Madden NFL 21

 PlayStation 4
User Score
0.3

Overwhelming dislike- based on 5792 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 85 out of 5792
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 5792
  3. Negative: 5,673 out of 5792
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  1. Ninonino01
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    Worst Madden of all time. NFL needs to pull the license from this money hungry company
  2. gersjon
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The glitches aren't fixed, Madden Franchise mode has slowly gotten worse over the years to the point where it's just a skeleton of itself in Madden 21, and the game is full of microtransactions.… Expand
  3. Tgee61
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    Expensive patch for madden 18. Defensive line got a freshen up but everything else remains the same. Franchise has been neglected and in dire need of reboot.
  4. Solonzera
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    This game sucks. Please EA, stop those franchise games that you are only ruining.
  5. Bigsmokey
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    Absolute disgust with this game say **** every year never anything new or exciting to see other than new micro transactions
  6. Seane08
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Trash game.... same as the previous 3 maddens. Nothing new and all EA cares about is micro transactions. Franchise mode is just a copy and paste. I played a game with the Ravens and the Commentators call Marquise “Hollywood” Brown Antonio Brown. Madden can’t even get that right. Don’t waste your money on this garbage.… Expand
  7. PassRusher56
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    EA is the worst gaming company in existence.
    EA is the worst gaming company in existence.
  8. mikeygroza
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    absolute dumpster fire of a game and trash from ea it's not longer ea its in the game it's in the microtransactions
  9. Breakwaterguy
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    Hopefully NFL drops EA ASAP
    The game is copy and paste every year and unfortunately the copy that they are pasting is absolutely trash.
  10. ps3gam3r
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    Terrible game. Copy pasted buggy mess. Not worth buying. Spend your money elsewhere.
  11. cartergamerates
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    Absolutely terrible. Virtually no changes from the last installment a part from the yearly roster updates. This is essentially what Madden is now, a yearly roster update that still has inexcusable bugs and zero updates to its modes. Apart from the updates to the cash cow that is MUT. This is horrible. Don’t give EA anymore of your hard earned money until they start to care about you. ThereAbsolutely terrible. Virtually no changes from the last installment a part from the yearly roster updates. This is essentially what Madden is now, a yearly roster update that still has inexcusable bugs and zero updates to its modes. Apart from the updates to the cash cow that is MUT. This is horrible. Don’t give EA anymore of your hard earned money until they start to care about you. There are free mobile games that play better.… Expand
  12. Boardwlc
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    Broken and unpolished. Extreme let down in various areas, especially the face of the franchise mode. To top it off, a cheesy, gimmicky, pay to customize, Yard game mode is just disrespectful.
  13. n8offwhite
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    Terrible developer response to community who truly cares for great gameplay madden once had.
  14. MrE380
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    most of the time if someone would ask me what I thought about a bad game I would at least give it a 1. I think releasing a game is in itself impressive. That's not the case today. This game has no right to exsit and is not worth the price. EA is a criminal organisation and Madden 21 is the burglar trying to steal people's money.
  15. Icefury07
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    I thought fallout 76 was buggy, but madden NFL 21 makes fallout 76 look like it's a polished game. Do not buy this game, play literally any game that isn't an EA Sports game
  16. Jimmgiv
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    All I can say is I'm so dissatisfied. I will credit "the yard," as it's fun to play. But there are more glitches than last year, and the graphics are so similar compared to last year.

    This seems more like a blatant cash grab than a real game. Try harder EA. If not for fans, for yourself. Have some pride in your products
  17. AWKWARDGOAT
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    Borderline fraudulent advertising by EA Sports. Big selling points in their trailer either aren't in the game or are broken features. Same unfixed bugs and glitches since madden 19. Had friends who didn't receive their pre-order bonus content that they paid $100 for and then were told by EA Help that they were SOL. Doesn't come anywhere close to replicating simulation football.
  18. Kankuro116
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    my god, i know that EA Games is the WORST company of all time (mainly talking about games) but this game made it, you pay a high price in games, wanting $ 60 in your games for the new generation of consoles, but CONGRATULATIONS YOU MADE THE WORST GAME OF ALL TIME, being the worst of the metacritic, why man ... the winning pose of one of the events (no spoiler but if you played the othersmy god, i know that EA Games is the WORST company of all time (mainly talking about games) but this game made it, you pay a high price in games, wanting $ 60 in your games for the new generation of consoles, but CONGRATULATIONS YOU MADE THE WORST GAME OF ALL TIME, being the worst of the metacritic, why man ... the winning pose of one of the events (no spoiler but if you played the others you know what I'm going to talk about) is the one copied since 2008 NFL !!! and hackers with a scheme to see things out of the game (of the scenario more specifically speaking) saw that this 2021 game! the mini plates are written 2020 and 2019 !! being things reused from the other games, OR YOU'RE PAYING $ 40/60 FOR A GAME OF 2008 WITH OTHER TEXTURES !! BEYOND THE GAME BE 99% BUGS that I won't even comment on. Congratulations EA you managed to surpass Warcraft 3 reforged in MEDIOCRITY (which even warcraft was the worst game of metacritic with 0.6, until Madden NFL 21 with 0.2 arrived!) Thanks for listening to me so far DO NOT BUY THIS GAME, NOR FREE! !!! NEVER !! (Download the emulator and test the old ones since 2016 It's really bad!… Expand
  19. ramsel
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    The game is just like every other game in the series, same bugs and glitches, literal copy and paste work (Madden 19 and 20 banners still inside the game wtf??). It's just another garbage cash grab and should not be supported
  20. GHeazy
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    Recycled game, Essentially the same Madden we've gotten for the past 5 years. Hardly any improvements to Franchise mode or animations over the last 5 years. Performance doesn't effect Draft stock in the Story Mode, so that game mode is pointless and again, a recycled version of years past.
  21. bobgrindol
    Sep 7, 2020
    0
    Same game as last year but way more glitches gameplay is dumb down for crappy madden players, only thing they add is new card art for madden mut. Game is full of micro transactions. This game is no longer football simulation it's a virtual kid gambling card game.
  22. BananaGoiaba
    Sep 7, 2020
    0
    Ea loves to make **** games that are the same every year just to take money of dumb people,this game is not different
  23. myerdyverze
    Sep 8, 2020
    0
    Full of bugs and glitches don’t give your hard earned money to EA sports don’t buy any of their games.
  24. RaphaP3
    Sep 8, 2020
    0
    this game is not good, it's full of bugs, casino-worthy micro-transactions, and is the same thing as Madden NFL 20, bad game, bad money, bad all
  25. OSXman1
    Sep 8, 2020
    0
    This is arguably the WORST release in recent history-copy and paste assets with assets from the last few years in the game, bugs, SJW stuff, etc.
  26. poisonousarrow
    Sep 8, 2020
    0
    Terrible. It should be a crime that this garbage has anything above a 0.0 dude.
  27. eshow
    Sep 8, 2020
    0
    Amazing how NCAA 14 stands up years after it was developed yet madden gets worse. To top it all off EA is so worried about losing money on this game they put in Kaep as a pub stunt to get people to buy the game and he's rated higher than Cam Newton. Seriously the day EA goes away will be a triumph for the entire gaming community. They only care about their ultimate team mode because itsAmazing how NCAA 14 stands up years after it was developed yet madden gets worse. To top it all off EA is so worried about losing money on this game they put in Kaep as a pub stunt to get people to buy the game and he's rated higher than Cam Newton. Seriously the day EA goes away will be a triumph for the entire gaming community. They only care about their ultimate team mode because its child gambling and makes them tons of money lol… Expand
  28. keithmyath
    Sep 8, 2020
    0
    Game is garbage bugs glitches everywhere patches break more than they fix and then today they try tonhide all this crap by bringing Kaepernick in the game rating higher than 1/2 the REAL nfl starting quarterbacks. EA needs a mostly peaceful protest down there in Orlando
  29. SlayMePlease
    Sep 8, 2020
    0
    Why bring politics into sports. Sports is where people take their break from politics but the Great and amazing people at EA said “ no, no, no, we can’t have that.”
  30. BroodWeasel
    Sep 9, 2020
    1
    These games get worse every year. Same game every single year without fixing the previous issues. Go get Madden 64 on the N64.
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63

Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 29
  3. Negative: 2 out of 29
  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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