I think the most indicting thing I can say about Madden 21 is that they tried to do something I want - put the Tomahawk Chop in the game - and did in the worst way possible.

It doesn't sound like Arrowhead at all. It's like...background noise.

Oh, I’m aware. Finding a real, story-driven RPG that doesn’t ask me to give a shit about multiplayer or try to get me to buy a bunch of loot in-game is pretty hard these days.

The beta is trash. A few new animations and graphical tweaks but this game...this code/engine is old as sh*t. Skeletal hints of the Madden 00's are still visible beneath the player models and the way they move/interact.

And, outside of maybe the hitstick tackles, Madden has always had this underwater, cushioned and gentle tackling and player contact that kills immersion. The way defenders seem to ease ball carriers to the ground has always sucked. There's zero sense of the violent impact, explosion and physicality essential to the sport. OL/DL interactions are still trash as well.

I was already going to pass on Madden 21 and the beta simply cemented it. Couldn't care less what post-launch plans they have for franchise mode because they honestly need to rebuild the game from the ground up.

Not sure what 2k has planned for their football game next year but I'm definitely looking forward to it.

We're a year away from next gen anyway.

EA wasn't putting a lot into the last version of old gen. They're likely already putting resources into Madden 22.

It's bad enough the upcoming NFL season will either be canceled or suck ass.. Games without fans are madden level garbage. ..the only outlet is a piece of shit football game that's somehow gone BACKWARDS over the years

Jesus Christ man....it isn’t going to be any better on next gen.

We'll see. Madden 18 and 20 were very solid releases.

Actually new gen is bad, the last good madden games were on the ****in ps2.

That feel when you can't even give Mahomes his new contract in Madden.

You have low expectations. Madden hasn’t been good for over 10 years.

The last good Madden is the one with Vince Young on the cover.

Clyde Edwards-Helaire has an 86 speed rating at launch. Going to be worthless in game.

What are we supposed to do with an 86 speed... It's cause of his 4.6 40 time...

Literally every version ever made has been unplayable without drastic slider tinkering and house rules. ****ing pathetic

Only an 89 for acceleration and a worthless 77 for tackle breaking. He’ll be useless to start.

As usual, Madden disappoints.