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Summary This game is alsome. I have been a fan of Madden football since madden 92. The controls on this game are easy to use and are realy fun. This game has hard hits, and big tackles, and lots of differant very fun modes like two minute drill where you have to get as many points as you can in two minutes. Franchise mode is realy fun. What franchise mode is you pick a team and you trade players, release players, sign up new players and resign players. You can either play the games or simulate them. I think madden 2002 beside 2003 is the best football game you can buy. If i was you I would buy it because not only is it alsome it is cheap to.Sound The sound is terrific from the tackles to the audience. The only thing is is that the anouncers get realy boring because they always say the same thing.Gameplay The gameplay on this game is so cool!!!!!! The controls are easy and there are lots of differant things you can do. It is also cool because you can play with teams from 1957 to now.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Overall a very fun game. I just post pros and cons here.Pros- Smooth Gameplay Nice crowd noise Good graphics Detailed stadiums In-depth Franchise mode Big playbooks for every team (with some repeated plays) A.I. Cons- A lot of the faces look the same Repeatitive commentary gets annoying I hope they make some improvments in Madden 2003. -And yes I actually have played around 600 hours, three seasons (undefeated on all three on ALLPRO, yes I am the master!!) with 15 minute quarters, plus three playoff rounds, you do the math. Sound Sound was nothing special, yes the crowd has good reactions, yes the sound of tackles are outstanding, but, the commentary is awesome the first two or three times you play it. But I am ready to break something if I hear Madden say, "Now that's the sort of thing that drives me crazy, why pass on third dow if you don't throw it past the marker?" one more time. I swear 90% of the time Madden says that on a pass play that's complete on third down but is not past the marker. Which will happen alot during a foot ball game.Gameplay Gameplay is good. The controls are kind of hard to master at first, espicially if you're used to X-Box or PS2, my friends hate using the controller, but they've gotten better at it. I like the nice fluid running style, it seems that if you're runnig at top spped and are tackled you usually fall forward. The running game is spectacular except for one flaw; the running back has a tendancy to go through a wide open hole only to be tackled just by brushing up next to a player which can be a lifesaver on defense but gets alittle more than annoying on offense. The passing game is just passing, nothing more and nothing less. There is usually one open guy on every play. Now defense is a whole 'nother story. Tou are very limited to what you can do on defense because you are basically limited to playing on the line. If you play as a CB, or SS chances are you'll screw up and they'll throw right by you. So you have to rley on the CPU on pass defense. And there has been more than one ocassion where I want to throw the controller through the screen for letting the offense get a first down on 3rd and long.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Madden 2002 for the Gamecube....ooohhh it's so good! Madden makes his gamecube debut with style in this easy-to-play fun-filled football romp. And don't just believe me, here's what Pat Summeral had to say: "....", okaaay maybe he couldn't say anything because he's a living cadaver! But anyway, Madden beats any other football game out there! Until Madden 2003 of course....Sound Madden 2002's only flaw is the sond. The menu music get's boring and repetitive. Pat and John sound better than in previous games, but some comments also get repetitive. This game needs a livelier soundtrack. Pat needs some Ritalin.Gameplay Gameplay is excellent. On the field, controls are smooth and play is fluid. The game flows very nicely, and stat updates fly on and off, with particular relivance. Off the field, Franchise mode is the best team-management mode available for ANY sports game (except the ones with eXtreme in the title, just kidding). Managing a team was never so easy or fun. Don't like your current rosters? Run a "fantasy draft." Still son't like them? Sign Free Agents, release bums, trade players, or just wait for the season to end and draft new talent. That's not all. You can also create your own custom team, with any color combination for its uniform, as well as name the team, its town, its stadium, and what type of stadium and climate it has.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By MattFrom Milwaukee, WI Review Date 04/22/2002 Overall Rating  5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Obviously it is an excellent game: It's Madden!!I don't know why you wouldn't own this game unless you were totally a non-sports fan. Otherwise get this game!! Sound Good, Pat and John. Same old same old. Now Madden does the play calling when you ask for advice. I personally like it better last year when you asked the coach for a play but this is so minor that it doesn't even matter.Gameplay Very smooth. The players run and react to hits realistically. The tackling and missed tackles are the best by far. Also the franshise mode is super and the only mode that I play. 30 years to control your favorite team and make a dynasty?? What more can you want?Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By bballboyFrom am i supposed to answer this Review Date 03/16/2002 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary This is a superb game. It has excellent controls and graphics and it is so real to life. You actually feel you are in the game running the ball or catching the pass. It is one of the most exciting football games i have ever played. This game makes other football games on other systems seem obselete. It is a great game and you shouldn't miss it.Sound The sound in this game is superb. To the crowd's lifelike cheer's and the ref's whistle this game has great sound. It just shows how great the GC is.Gameplay It has great gameplay and control is right on par. Whatever button you hit is transferred to the GC immediately making it very exciting.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Madden was the first launch title that I bought with my Gamecube and have been playing it nontop ever since. This game's replay value simply blows everything else away and never ceases to amaze me. I have gone from loving this game when first playing to loving it even more months later(a rare feat in video games). Madden 2k2 has made it on my all-time favorite video game list.Sound In the final year of Madden and Summerall, they sure did a great job. This is the best announcing I have ever heard and with the special announcements over the PA, the sound is quite enjoyable. The easter eggs on holidays really impressed me. I'm not a fan of the menu rap music, but it is no big deal. The crowd really gets pumped and chants in big time scenarios again making the playing experience a grand event.Gameplay Unlike many other sports games with very difficult controls to remember and master, I jumped right in to Madden and mastered them within a few days. The franchise mode is absolutely INCREDIBLE! It will stay exciting and keep you going for months. The off-season moves have hooked this rabid football fan and won't let ya down. The menus include tons of stats, season awards, and everything you need to satisfy your football needs. The #1 reason to buy this game lies in the greatest franchise mode I have ever played.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Madden 2002 is a game worth gettingSound The only problem with thiis game is the sound. The announcers (Pat Summerall and John madden get repetetive over time. The music during the menus is okay. the sound is not the best part of Madden 2002Gameplay The gameplay is very good. The controls arre relitively easy to learn. I was not a big gamer before and I found the controls easy to learn.Unlike some sports games, this game does not get boring over time. There are also many things to unlock. There are many different modes you can play in. There is also a create a player and a create a team. The game play is fantasticWould you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary This game was Great on the PS2, but can the GC match the graphics and gameplay. The answer is yes, but there are a few flaws in the graphics department that are un noticeable if you dont pay attention to.Sound Sound is the same as the PS2 version. Comentry is desent but it will get boring at times. The PA announcer is good and Pat and John are the same as always.Gameplay The gameplay is great and is identical to it's PS2 and X BOX counter parts. You probley won't like the gameplay if your a NFL 2K2 fan or arcade lover.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary A truly wonderful game. I'm not even a big fan of football but this game is one of my all-time favorites. The Madden Cards are fun to collect, and unlocking teams, players and stadiums are an added incentive to rack up those Madden points. I also love messing around with the settings, from A.I. levels to game length.Sound Very good. It envelopes you in the football experience. To be honest, you are so concentrated on the game that you don't notice it that much. That is until Madden makes some jab at your last decision. ;-)Gameplay The controls can be intimidating and tough to figure out at first, but once you get the basics down in practice, the true beauty of it all hits you. Soon, you find yourself effortlessly making a smooth 45 yard pass to your open receiver. Kicking is fairly easy to get used to, and extra points are a piece of cake. Weaving between defenders is a great rush, and nothing's better than outrunning 3 St. Louis Rams and diving into the endzone for a TD. Playing defense gets old after a while, and what you can do is rather limited. I mean, as John Madden himself says in the game: "There's no defense for a perfect pass."Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Having not played a madden nfl game in many years, i picked this game up as a means to get back into the franchise. Im used to playing football with the NFL2K series, which I like very much. I expected madden to be a pumped up version of the 2k series, which it is, but I turned out to be not only frustrated, but also highly disappointed.Sound Sound is decent, the announcers are what you expect, and madden has his trademark "Mr Obvious" remarks. I personally dont enjoy watching games announced by Madden, as I think he is a has-been, but hey, its a madden game so let him stretch his glory.Gameplay Gameplay is the root of my frustration. In this game, I never feel totally in control, I feel that the outcome of the game in season mode is calculated, and you are at the mercy of what the results of the calculations predict.I started a season with the Dolphins, a favorite team of mine. An overall of 85, they lack in offense. First game...47-3 loss, second game 21-0 loss, third game 14-10 loss, and on and on till I had a season similar to that of this years Lions. Losing is not the frustrating part, the frustrating part is the way I lost. Everytime, I had little control of the outcome. The passing game is mediocre at best, so I ran a lot. Many times I would gain huge ground, only to have my defense turn off within 20 yards of a touchdown. When I did score (which happened 2 times in the season), I would have holding penalties against me. Most of my scoring was done with field goals. I questioned myself, I thikn Im probably doing something wrong. But I cant figure out why my NFL2K1 games go more realistically than do these madden games. If I truly sucked at football games (which I might), then shouldnt I also suck at NFL2K1? And shouldn't I be losing to my friends who are good madden players instead of winning? So I ran some experiments...the first was to start a game, then restart after the first round of scoring to see what would happen. What I found was that 5 out of 5 times, the coin toss would have EXACTLY the same results, and the scores would happen in exactly the same way from the same yardage, regardless of what defense I chose. In this case, I chose to receive. The second play woould ALWAYS be a turnover, whether fumble or interception. The cpu would then march up the field with 9 plays, then they would kick a 47 yard field goal. Every time. I then ran a second experiment...I chose a good team with a good offense and started a season. What I found was I could easily get down the field, my offense would just dominate the other team, but once I got within 10 yards, my offense could not do anything. They would drop balls, miss catches, fumble on runs, QB would get sacked. This wouldnt be suspect if the other 90 yards of play were as difficult, but instead, I could get downfield without having to go through a 2nd down. Hmmmm. EVERY game I would dominate in all stats, yet I could not score to save my life. Most of the time I was triple the yardage as the opposing team, but their score was triple mine. I went through training mode 2 times, but breezed through that. It seems that the programming for how the cpu chooses plays is based on a percentage...it has say a 90% chance of choosing the exact defensive play that will counter exactly the play that I called, the other 10% of the time it wouldnt and I could gain. This is probably how all football games work, but in madden it is so blatently obvious that it really ruins the whole "in control" thing I mentioned above. I really want to like the game, I really do. But instead of enjoying the game, I end up frustrated. Maybe Ill give is some more time, but I doubt it. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary This is easily the best football game available on either the PS2 or the Gamecube. I have not played NFL Fever yet, but everything I have heard and read argues that it does not live up to Madden 2002 on Gamecube. In fact, I sold my PS2 after playing this game because I am now a believer in the future of sports titles on the Gamecube. An outstanding game in every aspect.Sound The sound is solid. Nothing spectacular. I am not the biggest John Madden fan, and his commentary gets a little old and repetitive. It seems that there may be a little more, or at least newer, comments than on the PS2. It seemed that they used a lot of the commentary from 2001 on the 2002 PS2 version. The crowds respond when you pump them up on defense, and react to the play on the field, which is all you can really ask for from a first offering on the system. The big hits sound good, especially combined with guy's helmet flying off.Gameplay The gameplay is outstanding. While some of the features and animations in NFL 2K2 for the PS2 are better (notably the way a running back will slip past a lineman who is blocking instead of "Mario running"), overall Madden on GC has it beat. While I was cruising through a season with the Steelers, sitting at 11-2, I had an awful all around game against Baltimore, with multiple turnovers and dropped passes, missed blocks, etc., when I had easily defeated Baltimore earlier in the season. I don't know if the computer will randomly "make" you have a bad game, but it was frustratingly real in how a team might have a letdown.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary This is by far the best football game I have ever played. It's just like the playstation 2 version except much better.Sound Sound is excellent, the crowd gets louder and chants things you can actually understand. And with certain Madden Cards the crowd will cheer louder. You also hear the players making comments on the field, and Madden says so many different things, it really doesn't seem like repeats anything he says, even though he does.Gameplay Gameplay is endless. It has the addition of some European teams and the Houston Texans. You also have many modes of gameplay including the all new create-a-team.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Dave Dave TuckerFrom Austin Review Date 12/11/2001 Overall Rating  4 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Having never really played Madden before, I was very pleased with the TV-esqe presentation and convincing player animimations. Stadium animations are a different story. The game is very difficult at first, but the training mode is effective and well thought-out. All around a very solid next generation title.Sound Sound is slightly inferior to other aspects of the game. All the required grunts, cheers and head cracks are there, but all the sounds get repetivive, and the crowd sometimes cheers in a monotonous, "waves crashing on a beach" way. Madden and Summerall's commentary is convincing enough, but started to get seriously redundant after just ten hours of play (yes John, I realize that catching the ball is "important").Still, the audience does react dynamically to the situation, and the commentators only rarely sound like they are reading a script instead of reacting spontaneously to the action on the field. Gameplay I usually play Acclaim's Quarterback Club series, which is heavy on graphics and light on gameplay. Madden is heavy on both. The running game is superb, and it's very neat to be able to shake of defenders if you have the skill, momentum, etc. Passing is quite difficult for amateurs like me, but I expect to improve with time. Gameplay-wise, the best football game I've ever played with my limited experience.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary This game is fine, both financially and physically. Madden is the best little investment I've made in 64 years. The characters are just, uh! Fabulous!Sound Sound is so extraordinary! My sonic ear picks up every single detailed sound of the crowd, characters, and... excuse me, I stepped on my GameCube. Oh gosh! I mistook my Xbox for that darn portable tv again, except my xbox isn't so portable.Gameplay The gameplay for this game is exquisite, I notice the expertise every quarterback shows when they throw the ballWould you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Phil VitaFrom Warwick, RI Review Date 11/30/2001 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Madden 2002 for Gamecube has won me back. Sega's 2K series for DC won my loyalty from Madden until I played Sony's NFL2K2 and NGC's Madden 2002 this year. If you like football against the CPU or 1 or more chums - this game is for you!Sound Its John and Pat in the booth once again. It starts out amusing, but becomes repetitive. The action on the fiueld sounds good, as do the refs. The crowd noise is also good. I even heard the famous J-E-T-S, JETS, JETS JETS cheer when I played in the Meadowlands. Nice touch.Gameplay All the options are here. Quick start, EAsy mode (for beginners), seasons, franchise, create a player, create a team, you name it. The modes are not just a mile wide, they are a mile deep too. It has all the complexity that a serious fan desires. Whats that? You like a more arcade experience? Just tweak the AI settings for you and the CPU and you can have an all out romp fest! Like a running game, boost the runners ability. Passing more your style, adjust the QB, WRs and O line to put up 84 Marino numbers.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Michael BergerFrom Baton Roge Review Date 11/29/2001 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary After playing the game from the time I received my Gamecube on Thanksgving day, till now I have realized one thing...the game has EVERYTHING. I have played many football games on different consoles, and found something missing about them. From not being able to create a team, to unrealistic gameplay, to being unable to continue season after season. This game fails in none of these categories. Madden 2002 is a game that I will keep playing for a long, long time because of the many aspects it offers. A player can create teams, go through season or franchise mode, draft college players, sign free agents, practice plays, earn tokens to reveal secret stadiums, and much much more. Madden 2002 is a must have for any football fans out there.Sound The sound on Madden 2002 is awesome as well. The crowd gets up during crucial parts of the game, and quiets down when the offense is taking the field. Whatever you do, dont try to pump up the opponents crowd.....they'll boo you right out of the stadium. Its always better to have you system hooked up to surround sound speakers, but I think even the tiny speakers can give a great effect.Gameplay Gameplay is much the same on Gamecube as it is on the PS2. With the settings on rookie a new player not familiar with EA games can easily get accustomed to he flow of things. The experienced players also have their job cut out for them because the higher levels are very tough. The computer puts up a very strong opposition so be ready to come out playing. The controls are awkward at first, but after a few minutes of playing everything seems to just fall into place. All the teams are there, including the Texans and a few World League teams. All in all Madden 2002 has great gameplay.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Johnny HumperfasterFrom LA, CA Review Date 11/04/2001 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary I played this game at E3 (electrionic entertainment expo). The Madden 2002 for the Nintendo Gamecube is no different from the one for the Sony Playstation 2.EA added a few new features to the Gamecube version of Madden 2002 such as: graphic touch up by adding a certain feature to make HDTV play clearer. Sound The crowd is wilder than ever. But don't expect much more than the PS2 version. I couldn't really hear much else, the place was packed.Gameplay The Gameplay is the same as PS2 version of M2002.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member.
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