Madden NFL 21

 PlayStation 4
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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. LowryRange
    Sep 14, 2020
    0
    just came here to rate the came a 0 because it is literally terrible same graphics since madden 10
  2. LittleDemon
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    Thousands of reviews below will say everything for me. It only remains to add that I am very sad to see where the gaming industry is heading ... All the "best of the best" over the past few years have been doing incomprehensible **** with a huge amount of monetization and loot boxes

    Тысячи отзывов ниже скажут все за меня. Остается добавить только то, что мне очень печально наблюдать    Thousands of reviews below will say everything for me. It only remains to add that I am very sad to see where the gaming industry is heading ... All the "best of the best" over the past few years have been doing incomprehensible **** with a huge amount of monetization and loot boxes

    Тысячи отзывов ниже скажут все за меня. Остается добавить только то, что мне очень печально наблюдать куда катится игровая индустрия... Все "лучшие из лучших" за последние несколько лет делают непонятную фигню с огромным количеством монетизации и лутбоксов    … Expand
  3. KillercrocX
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    No more 60 dollar roster updates!!!! We are tired as consumers of getting screwed by companies. This applies especially to this game and its predecessors but also any other sports titles ( NBA2k, fifa, and NHL). **** needs to stop
  4. RiotPolice
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    Franchise mode needs to be worked on, it's been far too long. My main complaint is the clunky upgrade mechanics.

    Nothing you haven't seen in Madden 21 if you've played Madden.
  5. LeandroB
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's EA....................... Crappy and outrageous. They even forgot a 2019 sign in game. Lol… Expand
  6. Dtrtwing
    Sep 3, 2020
    0
    Madden 21 a game with a roster update and for the most part horrid game. They didn't touch franchise mode. The main reason I wanted Madden. Beyond Broken, buggy no inovations.
  7. Backstabath
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    0.1 bois lessgo
    She is not the best for me and my wife and my wife and my parents will not have
  8. 4th_And_Drunk
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This game is terrible. Same sh!t as last year with a new 60.00 price tag. DO NOT buy this game. EA is abusing it's exclusive license and taking advantage of us year after year.
  9. leznis
    Aug 28, 2021
    0
    It's awful so called "critics" rated this game 50,60/100.
    Game hasn't changed any bit, they didn't even care about many bugs that are still happening in the game. EA's just f-ing with fans, and they are going to ruin this whole series.
    I really hope devs will wake up soon and won't try to bribe critics.
  10. frankthetank420
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    Worst Madden game of all time. Nothing new to offer, only taking away functionality. Don't waste your time or money.
  11. Mankster3
    Sep 15, 2020
    2
    I’ve played Madden since 1996. This years game showed promise but still is a disappointment in some ways. One edition I like about this years edition is with the defensive line power moves. This is an upgrade to me as I always enjoy playing and defense linemen or blitzing linebackers. It works well and feels true to life. Kinda like a game within a game similar to a defense and offenseI’ve played Madden since 1996. This years game showed promise but still is a disappointment in some ways. One edition I like about this years edition is with the defensive line power moves. This is an upgrade to me as I always enjoy playing and defense linemen or blitzing linebackers. It works well and feels true to life. Kinda like a game within a game similar to a defense and offense linemen every snap. Gameplay is good like last year and players move on the field quicker. Graphics as always look amazing. Better than ever this generation. The Yard was added it's ok i don't play it. The Bad: All the music is rap and nothing else. Even in the stadiums all the loudspeakers play is rap at timeouts or in between plays. This is not true to life. What about Ozzy singing Crazy Train? GnR? Jump Around? The Packers touchdown celebration song is Bang on a drum all day that was in Madden 25 and was great. That’s not the song that plays, it's some random Rap song plays. Why not contact and confirm all 32 teams touchdown celebration songs and stadiums celebration? Go Pack Go fan chant in the stadium sounds more realistic but that’s about it. I miss the option for the Sam Spence NFL films music. So I just shut off the music and make my own playlist on Spotify. Franchise should be deeper glad they are working on it. Super Bowl celebration is poor needs updated. My Wish List: The micro transactions are crazy, this needs to stop. I have to grind a lot of MUT scenarios to get one player that is 77 Overall but then I can do upgrades? Just make a great player 88-99 Overall and call it a day. You can buy Randy "Moss" clothes for the Yard cost $18?! Not cool. Not much else to do in the franchise mode on release. #fixmaddenfranchise worked for us fans but why do we have to still tell you what we want in this game? Put refs back on the field, no way to pump up the crowd as a player on defense is a sad omission bring it back. Better commentary or real commentators. Give me back Jim Nantz and bring in Tony Romo. Shoot bring back John Madden to comment on some plays record his voice one last time in super high quality or go back and get his voice recordings as a third commentator! Give us commentary options of Fox, CBS, NBC, or ESPN broadcast with the actual commentators from those networks. Give us different options of commentators we like. They make enough off this game to pay the right people to get that full game day immersion. A live weather implementation would be great, I'm in Wisconsin and if it's a snowy-day it would be great to play the game and have the same weather conditions currently in Green Bay. Even dynamic weather, this is already in racing games. Especially if you are playing a 3 hour football game the weather should change with wind, rain, or snow. Even add the sun setting. NCAA 14 had this option in 2013 a PS3 game. I wish there were classic teams like in the PS2 days. NBA 2K has this. I can be the 93 Chicago Bulls and play as Michael Jordan or I can choose all time Lakers and play as Magic and Kareem. Why can’t I choose 96 Packers and play as Brett Favre or Reggie White or play as the 1966 Packers as Bart Star? I could do this in Madden 07 on PS2 but not ever since. They have the players association and classic player cards in MUT why can’t these players-historic team be in exhibition mode like NBA 2K? Bring back players history in the stats. There is no option to see who a players previous team was and what there stats were on that team. This was in previous games also. Add assistant coaches and have the option for retired players to be coaches. Have a coaching carousel. This is now in NHL 20 and is very good why can't it be in Madden? Bring back Mini Camp/Training. This was a fun mode on the PS2 you could do rushing attack, LB tackling, DL rush and Sack, CB interception/swat, Passing Drills with your QB's, WR drills it was great! Then whichever player you used in the drills you could upgrade a few points to areas where they need improvement. This would be great to be able to do every week in the franchise mode so I can upgrade my team by spending time with each player on things they need to improve like true NFL football. I think EA needs to use an open world engine and dump Frostbite engine as it was made for first person shooters...not simulation third person football.
    Overall I am kinda sad at all the features they have taken away throughout the years. Madden 2005 had more franchise features and again NCAA 14 had a lot more details and more immersion that is just not here. Why take so much out of a game when each year the expectation is that you will add MORE features not less? The game is fun fir me as a NFL football game. To each their own if you don’t like it as much. If they had my wish list which is very possible this game would be a 10. But it most likely will not for years to come and on next generation consoles.    … Expand
  12. Coolguy5000
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    The same glitch ridden game, that still doesn't have basic features such as refs on the field, or mouth-guards we have been getting for the last several years. No reason to buy the game.
  13. Pedro18
    Sep 8, 2020
    0
    Um lixo de jogo. Microtrancasoes, bugs, reciclagem de cenário, graficos HORROROSOS. Não gastem dinheiro com isso.
  14. Bone-Thugs
    Sep 8, 2020
    0
    full of glitches. plays awful. franchise is the same watered down garbage. its clear they only care about MUT and getting people to buy packs. madden 06 was 100000000x better
  15. Official-PSASD
    Sep 5, 2020
    0
    "Well, two is better than one!" - Clint Oldenburg

    Yeah right, then how about a zero?
  16. Thebrah
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Just a pathetic attempt by EA, basically the same recycled game year after year. The one thing they added was lots of bugs so far anyways. Just save your money, maybe one day EA will clean up their act or a better company will step in.
  17. Ahick420
    Aug 30, 2020
    1
    Get a ps2 and get yourself Madden 08 or NFL2k5(the last good games) This game franchise is a joke. Literally the same frigging game with all the same frigging problems the last 5 years in a row
  18. Chrisasrx
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Same game. Same bugs. Save your money. How they continue to do nothing with their game year after year just amazes me.… Expand
  19. GeraltDaWitcher
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Easily the worst madden game in history, way too many bugs and glitches. Way too many reused animations. Just lazy
  20. Jerome17
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    Meh game... The graphics is good... Nothing to make it worth the money.....
  21. Nosmont
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Hahaha it's so **** bad. Was hoping for something new considering the new console releases coming up.
  22. avghh
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    EA sells same $#!t 60$ every year!

    Don't waste your money on Madden and FIFA.
  23. Superman_94
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Haven’t played a Madden game from EA in years. Picked this up thinking at least with all the years I missed there would be some innovation or improvements but no, it’s more broken than ever, more monetised than ever and even more of a copy-and-paste from the previous year it’s ever been. EA ruin games, scummy company that’s only reason for making 99% of the stuff they do is to squeeze asHaven’t played a Madden game from EA in years. Picked this up thinking at least with all the years I missed there would be some innovation or improvements but no, it’s more broken than ever, more monetised than ever and even more of a copy-and-paste from the previous year it’s ever been. EA ruin games, scummy company that’s only reason for making 99% of the stuff they do is to squeeze as much money out of its playerbase it can with the minimal amount of effort.… Expand
  24. LucaCritics
    Sep 6, 2020
    2
    Madden NFL 21 Review: 1.5/10
    This is unacceptable.
    Lazy developers trying to make easy money by building their 60$ game as a money milking machine, full of micro-transactions it's something that must be stopped. Repetitive content and bugs that persist from older releases show how little they care for football fans. I'm not giving Madden NFL 21 a zero because no game deserves that    Madden NFL 21 Review: 1.5/10
    This is unacceptable.
    Lazy developers trying to make easy money by building their 60$ game as a money milking machine, full of micro-transactions it's something that must be stopped.
    Repetitive content and bugs that persist from older releases show how little they care for football fans.
    I'm not giving Madden NFL 21 a zero because no game deserves that score, but a 1.5 is a fair review for this game.
    WAKE UP EA!    … Expand
  25. HonestAbe90
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Just a slap in the face as usual by the **** company EA. Didn't fix franchise, player ratings are garbage, and pretty much the same gameplay as last years
  26. shawnjohnson8
    Dec 28, 2020
    0
    A joke of a game made by high school senior project developers. Execs are awful too. You can tell everyone there is handcuffed
  27. Vredalertv
    Sep 13, 2020
    0
    EA is forcing politics in games and load screens!!! I cannot believe I spent money on their games and it is shoving this in my face after an update.
  28. Masterkelvee
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Graphics hasn't gotten better since 17 and all the bugs that were "fix" last year are present again this year at this point going into the next gen this is just sad how they treat their player base
  29. Markol
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    This game is ****
  30. Rbgalls95
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sports games have always been a recycled mess and it's time the devs finally improved upon prior years.… Expand
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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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