Positives: Excellent Graphics, Great Gameplay, Great Realism, Publisher: EA Sports

NCAA 06: Football

$11.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
when you play a game in rfth mode, i expected it to be as i just playing as myself throughout the game and resting when on defense.
from www.amazon.com
the gameplay is a little different from last year, specifically on defense, i am still getting used to it.
from www.amazon.com
every year ea brags about the strength of the ai and yet you can run the option successfully hundreds of times while the computer controlled team struggles to find a defense capable of stopping you.
from www.amazon.com
then since the defense won't jump offsides you can already have him running in place with your finger near the b button.
from www.amazon.com
another problem, not a major one at all, but a little inconvenience when you first start playing is the fact that they switched the "change players" button and the "speed burst button" on defense.

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Positives: Nice Gameplay, Great Realism, Great Graphics, Publisher: EA - Electronic Arts

ESPN NHL Hockey

$25.00 Est. at Amazon

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for the most part if you are playing on a sped up clock the power play is really only like 30 seconds and the ai defense clears the puck a split second after it nears the puck.
from www.amazon.com
another thing i dont like is that it's very difficult to get though the 2 defensemen so im forced to take a slapshot from the blueline which i never score.
from www.amazon.com
defensemen are completely useless as pointmen.
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you can easily poke, check, poke-check, dive, skate backwards, wrap-around, grab a puck out of the air, hook, cross-check, charge, board, one-time a shot, float a pass, deke a defenseman, deflect a
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if you want arcadey, high scoring hockey, you should probably look elsewhere...if you want authentic hockey, such as actually setting up special teams, defenses, and goalies who will make you work

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Positives: Excellent Realism, Nice Gameplay, Great Graphics, Publisher: Sega

NCAA Football 2004

$21.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it's still too hard to pass on harder levels and it's still too hard to play pass defense.
from www.amazon.com
ncaa 101 will help newbies to the game by teaching then the basics (offense, defense, the option, etc.)cons: 1.
from www.amazon.com
you cannot control the defense in this situation, only the offense (this might not apply to the other 19 greatest games, but as far as i know, you control one or the other).

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Positives: Nice Realism, Great Graphics, Good Gameplay, Publisher: EA - Electronic Arts

Half-Life 2

$11.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
in addition to taking on teammates, you'll occasionally have the opportunity to set up sentry guns to assist you in defense.
from www.amazon.com
people are transferred from city to city with no explanation as to why, reproduction is severely prohibited, and "civil defense" task forces are everywhere, masked, armored, and spoiling for a fight.

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Positives: Nice Multiplayer, Good Storyline, Great Graphics, Publisher: Vivendi Universal

Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic

$22.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
at first you will hate it or think it's slow but as the game progresses you get many mmore attacks and defenses and will get more involved.
from www.amazon.com
there are aliens and bounty hunters eager to pick a fight, defenseless people in need of a rescuer, a han-soloish soldier, a leihish jedi (who sure acts like she's a princess), sith lords (including

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Positives: Great Storyline, Good Graphics, Nice Gameplay, Publisher: LucasArts Entertainment Company

NBA Inside Drive 2003

$16.00 Est. at Amazon

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you can't really play defense like on inside drive and the a.i.
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practice you can actually shoot-around with a team w/ no defense you can also practice free throws and like in games you may view a shot chart (green dots for made red for missed on a map of the

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Positives: Great Gameplay, Good Graphics, Great Realism, Publisher: Microsoft

NBA Street V3

$19.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
however, the trick stick allows you to do certain moves not while just dribbling, but also on defense, while shooting and dunking, passing, and even blocking shots.

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Positives: Nice Realism, Nice Graphics, Great Gameplay, Publisher: EA Sports

Ninja Gaiden

$24.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
despite being a game full of fast action, it also has some defense moves, blocking, jumping, and above all rolling that really becomes key to pacing the action in your favor and getting out of harms
from www.amazon.com
however one thing that will ease the difficulty of this great game is to have armlets that increase your defense.
from www.amazon.com
this would be a great defense except that the camera seldom stays centered on you.
from www.amazon.com
the whole weapon-upgrade aspect is also a good way to keep players very interested in the game until completion, as well as certain items that allow you to upgrade the main character's strength and

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Positives: Great Graphics, Nice Gameplay, Good Sound Quality, Publisher: Tecmo Inc.

Panzer Dragoon Orta

$29.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
allow it to move around a large enemy to evade fire or find a weak spot in its defenses.expanding on concepts introduced in "zwei" and "saga," orta can control the dragon's appearance and abilities.
from www.amazon.com
firstly, you start out in base mode, which has a large number of lock-on targets, a decent rate of fire for your normal gun, and average defense.
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this multi-use attack can slow the dragon down (allowing an incoming assault to miss it), give it a burst of speed (with shockwaves that can damage enemies) or allow it to move around a large enemy

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Positives: Nice Gameplay, Excellent Graphics, Great Realism, Publisher: Sega

Halo: Combat Evolved

$14.00 Est. at Amazon

from Maverick from Miami, www.circuitcity.com
ctf offense defense .
from www.amazon.com
several of which i got down to the last line of defense and got killed by a stupid little grunt or killed myself with my own grenade during an ambush.
from www.amazon.com
12) the spies change teams for a short period to see what the defenses are or to find where a flag is hidden.

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Nice Storyline, Great Gameplay, Publisher: Microsoft

Final Fight X: Streetwise

$17.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
halo 2 was a good game, exceptional by my standards, sure it was a hassle getting through the level with the lack of defenses...
from www.amazon.com
fueled by fath, fury and vengeance, they have swept aside all of our defenses and gained a foothold on the most precious prize of all -- earth.
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however, the ctf and assault games are usually on wide maps which favor the defense, and on the small action-packed maps the rounds are too short.
from www.amazon.com
for some stupid reason, all of this was cut 6 months before release, and the team rapidly threw together a short and meaningless adventure involving the master chief saving earth from a spontaneous
from www.amazon.com
from there on in not only does the game completely take you away from earths defenses.

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Positives: Great Multiplayer, Nice Online Play, Excellent Gameplay, Publisher: Capcom

Halo 2

$24.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
halo 2 was a good game, exceptional by my standards, sure it was a hassle getting through the level with the lack of defenses...
from www.amazon.com
fueled by fath, fury and vengeance, they have swept aside all of our defenses and gained a foothold on the most precious prize of all -- earth.
from www.amazon.com
however, the ctf and assault games are usually on wide maps which favor the defense, and on the small action-packed maps the rounds are too short.
from www.amazon.com
from there on in not only does the game completely take you away from earths defenses.
from www.amazon.com
for some stupid reason, all of this was cut 6 months before release, and the team rapidly threw together a short and meaningless adventure involving the master chief saving earth from a spontaneous

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Great Gameplay, Great Multiplayer, Publisher: Microsoft

NFL 2K3

$12.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
good ai really makes trick plays that much more fun because it's that much harder to execute them prefectly against a smarter enemy.in terms of being better, i think defense and franchise mode are
from www.amazon.com
occasionally the characters appear to be ice skating across the turf.further, when on defense, you can run straight through your teammates.
from www.amazon.com
audibles (more audibles for both offense and defense).2k3:
from www.amazon.com
the passing seems to lack balance allowing the computer to pass around your defense but you can't even get that close.
from www.amazon.com
so all the person on defense has to do is watch your pick then key up on the runner's direction or primary receiver of a pass play.

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Nice Graphics, Excellent Gameplay, Publisher: Sega

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