Since I still don't have a PS3 myself I've gone ahead and picked up this year's version of Madden on the PS2. Having played a friend's copy of the PS3 version I must say that I'm actually quite surprised over the quality of the PS2 version. Overall not much has changed since Madden 2006 on the PS2/original X-Box. However that isn't exactly a bad thing. The general flaws that people are complaining about are nowhere to be found on the PS2 version of Madden 2011. However seeing that the PS2 seems to finally be entering it's last days there are a few things to be aware of. First and foremost is the fact that there are no online features in the PS2 version of Madden. While I'm not big on online play due to the number of people who will quit a game when they are losing I do however wish it was there for roster updates. As a result don't expect to see TO on the Bengals or other various trades and transactions that occured in the week or so before release. For that I've got to mark the game down at least one star. Second off it's clear that EA flat out got lazy and did a copy and paste job on certain aspects of the game. In terms of gameplay this isn't bad since the PS3/360 versions tried to make too many changes to the core gameplay. However you'll be bound to notice a few glaring mistakes if you even have the most basic knowledge about the NFL: -New Meadowlands Stadium opened this year yet it's listed as being 34 years old (the age of the original Giants Stadium) -Mike Shannahan is correctly listed as coach of the Redskins but the team is listed as using the playbook of Jim Zorn (WTF?) -Brett Favre is listed as joining the Vikings via a trade with the Falcons (the most glaring case of a copy and paste. Favre was traded from the Falcons to the Packers in the early 90's, traded to the Jets in 2008 and finally signed with the Vikings in 2009 as a free agent) I'm sure there are other such mistakes I've yet to find. While those don't exactly hurt the gameplay I've got to mark down the overall score another star due to fact that this is just flat out lazy on the part of EA. All in all however if you don't have a next gen system (or wouldn't mind a downgrade) then this wouldn't be a bad buy. The core gameplay is still there without all the major gimmicks that have been slowly bogging down the game in recent years.
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