EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 27

It's hard to even begin about how many things are wrong with this game. Will definitely be the last game I ever buy from EA. For starters the Defense is way to over tuned with their abilities compared to offensive lines and wide receivers. My receivers run their routes blindly not so much as turning to look at the ball when I pass to them at times while the Defenders will run from 50 feet out, sprinting, and diving through the air to intercept my pass. Likewise the amount of times that the defense just walks through my offensive line and sacks me through my Center is mind boggling. Even when I know it's coming and I spam the right trigger to try and scramble the game just ignores all inputs until a set amount of time passes post snap making me watch in horror as my QB is sacked unable to do a thing about it. Superstar mode is a complete travesty as well. When on defense I get flagged for illegal contact because a PC WR runs into me during their route and I subsequently lose a bunch of points and give up yards and downs over what is poor control scheme. Then when I'm on offense playing QB I try to throw the ball to my wide receiver only the stupid AI runs him into a defender that is standing still instead of running past him and another defender intercepts my pass uncontested. I've also had WR just stand in place and not run their route, not have the option to throw to them pop up and eliminate the only unblocked receiver option I had resulting in me having to throw the ball away or get sacked. Any time you do a screen play it's an absolute nightmare. It is just begging to lose points because the whether you are the RB or the QB the RB does a slow trot out to receive the ball in slow motion while the defense is moving a full speed. If you get pushed into doing a screen because those are your only play options as a RB in SUPERSTAR mode you will lose points. You will get tackled for a loss immediately once the ball is given to you. At least as a QB you still have the option to throw to one of your WRs or TEs. The makers of this game have also clearly never heard of holding. When my edge gets into contact with a defender and I try to disengage he just holds on to me even when I try to run the opposite direction to break away. That is holding and is a penalty on the lineman that does it. Finally, with superstar the point and scoring system are garbage. You get penalized so heavily from a single mistake that it can offset multiple positive plays. This puts you in an endless cycle of quitting and restarting the same game over and over until you just happen to pick all the optimal plays. If you don't and you do a single pass through and do a bad job then congratulations you may get taken off the active roster and at that point you aren't even playing the game any more as each weak you do your 1 training then skip to the next week. What is the point in a game mode where you have to choose between resetting the game over and over not progressing or being unable to actively play at all. Likewise if you want to say the answer is just lower the difficulty sure I'd love too but I get punished for that too when my experience multiplier drops below 100%. You already level slow to begin with and for a newer player having to reduce your experience gain to 75% or 50% just so you can keep playing is absurd. I'm sure there are many more things I'm not thinking of as well but the gist is Superstar levels too slow, your AI team mates are inconsistent and unreliable while the opposing AI is a super computer, you level slow as heck, and you have to choose between leveling even slower, repeating the same game over and over, or not getting to play at all because you made too many mistakes and got benched.

DO NOT BUY, MICROTRNSACTION HELL. I rebought madden for first time in 2 years hoping anything would be better for single player, superstar/Franchise mode. Franchise mode is more about decision making, no realistic trade value, and offensive line and defensive line are completely random chance base, not based on overalls or moves. Defense moves very unorthodox. The PC Control setup is very backwards and requires manually setting buttons and turning on and off menus to get the game to work correctly, not lag and freeze out. Negotiations are completely random, and there's no way to truly put in offers. No way to view available coaching changes without firing your coaches first. the new pass catch mechanic they have is broken as all hell, but if you don't use it, then receivers drop everything there way. I was hoping any progress was made to make the experience better, but it was not. Superstar mode is still a money grab to truly get your character flowing, and coach experience needs you to pay money as well. They feed on the community to nickel and dime you at every turn in the game. BRING BACK 2K, or bring back competition. always online mode and never caring about solo players that just want to enjoy the game like old are forgotten about. I cant play the game while deployed because i don't have internet, so ♥♥♥♥ me i guess.

Once again ea has ruined a game, first off I love how my wide recievers drop every damn contested ball, my oline is built like origami, and for the past two years they still havent fixed the bug that shows socks lmaooo something as simple as that. save your money.

this game sucks. would rather play the first john madden game ever released with a microwave for a tv then play this game.

worst 75 dollars ive ever spent. I got maybe 10 minutes of game time in the first day before the crash curse began. I have yet to start the game and load straight in. most days i spend 1-2 hours fishing on the forums/youtube for help with no avail. It always randomly starts working, plays fine for that night, but then gives me the same issue the next day. ive reached out to ea and microsoft and all they give you is the same troubleshoot tips that are listed on google (WHICH NEVER WORK) Some people have jobs and when i get home from work and want to spend the little free time i have on the game i love. instead spend my nights cursing at the screen and questioning why im wasting my time. (I have a top of the line pc btw!) Has anyone else had the same issues???

UNPLAYABLE. I constantly get disconnected every 10 minutes or so constantly so it is impossible to play a game of single play superstar mode. unbelievable EA

The game has an immeasurable amount of bugs. Occasionally the screen will go black as if it is loading something perpetually, it crashes constantly for no particular reason, and many more. You CANNOT have a single player superstar mode, that is CRAZY. It is required to be an online game mode. The O-line blocking is HORRENDOUS. as a HB my linemen are the sole reason we lose games. Do yourself a favor and don't buy it... I haven't played Madden since '07... and I'd rather play that one than this one.