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Absolute Control!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Absolute control is the fact is why I'm in love with Madden 2002. I know by now, everbody's into Madden 2003, and I honestly admit that I'm behind the power curve. When I finally get to play 2003 I only hope that it allows me to do the same things plus some that 2002 does.

The reason why I didn't start playing 2002 off the bat was I kept losing! Once I got the hang of it, I couldn't put the controller down. I love the Create a Team feature which allows me to move teams to different cities. What I would like to see in the future is when naming teams, I should be able to have the state as the city not just the city. Example: If I wanted to name a team the Alabama Rattlers, I should be able to put Alabama down as the name of the team and have the team play in Birmingham,AL like the Tennessee Titans and Arizona Cardinals.

Next, the ability to create players after each season and also edit the players in the draft by changing their name, school and looks. The option of drafting players from NCAA Football 2002 is absolute genius! I wish NBA Live would take a page out of Madden's book. The option of changing teams Head Coach and creating your own coach is absolute genius as well. I just wish that I could delete that DAL Coach for good because every time I fire him, He pops up with another team. I'm sure that 2003 will have Dave Campo as the Cowboys Coach.

The Super Bowl aspect is impressive as well. I assumed that after the 2001 season all the other Super Bowls would be at something generic like EA Sports Stadium. Somehow, EA Sports found out what cities would host the Super Bowl each year. I would like the see a better championship presentation. Just having the coach wave his hand is not a Super Bowl celebration. NBA Live 2003 improved their's tremendously, I assume that Madden 2003 will do the same.

Best sports game ever? Maybe.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This was the very first game I got for GCN (I got it before I got GCN!), and I was impressed instantly. This one very smooth and high quality game! It has all the modes you could ask for, such as Situation, Practice, Franchise, Create-A-Player, and Two Minute drill just to name a few.

The graphics are amazing, and some of the best on GCN. There are over 100 faces for the players, so rarely will you see the same face twice. And the players faces aren't just paintings, their mouths move as if talking, eyes move, they blink, and everything. The game is so detailed that it throws on grass stains and helmet marks when a player gets slammed to the ground or takes a hard hit. The framerate is also very good, it only lags rarely when you down on your own 1 or something like that.

The controls are easy to pick up, too, of course. Each player has his own button for you to throw with him, and it is easy to scramble as a QB and juke people out as a RB/HB. Catching is automatic, so no worries about that. Madden 2002 has near flawless controls.

Of course, there is always one downfall of the game, and it is the difficulty. The game gets very easy up to All-Pro, and when you advance up to All-Madden, the game is just too hard (opposing players are extremely hard to tackle and break 70 yard runs every other play).

With all the factors and everything combined this game gets a...

A- (9.2/10)

(yes my scale is kinda odd)

Madden continues football dominance

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

There's not really an awful lot to say about this game except that it's the best football game available on any console. On the Game Cube though, it really shines. The graphics are more crisp, and the controller configuration is much more suited for this game than with any other controller. Anyway, the graphics are exceptional, play control brilliant, sound good, and game design perfect. Madden has always been the best football game franchise, and it still rules on the next generation systems.

Great game, but......

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game that will give you hours of fun. Hands down the best sports game I've played. But what they don't tell you...

You will undoubtable need more memory for your Gamecube. A whole memory card in fact. And it will take a while to figure out. I've been getting my butt kicked and can't seem to get the knack of it. And if Madden doesn't shut up......

All in all small complaints for a great game!

DA BEST FOOTBALL GAME EEEEEEEEEEVER!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS THE BEST FOOTBALL GAME EVER!I BOUGHT THIS GAME A MONTH AGO.I LOVE THIS GAME!I GOT A GAME CUBE FOR CHRISTMAS AND PIKMIN.I WAS PLANNING ON GETTING MADDEN 2002 FOR MY GCN.WHEN I GOT IT I COULDN'T STOP PLAYING IT.THE GRAPHICS ON THIS GAME IS THE BEST I'V EVER SEEN!I PLAYED NFL FEVER FOR XBOX I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEST FOOTBALL GAME THERE WAS UNTIL..........I PLAYED MADDEN 2002 FOR GCN.THE GRAPHICS AND THE GAMEPLAY ON MADDEN 2002 FOR GCN IS MUCH BETTER THAN NFL FEVER FOR XBOX.JUST BUY THIS GAME OK.......THE ONLY BAD THING ABOUT THIS GAME IS IT REQUIERS A WHOLE MEMORY CARD.HOPE THIS HELPED YOUR DISCION.XBOX STINKS!

If you have any doubts . . .

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Madden 2002 is the best football game if not one of the greatest games I have ever played. It is so realistic. So what if it takes another memory card for Franchise mode? After winning the super bowl, the off-season play is incredible. Guys retire, you resign, negotiate contracts, man it's so awesome. Uniforms get dirty, the sound is awesome, and madden isn't that bad. There's no bs stuff either, except you can notice more penalties being called on you if you are winning really bad. But this is hands down the best game on cube right now, get it fo sho!

You like football????? You'll like this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is great for kids that like football,especially if your up to date on what happeneds in the N.F.L.I rate this game a must.But although John Madden gets annoying with his comments.

Madden 2002

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It is one of the greatest games I've ever played.

AW-SOME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Maden 20-02 is sooooo realistic but you only wan`t to get if you are a football fan because you need to know football to play. If you are a football fan then you have to get it!

GREAT GRAPHICS FOR MADDEN FOR GC!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Ever since September, I've been obsessed with football. For Christmas, I got the Nintendo Gamecube. The only game I got was Madden 2002! For a while, I'd been looking for a high-quality football game, starting with Nintendo 64, then Sega Dreamcast, and finally I've found my favorite one! Madden 2002 for Nintendo GameCube. These are the best football graphics I've seen in a while, and EASYPLAY makes the game fun and unstressful. If I were to pick a game to recieve 5 Stars, This would be it!
MOST DEFINITELY!

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