Madden NFL 16

 Xbox One
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6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 137 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 69 out of 137
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 137
  3. Negative: 44 out of 137
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  1. ExBocksWun
    Sep 8, 2015
    4
    Pros: Draft champions added

    Cons: Game has too much to load so loading screens take forever. When a lot is happening, the game tends to lag down. Camera angles are terrible when playing defense. You can not see where the ball is thrown to unless you play safety or corner back. Gaining xp in cfm is ridiculous , on average you might get 10k xp built up if you manage to get every drive    Pros: Draft champions added

    Cons: Game has too much to load so loading screens take forever.
    When a lot is happening, the game tends to lag down.
    Camera angles are terrible when playing defense. You can not see where the ball is thrown to unless you play safety or corner back.
    Gaining xp in cfm is ridiculous , on average you might get 10k xp built up if you manage to get every drive goal and accomplishment finished. Building up a drafted player takes about 5 years plus now.
    The catch modes sound fun, but require quick button pushing and if you hit it too late, your player will dive or jump.    … Expand
  2. Defo4
    Sep 25, 2015
    3
    If you were hoping to play single player don't even bother. The AI is awful; you'll either blow it out on lower levels, or watch the game brutally cheat to beat you. The new catch options are mostly a non-factor for the user, but have fun watching the AI make insane one-handed grabs in double coverage with regularity. I had high hopes for this game, but will be trading it in tomorrow.If you were hoping to play single player don't even bother. The AI is awful; you'll either blow it out on lower levels, or watch the game brutally cheat to beat you. The new catch options are mostly a non-factor for the user, but have fun watching the AI make insane one-handed grabs in double coverage with regularity. I had high hopes for this game, but will be trading it in tomorrow. Another cash grab for EA. Don't waste your time.… Expand
  3. thedirtyrussian
    Nov 26, 2015
    4
    Pros of this game
    - nice graphics and physics - fun to look at
    - roster update Cons - commentary - makes you want to shoot up a shopping mall - loading screens - even though you install the damn game the wait times for loading are incredible - worst Kinect implementation - it will randomly call timeouts for you online/ will randomly waste challenges and change plays without you    Pros of this game
    - nice graphics and physics - fun to look at
    - roster update

    Cons
    - commentary - makes you want to shoot up a shopping mall
    - loading screens - even though you install the damn game the wait times for loading are incredible
    - worst Kinect implementation - it will randomly call timeouts for you online/ will randomly waste challenges and change plays without you saying a word
    - gameplay has not been improved much since the other Maddens
    - franchise mode sometimes freezes the game
    - its still $60    … Expand
  4. Towelzz
    Nov 28, 2015
    0
    I created a metacritic account just to make a review for this game.
    This piece of **** is by far the WORST Madden game to exist.

    This game isn't "innovative" or "refreshing." They said the new mechanics would be more realistic? **** NO THEY'RE NOT. This is the most unrealistic football game IN HISTORY.

    Madden 15 is 10x better than this piece of raw crap.
  5. redsoxaholic
    Feb 6, 2016
    0
    For the eighth straight year, EA has pumped out a pile of **** that somehow classifies as a football game. How close to actual football is Madden? Maybe 1%, it does have the players in it after all. The other 99% is what EA obviously wants you to do, and that is buy MUT points in the form of micro-transactions. In fact about 80% of what is available in the online store is pay to win. IfFor the eighth straight year, EA has pumped out a pile of **** that somehow classifies as a football game. How close to actual football is Madden? Maybe 1%, it does have the players in it after all. The other 99% is what EA obviously wants you to do, and that is buy MUT points in the form of micro-transactions. In fact about 80% of what is available in the online store is pay to win. If you ever needed a perfect example of a pay to win game, any Madden that has MUT in it would do perfectly.

    This doesn't even touch the menus that take forever to navigate, gameplay that has not changed since Madden 08 (the last good one), glitches that make the lack of developer testing incredibly apparent, servers that do not allow you to play online (have to play everything offline because you disconnect 100% of the time), and lack of effort in a game that they know people will buy simply because it says "Madden" on it that is so **** obvious that literally any other company with any attempt to make a football game could outclass Madden in a heartbeat, much like The Show outlclassed MLB 2k. I'd say this game is worth $5 maximum, maybe $10 if they throw enough free MUT points at you.

    In short, **** you EA Sports, you literally are the worst division of the worst company on Earth and I hope you go under and all lose your jobs.    … Expand
  6. B5HARP
    Sep 8, 2015
    2
    Another rear end violation without lube from EA. EA still expecting us to shell out 60 bucks for what should be DLC. Biggest complaint- LOAD TIMES. I mean come on. I just want to play football and not look at that ridiculous CGI of Beckham taking a dump or farting, whatever that is he's doing. Secondly, if you have a Kinect, get read for frustration. The game will sporadicallyAnother rear end violation without lube from EA. EA still expecting us to shell out 60 bucks for what should be DLC. Biggest complaint- LOAD TIMES. I mean come on. I just want to play football and not look at that ridiculous CGI of Beckham taking a dump or farting, whatever that is he's doing. Secondly, if you have a Kinect, get read for frustration. The game will sporadically call time outs and audibles on you and there is no way to turn off the Kinect feature that i could find. I would stay away from this one if at all possible. I know how hard it is for football lovers. I had the game for 24 hours before i returned it to gamestop.… Expand
  7. BBBentley239
    Oct 7, 2015
    0
    Horrible trash. Madden is the worst game in history. The worst football company in history. They put all emphasis on competitive gameplay. No emphasis on storyline or presentation. IT is crap. It's nothing but a roster update. The improvements are barely observable. It's disgusting, how they are allowed to do this year in and out. Franchise sucks. They might as well just make a game thatHorrible trash. Madden is the worst game in history. The worst football company in history. They put all emphasis on competitive gameplay. No emphasis on storyline or presentation. IT is crap. It's nothing but a roster update. The improvements are barely observable. It's disgusting, how they are allowed to do this year in and out. Franchise sucks. They might as well just make a game that is made for online or multiplayer. If you're going to do such a piss poor job on franchise or other single player options. I used to love football games and these a--hats have virtually made it so I can't play the game I love. I hate them. FAIL!… Expand
  8. LeBlanket
    Sep 18, 2015
    4
    I loved Madden 15 but Madden 16 is horrible in my opinion. I thought that the new catching mechanics would help but it doesn't. You almost never do a possession catch, the RAC catch is the one you always do. When you go deep to a tall receiver and make an aggressive catch, the receiver always catches it. I find it an unrealistic game and it doesn't feel like your playing football. Too muchI loved Madden 15 but Madden 16 is horrible in my opinion. I thought that the new catching mechanics would help but it doesn't. You almost never do a possession catch, the RAC catch is the one you always do. When you go deep to a tall receiver and make an aggressive catch, the receiver always catches it. I find it an unrealistic game and it doesn't feel like your playing football. Too much broken tackles. You can't slam the ball down anymore on defense, you either play the ball (trying to catch it, not slam it down) or the receiver. One thing that I could say that was fun was playing Draft Champions.… Expand
  9. Whity1
    Aug 28, 2015
    0
    They may as well rename this madden: bomb it deep edition cause that's all it is. Worst madden yet. Good thing I had ea access and was able to try it before I spent money on this game. Draft champions is fun but the minute you get into a game you want to throw your controller at the tv. Sadly this will be the first madden I haven't bought in 10 years
  10. DrTobiasFunke
    Aug 26, 2015
    0
    NFL 2K5 is still a better game. Madden is the same thing every year with new rosters. The game play never changes at it's core. People continue to be sheep shelling out $60 every year for the same trash.
  11. michaelg2014
    Aug 29, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst madden game in history a total failure of trash of EA sports is. game sucks spoiler alert to many glitches and bugs,no improvements at all. peice of crap the STUPIDIST THIS IS CONNECTED **** why couldn't be like MYCAMPAIN INSTEAD WITH 2k sports made a football,there wouldn't be a Madden game,anymore because the ncaa case of O BANNON.… Expand
  12. Ambushstealth
    Feb 27, 2016
    1
    This game is only fun for franchise mode (solo or with friends online). I am only giving this game a 1 because it is pretty cool that league owners can now adjust how much experience players get in the online franchise mode. Below this I am listing most of the issues I’ve encountered while playing Madden 16.

    People still have to test out stats to see which ones are actually meaningful.    This game is only fun for franchise mode (solo or with friends online). I am only giving this game a 1 because it is pretty cool that league owners can now adjust how much experience players get in the online franchise mode. Below this I am listing most of the issues I’ve encountered while playing Madden 16.

    People still have to test out stats to see which ones are actually meaningful. Why should people that buy a game have to figure out which stats matter? There are so many videos on youtube of people testing stats, but we never receive a clear answer as to what they do for each player position from EA.

    EA added new catching animations, but it seems that people only lob the ball deep to a WR and abuse aggressive catch with the Y button. If the WR is 6 feet+, has 90+ speed, 90+ spectacular catch, 90+ jumping, you will 90% of the time not be able to stop him. The 10% chance is if you have a DB 6 feet+, with 90+ speed, 90+ jumping, 90+ coverage stats and amazing luck on which animation is generated. The WR with these stats can catch the ball 15 feet in the air while 2-4 defenders flop around him. This makes MUT and Draft Champions almost impossible to play against other users without raging or wanting to break the controller. These new catch animations are worse than when people used the rocket catch in earlier maddens.

    Blue and Purple zones don’t work similar to the way they used to. Zone coverage is almost useless in this madden, it is easily beat against deep passes. There are specific plays that can glitch cover 3/4 deep/middle zones, I understand in some circumstances that this is realistic, but a 80 zone cover FS/MLB/ROLB shouldn’t be beat by a TE with 60 route running.

    MUT has taken over as the featured mode to play, but in reality it is a waste of time and money unless you don’t mind spending a lot of time and/or $300+ on it. Cards in this mode usually start with 25 contracts and then you need to spend 11k madden coins to get another 25 games for every starter on the team (maybe even more if you use multiple people on the depth chart). There are modes that you can play that will earn you extra contracts, but who wants to play against the cpu all day on pro difficulty just to gain enough contracts to play a few head to head games?

    I am glad I didn’t pay full price for this game, it has to be one of the worst maddens I have ever played besides madden 11. I have been playing since 1996… in my opinion, ever since 2008, madden has been continuing the streak of becoming worse every year. I am glad EA got sued for $60 million, thank you judge Claudia Wilken.    … Expand
  13. FootCreem9
    May 16, 2016
    0
    LEGITIMATELY THE WORST GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED. enough said, buy any other game not this scripted piece of ea ****. I mean if they were to even put 2 hours of effort into fixing this POS, but nope.
  14. jamalt
    Apr 2, 2016
    3
    I understand that EA doesn't need to value its customer base, because they own exclusive rights to the NFL and haven't had competition since NFL 2K. So as a non-loyal, but still a dumb ass that has played Madden 2003- 20016 I am officially done. There are numerous reasons to list, but I don't need to repeat what numerous people have already said. This game is as fresh as the announcersI understand that EA doesn't need to value its customer base, because they own exclusive rights to the NFL and haven't had competition since NFL 2K. So as a non-loyal, but still a dumb ass that has played Madden 2003- 20016 I am officially done. There are numerous reasons to list, but I don't need to repeat what numerous people have already said. This game is as fresh as the announcers tiresome statements (Jim Nanz and Phil Simms again) They're repetitive, asinine, and like the Madden franchise should be chucked in the garbage.
    My complaints other then that are all with Online and here they are:
    - I can no longer see my opponents DNF. So there is no reward for not quitting. Some turd with a DNF of 50% that quits as soon as he throws an interception and falls down by one score will be matched with me. So much for rewarding good sportsmanship... this has been the case for at least the last two maddens.
    -In the same vein, I can also no longer see who I'm playing. It's so fresh to get stuck playing someone 8/10 times who picks Carolina all the time b/c they have one of the best QB's and defenses in the game.
    Like I said, I could go on but almost everything's been said already. EA knows we're the same public that shells out $15 to see the new Fast and Furious, its titled Furious. No need to make a compelling game, too greedy and complacent for that.
    -    … Expand
  15. LCOOLJ03
    Apr 25, 2016
    0
    This game is horrible all you have to do is run 4 vert and throw it to you star receiver and hold Y or triangle and that's how you win considering that a 75 ovr WR can moss 99 deion it's ridiculous. There's no point in having a good o-line becausee 3 people blocking will still get blocksheded by base elties, and speed doesn't even matter in this game, youtubers are saying that 99 GT Bo isThis game is horrible all you have to do is run 4 vert and throw it to you star receiver and hold Y or triangle and that's how you win considering that a 75 ovr WR can moss 99 deion it's ridiculous. There's no point in having a good o-line becausee 3 people blocking will still get blocksheded by base elties, and speed doesn't even matter in this game, youtubers are saying that 99 GT Bo is a dissapointment because he doesn't feel like 101 speed considering he gets SUCTION TACKLED by d-linemen. I'm Just waiting for I hope ea fixes this or don't make madden 17 at all JUST LET 2K MAKE A FOOTBALL GAME… Expand
  16. Broyax
    Jan 11, 2017
    1
    Je trouve le football américain plus intéressant que le rugby en général mais son implémentation en jeu vidéo annuel par EA laisse à désirer, surtout cette cuvée 2016 qui fait la part belle aux microtransactions à tout va et aux sollicitations en ligne indésirables (autant dire qu'il spamme comme un ouf la boîte mail virtuelle).

    Sous couvert d'une certaine "richesse", Madden 16 propose    Je trouve le football américain plus intéressant que le rugby en général mais son implémentation en jeu vidéo annuel par EA laisse à désirer, surtout cette cuvée 2016 qui fait la part belle aux microtransactions à tout va et aux sollicitations en ligne indésirables (autant dire qu'il spamme comme un ouf la boîte mail virtuelle).

    Sous couvert d'une certaine "richesse", Madden 16 propose une multitude de modes dans des menus tous plus fouillis les uns que les autres y compris la gestion de l'équipe, du coach, de la saison (ou plutôt des innombrables saisons dans tous les modes imaginables) ce qui contribue à entretenir la confusion ambiante.

    Idem pour la jouabilité rapidement aussi confuse que l'ensemble du jeu lui-même (et je ne parle même pas des tactiques) malgré une tonne de phases d'entraînement dont on ne voit pas le bout et malgré le mode "rookie" disponible. Autant dire que le temps de maîtriser un tant soit peu ce foutoir, le Madden 17 sera déjà sorti !

    Techniquement assez joli mais pas transcendant, loin de là, le jeu pâtit de temps de chargement trop longs pour charger un simple stade avec deux dizaines de bourrins dessus. Bref, cette mouture ne m'a pas convaincu du tout.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#18 Best Xbox One Game of 2015
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#31 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2015
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#41 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2015

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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Sporting News
    Mar 3, 2016
    70
    Madden NFL 16 continues an upward trajectory for the series, just maybe not at the rate that consumers would hope.
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  2. games(TM)
    Oct 25, 2015
    80
    It’s a nice mix of team building, draft tactics and instant gratification that shows off some of the best side of this area of the game.
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  3. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Oct 6, 2015
    80
    Smart alterations to the throwing and catching game shake up the Madden formula enough to pass the taste test, without necessarily adding any new ingredients. [Nov 2015, p.84]
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