HIGH Defensive controls are an unexpected highlight.
LOW Offensive controls are alarmingly familiar.
WTF The coaches in Career Mode are impossible to impress.
HIGH Defensive controls are an unexpected highlight.
LOW Offensive controls are alarmingly familiar.
WTF The coaches in Career Mode are impossible to impress.
HIGH Much more solid on-field experience; better realism, improved animations
LOW Presentation is still lacking, some minor annoyances and glitches.
WTF Why would fans want to sit BEHIND the video screens in Carolina’s stadium?
HIGH FieldSense passing is a precision QB’s dream.
LOW Learning the advanced controls is beyond difficult.
WTF The graphical glitches are simply unforgivable in 2022.
The friendly folks at EA Sports were kind enough to invite GameCritics to a closed beta of the hotly anticipated Madden NFL 23. Obviously, I jumped at the chance to spend a few hours with it, as this latest Madden is expected to represent actual forward progress into the current generation of consoles, and not just a cross-generation juke step.
HIGH Improved game flow. Crazy-deep franchise mode.
LOW Blocking is still weird.
WTF why is my LB spasming like that after a hit?
HIGH A great tutorial.
LOW A long-winded story.
WTF 6’8” and 250 lbs. is not a middle schooler.
HIGH The match dynamics.
LOW Trick shots.
WTF That live action dub.
HIGH The Skill Stick controls are much improved on defense.
LOW The graphics are really showing their age.
WTF Bad acting is forgivable. Unnecessary game modes are not.
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