Madden NFL 2001 for PlayStation 2

Pros: Deep franchise, good graphics, addictive Madden Card & Challenge, fairly large playbook
Cons: Terrible sound, some weird graphical glitches, sluggish gameplay

When the PlayStation2 was released in October of 2000, one of the handful of games that instantly caught my eye was Madden NFL 2001. I had long been a Madden football fan from the days of the Genesis, and still played them frequently on the original...

Pros: Great Graphics, one of the Most Popular PS2 Games at the Moment...
Cons: Becomes Boring After awhile, John Maddens "Tips" Become Aggravating...

Just yesterday I was very bored, I had gotten bored of playing my DreamCast, N64, and PlayStation, so I decided to try something i hadn't tried before, I went down to the video rental place thing and I rented a PlayStation 2 and a game, there was only...

Pros: Great Game!
Cons: None

Madden 2001 was/ is, perhaps the most hyped game for the Playstation 2 console. I bought the game with no hesitation because I have read and heard so many good things about Madden 2001. I was not disappointed to say the least. In fact Madden 2001...

Pros: Spectacular Graphics and Sound, Fine Gameplay, Create-A-Player
Cons: The Repeating Announcers And Some Minor Sound Flaws

First game I ever got for my ps2 was a present. I had no idea I was getting it, after all, no one really knew what I wanted. All I wanted was a FF9 game and the X-Men DVD, I was never thinking about any sports games, for one reason

I hate...

Pros: remarkable graphics, better franchise options
Cons: repetitive voice tracks

WOW. This is why football video games were created in the first place. Madden 2001 for the PS2 is one of the best football video games ever, period. Of course, the PS2 system itself is largely responsible for the quality of this game; but Madden 2001...

Pros: Great graphics, replay value, tons of modes, many extra teams.
Cons: Repeated commentary.

The original Madden 2000 for the playstation console was indeed a great game, but lacked in a few areas, but guess what! Madden 2001 for the playstation 2 console fills in all the holes to make most possibly the best football videogame ever. Of...

Pros: Gameplay,Graphics,Lots of Extras
Cons: Way too easy on lowest setting

After the release of Sega's NFL2K1,the question was could the PS2 even come close to matching this heavy-hitting title. Now that Madden 2001 is here those questions can finally be answered. Time to kick off.

First Quarter(Graphics):
While...

Pros: Excellent gameplay, graphics, tons of extras.
Cons: Sound.

If any game genre has benefited from the advancements in technology the new consoles offer, it's the sports genre. No other title demonstrates
this fact more clearly than EA's initial 128-bit offering, Madden 2001.

Where sports games in...

Pros: Everything
Cons: not enough time in a day to play it

Along with NHL2001, Madden 2001 was my first Psx2 game. Before 2001, I only owned one other Madden football game, that was Madden 2000 for the PC. I personally thought that that was a great game, so I decided to get 2001. I brought it home and I couldn’t...

Pros: Tight, Madden-style game play; superb player graphics.
Cons: Players tend to walk through each other.

OVERALL - I am not a sports/game fan but this game has me addicted with its fluid motion and great graphics. There are allot of plays to chose from. The controls are easy to master, there are allot of cool moves like juke. Another cool thing is...

Pros: Fast & Smooth real life football
Cons: Leslie Vissar on the sidelines

We were there at Midnight to pick up our new Playstation 2. There has been so much hype over this new gaming system that we could not wait to try it out. We were home and hooked up within an hour. The first game we bought was, of course, EA Sports...

Pros: Smooth gameplay, very realistic, customizable for all skill levels.
Cons: Not so great tackling and defensive speed.

This Madden 2001 football game by EA Sports, for your playstation 2 console, is unbelievably awesome. I love this game. I bought this game having set high hopes for it and was disappointed in the least. For all of you that are lucky enough to have...

Pros: great graphics and game play
Cons: a little hard to play defense

If anyone is familiar with Madden lingo which the great play by play announcer for the NFL uses these days, you'll know that "BOOM!" is a common phrase used by John Madden when he gets a little excited. Well, when I got to play Madden...

Pros: Graphics
Cons: Background, physics, replayability

Madden 2001, supposedly the football title to single handedly change the entire face of the whole football game genre, simply came up short.

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Graphics: Simply put, Madden 2001 is the most pretty game...

Pros: A sports game that is actually competitive vs. the computer.
Cons: Penalty settings are too sensitive.

Being a father of two, I finally made the investment of a PS2. (Of course after multiple “Please daddy, we’ll do anything you want us to if you by this for us!” – Yeah, whatever. We started off with purchasing a few games (Madden NFL 20001 being one of...