Ultimate team also has online head-to-head, which, once you get your arms around everything, will likely be where players end up spending most of their time.įace of the franchise also feels pretty familiar to last year’s iteration. Missions and challenges can let you earn cards more organically than previous entries, making the mode feel a little beefier than before. From there you can compare them to other players, add them to the eligible sets, auction them off, trade them, you get the idea.
Unlocking different level players is addictive of course, and serves as the energy that keeps the mode interesting. Many current Madden fans will be pleased to see the return of Ultimate Team, and with just as much focus on nudging players into microtransactions and online play, EA is apparently very aware of that. The game starts with an introduction to the golden years of John Madden actually being on the field, those of us that have been around a little longer might get a nice hit of nostalgia from this, but once that euphoria starts to wane, a more familiar picture starts to form. "There is a larger helping of tweaks and additions compared to the past few entries, but fundamentally, the moment-to-moment gameplay still feels like it always has, general offerings in terms of modes and progression are a similar lot to what we’ve been getting, and the whole package does ultimately fit in with the current trajectory of the series with conservative improvements and nibbles around the edges of what Madden really should be doing to win back the affection of its own fanbase." Of course, with EA being the only publisher that is allowed to make NFL games at this time, and a large enough audience of gamers who will continue to buy it no matter what, there is little reason for EA to do anything too drastic, and Madden NFL 23, once again, shows us that. There is a larger helping of tweaks and additions compared to the past few entries, but fundamentally, the moment-to-moment gameplay still feels like it always has, general offerings in terms of modes and progression are a similar lot to what we’ve been getting, and the whole package does ultimately fit in with the current trajectory of the series with conservative improvements and nibbles around the edges of what Madden really should be doing to win back the affection of its own fanbase.
Still yet, with John Madden’s legacy overshadowing the NFL this year, as well as some major shifts in the league like Brady’s new legacy with the Buccaneers taking shape and Big Ben being out of the picture, not to mention plenty of feedback from fans over the incremental nature of the past few games, the Madden franchise finds itself in a unique position to really show up this time and turn this thing around.ĭoes it do that? Well, not really. At this point, if you’re diving into a Madden game expecting some sort of massive overhaul of the previous entry, then you’re either lying to yourself or just emerging from the rock you’ve been living under for the past decade.
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