Review: Madden NFL 2002
Brrr?it?s cold in here. Must be the Madden in the atmosphere. Yes, that nip you feel in the air is the first hint of the upcoming football season.
With graphics as smooth and detailed as you?ll see on the aging system, plus two new play modes to add to the already deep lineup of game types, Madden 2002 is the PlayStation football game to own. Included is the old 16-bit version of the classic game?the old plays will look amazingly familiar to long-time Madden gamers. There?s also a new Coaches Corner, where Madden explains the different offensive formations and uses the Telestrator to show how a handful of plays unfold.
New bells and whistles aside, the core gameplay is as good as ever. Even restrained by the PlayStation?s limited horsepower, the player models look reasonably good, and they move incredibly smoothly and with lifelike realism.
Except for a good, new kicking meter, the controls are the same as last year's?you can do almost anything you need on the field, though the sheer variety of moves requires practice and your runners get stuck too easily on their own linemen. Of course, the strong sound effects are dominated by the ubiquitous voices of Madden and Summerall. If you need a new football game as badly as you need a system upgrade, Madden 2002 drills it through the old wooden uprights.
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