I had a great time with this because I hadn't played a Madden game since Madden 2001. Compared to that this is amazing, but if I'm being honest it is ASTOUNDING to me that they make as much money on these games as they do every single year and all they've REALLY done is improve the graphics, add a super half-assed career mode that MOSTLY works, and a couple options that speed up Franchise Mode such as only playing the offensive snaps or big moments from an otherwise simulated game.
The story mode looks TERRIBLE. The Franchise mode is broken as fuck. If I had paid specifically for this instead of just catching it on Game Pass, I would've been pretty pissed. I couldn't believe how many features are still broken when they had already released Madden 23 by the time I finally played this one.
So. To be clear, this is a 3.5 game compared to Madden 2001. There is no way I would ever give this game series money on an annual basis though.
Finished Date is based on winning the Super Bowl with the goddamn Jets because that's who drafted me in the create-a-player story mode and winning the Super Bowl with the Ravens in a single season of franchise mode.
The story mode looks TERRIBLE. The Franchise mode is broken as fuck. If I had paid specifically for this instead of just catching it on Game Pass, I would've been pretty pissed. I couldn't believe how many features are still broken when they had already released Madden 23 by the time I finally played this one.
So. To be clear, this is a 3.5 game compared to Madden 2001. There is no way I would ever give this game series money on an annual basis though.
Finished Date is based on winning the Super Bowl with the goddamn Jets because that's who drafted me in the create-a-player story mode and winning the Super Bowl with the Ravens in a single season of franchise mode.