Dear EA, if you want money, fix your game

SquishySoldier21 said:

No ones dumb enough to give you more money and or themselves even MORE headaches to participate in this event. 

No ones gonna buy a whole new team to play it. We already regret what we bought. Bad enough your gatekeeping xp more than ever and there are still no h2h rewards unless you win a sb and wven then you force us to choose ONE pack OR a relatively small amount of coins. Winning SB used to be like three packs AND coins. Thats free advice 

Also, why do our kick coverage guys steer themselves inside/into blockers even when user controlled and CKEARLY trying to veer outside? Oh yeah the whole games a rigged fake prescripted piece of trash. Carry on.

It's is extremely difficult for me to believe that there's people still showing up in the comments trying to lick EA's boots while defending this steaming pile of garbage.  I realize that not everyone has a discernable palette, nor the ability to truly appreciate the finer things in life, but COME ON, MAN.  Again, for anyone brand new, or still within their first ~100 or so hours of Madden, i give them a pass... but for all the ignoramuses -- what is your malfunction?

This is an objectively terrible game.  Let's chart this over time, eh?  Here's the Metacritic scores, anyone can go look these up, in reverse chronological order, over two+ decades.  Notice anything?

1. Madden 24: 65
2. Madden 23: 69
3. Madden 22: 68
4. Madden 21: 63
5. Madden 20: 76
6. Madden 19: 80
7. Madden 18: 82
8. Madden 17: 82
9. Madden 16: 83
10. Madden 15: 81
11. Madden 25: 80
12. Madden 13: 81
13. Madden 12: 78
14. Madden 11: 84
15. Madden 10: 85
16. Madden 09: 83
17. Madden 08: 85
18. Madden 07: 80
19. Madden 06: 74
20. Madden 05: 91
21. Madden 04: 94
22. Madden 03: 95
23. Madden 02: 94
24. Madden 01: 91

I'm no rocket scientist, but there's a clear pattern here eh?

peatrick said:

It's is extremely difficult for me to believe that there's people still showing up in the comments trying to lick EA's boots while defending this steaming pile of garbage.  I realize that not everyone has a discernable palette, nor the ability to truly appreciate the finer things in life, but COME ON, MAN.  Again, for anyone brand new, or still within their first ~100 or so hours of Madden, i give them a pass... but for all the ignoramuses -- what is your malfunction?

This is an objectively terrible game.  Let's chart this over time, eh?  Here's the Metacritic scores, anyone can go look these up, in reverse chronological order, over two+ decades.  Notice anything?

1. Madden 24: 65
2. Madden 23: 69
3. Madden 22: 68
4. Madden 21: 63
5. Madden 20: 76
6. Madden 19: 80
7. Madden 18: 82
8. Madden 17: 82
9. Madden 16: 83
10. Madden 15: 81
11. Madden 25: 80
12. Madden 13: 81
13. Madden 12: 78
14. Madden 11: 84
15. Madden 10: 85
16. Madden 09: 83
17. Madden 08: 85
18. Madden 07: 80
19. Madden 06: 74
20. Madden 05: 91
21. Madden 04: 94
22. Madden 03: 95
23. Madden 02: 94
24. Madden 01: 91

I'm no rocket scientist, but there's a clear pattern here eh?

*steve buscemi voice "looks fine to me"

The game is broken and the community is DEAD...I can't believe some people are arguing those facts!

I quit playing 3 years ago and EA got me back with the NCAA/Madden bundle.  What a major disappointment!  I had been following the game loosely for the last couple of years on MUTHEAD and Reddit and saw there weren't any major improvements, but I did not think they would strip MUT down to what it is now.  Played CUT for about a week and thought that was just a failed attempt at Ultimate Team to a new game.  Then I fired up MUT when Madden released and its basically the same thing!  EA somehow has removed all of the things that made the mode great, and replaced them with more micro-transaction options.

Dirk26 said:

The game is broken and the community is DEAD...I can't believe some people are arguing those facts!

I quit playing 3 years ago and EA got me back with the NCAA/Madden bundle.  What a major disappointment!  I had been following the game loosely for the last couple of years on MUTHEAD and Reddit and saw there weren't any major improvements, but I did not think they would strip MUT down to what it is now.  Played CUT for about a week and thought that was just a failed attempt at Ultimate Team to a new game.  Then I fired up MUT when Madden released and its basically the same thing!  EA somehow has removed all of the things that made the mode great, and replaced them with more micro-transaction options.

Said it before, ill say it again, anyone who has anything other tham angry negative remarks about the game, let alone the fake happy positive things, works for ea.

Chickens coming home to roost. I spent a hundred pkus on 2k today. Ill pay ANYONE but ea. Id rather pay someone to punch me in the face than pay a dime more to ea.

EA knows the game is trash and told MCS players to not exploit stem route glitches. However, ranked is full of stem route glitchers. It has gotten to the point where instead of awarding Reed/Pitts etc to top players, they really should just ban 99% of them for exploits (but you know that won't happen)

SquishySoldier21 said:

We paid for a game. Were allowed to complain when its a piece of crap that defrauded its customers. Literally, people paid for stuff and never got it. Thats a crime.

So you saw how bad the game was last year. You saw all the complaints. Aaaaand then you went and bought it this year, anyway? Sounds like you should be mad at you, not EA.

TavynDrak said:

So you saw how bad the game was last year. You saw all the complaints. Aaaaand then you went and bought it this year, anyway? Sounds like you should be mad at you, not EA.

EA has exclusive rights to NFL games, so they are still to blame. Not sure why you are stanning for a terrible dev that is exploiting a monopoly.

rednecksoftheus said:

EA has exclusive rights to NFL games, so they are still to blame. Not sure why you are stanning for a terrible dev that is exploiting a monopoly.

This, 10x over