EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 26 leverages a new AI-powered machine learning system to convert thousands of plays from nearly a decade of real NFL data into more explosive gameplay.
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| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $69.99 | 5.9Kreviews | 53% | — | $18.5M |
| $69.99 | 21.6Kratings | 64% | — | not modelled | |
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I hate this game and every madden title since Madden 16. EA apparently can't afford decent coders, because EVERY time I load up this piece of D O G S H I T I deal with *Terrible loading times. I shouldnt have to wait 2-4 seconds EVERY TIME I press a button. *The most Inconsistent AI I have personally ever seen- 90+ovr WRs not even ATTEMPTING to catch a pass after running past another player amongst a plethora of other small bugs that are game ruining. *Offensive players not picking up blocks. Every time I run the ball, there is at LEAST one player just standing there or they stop running and give up on lead blocks- THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, FIX IT. *Stupid settings- Why tf is ED OLIVER catching Lamar Jackson at a full sprint? Player speed Parity Scale slider. It's unrealistic, it's unfun, WHY add that into offline mode? Also, the Switch Stick setting is f'n STUPID too. * EA. *Online modes being blatantly pay to win- coins or any currency otherwise is required to buy the best cards, and that currency can be bought at a steep price. EA doesn't like people actually playing the game, they want people to pay thousands of dollars to build a team so you don't have to actually take time and get good at the game to win, as playing time isn't putting as much in their pockets as microtransactions have. *Electronic Arts *LOUSY PC OPTIMIZATION- Load up a game on console and pc at the same time. Console is faster, smoother, and all around better. I can run every game in my library at 1440p high/ultra settings at 80+fps EXCEPT for every madden I have. I'm lucky to see a 60fps PEAK in this game. *Lousy PC Graphics- Comparing console graphics to PC, it isn't even close. So, why charge Full price when the people with MORE POWERFUL SYSTEMS can't run the game at higher framerates and graphics? I sincerely hope this review gets seen, EA needs a reality check. PS, I'd suggest you STOP BUYING these games so we can get rid of the NFL's exclusive contract with EA and maybe 2K or some other company can make a better game and show EA the value of building decent games.
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14 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.
14 on sale1 answered “not sold”0 we did not ask
The 1 “not sold” market is read from the Steam price pass of Sep 5: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price there. The 14 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 0 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.
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Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 933 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Madden 19 and Madden 22 weren't my favorites, but it's amazing how the game seems to get worse every installment. The amount of maintenance that this game had was crazy. It prevented me on several occasions to be able to complete the daily, weekly, or event missions to get those time-sensitive rewards. An advisor on the forums told me to follow a twitter account, MaddenNFLDirect, they said that they always posted when there was a maintenance occasion. This turned out to not be the case. There was maintenance that prevented me from playing even when this account made no mention of it. There are events where it said you had to win 10 games for the rewards, it turned out to be 20 games and I had to find that out via the community. I won 27 of these games and still did not receive the reward. Events said they would run until a specific date, and the EA servers would remove them days before the time listed, preventing players from collecting rewards. There would be twitch drops you could collect from watching streams, but they would either act super finicky and not track your progress, or there would be other occasions where if you weren't in the stream the very minute it began, you wouldn't have time to finish it because the time required was so exact with the stream length. As far as the gameplay, it's the most monotonous that I have ever seen in the series. They take away solo challenges if you don't complete them by a certain time, which is diabolical. The rewards you play to get vs the CPU do not feel rewarding at all. The teams are always 83 overall, and extremely easy. It's more grindy than anything. There is no sense of satisfaction from these games, which are on repeat. The exception were the few events that were polar opposite of this, they were almost impossible to complete because the teams were so good...but there weren't that many of these challenging ones. Speaking of impossible to complete, the game had crashing issues all the time. A crash results in an instant loss if you are in the middle of an event game. And if you get 1 loss on these events, you have to start from the beginning all over again. These crashes were not because of low specs. I have top of line equipment. There is not a single instance where even with mountains of proof EA stepped in to provide assistance. Trying to communicate with them for anything is a monumental waste of time. Even after making it through the virtual A.I. and being connected to several agents, the responses were still unhelpful and began with generic templates that even said stuff like "Copilot said: ". Not only would I not recommend this particular installment, I have officially been turned off from playing, let alone buying, any EA game for the future.
O 26 melhorou bem a mecanica mas po está horrivel na questão de desempenho, o jogo fica com tela de loading infinita, tu termina a partida simplesmente fica escutando uma musica de fundo e vendo uma foto de capa infinitamente, em 5h (não 5h corridas) já passei por esse bug 4 vezes e a unica solução é fechar o jogo e ir fazer outra coisa, o bom é que o jogo não te deixa ficar viciado kkk pois ele trava e faz tu sair do jogo na marra. Bugs de animações são constantes tambem, teu jogador toma um tackle e simplesmente morre no chão sem nenhuma animação de cair apenas aparece igual um defunto no chão e outras vezes você passa perto de um jogador da sua OL e fica agarrado nele. Meu PC: Ryzen 5 5600 RTX 3060ti 16gb RAM DDR4 3600mhz Monitor 32" fullHD Internet fibra 400mb Era para rodar liso pois as telas infinitas não são por falta de pc ou internet são por conta da má conversão da EA mesmo. MUITO OBRIGADO STEAM por me reembolsarem. Até o suporte da Steam está vendo que os jogos da EA estão puro lixo.
its actually a really good game. i get great fps even with a older gen pc
I didnt upgrade from 25 because i heard 26 was worst. Playing it now with EA play for myself before 27 drops, i'm glad I didnt buy this. Worst madden ever created. Major step down from 25 and i already thought that game was bad and buggy. Its like they forgot to ship the cpu a.i in this game. Its the worst i have ever seen it.
bought for PC on sale and i regret spending $13. menu isnt responsive. i knew not to buy this but havent played madden in about 7 years and figured there would be some upgrades that makes it better. nope. just the same bs each year which was said online but thought it was an exaggeration from people. if only EA didnt hold exclusive rights with the NFL because there could be a legit solid football game on the NFL. if you buy this game you are just donating your money to EA. just buy a different game.
Being South African with in-laws that are American, I decided to learn more about the game. To be frank, most of the complaints are in respect of online play, playing offline I rarely get any sort of bug, and if I do, it's super minor and does not render the game unplayable. Overall, for singleplayer, it's a decent game.
玩单人模式还得开加速器连你的服务器，不开加速器根本玩不了。这么弱智的游戏
My first Madden since 2010, and I really enjoyed it. Gameplay feels good, I had fun in Superstar and Franchise, and I think I got my money's worth out of it. Did EA screw up the launch? Of course, it's EA. What game haven't they screwed up in recent years. They add "new" features and take out simple, basic features that have been in Madden for decades (I say "take out" because if they "forgot", even the reincarnation of Jesus Christ could not save this company), let fan complains, and slowly put the simple, basic features back into the game. Their games are never finished and ready for launch. Time and time again EA proves they can not develop a new Madden within a year, and i hope one day they lose their licensing rights. One can hope. Anyway, I had a lot of fun playing this game, and if you're a solo player I would recommend trying this on sale and not 27. If you are simply buying any Madden to play MUT, you are not a real person, and if you are a real person, please seek help. GO BEARS
I will not buy another football game until it shows me improved blocking. 90% of great plays in the NFL happen bc of great blocking up front opening holes, clearing out blitzers, creating a pocket for the QB to throw, without that, you cannot run a functional offense. You just get sacked before the play gets a proper chance to develop. I have an 85 Average Overall rated Oline in Franchise on All Pro, even with the Jacked blocking slider, it doesnt affect the AI blocking. Guards will pull and look at 2 oncoming defenders and just split them, not laying a hand on either of them, its so infuriating trying to run a offense when ur blockers can't even do basic pulling concepts. And yet they say they 'improved the blocking' my ass
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