Madden NFL 2001

Here's another long one from your pal, SOZF.

Madden 2001

You might ask why I'm doing a review for '01 and not '02, or '03. Well, I'll tell you why. I don't have '02 or '03 I have '01. Also, the two aren't very different. Anyways, this game comes from the folks at EA Sports (it's in the game). And…you'll find out more about it below.

Graphics

This game has some pretty nice graphics. If you slow down stuff, you might see the occasional pass through and stuff. Not too bad. The faces look pretty good. This isn't like FFX F.M.V.s or anything, but it's still nice graphics.

Sound

Well, we've got commentary from John and Pat as usual, which, as usual, can get on your nerves after a while. But guess what? You can turn the commentary off! YAY!!! Yeah, you can adjust the game sounds (ugh I just got tackled!), the commentary (boom, he went right in there!), and the crowd noise (boooo, bad call, ref!). There's a...

THE GOOD:
Amazing graphics, real plays, wicked soundtrack, loads of players, teams and stats. Perfect in every department, except...

THE BAD:
...Madden's commentary. Sure the game might be named after him, but come on, just listen to him, or don't as the case may be, some of the stuff he says is already obvious.

SUMMARY:
Amazing game altogether especially when you add in the Madden challenges and Madden cards, which make the gameplay even more fun. But as I already said Madden's commentary does leave a lot to be desired (he's great in real life but on the game he says things that are already obvious).I.e he says "the reciever dropped it there" about 5 seconds after the reciever has just dropped the ball. But apart from that the game is perfect in every way. I'm English and like a typical Englishman I didn't understand anything about American Football, but thanks to Madden I could explain most of the rules of American Football to my stupid...

THE GOOD:
WHOOO-HOO!This football game has great graphics,great gameplay,great everything!

THE BAD:
What?You're asking me for the downside?Uhm...not really,no.Hey,did you see that Sixers/Lakers game the other night?

SUMMARY:
UNE-DAH-BAAAAH!Perfection!Beauty!People getting shoved head first into astro-turf!I'm telling you,when I first played this game,in real-life,I fell out of my chair with the first tackle.I thought I was REALLY being tackled!Oh my god!Read "The Good",above.That pretty much sums it up.Chose your teams,and go at it!Franchise mode kicks it.season mode kicks it.You get those funny little Madden cards that unlock special teams(Like the Mummies,the Monsters,the Sugarbuzz) that are really goofy looking and fun to play.Now,if we could just get John Madden to quit saying the obvious to us in the game,we'd be set."The quarterback got it there!""And the reciever dropped it!"Thank you,john,I can see quiet well that Marvin Harrison...

THE GOOD:
Everything (graphics, gameplay, physics, and loading times, not to mention great commentary)

THE BAD:
uh... nothing

SUMMARY:
this game is incredible, theres nothing bad about it and it plays greatly on your PS2.

THE GOOD:
Madden2001 for PS2 has great game play and an extensive playbook selection. The replays are unmatched, which is great because the animation is fantastic.

THE BAD:
Not many things are wrong with the game aside from occasional BSP and bounding box issues. Even those are barely noticable.

SUMMARY:
A good buy. Even better if you recieve it as a gift.

This game has it all nice graphics, good gameplay, depth, a long franchise with many options and its makes you wonder.....What will the next one be like?!

THE GOOD:
graphics, challenge, franchise play is very real

SUMMARY:
overall best football game ever made (until ps3 comes out I'm sure)

THE GOOD:
Graphics, gameplay. Almost like watching a real game of football.

THE BAD:
Madden makes some stupid comments while playing. Other than that he does a good job.

SUMMARY:
Gang tackle. Grass in helmets. Emotions. This game has it all. They even talk trash. Must buy for the sports fanatic. Music by Xzibit, Beatnuts, and others makes the game that much more fun.