What do you think about Madden 22? Please share your thoughts what is working well and what should be improved. How do you play this game (i.e. which modes are you focusing on? H2H? Solos? Franchise? MUT?) Whatever you want to share, please follow the forum rules (i.e. wording, politness, etc.) and stay constructive, even if you want to share critique!

This is how sad your product is EA. Be ashamed. Be really ashamed https://youtu.be/vEHWQwEZCWg [EDIT: copied thread title of previously standalone thread to the top of the text]

This is what happens when a company cares only about fattening up their wallets and not cares about putting out a game for the customers and it is clear and blatant that EA takes no pride in any product they put out and no one is held accountable.

While I think some have unreasonable expectations and will not be happy until EA customizes the game to their exact personal liking, I do think their is reasonable expectations and criticisms of EA when those expectations are often not met on a yearly basis. Sometimes it seems less of a resource issue and more of careless or even exploitive issue.I am mainly an offline franchise mode player who has purchased the game upon its release date since 2012. I'd say, at least in the past few years, it seems (key word... SEEMS) that EA takes advantage of its customers by using their labor and diligence to identify the bugs in their Madden games. The past few years, I pretty much waste my time the first month or two trying to start a long-term offline franchise. The reason I say this is because, upon initially starting my franchise and playing my first season, I notice plenty of bugs that could have been prevented if EA had members of its team simply play a season of offline franchise mode. And, to be clear, these are not personal preferences I'm talking about, but rather clear bugs. Below is an example of some of these bugs:-Game saving issues-Inaccurate score recording following the game, sometimes resulting in wins being recorded as lossesPlayers stats not always being credited throughout the season (I play as much to set records as I do to win games. When I can't break a record due to stats being frozen at week 15, it's frustrating)-Player scenarios constantly repeating or being inaccurate (Deebo Samuel talks to the coach every week); Alex Mack still discusses his early retirement in a Bears uniform with Shannahan after being traded away.-Random crashes-Multiple players above 30 on your team retiring early week after week, regardless if they just signed new long-term contracts in real life.The above examples are just some of this years issues upon release. I have experienced many more in the past. I believe EA does a good job with some things, but flounders in other areas. While I personally don't expect EA to be perfect, and some bugs and issues can fly under the radar, I do believe the bugs upon release are obvious and could have been prevented with something as simple as EA playing its own game. I do not want to waste the first month or two of playing Madden on doing EA's job for them. I lose valuable leisure time in a life that allows me to have little of it, at times. I'd rather start my franchise and continue it without having to start from scratch several times in the first month or two. I think another fair criticism is that EA seems to not always pay attention to the basics or simply gets fixated on certain ideas for their game. You do not have to reinvent the wheel. You can utilize the features and concepts of other games such as 2K, NFL Fever, Older Maddens, etc to create the best game possible. Look at games such as Modern NBA 2Ks to see how well they utilize customization, legends in franchise mode, legendary draft classes, etc. Look at older games such as NFL Fever to see how well they incorporate things such as in depth records, create a team, retired jerseys, etc. Look at older Madden games to adopt and include their best features.I am not as critical of gameplay as others are because I think simulating reality perfectly is tough to do; however, some animations are abused (such as the one-handed catch). I don't understand why certain animations are abused, especially when catching the ball. There have been some really good animations in past Maddens, especially for deep two-handed catches, that were great. New animations should add to the variety of past animations, not supersede them. Then you have a game that's not so boring and predictable. Sometimes simply adding rather than replacing is the best way to go.I do understand that for things such as likenesses EA cannot control. Players need to be willing to get their faces scanned in order for their likenesses to be in the game. maybe EA can find better ways to make it more convenient for NFL players to be scanned, but this is just speculation, as I have no idea what they actually set-up for the players. If the players are not scanned, they get one of the generic heads provided in the game. I see videos complaining about Madden not getting the likenesses correct for some players. I those people were paying attention, they would realize that EA doesn't build the likeness, they scan it. So people are ridiculing generic heads attached to players that did not take the time to get a face scan.I also understand that EA has to abide by what the NFL allows them to put in the game. This may prevent certain customizations and modes; however, I cannot see how this would matter for offline modes. How a user customizes their purchased game should not fall on EA. Team and uniform editing offline should not impact anything. Same thing with customizing divisions and conferences. If its offline, why would the NFL care. It doesn't impact their image. They cannot control what everyone does. I can commit a crime in a 49ers hat and film it, but how would that be the fault of the NFL or reflect on them poorly?I have no problem with EA owning the exclusive rights to NFL simulation games, as long as it is the best possible game. If they built the game to be the best regardless if they had competition or not, people would be too satisfied to care whether or not it owned the exclusive rights. It seems like Madden has members who are passionate about producing the best possible product, but their superiors don't allow that passion to impact the game fully. EA seems to have a business model that sets out to own the exclusive rights to best benefit their profit, not their customer base. It's not a customer centered business model. If it was, it would not need exclusive rights because it would be so good and so customer based driven by customer feedback and request that no other game could complete with it and exclusivity would not matter. Madden isn't a bad game. And people love pro football, so they'll continue to buy EAs exclusive product regardless if it answers most of its customers wishes. When you own exclusive rights, money talks more than customer request. They game merely needs to be playable, as there is no other way to play pro football simulation. As long as the quality of the game is good enough to bring in a certain quantity of dollars, we will continue to see much of the same.The small changes we've been seeing are an improvement, but this game could be so much better than it is. In my opinion, if EA cares as much about its customers as it does about its profit, they will put more into this game or open it up for other companies to adopt a more customer centered approach to creating a pro football simulation game. I'll take it a step further, maybe the NFL, who claims to care so much about its fan base, should stop signing exclusive deals altogether. Having to settle for one provider, such as DirectTV and EA, to get your football fix, seems rather selfish and exploitive of an association that claims to care about its customers but then limits its customers' options for access to their product.

I know alot of the people on here are very angry. I am dissappointed as well but i’m gonna try to word it in a more polite fashion. The game needs a patch desperately, i’m sure you guys are aware of it and are working on it. We want a more expanded franchise, i’m sure you guys are aware of that as well just by reading this forum. It’s great you guys brought staff contract back, tho some would say you just ported it from NHL series but thats okay cause it’s here. So lets just go down the list. 1. The players need balancing, the fact that many people are saying they’re taking a WR with 99 speed and puting him at linebacker and getting multiple sacks a game is obviously a balancing issue.2. The reaction from the AI is either slow or non existent, that’s a problem. 3. Maybe tone down the auto-animations in the game, it makes the players think they’re playing an entirely scripted game and don’t enjoy it.4. The criticisms of this game are mostly not comparing it to your competitors but literally to your older games. Madden 06, 08 and NCAA 14 are YOUR IPs, you made them so people are just frustrated you can’t bring the features of games you already made. 5. This may all be a issue with the game engine itself but you need to tell us that or it’s just gonna be constant attacks from your community to the developers. hope you respond, would really like to hear your perspective and feedback. Thank you.

This is BS year after year we get a worse and worse version of madden they are too busy making the game look good and futuristic that u can’t run the ball, throw the ball, snap, run after the ball without animations. It’s ridiculous I didn’t pay 60 dollars or watch madden I want to play it the players should move in the direction of the stick not juke to 7 different sides then move in the direction I point it. STOP TRYING TO MAKE THE GAME LOOK GOOD, TRY MAKING IT PLAY GOOD THEN MAKE IT LOOK GOOD! No-one should buy this game, but sadly they have a MONOPOLY over football video games so u don’t have a choice if u want an updated roster. MADDEN STOP WASTING OUR TIME AND MONEY AND MAKE US A GOD DAMN FOOTBALL GAME NOT JUST DANCE!Thank you, This was probably pointless

[Discussion] your personal assessment of Madden 22

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Jeremiah757
5 years ago
You made some great points but they also are missing
1. meaning up the TE delay route in zone coverage does not work.
2. why are the QB the fastest people on the field. They move better then Wr. If you going to keep that then you should increase the fumble rate.
3. deep blues are trash (outside third, deep half, inside quarter, and middle third) litterlly don’t do anything.

4. we need a Qb contain patch they stop nothing on the outside. and need to be a coaches adjustment also and yea we understand the pro and * with that. Yes CON they should get more time in the pocket if I set my d lineman to Qb contain. And pro if the qb scramble outside the pocket the de should be all over that since it’s a priority. Take out option tab in coaches adjustments and put in the D lineman tab.
5. gameplaning should be able to change per quarter or per play.

6. Qb spy should play the QB better and have a higher chnance of making the Qb fumble.
7. All offensive icons should disappear if running to far back in the pocket.
8. Cross body throws should have a way higher inaccurate chance as well as throwing on the run.

9. purple curl flat zone need to drop back FASTER to the sidelines
10. LInebackers falling or getting blocked by one offensive lineman on run plays.

11. SHARPER SHARPER routes by wr. They are being rounded off this year and can result in a interception.

12. QB fatigue with scrambling should effect throw power or accuracy.
ImJOEPRO
5 years ago
I just uninstalled Madden 22. This game is a letdown it really is. It’s failed on so many promises and after waiting for this title update and things like pass coverage not even addressed… it’s disheartening. I was hoping this game would be better than madden 20 and 21 but it’s not. I really miss playing football.

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KMooneyJr
Rising Novice
5 years ago
I fired up my 360 and have been playing NCAA 14.
It's sad how much better that game is compared to Madden.
ImJOEPRO
5 years ago
Initial thoughts... honestly I left so much out
ImJOEPRO
5 years ago
@KMooneyJr I still have it just in case. Trying not to break the glass on that one.
vb7sibity
Rising Traveler
5 years ago
This game is purely about exploting the CPU. Madden has devolved into strictly using defensive plays that exploit the offensive line, and offensive plays that exploit the trash zone mechanics. I am disgusted that EA and the NFL have exclusivity on football video games, the lack of competition in the market make it so EA can copy and paste this filth and they know people will buy it since they have zero other options. I wish this company and the madden franchise the worst in the future if this is all it will be for years to come

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Swearengen68
5 years ago
Hello @vb7sibity , I'm not sure which modules or mode of gameplay you are referring to. Can you be more specific? I only play against the CPU in Franchise as either Player or Coach. I adjust the difficulty level and the gameplay sliders to balance it out so it's closer to realism. I've lost some games with a score of 6-3 and I've won some games in a tightly contested battle in overtime. After adjusting and tweaking the sliders I can find a balance that has 75 overall teams playing like a 75 overall team while an 86 overall team plays like an 86 overall. Playing against the CPU with a poor offensive line and rookie quarterback allowed for more sacks while playing against a strong offensive line with an experienced QB didn't produce any sacks.
Have you tried adjusting the difficulty levels and sliders? There are some user defined sliders you can download from the Community as well, if that helps.
vb7sibity
Rising Traveler
5 years ago
Borderline false advertisement to call this a football simulation game [EDIT: former thread title before merge]

Nothing effective in this game is actual football play. Its all animation filled exploitation of the braindead cpu. EA refuses to reply or comment about anything that has to do with trash gameplay because they know its fact and dont give a damn to fix it
dferrell
5 years ago
EA why are you trying to create competition? If these cats ain't got know competitive bone in there bodies that's on them. I mean I know we doing it all for the money and things, seriously, y'all acting Hollywood. Chat don't make it better, Peter robbing Paul all day.
I suggest you stop making the same players the best players every year. It really doesn't make any since. Davante Adams should've been the top receiver this year he shown his greatness all year while Hill really declined. Hollywood Brown and Claypool actually stepped up in their roles, D.K. and Lockett both were on the job despite the season they had. Oh don't get me started. Curtis Samuels how was he not better than Kirk. Brandon Cooks was consistent but because he's a Texans' you downgraded his ratings. Are y'all for real? There should have been 32 teams with at least one 84 ovr all position player on offense and defense. At least!! It's a passing league!! I get it is all for the money, not the love of the game. If you ever run into ImWitDeschyt I'm running that rock down your throat. Then your defense, EA, been so trash you got cats playing zone defenses every play. It's almost boring to watch. I can't, it's not me. I'm the man blitzing type. The answer is Chess not checkers. You got it backwards EA. Sorry. Cats thinking they playing Chess and all they're doing is playing checkers. Well I guess you do have it right EA because you damn sure got them on your strings like puppets. SMH. You ever heard that saying never say never. Madden you'll 'NEVER' never never never never never get me again.
We out dis *!!
SIDE BAR: Andre Johnson EA? '22? My Texans wr's looking weak I had to get Galloway they so bad. I actually found 50 Texans players so we good be careful who you drop next. No. seriously. Johnson. Please....
Generalpatsfan
5 years ago
I used to love playing madden but this game has just been unplayable for the past 5 years and madden 22 really is setting it off. There is so many bugs that need to be addressed within the game and you guys have the simulation rights to make a real football game and every game feels so fake, I don’t know why u guys have three game modes, arcade, simulation, and competitive. Every game u play regardless of what mode feels like an arcade game every time and is so un enjoyable. You guys at EA should be embarrassed by MLB the Show and 2k for actually making real simulated sports games. Those games feel very real when I play them and when I play madden it is such a joke. It’s just a copy and paste game and every year just feels like a minor update. I feel like u guys at the company just don’t care what u do with the game and don’t listen at all to the community. This isn’t just me who feels this way and I’m speaking on behalf of the madden community. You guys really need to take a look at your game compared to other sports games and actually put some effort into madden. Madden 22 is a really embarrassing football game and it is just sad how football is the most popular sport in America but has the worst sports video game. You guys seen your ratings and know it’s bad and u guys get backlashed for this game every year but don’t do nothing about it, how about you guys actually open the simulation rights for the NFL and let other companies compete with you guys for a real life football game. #fixthegame

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