The PS5 and Xbox Series X versions feel pretty much the same, but the PS5 does at least have more prominent buzzes from the controller (which I found helpful to 'feel' running and player tackles). I play lots of Madden games: I prefer quick notifications over elaborate cinematics. But the awkward story-mode style of the press conference moments feels way too slow. They're the same commitments of goal-setting for the most part as Madden 21 (and 20), with XP rewards given depending on how you succeed. Those all need to go away now that Madden 22 is here: EA still doesn't carry franchises over to new versions of the game.Įven weirder are the new press conferences, which are how the game tries to inject some decision-making trees into the pre-game prep. Speedy upcoming WR Ron Moorehead and veteran Blaine Urban. No names are recognizable now: my star QB is Chris Abraham. Right now I'm in the 2037 season in Madden 21. I've spent the last year and a half playing endless games of the New York Jets on Madden 20 and 21. (Let's hope the real-life Jets and Giants fare better, too.) Scott: Another half-step over last fall's next-gen update Just like we did last year, we're seeing how things have changed as we ready for another real NFL season.

(Don't they always, though?) We've been playing and these are our impressions so far: Scott Stein for the Jets angle and Eli Blumenthal for Giants. EA Sports has promised big changes this year to the game's Franchise mode and its stat-based performance of players. It's another year, another late August where EA Sports' Madden arrives again, like the first leaves of autumn.

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