Madden NFL 22

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  1. Shaqery
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    Same **** different year :) after buying this one iam finally that far i dont gonna buy madden 23. NFL and EA are such a bunch of **** This game is bugged. The servers are horrible. Unplayable. If you read this. Dont buy this game!!! Waste of 70 bucks :)
  2. howard29
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    COME ON EA- WHY CAN'T YOU JUST TAKE MADDEN 07 FOR PS2, UPDATE THE ROSTERS, AND UPGRADE THE STADIUM AND PLAYER GRAPHICS TO CURRENT LEVELS AND THEN JUST LEAVE THE REST OF THE GAME ALONE. THEN ALL YOU NEED TO DO EACH YEAR IS A ROSTER UPDATE AND EVERYONE WILL BE HAPPY!!!!!
  3. Gamerguy85
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    All maddens are **** but this one is like 3 week old infant **** Like no digestive system **** EA needs to give the rights to football simulations.
  4. donpd
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    I know sports games with yearly releases are hard to innovate in but Madden's NFL is just a complete copy paste of the previous one while continuously milking the fanbase for extra money. This would better be served if it wasn't a yearly release but rather a live service game (i.e. Destiny 2, Fortnite, Apex Legends, etc.). But they still want to release the game yearly as if to justifyI know sports games with yearly releases are hard to innovate in but Madden's NFL is just a complete copy paste of the previous one while continuously milking the fanbase for extra money. This would better be served if it wasn't a yearly release but rather a live service game (i.e. Destiny 2, Fortnite, Apex Legends, etc.). But they still want to release the game yearly as if to justify huge changes in the game; all because of greed.… Expand
  5. someactorkid
    Aug 30, 2021
    2
    I'll be honest - I haven't properly played Madden in years, so I decided to jump in again with 22 to see how things have changed. I found a game full of repetitive animations, glitchy/jumpy physics, crashes, and modes I absolutely don't care about. I haven't opened Superstar KO, MUT, or The Yard, and I do not plan to.

    The presentation is the highlight of the game, as everything does    I'll be honest - I haven't properly played Madden in years, so I decided to jump in again with 22 to see how things have changed. I found a game full of repetitive animations, glitchy/jumpy physics, crashes, and modes I absolutely don't care about. I haven't opened Superstar KO, MUT, or The Yard, and I do not plan to.

    The presentation is the highlight of the game, as everything does look pretty nice. Sadly the gameplay leaves a lot to be desired. I don't know if this is new to Madden now that it's on PS5, or if this has been the case for a while, but characters feel horrible to control. I feel like I'm skating on ice, and that my momentum carries me into other players way too often. Also, players don't seem to jump, swat, or tackle when I tell them to.

    It's sad that this is the only NFL franchise we get. The graphics and lighting can't hold up a game that fails to perform in any other way. I'm sad I spent PS5 money on this entry. As everyone else has already told you - skip this one.    … Expand
  6. Natlvar
    Aug 30, 2021
    1
    This game is legit pretty terrible. There will be times that the D line will get through the line and run straight past the QB/running back. It is awful don't waste your money. It is graphically exactly the same as the Madden 21 and the home-field advantage is just a terrible new feature.
  7. dferrao94
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    I am a die hard life long football fan, a mechanical engineer (ill get to this in a moment about why that matters), and a sports video game junky. Madden has always been that game that I always impatiently anticipated every next installment. I've played them all, I've seen the decline over the last 12 years, and I've heard the false promises, year over year. This Madden may not be theI am a die hard life long football fan, a mechanical engineer (ill get to this in a moment about why that matters), and a sports video game junky. Madden has always been that game that I always impatiently anticipated every next installment. I've played them all, I've seen the decline over the last 12 years, and I've heard the false promises, year over year. This Madden may not be the worst Madden in the last 12 years but it is certainly the most disappointing. Mostly to the fact that every other sports game is becoming more and more intelligent with new technology, while madden is still standing still.

    As an engineer, the laws of physics are in the background of everything i do. In my profession, if i disregard the fundamentals of movement, mass, inertia, etc. I will no longer be a professional, but for some reason Madden is still making video games. By all accounts, nothing in this game follows a single one of Newton's laws. Safeties and corners should not be able to break back on a ball to the post route, while in a dead sprint down field covering a streaking wide out. A 250lbs MLB busting through the A gap, should never be obnoxiously over powered by a 205lbs running back, 2 steps into their handoff. Double teams on the line should not be thwarted by a single out massed, over powered, out leveraged DE. Tackles make zero sense. Speed ,Change of direction, acceleration, ratings mean nothing. And Lastly, and in my opinion most importantly - people should not move faster than the ball, ever. Cb's LB's, and Safeties are consistently deify the laws of Physics by cutting off passing angles from impossible positions, simply because the ball flights are incredibly faulty and the db's some how can teleport into the path of the ball.

    This Madden is easily the worst representation of a sport that is filled with our most fundamental concepts of motion and physics. 2k did a better job of this in 2007 with a tenth of the resources.

    It could be a beautiful representation of Americas Sport, but maddens capital driven corporate political greed, and uneducated and underqualified leaders have unfathomably ruined that opportunity for themselves and for all of us to enjoy.    … Expand
  8. AWKWARDGOAT
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    It's a broken mess full of lies and microtransactions. Everything you need to know in the video linked: https://youtu.be/2VEAA-D9vzY
  9. AbeLincolnsFart
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    EA spends more money on advertising than they do on the actual development of their games.
    Sticking in a game mechanic from NCAA football that's over a decade old and pretending like it's something new and innovative is the lazy even for Madden. It's not fun. It looks like garbage. This is what a monopoly looks like.
  10. LV425
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    This game is a waste of money. Franchise Mode is a joke. EA sports boast improvements but delivers a disaster. First year I have ever played a game and won 42-20 and then when I get back to the main screen it shows that I lost 20-0. Why even play? Madden, which has essentially been a repackaged roster update since 2016, is actually different this year. It’s not the same game, it’sThis game is a waste of money. Franchise Mode is a joke. EA sports boast improvements but delivers a disaster. First year I have ever played a game and won 42-20 and then when I get back to the main screen it shows that I lost 20-0. Why even play? Madden, which has essentially been a repackaged roster update since 2016, is actually different this year. It’s not the same game, it’s worse. EA has gone from a lazy company to an incompetent one.… Expand
  11. nh143303
    Aug 30, 2021
    1
    Madden 22 is better then Madden 21 in the sense that a plane crash is worse than a car crash. Both are terrible but one is worse then the other. I played on current gen. The positives include the situations that occur in franchise mode. They add some sense of realism. The negatives are the usual problems. Glitches including one that removes points scored. The fact that the gameplay isMadden 22 is better then Madden 21 in the sense that a plane crash is worse than a car crash. Both are terrible but one is worse then the other. I played on current gen. The positives include the situations that occur in franchise mode. They add some sense of realism. The negatives are the usual problems. Glitches including one that removes points scored. The fact that the gameplay is still incredibly animation based. And the lack of depth in franchise mode along with the child gambling system called ultimate team… Expand
  12. Rockyisonfire
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    I can’t stand seeing a game this bad get released with the thought that people are actually gonna enjoy it. I was hoping for some fixed issues from last year but instead I see the same ones just worstened
  13. Gamingdoc
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    Madden 22 is an incomplete and buggy game. This just isn’t fair, you guys have the NFL liscense and you’re not holding your end of the bargain.
  14. bkluv
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    I have been playing Madden since Madden 92. It is extremely disappointing to see the state that this game is in now. you expect anything to get better with time, but not Madden. I have had every copy of Madden since Madden 92. My recent purchases of Madden was simply because it's the only "simulation" football game available. It got to the point that I couldn't take it anymore, so II have been playing Madden since Madden 92. It is extremely disappointing to see the state that this game is in now. you expect anything to get better with time, but not Madden. I have had every copy of Madden since Madden 92. My recent purchases of Madden was simply because it's the only "simulation" football game available. It got to the point that I couldn't take it anymore, so I refused to buy Madden 21 and I wont be buying Madden 22. This game has turned into pure unadulterated garbage. I play Franchise mode, I'm in online franchise leagues with my friends for pure bragging rights. This game is so broken, it's not fun anymore. they take old features from older Madden and put it in the game like it's a new feature. They are stealing the NHL and NCAA features and putting it in Madden. This is so sad, the glitches have become the norm and they claim that an update is coming in September for the new scouting in franchise mode. Given EA's track record, I don't trust them. I wish the NFL would do something about this, Let 2K get back in the football business.… Expand
  15. Venomxi
    Aug 30, 2021
    2
    The game is madden 21 BUT is somehow someway WORSE. The game is absolutely filled to the brim with bugs. Like ones that makes your stats ZERO after playing a franchise game and you lose to boot. Then you can see how the new menu layout for franchise is literally layed over the top of the old menu. Yes the old menu is running in the back round. Wow

    And gameplay is slow and clunky. Not fun    The game is madden 21 BUT is somehow someway WORSE. The game is absolutely filled to the brim with bugs. Like ones that makes your stats ZERO after playing a franchise game and you lose to boot. Then you can see how the new menu layout for franchise is literally layed over the top of the old menu. Yes the old menu is running in the back round. Wow

    And gameplay is slow and clunky. Not fun or realistic. Still overly reliant on animation based gameplay. Nothing new of significance was added like created a team or advanced scouting. Coaches have been extended to coordinators, then again madden 05 had that 17 YEARS AGO. Stay away from this game. Buy at a hige discount in December or buy a heavily discounted older madden. Madden needs to be rebuilt from the ground up and the NFL needs to terminate the exclusivity license with EA.    … Expand
  16. Gmanawesomepant
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Another disappointing game in the franchise. Very poor gameplay and glitchy animations make this game unbearable to play. Would not recommend!
  17. grayar1
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Holy crap all I did was just open the game up and it’s all black, after restarting the game 3 times I got it to run, then I did a play now. 1st play, fumble and the ball gets kicked around on the ground for 25 minutes before it goes out of bounds and the first quarter is over. But then the next quarter starts and a the other team has 6 point and I have 2 points. I have no idea why or how,Holy crap all I did was just open the game up and it’s all black, after restarting the game 3 times I got it to run, then I did a play now. 1st play, fumble and the ball gets kicked around on the ground for 25 minutes before it goes out of bounds and the first quarter is over. But then the next quarter starts and a the other team has 6 point and I have 2 points. I have no idea why or how, then I checked stats to see what/may have been recorded. All zeros…… this game is broken y’all. Save your money. Luckily I did the 10 hour demo that allowed me to only play once and then I was told I need to purchase the game. I only did the trial just to write a fair review. So here it is… Expand
  18. Thax10
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Once again, this is the same game as it it’s always been because they have no incentive to fix or change anything. If you need a football game to play, there’s no other option. But be warned, it is not worth the $70 price tag. Reused animations, glitches that make booth reviews only happen once the play clock has reached zero. It’s trash. Don’t waste your money.
  19. Ruthles
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Same copy and paste game. Full of bugs and glitches. Game is broken madden has basically been the same game since madden 13. Do not recommend this game. NFL needs to let other companies make simulation football tired of EA trash
  20. flippybirds
    Aug 29, 2021
    1
    So many glitches I cannot even play franchise mode. Game still littered with microtransactions, and the pay to play setup ruins the game for me in online modes. Fix the bugs and microtransactions and add all the mising features we had 10 +years ago.
  21. NygmaEdward
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Mediocre upgrades that should have been standard for years. Same animation based gameplay. It's a $70 DLC for updated rosters. This has been the same pathetic game since Madden 13. Don't waste your money!
  22. plgnfl
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Awful. #NFLdropEA. The worst American football experience... and the only one available due to the exclusivity contract.

    Broken gamemodes, heavy glitches, lack of polish, lack of presentation, greedy gamemodes, minimal care, awful non-simulation gameplay, and much more awaits you on purchase. Madden will never be good until the NFL drops EA's exclusivity or the off-chance Madden is    Awful. #NFLdropEA. The worst American football experience... and the only one available due to the exclusivity contract.

    Broken gamemodes, heavy glitches, lack of polish, lack of presentation, greedy gamemodes, minimal care, awful non-simulation gameplay, and much more awaits you on purchase. Madden will never be good until the NFL drops EA's exclusivity or the off-chance Madden is completely redone from the ground up.    … Expand
  23. SeamedShark
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    I can't believe EA is still trying to charge consumers money for this garbage. The game does not reflect what players have asked for in the slightest. Face of the Franchise is back and more broken than ever. Franchise is missing the features that EA's NHL has. As somebody who plays these games for the franchise and MyCareer experiences, I feel disrespected.
  24. pyrofox117
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Still on a ancient hacked frostbite engine the graphics look decade old. Madden 22 isn't even trash fire XD. Its a full on just ashes asking to get blown away. The bugs are INSANE. Punting the ball = touchdowns, Houses SPAWN ON THE FOOTBALL field. AND DON'T even have collision LMFAO. GO BACK TO ELEMENTRY SCHOOL DEVS AND CODERS and hire some competent QA that aren't sucking off theStill on a ancient hacked frostbite engine the graphics look decade old. Madden 22 isn't even trash fire XD. Its a full on just ashes asking to get blown away. The bugs are INSANE. Punting the ball = touchdowns, Houses SPAWN ON THE FOOTBALL field. AND DON'T even have collision LMFAO. GO BACK TO ELEMENTRY SCHOOL DEVS AND CODERS and hire some competent QA that aren't sucking off the directors and lead devs ego bonners instead of bugging the game. Wait there isn't even QA credited in the game so its okay to assume EA didn't even quality assure the game WTF. YOU CHARGE 60 to 125 usd for this garbage?!… Expand
  25. KillerUnleashed
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Not worth the time or money for anyone. If you buy this your a fool. Full of glitches, bugs, issues, and its all recycled garbage.
  26. honeybadjer
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    This is the worst madden I have ever played. My biggest grief is the atrocious amount of bugs.
    The game is literally unplayable for me. I have completed multiple games on franchise mode just for the game to freeze on loading screen and my progress lost. Others win, only for the game to say they lost and all their points disappear the following week. Everyone knows that for years the    This is the worst madden I have ever played. My biggest grief is the atrocious amount of bugs.
    The game is literally unplayable for me. I have completed multiple games on franchise mode just for the game to freeze on loading screen and my progress lost. Others win, only for the game to say they lost and all their points disappear the following week. Everyone knows that for years the game has felt like a constant rehash with updated rosters. Features have been cut, then later introduced as "new". Even the "new" things they try to do, like updating movement on the next generation consoles, clearly didn't go through any extensive testing. The new movement absolutely has broken coverage models. In many different situations, defensive players don't even remotely work in their assignments. I am honestly disappointed in myself for hoping for something better, it's quite obvious at this point that EA is milking this exclusive license with the tiniest amount of effort they can, because they are the only show in town with an NFL license.    … Expand
  27. Mannyr2d2
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    Getting the same treatment as Nba 2k. Same copy paste, not effort at all. Super greedy and honestly EA should go bankrupt.
  28. D0ct0rSn1p3
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    I was given Madden NFL 22 for free. I've already gone through the process of getting a refund for my friend. An all exclusive licensing should at the very least have something appealing, or even when you publish it have a half working game. EA Sports is licensed for a simulation game, when they really want to be in the arcade market. Glitches that have been included this year. I hope intoI was given Madden NFL 22 for free. I've already gone through the process of getting a refund for my friend. An all exclusive licensing should at the very least have something appealing, or even when you publish it have a half working game. EA Sports is licensed for a simulation game, when they really want to be in the arcade market. Glitches that have been included this year. I hope into franchise mode play a game I finish the game with a win of 27-7 and I get back to the main screen it counts it as a loss for me 7-0. Not to mention the first game I play the game is so bugged that it chooses to mash 4 different animations into one making the player look like a black hole. Besides that I also hop into the moot Face of the Franchise mode with a rather ok acting seen, but you hop into week 2 and when you win and you start heading for the screen again it says you have disconnected from the EA server it has not saved your data and sends you back to the main screen. I refuse to head into MUT because it's the same objectively pointless game each and every year you spend money on cards to make your team decent enough to compete against someone else and you work on grinding for the top tier cards at the end of the year only for it to be worth nothing but a 70 overall in next year's game just for you to re-do it again. Might I add that old gen is a carbon copy of Madden 18, 19, 20, and 21 all together because they did nothing but change the presentation screens and some scouting. The biggest emphasis they had on the game was Moment, and Home Field Advantages. When half of the population didn't get a PS5, XBOX Series X|S they stuck with old gen only to find out the same presentation in game from the past 6 years now, and that Home field advantage and momentum isn't even a thing on old gen.

    If EA actually reads this as I hope they do, when most of your customers are sending in refund requests, and not only that, but people who didn't even bother to buy the game they got it from someone for free and they still want to get a refund on it. Something is wrong. Your game objectively has no meaning anymore because I can't play Franchise mode because it's pointless to play a game only to come out and not have any type of data for my team and a loss counted against my record. Absolutely no point in me hoping into a Face of the Franchise game just for the EA to magically loss connection and my data lost and sent back to the main screen. You have ruined the NFL video game franchise, and you have ruined anything that is considered fun in the world of video games for the Sports Market Empire you hold so dear and don't want any critics to tell you differently.

    In Football, Coaches always talk about details pay attention to details they win games. This is the same fair point for this video game. You lack detail, and while you are probably doing it at home, just cancel the game rather than come out with something so embarrassingly atrocious. If I could I would give this a -100.

    This is EA Sports "Bugs are in the game".    … Expand
  29. Dhall573
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    #@EADropMadden i bought this game for a friend and ask for a refund. Im not buying it until there contract is out of we all vote them out
  30. NxtDoc
    Aug 28, 2021
    5
    Madden NFL is in a very sad state. EA has completely cut every cost in development purely to rake in as much profits from the imbeciles spending $ on Ultimate Team, which is aiding in the slow decline of quality in games. Madden NFL is decent. More animations for game play is nice, however Madden is too animations dependent. The graphics are still mediocre. Remember during the PS2Madden NFL is in a very sad state. EA has completely cut every cost in development purely to rake in as much profits from the imbeciles spending $ on Ultimate Team, which is aiding in the slow decline of quality in games. Madden NFL is decent. More animations for game play is nice, however Madden is too animations dependent. The graphics are still mediocre. Remember during the PS2 Era, when sports games were show pieces for Console graphics? That is no more. Madden graphics are far below average. Franchise improvements are welcome, but again they are minimal changes, and they aren't even completely here at launch. What a joke

    Such a shame that Madden isn't a fantastic Football Sim any more. And it will not be again until there is competition.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. ZTGD
    Sep 22, 2021
    65
    Let’s be realistic. For an annual sports franchise, it’s not necessarily practical to expect huge evolution year on year. It’s also fair to say that at a minimum, players should expect EA to deliver incremental quality of life improvements and make an effort to hone their overall experience of the game for the better. Whilst there is only so far the needle can be pushed year on year, the launch of a new Madden on next-gen systems presented EA with an opportunity to really raise the bar. That’s why it’s particularly disappointing that Madden 22 only offers stagnant content and, sadly, creative disinterest.
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  2. NME
    Sep 17, 2021
    60
    Madden is as compelling as it ever was, but it can’t escape the slight feeling that things are spread a little too thin. Improvements to franchise mode are welcome and help the experience, but they are smaller than perhaps they deserve. With so many different ways to play football, it’s a little difficult to get in invested in any one game.
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  3. IGN France
    Sep 9, 2021
    50
    Improvements and additions are scarce with Madden 22, it all makes it for an average game unworthy of next gen consoles.
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