Software:NCAA Football 2002

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NCAA Football 2002
NCAA Football 2002 Coverart.jpg
Developer(s)EA Tiburon
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesNCAA Football
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
Genre(s)Sports, American football
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

NCAA Football 2002 is a video game of the sports genre released in 2001 by EA Tiburon. The cover athlete is the 2001 Heisman winning Florida State quarterback Chris Weinke. The game featured all (as of 2001) Division 1-A schools along with all SWAC, MEAC, and Ivy League schools. This game notably did not have a Create-a-School option, and is the only game to feature the EA Sports fight song as the main menu music.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic90/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
EGM8.83/10[3]
Game Informer9/10[5]
GamePro4.5/5 stars[6]
GameRevolutionB+[7]
GameSpot8.6/10[8]
GameSpy88%[9]
IGN9/10[10]
Next Generation5/5 stars[11]
OPM (US)4.5/5 stars[12]
Maxim5/5 stars[13]
Playboy90%[14]

The game received "universal acclaim" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2] Jim Preston of NextGen said that the game was "Undoubtedly the best college football game available for any system."[11] Playboy gave it universal acclaim, a few weeks before the game was released.[14]

References

  1. IGN staff (July 24, 2001). "NCAA Football 2002 Makes Its PlayStation 2 Debut". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/07/24/ncaa-football-2002-makes-its-playstation-2-debut. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "NCAA Football 2002". CBS Interactive. https://www.metacritic.com/game/ncaa-football-2002/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2. 
  3. EGM staff (September 2001). "NCAA Football 2002". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (146): 144. 
  4. Zimmerman, Chris (August 27, 2001). "NCAA Football 2002". Greedy Productions, Inc.. http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=6577&full=1. 
  5. Kato, Matthew (October 2001). "NCAA Football 2002". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (102). http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200110/R03.0805.1253.37080.htm. Retrieved August 5, 2021. 
  6. Uncle Dust (July 25, 2001). "NCAA Football Review for PS2 on GamePro.com". GamePro (IDG Entertainment). http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/15481.shtml. Retrieved August 6, 2021. 
  7. Dodson, Joe (August 2001). "NCAA Football 2002 Review". CraveOnline. https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33713-ncaa-football-2002-review. 
  8. Ahmed, Shahed (July 24, 2001). "NCAA Football 2002 Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006""]. CBS Interactive. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/ncaa-football-2002-review/1900-2797684/. 
  9. Hiscock, Josh (August 2, 2001). "NCAA Football 2002". IGN Entertainment. http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/ncaa-football-2002/556860p1.html. 
  10. Zdyrko, David (July 24, 2001). "NCAA Football 2002". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/07/24/ncaa-football-2002. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 Preston, Jim (October 2001). "NCAA Football 2002". NextGen (Imagine Media) (82): 77. https://archive.org/details/NextGen82Oct2001/page/n77/mode/2up. Retrieved August 5, 2021. 
  12. "NCAA Football 2002". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (Ziff Davis) (48). September 2001. 
  13. JoBu (July 2001). "NCAA Football 2002". MaximNet, Inc.. http://www.maximonline.com/articles/review_videogames.asp?videogame_id=1126. 
  14. 14.0 14.1 Kujawa, Kraig (July 2, 2001). "NCAA Football 2002". Playboy Enterprises. http://www.playboy.com/sports/games/ncaafootball/index.html. 

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