Madden NFL 2002
Madden 2002 was the second title in the franchise to be released on the 6th generation consoles. Madden NFL 2001 was by far the most graphically impressive football game to date, and Madden 2002 supported the upgraded visuals with the inclusion of several features that fans raved over.
The first was the addition of importable draft classes. Madden had been releasing a little over a month after its collegiate counterpart NCAA Football each year, but never before had the games had any sort of crossover. That changed in 2002. At the end of a season in NCAA Football 2002, players were given an option to export the players that were graduating to be drafted in, and used in Madden’s franchise mode.
The second major addition was AI sliders. Madden has become a game of tweaking and customization, and Madden 2002 deserves the credit for that. If the AI quarterback seemed to be hitting every pass, the player could turn down the QB accuracy in the sliders. Are receivers dropping wide open passes? Just tweak the catch slider up. This created an almost endless difficulty system on top of the classic Rookie, Pro, All-Pro, All-Madden difficulties that the game shipped with.
