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Madden NFL 2002
Universal acclaim
Based on 16 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: EA Sports
Developer: Electronic Arts - Tiburon
Genre(s): Sports
Players: 8
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: November 15, 2001
Summary
The industry football standard returns featuring the Houston Texans, new player face and body technology, the ability to create your own team with custom helmets, uniforms, and stadiums, and a new training mode that let's you learn from Madden, the master himself.
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What The Critics Said
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Hot Games
The extensive Franchise Mode (which includes this year’s Houston Texans) is the best in any football game ever, and the Madden Cards once again hype the game’s replayability.
Read Full Review >Next Generation Magazine
Simply a further refinement of last year’s excellent PS2 effort. [Jan 2002, p.36]
GamePro
If anything, character visuals look slightly sharper with brighter colors than the PS2 game's, and the post-play highlights are still cool.
Read Full Review >Sports Gaming Network
The great AI, realistic QB decisions, incredible off season, and improved graphics makes this the football game of choice.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
Forget about hating the controller and you'll light 'em up. [Nov 2001, p.121]
All Game Guide
With its bevy of options, realistic AI, and stellar presentation, Madden NFL 2002 wins the brass ring of football design for the second year in a row.
Read Full Review >GameZone
Control and sound issues aside, this is the best version of Madden 2002 available.
Read Full Review >Electronic Gaming Monthly
There has never been a computer opponent that is this cunning. It even plays smarter than most of my buddies, and perhaps more importantly, it doesn’t whine after a loss. [Dec 2001, p.250]
Official Xbox Magazine
A classic. [Dec 2001]
IGN
A solid football game, but there's no hiding from the fact that it wasn't specifically built to take advantage of the Xbox's capabilities. Because of this, I can't shake the feeling that this game isn't all that it could've been.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Slightly better-looking than its PS2 and GameCube counterparts, but that's it. Aside from a few graphical enhancements, the game is a virtual carbon copy of the PS2 and GameCube versions.
Read Full Review >Operation Sports
What's missing is fun, while Madden plays the closest representation of football (still a ways to go), it needs to interject the passion of the NFL into the game.
Read Full Review >TeamXbox
The visuals, although not up to the Xbox’s standards are good. The gameplay is only hindered by the button placement on the Xbox controller and that is not EA’s fault.
Read Full Review >Xbox Nation Magazine
Seems that the payers are a bit sluggish this time around..., and you never seem to be in quite as tight control as you’d like to be. [Jan 2002, p.84]
GameShark
[It] blow chunks. It's bland, it's repetitive, it's looked the same since it went to PS2 the first time around.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.1 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
