Madden NFL 21

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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. FalconSexHat
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Nothing added. Copy and pasted from Madden 20, literal Madden 20 and 19 logos still in this game.
  2. jakethomasUSA
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    The NFL should be angry at EA for having their name on such a sloppy, unfinished and stale product. For a video game in 2020, this is not even close to good enough. If you are an offline player, the game is unplayable due to the constant lack of attention to detail and overall depth. And if you are an online player, the game is unplayable due to the bugs, glitches and constant pushing ofThe NFL should be angry at EA for having their name on such a sloppy, unfinished and stale product. For a video game in 2020, this is not even close to good enough. If you are an offline player, the game is unplayable due to the constant lack of attention to detail and overall depth. And if you are an online player, the game is unplayable due to the bugs, glitches and constant pushing of micro-transactions.… Expand
  3. D2TW
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    I can't believe someone signed off on releasing this product. There are ridiculously amount glitches and hangs. I'm sure there will be patches but this should have not been released as is. It shows that by having a monopoly on NFL licenses they don't care about the product.
  4. stud1o
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    not again ea, one too many times. you guys don't even have a physics based( as opposed to animation based) football system and the year is 2020. it's crazy. The NFL have signed over the rights for you to just for you to rest on your laurels as the SOLE provider of professional simulation football. And the state of the franchise and career modes is still sad. There's no negotiations withnot again ea, one too many times. you guys don't even have a physics based( as opposed to animation based) football system and the year is 2020. it's crazy. The NFL have signed over the rights for you to just for you to rest on your laurels as the SOLE provider of professional simulation football. And the state of the franchise and career modes is still sad. There's no negotiations with players, every generated player is a soulless husk that gathers exp until it hits 30 years old and starts declining. Because the overall of the players and how they develop isn't dynamic or at all related to how they play in game, there's no late caree rebounds or atleast position differentiation in the time and age of how different positions develop and at what age and/or at what rate they decline. this prevents storylines and makes the franchise mode , as you're unattached to the players, they don't express what they want, there's rarely any conflict. The trade logic is unrealistic and doesn't seem to at all take into account what either team's objective should be logically. (#32 ranked teams trading 1st round pick for veteran free safety, lol) you guys disrespect every consumer with every button they push in your game, and should be ashamed.… Expand
  5. Trahan79
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Same **** as the last game. Franchise mode is what I play and it has gotten lazier and lazier. It’s the exact same game as 20, don’t waste your money.
  6. Catch84
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Madden has been bad for years. This year takes the cake, the new game mode the Yard is only in there because 2k can make an arcade game. Other than that it's Mafden 20 but worse
  7. Duane1016
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Game is absolute garbage way too many bugs and no improvements from last year
  8. HokaJogs
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    EA has taken a game once exceptional, very thorough and detailed, beloved by many, and has turned it into the very worst sports game franchise here in the present. They have stripped this game of so many amazing features over the years that older maddens had. The franchise mode is completely barebones compared to that of Madden NFL '06, which was 2 generations of consoles ago. You areEA has taken a game once exceptional, very thorough and detailed, beloved by many, and has turned it into the very worst sports game franchise here in the present. They have stripped this game of so many amazing features over the years that older maddens had. The franchise mode is completely barebones compared to that of Madden NFL '06, which was 2 generations of consoles ago. You are basically paying $60 dollars for a roster update, and a few minor adjustments. Same graphics, almost the same gameplay, almost the same exact features on each of the modes. An absolute pathetic excuse for a triple A game title. #NFLdropEA… Expand
  9. brandonkinsey
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    madden loves labeling their game as a"simulation" football game but the only connection this game has with football is the nfl license that ea for some reason has. but if you love players clipping into each other, running backs getting warped into tackles and offensive linemen with the iq of rocks, then you'll love madden 21.
  10. Tdizell
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Not much effort put into the game. Major glitches,non-football plays and a lack of creativity makes for a really horrible gameplay experience. This just isn’t a good game. It has been this way for for than a decade now. I was excited to purchase this for my son but my son wasn’t very excited because he read all of the negative reviews. We both see why the negative reviews were posted.
  11. Manta_Rey3
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. #NFLdropEA . EA is a bunch of COPY AND PASTE MOTHERF******!!! EVERY SINGLE F****** YEAR! ALL YOU DO IS MAKE NEW GAME MODE FOR MICRO TRANSACTIONS! HORRIBLE!… Expand
  12. Blackout2-1
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Madden has been Horrible for the entirety of the PS4 era. Frostbite engine doesn’t work it’s meant for FPS games. The Franchise mode is what me and my brothers used to look forward too. We never play it anymore because it is so horrible and copy and past from Madden 13. EA needs to Give up the NFL tights and let 2K do it the right way!!!
  13. Jblum
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    This game is so bugged it’s unplayable this will be my last madden for a while.
  14. Kingsean275
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Already knew there wasn't any new franchise improvements, but the immense amount of glitches in this game is beyond sad. Do not waste your money
  15. Charly234566
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Just supporting the cause. EA schemes need to end and we need to send a message
  16. DinFireBebop
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Unfinished garbage fire with more bugs than a roach infested home. Copy and paste like usual NFL games. Don't purchase!
  17. Gfbaylor
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Pre-ordered this game for the deluxe 80 dollar edition so I could play a few days early and get a good feeling of the game. I’ve been playing madden since 2006 when I was a kid, and I don’t think I’ve ever been more disappointed in my life by a video game ( and that’s coming from someone who was excited for alien colonial marines). The ups:
    Not very many to be brutally honest. The yard is    Pre-ordered this game for the deluxe 80 dollar edition so I could play a few days early and get a good feeling of the game. I’ve been playing madden since 2006 when I was a kid, and I don’t think I’ve ever been more disappointed in my life by a video game ( and that’s coming from someone who was excited for alien colonial marines). The ups:
    Not very many to be brutally honest. The yard is a super fun game mode that I hope makes a return in the next game.... New jerseys? We’ll let’s move on.
    The downs:
    I said the yard is a great game mode (which it is), however the glitches that occur almost every single game push me away from being so sucked into it. The face of the franchise mode was beyond disappointing for a handful of reasons. The choices during the mode really don’t change a thing, the combine is just a bunch of QuickTime events that don’t affect your performance at all. It’s also set on rookie mode the entire time, so it’s extremely easy. And the plot of the story doesn’t really make any sense. Plenty of other issues with that mode that I don’t want to go super in-depth about. Franchise mode is literally the same as Madden 20 but with the blue menu. Literally. And that’s my favorite mode so a huge let down for me. I’m not much of a mut player but my friends who have it say it’s the exact same as previous years but I don’t know for sure. I’d give it a 1/10 but it would just be injustice.    … Expand
  18. PMRSpecial
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    As someone who has played every single Madden up until now, I'm fed up with the disrespect that they show to the real consultation of their football game. Before microtransactions, it was all about Franchise Mode and how real of a game they could make, you know, simulation.. But after stripping the game of of every good feature and giving us a bare bones game since Madden 13 andAs someone who has played every single Madden up until now, I'm fed up with the disrespect that they show to the real consultation of their football game. Before microtransactions, it was all about Franchise Mode and how real of a game they could make, you know, simulation.. But after stripping the game of of every good feature and giving us a bare bones game since Madden 13 and constantly lying to us saying that your adding new features, but really just giving back a few of the many features you all took away in the first place. No one asked for the yard, but I'm sure that was a knee jerk reaction to 2K coming out with their non simulation titles. And also adding back in certain equipment and only make it available to purchase in the yard but not including it in the actual game was pretty dumb.... Sadly I'm not purchasing this game or any other until something is done.... #NFLDropEA… Expand
  19. Jaybuck
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    There’s not much positive to this game. It’s full of bugs everywhere. Face of the franchise is the sorriest excuse for A career mode i have ever played. The Yard is filled with ridiculous and honestly stupid gameplay and i have no idea how people can enjoy it. Franchise mode didn’t get touched at all. The gameplay is sloppy, pursuit angles and blocking AI are still terrible. The only twoThere’s not much positive to this game. It’s full of bugs everywhere. Face of the franchise is the sorriest excuse for A career mode i have ever played. The Yard is filled with ridiculous and honestly stupid gameplay and i have no idea how people can enjoy it. Franchise mode didn’t get touched at all. The gameplay is sloppy, pursuit angles and blocking AI are still terrible. The only two positive things about this game are 1. Being able to throw out of a sack (which is embarrassing that it’s taken this long to get such a simple gameplay feature) 2. Tackling animations are better (no, tackling itself is not better but when you do somehow tackle someone, the animations are much smoother) but if you like MUT it’s the exact same as the last 3 years just different pack animations and the same rotated players so i guess there’s that. Oh but it’ll take you hours just to set up your lineup because the menus are so freakin slow and having a separate menu just to upgrade, view attributes or compare players is the most annoying thing about it. I absolutely 110% regret putting faith in EA that maybe the game would be better than this at launch but here we are. **** trash.… Expand
  20. Ferjist
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Madden 18 v. 4. The Madden dev team has been giving us the same game for the past 5 years, by slightly adjusting the UI and updating rosters.
  21. CapScarce
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Complete garbage, buy a DS and play pictochat, you'll have more fun with that
  22. Gochanour1
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Just the same game once again. Nothing about this game is real football. Garbage. Don’t buy.
  23. BatataKarambas
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Even though EA will most probably keep rehashing their games, I hope this is the first step towards thee changing of their ways and just give us a goddamn good sports game, I do not need to go too much into detail about the micro-transactions, as it speaks for itself really, other than that, there are too many bugs persisting, some of which were absent with the last entry, please stopEven though EA will most probably keep rehashing their games, I hope this is the first step towards thee changing of their ways and just give us a goddamn good sports game, I do not need to go too much into detail about the micro-transactions, as it speaks for itself really, other than that, there are too many bugs persisting, some of which were absent with the last entry, please stop buying this game, and to the people who gave positive reviews, OPEN YOUR EYES! This game would be much better in the hands of 2k, (who used make superior NFL games) or heck, even Konami would do a better job with them, we can all hope and pray for sports games to be better again. Oh, and don't even get me started with the missing features, Madden games used to be so much better back in the day, oh, how good those days were… Expand
  24. ThomasTheGoat
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Unless they deliver on their promises for franchise this rating stays terrible. Not only that but the gameplay is buggy and glitchy and so is the player upgrade screen and making a manual trade wouldn’t let me select a player or pick and had to restart the game for it to work properly again. Haven’t tried any other mode other than Franchise, only other mode I’m considering is Face of theUnless they deliver on their promises for franchise this rating stays terrible. Not only that but the gameplay is buggy and glitchy and so is the player upgrade screen and making a manual trade wouldn’t let me select a player or pick and had to restart the game for it to work properly again. Haven’t tried any other mode other than Franchise, only other mode I’m considering is Face of the Franchise but I won’t play that nearly as often as Franchise. BEYOND upset that I spent $60 plus tax for a roster update for Madden 20. I honestly didn’t think it would be as bad as people were making it out to be, but it actually is. I would refrain from buying this game from a Franchise mode aspect as that’s all I want to truly play. If they actually come through on the updates to franchise then you decide, but until then, DO NOT buy this game from a Franchise mode point of view!… Expand
  25. isaacatack
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    I have no idea what official game critics are smoking that they can look themselves in the mirror and say, with the utmost belief, that this game (in all of its glorious, magnificent ineptitude) that this game deserved anything more than a big fat 0.

    To call this game a copy and paste of previous Madden titles does a disservice to the command, C, and P keys on my laptop. To call this    I have no idea what official game critics are smoking that they can look themselves in the mirror and say, with the utmost belief, that this game (in all of its glorious, magnificent ineptitude) that this game deserved anything more than a big fat 0.

    To call this game a copy and paste of previous Madden titles does a disservice to the command, C, and P keys on my laptop. To call this game a disgrace implies that there was a good name to sully. To call this game anything even resembling functional on release is so offensive to the idea of functionality that my tools have marched themselves out of my tool chest and are now on strike until I retract that comment.

    Where do I even start with this festering turd of a "simulation" game? I put the word "simulation" in the heaviest of quotes because it seems as if the Madden developers were intent on "simulating" American football that more closely resembles what was depicted in "The Waterboy" or Adam Sandy's "The Longest Yard" rather than what we see on Mondays and weekends. Absurd reliance on animations, nothing even resembling dynamic movements, and blatant flaws that encourage players to simply cheese the same 2-3 plays over and over again until you have enough to season a plate of ravioli.

    Sure. Whatever, right? Who cares if a FOOTBALL game is even capable of allowing you to play FOOTBALL. What if I just go to franchise mode, simulate the games and just manage my tea....oh Lord. Oh no, what have they done to my baby?

    [YOUR TRADE OF LAMAR JACKSON AND 2 FIRST ROUND PICKS FOR TRUBISKY HAS BEEN REJECTED]

    Oh no.

    [Endless scrolls of the most rudimentary statistic tracking]

    Please...stop.

    [NO COORDINATORS. NO GMS. CUSTOMIZED PLAYS? WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE]

    They say that Madden, to sports gaming, is like a classic storied name. Something like...Ferrari, or a Mustang. In that regard, I certainly agree, because playing even one more second of this absolute waste of time and space makes me want to take myself out behind the barn and shoot myself in the head.    … Expand
  26. GoodGuyMatty
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Stop EA from manipulating their fans! This has been the same game for the past few years! Dont defend it! You'll show EA they can get away with milking their audience for money!
  27. LILVODAK
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    worst game I’ve ever played play, I wish All Pro football would be compatible on the Xbox One
  28. Toddiscool
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    Worst game I’ve ever played. EA really just wants money and this game proves it. Worst time ever spent playing a video game. Not fun at all not realistic full of glitches, competitive mode is **** Arcade is **** and the game as a whole is ****
  29. iMTHABADGi
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    Sick of it. EAs attention to detail is GONE! This is a micro trans cash cow! So many glitches, bugs, copy paste, etc.
  30. RomanPenuin
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    No new content basically and filled to the brim with microtransactions. Why bother buying this game at all refund please
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  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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