Game Informer: Madden NFL 11 Review

GI: Football fans often debate about the relative importance of the positions on a team. Can a great QB make the receivers around him better? Can marquee receivers make a mediocre QB look good? Does an ineffective pass rush doom even the most skilled corners? Madden NFL 11 spurs a similar kind of discussion based on the features it has chosen to address for this latest iteration versus those that have remained unchanged.

Does the inclusion of online co-op play trump a bare-bones online franchise mode? Is making a stud running back like Chris Johnson feel like a world-beater more important than not cleaning up past AI issues? The answers to these kinds of questions are up to you as a Madden player. I like a lot of the new additions to this year’s game, but the lack of progress in some areas is unfortunate.

[labaronx]

NCAA 11 is the better football game this year.....

i dont know why something just doesnt feel right about madden this year.... oh well

[orange-skittle]

HungPhat posted his embargo restricted review prematurely after playing a GameStop early release. NCAA 11 is better IMO. The madden demo was not as good as NCAA, plus the new kicking feature is awful. What are they doing? Why am I still runing into my men trying to squeeze through the gaps? Why can't they turn sideways(get skinny) like 2K5 did 6 years ago. Why is there still no halftime show?

[Canas2010]

I think I called maybe 4 plays and couldn't take it anymore. This year there is for sure something off about it.

[T9X69]

Me to, I downloaded the demo and played maybe 2-3min then deleted it. Not sure why but something wasn't right.

[NecrumSlavery]

Demo wasn't fun. It felt really arcade like, the realism isn't there anymore. Plus it 2010, and these graphics are terrible.

[BeaArthur]

It gets about the same score every year.

[M-Easy]

And every year reviewers say the exact same thing. The only thing that changes is that year's gimmicks.

[labaronx]

i thought i was the only one who noticed that

[karlowma]

Pro sports games should only receive new titles every 2 years. That will give the devs time to fix problems AND add new features, and fans will have a chance to get excited about something, other than saying, "Meh, roster update."

Excluding a couple years where I went with 2K, I have bought every EA NHL game since 1997, but that ended with me skipping NHL '10. Just getting a little tired with incremental updates and many of the same issues. That and the piss-poor servers EA tends to use to host the online aspects of the game really turned me off.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Same ol' madden, new case...

[BannedForNineYears]

Wow, 8.75?
That's 875/1000.
Since when are we rating in the hundredth decimal?
What's the difference between 8.75 and 8.74? :D

[Gish]

.01 :)

[Brklynty1]

i played as the jets and after 5 plays just deleted it. its like after madden went next gen things fell apart, madden was tye shit back in the 6th gen well it was after 2K was forced to stop making football games

[Crystallis]

What I have a problem is the game-play. Still no consecutive double hit tackles,corner backs swatting balls when they are not even looking for the ball and My biggest problem is the way that add silly gimmicks. Madden is garbage and you can clearly see what no competition has done to the franchise. I really think the sales will be way down this year as I know many folks who wont be buying it this year including me.