For the first time on the PlayStation 2 console, gamers can play Madden NFL
2003 head-to-head online with a Sony network adaptor. Featuring an online
lobby where gamers can meet, greet and chat, as well as download current
player rosters throughout the NFL season, friends can challenge one another
coast-to-coast in the most competitive football videogame available. On all
of the consoles, Madden NFL 2003 features all-new commentary with the ABC
Monday Night Football team of John Madden and Al Michaels, providing the
most dynamic play-by-play and in-depth analysis ever. Melissa Stark will be
reporting from the sidelines, while an all-new audio engine delivers
appropriate game situation, as well as player and team statistics.
Two new modes will please everyone from the first-time Madden player to the
most hardcore Madden NFL 2003 football fans. The innovative Mini-Camp mode
allows players to join John Madden's Cruiser Bus traveling to all 32 NFL
cities to compete in fun and challenging mini-games. Gamers have the
opportunity to take controls of players in practice gear and become an
expert in eight positions while trying to earn unique Madden cards. The new
Create-a-Playbook mode allows you to customize receiver routes, player
formations and a team's entire playbook for both offense and defense;
allowing the gamer to create virtually any play imaginable and play it on
the field immediately.
Madden NFL 2003 includes the expansion Houston Texans, the new NFL
divisional alignment and new features in its signature franchise mode,
making it the deepest such mode available. Gamers will also find
dramatically improved graphics and presentation with new signature player
animations like sidearm throws, gang-tackles, new high-emotion celebrations
and cut scenes, more than 300 realistic player faces, animating 3D crowds
and completely redone stadiums and fields that provide the most realistic
playing environment possible. With new game play mechanics, the game speed
of Madden NFL 2003 is significantly faster and features tighter control with
quicker animations, an all-new interior running game and a more finely tuned
passing game.
Debuting in Madden NFL 2003, EA SPORTS TRAX, showcases new songs from
today's hottest bands with songs throughout the game from artists such as
Bon Jovi, Andrew W.K., Nappy Roots (featuring Marcos from P.O.D.), Good
Charlotte, OK GO, Audiovent, (hed) p.e., Seether and Quarashi. Many songs
from these artists can be heard in Madden NFL 2003 before their albums are
available.
On PlayStation (PSOne) Madden NFL 2003 features updated team logos, team
uniforms and the conversion of franchise mode to new NFL conference and
division alignment as well as the official inclusion on the Houston Texans
in Exhibition, Season and Franchise modes. The Game Boy Advance version has
link play for head-to-head competition, full season stats tracking and
scouting combine style Create-a-Player.
For the PC, Madden NFL 2003 includes many of the same great features as the
console versions like mini-camp, but also has a unique player mode that
allows the user to only execute plays given by the computer coach, an
all-new mouse plus keyboard control scheme and online game play with quick
tournaments, quick games, an online hero persona that you can build up and
customize, and ranked match ups with more stat rankings.
