Madden NFL 22

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  1. Dfresh32
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    This game is trash and crashes all the time, please delete all madden from history after madden 12
  2. Mlidonni
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Another year, another under achieving Madden. Same old story. If you pay full price for this game, you're an idiot
  3. noahltindell
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Same old re-skin smh
    Are there changes? Yes.
    Any good or meaningful changes to warrant another $60+ out of your pocket? None whatsoever.
    This is the year they made Madden Land...
  4. Venomf7
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    What can I say, the game has failed to deliver yet again. The blocking ai is complete unrealistic, I can block 7 people while my opponent rushes 2 and he will still get pressure. There are times when you are making a big play downfield and your fellow wr is refusing to block and walking around as if he was on the sideline. The defense this year is non existent. They added features backWhat can I say, the game has failed to deliver yet again. The blocking ai is complete unrealistic, I can block 7 people while my opponent rushes 2 and he will still get pressure. There are times when you are making a big play downfield and your fellow wr is refusing to block and walking around as if he was on the sideline. The defense this year is non existent. They added features back into franchise mode that were there ten years ago and pretend as if it is something new but it is still glitched and poorly done with players such as Colin kaeperinick in the game being rated higher than offensive rookie of the year Justin Herbert even though he hasn't played in an NFL game in over 5 years. The pass leading is horrendous with wide open drag routes resulting in interceptions. This is an animation based game with predetermined outcomes before the ball even gets within 30 yards of the reciever which results in poor gameplay. A 5'10 corner will regularly out jump a 6'5 wide reciever. Madden gets worse and worse every year and it's honestly sad if John Madden knew what this game has become he would not allow his name to be on the title anymore. We need 2k to have an NFL license again because until there is healthy competition this game will continue to regress. Ea has no incentive to produce a better game because they are making BILLIONS off people who are addicted to ultimate teams and will continue to do so.… Expand
  5. ADrunkenRabbit
    Aug 20, 2021
    5
    Is it good? No. Is it better than all the other frostbite engine Maddens? Yes. And it's the only way to play football with 17 game seasons and 14 team playoffs.
  6. Jbruner22
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This madden is the exact same as 21 and 20, only thing added was the franchise formats change which is stolen from NHL, the game play isn’t good. Face of the franchise isn’t good. They clearly don’t care about the community. I can’t buy this game anyone it’s only going to get worse. It only freezes on my ps4 the actual games aren’t entertaining. Save your money don’t waste it on this game… Expand
  7. TyreseTruth
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Trash ass game. Don’t buy this garbage unless you got a hemorrhoid problem.
  8. maddensucksbooT
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    EA has once again proven to it’s audience why they’re one of the worst companies in America.
  9. Juish123
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Absolutely do not by, the Game never improves, it gets worse each game, the franchise mode in madden has been neglected, but they dump money into their pay to win Ultimate Team mode. But what is important to them is their Spongebob stadiums with DJ Khaled and Snoop Dogg? It's the money they care about. But by far the worst of all of it is the glitches, no feature in the game actually worksAbsolutely do not by, the Game never improves, it gets worse each game, the franchise mode in madden has been neglected, but they dump money into their pay to win Ultimate Team mode. But what is important to them is their Spongebob stadiums with DJ Khaled and Snoop Dogg? It's the money they care about. But by far the worst of all of it is the glitches, no feature in the game actually works as intended. The game isnt even football anymore.… Expand
  10. BoltsOfFlame
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Played the trial and i’m glad because i won’t be spending $60 on this, madden 21 was horrible and this game is equal maybe very very slightly better and still full of so many glitches. Not even their beloved ultimate team is safe from bugs where i had to keep restarting the app every time i finished a challenge because when i pressed continued it froze. Franchise was overhyped to be greatPlayed the trial and i’m glad because i won’t be spending $60 on this, madden 21 was horrible and this game is equal maybe very very slightly better and still full of so many glitches. Not even their beloved ultimate team is safe from bugs where i had to keep restarting the app every time i finished a challenge because when i pressed continued it froze. Franchise was overhyped to be great this year and the next best thing but honestly its still very disappointing.… Expand
  11. MaximumD
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Is anyone surprised at this point. The "new" coaching tree is just a reshuffled version of the previous xp system, except now you've got a few more coaches to "upgrade". LOL. How does that even make sense? The coaches in the NFL are already top level, who is upgrading at this point? LOL.

    Still nothing to do off the field although they made an attempt to freshen things up with the weekly    Is anyone surprised at this point. The "new" coaching tree is just a reshuffled version of the previous xp system, except now you've got a few more coaches to "upgrade". LOL. How does that even make sense? The coaches in the NFL are already top level, who is upgrading at this point? LOL.

    Still nothing to do off the field although they made an attempt to freshen things up with the weekly strategy stuff. Doesn't matter what you do, the game plays the same everytime. Whatever boosts you get or don't get, whatever, it doesn't matter on the field. Just use "Shallow Y Cross" play and win win win baby! Or just run up the middle and watch the moronic DL get sucked into blocking animations as you prance by. Otherwise they will somehow warp over to you and make a tackle like they invented teleportation. LOL! What a train wreck. On defense, you will get no pash rush as usuall unless you take control of a lineman yourself. The rest of the team just gets tied up in block animations. Doesn't matter if you have all 99 rated pash rushers. They can't even beat a 70 rated OL, and they can't stop the run ever. On the flip side, the cpu never seems to have that problem, as their x factor DT will blow up the center on every run play you try. It's comical at this point. It's more like NFL Blitz than an actual football simulation. Running backs still can't cut properly and they still do that semi truck like turn right into an unblocked Linebacker. My god, it's bad and it's not getting better. Not that EA cares, cuz they are making mega money of gambling addicted teens you are jacking up their parents credit cards every month for that diamond whoever superstar.

    Furthermore, nothing you do in this game matters. I can easily win with a 65 rated QB and a trash OL. None of the ratings matter since everything is predetermined by canned animations. I have 75 rated WR making unbelievable 1 handed catches without a problem. The X factors at this point are tired too. They don't seem to affect the game too much. The strategy boosts you get during the weekly practices are hardly noticeable. Just another "new" shallow game mechanic. The "new" scouting that is coming is just ripped from NHL. Man, what can you say? This game exists for Ultimate team players and that's it.

    The last good Maddens that came out were 10 and 12. That's how long this game has sucked now. What a disgrace. Can we get a damn football game please? Look at how much 2k packs into their basketball game. I'm not saying that game is perfect, but it does have a ton of features that should be standard in sports games.    … Expand
  12. Tjwhosyourmamma
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Why is Kaepernick rated higher than Herbert? This is insanity.. Also they did not do near enough to improve gameplay.
  13. Jamhal91
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    This game is awful ..same **** as last year ..even the ratings are way off ..tyron smith, derwin James , Saquon haven’t played in damn near 2 years and are still some of the best players on the game
  14. THA2342
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    This game is GARBAGE! It is basically Madden 20. WTF happen to going big in franchise mode. Oh, I forgot, they added a coaching tree. Job done. No! That is an update not a mode make over. Same whack animations. Winning the NFC or AFC championship get no love. Winning the Super Bowl is meh. Playing in different stadiums do not feel different and they should, such as playing in AtlantaThis game is GARBAGE! It is basically Madden 20. WTF happen to going big in franchise mode. Oh, I forgot, they added a coaching tree. Job done. No! That is an update not a mode make over. Same whack animations. Winning the NFC or AFC championship get no love. Winning the Super Bowl is meh. Playing in different stadiums do not feel different and they should, such as playing in Atlanta should feel different from playing in Green Bay. No customization of jerseys, stadiums, or better creative faces at all; the same garbage from Madden 18. The news feature is WHACK! No half time show or weekly wrap up show. Still can’t add more teams either. Player movements do not feel real at all. There should be different physics and movement for different players, Zeke Elliot should not feel the same a Christian McCaffrey. Trade engine still broken, what else is new. Totally unrealistic. The game still has scripted outcomes and the WRs drop the simplest passes if the DB breathe on them. Awful game! Awful company. And now they want $70 for their yearly roster update. Give me a break! DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. If you have Madden 18, 19, 20, or 21 then you already own this game.… Expand
  15. iTzADDYxDD
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Sucks ass, buggy mess. Feels like I’m getting ripped off. The same game from 2013, but with stuff taken away and a roster update
  16. Arona89
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Clunky, robotic, bad animation driven again. I mean seriously people, come on ! Fade routes don't work, because there's not physics to the game. The interaction between DB and WR is the same horrible script it has alway been. Zone and Man coverages still broken after ten + years. The infamous throw across the QbB body, whikey on the run, still a perfect dot 9/10. Blocking is worse, how isClunky, robotic, bad animation driven again. I mean seriously people, come on ! Fade routes don't work, because there's not physics to the game. The interaction between DB and WR is the same horrible script it has alway been. Zone and Man coverages still broken after ten + years. The infamous throw across the QbB body, whikey on the run, still a perfect dot 9/10. Blocking is worse, how is that even possible ?

    The problem with madden is that it need to be torn down and started from scratch. EA are a business they will not do that, without getting hurt in their pocket. The only way that happens is competition.

    The reason there is no good Football game for 10 years + is because if the NFL. The blame is on their door step !    … Expand
  17. Honestreview22
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    I don't understand how EA can put a game out like this. They need to SCRAP this entire game engine and start over. The gameplay is a complete nightmare. GREED has ruined this game and this company. Everything about this game is a joke.
  18. dgoodin24
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Same garbage as last year. Please don’t waste your money, buy toilet paper instead.
  19. lVlorte
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Same tired game in a new package. Same broken gameplay, missing features from 10+ years ago. Lazy and tired. EA needs competition to make simulation football games because there's is not simulation. Total cash grab.
  20. Jdog1072
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    They claimed that this years madden would be unlike anything we’d experienced before, but all I was met with was copy and paste animations from years prior, terrible sideline awareness and bugs that have been present since madden 20. When I start playing madden, I want to be pulled in by the immersion, but I’m taken out of the experience when little things like my player celebrating aThey claimed that this years madden would be unlike anything we’d experienced before, but all I was met with was copy and paste animations from years prior, terrible sideline awareness and bugs that have been present since madden 20. When I start playing madden, I want to be pulled in by the immersion, but I’m taken out of the experience when little things like my player celebrating a touchdown with half a camera man glitching through his body. Madden yet again fails to capture the feeling of NFL football, and with that fails to be simulation football in my eyes. I’m not mad anymore, I’m not even surprised at this point, I’m just left sad and wanting. Wanting something better.… Expand
  21. Dom007
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    TRASH TRASH TRASH. The gameplay is only getting worse every year and it's the same with every EA game, Glitches every 10 seconds and hardly any worthy changes. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY on this pile of **** garbage. You're only supporting those evil bastards EA if you do so.
  22. Jetsty
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Same exact game. NFL need to drop EA sports! I absolutely hate the gameplay animation in the way you get sucked into throwing in interceptions. The change in franchise mode is hardly noticeable. You can’t be the office of coordinator or defensive coordinator. Along with many other complaints that many of us complaints about for franchise mode that never got changed or fixed… why don’t theySame exact game. NFL need to drop EA sports! I absolutely hate the gameplay animation in the way you get sucked into throwing in interceptions. The change in franchise mode is hardly noticeable. You can’t be the office of coordinator or defensive coordinator. Along with many other complaints that many of us complaints about for franchise mode that never got changed or fixed… why don’t they just make a game that is similar to how they did NCAA 14! That game was awesome and it was made from the same people … Expand
  23. Cdaawg817
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Another year of nothing but lies just so they can push their ultimate team so they can get even more $$$ out us the consumer. They promise all these things, changes, movement and more yet when you go out of bounds the clock does not stop and end up losing a game because of it. This game should not be animation based whatsoever watching guys slide into animation with a defender thats 10Another year of nothing but lies just so they can push their ultimate team so they can get even more $$$ out us the consumer. They promise all these things, changes, movement and more yet when you go out of bounds the clock does not stop and end up losing a game because of it. This game should not be animation based whatsoever watching guys slide into animation with a defender thats 10 yards away, challenge plays don't work and doesn't even let you see the verdict from the refs instead you watch a replay and your picking your play its def an immersion killer and on next gen how doe we still not have refs? yet they add all these people on the sidelines and taking away penalties in 22 is so dumb for being a simulation football game. its time for the NFL to rethink what company should represent them because EA is not it.… Expand
  24. bobgrindol
    Aug 19, 2021
    1
    Better than last year by 1% NFL is just as dumb and needs to drop ea or open it up for other gaming companies
  25. Zedice
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Once again Madden spitefully deceives it’s loyal consumer base. Idk how MUT makes billions of dollars a year. EA spends more times hiding maddens flaws than they do working on the actual game. Every year they flood Twitter with giveaways in order to suffocate the gruesome screams of their loyal fan base. Look on Twitter rn even before the official release all you can see are free copies ofOnce again Madden spitefully deceives it’s loyal consumer base. Idk how MUT makes billions of dollars a year. EA spends more times hiding maddens flaws than they do working on the actual game. Every year they flood Twitter with giveaways in order to suffocate the gruesome screams of their loyal fan base. Look on Twitter rn even before the official release all you can see are free copies of this game being given away. It’s apart of their tactic to get people to play so they can inflate their numbers and reassure the NFL their monopoly is worth the sour taste left in their customers mouths after the first 3 hours on their **** roster update. I don’t play mut I play franchise. I played ncaa until I couldn’t anymore. And after being a life long fan of the sport of football I’m done forking my money and time to a developer and game that doesn’t give a ****… Expand
  26. jakehabib
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Madden 22 was supposed to be a redemption year for EA. As an enormous football fan, I would absolutely love to have even a MEDIOCRE simulation football game... unfortunately, this game is a blatant copy of all of the games past - except with a few minor touches that should have been in Madden 18. The gameplay and movement is horrible, and is more frustrating than fun to play. ReceiversMadden 22 was supposed to be a redemption year for EA. As an enormous football fan, I would absolutely love to have even a MEDIOCRE simulation football game... unfortunately, this game is a blatant copy of all of the games past - except with a few minor touches that should have been in Madden 18. The gameplay and movement is horrible, and is more frustrating than fun to play. Receivers will get hit in the back/head/ or hands and not make an attempt to catch a ball, and it seems that every down you find a new blatant bug or inaccuracy. This is the ultimate disrespect by EA, and nobody, under any circumstances, should buy this game. I do not consider the $99 I spent on the pre-order special edition to be money spent, but scammed from me. To the point of which I am considering talking to my credit card company if Playstation does not refund me. Even if the game was free - you are better off not taking up space on your hard drive. This plays like an early access mobile game - except missing half of it's features. I will never purchase another EA game.… Expand
  27. Sgs0609
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    if you understand football u don’t understand madden, if u understand madden u don’t understand football
  28. NonAtmospheric
    Aug 19, 2021
    2
    Seriously who tf is Mr. Weingarten Weinstein and Mr. Joe Douglas that specifically paid this BigZMoney11 clown to be the company stooge? Oh, and here's a criticism of the game: Why do the Mahomes and Brady MUT beta challenges only have them wearing current team uniforms? Is there no option to at least try and have the time periods accurately match the classic uniforms at the time if you'reSeriously who tf is Mr. Weingarten Weinstein and Mr. Joe Douglas that specifically paid this BigZMoney11 clown to be the company stooge? Oh, and here's a criticism of the game: Why do the Mahomes and Brady MUT beta challenges only have them wearing current team uniforms? Is there no option to at least try and have the time periods accurately match the classic uniforms at the time if you're gonna be so blatantly lazy about creating the classic teams filled with real players despite some of them still being in the league. Or are you still decades behind 2K's ability of customization and access to historic players both inside and outside of the microtransaction game mode that will never seem to go away anytime soon? For a sports gaming company that lacks the rights for players to access these these uniforms on all pllatforms they were quick to jump on the exclusivity to stagnate at their craft since 2005. Let me play with Peyton Manning outside of Madden Ultimate Team b*tch instead of forcing me to use a generic white guy that looks nothing and plays nothing like him.… Expand
  29. BringBackNcaa
    Aug 19, 2021
    1
    First of all, I‘d like to point out the positive fact, that EA has reacted to their community by apparently trying to improve their Franchise mode. Hashtags such as #fixmaddenfranchise were trending and it is good to see them actually responding to this.

    However, the only difference you can actually feel in this game, is the different layout of menus and little additions such as the    First of all, I‘d like to point out the positive fact, that EA has reacted to their community by apparently trying to improve their Franchise mode. Hashtags such as #fixmaddenfranchise were trending and it is good to see them actually responding to this.

    However, the only difference you can actually feel in this game, is the different layout of menus and little additions such as the homefield advantage. This community desperately asks for a more in depth customization of their playing experience. The staff options are decent, but they were not even among the top 5 additions, that this community frequently asks for. I understand that EA or the NFL has concerns about customization aspects, such as creating a team with jerseys or adding tattoos. Yet these are the little things, that are possible on a technical side and EA had this stuff in their games over a decade ago.

    To summarize my point: it‘s the same game as every year, with some different menus. The gameplay and graphics changes are hardly noticable. Their "additions“ simply can‘t change the fact, that you get bored after less then a single season in Franchise Mode. Safe your money guys and lets just hope that the upcoming NCAA will simply copy everything they had in 2014 with better graphics. It‘s sad, but that would already be a huge improvement compared to every Madden after Madden 25. And if there is one wish I can ask for:

    Keep those Madden developers as far away from the NCAA-game as possible. Please EA, just do it for your community. It will be worth it.    … Expand
  30. Madden_HATER
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    The game is a mess, as usual, glitchy, gimmicky, robotic, underwhelming, embarrassing and most of all

    L.A.Z.Y , PATHETICALLY LAZY!
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  1. PlayStation Universe
    Aug 22, 2021
    30
    Madden is a billion dollar franchise that has grown content. Thanks to its exclusivity deals, EA takes zero risks and fumbles each year providing us rehashed versions of previous entries. Madden NFL 22 is no different. Meager improvements are outweighed by series fatigue. Instead of focusing on giving us polished gameplay mechanics and an improved Franchise Mode, EA's focus is divided into unwelcome modes like Face The Franchise and The Yard leading to an overall incomplete and broken experience.
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