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I know you might be getting tired of talking about madden every year since its always bad, but thank you for acknowledging the low quality that this franchise has reached.

I saw the Eras Mode being added in NBA2K and I was blown away, imagine something like that in any other sports game where you can re-write history. I'll say this, that had to take a couple years to develop behind the scenes and that alone just shows the difference between 2K & EA. EA makes excuses on why things aren't in the game, while 2K on the same consoles are doing more. MLB The Show has a stadium creator and yet in Madden we get stuck with generic stadiums that we can't even customize. When 2K introduced Relocation into Franchise, they went all out and didn't half ass it like EA did. Simply put, the executives at EA just don't care, I do think the devs care about making a great game but constantly get shot down by the executives and won't allow the devs to do more than just a couple features here and there each year causing EA to lose devs like Ian Cummings and Rex Dickson who wanted Madden to be so much more. The Sim license needs to be opened up........ period.

EA knows exactly what they're doing. Adding features requires labor. Labor costs money. Shiny new graphics and marketing is what attracts customers. They have a monopoly on NFL gaming and they're exploiting the $hit out of it.

If they're taking steps in the right direction, it's one step at a time and they're miles away from where they need to be.

I started playing Madden in 1992. I've played every year's title since then. This guy is 100% correct. Most people don't realize how bad the game is because they either never played Madden when it was good and/or never played the 2k football series. The only way we will ever get another amazing NFL football game is when the exclusive license is no longer owned by EA. There is a very, very good chance this will never happen.

2K has its own issues, but having the depth of presentation that it has makes it 1000x better than madden.

I actually haven’t ever thought about madden like this. Pretty wild to imagine how good this game could possibly be. Didn’t really click with me until you mentioned the atmosphere during the games. Madden could be so cool. Unfortunate that EA blows

Honestly not surprised. Tbh the NFL needs to let someone else handle their games cause this is ridiculous

Disagree that EA have no idea what they're doing. They know exactly what they're doing - no effort yet stacking up millions of dollars on sales of this game each and every year. It's (sadly) quite genius.

I was playing madden in the early 90’s and my friends and I used to look forward to every single game…we all stopped playing around 13. It became too focused on opening packs….I used to play years and years or franchise… I remember when they first started actually saying created players names(is that gone?)….it’s crazy how many things are gone that were even in the ps1 version…

My biggest gripe with madden is the interceptions. In franchise mode My QB will generally have an extremely good completion percentage. Something like 25-31.. but my other stats will be 325 yards, 5TDs and 4INTs. It feels like everything is caught, either by my team or the other team. It's been like that since madden 19 for me. It's like the game doesn't know how to be difficult so instead it will just make you throw an interception to make the score closer.

Least surprising moment of every August. A "new" crap EA NFL game. I'm not calling it Madden. Too disrespectful to the man.

The younger generation that’s buying and playing this is being conditioned by EA to believe this is great. They have no idea how much more content used to be in these games. As the graphics have become so realistic we’ve lost gameplay quality and in game features.

Hearing 2k was doing that much to their franchise literally made my jaw drop, I've wanted ea to bring back classic teams but hearing 2k is going into that depth for their consumers shows actual care to the product. Shame on ea and its employees for letting it happen. And again only way to make a change is to not ever purchase it, play it and basically if you stop talking about it all together they'll have to notice.

Came from Angry Joe's review. Great job on this one! It's such a shame that EA is holding simulation football hostage.

The "new" passing system is also just an updated version of precision passing on Madden 06. The problem with it in 06 was that the user had to manipulate the QBs field of vision with the right stick, then direct the pass. The QB field of vision was also dictated by QB you were using. So, Peyton Manning could basically see the whole field at any time, but Michael Vick only had a sliver of the field in his view which required almost impossibly precise user skill. If your starter was injured... luckily, you could turn off precision passing.

I just want to say that 2k's "era's" seem awesome and it personally reminds me of 2k12's mode that was like this but the fact that last gen gets no love sucks

Its so aggrivating how ea markets. They take features out to force you to play ultimate team, then 5-7 years later they put those same features back in and hail it as a revelation. I really hope one day people will wake up and stand up to ea or the nfl will goto 2k instead of ea

Gotta give it to the marketing team. They be the only ones doing their jobs well like they should

The NFL is absolutely complicit in the downfall of its licensed video games because it doesn’t care about the product. It cares solely about the *revenue*, which MUT inarguably boosts. MUT is where the money’s at, once you hook people into dropping cash on the game itself. I would argue that it’s not just the lack of competition, but the dramatically increased reliance and focus on MUT and post-purchase revenue that has walled this once-great franchise into an inescapable corner.

I know you’re tired of reviewing madden but thank you for being a voice for the franchise community. I grew up with sports games before online play existed so franchise modes in madden, 2k, fifa etc hold a special place in my heart

PLEASE keep making these videos. I understand you’re take on ignoring them but it’s been 18 years man LOL…….This is basically a hostage situation and we need guys like you and Ryan. Lol.

What should be in madden 23 - create a team - create a fan - create a playbook - better gameplay - better depth - historic teams - deeper franchise mode

this is my favorite sports game review of all time 🤣 i enjoyed your honesty, ea deserves no slack anymore, it's 2022 and they still wont make a new engine with their billions. it's truly embarrassing that they have a monopoly over several sports titles smh

Because of EA’s laziness on madden, it makes me feel nervous that NCAA Football is gonna be ruined

This video is definitely on point! Boycott EA everyone please! This monopoly should be illegal

This is one of the best reviews of Madden I’ve heard. You hit the nail right on the head.

Another year of not buying this. Went back and binged a lot of your vids man. Great content but really sad reminder of how much these franchises have fallen. Even the show and 2k have been disappointing me lately though I at least buy them still. It’s wild that next gen games don’t compare to old games in terms of depth/offline modes. All games are made for transactions and online now. 🙄

It’s really disappointing (but not surprising) that EA produced another let down in the series, but it’s terrible that nothing spectacular was done for the first game in the series after the death of the legend the series name comes from. John Madden would be so disappointed in the lack of innovations that Madden has continued to put out- the franchise needs a serious wake up. Sorry Coach 😭

I absolutely love this video, great job. Someone has to hold EA accountable, as someone that loved franchise mode it was clear when MUT came along that franchise got tossed aside. I appreciate your honesty!!!

Preach! Such a scathing but unbiased review. So perfectly summed up by "the game has still not surpassed football games from 10-15 years ago". That is the nutshell. My gut feeling is that the NFL has already planned for either 2K to replace EA with exclusive rights, or, to include both companies. But that 2K has requested/needs a couple of years to build from the ground up a product ready to hit market with high quality. Not just the actual game development, but all the pre-production required....building and tuning resources and assets, charter of goals, game policies, a strategy of features, implementation, artistic design, etc. Before you can sit down and code a game, you have to have a strategy, a concept, a vision, a design, presentations and resource management systems, etc.

Literally been waiting for this to drop before putting a dime in Madden 💀

The most sincerely honest review!! Keeping it a 100!! Much respect from a former EA video game player. I don’t even like calling it MADDEN because it disrespects the man.

Great video man. You make awesome content and I was wondering if you’re ever going to continue on with the Sarasota Seamen series? I really enjoyed watching a team come from nothing to something with major potential so I’d really like if you went back to that series and finish out another year.

Honestly, I checked out of Madden after 2005 . I was shocked back in 2014 when I finally bought a playstation 4 and played Madden 2015 . Outside of graffics , it was no where near as good as the PS2 maddens and NFL 2k5. I'm an older offline franchise guy. These games are not for me

The game still looks, sounds, and plays terrible. I thought they would at least try a bit to do right by Coach Madden. Guess not 👎

Recently found your content and 100% agree. I love the NFL but constantly find myself going back to older versions of Madden. I literally just had a conversation saying if Madden would just do half of what nba 2k does it would be amazing lol… so sad

The most frustrating thing about Madden 23 for me was the franchise mode glitch where it keeps sending you back to the draft even after your weeks ahead into next season. The only solution I discovered for this was to play offline franchise mode, exclusively.

I was about to buy the game after not playing a Madden game in years, then I came across this video. I also found out the newer "features" were not available on PC or PS4 as a push by Microsoft & Sony on developers to goad people into buying the newer consoles. EA has always rubbed me the wrong way, and I'll continue to stay away from their "products".

The trick is keeping every years game below standard, so they can make the next game better than the previous year, making us think that it really improved.

Im looking more forward for Madden 24 to come out for Softdrink to review it then to get it and play it 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I know it’s not possible but I would love to see one year just one where game developers were told you are not allowed to have micro transactions present in your next AAA game or indie game. You can still do dlc that would expand on the game but no little buy skins or players packs. And if a game releases with micro transactions it is immediately cut and removed it is not allowed to be sold and if they try to proceed with selling it they have to pay a massive fine like I mean half their companies worth kinda fine. I know it’ll never happen but sometimes I wish it would

It’s like your fav NFL team being in last place every year with a 3-13 record and then the next year “improving” to 4-12…the team still sucks

On the video "why E.a is hated", a guy who worked for them wrote this. Larry Walsh - In the 6 months I worked for E.a (on the launch of E.a sportsworld), I found 297 bugs they fixed one. ONE. Their corporate philosphy was that if a bug wasn't something that would prevent them from seĺling the game, it was likely irrelevant. Whether or not it had a negative impact on the player's experience, was not even a consideration.

This is an excellent review. And from someone who doesn’t make a living off of giving bad madden reviews. Felt like the opposite and more heartfelt because of it. I have bought madden every single year, sometimes twice as I shifted consoles. I only play franchise so particularly frustrating for me and you nailed the frustration. How hard is it to keep in good portions from past years and improve things from there? Feels like they take out great stuff by going to a new simulator and then take years to bring things back. The height of laziness is not changing cities or uniforms to choose from when moving a franchise. How much fun could users have to help in the process? Make it a contest. Get designs from users. But this would create work they don’t seem to be willing to invest in. I can only hope the NFL opens up the market. Done buying this game. Opens up a few hours for me to do something worthwhile.

Ahhh the honest review I was looking for. Here is a sub buddy. As a 31 year old I’ve played madden in its “Golden Days” an to see that my choice of not buying the game in over a decade is still correct feels kinda bad.

There's nobody left at EA that has ever made a decent game.

I’m actually playing Madden 05 on my GameCube while I watch this, and can confirm: I’m having much more fun with this than I’ve had with the past like 7-8 iterations of the game 🤣🤦🏽‍♂️

5:17 "Because we need less sellouts and more honesty..." Only reason my fav footballs sims are 05-07. Prime madden/NCAA to best play. But so many people forget. Or better yet, not even born! 100% Emulation for the win if you wanna play real madden. Just my opinion, i started on SNES madden and i was hooked...

Yo off topic can you do a video on the best portable maddens? Such as madden 13 on vita, madden 08 on psp, madden 2005-09 on ds, and the gba games?

You know the state of madden and sports video games is bad when year after year I am more excited for soft drink’s video about why madden is bad than the game itself

One of the problems is that for years the game has been made on a broken foundation. And until they take the time to fix that; Which in their case might mean not releasing the game for one year which would result in loss of money, it will not be fixed.

Cool ideas for Madden. Journeyman game mode where you have to earn your spot on a team only in all madden difficulty so its a bit of a challenge. Hard knock type feeling moments when in a players meeting or locker room where the coach is screaming at his players. The combine should definitely be in it too and a better draft mode where players walk on stage where you could dress up for it and imagine including friends with it would be insanely fun.

I haven't bought a Madden game since 13, I'm waiting for this guy to tell me they fixed franchise mode and only then i will buy Madden once again

With Emulators on the rise and with 2k Football, NCAA Football, Axis Football, and Maximum Football (all of which are looking like they'll be out next year (2023)) I surely hope all of that puts the Madden team on borrowed time when it comes to these yearly entries.

Everything you said about this game with the lack of competition and them being complacent because of it is spot on and the fact its been making baby steps for the past 10yrs was spot on. I agree with this whole video.

There's just something about Madden that feels stale and boring. I always feel like you can't control your players which is the most ironic thing given that it's a sports game and the gameplay should be the ultimate thing. The players run like they have cement blocks for feet and the overall physical feel of the game is rigid and unresponsive. The players look like they're walking out of their breaks instead of exploding on the ball or through the hole. You can't make aggressive cuts on offense because your player will do an exaggerated breakdown that's disproportionately slower than needed, and when he finally does cut (provided he doesn't get tackled), it always feels awkward and not where you were trying to go. I always feel like I have trouble "aiming" my players because of the response lag. And on defense, it's even worse. Whenever I try to aggressively break on a play as a linebacker, he never explodes athletically off his spot toward the ball; he does this really rounded, slow acceleration, slower than any linebacker I've ever seen play in the NFL and is hard to aim with on top of that. The game feels like it's fighting against you as the player. Its philosophy of realism is putting limits on players' responsiveness instead of making it about positive things like momentum, collisions, etc., which would make the game challenging anyway if done right, and the game just overall feels really lame to play. It seems like their energy was put into more the pop-culture NFL glamor, like pre-game animations, stupid cut scenes, etc., but used less data for actual player movement and good football play. And it's the same thing every year. I still resort to 2009 Backbreaker, a 13-year-old video game on PS3, because the one sole thing it does better than Madden, the gameplay feel, transcends its cheesiness, its goofy player appearances, its dated graphics and its primitive overall presentation compared to Madden.

This game is such a disgrace to John Madden his legacy and their name.

My man captain price can describe madden 23 perfectly “That was an improvement but it’s not hard to improve on garbage”

For ten years they've taken a "step in the right direction" That's ten steps. Ten steps. Out of a 42 kilometer marathon they've taken ten steps

I’m thinking about getting this on sale. This would be my first madden in about 10 years. Would it be worth it for me? It is about $45 rn. I would be purchasing on next gen (PS5)

You’re so well spoken. It’s sad bro. Franchise was my childhood I played 07 08 12 and even thought 25 was decent. I’ve played for decades on some franchises and had so much fun but that is all gone now

Good review and dead on. I wish 2k would go ahead and jump on the Spring Leagues and make a game with USFL or XFL something. Heck make a USFL vs XFL game. Im sure a license can be given on the cheap. At this point Axis Football or Maximum Football are better options to spend some money on. Let them develop and grow. They at least listen to people and try and fix their games.

Excellent review. I love that you added gameplay from other games for comparison. People need to see good football gameplay. Because they really haven't been exposed to it.

That 2k franchise feature that allows u to play in any era sounds so fkn dope

Not only is franchise mode lacking features, but they often break and you'll lose access to your league. This game seems to get more Fd up each year.

This was spot on. Madden’s core gameplay is just not very good. Incremental tweaks are not going to save it. If Madden is ever going to be great again EA will need to start over from scratch. And unfortunately, I don’t see that happening, probably ever.

For as good as the PS2, Original Xbox and GameCube versions of Madden 07 and 08 are you can boot up either one and not notice many differences between the two. That goes to show how little differences that there are in EA's Sports games there are nowadays.

Why does the franchise mode freezes after playing a game it won't let me finish the game whether it's the super bowl or a regular season game it ejects me out of the game and says this game has an error and asks me to report it this was happening in madden 22 as well please someone give me some insight on this matter thank you

Hey brother love your videos love your effort . The last Madden that I purchased was in 2020. My question is if 2022 and 2023 aren’t good should I get 2021 or 2023. If not I can continue having fun with 2020 and 2016 lol!

Thank you for being the most honest sports gaming KZfaqr out here. Your feelings are reciprocated.

Great honest review. I had not played Madden since PS3 years. I got a PS5 and Madden 22 and was expecting an awesome experience after so many years. I can't even stand to play it and I am a football nut. So sad. I won't even bother with Madden 23. As a pure simulation fan I want better gameplay, better dynamics, more immersion, and more excitement with better commentary and stadium energy. Even a game as simple as Techmo Bowl felt better. I don't think it will get better until EA loses its exclusive license and gets some competition. We need an antitrust lawsuit.

Only thing I disagree with is that EA doesn’t know what their doing. They know EXACTLY what they are doing, they just don’t care to make it better and that is partly because of laziness and largely because there is no financial incentive for them to do so. People keep buying their crap so why make significant changes of any kind?

Can you make a video on the packstike? Just your opinion on the matter

Everytime I watch your videos, I still always get new and improved madden ads😂

I still can't get over the fact that EA cannot make proper pads

It always amazes me how little EA changes between releases. Almost like it's just a copy of the last game.

Anybody having issues with franchise? I've never had this problem before but for some reason when I sign a FA I have +18 mill in cap space but unable to resign players because it says I'm -22 mill in cap space?

Thank you for putting these videos out every year. Good lord these games somehow continue to get worse.

I love soft drink never stop making these they’re so true LOVE THE CONTENT

Crazy how EA has all the money in the world to make a great modern football game but just refuse to do so. Its actually sad how lazy they are now.

I’m top 15 on the leaderboard so I definitely spend alot of time on this game and I completely agreee with everything u said about gamepla I only play Mut and it definitely feels like an upgrade from madden 22 with the passing and tackling but that stops right there. the defense is completely over powered I would lead a ball to a wr just for a defender to some how gain +100 speed glitch infront or behind my receiver and pick it off. not to mention when when I would throw a ball to an open wr on the flat just for my qb to throw it straight in the defenders hands like wtf I understand the defensive pressure can effect throwing but throwing it straight in a cb hands is ridiculous.a incomplete pass is one thing but throwing it right in the defender hands is completely unacceptable unless I’m using a punter as my qb. And I also hate how cb have so much control when people user them . when u throw the ball up to the wr he has little to no control other than aggressive,rac, and possession catches(basically I’m tryna say is I hate how receivers litterally don’t go after the ball if is an inaccurate throw while the defender goes to the ball with goofy ass animation)

Great review. I think people that are saying this is a good game haven’t played older maddens so in their brain this is good because the last few have been terrible or MUT players that will accept any garbage that EA puts out. I feel sorry for competitive madden players because they have to say good stuff about that game because their livelihoods depend on streaming and playing the game even if the game lacks any heart or soul.

"Thanks for watching.” No No thank you for making this video. And I'm not buying this game. Bcuz in my eyes the NFL has everything to do with Madden horrible game development. It's their product been represented or misrepresented I should say. Thats y it behooves me to not purchase NFL products. Until they earned my respect again. Ive uninstalled M22 in February & having look back. I've been playing other game titles and not wasting my TIME or my MONEY with Madden. It's been great! R.I.P. John Madden thanks for everything. Coach.

You my friend are doing the lord's work. Some Ppl will still be oblivious to the monopoly EA holds over NFL football but others are slowly coming around and questioning the monotony that is the madden franchise.

I would love to see you revisit your "downfall of madden" removed features list and go over said list and see what they've added back or still have not done so!

I don't have a single Madden for PS4 or PS5. Is there one you would recommend? I think the last one I played is Madden 10...

The NFL needs to drop the damn license deal with EA and give it to a company that actually cares about making a quality product

Dude, listen... I had been playing and annually investing my money into this franchise every year since the very first one hit the market back in 1988 back when it was called John Madden Football... and all the way up to 2010 when I finally got fed up for the exact same reasons as you just laid out in this video. I had finally realized that all EA was doing was milking their fan base year after year without giving them anything in return to earn their loyalty. And if that wasn't bad enough...then came the microtransactions. So because of my love for the game of Football, I check in every year to see what (if any) changes EA has made to the franchise...and STILL!, it's the same old song. So at this point, we can give up on thinking that EA is going to do anything... it's time to start blaming the gamers for purchasing the game. This nonsense from EA is not going to stop until they notice that no one is buying their game anymore. All gamers need to realize that they have the power to change things for the Madden franchise by simply not purchasing the game. EA would almost immediately get to work then.

Thanks for the review! I think it's important you make these so more people can see how bad Madden is now

Man I miss the days where I could create a player & play franchise mode, I wasn’t 1 of them ppl to make a 99 player right off the back I would just create a player & take a good rookie stats & upgrade when I could

You know it’s bad when they advertise a new touchdown celebration

Hey man, we love you for the honesty and the facts. We need more of this. We are in the dark ages of sim football games and it’s beyond ridiculous and its beyond redundant. Its awesome to see at least one person giving people who love playing football in real life, in video games and watching football, hope that it could get better soon.

Hey bro keep up these videos. I’ve watched your channel for a long time and agree with 100% with what you say. There is no passion or love for these sports put into these games anymore. And it’s honestly pathetic. With todays technology you should have something that’s insanely similar we watch on Sunday’s. but we don’t. Because that would take something that these games haven’t had in over a decade. Passion and love for the game.

Good video. I disagree with the thing about the player tags as mentor players will young players. For example, if your backup QB has the mentor tag he will help boost your rookie quarterbacks stats.

I genuinely appreciate you cutting through the hype to give a review. The Madden hype cycle makes it really hard to find anyone saying anything critical of the game. It is all praise with no constructive criticism. Thanks for doing what you do. Cheers! Also, I dig the historical look at sports games that you do. Great videos.

All yes the "McDonald's of video games 'Madden' " is upon us again. Great review sorry game. "If it's not broke don't fix it" mentality of Madden would be great if Madden wasn't so broken and swapping features in and out. I wish this generation of gamers could see when Devs really wanted to or were able to put out the best games possible for the gamer.

I literally stopped playing all sports games this year they’re all just made by money hungry companies at this point and don’t actually try to improve or listen to their community everyone just needs to move onto something better with their life and forget about these shitty games until something truly changes

They should follow a 5/20 rule …. 5 major changes n 20 little features they can bring back