EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 26

Receivers yet again drop every... single.... pass. Wide open = drop. On the run= drop. Gets touched by defender= drop. Standing still on a curl route= drop. Bubble route= drop. It's so damn stupid. Refund. One of the achievements literally says "One a game when behind..." These people can't even spell. Incompetent. Give the license up.

They really need to remove EA and let someone else do football games. It is disgusting how bad it is every year. The loading times are just dumb. Why do you have to wait 10-15 seconds after a play? Stop showing the Madden logo after every play. Also it is very very unrealistic in the modes that matter (superstar and franchise). Fix the AI and make a good game or I hope you lose the license.

Madden NFL 26 Review A step forward in presentation, a stumble in fundamentals. Madden NFL 26 is, on paper, the most ambitious Madden in years. Franchise mode has been overhauled with new systems, the presentation finally feels like a true NFL broadcast, and even weather adds more variety to immersion. But while the game looks and sounds better than ever, the same old gameplay issues drag everything down. Until EA addresses these year-over-year problems, no amount of new features can make Madden feel like real football. ✅ Strengths Franchise Mode Adds Depth Franchise is the clear highlight this year. Wear-and-tear adds long-term roster considerations, coordinator skill trees bring variety to staff building, and weekly playsheets allow for better preparation. On paper, this is the deepest Franchise has been in a decade and a genuine step forward. Better Salary Management With Edge Classification A subtle but important change is the new edge classification for pass rus...

Same old lazy madden slop but I was content with that and just wanted to play football this year. The problem is that this is the worst optimized game I’ve ever played on PC. I can run cyberpunk on max with RT at 80FPS, but I can’t get more than 25FPS on this. No option for frame generation. Honestly, I could live with 30FPS but what I can’t do is make accurate passes, tackles, or kicks with the insane stuttering and input delay of controls. I’m talking half a second or more. Ridiculous. Unplayable. Not to mention all the other bugs and just very subpar gameplay, but this is Madden. You don’t need to read reviews to already know that’s all there.

Haven't played a madden since 2021. How is the game worse? The challenges are not necessarily hard, but the players don't like to path where their routes say they should go, which cause you to fail the challenge not because your throw was bad, but because the computer controlled receiver didn't run the route correct. My first game I played I threw 14 interceptions because I would see a defensive player running in a certain direction, throw the ball behind them, only for the defensive player to COME TO INSTANTANEOUS STOP to pick off my throw. Morale of the story, I refunded it.

Edit: Two days after drafting this review, I began to get an error message that says "Failed to launch game. An error on our end caused the launch to fail. Try again a little later." It has been a week and a half as of this edit and I still can't play. I've had three sessions with EA tech support, I tried to go through Steam for help...nothing. I went on EA forums and tried every "solution" posted to the issue and I still have a virtual paper weight. My original review said this isn't an EA hate review but it is kind of hard not to cast shade at a game I can't even play anymore. This is not the usual EA hate review. While those have merit, this review focuses on how I play this game - casually. I don't do rank matches, I don't play online, I don't really play against anyone other than the computer. This has, for years, been the game I play while listening to a book on tape. It is a game that requires no thinking but can be fun to play as I focus on something else. I will ca...

I'ma start with this, did an experiment, put the ravens O line all at 0 stats and they can still block the likes of TJ Watt and hold him out of the play and to only 1 sack all game(while controlling or not). So with this i went into franchise mode and lowered the cheifs overalls down to like 80 OFF and 80 DEF as a team. they still won the superbowl. Welcome to madden where the rules are made up and the points dont even matter. have to start the game 3 or 4 times since the game just wont open sometimes, sitting there for 15 to 20 seconds just to look over at my steam and the play button is there again because the game closed itself without telling me. I'm a franchiser. They made improvements and its better than it has been in years. coaching abilities/playsheets setup makes sense, but your playsheets can be downgraded after you lvl them up. so instead playing to win, you're just playing to clear milestones. I cant stand the wear and tear stuff they added, it makes sense it should ...

Lol, Ive played 30 mins and I got a bug where Cam Heyward (A defensive Lineman for the Steelers) is taking snaps at receiver despite not being in the depth chart for that position. This was in the superstar mode which means I cant fix it. EA why bother even advertising improvements if it takes less than 30 mins to have an immersion breaking bug. Honestly if the NFL doesnt look at this game and revoke EA's license then it isnt going to happen

Once again EA doesn't address any of the ongoing issues that have plagued this game for years. Now there is no owner mode in franchise! I'm out on this one.

[Adds 10 plays to my favorites] [Those 10 plays duplicate tens of thousands of times, I now have 256,000 plays in my favorites] [Game freezes for 30+ seconds after every snap because it's trying to load 256,000 copies of the same 10 plays] It is, with no exaggeration, literally unplayable. Fix your game EA.