We Celebrate 10 Years of ESPN NFL 2K5 Live!

woa. very sneaky to publish this during a upf!

I'm doing the tootsie right now!

Sorry for the audio junk! Looks like the streaming software was gaining everything up again so, it gets real clippy in spots. You know, because of EXCITEMENT!

I just realized something, now that Alex is in quick looks we may actually start to get somewhat competent sports game coverage. More informed sports game quick looks without losing sports Vinny at his finest? Count me in.

This isn't random at all!

@vinny: This is the kind of audio quality that makes EVO hype the best. Blown out mics = excitement!

@ll_exile_ll: Yeah! Like this one!

David Arquette wants his royalty check.

The EXCITEMENT is exciting! Keep 'em coming, Giant BEAST.

Still the best modern nfl football game.

I still play this game sometimes, though it makes me wish I still had the old Xbox with my music on it. The stadium music editor might be the best thing ever.

EXCITE!

What are you talking about, Vinny? You're just extremely dedicated to matching the audio quality of 2005, in commemoration of the 10 year anniversary of ESPN NFL 2005.

Still better than any Madden game ever made since.

Also, the 2004 Jets made the playoffs and that Jets helmet could not look anymore wrong.

Man. T.O. was on this cover. That Eagles team was something special. Wish we won a couple of chips.

See now this is a goddamn sports video game ass game.

OFFENSE. DEFENSE. OVERALL.

That's all you need.

I did not play it as much the year it come out as I did the year after. My roommate was a huge Madden fan. When Madden 2006 come out, he had joined the correct side. Curse you, EA exclusivity deal.

Is the other guy playing pool at the end Ryan Hurst?

Man, that fake field goal. So good! I am really enjoying all this Giant Bomb East content. Great work guys.

I got real worried that TO was going to drag the Eagles the beat the Patriots on a broken leg

Should've played the Xbox version, the custom soundtrack integration in this (and NBA 2k5 was faaaaantastic.

Maybe for the phone camera stuff, but the main stream has some pretty professional headsets.

Bearing in mind that I care not a whit about football....I would go to a football game with Alex in a heartbeat.

dat 4:3 tho

Awesome stuff NY, love to see more random stuff like this. Maybe get better mics though...

This is the Death Magnetic of Giant Bomb streams! Clipping like a mofo!

I hate watching Vinny play sports games, however glad to hear Alex knows quite a bit ... now if only they can team him up with someone else that shares his same knowledge I'd actually take the time to watch sports related videos on Giantbomb.

Alex. Real talk. I DEMAND you make people sit there and watch you draft shit for hours. I'd make them sit through dozens of hours of recruiting in NCAA football, but that might not be your thing.

Anyone remember the Sports Anomaly podcast? "Ya gotta play defense."

I'll see myself out thank you.

David Arquette? Now this is a video game.

The audio clipping in this video is horrendous.

fortunately, i like lo-fi sounds!

It's sad how this game can still compete with the latest Madden, even with the new graphics upgrade. And the exclusive deal should have never happened. Imagine how great football games would be today if their were competing developers trying to perfect the sport. Where now starting to see the same laziness with the MLB The Show series, now that MLB 2K has been disbanded.

maybe it's because of vinny and alex in part, but this game actually seems... good? and i really don't like the madden games. this has actual personality to it, and it doesn't seem to have needless complexity.

For those of you guys that aren't familiar with sports games, this was widely accepted as the best football game for quite some time (when the sliders were properly adjusted). Better than almost all xbox 360 madden installments through 2013. I think 2013 finally surpassed 2k5.

It was the Battlefield 2 of sports games, where Madden was the CoD.

The football game so good that Kotaku editors banned users for bringing it up in their comments sections on Madden all the time. (I wish I was joking, but it was sadly not the case.)

God I loved the 2K NFL games.

I can't believe how well this game holds up 10 years later. What an annoying video though...eek.

I appreciate the retro vibe with Vinny using authentic 1890s phonograph cylinders to record the audio.

Oh goodness, I can hardly remember the time when Kotaku used to ban people. I can imagine many from Deadspin had a good time messing with people in those articles.

lol Alex complaining about the Patriots "losing quality players" when they've been arguably the most consistent franchise in the NFL since Tom Brady took over.

I always love when Giant Bomb does sports, keep these going and happy 10th anniversary NFL 2K5, you were the best football game for at least 7 years after your prime.

I was very happy to learn that this is backwards compatible on the 360. Still the best football game ever!

My love for this game cannot be expressed in words.

I'm talking old-school EVO

It's a damn shame they didn't get a chance to make one of these for the 360/PS3 era(APF doesn't count). Minus the terrible secondary play, 2K5 played a great game of football.

I had a lot of fun playing this game on the XBOX and the crib feature was pretty sweet. Great video too, but Vinny is clearly the Les Miles of video game football.

@vinny From now on every football quicklook needs to have the gain cranked up to 11!

When Alex said "Please don't make me the Giants", I got all sad... but then it made sense. I figure Alex is a Patriots fan, and the Giants have ruined the Patriots on multiple occasions.

And now I'm happy again :)

God I love this game, I wish my Xbox still worked :(

Man, seeing Junior Seau on that roster list was really sad.