Madden NFL 21

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0.3

Overwhelming dislike- based on 5792 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 85 out of 5792
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 5792
  3. Negative: 5,673 out of 5792
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  1. gouki88
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Designed entirely to trick kids into gambling via lootbox mechanics, haven't upgraded gameplay for the last 4 years at LEAST, no interest in making a legitimate simulation game, it's all scripted. Terrible game, do not buy this
  2. Rtk2297
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Give us something new... EA is such a trash company. The customer service is horrible, the game play is horrible, and franchise mode is the exact same thing again!!! They’d be better off doing a $5 a month flat fee instead of releasing a “new” game each year...
  3. AuburnPanic40
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    The game is fundamentally broken and they content is laughable at best and pathetic at worst. But they’ll keep making them this was as long as MUT keeps making them money.
  4. Mechanix82
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    I didn't think t hey could regress any more. The animations seem scripted pre snap. Players warping through each other. Offensive and defensive line bumping into each other with no logic or football awareness. Receivers still completing stopping in there routes with some one in the torrent path of their route. Pulling guards run into hole and stop with no logic on who they should block.I didn't think t hey could regress any more. The animations seem scripted pre snap. Players warping through each other. Offensive and defensive line bumping into each other with no logic or football awareness. Receivers still completing stopping in there routes with some one in the torrent path of their route. Pulling guards run into hole and stop with no logic on who they should block. Just absolutely no excise for this game to be in this condition so sad… Expand
  5. TheSportsGuy98
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This game is a horrible mess. This game tries to squeeze every penny out of it's loyal user base. This cash grab from EA Sports can make even die hard fans think twice this football season.
  6. Mac51
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Absolutely horrible game. Where is the depth and substance for franchise mode? Where is the innovation? This game is just a patch being sold as a entirely new full priced game. Madden has been the same for the past 5 years and people are just getting fed up with it now. EA has no excuses of putting out such a lack luster game. All you have to do is look at the older maddens like madden 9Absolutely horrible game. Where is the depth and substance for franchise mode? Where is the innovation? This game is just a patch being sold as a entirely new full priced game. Madden has been the same for the past 5 years and people are just getting fed up with it now. EA has no excuses of putting out such a lack luster game. All you have to do is look at the older maddens like madden 9 and compare the amount of depth you have in that game to madden 21. It’s just sad. Does anyone even play superstar KO. The yard has potential but desperately needs to have more added to it, maybe make it more like the park in nba 2k. The story mode is god awful, cliche and awkward at times. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.… Expand
  7. inoise
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Remember, this is the only game that is licensed to make an NFL Football SIMULATION game and they completely disregard the one game mode that is meant to simulate the NFL. EA is laughing to the bank with your money and they do not care one bit, their work speaks for itself.
  8. eushully
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    I did my part guys!
    Seriously though, this is just a 99% reskin with almost no effort whatsoever to innovate. When you have NO competiton, you are in no need to, god forbid, spend money on it. Most of the money, if any, went to microtransaction, which I hope dies a painful death.
    FU EA, for ruining many franchises throughout the years.
  9. Bobojr61
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Nothing else to say but this series needs so much change. I love football and it saddens me to see what they are doing with this franchise. The biggest joke of a game I’ve ever played and these guys are money hungry for ultimate team and now the yard lol what a joke. Would love to see what another company could do that actually improves on their product from a yearly basis. This game hasNothing else to say but this series needs so much change. I love football and it saddens me to see what they are doing with this franchise. The biggest joke of a game I’ve ever played and these guys are money hungry for ultimate team and now the yard lol what a joke. Would love to see what another company could do that actually improves on their product from a yearly basis. This game has legit been the same game with roster updates for what 15 years, pathetic.… Expand
  10. KingFly
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    worst edition of Madden to date. biggest waste of money. i wish playstation gave refunds for downloaded games
  11. Ruskiy_Ranger
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Worst installment yet in Madden series! It has been 15 years since madden 2005 and EA has been taking a step back every single year in quality and quantity of madden gameplay. They have destroyed the franchise mode by taking away many features and shifting the whole focus of simulation football to gambling football. The only thing EA cares about is how much money they can make instead ofWorst installment yet in Madden series! It has been 15 years since madden 2005 and EA has been taking a step back every single year in quality and quantity of madden gameplay. They have destroyed the franchise mode by taking away many features and shifting the whole focus of simulation football to gambling football. The only thing EA cares about is how much money they can make instead of delivering a quality product. Unfortunately the NFL Supports EA 100% and continues to give EA exclusive rights to making a simulation football NFL games. ESPN NFL 2K5 will forever be the greatest Football game ever made because it’s the football game that completely focused on delivering great and fun gameplay. Also, they delivered a new take on a football game with many entertaining features. If you would take ESPN NFL 2k5 and today’s madden side by side gameplay, you would undeniably think that ESPN 2k5 was made today and MADDEN 21 was made in 2004. Please don’t buy Madden 21! Let’s show EA that we will not give them a dime until they give us a Madden with Madden 2005 like Franchise features and a game worth paying for!… Expand
  12. Emwlw
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Madden, as a concept, year by year, is truly one of the most shameful and disappointing things in all of video games. I mean, I am absolutely disgusted and I have been for years! EA does not deserve the NFL license. From the lack of genuine annual updates to the goofy gameplay, Madden is not worth your money. If you need your football fix, I suggest buying Madden 17 because there’s little-to-no discernible difference between that game and all of its successors. Do not buy!… Expand
  13. ColeNovak
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    It has been the exact same game for years and they didn’t touch franchise mode
  14. ttbeekman
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    It's so pathetic this is the only simulation football game on the market. Eventually this is going to catch up with the NFL when their name/game is so poorly represented every year.
  15. Tj_85
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    As a die hard football fan and someone who has bought this game year after year feeling disappointed just telling myself that it will be better next year or they will add this back next year but it doesn't this is my first time creating a account to review a video game because I'm sick and tired of it i always shake my head when I see people bash developers on sites because developers areAs a die hard football fan and someone who has bought this game year after year feeling disappointed just telling myself that it will be better next year or they will add this back next year but it doesn't this is my first time creating a account to review a video game because I'm sick and tired of it i always shake my head when I see people bash developers on sites because developers are people just like everyone else so i won't direct this to anyone in specific because i dont know any of you personally but please ea please for the last time find that place in your hearts that made you want to be developer find that inner kid in you that everyone has and make a change bring back some older features that were taken out bring some historic teams to play now that we can play with bring back the little mini comeback greatest games we use to have that we could make a great comeback you guys could have some old historic games that we could play and it could be a black and white grain filter for the game with no color and play as dick butkus or create a halftime show i could go on and on but I just want madden to be better in so many ways but its not at the moment or hasn't been for a while… Expand
  16. Wyattbrown
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    No change for yet another year, just the typical micro transaction grabbing schemes. It's about time the developers are held accountable
  17. UnshavedComb
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This game is atrocious. Same game as Madden 20, which was a bad game. Franchise mode has been the same for years. All they added was pass rush moves and the yard
  18. RChase
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    EA needs to create a new football game from the ground up, ditching their animation based gameplay system (which in my opinion makes this game unplayable and extremely unrealistic) and develop a physics based system. This game is an embarrassment and honestly EA shouldn’t legally be allowed to sell it as a “Football simulation” because simply, it’s not.
  19. bamf_1026
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This game is horrible. Do not buy. When 2K can make simulation football games, maybe then, EA will care enough to put out a halfway decent game. Madden 21 is a copy and paste of Madden 20. They couldn’t even provide us with updated loading screens, which may sound silly, but at least type something new about a superstar please. I spent 100 dollars on this game. Knowing what I know now, IThis game is horrible. Do not buy. When 2K can make simulation football games, maybe then, EA will care enough to put out a halfway decent game. Madden 21 is a copy and paste of Madden 20. They couldn’t even provide us with updated loading screens, which may sound silly, but at least type something new about a superstar please. I spent 100 dollars on this game. Knowing what I know now, I wouldn’t have spent 13 dollars on this “brand new” game. Do not buy.… Expand
  20. 3456matt
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    The game is actually very boring and stale. “The Yard” is a counter to 2k getting a license but isn’t a very good counter at all. Franchise, well we all know about that. And Face of the Franchise is about one of the most cringe and stale things you could release in 2020. MUT is honestly turning into franchise we’re it’s the same thing every year which is gambling to get no value on theThe game is actually very boring and stale. “The Yard” is a counter to 2k getting a license but isn’t a very good counter at all. Franchise, well we all know about that. And Face of the Franchise is about one of the most cringe and stale things you could release in 2020. MUT is honestly turning into franchise we’re it’s the same thing every year which is gambling to get no value on the same cards every year. Why is Patrick Mahomes an 87 in MUT but a 99 in the real game, I’ll tell you why, money. And Superstar KO is quite literally a copy paste except they took teams out of the mode. Do not waste any more money on this game.… Expand
  21. xxazazelxx4k
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Total trash the same repackaged game year after year. The dev's never listen to there players year after year.
  22. menzy5
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    To most people, Madden 2004 was the best Madden. The year of production for that game (2002-2003), EA's net revenue was $2.48B. To those same people with a functioning brain, Madden 2021 is the worst madden (Impressively topping Madden 20 which topped Madden 19 which topped Madden 18, and so on). The revenue for the production cycle of Madden 21 is roughly $5.5B. In any logical world, howTo most people, Madden 2004 was the best Madden. The year of production for that game (2002-2003), EA's net revenue was $2.48B. To those same people with a functioning brain, Madden 2021 is the worst madden (Impressively topping Madden 20 which topped Madden 19 which topped Madden 18, and so on). The revenue for the production cycle of Madden 21 is roughly $5.5B. In any logical world, how does it make sense for a company to produce a game 1/15th as good one they made when they were worth less than half their current worth? Let's first be kind and talk about what Madden gets right
    Pros: NFL License, Graphics
    Now let's talk about the cons.
    Cons:
    1) Still somehow no in-depth stat tracking (can't even see where a player used to play)
    2) Drafting is stale. Not even close to enough immersion (college stats, injury history, personality, etc)
    3) Animation based gameplay is horrid. Physics don't properly exist at all
    4) Too many bugs somehow
    5) Can't create a custom team or custom uniforms
    6) All the relocation teams have been the same for like 6 years or so
    7) The SUPERBOWL feels just like any other game. Madden 15s reg season presentation trumps Madden 21 SUPERBOWL
    8) Lack of customization for characters: Not at all enough faces, no tattoos, weird CPU generated body types
    9) If you try to sim 10 years into the future to start your simulation, here's what you'll find: You have no idea what teams have been good/won the SB, every team is like a 65 overall, all the players are as generic and ugly as humanly possible with none having actual good overalls.
    10) Not just a lack of player stat tracking, but all types. Why can't you see league leaders for individual or team stats from any year other than the one you're in? Where is the option to click on a team and find out how their defense has performed in each category for the last 10+ years?
    11) Simulation is horridly inaccurate. Every QBs rookie year looks like (55%, 3500 Yards, 18:14 TD:INT) and then from there on out they throw 40 TDs and 7 INTs each year. Idk if EA knows this, but not all 32 QBs are Aaron Rodgers. WRs are very inconsistent. HBs either have 3.5 YPC and 1000 yards or 6.8 YPC and 1500+ Yards.
    12) Gameplay wise now: Stopping the run is far too easy against RBs and far too hard against QBs
    13) QBs, even the worst, usually have no problem posting 300+ yards and completing 80% of their passes
    14) Defenses will routinely be able to force 5 TOs/game but simultaneously allow 400+ yards
    15) Elite WRs seem to not matter
    16) Good and elite (sometimes even average or bad) TEs seem impossible to stop sometimes.
    17) It seems like whatever happened in the first offensive and defensive drive leads the game to script out the rest of the game to follow the exact same style. I've tested it out. First defensive drive I allowed them to march down the field and score a TD (they used heavy TE) and when replaying the game I forced a turnover on that first drive. In the one they used TEs a lot to score a TD, the TEs finished the game with 14 Catches for over 200 yards and 3 TDs (Ertz) and the game where I forced a turnover on the first drive, I ended up forcing 6 on the game.
    18) Ball trajectory and that type of stuff is still iffy at best.
    19) Slant routes CAN NOT be defended
    20) Back to immersion (which should be a huge priority in a simulation game), there are still no OCs, DCs, or any type of position coaches. There's also no stat tracking to see how a coach has bounced around and come to be a HC.
    21) Commentary is **** Too many things to say. It's just awful.
    22) Progression of players is either far too easy or far too impossible.
    23) Pass blocking for user teams is bad in a way idk how to explain
    24) The game doesn't even properly update rosters at all and when the next years schedule comes out, they don't update the game to allow you to play the next season because EA wants your money (:
    25) Update the news feed. Generic, repetitive, stale.
    26) Whoever wrote the dialogue for Face of the Franchise has the social experiences of an 11 year old who writes My Little Pony fan-fiction. So cringy.
    27) Trading is unrealistic.
    28) Ratings are bad. I know this is very hard to do, but it's blatantly clear that a lot of the ratings are made by dudes who don't watch any football at all.
    29) Contracts are way too bare bones. Add options for contracts to be for people who don't understand them or people that do; so you can decide if you want easy and stale contracts or realistic ones.
    30) All-Pro should be added along with some cool in-season updates to Pro Bowl voting.
    31) Better presentation. Literally every single game feels the same. At least add cool graphics like (This team is 5-0 in the last 5 matchups, the last game ended 28-24, etc, etc)
    I'm gonna run out of characters. I hate how terrible EA has treated consumers (especially franchise) so damn much that I just went full-blown incel weirdo and wrote this massive thing. This game SUCKS.    … Expand
  23. KNC111
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    im just tired, im really REALLY tired. Goodbye EA never ever again. THE same way you never try to fix this game is the same way ill never ever spend money on you. The AI has no no play recognition especially when it comes to spamming. if a play gets used 3 time they stop to be able to stop it the difficulty should cost up. I don't care if its gap press on four verticals FIX it. This isim just tired, im really REALLY tired. Goodbye EA never ever again. THE same way you never try to fix this game is the same way ill never ever spend money on you. The AI has no no play recognition especially when it comes to spamming. if a play gets used 3 time they stop to be able to stop it the difficulty should cost up. I don't care if its gap press on four verticals FIX it. This is an example of monopolies no caring. They know 995 of men in America love football and abuse this knowledge. PS everyone spams Crossing routes and the game doesn't reward smart plays. oh yeah even if your stacking the box people can run everywhere. even if you force mahomes to throw deep less by picking a formation with more corners its the same story. I SOLD THE GAME AWAY BEST LIFE DECISION EVER.… Expand
  24. Rondo808
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Please dont buy! It hasn't got any new concept whatsoever yet it is really expensive
  25. Dirtyfacesmook
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Worst yet, it honestly the worst madden I’ve played nothing new nothing innovative same old bull
  26. ChadLo
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    I can't believe people still buy this garbage .... Stop buying EA Games!!!! How many times must they wrong us before gamers take a stand!!??
  27. Kidk
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This game is Trash! Been trash! I can write a whole book on how terrible this game is so I won’t!!! The absolute worst Game Ever made!!!! PERIOD!!!!
  28. Blair4833
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Typical EA game!!! I’m absolutely sick of EA releasing practically the same game year in year out. All they’re interested in is promoting online game through Ulitmate teams and Micro-transactions. All they’re interested in is exploiting people’s gaming addiction to make money. It’s obviously that a lot of people can’t help themselves when it comes to the gambling nature of purchasing cardsTypical EA game!!! I’m absolutely sick of EA releasing practically the same game year in year out. All they’re interested in is promoting online game through Ulitmate teams and Micro-transactions. All they’re interested in is exploiting people’s gaming addiction to make money. It’s obviously that a lot of people can’t help themselves when it comes to the gambling nature of purchasing cards and ultimately wasting a **** ton of money. EA has lost sight of making the game better, so that’s it’s more of an Immersive experience. It’s not just Madden that is affected, but also horrendous games like FIFA and UFC. I mean how the **** can they not sort out the Super Bowl on madden is honestly beyond my comprehension. It’s been the same **** presentation for years and doesn’t feel like you’re actually in the super bowl. I really struggled to understand how they can’t make something as simple as that slightly better each year and that goes to show that they clearly focus on conning people with online micro-transactions.… Expand
  29. Chocho777
    Sep 2, 2020
    0
    Awful #FixMaddenH2H Trying to get this hashtag some attention so EA might do something to fix their game. Hope you can help and spread the word. Thanks.
    Please put online H2H history, compare stats, and scouting back into the game this year and fix the H2H ranking problem.
  30. Randyc24
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Still a poorly made game. No attention to detail, glitches everywhere, everything is an animation.… Expand
  31. Joesiman1
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Same game. Worse issues. Warp interceptions, no branching animations, laggy, more micro transactions than there is money in the world. This company is abysmal
  32. lswenson
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    THE GAME HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE MADDEN 13. A disgrace to the sports gaming world. It is just a lack of all-around effort with no additions to the franchise, a ton of glitches, asset errors, spelling errors, and not even getting the right super bowl year. It's like they were dared to make the whole thing in 10 days. Just hot garbage. Save your money.
  33. DrJeckyll
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    No. Just no. The same game exempt for a new money grab called the yard. Here comes another billion in micro transactions.
  34. danfromcu
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    I wish I could say that I'm surprised, but I'm not. Utterly awful. I wish EA would just have some integrity and give up their exclusive license for simulation football since they seem disinterested in actually making simulation football. Go make NFL Street with loot boxes or whatever it is you're trying to do and release REAL football fans from this torture. It's honestly like you spit inI wish I could say that I'm surprised, but I'm not. Utterly awful. I wish EA would just have some integrity and give up their exclusive license for simulation football since they seem disinterested in actually making simulation football. Go make NFL Street with loot boxes or whatever it is you're trying to do and release REAL football fans from this torture. It's honestly like you spit in the face of franchise players for years now and this is now the most egregious example, but you want our trust that you're going to fix it next year? I'm honestly considering boycotting every EA game until we get some real acknowledgment of how terrible and unacceptable it is that this happened. FIFA, Squadrons, NHL.... everything. I may only be one customer (and EA seems to not care much about the base, much less one individual) but I can't seem to want to bring myself to give your company any $$$.… Expand
  35. 739dhoover
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    it's trash...its trash..its trash...its trash..its trash...its trash...its trash
  36. kinsin8
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Awful game. EA should be ashamed. All animations, no true football feel. Please give 2k exclusive rights, they will actually make a good game I can promise you that.
  37. Shelbyja99
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Spoiler: THIS GAME **** SUCKS. EA should refund everyone who bought their **** game based on the lies told to the customers. **** the company and every product they’ve put out over the past decade. Madden 2021 is brought to you buy the same company that managed to botch not one, but two Star Wars games in three years. Honestly, it can’t be easy to make a star wars game that isn’tSpoiler: THIS GAME **** SUCKS. EA should refund everyone who bought their **** game based on the lies told to the customers. **** the company and every product they’ve put out over the past decade. Madden 2021 is brought to you buy the same company that managed to botch not one, but two Star Wars games in three years. Honestly, it can’t be easy to make a star wars game that isn’t enjoyable. They just buy the rights to things that people enjoy, like NFL and the Star Wars franchise and then put literally zero effort into a game knowing that people will still buy it because of the “madden” name. I would pay $80 for madden 09 with today’s graphics. I wouldn’t pay $5 for anything they’ve released since then. I straight up hope this travesty of a game causes them to lose money.… Expand
  38. Bbills1749
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Broken game, same problems year in and year out yet ea never listens to anyone, they say they will change things, yet they never do all they care about is micro transactions and how many kids they can get to steal there moms credit card in order to buy packs, last time I considered this a decent game was madden 15. Not saying this game isn’t allowed to have flaws, just saying that theBroken game, same problems year in and year out yet ea never listens to anyone, they say they will change things, yet they never do all they care about is micro transactions and how many kids they can get to steal there moms credit card in order to buy packs, last time I considered this a decent game was madden 15. Not saying this game isn’t allowed to have flaws, just saying that the greedy people at ea don’t care about what the community says so the same easily fixable issues are never resolved and are always seen in the game.… Expand
  39. Whytho21
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Copy And Pasted As Usual Tbh we should just boycott them If They Don't Fix Franchise #FixMaddenFranchise
  40. Real50Cent
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you played madden 17 well madden 21 is the exact same game. Animations will ruin it because you truck the o line and he pops back up to block like jesus did after the third day to **** your sack up just so the QB can throw the ball. Running plays the HB does a weird turn as if the game is picking if your getting hit immediately or not. QB scramble is useless as they will fumble 89% of the time. Franchise oh man i hate how they still havent added anything. EA PUT TIME IN YOUR GAMES NOT JUST THE **** MUT WHICH IS JUST GAMBLING AND MAKE A GOOD FOOTBALL GAME… Expand
  41. Mlidonni
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Same poor game with horrendous gameplay and zero attempt to improve. Wont be buying until they make drastic changes and improvements. If there was any other NFL video game option, nobody would by this game. Ive been playing since 2002. It peaked in 2013. And has gotten progressively worse year after year.… Expand
  42. Spacewolf42
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    It is the worst game I have ever played! EA should have not given a new contract by the NFL! They do not care about their customers!
  43. outsider_0
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    As someone who has bought Madden literally every year since madden 09 to madden 21 I have first hand seen this game as well as EA as a whole steadily decline in quality for over a decade. I cannot excuse their bs anymore. The fact that EA is allowed an exclusive simulation license is a joke. EA has been getting farther and farther from "simulation football" for the entire time that I'veAs someone who has bought Madden literally every year since madden 09 to madden 21 I have first hand seen this game as well as EA as a whole steadily decline in quality for over a decade. I cannot excuse their bs anymore. The fact that EA is allowed an exclusive simulation license is a joke. EA has been getting farther and farther from "simulation football" for the entire time that I've been playing. They went from having 19 different sports franchises to 4 and now all 4 are broken trash because it's clear that microtransactions, extremely minor graphical tweaks, AND DANCING ANIMATIONS are more important to EA than adding any sort of depth or realism. The lack of detail is atrocious and the NFL, as well as any other sports league involved with EA, should be ashamed of the product they contuie to fail to deliver year after year while blatantly ignoring and blocking their community members, Football games need a new developer that actually cares about football.… Expand
  44. LegitPerson
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This game is lacking any real aspects of simulation football and feedback from the players. THAT PAY FOR THIS GAME!!! Madden's have progressively gotten worse as it seems like a copy from the year prior. I cannot believe they expect us to believe this is a new game, as they hide bad gameplay behind flashy new features. NEVER BUY ANY NEW MADDENS UNTIL THEY IMPROVE THE GSME A TOJ.
  45. Rohr42
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Game feels almost the same as last year. they still don’t listen to fans about any complaints or even attempt to look at them. an overwhelming amount of people want improvements with franchise. their improvements are minor tweaks. biggest letdown in sports gaming. 2k better get the rights back or there’s not a chance of improvement
  46. kylexstreet
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This game is an exact copy from last year. Updated rosters, playbooks, and coaches is the only thing thats new. Oh and face of the franchise and the yard. FRANCHISE IS THE EXACT SAME. DON’T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID AND BUY THIS GAME.
  47. GetSchwifty678
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Complete trash, EA do better. This game is the exact same **** they put out every year. Save your $60. This game is worth $5 at most.
  48. adanski
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Never once have I had to make a review for a video game. However, as a lifelong Madden player, this was well deserved. This game honestly seems to be the result of a genuine lack of care. The developers either don’t have any appreciation for their fan base , or they truly only care about making money. On the outside, the game is just a re-skin of the past 7 games, and on the inside, theNever once have I had to make a review for a video game. However, as a lifelong Madden player, this was well deserved. This game honestly seems to be the result of a genuine lack of care. The developers either don’t have any appreciation for their fan base , or they truly only care about making money. On the outside, the game is just a re-skin of the past 7 games, and on the inside, the gameplay is mediocre at best. Following their yearly plan of adding one major thing to “shake things up”, EA added The Yard this year. Don’t even bother. It only works half the time and when you do get it working, the fun and excitement dies down faster than Jamarcus Russell’s career. Glitch filled plays, rehashed commentary, embarrassingly bad mechanics, the game is nothing short of garbage. Please don’t purchase this god awful attempt at a cash grab. Save your money and stick to watching real games.… Expand
  49. gholla
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    No attention paid to detail by the devs and no resolve put in place to make Madden NFL 21 a better overall simulation football video gaming experience as opposed to its predecessors. The same copy and paste formula that has been used for years, and with it comes a new low for the Madden gaming franchise. There needs to be change, and a 0.4 user score of the game is an evident indicator.
  50. Madden21IsAwful
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Absolute worst game I have played in my life. I really didn't think they could make it worse than M20 but boy did they.
  51. MSB2334
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    The game feels annoyingly slow. Man to man is broken, and franchise is the same. Worst madden in a minute.
  52. Maximumxpower
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. NFL! Please remove EA from the exclusive rights for your license. They have failed the community and have no right to make NFL games. The majority of the community thinks this way and it's past time someone else takes over!… Expand
  53. JacobRG
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    I would rate this with a negative 10 if I could. Lack attention, detail, vision, innovation, or even the basic fundamentals of a game. They can't even spell player and team names correctly, they can't make the little things right so don't expect them to get anything else right either.
  54. srmatt
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wanted this game for the "Face of the franchise" mode. The story makes no sense, I get benched after throwing 10 touchdowns in 1 game. Then there are multiple conversations that have no audio. Finally I get to the end and there is no video of my player making the HOF and the video you do get is missing the audio. I'd give this game a negative score if I could.… Expand
  55. Whitedragon87
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This is hands down the worst madden game ever produced. Not a football simulation by any means.
  56. iubbi
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Guess I'll go back to NCAA14. It is honestly impressive how Madden gets worse each year.
  57. Beasley95
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Franchise is crap like always and gameplay isn’t really an improvement over last year
  58. Jdh9669
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Lazy in every way, bugs everywhere that we've been dealing with for a decade. Terrible product by a terrible company. I really don't understand how a game can get worse with every single year that passes
  59. DanC19
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Copy/Paste from Madden 20, which was a copy/paste from Madden 19, which was a copy/paste from Madden 18, and so on and so on.
  60. Smartboy1983
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    the game has so many glitches and worst of all, it still seems to have DDA which controll outcomes of games
  61. Keemsupreme1
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    I’m looking at madden 21 gameplay and it’s beyond a slap in a face at the point dude. From the interface it self it’s a complete copy over, we know this been happening but these mfs ain’t try to change the shape on the score board, menus, playbook interface, preview route lines on the field Or nothing. Don’t buy this game, sources are saying it’s finna drop extremely in price within aI’m looking at madden 21 gameplay and it’s beyond a slap in a face at the point dude. From the interface it self it’s a complete copy over, we know this been happening but these mfs ain’t try to change the shape on the score board, menus, playbook interface, preview route lines on the field Or nothing. Don’t buy this game, sources are saying it’s finna drop extremely in price within a month or 2. I’ll be able to grab the game for 5 dollars cause that’s it’s worth to me barley even that… Expand
  62. Kingjon
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the most abysmal excuse for video game since ET for the Atari. I am mortified that I spent money for MVP and then unwisely on a bundle, mostly just because my girlfriend wanted to see me open them. My team looks great on paper, but that's where it ends. Good luck trying to play online, unless you have time to restart the app, get locked out while matchmaking, restart the app just to have it lock up again. Both MLB the show and 2K21 provide a product that while is monetized at least works. I cannot stress enough to anyone thinking about buying this game to never buy this again, until EA decides to get their collective heads out of their own asses and provide a product worth paying for. This is something I was looking forward to in the midst of a pandemic but what I ended up with was a lighter wallet and a game that doesn't work . Thank you EA for the good memories but you left this life long fan extremely upset and disappointed for the last time. Oh. I did give you one star for making McCaffrey almost as nasty as he is in real life.… Expand
  63. rackcity94
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    I have bought evey madden since madden 2001. I have witnessed the gradual decline of this franchise first hand since I was a kid. I was loyal, I love football, I wanted to believe that this franchise was on the right track and improving. I have been bamboozled, lied to, and made a fool. This game is exactly the same as last year. Now, out of my fog of thinking things have beenI have bought evey madden since madden 2001. I have witnessed the gradual decline of this franchise first hand since I was a kid. I was loyal, I love football, I wanted to believe that this franchise was on the right track and improving. I have been bamboozled, lied to, and made a fool. This game is exactly the same as last year. Now, out of my fog of thinking things have been improving i see that this game has been the same for years. The devs do not care about football, they want money. The NFL must look at what is becoming of there brand. They took the liscensce away from 2k becuase they sold the game at a discount undervalueing the "shield of the NFL". What about EA, they sell at full price, but tarnish the shield and have lost the 60 dollars a year I would spend on this franchise. They have ruined football video games far more than a fair competetive market would. TLDR: This game sucks, the devs suck, the NFL should get its head out of you know where and we should have a football simulation that is worthy of this great sport.… Expand
  64. JDLondon87
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    When one plays whisper down the lane, the original message slowly becomes fuzzy and unrecognizable to the original whisperer. Madden 21 is just that, it is the outcome of years of copy and paste. Each year becoming a little bit less, until you reach this milestone, where the game no longer even remotely resembles the product the NFL puts out. It over time has become fuzzy andWhen one plays whisper down the lane, the original message slowly becomes fuzzy and unrecognizable to the original whisperer. Madden 21 is just that, it is the outcome of years of copy and paste. Each year becoming a little bit less, until you reach this milestone, where the game no longer even remotely resembles the product the NFL puts out. It over time has become fuzzy and unrecognizable. If I were EA or The NFL I would be embarrassed.… Expand
  65. Coltye
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    same game as madden 20.. same glitches same bugs still no franchise mode upgrade trash!!!
  66. SoleyJM
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    I genuinely thought I launched madden 20
    **** GAMMMEEE EVER never again will I buy an ea game
  67. Jakeywakey911
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Having grown up playing most of the NCAA series and Madden series, it’s sad to see how bad Madden and EA have gotten each and every year. Madden 21 is no better, this game is a straight copy and paste from Madden 20, madden 19 and madden 18 and so on.... and the greed instilled in this company is a joke. Gambling and looting microtransactions used to lure kids into buying useless cardHaving grown up playing most of the NCAA series and Madden series, it’s sad to see how bad Madden and EA have gotten each and every year. Madden 21 is no better, this game is a straight copy and paste from Madden 20, madden 19 and madden 18 and so on.... and the greed instilled in this company is a joke. Gambling and looting microtransactions used to lure kids into buying useless card packs, gameplay bugged down by animations and it physics based gameplay, and the same legacy issues we’ve dealt with in gameplay since the Xbox 360 and PS3 days of madden. These developers don’t care, they make fun of their consumers and call them “clowns”, they laugh at the score on this site and they continue to ignore the changes and requests of what the consumers haves asked for, for the last 10+ years. It needs to change. The game is terrible, the gameplay is atrocious, the lack of attention to detail is a joke... EA and Madden have become an embarrassment. Do not support this company and do not buy this game or any EA game for that matter. Just remember, this a multi-billion dollar company that can’t even replicate a basic game of physics based football... They don’t care... spend your hard-earned cash elsewhere on a company that listens to it customers and fan base, like maximum football.… Expand
  68. JDawgMadFresh69
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This game is so bad it is just a copy and paste of last years game and that game was just a copy and past of the other years game they completely abandoned franchise completely they don't care about it anymore so many glitches this year is the most glitches I have ever had I'ma refund not worth it please don't buy
  69. Koala886
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Trash ass game. Buggy as hell. .................................. ............
  70. Blake1989
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Terrible, Terrible and...Terrible. First Madden that I will not buy since 2005. Have not purchased but don't need too, just look online.
  71. King_lizard4eva
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. We all already know. This a a copy paste version from the last 7 years. Please don't buy this game, please. Play 2k or hockey, play cuphead, play Carmen Santiago. Just not Madden 21.… Expand
  72. Newty12
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    A dull remake of madden 20 updated rosters with less control than b4 u try to juke left they go right u intercept a pass u can't control him or move the player for about 10 yrds. Wrs never contest a pass their lifeless just run a route and act as if their blind once ball is in the air. Franchise mode has no updates or additions and hasn't for yrs now. Xfactors and abilities just don't workA dull remake of madden 20 updated rosters with less control than b4 u try to juke left they go right u intercept a pass u can't control him or move the player for about 10 yrds. Wrs never contest a pass their lifeless just run a route and act as if their blind once ball is in the air. Franchise mode has no updates or additions and hasn't for yrs now. Xfactors and abilities just don't work like they should being this is the 2nd yr in the game. No competition in the sim NFL game community is resulting in no passion to produce even a halfway decent game. #fixmaddenfranchise #dontbuymadden… Expand
  73. JohnnySaigon
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    [Erase priot year] + [Add on new year] + [Add 1 or 2 cosmetic features to advertise on game case] - [Take off a few features fan love so you can put it back on a few years down the line to say it's a new feature] = Madden NFL 21

    #BoycottEA #BoycottMadden21 #EASports #ItsNotInTheGame

    PS- if you start typing "boycott" on Google, the first auto fill-in is "Madden 21" lol
  74. Finzzy
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    EA spoon feeds us the same garbage while taking $60 out our wallets. Sympathy for the ones who bought special editions.
  75. KanerTheBaner
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This game has been garbage for the last few years but I keep buying it because I love football. This monopoly in the football video game industry is ridiculous because the developers could do nothing all year (which they basically do) and still sell the game to millions of people for $60 because people love football... not because they love the video game. I think madden needs to be underThis game has been garbage for the last few years but I keep buying it because I love football. This monopoly in the football video game industry is ridiculous because the developers could do nothing all year (which they basically do) and still sell the game to millions of people for $60 because people love football... not because they love the video game. I think madden needs to be under new management and take a year off of releasing games and do yearly updates instead. This would result in more work getting done on a new game and we would still have the same satisfaction that we would with the updates because every year they release a game it’s basically just an update anyway. That is my rant thank you and have a good day.… Expand
  76. Slaughtermayne
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    All the reviews aside from the user ones, are all bought and paid for. 80 RATING????? Thats a joke lmao! Same game, same bugs, same issues, along with a score of new bugs and issues. Clipping is just as bad if not worse. EA is trash
  77. DunkonMadden
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    I've been a player of Madden since 2017, but now I've had enough. Madden sucks. Parents, don't buy this game for your children. People, don't buy this for yourself. Please. Thank you.
  78. foobiegoober
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    yeah man....this sucks. Idk why I got it, this is just not it bruv. 0/10 :D
  79. DerDean
    Sep 3, 2020
    0
    It is the same game as Madden 20 with copy & paste bugs. Franchise mode didn't even got touched.
  80. Thelastbest
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    There is nothing new here but the buggy mess that was Madden 20, reskinned and primed.
    There's nothing here but an $80 patch.
  81. Aezaz
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    If you have Madden 20 just keep playing that. Madden 21 is disappointing
  82. Jfrank12
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This game is embarrassing, if EA did not have an exclusive NFL sim license nobody would even consider playing this. The game is not only unbelievably buggy but also riddled with typos and misspellings of players and even team names. Franchise is untouched again and is another reminder of how EA doesn’t care about their fans/quality. Face of the franchise is a dry and uninteresting storyThis game is embarrassing, if EA did not have an exclusive NFL sim license nobody would even consider playing this. The game is not only unbelievably buggy but also riddled with typos and misspellings of players and even team names. Franchise is untouched again and is another reminder of how EA doesn’t care about their fans/quality. Face of the franchise is a dry and uninteresting story that has terrible cutscenes (which I skipped when it let me) and your performance in games does not effect the story. The yard is the only semi interesting thing this year in Madden but even I know that 60 dollars is too high of a price tag for worse “MyPark”. I’ve played every madden since madden 05 and let me tell you, madden 21 is the worst sports game I’ve ever played. The gameplay which has been praised by EA as improved is barely different then the year before and honestly it has so many glitches and has so many more FPS drops. This game is awful and EA should be ashamed.… Expand
  83. Chopr
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This game is an absolute joke. I have watched year after year as EA releases and rebrands the same Madden game. It is the same piss poor game as it was the year before with little to no change. This behavior from a triple A game developer is unacceptable and a message needs to be sent. Their behavior is atrocious and people need to make it clear that games like this won’t fly. Сука
  84. GoBucks
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    An absolute failure at replicating even the very basics of the game of football. If you want a sim experience that Madden promises you then look somewhere else. Normally I'd wonder if the people who made this game actually played football but I know for a fact some of them did which amazes me as to how bad this game is. Wouldn't even spend $5 for this.
  85. madden21rofl
    Sep 2, 2020
    0
    this game sucks. its terrible. utter garbage. billion dollar company btw. makes me wanna vomit. dont buy it. dont go near it. dont even think about touching it. you might catch rona.
  86. AirForceHusker5
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What to say about this horrible game...biggest offense is not touching franchise at all. I know they have “promised” updates post launch but this is the main mode of the game. The best mode in my opinion.

    Face of the Franchise is absolutely ridiculously. Anyone with a modicum of football knowledge would realize it. No college coach would incorporate a two QB system. And no coach would tell his QB that just won a national championship to switch positions so that the other guy who is on a literal hospital bed can be the starter. Like, it just doesn’t make any sense at all. Use your goddamn common sense EA. Tons of glitches, bad AI, spelling mistakes. There’s issues at every level of this game. Something you could expect from a low tier Indie company, but not one of the biggest video game companies in the world. Such an embarrassment and someone needs fired for rolling out this hot drivel.    … Expand
  87. BlueNation11213
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Copy paste job from the past few year's. The Yard is okay at best. Not worth your money if you have Madden 16-20.
  88. Thundercock
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    EA should be ashamed of themselves. This is a lesser version of the same damn game. Nothing has changed except for now it's glitchy and choppy. I have bought madden every year since 2005. In the past I have been disappointed by a lack of new features but this year there is literally nothing different. I was robbed of my money to play the same game. I am done with EA sports after this. AEA should be ashamed of themselves. This is a lesser version of the same damn game. Nothing has changed except for now it's glitchy and choppy. I have bought madden every year since 2005. In the past I have been disappointed by a lack of new features but this year there is literally nothing different. I was robbed of my money to play the same game. I am done with EA sports after this. A boycott is the only way to gey through the heads of these numbskulls.… Expand
  89. Seansay11
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Virtually nothing has changed from the last two years. The yard is cool, but holy **** it’s bad.
  90. LukeBirch
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Franchise is stagnant, MUT is pay to win, Face of the Franchise is worse than Longshot somehow with no logic at all, Gameplay has regressed. Only reason Madden is still so widely brought is because they have exclusive rights to the NFL. They have become complacent and the game has been suffering for years now. Another terrible game from EA Sports and this will not get better until theyFranchise is stagnant, MUT is pay to win, Face of the Franchise is worse than Longshot somehow with no logic at all, Gameplay has regressed. Only reason Madden is still so widely brought is because they have exclusive rights to the NFL. They have become complacent and the game has been suffering for years now. Another terrible game from EA Sports and this will not get better until they lose exclusive rights… Expand
  91. pplH8me
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Needs to add more to franchise mode. OL and blocking in general continues to be a problem.
  92. AdamAdaxx
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    trash game to many glitches basically same game as madden 20 and have not fixed any of the problems with previous games #NFLdropEA
  93. klee111287
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This game is terrible. Starting from the fact that this game has not changed much over the years, it is just not worth getting. The new mode is pretty much the only reason one might consider it. Face of the franchise is a bust this year and the regular franchise is just terrible.
  94. Ivbabz
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Main thing I want redone in franchise is the player contracts. There’s a lot wrong there. I mean, why is the majority of re-signings done during the season? How often do re-signings actually happen during the season IRL? Sometimes, but not often. Why can’t you restructure contracts? Why isn’t there RFA? These are things that were in the game 10 years ago but not now? It’s irritating to meMain thing I want redone in franchise is the player contracts. There’s a lot wrong there. I mean, why is the majority of re-signings done during the season? How often do re-signings actually happen during the season IRL? Sometimes, but not often. Why can’t you restructure contracts? Why isn’t there RFA? These are things that were in the game 10 years ago but not now? It’s irritating to me that because they leave out the realism of player contracts I either have to let players go, turn off the cap, or cheese the contracts by editing them.

    Trade system needs fixed too. A draft pick trade value chart exists. It’s more a guide than a rule IRL, but it would make pick trading much more realistic. I wouldn’t think that’d be that hard to implement.    … Expand
  95. EA-SUCKS
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    garbage nuf said Sub to soft drink tv .
  96. Rob_P_Pool
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Im done with madden. When they actually give me a game worth $60, ill start buying it again. Until then #NflDropEA
  97. Tresork0227
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible game. Keep rating these at 0. The NFL needs to see this so they can reopen the license. Franchise Mode is still terrible. Gameplay is atrocious. Nothing but a new and improved menu design… Expand
  98. Ajpacman117
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Madden 21 is an absolute joke and embarrassment to the NFL and countless NFL fans across the world. The game is literally a copy and paste from last years already abismal madden 20 but only worse. Madden trys to shell and hide their awful and buggy gameplay by adding arcade modes like superstar KO and the yard and adding X factor ability’s to madden 20. Ultimate team is a cash cow that manipulates children to spend real money on virtual cards. The commentary is repetitive and terrible and repeats lines and has been the same since madden 18. Face of the franchise is pathetic with a cheesy storyline that is very linear and no matter how you play or what you do the story will end the same. You then will just play franchise mode for your career and have a scenario engine that is awfully implemented and scripted. Franchise mode has been virtually untouched for several years and ever since madden 13 they have gotten rid of features of franchise mode from 10-15 years ago. You can’t create a team, you can’t track historic stats, there is no depth and training camp and radio show like there was in Madden 07. The sim engine is broken. You can’t even view a team a player played for when viewing career stats. The menus in all modes are horribly laggy although that may be fixed in next gen. The trade logic is awful and you can’t trade for a half decent player without trading half your team and you can’t even trade more than 3 players. The draft scouting is awful and just 3 clicks of a button instead of past madden where you can meet and scout players in training camps and combines. Oh yeah you got the gameplay absolutely awful it is buggy and animation based and player movements are scripted and on field control of your players are very limited. There are many bugs and glitches and the AI fundamentally doesn’t know what they are doing. EA signed the exclusive rights to create a simulation game but they have made anything but that. They have added all these arcade modes and haven’t updated franchise their only simulation mode, in many years. EA should be embarrassed this is a horrible game Do not Buy!!!!!!… Expand
  99. Cotton911
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Complete trash from start to finish. Nothing done to Franchise mode at all, glitches for menus and loading screens, Face of the Franchise sucks and the Yard gets boring after a couple games. Luckily I borrowed this game from my friend before he returned it already because I would hate to give EA any money or support for this lazy game. … Expand
  100. GT-Chance
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Same exact game as Madden 20. Madden games a whole decade ago had more depth and much better gameplay than this garbage. Franchise mode is completely untouched. X-factors make players extremely broken. All EA cares about MUT mode because it's pay two trash. Do not buy this game! It's a waste of money and time. EA has ruined simulation football for everyone and will probably continue to do so.
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  1. PLAY! Zine
    Oct 8, 2020
    40
    Madden NFL 21 is another blatant recycling of last year’s edition of the „simulation“ of the American football. Sadly, most of the modes remained the same. Gameplay received a few minor tweaks, and in the end it still persists as a cash grab not worth anybody’s time.
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  2. LevelUp
    Sep 14, 2020
    70
    Madden NFL says goodbye to a generation with more questions than answers and with an uncertain perspective on what may happen in the years to come.
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  3. Impulsegamer
    Sep 9, 2020
    70
    For NFL diehards, there remains hundreds of gaming hours at your disposal in Madden 21. These same diehards – much like players of EA’s NHL and Sony’s The Show – will be left with the impression they’ve played this game before, however.
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