So... is it worth buying now?

[DJG]

Now that it’s been a few months and we’ve had some patches, is Madden 21 worthy of a purchase on current gen? How does it measure up to 20? I haven’t bothered buying it after seeing the awful reviews. I’m not expecting much even after the patches. Just as long as it’s somewhat playable especially for franchise. It’s a sad fact that my expectations are so low.

[Detroit Tigers]

This game got review-bombed hard, I still don’t quite understand what happened. I think most guys here think the game is pretty ok. Nothing amazing but about what you’d expect. Competent(ish).

[GoDucks1224]

Curious about this too, because it’s 40% off on the Xbox Black Friday sale.

[prey2god]

For almost half off, hell yeah this game is worth it.

[Teleo]

Just buy it - I don’t understand these post - you’re going to get mixed reviews from different people - No matter how one installment differentiates from another - I will ALWAYS purchase Madden! Have since ‘89 and will never stop

[Philosopher0]

it was worth buying day 1, its vastly improved over 20.

[shawn306]

Yeah I would like to know as well. I am a franchise Coach Mode guy. It is better than Madden 20.

[PhillyPhanatic14]

Quote: Originally Posted by shawn306

Yeah I would like to know as well. I am a franchise Coach Mode guy. It is better than Madden 20.

It's very similar in my opinion, but I'd really encourage everyone in here to use the free 10 hour trial through EA Play and make their own decision based off of that. It depends on what you value and what you're looking for. I played about 600 hours of M19 and M20 so M21 was a bit too similar for me to get invested in. I'm hoping next gen upgrade gives it enough of a boost for me to get into it again cuz i love football but so far it hasn't hooked me. Others love it. Others totally hate it. It's not revolutionary by any means but it is a progression over M20.