Madden NFL 2002
Xbox- Publisher: EA Sports
- Release Date: Oct 29, 2001
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 2
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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.
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If anything, character visuals look slightly sharper with brighter colors than the PS2 game's, and the post-play highlights are still cool.
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Next Generation MagazineSimply a further refinement of last year’s excellent PS2 effort. [Jan 2002, p.36]
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The great AI, realistic QB decisions, incredible off season, and improved graphics makes this the football game of choice.
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Game InformerForget about hating the controller and you'll light 'em up. [Nov 2001, p.121]
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Control and sound issues aside, this is the best version of Madden 2002 available.
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Official Xbox MagazineA classic. [Dec 2001]
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Electronic Gaming MonthlyThere 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]
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Simply the best action football game available for any system.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Xbox Nation MagazineSeems 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]
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[It] blow chunks. It's bland, it's repetitive, it's looked the same since it went to PS2 the first time around.
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