Worst Madden launch of all-time?

[Jono078]

Firstly - I don't want to be one of those people that comes across a completely negative, I obviously get enjoyment out of Madden and have done so for many years now, but I do wish it was a better quality product.

Now that's out of the way, let's get into it. Also I do have the latest 1.003.000 update.

20 August 2021 - Madden 22 Launch day - How exciting... or not?

I can't really remember the Madden 21 launch, but I recall it not being the smoothest either?

This has to be the worst launch I can remember.. There are an abundance of issues right throughout the game;

1. Online franchise has a lot of rookies missing faces - UNLESS you import the downloaded roster
2. I get kicked out of online franchise / disconnected from EA with each new season, it's like clockwork.
3. The draft blinding light - wtf is this?
4. Slow loading and menus are so clunky and slow. Madden seems to like refresh or something before showing the actual menu, it's really bizarre.

Gameplay im ok with for now, haven't run into anything crazy yet, but I'm sure those that know the ins and outs of gridiron will find things there.

Sorry - I just needed to vent, after paying $100 for the game I can't believe the silly issues from the trial have carried over to the full game. There better be a super patch ASAP for this.

I know it's hard to resist getting the latest football game but if you can avoid it, it's the only way EA will really learn. I know this comes off as hypocritical as I've done the exact opposite.

So back to the original question, is this the worst Madden launch of all-time? There's no hype, there's no killer feature, barely any upgrades (I don't even consider the menu or franchise layout as upgrades at this point).

[Hooe]

Speaking to recent history - Madden 21 was a bug-riddled mess at launch on PS4. There hasn’t yet been a modern Madden game that came out as unpolished and unfinished as last year’s COVID-hampered effort.

All-time? Though not as buggy, Madden 06 on the Xbox 360 was so poor a final product and endured such a troubled development cycle that Rolling Stone wrote about how bad it was ten years later. Madden 96 for the Sony PlayStation was so bad it didn’t even launch.

Madden 22 has some annoying warts to work through, and certainly I’d have preferred it come out without the few annoying bugs it has, but on the relative scale? It’s launched just fine.

[Armor and Sword]

Madden 13

I shelved that game within 2-3 weeks….was easily the worst Madden I had ever played (I was on PS2 thru Madden 09 so I missed the joy of Madden 06 on the PS3). The launch was filled with downright outrage and dismay.


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[Richie71]

Was it the first PS3 version where they didn't even include commentary? There have been worse launches.

[tyler28]

I dont think its the worst all time but its up there with the last few years.

I will say our expectations are a lot higher now that we are going into next gen and madden made very little progress on ps4.

This leads to a bigger let downs when madden keeps dropping the ball year after year because there is always that hope things will be fixed by next year and then its not and a new set of issues arise. Its like clockwork at this point.

its on us. EA has proven what kind of product they deliver at launch year after year. Fool me once Ea, but fool me twice, well then its a me problem.

With that said i hated 21 at launch but came back to it and enjoyed it the most on ps4. It just got stale in cfm. Hopefully, this year with the scounting update we will have a better instalment. You could honestly see madden on sale by then and wait it out and get it cheaper. Last year I paid $30 for it a month after launch because of the dissapointment. No way will i pre order a $100 version of madden, plus i dont play Mut so all that junk is irrelevant to me as a consumer. You have to play the long game with madden.

Seeing people rant about dissapointment at launch is a little frustrating because at this point isnt that what we are expecting? Did you expect it to be better? I didnt. Ive played since madden was created. My excitement for madden on launch day was lost years ago. I used to be one of those guys waiting at gamestop when they started midnight releases to get my copy. Now its a wait and see approach.

Im sure these issues will be addressed but ya if i dropped $100 on a pre order I would be uspet and never do it again.

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[Jono078]

Quote: Originally Posted by tyler28

I dont think its the worst all time but its up there with the last few years. I will say our expectations are a lot higher now that we are going into next gen and madden made very little progress on ps4. This leads to a bigger let downs when madden keeps dropping the ball year after year because there is always that hope things will be fixed by next year and then its not and a new set of issues arise. Its like clockwork at this point. its on us. EA has proven what kind of product they deliver at launch year after year. Fool me once Ea, but fool me twice, well then its a me problem. With that said i hated 21 at launch but came back to it and enjoyed it the most on ps4. It just got stale in cfm. Hopefully, this year with the scounting update we will have a better instalment. You could honestly see madden on sale by then and wait it out and get it cheaper. Last year I paid $30 for it a month after launch because of the dissapointment. No way will i pre order a $100 version of madden, plus i dont play Mut so all that junk is irrelevant to me as a consumer. You have to play the long game with madden. Seeing people rant about dissapointment at launch is a little frustrating because at this point isnt that what we are expecting? Did you expect it to be better? I didnt. Ive played since madden was created. My excitement for madden on launch day was lost years ago. I used to be one of those guys waiting at gamestop when they started midnight releases to get my copy. Now its a wait and see approach. Im sure these issues will be addressed but ya if i dropped $100 on a pre order I would be uspet and never do it again. Sent from my SM-A716U using Tapatalk

Excellent post mate!

I should clarify I meant AUD 100. I could have waited a week to pay $79 but I thought it’d be good to play over the weekend whilst in lockdown.

And I guess that’s where disappoint comes from - expectation.

I played my 10 hours of the trial via EA Play and saw the issues there and thought ok they’ll have a day 1 patch to correct all this, no way a product can launch like that.

Well two updates since and I’m not sure exactly what improved.

[ChicagoChris]

Why is this in a separate thread?


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[lemarflacco]

Maybe not worst ever, but really bad to say the least. Putting this game down until they patch out these things.