[rudyjuly2]

Hardly in depth. You can tell they are Madden fans from the comments about commentary and the running game. The running game takes getting used to in 2K3 but is far more diverse in that it is very balanced when running outside versus inside. Reading blockers is very important. Imo, Madden's running game was probably done the best in 2001 on the PS2 even though the jukes never really worked well in 2001 or 2002. In Madden 01, inside running was the best and holes opened up. Since most people seem to like run sweeps to the outside(unlike the majority of NFL), they totally changed the running game in 02 to extremely easy outside and virtually no holes between the tackles. 2003 was much better but most of your inside runs end up being bounced outside for the big gains. Very few holes open up guard to guard in Madden making the running game more predictable than 2K3.

One other thing, when they talk about ESPN football, they pretty well have to compare it to Madden as that is what the market knows and they are the current undisputed champion. Comparisons are the best way to describe how well done certain features are. Madden's franchise is more polished but the scouting system, mock drafts and actual draft day are better in Sega's even if their logic isn't as good.