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. Theboardref
    Aug 26, 2020
    0
    Broken game, same game, encouraging children to gamble, no attempt at improvements, have not tried to improve for years, games on previous console are superior.
  2. Jamison1014
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    It’s impressive how bad this game is, for a series that copies and paste it’s somehow the worst it’s ever been
  3. MustardTiger_0
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Such trash! I can’t wait till someone actually makes a good football game
  4. Doclank
    Sep 2, 2020
    0
    ESPN 2K5 is a WAY better game even though it was released nearly 16 YEARS ago on the original Xbox and Playstation 2. EA GO AWAY
  5. CalBur
    Sep 8, 2020
    0
    I only bought the game because the next-gen version is included, but good lord is this version a complete pile of steaming dog feces. Constant crashes and glitches while in the menus, gameplay is hilariously bad, and franchise mode is completely forgotten. EA no longer deserves the NFL license, and I hope this tie is severed as soon as possible so 2k can produce a real simulation football game.
  6. Captain_RTN
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    EA really needs to be held accountable for this. Literally no other company unabashedly releases a game like this, where the only update to one of the biggest modes (franchise) is making it freaking blue and has a litany of bugs, both large and small that have existed for years. Unfortunately, Madden is and will be one of the best selling games of the year and will make unimaginableEA really needs to be held accountable for this. Literally no other company unabashedly releases a game like this, where the only update to one of the biggest modes (franchise) is making it freaking blue and has a litany of bugs, both large and small that have existed for years. Unfortunately, Madden is and will be one of the best selling games of the year and will make unimaginable amounts of money from Ultimate Team (which didn't change much either), so change seems unlikely. The only reason that it is not a 0 is the yard mode, which is fun with friends, but also another cash grab.… Expand
  7. JohnyBananaman
    Sep 2, 2020
    0
    Vote with your wallet, they will not stop taking your money to copy-paste the same game every year. #DontBuyIT
  8. Wiggler
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Sucked big time. I hate this game beyond belief! I recommend that no one buys it.
  9. Criptic
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    I honestly cannot tell the difference between this game and Madden 20 or 19 or 18 or 17 so on and so forth
  10. ryhinoryan
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Terrible gameplay, no change to franchise basically a roster update,and face of the franchise also horrible
  11. Timekeeper95
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Literally no change yet they still say “ Innovative Gameplay” I don't understand why NFL hasn't dropped electronic arts yet. There are so many video gam developers that would make great football games.
  12. Hotrussiangirl
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    The executives knew this game wasn’t don’t. But holding the game back cost money since the users has been buying every years latest installment blindly For 60 usd or higher for the other editions. They know this game will print money. You’ll be angry but EA still has your money. THEN you go on spending thousands on micro transactions... don’t buy this game it’s seriously not working. Don’tThe executives knew this game wasn’t don’t. But holding the game back cost money since the users has been buying every years latest installment blindly For 60 usd or higher for the other editions. They know this game will print money. You’ll be angry but EA still has your money. THEN you go on spending thousands on micro transactions... don’t buy this game it’s seriously not working. Don’t buy any EA games for that matter… Expand
  13. Cunexttuesday
    Aug 27, 2020
    0
    A new year of madden no improvements to franchise. Gameplay sucks they didn't make any improvements on actual gameplay back in the day it seemed they were always trying to make gameplay better it does not feel like simulation football at all. It feels like arcade football. Loaded with glitches even a name was spelled wrong. It's time for EA to get rid of all the SJW lib tards that workA new year of madden no improvements to franchise. Gameplay sucks they didn't make any improvements on actual gameplay back in the day it seemed they were always trying to make gameplay better it does not feel like simulation football at all. It feels like arcade football. Loaded with glitches even a name was spelled wrong. It's time for EA to get rid of all the SJW lib tards that work for them.… Expand
  14. Warlock10
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    Yet, another garbage with same crap from last 7 years. It is one of the worst football games i ever played. This is waste.
  15. Brainlegs
    Oct 22, 2020
    0
    So disappointed with the lackluster effort with franchise mode. First year I didn't purchase since Madden 00 because of the backwards direction franchise has taken. Get your **** together
  16. Spz114
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    I have owned every Madden game since the first one they released on Sega Genesis. The only one I didn't play is the very first one they released for Mac before Genesis. I am sad to say I am officially done with Madden. Year after year they keep recycling trash and 21 is the one that broke the camels back. Fixed your Franchise EA. So sick of your cash grabs
  17. Band
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    TL:DR Not recommended, better of spending $60 on Madden 16 or older (best case is madden 12 and older) and other football alternatives. If you must get this buy used, although buying this at all is really not worth it.
    This game is only a patch of Madden 20 and is going for full price. Gameplay is not good, with the AI being even worse, but EA tries to hide the lack of football logic by    TL:DR Not recommended, better of spending $60 on Madden 16 or older (best case is madden 12 and older) and other football alternatives. If you must get this buy used, although buying this at all is really not worth it.
    This game is only a patch of Madden 20 and is going for full price. Gameplay is not good, with the AI being even worse, but EA tries to hide the lack of football logic by having constant big plays and over the top animations, so I guess the gameplay is acceptable if you do not care about simulation or realism in football. Franchise is horrible, no coaching carousels which is present in Nba2k series and MLB THE SHOW (idk about other games), commentary is very repetitive and boring, with the other sports games surpassing madden easily in this category. Franchise still has no career stats tracker showing teams, which is unacceptable in my opinion. While I enjoy online heavy modes in games, MUT is an awful mode meant to milk fans. MUT is a basically a pay-to-win card trading game with RESETS every release, which makes this mode simply cash grab. If your cards stayed with you, maybe MUT would be decent, but that fact alone ruins MUT. FOTF is still glorified connected franchise, with slight improvements, but still no where near as in depth as Road To The Show or Nba2k. KO and The Yard are nice additons and decent side modes, but the bad gameplay makes nether mode worth playing. These two modes are simply in the game to give an appearance of change. Madden 06-12, was more in depth than this game is, and this game is released as the last current-gen madden before next-gen. Madden 12 was released during 360/ps3 days. This game is really a sad story of how what was once a household name for football and a must have game in the 2000's has gone to a dumpster fire. EA doesn't care about this game or the fans, but us, the longtime fans continue to criticize in the hopes of reliving the glory days of madden. EA has abandoned the community that gave rise to a golden age 2005-2009 for a community of youth and causal sports fans who have yet to realize what playing Madden 2006 on ps2 was like. There was once a day where you could create whatever team you wished for, built a team off of realistic gameplay and good trade logic, and when bored, mini camp mode existed for both player progression and for fun. The days of being good at football are long-gone, with the days of cheese and overly gimmicky and poorly tuned gameplay.    … Expand
  18. Frequency
    Sep 13, 2020
    0
    Gameplay is trash, Broken game, Woke garbage. I can not wait for EA to have competition so they can get blown out the water by 2k games.
  19. MooSooTNT
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Thanks EA for your reskinned BS. This game is trash just like Metacritic score system .
  20. Link_
    Aug 27, 2020
    0
    Yet another roster update. Played the game via EA access trial and in my FIRST GAME bumped into glitches and bugs that remained in Madden for the past couple of years. This game is a spit in the face for football fans, I truly hope another football franchise game series can somehow compete because anything is better than the copy and paste garbage we receive year after year.
  21. bigdog84
    Sep 2, 2020
    0
    EA is the worst game publisher out there. Game after game are lazy micro transaction filled garbage. And this game is no exception. Just a re skin while they charge you for a full price game. NFL please take the licence away.
  22. rickferreira
    Sep 2, 2020
    0
    If you have Madden 20 you don't need to buy the 21 version. It's the same game
  23. Twannetje
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Just the same crab as last year. There is no innovation in this game. The only thing that EA CARES ABOUT IS MONEY
  24. Marcz3ra
    Aug 30, 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. This game should be a 6 max. I’m giving it a 0 because EA has ran out of excuses in my eyes. Do not buy!!!!
  25. JNorton
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    This is what happens when there’s no competition. Bring back 2K, not this microtransaction trash.
  26. Nadir_ALzadjali
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    I don't have to explain my score.
    nothing that actually matters was fixed and, the game play is even worse.
    if you have Madden 20 or 19 you don't need this game.
  27. FireWod82
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    Ctrl v + Ctrl C since 2013. This game is completely broken and full of microtransactions. EA only cares about the money, nothing else.
  28. User123321
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    Recycled trash, sans game every year. Minor improvements but not worth buying, do not support this company.
  29. eldiablomanatee
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Just a cash grab. There really is no point in buying this new. Just pick up an older game for cheap. Its basically the same game. Lets hope the NFL get rid of EA's monopoly on football
  30. sald
    Aug 27, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have purchased every Madden since the year 2000. The franchise has declined year after year to the point where the game is just awful now, which is sad because all other game genres and other sport games have gotten better in that time. EA's decision was to purchase exclusive rights so they can get away with releasing mediocre games year after year. Instead of putting out an extremely good product, they decided to invest into a new arcade mode for the simulation football game- and have that be the only real update. So what you are left with is an extremely buggy, not well crafted and mediocre title with 4 or 5 mode options that are all awful. This game does nothing well and needs major patches to even function properly. It is an exact copy and paste of last years game with an added arcade mode. EA and the Madden franchise appears to have given up.

    Specifics:
    Franchise mode is bad, no depth, no ambition and needs completely thrown out and remade. The madden franchise was built on the pack of this mode and they have neglected it for a decade and we're just not playing anymore. I even enjoy messing around on MUT, but franchise is needs to be the most exciting feature to bring fans back. This mode is severely lacking in creativity and has no heart. On top of all the other issues, player progression is awful. Literally franchise mode was better 15 years ago on PS2 and GameCube.

    Yard is very surface level and has no depth with meaningless micro transactions. It's just a 3v3 football arcade game- you might as well not have a created player on it or attributes. Mode freezes a lot and countless other glitches will occur MUT is about 99% unchanged with same card art and format, same menu art and same bugs
    . Game will freeze when loading in. Also, same loading screens.

    The gameplay no longer resembles simulation football about half of the time. You will have a receiver not react to catch a ball at all, blockers just walk around during big plays. O-Line aimlessly twirling around. Players warping around and through each other. Mouth guards are somehow missing from the game, but they are in the new yard mode? You also can't create players really with custom faces other than yard mode. No creating a tem, or stadiums. You're forced to reuse the same basic handcuffed assets as the last 8 Maddens. This is the first year ever I'm not buying. The folks at Madden clearly have no idea or don't care to put out a worthy football game. This game is only better than football games from 15 years ago from graphics alone. (I played the 10 hour trial)    … Expand
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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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