Madden NFL 22

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0.6

Overwhelming dislike- based on 523 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 495 out of 523
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  1. Dbelletty
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    No matter how many times the community asks for this broken game to be fixed, EA still can’t make a decent simulation football game. Nobody cares about buying packs fro ultimate team or playing the yard and spending money on gear. Zone coverages are still busted and they still can’t implement physics on next gen consoles. Franchise mode is still trash and yet we’re forced to buy thisNo matter how many times the community asks for this broken game to be fixed, EA still can’t make a decent simulation football game. Nobody cares about buying packs fro ultimate team or playing the yard and spending money on gear. Zone coverages are still busted and they still can’t implement physics on next gen consoles. Franchise mode is still trash and yet we’re forced to buy this garbage because EA owns the NFL rights. This entire development crew should be fired for charging customers $70 for a broken game.… Expand
  2. Jdub337
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    This game is absolute trash!! Same predetermined animations, same ol commentators, same everything with more bugs than madden 21!! Idk how it got worse but it definitely did, there's ABSOLUTELY NOTHING NEXT-GEN about this game!! Player movement trash, graphics trash, presentation new(kinda).. but still trash, halftime show trash, superbowl presentation trash, Urban Myers on Face of theThis game is absolute trash!! Same predetermined animations, same ol commentators, same everything with more bugs than madden 21!! Idk how it got worse but it definitely did, there's ABSOLUTELY NOTHING NEXT-GEN about this game!! Player movement trash, graphics trash, presentation new(kinda).. but still trash, halftime show trash, superbowl presentation trash, Urban Myers on Face of the Franchise has no neck, I can go on and on but this "NEXT-GEN" version on PS5 looks no different from the PS4 version.. I deleted this game after 8 hrs of gameplay… Expand
  3. LucMatt01
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horrible copy and paste. This is next gen? The AI logic is actually worse than it was in 21, and that’s saying something.… Expand
  4. Volksgenosse
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    This game is absolute garbage! Toss all the bugs and glitches and broken mechanics aside, this game is not a good simulation football game. We want a totally different on the field experience! Don't care about the pLaYeR rAtInGs, or the menus, or MUT, or superstar KO, or fAcE oF tHe FrAnChIsE! We want an on the field simulation NFL football game!! #NFLdropEA
  5. luke6789
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Frustrated.
    Safetys in this game are literally damn stupid. If you say that this game is good, we shouldn't even start a conversation about because you simply can't understand football.
    EA, why you continue to do a thing that you are not able to do?!
  6. Lukeclim
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    There's one good feature in this game (momentum) and it doesn't even function correctly half the time, zone is literally pointless. The games plagued with a vast amount of bugs. If your trying to decide to buy this game by reading reviews, I can't recommend more that you DO NOT buy this game. For the reviews saying it's better than madden 21. Is the same as saying a polished **** is betterThere's one good feature in this game (momentum) and it doesn't even function correctly half the time, zone is literally pointless. The games plagued with a vast amount of bugs. If your trying to decide to buy this game by reading reviews, I can't recommend more that you DO NOT buy this game. For the reviews saying it's better than madden 21. Is the same as saying a polished **** is better than **** but it's still useless ****… Expand
  7. Loik7
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    almost no new stuff compared to old gen. also WHY is PC not next gen??? besides that glitches, franchise still needs improvements. ultimate team is the biggest cash grab i seen, glitchy af. and. same. garbage. animations. EA is getting in to tiktok especially with the trailer music. CPU players is broken. #defundeasports
  8. TDawwwwg
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    EA is a leech on this world. They have attached themselves to NFL football and collect cash for doing nothing every year
  9. Robbyt
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    This game is absolute cocky Don’t waste your money Just update the rosters for madden 20
  10. takedown334star
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    This game is actually trash. Same game every year, barely any changes to franchise, defense IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY!!!!
    DO NOT BUY!!!! I cant stress enough how shallow this game is, and how little it has to offer. You will be bored within 3-4 hours of playing trust me. DO NOT BUY!!!!
  11. Cmack
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Words can't explain how bad this game is.. there is nothing simulation about this game
  12. Jmayer
    Aug 23, 2021
    0
    http://chng.it/HY7FLm7vH4

    Sign the petition to have ea removed from making NFL sim games
  13. Patriots2
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    I have had a lot of Maddens except I won't buy this years' version since it has gotten so bad. I remember 11 years ago when the game had so much more to do in-game and the gameplay was decent. The fact that every year EA gives excuses is mind-boggling. They should be able to bring back every feature that used to be in Madden already but they blame it on the lack of resources. I don'tI have had a lot of Maddens except I won't buy this years' version since it has gotten so bad. I remember 11 years ago when the game had so much more to do in-game and the gameplay was decent. The fact that every year EA gives excuses is mind-boggling. They should be able to bring back every feature that used to be in Madden already but they blame it on the lack of resources. I don't believe that since now EA has the next-gen consoles so that it has more space to add in more features that it took out year after year. I can only hope the new NCAA game won't be like this but I have a bad feeling it will be.… Expand
  14. Fools
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    I've been playing Madden since it 1st came out and I must say that the moment NFL 2k came in to the picture for $20 I was hooked on the game play and the presentation. Then the contract came in to play so I've had no option to play another football game but Madden. I've purchased Madden every year up until a few years ago, I got it on PSN for free which was worth it. I've been purchasingI've been playing Madden since it 1st came out and I must say that the moment NFL 2k came in to the picture for $20 I was hooked on the game play and the presentation. Then the contract came in to play so I've had no option to play another football game but Madden. I've purchased Madden every year up until a few years ago, I got it on PSN for free which was worth it. I've been purchasing Madden 100+ again this year on PS5 to notice its basically a tiny bit better than 21 which was NOT a sub part effort from EA. I've played MUT, FOF and CFM with that being my Fav and I've purchased the game for $117 to find out its not complete with features till September and most of the new features are from NHL and copied over to Madden. Unacceptable.. Game play is still scripted and at times I feel like I'm just going through the motions and the game will decide if I win or lose. The very first game I played was down 4 points with ball and 3 minutes left. I'm driving down the field and I'm in the zone and get in the the red zone. I audible a hot route to send my TE up the middle of the field as I notice the defense is in cover 2. The pass I throw is perfect, high lob pass to a wide open TE who beats the MLB covering the middle of the field and the SS who was covering my WR2 comes of him and out of no where closes the gap in which bring my TE in to this weird jump animation and tips the ball which was caught by TE in the end zone. Then the unthinkable happens, the MLB catches up to play and begins the tip drill suddenly there are 4 defenders around my once wide open TE and the ball actually hits the grass (I know this because I could only see half the on the ground in replay) and the SS who is in the air immediately reaches down in a cat like quickness to scoop the ball of the ground and you guessed it, it's a interception. I thought okay were good let's challenge the call no doubt they'll see in NY (wait that's not in the game... Yet..) this call will be overturned. It's locked? Oh wait it's under 2 minutes that's right the refs on the field {that are missing) had to see it or the booth will... Nope!! It's their ball the down it 3 times and I lose the game as well as dignity for buying this game and trying to give EA another opportunity to get it right. You got my money now give me a game that plays like real NFL Football. I basically bought the game to continue to play CFM with some friends in a 32 man lg which is fun but we have to wait till September to start so I'm stuck playing MUT which I absolutely hate. The grind is the same as last year just to get a couple decent cards and a few training points but if I spend a couple of $100 I can pull some **** cards which happened in Madden 20 so that was the last time I did that and Madden 21 a spent no money barely grinded and with a bunch of free packs everytime I logged in to MUT once or twice every month by the end of Madden 21 I ended up with a 94 overall team. MUT is the same as last year, I wish there was some incentive for players to not quit in Seasons H2H. I'm tired of playing kids who rage quit in the first quarter when I go up 7 points. Really? Kid if your reading this, your NEVER going to get better at the game if you can't learn to play defense against competitors who are better than you. Learn from your loss and figure out how to get better. Either way my score is a zero because I felt like that was the effort that EA made to come up with a fresh and improved simulation football game. Oh yeah, I also tried Face of the Franchise and playing the college was a waste of time and not a challenge and the story was no different then any other attempt you've made in the past and the Jags ended up with me and Trevor Lawrence as 2 first round picks? Oh well maybe I had an option somewhere to go to a different team of I didn't skip through the bull interactions but my character seemed to know he was going #1 no matter what. As for now my score will be 0 till the game gets patched 20 more times and the fix the game play and add the features that were expected this year and we'll see if it worth the $117 I spent, as of now it's a 0 just like the amount I should of paid for this game. Good luck EA I hope you make us all happy in the end, your community is begging for a better experience.… Expand
  15. SunnySide_games
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Madden hasn’t been/done anything for the football community in over 20 years. It’s been the same lack luster effort since 2006 Xbox 360. This one is the same as last year. It’s time for a change. NFL drop EA.… Expand
  16. eafixmadden
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    This game is truly a complete disaster. If you’ve played Madden before you know EA doesn’t care whatsoever about gameplay, functionality, stability, cheating, etc. It honestly makes me sick to think how they treat their customers by doing the bare minimum each year (roster update) and never fix anything we’ve been asking for, for YEARS. Do yourself a favor and buy a can of paint to watchThis game is truly a complete disaster. If you’ve played Madden before you know EA doesn’t care whatsoever about gameplay, functionality, stability, cheating, etc. It honestly makes me sick to think how they treat their customers by doing the bare minimum each year (roster update) and never fix anything we’ve been asking for, for YEARS. Do yourself a favor and buy a can of paint to watch dry before buying this garbage game. I can confidently say this is the worst Madden of all time, its unusable, lazy, typically EA sports garbage.… Expand
  17. jagsfan97
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. #Don’tBuyMaddenUpdate
    EA, you have lost the trust, faith, appreciation, and respect from even your most loyal fans such as myself by your true lack of care, greed, and true effort of attempting to take advantage of your customers since Madden 13 came out. I said enough was enough when Madden 21 came out and ever since I have refused to buy this game because that would mean I would support the very company I have grown to despise so much by buying their product. Leaders in our community such as Ryan Moody have helped people such as myself learn the truth about EA and their exclusive (Monopoly) license with the NFL and if we want a good simulation football game ever again then we must fight back against the evil EA Sports. Join the cause by not buying Madden 22 and together we can help companies such as 2K get bank to doing what they do best. We can win the fight people, just continue to remain strong and determined. In emphasis if you buy Madden you are part of the problem. If you don’t buy Madden you are being a true part of the solution. It’s not hard, and it certainly isn’t complicated. We can win this and I will see to it that we do remove EA from having any contact with the NFL simulation license because they have taken advantage of its customers for far too long. #Do ‘tBuyMaddenUpdate!    … Expand
  18. xtheperfection
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Absolutely terrible. EA, one of the biggest video game comapnies should be ashamed of this product. #NFLdropEA #fixmaddenfranchise
  19. bwest703
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    The developers only care about money. Nothing else. They make the game just playable for No Money Spent Players for them to latch onto hope thinking it will become better. And it in fact doesn't....ever. It just becomes more pay to win day by day.
  20. carlwinslo
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Another year another broken game. When will EA fire the entire Tiburon staff and throw out the legacy code that has been running this franchise into the dirt for the last decade? I preordered and then played the trial and called Sony today and got a refund. EA relinquish the NFL rights so an actual competent developer can make a football sim.
  21. 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.
  22. idrisscholars
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    The biggest problem for me with the game is franchise mode is still lacking a lot. I would recommend that EA looks at how 2k21 did there and follow that direction because. I honestly bought the early version and within two days of playing the game I got bored felt like I knew most of the new features in franchise and then it just became like I was playing madden 21. Heres somethings theyThe biggest problem for me with the game is franchise mode is still lacking a lot. I would recommend that EA looks at how 2k21 did there and follow that direction because. I honestly bought the early version and within two days of playing the game I got bored felt like I knew most of the new features in franchise and then it just became like I was playing madden 21. Heres somethings they need to add and talk to the nil about putting since we want it.
    - FOLLOW 2K GM/FRANCHISE/OWNER MODE SIMPLE
    - FIX CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
    - MORE EQUIPMENTS, FACE SCANS, MORE EQUIPMENT!!
    - OC,DC THAT ACTUALLY AFFECT THE TEAM AND SCHEMES
    - BEING ABLE TO HIRE HC THAT GOT FIRED AS OC/DC
    - IM NOT EVEN SORRY THE FANS GRAPHICS ARE LITERALLY FROM THE PS2 GENERATION.. HOW WHY, DO YALL SEE 2KS FANS THEY AT LEAST LOOK BETTER.
    - IF I SCORE A BIG TOUCHDOWN I NEED THE CROWD TO GO CRAZY.
    - THE SIDELINES IS HORRIBLE LIKE I KNOW YALL SEE IT.
    - I SHOULD BE LOSING A GAME THAT I WON IN FRANCHISE.
    - IF A BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY CANT CONVINCE THE NFL TO LET THEM HAVE PLAYERS WITH SHIRTS UNDERNEATH THEIR JERESY AND SOCKS NOT COVERING THEIR KNEES EVEN THOUGH THEIR PLAYERS DO IT IN REAL LIFE THEN WHY IS THIS GAME $70
    - GAMEPLAY DOESNT EVEN NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP WE ALL HATE IT, ITS KINDA GETTING OK BUT NOT EVEN CLOSE TO SOLID.
    - LISTEN TO RYANMOODY HE DONT HATE YALL HE WANT YALL TO BE GOOD.
    -FIX EVERYTHING BECAUSE I THINK GETTING TO THE END OF MY ROPE WITH EA

    TO EA TOP BOSSES - STOP CAUSING YOUR TEAM TO TAKE THE BLUNT OF THE BLAME AND FUND THEM BETTER AND GET RID OF THAT FROSTBITE ENGINE!!!!>

    IDRIS G.    … Expand
  23. Timmy2kx
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Offline franchise is broken. Online franchise the game auto subs starters and the only way to bring them back in is to super sim the next play. FOTF is a broken buggy mess. Everything for your avatar now costs money. No more freebies. The GameDay experience is a joke as is the momentum meter. Save your money this game is trash
  24. Arona89
    Sep 14, 2021
    0
    How can it be any more than a zero, when there are the same issues and less features from the past number of years.

    Zone and man coverage broken. WR/DB interaction is based purely on badly scripted animations. Same with everything else. People can still scramble back 15 yards and throw across body, off balance and hit perfect dots. Blocking is still very poor. Pulling blockers get lost    How can it be any more than a zero, when there are the same issues and less features from the past number of years.

    Zone and man coverage broken. WR/DB interaction is based purely on badly scripted animations. Same with everything else. People can still scramble back 15 yards and throw across body, off balance and hit perfect dots. Blocking is still very poor. Pulling blockers get lost and clearly have no idea they are in a football game.

    Nothing organic happens in the game . That's why fade routes don't exist along with an awful lot else.

    EA great business people. It's time the NFL allowed some competition, so we can get a playable game.    … Expand
  25. mjvill20
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    I was really hoping this game would turn out better than last years but sadly I was disappointed. It is the same old repetitive gameplay it has been for years now. Playing franchise mode honestly gives me depression from how dull and boring it is. Save your money.
  26. 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
  27. 1999john420
    Aug 21, 2021
    0
    Unrealistic football. Horrible game................



    ......... the game is trash



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  28. RossG67
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    Glitches in the game showing it’s the exact same as last years with a couple of added features that were in games years ago but still missing HUGE amounts of what should actually be in it. It’s just pure laziness at this point, they don’t care whatsoever about the fans. The only time they will care is when there is competition or people stop buying the game. Don’t listen to MUT you tubersGlitches in the game showing it’s the exact same as last years with a couple of added features that were in games years ago but still missing HUGE amounts of what should actually be in it. It’s just pure laziness at this point, they don’t care whatsoever about the fans. The only time they will care is when there is competition or people stop buying the game. Don’t listen to MUT you tubers who will tell you this game is great or just laugh at how bad it is. This game needs a full overhaul instead of the copy and paste that happens every year.… Expand
  29. Tawk2EmJDolla
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    The Madden team continues to fail at making a truly unique and great football game. No true depth to the Franchise. If I can play PS2 Madden's and have more fun you just need to give up.
  30. BOSSMILLA1
    Sep 1, 2021
    0
    I wish Madden was good, I really really do. I've been playing since John Madden Football on the Sega Genesis, haven't missed a year (except last year) so I decided to give it a go, even though I knew I would be underwhelmed just based on the poor marketing EA has done (might as well call it damage control instead of marketing), the way they have treated the community for so many years andI wish Madden was good, I really really do. I've been playing since John Madden Football on the Sega Genesis, haven't missed a year (except last year) so I decided to give it a go, even though I knew I would be underwhelmed just based on the poor marketing EA has done (might as well call it damage control instead of marketing), the way they have treated the community for so many years and on the fact that the "new features" are just not new and really not sufficient to make it a good game.

    In this review, I'm not gonna talk about bugs and glitches, because there are too many, especially for a AAA game that releases every year and is always pretty much the same as the year before. EA is regressing big time at that point when it comes to Madden.

    MUT :
    I don't like it, I've tried it, it's a ripoff, it's extremely repetitive, not fun and I hate the fact that the other game modes don't really give you anything more for MUT like it is in MLB The Show. The thing I hate the most about MUT is the fact that you start over every year, your money or grind from the years before is lost forever and that makes no sense. It's the same thing over and over every year, I'm not getting ripped off there again. This mode should be a free game as it is for all pay-to-win games.

    Superstar KO :
    I don't even care about it, I don't have a need for it, I don't want it, so even if it's good, which I doubt it is because I don't know what purpose it serves at all, I'm not gonna play it ever. I want a SIMULATION game, not an arcade one, although I will buy the arcade NFL Game 2K is supposed to be working on.

    Face of the Franchise :
    Story is lame, but mostly, it has no depth to it. Career modes could be so much more now, it could be a true Football RPG, but instead, it's just a linear football story without a real story mode. Once you get to the NFL, it gets boring really fast. The possibilities are endless with a career mode, yet EA comes up with this shallow experience.

    The Yard :
    In theory, it could be a lot of fun, but why isn't it more like NBA 2K's playground? Your career mode should be directly related to it and that's it, it isn't really compicated! All you got to do is copy the competition... Even though there is none. The rewards in this mode are unexciting, it is once again very shallow and doesn't do anything to make me want to play it.

    Franchise mode :
    This is the mode I thought back in 2000 would be insanely deep and fun to play in 2021. Never in my wildest nightmares I would have thought Franchise would be as bad as it is now. It's been a mixbag of recycled assets from year to year, no attention to detail, zero presentation, bad commentary, boring scouting, nothing stimulating to do between games, etc. They don't care or they are just too far off what people want as a franchise mode. We deserve more respect and more polish to a game we have been playing and paying for for so long. It's sad the game is at this level now.

    Graphics :
    The graphics are good, but still not great because of a lack of attention ton detail. The bugs really screw that part of the game and make it look weak. I'd say this is the best part about Madden, but even on next gen, you're still looking at Madden, not NFL Football and that's what sucks about it.

    Gameplay :
    The gameplay, for so many years, has been about exploiting glitches and that hasn't changed. You don't play football and devise a football strategy, you devise a cheesy Madden strategy. Here again, the bugs make the gameplay so frustrating and unrealistic, in the end it's just not fun.

    The NFL has to put a stop to this exclusivity agreement they have with EA, for the sake of their fans. We deserve better.    … 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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