Madden NFL 22

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  1. E_Tacklebery
    Nov 18, 2021
    10
    Not as bad as everyone says. I spent more than a dozen hours in the game with pleasure.
  2. MinePlay512
    Aug 21, 2021
    9
    It's better than Madden 21 and while there are improvements in Franchise Mode, I feel like there could be more. And they made improvements to the gameplay. However, I honestly don't like the new home field advantage and the return of X- Factors. But overall, Madden NFL 22 is a very solid game.
  3. delaware80
    Feb 28, 2022
    9
    Madden NFL is a great franchise.
    They keep the good stuff and change every year rosters and tiny other things.
    But if you want a total different game you have to wait a decade. :-)
  4. JoshTheBot121
    May 6, 2023
    6
    Had a fun time on this one if they kept Madden as one game throughout the years it would be truly great
  5. mintlo
    Sep 3, 2021
    5
    It's pretty. However it's the same crap gameplay and announcing as last year. And the year before. And the year before that. Do they take players feedback into account, like at all? I hope that someday soon the NFL stops this exclusivity cause EA sucks at making football games. Give me back some NFL 2k ASAP. EA, you suck!
  6. ADrunkenRabbit
    Aug 28, 2021
    5
    It is the best Madden on Frostbite engine, which means it's kinda **** and broken. But it's not completely **** this time.
  7. ANTtheKNEEEE
    Nov 23, 2021
    4
    Feels like same game. Minor imporvements to some aspects from 21, but actually removed some features. The new scouting feature sucks, and theres been bugs since day 1 they still havent fixed :/
  8. ChefFufu
    Feb 7, 2022
    3
    If you're looking to purchase Madden 22, I would suggest just finding another sports game to play to fill that void. I recommened NCAA Football Revamped or just any of the old NCAA games at this point.

    Madden is a joke of a franchise and cares nothing for the players other than their money. I'm not going to bother about the feauters that we've lost over the years right now, but the game    If you're looking to purchase Madden 22, I would suggest just finding another sports game to play to fill that void. I recommened NCAA Football Revamped or just any of the old NCAA games at this point.

    Madden is a joke of a franchise and cares nothing for the players other than their money. I'm not going to bother about the feauters that we've lost over the years right now, but the game itself feels horrible to play. Movement is still clunky, the CPU is horrendous, and the amount of uncalled penalties is absurd. Madden is soley survivng off nostalgia at this point, other than that I feel no reasons to buy these games anymore. Please if you haven't bought Madden 22 already then just don't.

    Madden 23, when it comes out it might just be the same things as everything else in the last 10 years EA has put out for the seris, a complete and utter waste of time, money and resources. EA has done nothing to push this franchise any further but instead just gives us stupid gimmicks as stat+ or whatever its called. Somehow on consoles and computers that give us Witcher 3, Dark souls 3, Breathe of the Wild, GTA 5, DOOM, and Final Fantasy, we in Madden can't even get referees on the field or a actual half-time show in the game.

    Please just stop buying this franchise, hopefully it will die and some other company can buy the NFL contract off of Ea and try to make a borderline okay triple a football game.    … Expand
  9. JJ2478
    Jan 10, 2022
    2
    The exact same rehashed garbage as the past 10 years of Madden. Skip this one.

    Graphics: 6/10. It's not terrible but I expect better from a company like EA. Gameplay: 1/10. Very minimal improvements from the past few years but still a buggy mess and not that enjoyable. UI: 3/10. The menus are so slow and navigation is more confusing than in past games. Somehow even worse than    The exact same rehashed garbage as the past 10 years of Madden. Skip this one.

    Graphics:
    6/10. It's not terrible but I expect better from a company like EA.

    Gameplay:
    1/10. Very minimal improvements from the past few years but still a buggy mess and not that enjoyable.

    UI:
    3/10. The menus are so slow and navigation is more confusing than in past games. Somehow even worse than the past few years.    … Expand
  10. sirkruser
    Aug 22, 2021
    2
    I have played about 10 hours of this game so far and I can tell you this game is glitchy and so un balanced. It is impossible to play defense. There are glitches everywhere. My game has crashed like 3 times today. Absolutely terrible. You would think EA would know how to make a quality Football game after all of these years, but here we are, time and time again. Even though they 'updated'I have played about 10 hours of this game so far and I can tell you this game is glitchy and so un balanced. It is impossible to play defense. There are glitches everywhere. My game has crashed like 3 times today. Absolutely terrible. You would think EA would know how to make a quality Football game after all of these years, but here we are, time and time again. Even though they 'updated' franchise it is still same gamemode from Madden 19. I won't bother buying this one until EA fixes their game.… Expand
  11. Holden89
    Aug 22, 2021
    2
    I have been a subscriber to "Origin Premiere" and then "EA Play Pro" since their debut. I have always thought it was a good deal since I typically purchase the yearly Madden, and I would get to try out any games EA put out throughout the year. I have canceled my subscription.

    Madden 22 is such an utter disappointment in so many ways. The graphics, if updated, are negligible. The    I have been a subscriber to "Origin Premiere" and then "EA Play Pro" since their debut. I have always thought it was a good deal since I typically purchase the yearly Madden, and I would get to try out any games EA put out throughout the year. I have canceled my subscription.

    Madden 22 is such an utter disappointment in so many ways. The graphics, if updated, are negligible. The franchise mode interface is exactly the same, except it clearly copy and pasted the UI from NHL 21 and simply changed the text for NFL. Lazy.

    Glitches and bugs galore. I have, several times, had a player get injured and the game lock up and now allow me to substitute another player in or keep the injured player in the game. I have to force "crash" the game with alt+f4. I have had several instances of the game simply closing itself both mid-game or in a menu.

    In franchise mode, I was playing the Buccaneers that week, and the player to watch was Tom Brady. Pretty reasonable. Until I looked at the stats that were highlighted and it was tackles, sacks, and tackles for loss. Tom Brady plays Quarterback and is 45 years old, EA. I don't think he sees many snaps on defense anymore.

    The last point, I suppose, was announced. "Current gen" consoles will not have the "next gen" features of Madden 22. Okay, somewhat reasonable. The Playstation 4 and Xbox One (even the "X" variant) are nowhere near as powerful as the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. However, I did not assume this would leak into the PC version of the game. My computer is more than twice as powerful as any console available. You're saying it can't handle your "next gen" updates? Squiggly lines for routes and some cutscenes? Really? Okay, so your logic is that not every has a powerful computer. Hardware detection is pretty commonplace in most games. Even simpler, there is a "Settings" menu that already exists in the game. Yes, you put that there. It would seem pretty simple to have a selection asking if you would like to implement the "next gen" elements with a warning that some PCs may not be able to handle it.

    I just find it very hard to believe that one of, if not THE biggest AAA game developer in the world can't put together a team that can functionally assemble a simulation NFL game. You have had the exclusive license since 2006. You have a monopoly on anyone who would want to work on this type of game. Let them do their job, EA. I do not blame the developers, I blame the publisher here. Madden has clearly turned into nothing more than a yearly cash grab for the higher ups at EA.

    Pathetic.    … Expand
  12. Sartagis
    Aug 26, 2021
    1
    I got the EA Play Pro subscription for this and about 6 other games on the service. I started play on the 12th and have 54 hours in.

    The bad: - I get a lockup every 1-2 hours, typically. Since updating my drivers it is a lot closer to 75 minutes. I had 3 games freeze when I won and the game ended. I have had two freezes buying packs. A great many loading challenges and games. I would    I got the EA Play Pro subscription for this and about 6 other games on the service. I started play on the 12th and have 54 hours in.

    The bad:
    - I get a lockup every 1-2 hours, typically. Since updating my drivers it is a lot closer to 75 minutes. I had 3 games freeze when I won and the game ended. I have had two freezes buying packs. A great many loading challenges and games. I would say that I am throwing away 5-8% of my game time every day due to these freezes.

    - The game is very scripted. I will give a couple particularly severe cases.
    --- 4th game of the 4 game solo option. I take the lead and the first half is good but close. The second half everything broke. I threw 6 interceptions in 7 passes. and fumbled the ball away inside the opposing 5-yard line. My reward went 1K coins / 1 gold pack (5K value) to 1K coins and 3 silver packs (1.5K total value).
    --- Today I played a snow game and score the opening touchdown. Playing a normal defense I see a pass go over the middle and both safeties are where the corner backs should be. 75-.yard touchdown and a tie game. I manage to take a 14 point lead with 1:56 to go. The computer only threw one pass during its drive's, between my 2nd and 3rd scores and it was incomplete. This time it throws an almost identical pass with the same result as the earlier touchdown. On the onside kick I set down the controller and the player it is kicked at runs away from the ball. Needless to say I was livid that the cheating is so blatant. One pass later and its a tie game. This time it was 56 yards against a prevent defense and no one was close to the receiver. I did win in overtime as I got the ball first, but this should never have been needed.

    - The animations and results of plays are often completely wrong. I needed 2 yards to hit 75 for a star in a challenge and I got one when it looked like I got at least 3. The next play I get the 200 offense total and the challenge is over. I had to replay it.

    - The ball and players in contact with other players sometimes are not really down.
    --- Example, I had a player get tackled and role over two defenders for an extra 3-4 yards which got a first down on a 3rd or 4th down play.
    --- Where it looks like the player went down is often 2-3 yards off from the actual result.

    - Just plain stupid stuff happens. I had the computer through a ball into the end zone and it gets knocked down by my defender. You then see about 5 people kicking the ball around and trying to pick it up like it was a fumble. Then one of my defenders kicks the ball a few feet into the air right to an opposing receiver which gets a touchdown.

    - Opposing players almost never drop a pass if playing at the two higher difficulties. I had a challenge I played dozens of times as my drop rate was 70-80% as the announces kept saying the receiver dropped the pass.

    - There is a two-pass for touchdown challenge that I threw an interception on the second pass my first 11 attempts. Some of the challenges are so scripted that getting a required sack or getting an interception when the pass is contested is all but guaranteed.

    The good:
    - If you play MUT there are tons of challenges. This is the main reason I got the game. I do play regular seasons though.

    - Lots of play options, although the one's you get presented sometimes are totally wrong for the situation. This causes you to have to find the right type of play by picking the formation or one of the other grouping options for plays. When time is critical it is very noticeable. I want at least one pass play that goes over the middle when inside the 5-yard line and not all outside one's as those are high risk for a pick 6.

    - The Yard can be really fun because it is on odd way to play the game that adds variety.

    Edit

    Dropped rating from a 3 to a 2 after the following happened in a challenge. Keep in mind this is not a high difficulty and my team probably has a 10-15 rating advantage just about all the way around. Also, this was over many attempts to win the challenge.

    2 passes that were 10-20 yards that beat a 3 safety prevent, in the same game. Every safety was much closer to the line of scrimmage than when they started. Another pass where the receiver shed half my defense after the catch and got a touchdown.
    12 incompletes inside the 5 yard line with almost none anywhere else. This happened in 3 games, 4 passes each, and would have given me 4 stars.
    3 catches in the end zone not getting a touchdown. Twice, the receiver (TE) caught and then ran out from 1-2 yards in. The other time, a WR caught the ball a couple yards in and got popped out by the defense and then tackled.
    Giving up a first down on many 3rd, or 4th, downs with 16+ yards to go.
    WR not blocking during a play. I threw a screen pass and just needed one more block and the receiver 7-8 yards down field is walking back to the line of scrimmage and just lets the defender hit me.    … Expand
  13. technikz
    Mar 17, 2022
    1
    When you want to play a game with your favorite athletes on it then when you get in the game and your favorite athletes look worst than what they should. I mean the Miami Dolphins players look nothing like they do in real life. Not even close
  14. Gunmars
    Sep 6, 2021
    0
    Another year another raging tire fire of a football game is trotted out by EA for 60+ dollars. Glitch galore, zero improvements, on field animations has taken a step back and franchises "improvements" are lack luster at best. But good news is MUT is still shoved down your throat at every chance.
  15. Just_Jimi
    Aug 22, 2021
    0
    This franchise has managed to become worse & worse as time goes on. The features they’ve removed from M18 to now is mind boggling. Why replace physics for awful canned animations? I recall the community begging for physics since about M10 and we rejoiced once we finally got them in M13.

    There are so many constant steps backwards with this company. So now we have canned animations that    This franchise has managed to become worse & worse as time goes on. The features they’ve removed from M18 to now is mind boggling. Why replace physics for awful canned animations? I recall the community begging for physics since about M10 and we rejoiced once we finally got them in M13.

    There are so many constant steps backwards with this company. So now we have canned animations that take so much control away from the player.

    Then we have game breaking bugs that have yet to be fixed from M19 - M22 on top of all these new ones. So there’s no telling if EA will even fix some of these newer ones since they can’t even figure out all the old ones. This game is in such a tragic state. I just play and buy old Madden games now and say to myself “omg I forget about this figure! Why didn’t they build on this?!?” Older Madden’s do not feel the least bit outdated, and they should. But EA just keeps going in the wrong direction.    … Expand
  16. captainthrall
    Mar 29, 2022
    0
    I got this game for free (it's free to play right now), played it for about 4 minutes, and uninstalled.

    Words cannot express how terribly, awfully, horribly bad this game is.

    The controls are absolute garbage.

    The game lacks any type of vision or artistic merit.
  17. Lasto
    Mar 17, 2022
    0
    What the hell?! This is totally a lazy rehack of the last 2 years? 3 years? I'm seeing banners of the New Orleans Bills and Philadelphia Cowboys as well as seeing banners for Madden 21 in the background. What an absolute joke of a football game. I'm done buying this garbage, FINALLY, until they fix this **** 0 is a fair score
  18. axbu89
    Oct 24, 2021
    0
    Trash as always. The fact that they gave PC players the last gen version is just another slap in the face.

    The best NFL game remains ESPN NFL 2K5
  19. GameDudeChris
    Sep 1, 2021
    0
    This is by far the worst Madden ever made. It doesn't feel like football at all. It is broken animations and horrible game breaking bugs. The NFL should be ashamed that this is how their exclusivity rights are being abused. Spend your money and time on Axis football, Maximum football, a tv channel dedicated to paint drying, anything else. EA is once again an abomination to the gaming andThis is by far the worst Madden ever made. It doesn't feel like football at all. It is broken animations and horrible game breaking bugs. The NFL should be ashamed that this is how their exclusivity rights are being abused. Spend your money and time on Axis football, Maximum football, a tv channel dedicated to paint drying, anything else. EA is once again an abomination to the gaming and sports worlds.… Expand
  20. Inny74
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    You are basically getting a Legacy Edition version. On f**king PC... No game day momentum, no "next gen" features, which have been in NCAA Football since as far back as 2008. That crap is only for XSX and PS5. Unbelievable. Somehow worse than last years
  21. kh85
    Aug 26, 2021
    0
    I tried the 10hr trial. So I'm glad I didn't pay for this. I was just playing Madden 21 yesterday and this game is almost identical. The only difference is they replaced the previous crappy music with different crappy music. Almost everything I saw in Franchise mode was the same. The just moved stuff around and made the interface look different. Not worth $60 IMO if you already own madden 21.
  22. willllll
    Aug 22, 2021
    0
    Same crap, new year from EA. NFL 2k5 from 16 years ago was MILES better than this game.
  23. Stolze90
    Aug 23, 2021
    0
    Dont buy its the same old madden like 20 and 21. After all its more bugged not like 20 and 21
  24. dabirdman23
    Sep 8, 2021
    0
    Created an account just to warn people - STAY AWAY. Severely broken. Random bans on people. Crashes constantly. And the company just flat out has contempt for you for buying their game.

    Please. It's not worth it. Don't make the mistake I made.
  25. wizard675
    Sep 7, 2021
    0
    Absolute worst game I have ever played, I was kicked out to the menu, and now my controls have been remapped, and there is no way to remap them. When loading into the game it thinks that there are two controllers connected when there is only one, this glitch combined with the remapped controls makes the game literally unplayable. Do not buy this game.
  26. Patrick26
    Aug 23, 2021
    0
    My computer is more than twice as powerful as any console available. You're saying it can't handle your "next gen" updates? Squiggly lines for routes and some cutscenes? I mean you are literally PATHETIC.
    They hate us. I swear: they hate us.
  27. xcunningx
    Aug 28, 2021
    0
    This is the worst Madden yet.

    The gameplay warping is terrible.

    Plays are scripted. The engine has already decided what will happen on each play before you snap the ball and will defy physics and logic to accomplish the goal of the script.

    You are in no way in control of your player on the field.
  28. Donaven58
    Aug 22, 2021
    0
    Thanks for not including PC in the next gen group. Game is terrible either way. But that's what happens when you have no competition. EA ends up getting money for their product be sure they are the only option. So by default, even if they lose a number of sales. They gain sales to make up for it.
    NFL should be ashamed.
  29. itwaslagiswear
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Same crap every year... This year the gameplay is worse, bugs are worse, AI is terrible. Overall not worth the money anyone would spend. #NFLdropEA
  30. SlapDonuts
    Nov 7, 2021
    0
    Most disrespectful PC release ive ever seen. I have a RTX 3080, but im forced to play the **** old-gen version. **** you EA.
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  1. Dexerto
    Sep 13, 2021
    60
    Madden 22 takes some leaps in certain modes such as Franchise, but takes some gigantic steps backward or maintains inconsistent levels of gameplay in others. While Face of the Franchise loses much of its “underdog story” vibe, Franchise has taken steps forward, while for every MUT improvement, there’s a new on-the-field annoyance. Another year stuck in place, then, but there’s still fun to be had for those looking to score plenty of in-game touchdowns – just don’t expect any huge yardage gains for the franchise as a whole here.
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  2. Jeuxvideo.com
    Aug 29, 2021
    70
    If we have to compare Madden NFL 22 to one of the two quarterbacks on its cover, the latter is more Tom Brady than Patrick Mahomes: he becomes thinner and more complete over time, but still idles like his last years. The game is running out of steam from a technical point of view, and the difference between the next-gen and the PS4 / ONE versions is not so obvious on the visual, especially as the online and solo bugs are still also common. On the other hand, Madden does not fall into the trap that made Opus 21 a failure, namely to give a second youth to Franchise and Career modes via cool additions (Momentums, coaching staff talent tree ... ). For the rest, we will wait for the real "slap" episode that the new generation of consoles deserves in the years to come.
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