[TheBleedingRed21]

I’m going to heavily disagree with a caveat.

Those maddens are not better than the current (next gen mainly for me) maddens at all, gameplay wise.

Franchise mode might be better overall, but the gameplay is impossible to play for me now, of course it’s my opinion. AI as you said might’ve been better but I won’t comment on that as I cannot remember and can’t even play a game now to test as gameplay is just so outdated.

You do need to remember though, the older days you had less animations to deal with, didn’t have to worry about imperfect animation clipping, etc. The better graphics get and the more models become lifelike, you have a muuuuch harder time making things appear seamless. Priorities and time management are much different now. Especially with all the modes they have to have now.

I will agree that no doubt, the PS2 ERA was at a really good high for sports gaming.