NFL 2K3 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Aug 12, 2002
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93 out of 100

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7.1 out of 10

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  • Summary: Get ready for a crowd of new features and improvements, including a completely new Franchise mode, thrilling new offensive and defensive animations, and broadcast-quality commentary regarded as the best in all of sports video games. Complete with all the updated rosters, the new NFL alignment changes, and completely redesigned stadiums, its time to hit the line hard and remember winning isn't a sometime thing: it's an all-time thing. [Sega]… Collapse

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
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  1. Yahoo! Games
    100
    Control is perfect and, once mastered, you get a sense of the timing.
  2. GamePro
    100
    With smart A.I., great controls, and a take-no-prisoners approach to football, it should earn All-Pro status again...a straight-ahead, hard-as-knuckles football game.
  3. GameNow
    100
    The best looking, most fluid portrayal of football you can find. [A: Sept 2002, p.50]
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  4. Gamestyle
    80
    There's nothing wrong with the video game as such, the sound and presentation are both exemplary and the graphics are crisp, but as the sport is inherently complicated it doesn't go out of it's way to make new friends.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 18
  3. Negative: 5 out of 18
  1. DougP.
    10
    I don't care what everybody else thinks, this was the best football game of 2002-2003. The only problem was that the players didn't run fast. Overall-great game. … Expand
  2. BradB.
    8
    Well, I bought this game after playing Madden the past 2 years. I played NFL2k3 for about 3 days, and decided Madden was a much better fit fore me. The ESPN license is good, but not worth it. NFL2k3's running game is extrememly difficult and I was hard pressed to ever get 5 yards on a carry, and this is after playing countless numbers of football games over the years. This game is solid, but if you want a great game, i'd say go with madden. However, i think WSB for XBox was Sega Sports greatest acheivement ever.… Expand
  3. JanJ.
    6
    Should have been an 8 until discovered the bug. MEGA MONSTER BUG, you can actually see if the offense comes with a run or a pass play when they line up (look at the players stance). Well, since there is another mistake in the game, that you can't call audibles at the line of scrimmage, the bug is less imporant, allthoug you can change the defense players position to match the playstyle coming. Compared to Madden 2003 it has better graphics, but it's a less tactical game with no audibles and FOOTBALL IS TACTICS. The commentatory is better in madden, and in Madden you canc reate your own plays. The only thing NFL 2K3 has going for it is the graphics and sadly enough a mega BUG. I give Madden 9.5 and Sega 8 if it weren't for the mega bug that brings Sega down to a 6.… Expand
  4. John
    3
    The Super Bowel sucks. Also it's in the Superdome every season after the '02 season. Some of the stadiums are not accurate Exp: Green Bay and Chicago Bears Memorial Stadium.… Expand

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