Madden NFL 21

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0.3

Overwhelming dislike- based on 5792 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 5,673 out of 5792
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  1. Kapsucks
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    Worst game in the history of the world. Why should a video game try to manipulate me to hate my country?
  2. Yericky
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    Bruh. What is this game? I swear to god if you think Colin Kaepernick is a better QB than Kyler Murray and Cam Newton, you're just want to look good to the media. Try to make your game better instead of adding Colin Kaepernick.
  3. Swolebody
    Sep 9, 2020
    2
    I haven’t played madden since M16 and almost all of the issues that drove me away from the game before still exist today. I’ll start with what’s most annoying to be personally. The menu screens, especially for Ultimate Team are so god damm slow. Free games like America’s Army Proving Grounds and Realm Royale have faster response times in the menus. It’s **** ridiculous the amount of timeI haven’t played madden since M16 and almost all of the issues that drove me away from the game before still exist today. I’ll start with what’s most annoying to be personally. The menu screens, especially for Ultimate Team are so god damm slow. Free games like America’s Army Proving Grounds and Realm Royale have faster response times in the menus. It’s **** ridiculous the amount of time it takes to load when simply going from the lineup screen to the auction house. And same with the pause menu in game. That combined with many bugs, unrealistic player movements, a lack of content in ultimate team, constant server outages, and the ridiculously bogus balance between the highest overall players in the game against low gold cards in solo challenges. Cards with 70 speed are somehow catching up to receivers and running backs with speeds in the high 80’s to 90’s. As for mut points and packs, I don’t have a problem with micro transactions. I have a problem with micro changes being made to the game every year that don’t affect the realism of the gameplay. When professional football players analyze the game and conclude the movements are completely unrealistic (especially linebackers and offensive lineman) to how an actual NFL game would go is all the proof you need to know the last many maddens are not at all an accurate football simulation. And EA sports can go **** themselves. NFL drop EA off the highest cliff you can find.… Expand
  4. fourdasquawd
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    EA continues to regress each year. The game was more fun to play in 2007. Franchise mode is abysmally horrible and ignored - formation subs are impossible to use, you can only sign free agents to 1 year deals during the season, the draft is boring and they majorly decreased the ratings of all rookies coming out - there are 4 or 5 “okay” players in each draft (essentially making rounds 2-7EA continues to regress each year. The game was more fun to play in 2007. Franchise mode is abysmally horrible and ignored - formation subs are impossible to use, you can only sign free agents to 1 year deals during the season, the draft is boring and they majorly decreased the ratings of all rookies coming out - there are 4 or 5 “okay” players in each draft (essentially making rounds 2-7 superfluous), no training camp or offseason progression (not to mention that you can only progress players by certain archetypes which feels entirely unrewarding), and there’s even more that just makes this mode drab and boring. EA continues to ignore quality, instead only investing in the modes that have micro transactions. Madden 21 is a continuation of the way EA takes advantage of their monopoly on football games - leaving people to buy product that hasn’t changed much in well over 5 years just because they love football. In response to well-deserved criticism, EA has tried to maneuver out of admitting their fault, and just recently added in Colin Kaepernick to virtue signal and pander - inflating his stats egregiously (the last time he was in Madden he was a 76, and now he is mysteriously an 81, seemingly becoming a better quarterback over the four years he hasn’t played any competitive football) and insulting the upset masses who just want a decent product that at least works half-right. Face of the Franchise is a ridiculous mode, that is outright painful to play through. There are some who may be content to play the arcade style modes like Superstar KO or The Yard, but anyone looking for a simulation football experience will be vastly disappointed. Seriously, Madden 2007 was 1000 times more playable. I hope the NFL will reconsider their exclusive license with EA at some point, after seeing the disastrous handling of the game. Or maybe some executive at EA will finally listen to the thousands of people who hate this game experience and get rid of the entire department to hire some people who actually care. They probably won’t, because people will always buy football games no matter how bad it gets. This particular addition of the Madden series is especially insulting.… Expand
  5. Jameslivermore
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. **** game. Gameplays bad and scripted. No good game modes. Don’t waste your money you might as well just by 60 dollar meal items at McDonald’s instead of this trash.… Expand
  6. Shakethatbear48
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    Somehow worse than last year. Audible bugs on kickoffs, again. Motion doesn’t work in some formations. New, more confusing pre-snap defensive options. Random button misfires. Very buggy. Again. Refunded. Oh and they added a controversial Quarterback who hasn’t played in four years and he’s better than half the league's starters. BUT THEY ADDED HIM AFTER EVERYONE BOUGHT THE GAME. Cowards.
  7. Merino33
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    Does absolutely nothing new in this glitchy unfun mess please don't get this or else this will continue
  8. SnowLeopard22
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Even worse than Madden 20. Game is glitchy af. Madden devs put no effort into the game while working from home other than adding a new scoreboard, rookies, and a mode called ‘The Yard’ which they claim 17 mil ppl are playing to get rid of all the criticism they are facing. NFL better drop EA and give 2K a chance to make a game. EA has their **** head up their ass in MUT and how much they can make off of it that they forget about all the modes until we bring it up. I hope Clint Oldenburg loses his job and everyone who claims they worked on Madden 21 as this game makes Madden 19 look like Madden 08 on PS2.… Expand
  9. Halonut24
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    After almost 5 years of nearly the exact same game, EA has somehow made it worse than any of the previous iterations.
    Gameplay is somehow glitchier and less refined than 20. Clipping is a regular occurrence. Animations are recycled, along with most of the assets. Don't even ask about Franchise Mode, it's still as ignored as all the others. This is not worth $60. It's barely worth $10.    After almost 5 years of nearly the exact same game, EA has somehow made it worse than any of the previous iterations.
    Gameplay is somehow glitchier and less refined than 20. Clipping is a regular occurrence. Animations are recycled, along with most of the assets. Don't even ask about Franchise Mode, it's still as ignored as all the others. This is not worth $60. It's barely worth $10. Calling this "simulation football" is an insult to the term.
    Do not buy Madden until either EA is stripped of it's license, or they get some kind of real competition, and even then, buy the competing product. Enough of this joke.    … Expand
  10. Easyshmoney
    Sep 9, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I bought Madden thinking that the negativity was all hype. My honest opinion is this game is a hot mess. Glitches, poor animations, where the players get locked in.… Expand
  11. WarWjr15
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    I'm a franchise player and nothing is new. They had a year to add anything but yet they said they will be doing that in updates. Why couldn't it be at launch
  12. Sageeduzit
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    This **** has to stop. Gameplay and AI logic is TRASH. You still can’t throw and catch a fade route in the end zone...wtf is EA doing?
  13. Youngegghead
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    This game is incomplete and broken the franchise has gone completely down hill
  14. Hippyhopp
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    Nfl drop EA please so we can finally get a good football game instead of the same game every year.
  15. mikelc
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    **** they don't care about us. just money money money money money money. that's all
  16. Handly
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    EA must do better. I’ve been a fan for over a decade but this isn’t the one. You need to change the entire game. Quit being lazy. Everything needs to be reinvented especially the physics of the run game and way people are tackled. Repent! You are a monopoly in this space. You’ve become cheap and lazy. I am a 3D animator who understands the work it takes to develop something great. But,EA must do better. I’ve been a fan for over a decade but this isn’t the one. You need to change the entire game. Quit being lazy. Everything needs to be reinvented especially the physics of the run game and way people are tackled. Repent! You are a monopoly in this space. You’ve become cheap and lazy. I am a 3D animator who understands the work it takes to develop something great. But, your exclusive license has proven you need competition… Expand
  17. Moviesanmore
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    I’ve been buying Madden every year since 1996. Never have given it a bad review. Now I’m never going to buy this game EVER again. Instead I will spend my “Madden” time trashing the piece of crap game that it is before taking a knee on EA Sports/Madden forever. Thanks for the wake up call.
  18. twalk9
    Sep 10, 2020
    2
    Only thing that kept it from being a 1 or 0 was the fact you could switch to RB or WR on face of the franchise. Other than that, game was like being at a five star restaurant expecting filet mignon and getting a microwaved Dog turd on a silver platter. Expected this billion dollar company to come out with a video game that would even closely resemble any of the products 2k has made forOnly thing that kept it from being a 1 or 0 was the fact you could switch to RB or WR on face of the franchise. Other than that, game was like being at a five star restaurant expecting filet mignon and getting a microwaved Dog turd on a silver platter. Expected this billion dollar company to come out with a video game that would even closely resemble any of the products 2k has made for basketball, but all i got was a glitch-filled, cookie cutter story in face of the franchise and a not-even-a-little-fun game mode called “The Yard”. NFL, please #dropEA… Expand
  19. JCRUS
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    Its broken. Madden is always broken but its just ridiculous as this point. Close to zero effort made to fix complaints from last year. And then a whole slew of new ones. I've literally never bothered to make a complaint but EA is the scum of the gaming world. Just go make mobile games since all you care about is bland products while bleeding your customers dry.
  20. PatrioticKing
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    I do not review things, but this edition was quite egregious. There’s no way EA has more than 5 people working on madden at this point. It has virtually non-existent change year to year and only minor graphic enhancements. It feels like they made it easier to celebrate, changed the intro video and said “Boom done!” This game is a joke and not even close to worth it unless you want to playI do not review things, but this edition was quite egregious. There’s no way EA has more than 5 people working on madden at this point. It has virtually non-existent change year to year and only minor graphic enhancements. It feels like they made it easier to celebrate, changed the intro video and said “Boom done!” This game is a joke and not even close to worth it unless you want to play death-by-microtransaction Ultimate Team. If only NFL owners cared about their gaming fan base...… Expand
  21. Memelord0161
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s just bad like really really bad, I’ve never played a worse game in my life I’d rather watch two rats having sex… Expand
  22. Paulo_neto090-_
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    Its a trash has a lot of bugs dont buy jzjsjsjjdjdjjfjfjfjfjcjfjffjfjfjfjjfjfjf
  23. wryly42
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    This is a truly terrible simulation of football. Clearly, the people who work on Madden do not like or follow football.

    Please, 2K, give us a decent football game!
  24. KillahMJ
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    Well, 2 is better than 1! Well, 2 is better than 1! Well, 2 is better than 1!
  25. challsup
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    The NFL needs to find a more driven company to make their simulation football game. EA becoming lazy is an understatement. People do NOT care about flashy dances and mircro-transactions. We want the CORE GAME fixed. Bugs are everywhere, nothing works correctly, game modes are DULL, online stats are GONE, players are mislabeled, franchise mode is unplayable.... I can go on and on. ThisThe NFL needs to find a more driven company to make their simulation football game. EA becoming lazy is an understatement. People do NOT care about flashy dances and mircro-transactions. We want the CORE GAME fixed. Bugs are everywhere, nothing works correctly, game modes are DULL, online stats are GONE, players are mislabeled, franchise mode is unplayable.... I can go on and on. This game is an embarrassment to the game of football. The last good madden game was 15 years ago on the PS2... its is 2020! EA needs to go.… Expand
  26. six70two
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    Just sold my copy for 40$ of OFFERUp ....Madden im done im done supporting you for the past 15 years im done seeing constant features being deleted and brought back as "New" im tired of franchise mode being ignored im tired of created players not being able to be truly modifiable i tired of regular players you have licenses to looking nothing like they do in real life im tired of theJust sold my copy for 40$ of OFFERUp ....Madden im done im done supporting you for the past 15 years im done seeing constant features being deleted and brought back as "New" im tired of franchise mode being ignored im tired of created players not being able to be truly modifiable i tired of regular players you have licenses to looking nothing like they do in real life im tired of the bugs/glitches im tired of the laziness in terms of recycled animations which in turn ruin gameplay most of all im just tired of the disrespect you show your consumers some of which like myself have supported you for YEARS but like i said after today 09/10/2020 im done Goodbye madden thanks for the memories and the last near decade of nightmares… Expand
  27. Flickitfar
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    It has so many bugs and issues, The game play actually got worse. It is extremely disappointing. Considering they stopped working on Madden 20 w/ 3-4 months to go in the cycle to work on Madden 21 and they were able to create a worse product. Do not recommend. Do not buy.
  28. Addydoes
    Sep 10, 2020
    1
    I struggled writing this review because I attempted to include something positives. The issue however is, this game is overwhelmingly putrid. If most of us were as bad at our jobs as these developers, we would have been fired eons ago. The game play lacks realism. Its ironic that EA has the exclusivity to make the only simulation football game, with the goal of mirroring real football butI struggled writing this review because I attempted to include something positives. The issue however is, this game is overwhelmingly putrid. If most of us were as bad at our jobs as these developers, we would have been fired eons ago. The game play lacks realism. Its ironic that EA has the exclusivity to make the only simulation football game, with the goal of mirroring real football but the product they have product is anything but that. This game is rule by glitches and bugs. If you’re looking for a game to test you knowledge of understanding football and its complexities, well this is not it my friend. The game is nonsensical and appears scripted. You as the user are left to a crap shoot and at the mercy of the CPU. Whatever Madden deems fit normally occurs. As a lover of football games this is heartbreaking. Overall.... THIS GAME IS A JOKE. If you haven’t purchased it I suggest you don’t, it may cause you to have a brain aneurism.… Expand
  29. Gbacon12
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    Lazy. Franchise is the exact same except they made it blue. Gameplay got worse somehow. This isn't a new game. It's a patch update
  30. GeneralShadow
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    The game has no improvements from Madden 20. Political messages everywhere, Franchise mode literally untouched, and now multiple microtransaction modes in the game The Yard and Ultimate Team. EA has shown they do not care again.
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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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