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You can pick all 32 teams and control all of them in a franchise. I'm doing one right now, and having a blast moment simming all the games week by week, you can do the teams upgrades and scenarios or turn them off
Frostbite engine is use in many EA games beyond just battlefield and madden now. This is an EA special here. They are giving us a broken product based on pure greed as they are playing 'the numbers game' again.
NFL won't let multiple companies own the license because they would have less control of the game. With them only attached to EA they pretty much own everything that gets put on the game..
Too many kids are infatuated with building a superteam with virtual cards. I’m hoping this exclusive license ends too (haven’t bought Madden in a decade but have played on Gamepass), but I’m skeptical.
Y'all remember when we could customize the weather all the way down to a specific temperature and the amount of precipitation. Not only that, you could match the time of the game to the clock on your console.
Should be false advertising. This is worse than Madden 06 on Xbox 360. The NFL is complict with EA holding the exclusive simulation game rights with the Madden franchise.
The only way they will not renew the agreement is if people stop buying madden. As long as EA is hitting financial goals (which they are) they will renew it. But all it takes is one person o n the board to stand up and convince people it would be more profitable to sell the license to multiple companies and have multiple streams of income vs the income for exclusive rights.
Yes He’s Clearly Lying 🤥, It’s A Free Check Tho. Can’t Blame Him. I Blame The People That Keeps Buying It. I Got Madden 92 All The Way To Madden 2010, Haven’t Bought That Crap Since & Won’t Till It Gets Better.
Oldest trick in the book for these gaming companies. "Real game engine footage" if you own a $20,000 monitor/PC and live in the basement of EA headquarters
Exactly. The whole "In-game footage" or whatever is a lie. It's in-game or in-engine. It's manufactured stuff. Does it look good? Yes (sometimes). Does it actually represent the game? No. That's where actual GAMEPLAY comes in. That's what I want, not manufactured footage.
Shawn Grady CLEARY reading a script in that response to franchise mode. Unfortunately, it doesn't show the gun that's pointed at him from EA executives
Grady, sounds like he is talking from his bathroom!... Which is poetic, since Madden has been crap for 15+ years & might as well be flushed down the toilet!
I bought a PS2 about 4 years ago cause I missed those classics. I'm probably not buying a PS5 until I move which will not be for a while. 21 is the last EA game I bought. It's the last one I will buy until they literally have a total overhaul.
@@LenGott8345 I should definitely look into getting another one. I only really play online in MLB, if I even feel like it when I have time. My Xbox is basically a 700$ jukebox to me lol.
I’ve spent $15-$20 dollars on football games in the past 5 years. Those two games were madden 07 and espn 2k5 for the ps2. I feel like EA should feel completely pathetic for that. How does a modern madden game get beat by 2 games from nearly 20 years and 3 consoles ago??
my favorite madden was 08 and that was the only game i bought, the last one i recently played was 11 and thats it. but i should of kept my 360 just to play the older games of course
@@Sub2Beastyn oooh maybe thats glitches too. Try what i said for that too situation change it and immediately back out …. Idk if that’ll work. EA needs to fix their🤦🏽♂️💩💩
Man your outro music hits me in a nostalgic way. Sounds like a sped up NFL Films music and makes me think of being a kid in the 90’s watching old NFL Films videos. I hope one day Madden can make me think of being a kid playing it back then one day, too
imagine what 2K5 could have built and improved on since that game came out 20 years ago. It truly is sad that we are stuck with what he have now because of it. If you also notice in Madden 05, 06 and other maddens, they took a lot of ideas that originated from NFL 2K5. Precision Passing, Hit Stick & Highlight Stick are all things that came from 2K5 and EA added them as new features over 4 years of madden games, something they still do to this day by taking features out and putting them back in.
2k8 is the goat football Sim. People passed on it since they didn't have the NFL license. It was like 2k5 but improved in every way. Goat sim. They had things, features, attention to detail, realistic gameplay and animations and physics Madden still doesn't have or they just added but can't get right
You guys are living in a nostalgic haze. 2k is worse than EA with their business model. Yes ESPN football was cool but it would just be the same stop fucking complaining about everything. If I were the devs I would do the same shit to you all. Gamers are the most entitled demographic in all of business.
This was pretty concise compared to your normal videos dissing on EA (No complains, I like the long form stuff, but a short punchy video like this is useful as well) But now please give us a review of College Bowl!
EA literally delayed next gen Madden 21, I remember installing it bc I had dual entitlement and was confused about which version I was playing. There was very minimal changes, they never took a leap graphically.
One thing I will say, someone else made the point that even if EA doesn’t retain an exclusive simulation license, it still would take probably at least 3-4 years for 2K to make a game (unless they decided to take a risk and develop the game before getting a simulation license), so it’s probably going to be a while longer of just Madden
I haven't been excited for a new game release in at about 10 years. The last was probably GTA V and before that Half Life 2 and COD 4. The improvements from the 90's-2000's new releases and the new console's/ PC hardware more drastic improvements just made it a whole new experience. Now, I don't know how anyone get's excited for any new games.
I’m going to list features that SHOULD BE IN MADDEN (especially in this day of technology) that as a kid I thought would be in the game by now. These are just to name a few when it comes to gameplay and presentation. •We should have similar realistic scoreboards compared to the real one see see on TV. We should have multiple commentators that sound accurately to IRL ones. We should have halftime shows that resemble NFL 2k or IRL FOX and CBS half time shows. We should have IRL footage of QBS highlights being played when they step on the field (like madden 17) We should have pre game coverage of players warming up and entering the stadium like we saw in madden 11 but much more. We should get in between play score alert highlights like we see in a live game when FOX throws it to Charissa Thompson for a game break. We should have an authentic real life persona of a super bowl celebration like we saw in madden 11. We should have authentic better NFL music to hype us up before a game or in the menu like we had back in earlier maddens. We should have side line reporters back like earlier NCAA. We should have better lively team introductions when they come out the tunnel like we saw in madden 12. We should see the coin toss We should get pre game shows. We should get post game shows like when madden 11 had the extra point. We should have HYPE INTRODUCTIONS LIKE WE USED TO HAVE (madden 11-13 with Drew Bree’s intro and ray Lewis) I said this before, but the team introductions before loading into the actual game should resemble madden 25 when they had a sick presentation of every team. We should have better lighting on the field like in madden 11 that make the field look like a real life field. Other features: PRACTICE JERSEYS FOR PRACTICE. Have like a pod cast show when your in franchise that talks about what happened in the NFL that week and goes over all kinds of NFL news. We should have different variety music that has a couple popular music we all know and some unknown music that has the potential to blow up instead of the same rap genere of music. We should be able to play MADDEN MOMENTS like in madden 11. SUPERSTAR MODE FEATURE. We should have like a entrance into the game perspective of our player going from the locker room to the field to practice and warm up and then get a cinematic shot of our player with the team running out the tunnel like we saw in NBA 2k.
EA should count their lucky stars that the FTC doesn’t go after video game companies for false advertising. There’s a lot of technical reasons for why that is, but none of them really apply to this scenario.
Ok, lot to go over here. 1.) Yes I am aware of how bad of a game madden is. Yes I still buy it every year. Why? Because I love football, and it’s the only NFL game available. Does it suck that it’s our only option? 100%. But, I don’t get why the vast majority of people act like the game is just unplayable. Even with all of its short comings I still have a great time playing it. I do offline franchise and lead the Packers to countless Super Bowls. Yeah I have to adjust the sliders to make it more realistic, but it’s still fun. And I think that’s what escapes a lot of the online reviewers of Madden. For the vast majority of NFL fans, or “casuals” this game does the trick. They just want to play as their team, or build their team in ultimate team. They don’t need or realistically want all of these additional features you claim the game needs to have. 2. Please, for the love of all things holy, stop comparing this game to previous games. If I have to hear one more UA-camr compare this game to NFL 2k5 one more time I’m gonna lose my shit. We get it. Yes that game from 20 years ago had more features than today. Yes the maddens from that time had more features than today, but you guys consistently compare the edition of madden to NFL 2K5 every single year, and I’m quite frankly just getting tired of it. Just say what you dislike about the game, stop making the same comparison we’ve heard a thousand times already. That is all. I respect your opinion. I for the most part agree, but I don’t think the game is unplayable. If you’re a casual gamer and football fan and just want to relieve some stress after a hard day at work, this game does the job. Thank you
Because there is absolutely no grounds for it. You act like EA is the only dev to over promise lmao. Grow up it’s a video game you don’t have to buy it.
Madden 2014(old 25) on 360 is actually a solid game. It has really grown on me. My X1 was destroyed in an accident so this is all I’ve had for a few months. The only thing I hate about it is when you import a draft class, the players attributes often don’t line up with NCAA14. The speed & strength ratings are always the most accurate, however, if a CB has 96 man coverage on the college game he still may only have 67 on Madden. I get the concept of guys aren’t as good right away as rookies, but the drop off is usually insane. I used to edit at least 3-5 guys on about 30 different teams to have a loaded draft class on Madden just for them to be *expeditiously* trash. Other than that, I’ve been done with Madden since the abysmal M19 dropped. Literally everything else before that was decent, even M13 which was basically an arcade game. Stop buying newer Maddens, it’s not worth it.
I think a big question would be..why does EA Sports have the exclusive rights to the NFL rights to ESPN and yet the scoreboard pre game presentation and post game presentation generic. Why won’t they give us what we ask for.
Remember in Madden 21 the big thing was players organically reaching for the goal line when they're within reach? Even highlited it in the trailer with Lamar..Guess what players no longer do in Madden anymore and have not since Madden 22?
Right? Why do they remove stuff instead of improving it? The only way I'd be okay with removing some things is if they did a complete rebuild of the game, but they aren't doing that so what's the point?
@@SOFTDRINKTV that’s a very good question . the entire foundation of the game is a jumbled mess of code and doing this only all but guarantees the games won’t improve but so much from year to year . i can’t help but think back to your video on all the removed features over the years . why was all that stuff available in the past but with much better technology and hardware the best we’ve ever had , is it now not an option for us ? i , am part of the crowd who always say they won’t buy madden but then cave into it later on . just in hopes that it is a little better or to play with friends . even if 2K is bad , micro transactions wise , i still think just like you and many others , think they would be the far better option for nfl simulation games . hell , i’m going to phrase you again in saying they have the best 2 football games ever . nfl 2k5 and all pro football 2k8 . here’s to hoping they don’t get the deal extended .
@@SOFTDRINKTV because it really only showed in replays and EA has the data to show that everyone just skips replays. I thought next gen stats would impact ratings like the wear and tear system in CF25. If they can bring it back and incorporate it in the wear and tear system that would be great. Using the speed and weight of players to calculate hit power or getting hurt from a jump ball or something would improve it because now wear and tear just seems random.
Been playing Madden 10 recently and I am having fun with it even though the gameplay is rather arcade like. It has a pretty fun franchise mode and keeps me more immersed.
One thing that I think has been an underrated fact, is that Madden doesn't know how to rate anymore. It may seem true in a vacuum, but what's happening now is that ALL the base game stats are affected by really poor or strange rating. It makes any players that's not top 5 in most positions and 80 and non top 10-15 frequently are all 70 overalls. Meaning a 3rd round rookie is better than some starting running backs with years in the league. Meaning that a team that's solid IRL(I E. Saints, Raiders, Giants) lacking in true super stars are just horrific to play with because they get smoked by backups at a lot of positions.
I'm personally done. I'm 69 and have been playing Madden for you can guess how long. Talk about next gen? I'm a poor peasant who still has a PS4 and EA is still trying to sell a "new" version of Madden to me. I downloaded the PS4 trial for 25 and deleted it after an hour. It was the exact same game as 24 except it said Madden 2025 and it had a different cover athlete and updated rosters of course. For 70 bucks? No. Not this time. Not ever again. I still can't even trade more than 3 players at a time or restructure contracts. Goodbye Madden.
Thank you @SoftDrinkTV appreciate your hard work my guy . It breaks my heart Madden has turned from sugar to 💩Blatant disrespect this company does to their customers is crazy ,I’m 38 grew up playing Madden had every single one except madden 23 was the last straw milking my pockets with the micro transactions, taking away the 72 features in the game and randomly adding 4 or 5 every year as a gimmick sales pitch and claiming their new , Animations ruined the game let me control the player please.
I came up with an idea a while ago that instead of yearly releases they would take more time to make a new and improved madden instead of just adding on to the game like they do and when the new season starts they update rosters and uniforms and in like 2 years they release a madden they made from the ground up it may work or it won't but they need to make changes if they really want to keep the NFL license
The funniest part is how people actually thought college football 25 would be good. I think they forgot it’s a modern day EA game and pretty much every modern day EA game is pathetic from football, soccer to battlefield.
There are so many unanswered questions about this fake Next Gen footage that was put out for Madden 25 in 2013 and Madden 21. Was it real gameplay that’s now just sitting somewhere and could still be used for a future game? Was it merely a bunch of animated short clips? Why did they waste time making something they never actually planned to include rather than working on something that they actually did plan to use? And why didn’t they just include it after taking the time to make it? EA never ceases to amaze me in the worst ways possible…
I'm having a strong feeling the NFL is gonna open up the license. They've been doing it little by little, first starting with that 2K deal with the NFLPA back in 2020 and more recently with NFL Pro era on VR in 2022 and also NFL Retro Bowl 25 released last week. I think theyre coming around to different companies using the NFL license and i think simulation football will be next and maybe why 2K has been so quiet about their football game.
Awesome video bruv! I remember the 360 trailer after playing madden on snes as wee one to teen madden 05/ 2k5 on ps2 and fever on Xbox seeing that next gen upgrade of 06 and then it was that first real disappointment from EA tho 08 was awesome but by then they had no more competition so it was just a sad decline.
Just let it go. Madden will never change for the better. It’s like thinking there will never be war amongst humanity. It is a staple, and will always be. Madden will always be exactly what it is…mediocre to bad.
Another great video man. When I was a kid playing Madden 04, I used to think how great and realistic Madden would be in 20 years. How wrong I was. Micro transactions have totally ruined Madden, and pretty much all other sports games. I suppose the only hope is that the monopoly EA have somehow ends, but I really don't see it happening
NFL got paid around $1.5 billion from EA during the extension for 5 years with the split being at least $1 billion to the NFL and $500 million to the players NFL would never walk away from that kind of money.
You have a lot of fair points but I’ve never once thought while playing “ aye this sunlight isnt being dynamic enough throughout the game”. No value added imo.
It's simple if most players would stop buying the game they'd fix it. All they care about is money so stop paying them for below average work. Boom! The only time I'd consider buy a newer Madden is the week after Christmas the online marketplace will have it for 5 to 10 bucks.
This breaks my heart so much. I love sports games with all my heart and football has been my favorite. It pisses me off so much of how lazy and how much EA just don’t care about their game. Madden should be one of the kings of the video game industry. A lot of kids and teens support the maddens today because they grew up with them and I understand. But as old guys like us, we know that EA can do much better to make current madden the madden it should be and not what we have.
all they have to do to fix franchise mode is look at the later ps1 era and later ps2 era maddens. the features that were included are what we want. the gameplay could stay as the bad arcade-y gameplay, and we would still be happy if we just got that stuff back. go crazy on MUT for all we care. just give us our franchise mode back.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. People buying made every year may fall under that category. EA’s whole, “this Madden is going to be different, it’s gonna be better.” I’ve noticed every 3 years they actually make changes and not just copy and paste, so Madden 20-22 were all just copy and paste. 23/24 were copy and pastes also so I’m sure Madden 25 is the same. Madden 26 next year may actually be worth buying/checking out
Hate to say it but it’s buyer beware at this point when it comes to EA Sports. They’ve lied too many times and I think people should be onto them by now.
In my opinion, I don’t think 2K should make a Madden game either. They’ll find some way to make 65% of the game pay to win/ultimate team. I think if 2k did make a game, I would still choose EA. Ea doesn’t really have a main core to make people buy their game (ex: my career) I understand, you could technically say ultimate team is a main core, but if I were to ask 10 madden players if they play MUT, 1-2 people would say yes.
@@Money_1188 the presentation for franchise in my opinion, looks horrible. The overall showcase, the players without pictures (2k face), the eras showcase too looks like it’s 2k21 old gen
@@Sub2Beastyn I like it but players without pictures is crazy tho, you can't lie tho 2k has the best franchise mode. I can definitely see the frustration and problems tho.
It's crazy how 2K future proofed their Franchise mode. Association hasn't been changed since 2014, trade logic isn't updated, you're only given draft picks for 2 years in the future were as teams are trading draft picks 5-6 years out. Trade finder logic is broken. Default draft classes has poor player comparisons (you might get 3 players in a row with the same floor and ceiling). 2K is just as scummy as EA, but the fact they built a good game decades ago (to compete with EA) the cracks are just starting show, and just like with Madden we had to wait an entire console generation before the casuals starting feeling our pain
Although, 2k have it issues and the my player grind is real... It still is a far superior franchise to Madden. I think any sport game that comes out every year will get boring and feel repetitive. Would be better if it was on like a 2 or 3 year cycle.
I support what you do, I’m on board with what you say, I hope your message is approved by the ones who make the calls. But damn, I feel like we’re cooked on the exclusivity license, greed seems to always win
Its so funny watching kids complain about Madden. If you haven't learned from the last 20 years then you deserve every disappointment Madden delivers 😂😂😂
It sucks and I agree, the NFL should not extend EA's exclusive rights. However, I have fun every year and I'm more than willing to pay $70 for hundreds of hours of fun.
I seen a comment on Eric ray weather video that said it’s NFL wanting a yearly release and not giving them enough time to do a lot but I blame EA for not trying to be more innovative in a lot of their games
3:59 this is not true. I’m not defending madden by any means but the lighting does change between quarters. It’s subtle but it’s a nice change gotta give them a little credit for that
Just when I think you're about to run out of video ideas. You reel me back in. It's crazy how far down the EA rabbit goes. I'm the same as you I completely forgot about this trailer. However I remember watching it and being so excited to buy the game because it's going to look incredible on NextGen. That shot of Tom Brady in Tampa was what really made me want to buy the game. I guess I completely forgot about it when I opened the disc on day one
It’s a worthy cause. How can a league as beloved as the nfl not have a great video game. It’s almost unbelievable that it not only happened once but it’s normalized to the point where it’s accepted that it can’t be any other way.
This dude has nothing hetter to do but piss and moan about madden. I think its past time to find a new hobby if it gets your knickers in a twist that bad man
EA always drops a trailer with incredible visuals, but it’s just a cg video. The worst was the first ufc game on ps3. The game looked so different than the trailer
You don’t get it, he isn’t complaining about the game because it’s convenient He’s speaking on behalf of all the sports fans that actually care about a good product and if the NFL doesn’t renew their exclusive agreement with EA, he would have played a huge part in it. But you can go ahead & keep accepting mediocrity
Haven’t bought a madden since 2013, and that was a $2 game from the bin at the military base. I may be a small peg in the wheel, but one of these days I’ll say I was part of their downfall. QUIT PAYING FOR THEIR SHIT AND THEYLL HAVE NO MONEY. Money talks people!!!! Quit buying it!!!! Go back to RuneScape or something, you aren’t missing much with madden I promise!
You can forget EA putting anything really innovative or restorative to Franchise... For one EA is more about maximizing profit for shareholders and not about adding talent to their dev teams which would be required to really fix franchise.
We also lost the ability to set the temperature for players to wear long sleeves. We lost the ability to see Factors and superstars within franchise mode.
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You can pick all 32 teams and control all of them in a franchise. I'm doing one right now, and having a blast moment simming all the games week by week, you can do the teams upgrades and scenarios or turn them off
Imagine making a video about a company selling out when you're doing it yourself 😂😂
@@Baguenaudeurnot selling out they’re getting paid for their work 🤷♀️
Frostbite engine is use in many EA games beyond just battlefield and madden now. This is an EA special here. They are giving us a broken product based on pure greed as they are playing 'the numbers game' again.
NFL won't let multiple companies own the license because they would have less control of the game. With them only attached to EA they pretty much own everything that gets put on the game..
Do what I did, just stop buying it.
Too many kids are infatuated with building a superteam with virtual cards. I’m hoping this exclusive license ends too (haven’t bought Madden in a decade but have played on Gamepass), but I’m skeptical.
@@Ronology_kids dont even play madden anymore its mostly adults now
Same here haven’t had madden since madden 20
This.
Yup… picked up CFB25 but other than that EA hasn’t gotten a dime from me since 2018😭
Y'all remember when we could customize the weather all the way down to a specific temperature and the amount of precipitation. Not only that, you could match the time of the game to the clock on your console.
good ole days
This comment makes me want to cry 😭😭 we used to have such good Madden games
Capitalism is giving us better and better scams to rip us off for shareholders - and worse and worse products.
I started playing madden when it was bed but this sounds amazing
this one specifically has had me tilted for some time lol its wild the times we live in 🥲
“We do a little lying” Electronic Arts since 2013 (or whatever year makes sense)
Literally I’m sick of it didn’t even care to buy M25
madden 25 on the xbox 360 was better than this
" We do alot of lying"
Sega Genesis&Snes era easily
We never asked EA Sports for permission to change😡😡😡 all they care about is about is money
Should be false advertising. This is worse than Madden 06 on Xbox 360. The NFL is complict with EA holding the exclusive simulation game rights with the Madden franchise.
Naw… 20 years and multiple contract negotiations pretty obvious man
That Madden 06 on 360 was diabolical😂
That game didn't even have practice 😂
@@JaKingScomezI would love to see people stop giving a damn about football and start caring about things that matter a little more
@JGMGamer07 all the players had the same body type and pads. Couldn't tell a qb from a lineman lol.
2000s EA Sports: It's in the game!
Today's EA Sports: It's all a shame!
Nah today’s EA: Give us your money 🔫
It’s in the lootbox
@@someperson3883no gun to head yet ppl still buy it like it is.
Modern EA Sports in a Nutshell.
@johnr4298 W pfp my guy
"Taken with a grain of salt"
With EA, it should be taken with a truckload of salt.
Now now...
Enough salt to fill an entire desert is more fitting.
@@Mateus_Carvalhonow now... i personally think the entire ocean...
Wouldn't more salt mean more believable?
@@MaliixoEnough salt to fill the solar system
@@XvKJP2015 yes.. they dont seem to understand the saying
EA is going to get the exclusivity extension. We're talking about the NFL here. Money first, money last.
NBA Live 19 does this when you create a certain amount of players 🤦🏾♂️
Important people have noticed #BringBackNFL2K. I wouldn’t be so sure. And there’s still plenty of time for you guys to make more noise
Money in the middle also lmao
The only way they will not renew the agreement is if people stop buying madden. As long as EA is hitting financial goals (which they are) they will renew it.
But all it takes is one person o n the board to stand up and convince people it would be more profitable to sell the license to multiple companies and have multiple streams of income vs the income for exclusive rights.
The fact that EA is still negotiating and the NFL hasn't automatically signed off with billions guaranteed is really something to notice.
Eric Rayweather keeps getting paychecks to lie about the game every year
Every. single. Year
He's not the only one.
That dude spazzed on me years ago because I commented on a video that I didn’t enjoy the game lol
Yes He’s Clearly Lying 🤥, It’s A Free Check Tho. Can’t Blame Him. I Blame The People That Keeps Buying It. I Got Madden 92 All The Way To Madden 2010, Haven’t Bought That Crap Since & Won’t Till It Gets Better.
@@LiLpenny773nah, he's enjoying getting the money from lying 😂
Oldest trick in the book for these gaming companies. "Real game engine footage" if you own a $20,000 monitor/PC and live in the basement of EA headquarters
Exactly. The whole "In-game footage" or whatever is a lie. It's in-game or in-engine. It's manufactured stuff. Does it look good? Yes (sometimes). Does it actually represent the game? No. That's where actual GAMEPLAY comes in. That's what I want, not manufactured footage.
@@MLPIceberg remember the advertisements for the PS3 gen Madden 2006? Does Madden 25 even look better than that 🤣
Shawn Grady CLEARY reading a script in that response to franchise mode. Unfortunately, it doesn't show the gun that's pointed at him from EA executives
yea it looked like he was constantly looking down or the other way to find what do say or something. smh stupid shit
Lolz
Grady, sounds like he is talking from his bathroom!... Which is poetic, since Madden has been crap for 15+ years & might as well be flushed down the toilet!
So.. if we start a class action against EA for false advertising? NFL bails certainly?
In all honesty, that’s a great idea
I graduated highschool in 2012, and sold my PS2 around that time. Now every time I watch one of your videos I kick myself for not keeping it lol.
I bought a PS2 about 4 years ago cause I missed those classics. I'm probably not buying a PS5 until I move which will not be for a while.
21 is the last EA game I bought. It's the last one I will buy until they literally have a total overhaul.
@@LenGott8345 I should definitely look into getting another one. I only really play online in MLB, if I even feel like it when I have time.
My Xbox is basically a 700$ jukebox to me lol.
@@LenGott8345 bro do NOT buy a ps5, barely anyone makes any games for these new consoles anymore
You can buy it again 🤷♀🤷♀🤷♀
@@tylerwhaley4872 just say you're poor lil bro.
Appreciate you my guy. If the NFL renews their exclusive deal w/ EA, I give up.
I’ve spent $15-$20 dollars on football games in the past 5 years. Those two games were madden 07 and espn 2k5 for the ps2. I feel like EA should feel completely pathetic for that. How does a modern madden game get beat by 2 games from nearly 20 years and 3 consoles ago??
my favorite madden was 08 and that was the only game i bought, the last one i recently played was 11 and thats it. but i should of kept my 360 just to play the older games of course
it's the smooth brains who keep buying this shit year after year who are ruining it for the rest of us
Same for me but I bought madden 2003 and espn 2k5 for ps2.
5:05 there is another problem too. I edited my players accessories, and after I backed out, his picture was just a silhouette.
If you change the number the face card will be removed. If you need to change the number change it then immediately back out even dont scroll over
@@rasheedfraser5680 I’m talking about arm sleeves, face paint, and helmet accessories. Thank you for helping though!
@@Sub2Beastyn oooh maybe thats glitches too. Try what i said for that too situation change it and immediately back out ….
Idk if that’ll work. EA needs to fix their🤦🏽♂️💩💩
@@rasheedfraser5680 literally 😭
Next gen is trash. Robbing most out of their money every year. Especially for offline guys like me 😭😔😞😔
Ps5 one of the most underwhelming purchases I’ve ever made. I think offline stuff is dead for guys like us
Console gaming as a whole is dying. @@paulmiller4654
I agree Paul smh
Not to mention very small quantity of games and the generation is a little past the half way point of being over.
Get a pc brother. Takes sports games to the next level with mods
Take a shot every time SDTV brings up ESPN 2k5, or NFL All-pro 2k8
You want someone to die of drowning or alcohol poisoning?
Man your outro music hits me in a nostalgic way. Sounds like a sped up NFL Films music and makes me think of being a kid in the 90’s watching old NFL Films videos. I hope one day Madden can make me think of being a kid playing it back then one day, too
EA Sports: If its in the game, its not in this game 😂😂
imagine what 2K5 could have built and improved on since that game came out 20 years ago. It truly is sad that we are stuck with what he have now because of it. If you also notice in Madden 05, 06 and other maddens, they took a lot of ideas that originated from NFL 2K5. Precision Passing, Hit Stick & Highlight Stick are all things that came from 2K5 and EA added them as new features over 4 years of madden games, something they still do to this day by taking features out and putting them back in.
2k8 is the goat football Sim. People passed on it since they didn't have the NFL license. It was like 2k5 but improved in every way. Goat sim. They had things, features, attention to detail, realistic gameplay and animations and physics Madden still doesn't have or they just added but can't get right
Don’t fool yourself. Unregulated micro transactions have ruined games more than EA- that needs to be fixed if anything is to meaningfully change
Have you not seen what 2k has done to the NBA? They would ruin NFL as well
Yeah all these companies know better not to make games that good anymore. It's counterintuitive to their bottom line.
You guys are living in a nostalgic haze. 2k is worse than EA with their business model. Yes ESPN football was cool but it would just be the same stop fucking complaining about everything. If I were the devs I would do the same shit to you all. Gamers are the most entitled demographic in all of business.
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Thank you so much
they can’t keep getting away with this fr
This was pretty concise compared to your normal videos dissing on EA (No complains, I like the long form stuff, but a short punchy video like this is useful as well) But now please give us a review of College Bowl!
Great topic thats not or never really been touched on UA-cam. Thanks SDTV, hope this one reaches the people that need to hear it.
“EA scammed their audience” if I had a nickel lmao
EA literally delayed next gen Madden 21, I remember installing it bc I had dual entitlement and was confused about which version I was playing. There was very minimal changes, they never took a leap graphically.
One thing I will say, someone else made the point that even if EA doesn’t retain an exclusive simulation license, it still would take probably at least 3-4 years for 2K to make a game (unless they decided to take a risk and develop the game before getting a simulation license), so it’s probably going to be a while longer of just Madden
I haven't been excited for a new game release in at about 10 years. The last was probably GTA V and before that Half Life 2 and COD 4. The improvements from the 90's-2000's new releases and the new console's/ PC hardware more drastic improvements just made it a whole new experience. Now, I don't know how anyone get's excited for any new games.
I’m going to list features that SHOULD BE IN MADDEN (especially in this day of technology) that as a kid I thought would be in the game by now.
These are just to name a few when it comes to gameplay and presentation.
•We should have similar realistic scoreboards compared to the real one see see on TV.
We should have multiple commentators that sound accurately to IRL ones.
We should have halftime shows that resemble NFL 2k or IRL FOX and CBS half time shows.
We should have IRL footage of QBS highlights being played when they step on the field (like madden 17)
We should have pre game coverage of players warming up and entering the stadium like we saw in madden 11 but much more.
We should get in between play score alert highlights like we see in a live game when FOX throws it to Charissa Thompson for a game break.
We should have an authentic real life persona of a super bowl celebration like we saw in madden 11.
We should have authentic better NFL music to hype us up before a game or in the menu like we had back in earlier maddens.
We should have side line reporters back like earlier NCAA.
We should have better lively team introductions when they come out the tunnel like we saw in madden 12.
We should see the coin toss
We should get pre game shows.
We should get post game shows like when madden 11 had the extra point.
We should have HYPE INTRODUCTIONS LIKE WE USED TO HAVE (madden 11-13 with Drew Bree’s intro and ray Lewis)
I said this before, but the team introductions before loading into the actual game should resemble madden 25 when they had a sick presentation of every team.
We should have better lighting on the field like in madden 11 that make the field look like a real life field.
Other features:
PRACTICE JERSEYS FOR PRACTICE.
Have like a pod cast show when your in franchise that talks about what happened in the NFL that week and goes over all kinds of NFL news.
We should have different variety music that has a couple popular music we all know and some unknown music that has the potential to blow up instead of the same rap genere of music.
We should be able to play MADDEN MOMENTS like in madden 11.
SUPERSTAR MODE FEATURE. We should have like a entrance into the game perspective of our player going from the locker room to the field to practice and warm up and then get a cinematic shot of our player with the team running out the tunnel like we saw in NBA 2k.
they do have practice jerseys
EA should count their lucky stars that the FTC doesn’t go after video game companies for false advertising. There’s a lot of technical reasons for why that is, but none of them really apply to this scenario.
They won't because they would have to go after Sony and we all know that's not happening
@@classicviolence lol what
Ok, lot to go over here.
1.) Yes I am aware of how bad of a game madden is. Yes I still buy it every year. Why? Because I love football, and it’s the only NFL game available. Does it suck that it’s our only option? 100%. But, I don’t get why the vast majority of people act like the game is just unplayable. Even with all of its short comings I still have a great time playing it. I do offline franchise and lead the Packers to countless Super Bowls. Yeah I have to adjust the sliders to make it more realistic, but it’s still fun. And I think that’s what escapes a lot of the online reviewers of Madden. For the vast majority of NFL fans, or “casuals” this game does the trick. They just want to play as their team, or build their team in ultimate team. They don’t need or realistically want all of these additional features you claim the game needs to have.
2. Please, for the love of all things holy, stop comparing this game to previous games. If I have to hear one more UA-camr compare this game to NFL 2k5 one more time I’m gonna lose my shit. We get it. Yes that game from 20 years ago had more features than today. Yes the maddens from that time had more features than today, but you guys consistently compare the edition of madden to NFL 2K5 every single year, and I’m quite frankly just getting tired of it. Just say what you dislike about the game, stop making the same comparison we’ve heard a thousand times already.
That is all. I respect your opinion. I for the most part agree, but I don’t think the game is unplayable. If you’re a casual gamer and football fan and just want to relieve some stress after a hard day at work, this game does the job. Thank you
And he keeps mentioning the features that were removed every single time a new Madden comes out.
I wonder why no one tried to sue EA for false advertising because this is a prime example of false advertising.
Because they have money to shut you down. Most people don't.
Hate to say it but it’s actually not false advertising
Because when you click "I accept" to their user agreement, you give up your right to sue or join a class action lawsuit.
At least as far as the game engine footage trailer, it's not false advertising. Shady, yes, but not false.
Because there is absolutely no grounds for it. You act like EA is the only dev to over promise lmao. Grow up it’s a video game you don’t have to buy it.
EricRayWeather should be sued as well. And every other youtuber knowingly lying to their fanbase about a game for profit.
Madden 2014(old 25) on 360 is actually a solid game. It has really grown on me. My X1 was destroyed in an accident so this is all I’ve had for a few months. The only thing I hate about it is when you import a draft class, the players attributes often don’t line up with NCAA14. The speed & strength ratings are always the most accurate, however, if a CB has 96 man coverage on the college game he still may only have 67 on Madden. I get the concept of guys aren’t as good right away as rookies, but the drop off is usually insane. I used to edit at least 3-5 guys on about 30 different teams to have a loaded draft class on Madden just for them to be *expeditiously* trash. Other than that, I’ve been done with Madden since the abysmal M19 dropped. Literally everything else before that was decent, even M13 which was basically an arcade game. Stop buying newer Maddens, it’s not worth it.
I think a big question would be..why does EA Sports have the exclusive rights to the NFL rights to ESPN and yet the scoreboard pre game presentation and post game presentation generic. Why won’t they give us what we ask for.
What part of MUT don't you understand
I can't stand MUT and the knuckleheads who play tht garbage
Can I get 5mins n a room with the dumb a#% who created tht bs mut
Sad thing is DUMB MUT KNUCKLEHEADS don't care/realize tht they R the reason why the gm is trash
Remember in Madden 21 the big thing was players organically reaching for the goal line when they're within reach? Even highlited it in the trailer with Lamar..Guess what players no longer do in Madden anymore and have not since Madden 22?
yeah . miss next gen stats even if it was bare bones .
Right? Why do they remove stuff instead of improving it? The only way I'd be okay with removing some things is if they did a complete rebuild of the game, but they aren't doing that so what's the point?
@@SOFTDRINKTV that’s a very good question . the entire foundation of the game is a jumbled mess of code and doing this only all but guarantees the games won’t improve but so much from year to year . i can’t help but think back to your video on all the removed features over the years . why was all that stuff available in the past but with much better technology and hardware the best we’ve ever had , is it now not an option for us ? i , am part of the crowd who always say they won’t buy madden but then cave into it later on . just in hopes that it is a little better or to play with friends . even if 2K is bad , micro transactions wise , i still think just like you and many others , think they would be the far better option for nfl simulation games . hell , i’m going to phrase you again in saying they have the best 2 football games ever . nfl 2k5 and all pro football 2k8 . here’s to hoping they don’t get the deal extended .
@@SOFTDRINKTV So they can add it back in under a new name in 5 years lol
@@DroidFlamesMC exactly lol
@@SOFTDRINKTV because it really only showed in replays and EA has the data to show that everyone just skips replays. I thought next gen stats would impact ratings like the wear and tear system in CF25. If they can bring it back and incorporate it in the wear and tear system that would be great. Using the speed and weight of players to calculate hit power or getting hurt from a jump ball or something would improve it because now wear and tear just seems random.
Been playing Madden 10 recently and I am having fun with it even though the gameplay is rather arcade like. It has a pretty fun franchise mode and keeps me more immersed.
1:55 I don't care how good GameTime is. Any deal where you have to pay to watch the Giants play is not a good deal
Madden 06, nba live 14, EAss sure loves fooling people with catfishing trailers.
One thing that I think has been an underrated fact, is that Madden doesn't know how to rate anymore. It may seem true in a vacuum, but what's happening now is that ALL the base game stats are affected by really poor or strange rating. It makes any players that's not top 5 in most positions and 80 and non top 10-15 frequently are all 70 overalls. Meaning a 3rd round rookie is better than some starting running backs with years in the league. Meaning that a team that's solid IRL(I E. Saints, Raiders, Giants) lacking in true super stars are just horrific to play with because they get smoked by backups at a lot of positions.
The dynamic weather lie has had me angry for years now. It should be illegal to falsely advertise madden as a new game every year
Well that lawsuit technically we could sue.
Yooooo I remember when it came out I was so weirded out by that heart pump and their weird fetish with trying to flex 'the insides' graphics
I'm personally done. I'm 69 and have been playing Madden for you can guess how long. Talk about next gen? I'm a poor peasant who still has a PS4 and EA is still trying to sell a "new" version of Madden to me. I downloaded the PS4 trial for 25 and deleted it after an hour. It was the exact same game as 24 except it said Madden 2025 and it had a different cover athlete and updated rosters of course. For 70 bucks? No. Not this time. Not ever again. I still can't even trade more than 3 players at a time or restructure contracts. Goodbye Madden.
Thank you @SoftDrinkTV appreciate your hard work my guy . It breaks my heart Madden has turned from sugar to 💩Blatant disrespect this company does to their customers is crazy ,I’m 38 grew up playing Madden had every single one except madden 23 was the last straw milking my pockets with the micro transactions, taking away the 72 features in the game and randomly adding 4 or 5 every year as a gimmick sales pitch and claiming their new , Animations ruined the game let me control the player please.
I came up with an idea a while ago that instead of yearly releases they would take more time to make a new and improved madden instead of just adding on to the game like they do and when the new season starts they update rosters and uniforms and in like 2 years they release a madden they made from the ground up it may work or it won't but they need to make changes if they really want to keep the NFL license
The funniest part is how people actually thought college football 25 would be good. I think they forgot it’s a modern day EA game and pretty much every modern day EA game is pathetic from football, soccer to battlefield.
CFB 25 is an „okeyish“ game and still the best EA has released in the past 10+ years. And i think that says a lot….
Cfb is legitimately better than madden
CFB is fantastic.
It is good
@Lovecars1218 Holy... I never thought of it like that...😭
in madden 20, I would get the daily goal of "throw two interceptions" in my career.
Ea lies every year
So Todd Howard approved levels of honesty then.
EA Sports is a scam.
EA lies like Trump.
I mean, let's be honest guys, when has EA NOT done False Advertising?
There are so many unanswered questions about this fake Next Gen footage that was put out for Madden 25 in 2013 and Madden 21. Was it real gameplay that’s now just sitting somewhere and could still be used for a future game? Was it merely a bunch of animated short clips? Why did they waste time making something they never actually planned to include rather than working on something that they actually did plan to use? And why didn’t they just include it after taking the time to make it? EA never ceases to amaze me in the worst ways possible…
I'm having a strong feeling the NFL is gonna open up the license. They've been doing it little by little, first starting with that 2K deal with the NFLPA back in 2020 and more recently with NFL Pro era on VR in 2022 and also NFL Retro Bowl 25 released last week. I think theyre coming around to different companies using the NFL license and i think simulation football will be next and maybe why 2K has been so quiet about their football game.
I bought Madden 25 about two weeks ago (at a 30 dollar discount) out of curiosity. I went back to my franchise on Madden 20 the other day.
What is even worse that they had a Trailer that Showed espn Scoreboard and it never Came.😢
Awesome video bruv! I remember the 360 trailer after playing madden on snes as wee one to teen madden 05/ 2k5 on ps2 and fever on Xbox seeing that next gen upgrade of 06 and then it was that first real disappointment from EA tho 08 was awesome but by then they had no more competition so it was just a sad decline.
Just let it go. Madden will never change for the better. It’s like thinking there will never be war amongst humanity. It is a staple, and will always be. Madden will always be exactly what it is…mediocre to bad.
Another great video man. When I was a kid playing Madden 04, I used to think how great and realistic Madden would be in 20 years. How wrong I was. Micro transactions have totally ruined Madden, and pretty much all other sports games. I suppose the only hope is that the monopoly EA have somehow ends, but I really don't see it happening
NFL got paid around $1.5 billion from EA during the extension for 5 years with the split being at least $1 billion to the NFL and $500 million to the players
NFL would never walk away from that kind of money.
You have a lot of fair points but I’ve never once thought while playing “ aye this sunlight isnt being dynamic enough throughout the game”. No value added imo.
It's simple if most players would stop buying the game they'd fix it. All they care about is money so stop paying them for below average work. Boom! The only time I'd consider buy a newer Madden is the week after Christmas the online marketplace will have it for 5 to 10 bucks.
This breaks my heart so much. I love sports games with all my heart and football has been my favorite. It pisses me off so much of how lazy and how much EA just don’t care about their game. Madden should be one of the kings of the video game industry.
A lot of kids and teens support the maddens today because they grew up with them and I understand. But as old guys like us, we know that EA can do much better to make current madden the madden it should be and not what we have.
We have concepts of a plan to fix franchise
I agree and some fake players faces look like gen xers and baby boomers.
all they have to do to fix franchise mode is look at the later ps1 era and later ps2 era maddens. the features that were included are what we want. the gameplay could stay as the bad arcade-y gameplay, and we would still be happy if we just got that stuff back. go crazy on MUT for all we care. just give us our franchise mode back.
EA lost my trust after the Madden 06 trailer
Hey softdrink you do a retrospective on 2k the bigs. Its a classic im surprised you haven't covered yet
EA trying to be Ubisoft for this Trailer
Show off a cool and amazing early footage, then downgrade and stripe some features in the final release
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. People buying made every year may fall under that category. EA’s whole, “this Madden is going to be different, it’s gonna be better.” I’ve noticed every 3 years they actually make changes and not just copy and paste, so Madden 20-22 were all just copy and paste. 23/24 were copy and pastes also so I’m sure Madden 25 is the same. Madden 26 next year may actually be worth buying/checking out
Hate to say it but it’s buyer beware at this point when it comes to EA Sports. They’ve lied too many times and I think people should be onto them by now.
Fax
In my opinion, I don’t think 2K should make a Madden game either. They’ll find some way to make 65% of the game pay to win/ultimate team. I think if 2k did make a game, I would still choose EA. Ea doesn’t really have a main core to make people buy their game (ex: my career) I understand, you could technically say ultimate team is a main core, but if I were to ask 10 madden players if they play MUT, 1-2 people would say yes.
@@Sub2Beastyn At least 2k makes a good franchise mode and has good gameplay but this is true tho.
@@Money_1188 the presentation for franchise in my opinion, looks horrible. The overall showcase, the players without pictures (2k face), the eras showcase too looks like it’s 2k21 old gen
@@Sub2Beastyn I like it but players without pictures is crazy tho, you can't lie tho 2k has the best franchise mode. I can definitely see the frustration and problems tho.
It's crazy how 2K future proofed their Franchise mode. Association hasn't been changed since 2014, trade logic isn't updated, you're only given draft picks for 2 years in the future were as teams are trading draft picks 5-6 years out. Trade finder logic is broken. Default draft classes has poor player comparisons (you might get 3 players in a row with the same floor and ceiling). 2K is just as scummy as EA, but the fact they built a good game decades ago (to compete with EA) the cracks are just starting show, and just like with Madden we had to wait an entire console generation before the casuals starting feeling our pain
2k wouldn't be no different they are basically EA 2.0 now with the NBA 2K series 💀
I agree
Although, 2k have it issues and the my player grind is real... It still is a far superior franchise to Madden. I think any sport game that comes out every year will get boring and feel repetitive. Would be better if it was on like a 2 or 3 year cycle.
I support what you do, I’m on board with what you say, I hope your message is approved by the ones who make the calls. But damn, I feel like we’re cooked on the exclusivity license, greed seems to always win
Its so funny watching kids complain about Madden. If you haven't learned from the last 20 years then you deserve every disappointment Madden delivers 😂😂😂
You would’ve thought they would’ve learned from madden 06’s trailer / release. This company never fails to disappoint
# DON'T BUY MADDEN use this for next year
Yup I'm playing the '24 season on M14 and using 90s uniforms. Absolutely love it!!
EA is all show and no go
I couldn't have said it better myself
@@Money_1188They just lied to make money.
@@EthanKosobud Yup
It sucks and I agree, the NFL should not extend EA's exclusive rights. However, I have fun every year and I'm more than willing to pay $70 for hundreds of hours of fun.
PepsiDrinkTUBE:EA lied to you about Next-Gen Madden
Me:...... No shit, they are a corporation of course they are gonna lie
I seen a comment on Eric ray weather video that said it’s NFL wanting a yearly release and not giving them enough time to do a lot but I blame EA for not trying to be more innovative in a lot of their games
EA lied? 🤦🏿♂️
Ive stopped buying it and convinced a couple of other people to stop.
ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS MONEY. STOP GIVING IT TO THEM
3:59 this is not true. I’m not defending madden by any means but the lighting does change between quarters. It’s subtle but it’s a nice change gotta give them a little credit for that
they get zero credit until they FIX THE DAMM GAME
I agree but I feel like I haven’t seen a game kickoff at day and end dark
Soft drink, this why ur the best. I totally forgot about that great looking trailer.
Next gen is terrible
Facts
Just when I think you're about to run out of video ideas. You reel me back in. It's crazy how far down the EA rabbit goes. I'm the same as you I completely forgot about this trailer. However I remember watching it and being so excited to buy the game because it's going to look incredible on NextGen. That shot of Tom Brady in Tampa was what really made me want to buy the game. I guess I completely forgot about it when I opened the disc on day one
This man wakes up everyday and tries to find a way to post a video crying about a madden
SoftDrink is nowhere as bad as Ryan Moody, I mean Moody makes about 2-3 videos a day complaining about Madden and EA.
It’s a worthy cause. How can a league as beloved as the nfl not have a great video game. It’s almost unbelievable that it not only happened once but it’s normalized to the point where it’s accepted that it can’t be any other way.
My first madden was 17 and I still love playing Madden I’m always loving playing franchise mode
This dude has nothing hetter to do but piss and moan about madden. I think its past time to find a new hobby if it gets your knickers in a twist that bad man
EA always drops a trailer with incredible visuals, but it’s just a cg video. The worst was the first ufc game on ps3. The game looked so different than the trailer
You want people to spend money with your advertising but not a video game stop crying about video games bro that talk is getting old just don’t buy it
You don’t get it, he isn’t complaining about the game because it’s convenient
He’s speaking on behalf of all the sports fans that actually care about a good product and if the NFL doesn’t renew their exclusive agreement with EA, he would have played a huge part in it. But you can go ahead & keep accepting mediocrity
This video needs to be shared everywhere and liked like hell!! #BoyCottEA
Madden 25 looks fantastic on ps5
Haven’t bought a madden since 2013, and that was a $2 game from the bin at the military base. I may be a small peg in the wheel, but one of these days I’ll say
I was part of their downfall. QUIT PAYING FOR THEIR SHIT AND THEYLL HAVE NO MONEY. Money talks people!!!! Quit buying it!!!! Go back to RuneScape or something, you aren’t missing much with madden I promise!
Softdrink deserves many more subscribers. Keep hounding EA!
You can forget EA putting anything really innovative or restorative to Franchise... For one EA is more about maximizing profit for shareholders and not about adding talent to their dev teams which would be required to really fix franchise.
We also lost the ability to set the temperature for players to wear long sleeves.
We lost the ability to see Factors and superstars within franchise mode.
3:40 this is funny because I was playing 2k5 last night and thought the blimp shadow moving across the field was so cool