Madden NFL 24

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1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 58 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 6 out of 58
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 58
  3. Negative: 50 out of 58
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  1. meyerpark
    Sep 9, 2023
    10
    Amazing game I also was in that Madden 24 playtest 2 months ago as well as being in Crew motorfest beta on xbox
  2. MinePlay512
    Aug 19, 2023
    9
    While I wish more was added as well as replacing the Frostbite Engine with a better engine, Madden NFL 24 plays up to it's strength with the new improvements that can help the series see a new long term plan ahead.
  3. Bradboy
    Aug 24, 2023
    9
    Great Madden! No Hate! Ultimate team has free players you can earn. Combine is cool. Passing is intuitive. H2H works. I remember drills on my PS2, still a refreshing change of pace if you like MADDEN you'll like this game.
  4. Michaelhawj
    Aug 17, 2023
    8
    Gameplay is solid but there are alot odd glitches during gameplay. Great graphics visuals. Sapien technology look so good. Game is Mid so far on what i played for 6 hours during 10 hours trial early access
  5. SergyTert28
    Sep 1, 2023
    7
    Not a finished game by any stretch but better than recent years. I play only franchise with a few friends online and we have fun despite the flaws
  6. Dadnoises47
    Aug 18, 2023
    6
    The last two years of Madden have been a buggy disaster at launch. After much backlash the developers promised big things for a Madden 24, almost as a cop out for how unimpressive Madden 23 was. “Make or break year” they said. After three days of Madden 24, there is some good news and bad.

    THE GOOD- New player skeletons and animations make the gameplay feel fresh. New catch, tackling,    The last two years of Madden have been a buggy disaster at launch. After much backlash the developers promised big things for a Madden 24, almost as a cop out for how unimpressive Madden 23 was. “Make or break year” they said. After three days of Madden 24, there is some good news and bad.

    THE GOOD- New player skeletons and animations make the gameplay feel fresh. New catch, tackling, defensive back and line play animations are all noticeable and a welcomed improvement. Play on the field has been improved, almost significantly and is better than it’s been in several years. -AI is much improved, especially for QB’s. Defending Russell Wilson feels like defending Russell Wilson (maybe not last years’ IRL version).

    - Some minor tweaks/improvements to Franchise mode. (More on this later).

    - Crossplay; if/when it works is a welcome addition for those that play online (I don’t, but it’s an idea that I’m sure folks who do have been wanting and I’m happy they got it).

    -mini games offer a new way to improve players and adds a little more RPG element to the game. - THE BAD

    - The soundtrack, to me is the weakest one in years. Several songs are just down right bad. Where are the hits? These are B-Roll songs. Where are the “this was written for Madden” songs? - The franchise updates are a slap on the face to franchise players who have been complaining for years yet still loyally shell out $60-$100 a year for this game. The updates are minor enough to have been a patch update. Character creation and draft class player editing is now a very lengthy and BUGGY process; crippling the draft class creation element. Hopefully it will be patched as soon as possible. It’s the same faces as last year but (maybe to fix the player skin color selection bug?) it’s just a long formation that you have to scroll down through instead of starting out with the color then choosing the face in that category. You choose your face mask first but some are not compatible with the helmet that you select later. Which only makes the process take longer and feel tedious. Editing player salaries takes forever. Editing really, anything, takes forever. You can relocate right away, but it’s the exact same stadiums you have been moving to for ten years. The jerseys have been slightly updated. Some new cities have been added. Again…these are updates that were coming in patches in the previous years…

    -A lot of the same stale commentary you have been listening to for years, the infamous “old coot” like is back. -Crowd noise is louder and probably more realistic but it’s hard to hear the on field action. Maybe the camera could be tied to the sound adjustment? The closer to the field the camera is the louder the player sound will be? An idea. I’ve read there will probably be a patch for the sound, a lot of complaints so far. Overall it’s a nice upgrade on the field. Some slider adjustments after play testing; and the day one and early on patches will assuredly improve a more than solid foundation there.

    Promised Franchise improvements I feel just aren’t good enough. It’s nothing really new. It’s just old ideas and options in a different package that is a buggy mess as of now. Not a lot of effort or resources were put into that game mode (again), and it shows. As a mostly franchise player I’d say i’m disappointed yet again in that department.

    Overall it’s a fun experience on the field. If you’re a head to head or MUT player, you will be happy with your purchase. If you’re a die hard franchise player, it’s not a whole lot different from Madden 23. Maybe wait for patches and a discount. 6.5/10    … Expand
  7. Mattyice
    Aug 17, 2023
    4
    I'll give Madden 24 credit, it is a decent improvement from its predecessor in a few ways. Its gameplay is certainly better, CPU AI behaves a lot smarter, the new Sapien system makes players look and behave like real NFL players, and I haven't encountered any major bugs in my play on the 10 hour trial, just minor clipping and a pound tackle occurring a bit too often. The additions toI'll give Madden 24 credit, it is a decent improvement from its predecessor in a few ways. Its gameplay is certainly better, CPU AI behaves a lot smarter, the new Sapien system makes players look and behave like real NFL players, and I haven't encountered any major bugs in my play on the 10 hour trial, just minor clipping and a pound tackle occurring a bit too often. The additions to franchise mode, like contract restructuring, double the amount of trade slots, and training camp/mini games are very welcome too, but, like many Maddens before, it STILL suffers from the same damn problems plaguing the series for years. The sorry excuse for new relocation teams (just repurposed NHL custom logos) is pathetic and EA needs to grow a pair and give users a real customization mode for teams. Literally every sports title has it except for Madden, heck the NHL series has a great one Madden devs could just rip off given it's the same exact engine. On top of that, the presentation is still absolutely awful, even if slightly better than Madden 23, and the commentary crew NEEDS to go now. Superstar is still not remotely up to par with other sports titles and MUT is pathetic as usual. Madden 24 is a step in the right direction, but it still needs to do way more to actually regain the full trust and wallets of consumers.… Expand
  8. Gamerkhy
    Aug 19, 2023
    4
    Run game is much improved with oline doing much better. Mini games are a positive as well as well as extra trade slots. If this is make of break for ea I will say they def failed, way too many bugs for a game that should be far ahead of were its at right now. 23 was possible the worst madden to date and 24 takes a very small jump in the right direction however taking a small jump with aRun game is much improved with oline doing much better. Mini games are a positive as well as well as extra trade slots. If this is make of break for ea I will say they def failed, way too many bugs for a game that should be far ahead of were its at right now. 23 was possible the worst madden to date and 24 takes a very small jump in the right direction however taking a small jump with a company that jas the license for many years is totally unacceptable. Franchise is still stale trade logic still makes little sense, free agency makes little sense draft is unchanged for the majority and still could be so much better. Ea does not care and has not cared for many years. Every year when a new madden comes out they trash the previous years lol. They should be working on madden 25 like now instead of waiting for a few month to rush things. Get a new engine take pride in a game that millions are playing, mut should be completely take out of the game so they can focus more instead of worrying about making billions from there cash cow mut. Unfortunately there are no other real opinions for football so we are stuck with whatever ea has. #getmorecompetition
    #eadontcare
    #2ksportcomegetmadden    … Expand
  9. MattyIce34
    Aug 22, 2023
    3
    What you expect at this point, lots of bugs and few new features. Quarterbacks miss wide open receivers (or when they hit them the WR drops it for no reason). Not sure why I keep falling for EA’s nonsense…
  10. freel27
    Aug 27, 2023
    3
    After playing 10 hours of a free trial there is no reason to play this over Madden 23 if you're a franchise player. I felt no player impact on any defensive hit stick. It seems that all tackling and hits are soft compared to last years game. Also, I don't want to sit there, after the game, for 30 seconds looking at highlight screenshots. I want to finish the game and move on to theAfter playing 10 hours of a free trial there is no reason to play this over Madden 23 if you're a franchise player. I felt no player impact on any defensive hit stick. It seems that all tackling and hits are soft compared to last years game. Also, I don't want to sit there, after the game, for 30 seconds looking at highlight screenshots. I want to finish the game and move on to the next. The game also crashed 5 times in 10 hours.… Expand
  11. jaxthekidd
    Aug 25, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s better than last year but that’s not really much of a compliment. The game is super laggy and it’s a long process to just navigate menus. Still no create a team in franchise, or front loading/backloading contracts, and so much more missing in franchise. SuperStar mode is meh. The combine is actually awesome, super well done so props to EA for that. However, beyond that, there isn’t much to do. A lot of things such as “brand focus” are just text based and you can’t actually participate in them. You also can’t simulate games, you HAVE to play every single game. (excluding preseason) Gameplay is better I guess. It’s still pretty bad and easy to exploit though, even on All Madden. All in all, the game is just not good in my opinion and I really wish the NFL would get rid of the exclusive licensing they have with EA and give other companies an opportunity to compete with Madden.… Expand
  12. PlickMyFenis
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    While the gameplay is slightly improved.. there is lots of issues. Presentation is awful, same as past maddens, menus are extremely laggy, character models are off, and most importantly: it doesn’t feel like I’m playing football. It feels like an arcade game catered to a younger audience that doesn’t know what real football is.
    Constant ads for ultimate team and a half baked 3v3 mode    While the gameplay is slightly improved.. there is lots of issues. Presentation is awful, same as past maddens, menus are extremely laggy, character models are off, and most importantly: it doesn’t feel like I’m playing football. It feels like an arcade game catered to a younger audience that doesn’t know what real football is.
    Constant ads for ultimate team and a half baked 3v3 mode designed to nickel and dime impressionable players is a headache and annoying to deal with.
    Until the developers at madden rebuild on a new engine specifically made for football, you should not expect any madden game to be worth your time.    … Expand
  13. Rovaun
    Sep 10, 2023
    2
    It's Groggy!! Where is the in game sound effects that football has on a daily?! I should not be having more fun on ESPN 2K5!! A GAME THAT IS 20 YEARS OLDER!!
  14. HunterCochrane
    Aug 20, 2023
    1
    This game is so glitchy and just copy and paste like the last 12 years.. very disappointing.
  15. Blyman1989X
    Aug 16, 2023
    1
    I am so thankful for my EA early access trial of this game; it very much solidifies that I will not be purchasing madden this year for the first time in more than 15 years. The last 6-7 years have been going downhill in one way or another; I used to really enjoy MUT, and wouldn’t mind even spending a little money on it. Then it became so gross with micro transactions that NMS players wereI am so thankful for my EA early access trial of this game; it very much solidifies that I will not be purchasing madden this year for the first time in more than 15 years. The last 6-7 years have been going downhill in one way or another; I used to really enjoy MUT, and wouldn’t mind even spending a little money on it. Then it became so gross with micro transactions that NMS players were virtually screwed and forced out of the mode. Then I would spent my time playing franchise, and Franchise mode stagnated for years with little to no love as the core gameplay got worse and worse. This year I told myself I would do a trial, but I was not spending a cent unless it was better. This is my experience with Franchise.

    Franchise mode: I started a franchise with the Jags; offline mode beginning preseason. I start with the mini camp drills, something I LOVED playing in the old Maddens when I was younger. I immediately notice that none of the mini-camp medals are accurate (it would tell me I received silver but give me bronze bonuses, it would tell me I got gold but give me a silver medal, etc). Fair enough, does it annoy me, yes, is it game breaking, no. Then I get to a mini-game where Josh Allen, 6 foot 5 inch, 269 lb all pro linebacker, is meant to make a path through a line of blockers and sack Trevor Lawrence. Half of these blockers don’t attempt to block, and stand their like dolts with their hands in the air as JA blazes past them. Then, I hit stick Trevor Lawrence, who SHRUGS OFF the Josh Allen hit stick and gets back into passing mode. I come running back and attempt a secure tackle. Trevor Lawrence again close Josh Allen and breaks out of the tackle and my time runs out. REALLY bad luck I say, next rep I will get it. 5 more reps later with zero sacks, and probably 15 Trevor Lawrence broken tackles and I am supremely confident the coding is wrong. I finish up the mini games and get to preseason game 1. I need to do my weekly strategy, and set my rookie LT as one of my extra training individuals. I go through mini drills for the other two trainees, and get to the LT, and low and behold he has no mini drills for him available, even though the game is telling me one exists. Lovely. I decide to simulate the rest of training, and the F****** game freezes on me and will not move past the loading screen. At this point, I turn off the console, and boot up BG3. I MIGHT play madden when it is on sale for $5 in a few months because of its universally bad criticism, but I don’t know if 5 dollars is worth it. PLEASE DO NOT PAY MONEY FOR THIS GAME! I assure you, you will regret it.    … Expand
  16. IxAMxNIGHTMARE
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    And here we go again. Madden 15 part 9. Once again people love the early access version and think it's good until EA patches it right back into Madden 15. At no point will you actually have control of the game. EA will again decide who wins.
    They will make sure to rush you into ultimate team so you can become addicted to buying packs and hoping for a few more good players so you can    And here we go again. Madden 15 part 9. Once again people love the early access version and think it's good until EA patches it right back into Madden 15. At no point will you actually have control of the game. EA will again decide who wins.
    They will make sure to rush you into ultimate team so you can become addicted to buying packs and hoping for a few more good players so you can finally get over that hump and dominate.
    You never will. Do this... Go into MUT H2H and set it to friends only. You will see that you AND your friends all win between 45 and 63 winning percentage. By the way, you can check this on any system and any year of ultimate team. That's to encourage you to buy those packs then you wonder why all your reliable players begin to play like garbage as the new card you just upgraded to is absolutely on fire. After a month the new players become trash. Time to upgrade again. In fact you spend money and get cards, do quicksells for training which is a currency that you can't buy in cash but obviously you spent money in some way to get those training points. Also the same with certain holiday promotions. To make one player you have to buy his whole collection of cards. It all adds up but in EAs bank account. The deluxe edition gives you some junk for the ultimate team mode, each loading screen tries to beckon you to ultimate team. Be prepared for glitches, the game will be controlled by pre-programmed animations that take the control away from you so that EA can make sure that everyone has nearly the same record. AGAIN, that ensures that you "believe" that buying a few more players will have you optimistic that you will begin to dominate, but you won't. As an example, you may have Deion Sanders as your #1 cornerback then you buy Sauce Gardner. All of a sudden Deion starts to under perform, time to buy a new #1 corner. This happens all over your roster until the next Madden is released then when it is time for the new Madden to come out EA makes everything essentially free on this one. That serves to give everyone the GOD squad. Everyone has the exact same team which takes the fun out of the game and makes you want to start over on the next edition... Rinse and repeat, year after year.    … Expand
  17. Weidenwiesel
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    We're at a point where EA doesn't even care to improve and fix the balancing of the online modes anymore because:
    1. Its broken by design to anger you when you inevitably lose most games and thus push you into buying more fking virtual cards until they're nerfed and you have to buy more and more and more and more
    2. They have enough paid influencers under their wing who have no problem    We're at a point where EA doesn't even care to improve and fix the balancing of the online modes anymore because:
    1. Its broken by design to anger you when you inevitably lose most games and thus push you into buying more fking virtual cards until they're nerfed and you have to buy more and more and more and more
    2. They have enough paid influencers under their wing who have no problem selling their souls for a slice of that sweet madden profit
    3. There are enough stupid and rich fanboys who buy into this **** anyways.

    This is a broken series, its broken by design and anyone who still buys this needs professional help.    … Expand
  18. Honestreview22
    Aug 18, 2023
    0
    Until EA completely changes the code for this game, it will always be terrible. It doesn't matter how many features they add. Gameplay is the most important aspect of this game. This issue NEEDS to be fixed. Until that happens, this game is going to be a continuous disaster. My advice would be to stop purchasing this game. Same old trash. Please take away the NFL license from thisUntil EA completely changes the code for this game, it will always be terrible. It doesn't matter how many features they add. Gameplay is the most important aspect of this game. This issue NEEDS to be fixed. Until that happens, this game is going to be a continuous disaster. My advice would be to stop purchasing this game. Same old trash. Please take away the NFL license from this company already.… Expand
  19. Patrick26
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    Another season, another bad game. It's amazing how every year they fail to prove why they deserve the exclusive license and still get it.
    When your physics system, lighting system, match presentation, franchise depth is worse than a mid-2000s game, with less features, you know something is wrong.
    I do not even mention the scripts.
  20. SlimDaKang
    Aug 18, 2023
    0
    I literally wait for this every year.. same **** terrible.. computer cheats.. players dumb af.. no logic anywhere.. franchise is the worst bs I ever seen.. idk how nfl dosent see us complaining to them.. I hate easports. Literally everything about this game is ugly trash whatever word you want to describe it as it's terrible disgraceful.
  21. TossGawd
    Aug 18, 2023
    0
    EA releases another full priced, unfinished/bug filled game, that is dependent on animations.
  22. Rockhard63
    Aug 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Copy and paste but we got a new scoreboard.sane stale commentators from hell… Expand
  23. Wolfpack948
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    Offensive to football and gaming. EA will continue to be lazy until there is competition.
  24. NewbieGamingYT
    Aug 28, 2023
    0
    Madden 13 ported with worse code and PS4 graphics. No care or quality goes into this game. All this game is, is a cash grab. New studio with passion is needed and EA Sports/Tiburon needs to cease to exist as a whole. If you like NFL Street then play this cause that's all this game is arcade bs. False marketing every year including from all EA insider content creators. There is no care orMadden 13 ported with worse code and PS4 graphics. No care or quality goes into this game. All this game is, is a cash grab. New studio with passion is needed and EA Sports/Tiburon needs to cease to exist as a whole. If you like NFL Street then play this cause that's all this game is arcade bs. False marketing every year including from all EA insider content creators. There is no care or passion put into this game and all it is is scripted pre-determined animations. We aren't playing anything, we're just watching crappy animations play out. Patches don't change anything just add to their already existing code that they've been using since the PS2. Big boy Clint takes your MUT money and goes on nice vacations cause he couldn't make any money in the NFL.… Expand
  25. maddenhate12
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    NFL would make more money by allowing competition within simulation football games. This game is an insult to the NFL, it's customer base, and John Madden. NFL, allow competition between simulation football games and get ready to 10x your investment. Are you ready?
  26. iamCarBolt
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Not even joking. This is the worst madden ever made. Character customization wasn’t changed at all, but they gave you a new menu for it. Franchise mode has almost no changes at all. Team overalls are terrible. Gameplay has only gotten worse since the start of the Xbox one era. Dumb ai. Ultimate Team is just a big “Micro”transaction just like the past 10 ish games. The only reason anyoneNot even joking. This is the worst madden ever made. Character customization wasn’t changed at all, but they gave you a new menu for it. Franchise mode has almost no changes at all. Team overalls are terrible. Gameplay has only gotten worse since the start of the Xbox one era. Dumb ai. Ultimate Team is just a big “Micro”transaction just like the past 10 ish games. The only reason anyone should get this is for an updated roster and even then I wouldn’t recommend spending more than $10.… Expand
  27. Haggy101
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    You honestly couldn't pay me enough to play this game. I watched so many different plays where players wouldn't block, pursue ball carrier, leave their zone coverage, and overall game feeling completely simulated
  28. rileyblog1
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Absolute garbage. Did not live up to the standards set by Baldur's Gate 3
  29. blckovr
    Aug 17, 2023
    0
    I wanted to write a solid paragraph about this version of Madden, but honestly it's not worth my time.
    It's like ordering a brand new premium smart phone with a 4K camera, and receiving a f****** brick in the package.
    How they are able to advertise something and not put it in the game at all is beyond me. Wouldn't be surprised if this garbage goes down as the worst Madden in history.    I wanted to write a solid paragraph about this version of Madden, but honestly it's not worth my time.
    It's like ordering a brand new premium smart phone with a 4K camera, and receiving a f****** brick in the package.
    How they are able to advertise something and not put it in the game at all is beyond me.
    Wouldn't be surprised if this garbage goes down as the worst Madden in history.
    Make or brake for EA, we all know what they chose.

    Avoid like the plague.    … Expand
  30. oliveuuu
    Aug 17, 2023
    0
    this game ruined my life. tried to ft w blake and he wouldn't answer my questions, wouldn't look at me, and kept screaming GO PACK GO throughout the day. i cannot have a single conversation w this man without him bringing up something regarding josh allen or the other men on his team. i beg you to please remove this game from the internet, it literally has ruined my relationship and idea of men.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. GameCritics
    Nov 16, 2023
    85
    Slower, more deliberate, and ultimately much more authentic, Madden 24 feels less arcade-like than it has in years — a welcome return to form for a franchise that practically invented sports simulations. There is still much work to be done, but EA Sports put its focus on the field, and fans have good reason to celebrate.
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  2. TheXboxHub
    Sep 11, 2023
    60
    The excellent on-field action in Madden NFL 24 is badly let down by the performance elsewhere. The menus are in desperate need of an update, and the shallow modes like Madden Ultimate Team and Superstar mode offer little in the way of variation.
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  3. Gaming Age
    Sep 11, 2023
    25
    Year in and year out, its 3 yard gain on first down then a 10 yard sack on second down and we’re caught in 3rd and long. Just when we think EA is righting the ship on Madden, we get this lazy borderline rerelease of the previous year’s iteration. It’s clear the NFL doesn’t care about the quality of their games, as long as you’re not making “after the play hits” for which the Blitz franchise was famous. No one is holding the developers and publishers accountable anymore and the only way to see change is by voting with your wallet. Don’t buy this year’s release of Madden. Even if you didn’t grab Madden 23 last season, go pick it up used and update the in-game roster. EA should be embarrassed passing along Madden NFL 24 as a brand new release for $70. Enough is enough and it’s time for a change.
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