Madden NFL 24
August 18, 2023
Introducing SAPIEN Technology in Madden NFL 24 — SAPIEN Technology delivers a leap forward in NFL player realism with more body definition and variation to athlete physiques resulting in realistic player movement. FieldSENSE™ — The newest iteration of FieldSENSE provides an enhanced gameplay foundation, giving you greater control and delivering …
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"After seeing so much change in Franchise Mode from Madden NFL 22 to 23, expectations were high for Madden NFL 24. While some things are what fans wanted from the Madden franchise in 24, it seems like time was truly …"
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70.0
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72.0
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68.0
"Madden NFL 24 is a step up from Madden NFL 23 in some ways, but not enough to make it feel like a huge improvement. Animations and AI have never been better, but the stale vibes past Madden games have …"
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80.0
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80.0
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30.0
"EA made it all the way to a 1st &a; Goal but fumbled on the final drive, failing to score with Madden NFL 24. If you buy the game, you won’t be wasting your money. If you don’t buy the …"
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75.0
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70.0
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30.0
"Madden NFL 24 is the latest iteration of Electronic Art&s;s popular Football game with a few new features this year. There are refinements to existing gameplay mechanics, the return of others, and the addition of crossplay (FINALLY). The game isn&s;t …"
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57.0
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61.0
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49.0
"Thanks to modes like Franchise and Superstar, Madden NFL 24 manages to stream fun, even for those who won&s;t even play online or bet on Ultimate Team. It&s;s a shame that EA Sports&s; efforts to improve gameplay result in issues …"
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30.0
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65.0
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20.0
"Madden NFL 24 aims for a safe play instead of truly revitalizing the series. While controls, animation, visual design, and quality of life improvements are welcome, this entry is more of an incremental upgrade over Madden NFL 23 than a …"
Read original review"Despite all the positives and added-on fancy features, I can&s;t recommend paying full price for Madden 24, as it feels like a slightly better version of last year&s;s edition. But if you&s;re a series veteran craving a Madden that promotes …"
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70.0
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85.0
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"As of right now, Madden 24 is a massively offensively slanted fun game and fun is all you really want from a video game at the end of the day."
Read original review"Madden NFL 24 feels great to play, especially with FieldSENSE finding its feet, but some of the modes need more to make it stand out."
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70.0
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65.0
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"Madden NFL 24 feels like the most complete game since jumping to this generation."
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80.0
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90.0
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70.0
"Madden NFL 24 caters to both the die-hard fans and newcomers, offering a well-crafted gaming experience. While it may lack some of the extensive modes found in other sports games, the on-field action is top-notch, delivering an exceptional gameplay experience."
Read original review"Despite its glaring performance issues, Madden NFL 24 is still a very enjoyable experience. It has helped me learn American Football’s fundamentals ahead of the new season. This is certainly a game I will be playing throughout the upcoming season."
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70.0
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55.0
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"Madden 24 takes some big steps forwards in terms of the underpinning technology, and it continues to play a good game of American football. For all those steps taken technically, it feels as those the rest of the game has …"
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55.0
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58.0
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"Madden NFL 24 also carries over a handful of bugs and visual glitches that were present not only last Madden, but the game that came before it. Bugs like the one where both teams appear frozen on the field during …"
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65.0
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85.0
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"The improvements to the fundamental gameplay in Madden 24 continue to pay dividends with some of the most authentic football the series has ever seen. But, like an ill-timed penalty, the dreadfully slow menus and funneling toward tedious minigames wipe …"
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60.0
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68.0
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"Madden NFL 24 is a solid entry that simply doesn’t do enough to push it forward. I feel like EA really needs to take a year off, do a roster update, and build an entirely new game. This copy paste …"
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"Madden NFL 24 feels like it needs a team talk that&s;ll ruffle some feathers, but without it, the franchise feels like it&s;ll be doomed to repeat the same season again, and again. It&s;s time for EA to break the cycle, …"
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"Madden NFL 24 brings several welcome improvements to the on-field experience, especially with regard to animations and AI, but in all other respects it still lags too far behind other sports simulations."
Read original review"Despite the excellent work done by FieldSENSE, Madden NFL 24 fails to solve some of the issues that have plagued the EA Sports saga for years. Adding poor menu navigation to predictable game modes and imperfect AI, the final result …"
Read original review"Madden continues to improve on the field, but surrounding that attribute with worthwhile modes or features still eludes the franchise."
Read original review"Each year, I want to give Madden a chance and the benefit of the doubt. Each year since 2014 it has continued to disappoint me and feels like it is only getting worse. The game has become stagnant and outside …"
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15.0
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15.0
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10.0
"No matter what nominally noticeable technical changes are happening under Madden 24&s;s hood, they don&s;t represent the gargantuan changes needed to bring the NFL series in line with various yearly sports game competition."
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65.0
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"Overall, Madden 24 hits all the right spots with exciting gameplay, incredible graphics, and fun new game modes. It is extremely difficult to put the controller down regardless of its flaws."
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"While Madden NFL 24 is better than last year’s release, there are still some glaring shortcomings that hurt it, specifically with UI clunkiness, game mode access at times, and repetitiveness."
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"If you were expecting Madden 24 to reinvent the wheel, maybe you should wait for Madden 25 (part two) to see if things change more next time. If you’re a longtime Madden player who expects a similar but slightly upgraded …"
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30.0
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20.0
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20.0
"Just when we think EA is righting the ship on Madden, we get this lazy borderline rerelease of the previous year’s iteration. It’s clear the NFL doesn’t care about the quality of their games, as long as you’re not making …"
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50.0
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40.0
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"More of a rehashed Madden 23, Madden 24&s;s new additions do little to move the chains. Old hiccups return, new ones introduced, and it remains a title best suited for hardcore players."
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"The toughest part about all this is that I&s;m probably not telling you stuff you don&s;t know and that we (or I) will still play this, just because it&s;s football. And right now, that&s;s all it&s;ll be. Nothing more."
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"Madden NFL 24 is definitely a good sports title that entertains without, however, reaching the optimum. The improvements made to this year&s;s product are there but for the finer palates, they might be a bit of a stretch. The graphics …"
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85.0
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78.0
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"Madden NFL 24 is a good sports game, a playoff contender even – but you just never really get a sense this game is going to win the Super Bowl. That&s;s the fundamental flaw here: it&s;s a good effort from …"
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"Madden NFL 24 gets the job done in the same way it always has, even if there&s;s nothing major to get excited for, it&s;s still getting better."
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"Madden NFL 24 is a great sports game limited by a number of small issues that affect the experience considerably. While previous complaints have been resolved and clear improvements are seen in the gameplay, the game modes and menus either …"
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"Madden NFL 24 continues EA Sports’ legacy of making smaller more incremental yearly changes to its beloved franchise. While there doesn’t seem much in the way of “new” this time around and Ultimate Team suffers from some awful UI performance …"
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"Madden NFL 24 is the best-looking game in the series with thrilling gameplay, but what holds it back is off the field. There seems to be something missing in this version of Madden as far as the game modes it …"
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"You can&s;t go wrong with Madden NFL 24 as the new superstar showdown mode is a compelling selling point for fans pining for arcade gameplay."
Read original review"A good game of football, just plain, although that&s;s saying a lot for what we&s;ve had in the recent era."
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"New animations and improved AI make Madden NFL 24’s on-field action the best it&s;s ever been, but everything that happens off the field is a slog of dated modes and laggy menus that brings everything around it down."
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