EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 27

Great Game Amazing graphics highly recommend. Some downsides like microtransactions but overall worth it

Crashes way to much basically ever hour on the hour a crash is coming

Worst Franchise mode in years. The menus are polished and a bit fancy with the presentation but provide very little substance. Any actual info you might need to make free agency, resign, and roster decisions is buried under pages and pages of fluff. You can't even cut your own players at the end of the preseason without the fluff. Gameplay is also the worst it's been in quite a long time. Outside of the catch meter (which I enjoy) passing feels clunky and inaccurate and defenses feel faster, more aggressive, and generally unfair than ever. It used to be that you could use out routes, fades, slants etc. to get passing production but now it feels like the only thing that works is drag routes and that's so boring to spam all game. Any time you attack down field, unless you green the catch, it's either a drop or an interception. Generally just not enjoyable. Can't lower the difficulty or adjust the sliders either because if you go below all-madden for some reason it just becomes easy mode. I just want to feel like that game is fair to either myself or the computer but it seems like the only 2 options are either hydrogen bomb vs. coughing baby or playing football against Seal Team 6.

I haven't owned a Madden game since switching to PC from PS4 Pro in 2020 or so. I enjoy a lot of aspects of this game. There are a lot of Franchise mode mechanics that I simply didn't care for, so I just turned them on Auto and let the "assistants" decide. I will say superstar mode has been very difficult for me so far, and I love that I'm not dominating from the word hike. Overall, the game is okay. I can't justify a thumbs down because I play superstar and franchise almost exclusively. I crashed a lot at the beginning (like 3 times) until I turned the settings down some (graphics) and simultaneously changed my Nvidia settings and I haven't crashed one time since then and I typically am running YouTube/Netflix, the game, discord, and a few other programs simultaneously. I know I have a solid build, but if it were as bad about crashing as the other reviews stated, I should be crashing with all of that potential bottleneck happening with my CPU/GPU. Is it perfect? No. Do I want there to be competition in this space to implement some serious renovations? Yes. The NFL can charge more for an exclusivity contract (see sports cards) and 2K can spend less time making a perfected game and know they are the only ones in the space so it'll sell well. It's what you call a 'win-win'. Do I hate that business dictates the quality of game? Of course. But, it's better than 2019 or whenever I last played a Madden. It takes up an hour here or there when I'm tired of having to think for the day. So, overall, it does it's purpose for me. 5/10 Stars

What a dog ♥♥♥♥♥ game. I love madden, looked forward to getting the new one. I have rage quit the first game, might get a refund, EA is just such trash.... fix your crap for real. Make something you can be proud of, because this is just drivel. Absolute pure crap. Can't do athing without it stuttering everywhere. I should not have to turn off all the fun settings to just play the game, which, at max settings, looks worse than last year. The kicking is way too fast. Some stupid catch mechanic when the game is so glitchy and laggy you cant do a thing even if it wasn't timing based..... Maybe fix your spaghetti code. Settings on ultra and they don't even come to a third of my specs. I should be able to play this like butter but nope, yall sent out crap y et again instead of checking it out first. A patch weeks from now doesn't help out.... I hate EA. I wish anyone else would make a good football game for once.

I play offline franchise mode only. Love this game.

I know the popular thing to do is hate on the Madden franchise, and to be honest, there are plenty of legitimate gripes and concerns. Despite that, this game mimics real football as well as any game I've played. I play on All-Pro with default sliders (though I will use Matt10s once the main patching to the game is done) because that's what the game is balanced around. You have to apply proper coverages, know how to pick up a blitz, step up in the pocket instead of off your back foot if you want to throw deep, and plenty more. I hope the NFL does away with exclusivity so we can get better competition, leading to a better product. I'm still not happy with the lack of refinement and real-world feel in franchise mode. I do not play MUT or online so I'm less worried about balancing around that and cannot speak to how those modes play or their limitations. That being said, I wish they would use all their MUT profits to actually invest back in the game and revamp it. I also think it is time to take a year hiatus if necessary to switch from the Frostbite engine to something better suited for sports titles.