Madden NFL 21

 PlayStation 4
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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. Marquavion
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    The game has been a copy and paste. I’m franchise mode nothing changed but the color scheme. They didn’t even change when you won the Super Bowl in franchise and it still had madden 20. Players ratings are inaccurate. They only change game modes that make them money but some people buy to play franchise simulation football. YOU SHOULD NOT BUY THIS UNFINISHED PRODUCT
  2. MomentousMaster
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Filled with microtransactions and **** greed, you are basically paying premium prices for a cash grabbing cock created by bastards who think their customers are braindead husks ready to pay for any putrid **** that is thrown at them.
  3. johncena69
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Trash djejeejrrrjrjrjrjrjrjrjrjrjrjrjrjrjrjjrrjrjrjrjrirnrirbrurbrurbrurbrurhrj
  4. DrStabb
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    This game is terrible. It’s essentially Madden 20 2.0. No changes to franchise mode. Madden is money hungry by adding the yard and charging people for helmets and gear.
  5. TAlderm1
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Feels like I’ve been paying for a new cover and the rookies and updated stadiums for years now. Fed up.
  6. Cjlopezz
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    I truly hope after years of EA’s copy and paste $60 roster update of a “football game” that we are now much closer to the reality that the nfl will finally drop them and end the monopoly ea has had over the football video game genre. Do not buy this game. Go buy yourself a nice pair of shoes or grocery shopping.
  7. oshkoshthejosh
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Broken beyond belief with glitches and no updates to franchise mode, which is kind of important for the only licensed simulation NFL game. All the development went into arcadey modes that are very clearly not simulation modes and are littered with micro transactions, some of which make the modes pay-to-win. I don't think that EA got the message that it was 2K that was making arcadeyBroken beyond belief with glitches and no updates to franchise mode, which is kind of important for the only licensed simulation NFL game. All the development went into arcadey modes that are very clearly not simulation modes and are littered with micro transactions, some of which make the modes pay-to-win. I don't think that EA got the message that it was 2K that was making arcadey non-simulation football games and that EA was supposed to make the simulation game. Full stop EA has given up trying to make a quality product and it actively hurts the NFL's brand by having this be the sole product representing them. Someone else needs to be given an opportunity to make a realistic NFL simulation game. All the owners, the league office, and Roger Gooddell own this embarrassment of a product that is far and away the worst sports game attached to any major league worldwide. The league deserves better, the NFL deserves better, and fans deserve better.… Expand
  8. dscurt
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Same bugs as last year. Actual gameplay improved just a tad from last years game in my opinion but that’s not saying much. Just a micro transaction driven game. Face of the franchise story is boring. Decisions don’t really matter as the same things happen anyways. The only thing you have actual control over is whether to play qb/rb/wr. The college games I had Devonta Freeman as my rb? ISame bugs as last year. Actual gameplay improved just a tad from last years game in my opinion but that’s not saying much. Just a micro transaction driven game. Face of the franchise story is boring. Decisions don’t really matter as the same things happen anyways. The only thing you have actual control over is whether to play qb/rb/wr. The college games I had Devonta Freeman as my rb? I play for the Chicago Bears and I’m facing myself and the Chicago Bears in the NFC Championship game? Franchise is the same as it has been for years. Continuously every year nothing goes into it. All they care about is Ultimate team and this new game mode called “The Yard” which is another way to squeeze money out of people’s pockets to buy backplates and mouth guards to look cool I guess. Superstar KO is the exact same as last year. For people who want to play the only simulation mode in the NFL’s only simulation game are out of luck. You’re stuck with a patch update for a new franchise. The only way I see this game improving at all is if they have competition in the future or the NFL threatens to drop them.… Expand
  9. AaronNAaronDuo
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    This game is literally a roster update. The glitches are still here. The ignorance of big modes that make Madden a "simulation" game like Franchise Mode. The animations are bad. They don't care about any type of level of detail to the point where I think they don't even care about this game anymore and just try and make as much money off microtransactions.
  10. ricechopsticks
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    game suck ea suck madden baddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
  11. ChickenMirror
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Terrible. Is the exact same thing every year. Madden needs a change. We need a new football game.
  12. cp8
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    leave it to ea to splash a new coat of paint on madden 20 and then tear it apart; that’s madden 21
  13. SeaSchnauzer
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    This game gets sloppier and sloppier every year. Franchise mode has been watered down, it used to have so much more. Even relocating franchises, something supposed to be exciting and new, is full of the same old stadiums you can build, a limited list of team names to start. Remember Madden 11/12 when you could be creative with moving a team in franchise mode?
  14. kohawk74
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    The game itself may not be bad enough to justify this rating, but it is fully deserved due to the lack of effort put into improving from previous editions. It is legitimately insulting at this point.
  15. Jouan88
    Aug 27, 2020
    0
    Just rename this sh*t "Madden Ultimate Team 21" because clearly MUT is the only thing EA feels like investing money in.

    Graphic are the same, they tout new features that exist on NFL 2K5.... really? I could somewhat accept EA's shameless push for micro-transactions if they actually re-invested these MILLIONS to improve future game but if anything i feel like since MUT was introduced, EA    Just rename this sh*t "Madden Ultimate Team 21" because clearly MUT is the only thing EA feels like investing money in.

    Graphic are the same, they tout new features that exist on NFL 2K5.... really?

    I could somewhat accept EA's shameless push for micro-transactions if they actually re-invested these MILLIONS to improve future game but if anything i feel like since MUT was introduced, EA makes even less of an effort to improve their game....

    NCAA 14 is a better game....    … Expand
  16. riley24
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    I haven't played a Madden since 18 and its the SAME game! I bought it because Face of the Franchise seemed like a fun game mode. Plus they have Nebraska as one of the very few schools that you can choose from. However, its just awful no other words to describe it. I don't buy Madden every single year because i know that from year to year they are generally the same but this is the first iI haven't played a Madden since 18 and its the SAME game! I bought it because Face of the Franchise seemed like a fun game mode. Plus they have Nebraska as one of the very few schools that you can choose from. However, its just awful no other words to describe it. I don't buy Madden every single year because i know that from year to year they are generally the same but this is the first i bought in 3 years and its still the same if not worse!… Expand
  17. Csimco17
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    The game won’t even start up just keeps on loading and loadinggggggggggggggg
  18. Bigdogbignuts
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Games trash. Player movement feels weird, open field tackling still doesn’t work, the user pass rush system doesn’t really work and qbs can’t run like they used to.
  19. CRivera94
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Just download a roster onto your madden 16 you're welcome its the same ****
  20. westchuck1
    Aug 31, 2020
    1
    I paid $60 for this? Feels like nothing more than updated roster, Franchise Mode is complete garbage, Face of the Franchise is also terrible!! And then there's the gameplay which constantly glitches out. I've missed more FG and XP because the kick meter freezes and then works again. Animations are nothing more than rehashed from last year. Commentary is literally the same as last year's.I paid $60 for this? Feels like nothing more than updated roster, Franchise Mode is complete garbage, Face of the Franchise is also terrible!! And then there's the gameplay which constantly glitches out. I've missed more FG and XP because the kick meter freezes and then works again. Animations are nothing more than rehashed from last year. Commentary is literally the same as last year's. What the hell does EA do with a years development time? Bring back 2K please!… Expand
  21. chargerrich
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    This game is a chase for microtransactions at its worst. Remove the "Yard" which is arcade garbage and you have Madden 20 still. All the great new equipment in the yard.... cannot be used in franchise which has ZERO changes from last year. Do not be fooled by the pretty graphics, the gameplay is Madden 20, the bugs are some of the worst ever and misspelling and typos litter the game.This game is a chase for microtransactions at its worst. Remove the "Yard" which is arcade garbage and you have Madden 20 still. All the great new equipment in the yard.... cannot be used in franchise which has ZERO changes from last year. Do not be fooled by the pretty graphics, the gameplay is Madden 20, the bugs are some of the worst ever and misspelling and typos litter the game. EASILY the worst football SIMULATION on the market, this game is a joke... on your wallet.… Expand
  22. Coach_Keat
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I thought I should get this game. (Mostly for the roster updates.) Instead I downloaded an updated roster to madden 18. I did a quick google to see that nothing has changed about the game. So I now own madden 21 and got it for free!!! Still too expensive in my opinion. I want my money back. lol… Expand
  23. mikebond007
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Madden 21 is one of those games fan boys of the game like myself will put down money for no matter what it is. EA in reality only had to do very little to make fans happy here, a few visual improvements here and there, fix what's broken with last years game, and voila an instant $60 (at least - other special versions go for more) from me and many others. They did not do any of those and IMadden 21 is one of those games fan boys of the game like myself will put down money for no matter what it is. EA in reality only had to do very little to make fans happy here, a few visual improvements here and there, fix what's broken with last years game, and voila an instant $60 (at least - other special versions go for more) from me and many others. They did not do any of those and I feel cheated.

    In two words, Madden 21 is: slow and unpolished.

    From when you first encounter the menus to the graphics in the MUT "items" to the on field graphics to the kick meter... everything just has a feeling of unfinished. EA had a low bar given how popular this game is and what we've accepted every year as an "update" to the franchise. Sadly, they didn't even try to aim for it, let alone anywhere near it. If madden is a must have for you, you'll buy it anyway, but if your one of those individuals who can live without it, this is a must pass.    … Expand
  24. azzap
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Save your money, do not buy this trash.
    I've had every madden since 95 and I played 1 game on this and turned it off, same **** year after year, the graphics in face of the franchise look like ps2 graphics and the game play is just pure ****.
    Get rid of EA sports.
  25. FrostWolf01
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Considering it’s the same game with a new paint job, yyeeeaahhh I’ll be definitely staying away from this game
  26. 2k5forlife
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've wasted my money yet again thinking this was the year madden gets good again #dropEA please ive already given up on the NFL and NBA madden was my escape from my 60+ hours a week. Didn't realize 60$ wasn't worth you guys making a game… Expand
  27. Maverick55
    Aug 31, 2020
    2
    Same thing every year - will not be buying for the 4th strait year. I play the demo and am unimpressed. I go into the demo with high hopes just to play the same game it has been for years. Sad too as I’m a huge gamer and even bigger football fan.
  28. Wewinners890
    Aug 31, 2020
    1
    This is horrible! It’s been the same game since madden 15 with a few updates. It’s not a simulation at all! Then they add these non simulation games like superstar k.o, MUT, The Yard. And this is all they work on!! But they barely work on the mode that is ACTUALLY SIMULATION OF THE NFL, FRANCHISE MODE. I’m simply just tired every year I really do hope for a new good football game but EAThis is horrible! It’s been the same game since madden 15 with a few updates. It’s not a simulation at all! Then they add these non simulation games like superstar k.o, MUT, The Yard. And this is all they work on!! But they barely work on the mode that is ACTUALLY SIMULATION OF THE NFL, FRANCHISE MODE. I’m simply just tired every year I really do hope for a new good football game but EA fails to give a good product. It’s not only madden players complaining! Even when I go to sims you have sims
    players complaining about how old games are better than sims 4 because EA makes everything dlc. You got. FIFA players complaining because it’s the same game every year as well. The only actual good game you guys have is nhl and ufc!! #NFLDropEA #FixMaddenFranchise    … Expand
  29. FlapJackz
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Every year it’s the same thing. EA refuses to make any improvements while developers working on the game continue to call those with any criticisms clowns etc. Terrible game and I’ll never buy a madden game again until they fix this broken, awful and despicable franchise.… Expand
  30. JohnnyJ808
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    I loved playing madden 17 back in 2016, that is also the last year they really changed anything. Franchise mode has become a joke with no tracking year by year history, no way to see who's retiring really even on your own team, the same customization options since Madden 25, and bugs that makes me think that they're using Fifa's code for the ball physics from how bouncing and glitchy it isI loved playing madden 17 back in 2016, that is also the last year they really changed anything. Franchise mode has become a joke with no tracking year by year history, no way to see who's retiring really even on your own team, the same customization options since Madden 25, and bugs that makes me think that they're using Fifa's code for the ball physics from how bouncing and glitchy it is for a football game. In other modes players wear the wrong jerseys, in some formations all the players play the wrong positions with the QB becoming center and the LT becoming your slot receiver. Bugs that have been in the same since once again Madden 17. Absolutely disgusting how EA has treated this franchise and it's sad that NCAA 14, a game that was supposed to be Madden's junior back in 2013, is better gameplay wise, franchise wise (being able to track history, coaching history, customize almost every detail especially with teambuilder, etc.) then Madden in 2020. #NFLdropEA… 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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