Madden NFL 21

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0.5

Overwhelming dislike- based on 1047 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,006 out of 1047
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  1. Darthscofield
    Sep 3, 2020
    0
    Worst madden in the series. Don’t try to kick field goals, the lag will cause it to miss. Don’t play online it’s PTW like always and matchmaking is garbage. Franchise is still bad. CPU can have perfect cover and open receivers with vastly inferior players. Defensive tackles keep up with jackson and Murray, short passes are the NPCs go to even when they’re losing at the end of the game, andWorst madden in the series. Don’t try to kick field goals, the lag will cause it to miss. Don’t play online it’s PTW like always and matchmaking is garbage. Franchise is still bad. CPU can have perfect cover and open receivers with vastly inferior players. Defensive tackles keep up with jackson and Murray, short passes are the NPCs go to even when they’re losing at the end of the game, and make stupid play calls like 3rd and 7 with 1 minute to go down by 7. Change of direction is horrendous. Somehow the NPC can throw passes into triple coverage but deandre Hopkins on my team can’t find a way to be open ever. Franchise is just a copy and paste. Next year it will still, be just a copy and paste. This is the last year I’ll be playing madden. Hanging up the cleats after this year… Expand
  2. Smithler
    Sep 3, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Literally same game every year, such an embarrassment to the madden series #endmaddenmonpoly… Expand
  3. DG8
    Sep 3, 2020
    0
    The worst game in the series. Glad I rented and didn’t buy, haven’t bought in 3 years and won’t buy until they get their crap together or another competitor comes along.
  4. tavareshailey
    Sep 3, 2020
    0
    Keep Madden 20 and just download updated rosters. That would be a better use of your time and money.
  5. Jarenal
    Sep 3, 2020
    0
    Garbage game. Same thing every year. Franchise is unplayable now and glitchy as ever.
  6. jimboysux
    Sep 3, 2020
    0
    Not worth a huge review, gameplays garbage, and we all know it. apparently the screen play is unstoppable, can't get my players to jump for some reason
  7. ConorWayne
    Sep 3, 2020
    0
    Absolutely awful. This game continues to decline, and has reached its lowest point yet. There have been no meaningful changes to this game in years. The outcry from the community is crucial in this moment and EA should be exposed for what they've done to a game that has so much wasted potential.
  8. TalNas3
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Why would you ever rate this game above 0?

    This game is **** Player requests fall on deaf ears. All effort went into 2 modes: "Madden Ultimate Team" and "The Yard", which are both non-simulation and heavily monetized.

    Blow me, EA.
  9. Gatorade03
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Worst game ever seen!! Same game for the last decade nothing New!! Dont buy it!!
  10. Jakec21
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Awful gameplay. Several glitches while playing. No new changes made. Gameplay doesn’t seem natural. I’m done with EA
  11. Tremc77
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Changes from the past 5 years could have been done with a roster update, graphics are trash this is 2020, going from red dead redemption to this is like stepping into a time machine. The animations have footballs flying through receivers/cbs in better position, this isn’t a football simulation, not even close it’s a poorly done arcade game from 2015. EA has been collecting money on theChanges from the past 5 years could have been done with a roster update, graphics are trash this is 2020, going from red dead redemption to this is like stepping into a time machine. The animations have footballs flying through receivers/cbs in better position, this isn’t a football simulation, not even close it’s a poorly done arcade game from 2015. EA has been collecting money on the same game for years. Don’t buy it.… Expand
  12. ibmd497
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    This game is just complete trash. It is so buggy and keeps crashing. It is a copy and paste of previous madden games.
  13. GeckoNoTail
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Trash don’t buy it’s not worth it just go buy a madden from 15 years ago it’s better
  14. CodyDA
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    I've seen better gaming from Sonic E.T. Same rehashed game year after year, nothing ever changing just to milk your money.
  15. Saturn865
    Sep 5, 2020
    0
    BUYERS BEWARE, Madden 21 is littered with issues, unfixed bugs and glitches that have lingered for the past decade and little to no change to any of the core elements! But hey at least we got The Yard and FOTF that they shovel down our throats with micro transactions being the main focus! Insanity is the definition of doing the same thing over and over and expecting a new result so thisBUYERS BEWARE, Madden 21 is littered with issues, unfixed bugs and glitches that have lingered for the past decade and little to no change to any of the core elements! But hey at least we got The Yard and FOTF that they shovel down our throats with micro transactions being the main focus! Insanity is the definition of doing the same thing over and over and expecting a new result so this year I’ll stick with Madden 20 with a roster update as I will essentially be playing the same game! The laziness and the disrespect to fans concerns is reaching a boiling point for me! They promise updates and patch’s down the pipeline but they’ve had a full year to hear our input and concerns but continue to ignore and push greedy game modes! EA you should listen to your fans or you’re soon to not have any! #NFLDROPEA… Expand
  16. SatnoRadu
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Face of the franchise is an embarasement. A 5 years old child would pull his hair out for how pathetic the story is.
  17. Bas_Anios
    Sep 4, 2020
    1
    Only giving Madden 21 a "1" rating simply for the decent game play graphics when you're not dealing with a bug or other glitches. The game play is the same as the past several years and once again Franchise mode is completely neglected for another microtransaction mode.
  18. LawlPwned
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    I never, ever make accounts for review sites. I'm the type of person where I don't leave comments, I don't participate online but I made a Metacritic account solely to smack this game on the mouth. I downloaded the trial through EA Play and I don't know what I expected. This franchise has been the same series for 5 whole years. I'm tired. I'm not doing this anymore. This game gets a zero.I never, ever make accounts for review sites. I'm the type of person where I don't leave comments, I don't participate online but I made a Metacritic account solely to smack this game on the mouth. I downloaded the trial through EA Play and I don't know what I expected. This franchise has been the same series for 5 whole years. I'm tired. I'm not doing this anymore. This game gets a zero. I want more than this piss poor copy and paste effort of a game.

    It's the equivalent of a a rundown barn with animal fecal matter everywhere, chipped paint, broken windows, cobwebs everywhere and their idea of sprucing up the place is painting the front door.

    Don't buy this game. Please don't do it. This isn't worth your money. If you really want to waste it, just send it to me, donate it to charity or I don't know man, go buy yourself a nice lunch. You deserve better.    … Expand
  19. johnstocker37
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    save urself $60 and boycott this **** game. it’s a disgrace to the nfl #nfldropea
  20. mueller141
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    madden 19 with updated rosters. Terrible animations, horrible gameplay. EA needs to give up with stronghold on the NFL license.

    The one game mode "new" this year is actually a rehashed mode from an old madden game. Spoiler: this game is terrible.
  21. ThaRibber
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    #FIXFRANCHISEMODE #FIXFRANCHISEMODE #FIXFRANCHISEMODE #FIXFRANCHISEMODE #FIXFRANCHISEMODE #FIXFRANCHISEMODE
  22. Gunner8000
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Basically a $60 update. Broken gameplay, nothing new or enticing. Better playing NFL 2K5 for a quality football game.
  23. yodster
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    They said that madden 21 was going to be an improvement over madden 20 but it is even worse. The gameplay is awful and the CPU has 100% completion. Simulation in franchise is broken and doesn't work. I'm doubting EA has any real programmers anymore these algorithms are broken. Don't waste your money. The game should have an even lower score but EA hires people to write reviews. #NFL drop EA
  24. brendensannar
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is the absolute worst pile of garbage I have ever played. Don’t waste your money or time.… Expand
  25. JackKaufmann
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Game is terrible. Company does not care. Company gives their game away for free because its trash. At least EA knows madden 21's worth. $0
  26. DawgPoundJoe
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Madden 21 is an improvement over Madden 20, but not so much that this couldn't be a patch. The Yard is fun, but if the bandwidth put toward that had been put toward improving Franchise I think this would be a much better game. Playing PvP is a nightmare filled with nothing but frustration
  27. TankerFury1812
    Sep 5, 2020
    3
    I first experienced Madden the Christmas of 95 and boy was I ecstatic! Controlling my New York Giants and taking them to the Super Bowl. 25 years later...That feeling of joy has yet to be reciprocated. We’ve all seen the YouTube reviews and trending hash tags but everyone’s experience is different. For someone who experienced a completely immersive and offline experience in olderI first experienced Madden the Christmas of 95 and boy was I ecstatic! Controlling my New York Giants and taking them to the Super Bowl. 25 years later...That feeling of joy has yet to be reciprocated. We’ve all seen the YouTube reviews and trending hash tags but everyone’s experience is different. For someone who experienced a completely immersive and offline experience in older platforms, I honestly expected more out of today’s generation of major companies like EA. Features that, I think, make a complete NFL Franchise experience, still haven’t been added (back). Game play mechanics masked by added coaching adjustments. Unrealistic, arcade like scenarios and animations that frustrate the everyday Franchise player. Features and options being added to game modes a majority of ya really don’t care about....except the fact they’ve been added, to game modes...that we don’t care about. The money you’d expect me to spend buying shorts for my created character in The Yard, I’m buying in real life. I’ve made the mistakes of buying packs on MUT after being burnt out grinding challenges and playing 99 OVR Teams in a pay to win environment. I buy the game because I enjoy the game of football. Because I enjoy getting together with the same 32 guys that try to ignore the fact that this game has been crumbling over the years but there’s no other way to experience simulation style football. EA execs are suffocating any chance for exceptional games to hit the market to allow the right experience model to hit the shelf. Madden 21 was EA’s standard money grab. Whether you’re a deep league player like myself or a first time Madden player, I would wait until November to purchase this game. That’s when we expect EA to release “new” features to Francine that should not have been removed in the first place. #FIXEA… Expand
  28. ASuck3rPunch
    Sep 5, 2020
    0
    My experience is limited to MUT Draft in which I'm 19-17 win/loss. This game mode used to be my favorite in Madden 16 Draft Champions when it was a free-to-play mode. Since then EA makes you pay MUT coins to play Draft in a 6 round single elimination series in which you'll lose in-game currency if you lose your first game (very frustrating). Further, if you run out of coins, you wouldMy experience is limited to MUT Draft in which I'm 19-17 win/loss. This game mode used to be my favorite in Madden 16 Draft Champions when it was a free-to-play mode. Since then EA makes you pay MUT coins to play Draft in a 6 round single elimination series in which you'll lose in-game currency if you lose your first game (very frustrating). Further, if you run out of coins, you would either have to play mindless solo challenges in MUT for hours on end or pay REAL money just to play the mode. Think about this for a second... EA gives you a game mode within a $60 game that is PAY-TO-PLAY!? Why is no one talking about this?

    Madden 21 has regressed in almost everything from Madden 20 in gameplay experience. Playbooks are essentially the same just with shuffled plays for each team's book. Defense is both trash at tackling and overpowered at intercepting the ball. Juke moves cause tacklers to stutter and not even reach for the ball carrier sometimes. Top tier WRs can't break away from crappy CBs just because of the speed rating (man coverage stats don't seem to matter here). 50/50 balls no more. Either your WR drops it or the CB will intercept it (more often than not). Defensive line is straight up crap at breaking through the O line. Blitzes are beyond ineffective. They don't do anything except waste extra players who could be better used in coverage. This attributes to QB rollouts too often and sometimes up to 10 seconds of QB handling with no pressure after the snap. This is both unrealistic to the NFL and also a serious downgrade from prior releases of Madden. I could go on..    … Expand
  29. bloodeaglewr
    Sep 5, 2020
    0
    same game. New roster. Glitches upon glitches. Wish the franchise mode would of been updated at the least. Transition tags. Incentive contracts. Conditional draft picks. You know like what they do in the NFL.
  30. Bigdarts
    Sep 5, 2020
    0
    EA yall are actually evil. Rot in **** hell for what you guys have been finessing people. Its ridiculous some of yall that work there need a few screws in your jaws.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. GamingBolt
    Nov 1, 2020
    70
    Madden NFL 21 is as fun and realistic as every Madden game, especially in its new “The Yard” mode and its increased focus on superstars, but its stagnation in gameplay innovation and established modes makes it sometimes difficult to distinguish its improvements over previous games.
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  2. TheSixthAxis
    Sep 14, 2020
    60
    Madden 21 has the components to be a solid, if utterly by-the-numbers entry in the franchise. However, a raft of bugs and glitches serve to undo the game’s atmosphere at every turn.
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  3. GameCritics
    Sep 10, 2020
    75
    Given the sheer depth of the title, this Madden NFL 21 review could theoretically go on for another 1,000 words but there’s a good chance most readers already know whether or not they plan to invest in another season of tried and true NFL gameplay. Make no mistake, Madden NFL 21 is the best rendition of football this generation, and is A solid experience for anyone who takes the plunge — it just comes down to whether or not the new features warrant another purchase for regular fans.
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