Madden '23

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So I tried out Madden '23 trial thinking I was going to maybe give the game a try this year. After all it had been about 5 years since I bought and played Madden last. What I found out through the trial is it is basically the same game play and same commentary as it was 5 years ago. I want to play it this year but after the trial I have zero interest in playing it.
 
Madden hasn’t been fun since they introduced the stupid ass gimmicks. Random X FACTOR!!!!!! shit.

“Occasionally DeAndre Hopkins can jump 13 feet in the air and make a catch through 5 guys… X Factor!!!!!!”

Fuck off.

EA seriously shouldn’t have touched he gameplay since NCAA.
 
OregonDucks said:
So I tried out Madden '23 trial thinking I was going to maybe give the game a try this year. After all it had been about 5 years since I bought and played Madden last. What I found out through the trial is it is basically the same game play and same commentary as it was 5 years ago. I want to play it this year but after the trial I have zero interest in playing it.
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Game pass has the previous year by the time the new one comes out. If you get the itch just play that one.
 
DayButtAssMans’s said:
Game pass has the previous year by the time the new one comes out. If you get the itch just play that one.
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Yeah for a quick pickup game or something I'll just play the previous year, just like NBA 2kwhatever. I usually buy these sports games for the franchise mode, but given the games are the same as they have been the past 5 years, it's hard to buy the new one.
 
OregonDucks said:
I usually buy these sports games for the franchise mode, but given the games are the same as they have been the past 5 years, it's hard to buy the new one.
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Back in the days of the PS1 & PS2, I'd get Madden, NHL, NBA Live, FIFA... hook up a couple of multi-taps... plug in 8 controllers... host big sports gaming parties with friends, brothers and cousins. To me, those were the glory days of sports games.

I haven't owned a Madden game since the PS3 - when the game's focus turned to online play and microtransactions. I prefer franchise mode and local co-op. In the PS3 era, Madden chopped their franchise mode and local co-op options down to nothing. I haven't touched it since. Now, the only sports game I play with any regularity is NHL.

I miss 7-8 player local compatibility. Last weekend I would've been playing a full team of 5 in NHL cooperatively if the PS4 & PS5 allowed for 5 controllers. 4 was still fun, but 5 would've been tits. Fuck that dumbass AI teammate we can't control. ...That's my biggest gripe with the two newest generations of systems.
 
I bought 23 after about 3 years of refusing to buy a Madden game. The game is worse than it was 3 years ago.

MUT doesn't connect, Franchise mode is broken, Face of the Franchise is lame. And they are pushing WAY too many micro transactions.

1.5/10

The 1.5 is because Madden is on the cover.

This game blows.
 
I can not stand the micro transactions. I pay $60-$70 for the damn game, give me all the game has to offer. I shouldn't have to pay for in-game purchases or anything to enhance the game play or experience. I also don't care if my player is wearing generic cleats, or shoes, I am not going to spend real life money to upgrade so I have choices of shoes to wear.

The direction of gaming has me worried for when the return of NCAA Football returns. In that, I just want to have dynasty mode, and leave me be. I dont want to have to have in game transactions to get recruits, or upgrade facilities, etc. I get the DL pack for uniform upgrades, they did that in the old game and I was a sucker for them and bought them, but in that it sort of makes sense because those uniforms got added to the teams after the game was released.
 
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