The Sapien technology got to me. They say it's based on a real skeleton. As opposed to Madden 23 when they were based on, what? Octopus tentacles? What skeletons have they been using this whole time?
As a former QA (game tester) for a AAA gaming company, I can tell you that we do tell the devs what’s going on, the director/ execs are the main issue, their laziness/ lack of care gets old. You can tell them the same bugs, and see the same things on the next patch that they bring in to test.
Because all they care about is stock and impressing the investors. It sickens me that quality is very absent. Same with glitchy Elders Scroll or Fallout. Unfinished game that has so many problems.
The only thing that will make things change is if people stop buying EA’s garbage. Until that happens it will stay the same so long as they have paying happy customers
I would be fine if one year he just re-released the previous year's Madden Review and just dubbed over each time they say the year or Madden number then truly he would have done the same amount of work on the review as they did the game.
Yep, having a base who loves the NFL and willing to buy the product (even if they think it could be better) year after year, combined with a core who will spend hundreds and up to thousands a year on MUT, means that EA will give bare minimum effort in order to maximize profits. I got into NFL around 2015, bought Madden 2016 and haven't bought one since (I have played a little on gamepass over the years). It really fucking sucks because, NFL could have an amazing game with this much money to work with and we get this sad excuse for american football "simulation".
U also gotta remember madden bought rights to nfl in 2005 which ended their only competition that is the best football game in history nfl2k5, them doing that they are the only game that can have nfl players and teams in the game, for 18 years they’ve held these rights🤦🏾♂️ I guarantee there’s someone out there who can make a football game 20 times better than what madden has put out in the last 12 years
Thank you, Joe, OJ, Alex for doing this every year. You've been calling out this lackluster, cash-grab, lazy-ass, shell of it's former self game for years. Don't ever stop or schill for those greedy bastards.
It's interesting how the Game released with menus that took 3-5 seconds to respond. And then magically. a week later, after most people had used up their 10 hour demo, they patched it and it runs better than any Madden did before. (in terms of how fast you can move through the menus/ out of game). Still prefer NFL2K5 -
I've never played a single Madden game. But I've watched every one of the Angry Joe reviews on them. So even though they seem to monumentally suck, they still allow these wonderful reviews to be made! You suffer for us Joe, and I appreciate that!
Im not quite in the same boat, I played a demo Madden back in like 04, but have only bought like 4, maybe 5 Maddens since then. You aren't missing much. Sure fun can be had, but it gets old. I do not understand how people can buy it over and over again.
There really was a streak for like 10 years where all they did was REMOVE features from the game. Also, the game is worse than it seems from these reviews, somehow
The best part about Joe's Madden reviews is how he always finds new and dynamic ways to insult and degrade EA for all their bullshit. And every time he makes one, i feel like watching all or some of the other ones over again. It's like recapping all the previous episodes of your favorite show just to be fully caught up for the newest one
Joe refreshes the review to a higher standard degree than Madden refreshes their franchise. That IGN clip about crisp animations was perfectly replayed for emphasis haha
Madden '08 is the best game in the series now? Swear we thought it was mid when it came out 🥴💀😭. This franchise been trash for so long that we can't even truly say when the last time they had a good game. Madden peaked in 2004.
I remember in either NHL '97 or '98 as a kid, the anouncers would attempt to pronounce your created characters name. Me and my friend would love laughing at the attempts. Sports games are literally leagues worse than the late 90's.
I was on the Madden team for ten years. Funny enough, you're spot on about a lot of things, especially Franchise. Wish the game could be good, but........oh well. Blame QA all you want, but they do their job. The problem with this game is at its core, not on QA. PS: Trust me, 90% of the senior management team or lead devs do zero gaming at all. They don't listen to any feedback outside of Reddit. They don't go to TH-cam except to post their own hype videos. Senior management is more likely to be watching movies/schmoozing between meetings, not improving the game. Love the yearly roasting, but I was seriously the only person on my team to watch them. They actively avoid the negative stuff outside their "influencers".
This more or less matches what my suspicions were. There's zero competition to drive the management to be invested in the product, and there's zero pressure from the NFL (who seems more concerned with profit than product quality across the board) to drive management as well. It's probably a fantastic job to have as a project manager, tbh. 🙄
Much respect to your new strategy of going after the social media grifters rather than just EA itself. At some point if the company is shameless, you can maybe shame of the dorks behind the webcam.
ALL facts. If anything going after the MUT players/Game content accounts they give special access too is the ONLY way of effecting Madden. They told us they ONLY care about them for the last 20 years.
These creators aren't going to care. If EA came up to you and offered $$$ to shill their game to idiots who can't stop buying it... You ain't saying no...
I don't understand. How can they fail at making a simple game about a single sport so catastrophically? This could be a minigame in GTA or Yakuza, and it'd be more polished. As a single minigame. Instead, they focused all their efforts on it and made pure shite.
MMG took a lot of shots in this review…and he absolutely deserves it. Dude makes videos clearly geared towards kids, spending thousands on packs and making it look awesome to kids with their parents card info and destroying the game for casual gamers
I don't feel like AJ gets enough credit for his ability to turn the most lengthy rants into some of the most coherent review scores ever. Whenever he builds up to his rating of a game, I always mentally guess what he's going to say based on everything that came before, and my prediction always matches his score. It's a real talent he has since he actually uses the full 1-10 range, rather than just sticking a 7 on everything like most outlets.
That goes for like 99% of the gaming industry minus most indie companies. We’ve needed another video game crash again for nearly 2 decades now. I hope it happens but I doubt it with all the money these pos companies make from dumbass gamers.
As a South African NFL fan who never had the privilege to play American Football, this is the closest we'll get to experience the sport.. It's depressing that i have to resort to playing Madden 07 or 2k5 as it's superior in every way imaginable to modern titles.. Keep doing your thing AJ.
You'll probably learn more about the game with '07. As a Brit in the States, I got sick of ads every 3-6 minutes and I don't hate the sport, but that NFL license & EA are both AAA turds at this point.
24 gameplay is more realistic this year than madden has been since madden 10 but I agree my favorite was madden 08 it just dosnet have the qb vision like 06 and 07 had
If I had to guess why they bought the ESPN license even though they barely use it... it was to shut out the possibility of having *any* competition in the field of football games.
Joe's Madden Angry Reviews are a yearly tradition at this point lmao. But I also just gotta say I appreciate you still being around Joe and working hard on shit like this brother. I've been watching you for a significant portion of my life and you are firmly in the TH-cam gaming history books. Just wanna give my respect to a legend while he's still doing it rather than waiting until he moves onto something else
I don't play madden, I don't know the rules of american football, I never even watched a game of it. But Joe's reviews of madden are always a special moment for me. And universe knows how i feel sorry for american football fans for not having a single recent good game about it. At this point, EA is literally scamming people (or at list making false advertisement...)
They are the reason it's bad ?? ....if they had morals and a bit of control and didn't buy it for just 1 year EA would fix everything cus of all the millions they would loose.... football fans are to blame. If someone offers you 80 dollars for a bag of shit wouldn't you go grab another bag of shit to get more money?? It's the fans fault.
@@yougaming6461 Just like Joe said, if the moron fans are happy with this shit, then can have it. Problem is, the bullsht tactics that plague EA do extend to games that people with working braincells play.
At this point, Joe ought to just set up a Madden Piñata every year. These Angry Madden reviews have become so frequent that it's pretty much like celebrating a holiday.
i understand he's doing it for content, but damn imagine being such a football fan that, even though you KNOW it's gonna be garbage, you still shell out the the cash for the game on launch kekw, i can't even comprehend that shit tbh. At least EA gives us fuel for a good old fashioned angry review though, they do at least THAT right lmaoo
The hardest part of these reviews is I genuinely think Joe needs to add text for which version of the game he is currently showing because I'm constantly confused whether the footage currently being shown is from the current game getting reviewed or last year's version.
C-Puff!? I never thought I would see you here! Which, now that I think about it, is odd because you don't exactly hide that you are a gamer... I was just rewatching your Velma review too. Edit: And that same Velma video is in my recommended.
Yeah tbh I could care less for Madden or football (or football games for that matter) but Joe's rants over Madden are always entertaining to me so I don't mind it whatsoever.
Just gonna say before I even watched this video, just by seeing how long it is, you guys put more work into this review than EA has put into Madden for the last 5 years.
I am not even a football fan, but I watch these reviews every time you release them. I am with you on the fight and you explain things so well. But the reason why I’m in the fight more than anything is because I know that this is seeping over into all of the other games for future consequences
I am a football fan and it’s why I watch these. I just want a game where I can play as my Bears and have a good time but these games are so half baked. Is it too much to ask for a good football game where I can run around as my favorite players?
If the Madden Community actually came together and filed one they probably would. It's definitely something worth looking into but then again just about most things are falsely advertised so not entirely sure how a judge would rule on this case. Depends on the judge's perspective and beliefs and what they value.
Such a breath of fresh air as a PC FIFA player. I went through this entire crisis with people hyping 23/FC24, the amount of disdain ea has for its own players is nuts. The crossplay thing ruined the game’s release cycle for us. We don’t even get together to play anymore. Bummer. Someone else desperately wants and deserves these licenses
Never stop reviewing this franchise. Makes for great content, but damn, do I feel bad for Joe having to waste hours of his life not only playing it but the time taken to edit the review together. Truly taking one for the team. I'll say what I said everytime; Joe puts more effort in his Madden reviews than the team that pumped this game out.
Thank you for turning this yearly schlock into an entertaining dissesction of the worst that AAA games industry has to offer. This is why I'm proud to be a patron.
Your review has like almost 5 times the views of most of the journalist reviews 😂 and like 5 times the quality. Keep up the good work and hopefully one day theyll fix this damn game
and i hate that madden fans have yet to treat the franchise with pure apathy. they will cancel it. if madden fans treated it with pure apathy and pretend the franchise no longer exists
People still continue to buy EA'S sports games because there is virtually no other competition, which is by design. As a result, they have zero incentive to actually make a game that not only is worth the money, but also respects the player's time, and frankly, their intelligence as a consumer.
@@jadedheartszAnd worst of all, many of them hardly seem to care even if you try to inform them. They just wanna play their sports game with the bros and call it a day. A real shame, tbh.
I remember playing All Pro Football 2k8. They had animations that tied to specific injuries. You could tell what part of the body was injured most of the time by the animation that played. There was one where the ball carrier would fall awkwardly on his arm, and it would always be an arm related injury.
When NBA 2k had the ESPN license they literally had the ESPN NBA pregame show, with actual coaches getting pre game or post game interviews with David Aldridge and actual star NBA players with their actual voices (over hundreds of them ) Also had their NBA finals pre and post game Also every player has their signature moves, taunts and mannerisms even players from the 1970s-2010s 2k used ESPN and actually has authenticity with the actual NBA and they make a tenth of what EA Madden makes and blows them out of the water
I still play it today. The more I play it the more awesome the game is. It has so much stuff Madden dont have. The one injury when the dude starts limping and grabbing his leg in the middle of the play is the one I see the most. The gang tackling looks right in all pro. The refs throwing the flag and turning the mic up to say what the penalty is. There is so much detail that Madden misses thats in a 16 year old game.
That was the last real good football sim game .They need to make another one and let the MUT FXGATS play MUT while the rest of us play a good football all game
I got my dad Madden 06 when it came out with my Christmas money. He played it for years. The franchise mode and superstar mode were good. I tried out Madden 2018 at a friend's house and I felt like EA owed me money.
I used to love football games. My favorite thing as a kid who played Pop Warner getting to start in NCAA with your character in High school, take him through college, import him to the nfl and play out his time there, letting you literally play your created character through almost their whole life and career. It was a hell of an experience. Winning championships actually meant something. And hat was almost 20 years ago. Fucking crazy.
That was genuinely one of the coolest experiences in video gaming and just so fun to do. It made me so hopeful about the future of gaming and I couldn't help but wonder where things would go. Welp.
It's crazy how advanced gameplay like that is somehow unheard of when technology is so advanced today. Graphics in madden now look like shitty plastic zombos walking around. Swear older versions looked better. It's so cringe. That MMG guy is a gutless coward whose career is acting like a call girl for EA. Just like that other guy that kept thanking EA on his video 😂😂😂😂😂 soooooo bad
I appreciate you Joe, showing that NFL 2K5 presentation! I can not play a sports game without the presentation being on point.. “MLB the Show” and NBA 2K are the gold standards of Sports game presentation today, but NFL 2K5 was at a whole other level with Chris Berman. It’s a shame that no one in EA cares about the fundamentals anymore.
4:37. Its sad.... you see a minute where he takes EAs nuts out of his mouth and realizes the predatory nature of the game........... and then says oh nevermind, let me put those nuts right back in my mouth.
at 46:04 that genuinely looks like Captain Anderson from Mass Effect. I wouldn't be surprised if it actually is the same asset used for the face of a character from a game that came out in 2007!
@@heinrick383 he whole heartedly accepts and embraces EA FUCKING him HARD in the ASS, EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. And puts up with it. And shows off spending money and letting EA have access to his RAW ASS, constantly.
Haven't played a Madden game since Madden himself was on the cover, but I'll never miss these videos because you can tell how passionate Joe is about the franchise! He deserves more, and so does everyone else.
You’re actually incorrect. He hates the franchise he hates Madden and he said multiple times that he hates madden players. He just does this video for the views and he know that negativity sells.
@@chitownsfinest1013I would argue that he's a football fan that is old enough to have enjoyed the early madden games and his passion for the sport combined with what the madden franchise has turned into, produces these types of rants
I keep on rewatching minute 25 over and over again. The way Joe says that you can show off your gear online has me in tears each time, especially after Other Joe says that some of the purchaseable gear is a good deal. “Geeeeaaarrrrr” I can’t stop laughing!
27:03 "You can't even give players, celebrations - Whats wrong with my arms?" I spit my dr pepper 😂 It got me wheezing for no reason. Thank you for the reviews over the years and still keep me coming back frequently to watch. I miss watching your reviews with my dad back in 2013. Good days
Hearing the announcer say "that gave me chills" made me unreasonably angry. I quit Madden years ago and that is still etched in my brain because I've heard it so many times. Somebody needs to put this game out of our misery.
What I like about Joe's reviews is that he doesn't let his opinions cloud his judgement (for the most part) and gives this game a legitimate chance. He finds all the faults but doesn't ignore any positives (slim they may be) that the game has. It really makes his reviews and scores hold credibility since he could've easily just played this game for an hour and then wrote it off as a 1/10.
I love how every Angry Joe Review starts off with the most genuine "Thank you so much, I think you'll really enjoy what's in stock!" type of thing and then transitions into the most brutal thing the devs have ever seen against their work 🤣
MMG is like the perfect example of 2 possible scenario's Someone that is such a big fan that they cannot see the problems it has and deny's any and all negativity Or someone that gets overly excited for literally nothing other than views and attention, and that they are fully aware that the game sucks, yet buys it and play pretend anyway
MrHurricaine is a talented content creator for Madden. He had been getting the game every year, but finally took EA to task on Madden 22. He refused to buy it because he said it was just a copy and paste. They didn't do enough. Then Madden 23 comes along. He admitted to me that it was a bad game, but he bought it because, "They at least added enough things for me to make new content with." The thing he doesn't realize is that because he makes the good content, people say, "You're the reason why I bought this game." They don't realize HE is the one making it fun. The game isn't good. It doesn't come with the content creator and their storylines. What was also funny to watch is him having to cancel series time and time again because the game corrupted his franchise files, a problem that has been in the game for a few years in a row now, and I bet will happen with 24. But, he admitted he is buying a bad game and making content for it just for the views. Lost respect for him.
Except MMG calls out madden on multiple occasions. If you’d take the time to watch his videos instead of assuming shit and spouting bullshit you’d see that he’s tired of EA’s bullshit too. He has to make a living so he plays madden
You do realize you can just NOT buy it, right? I agree that the exclusivity deal has ruined the series (not to mention 2k5 still holds up as the best franchise franchise mode of any football game), but it was the NFL who wanted to do the deal and approached EA.
They’re forcing you to buy something? No? That’s what I thought. I agree that this series went to shit, however I find comments like yours laughable. They’re not doing anything illegal. The only way to stop it is to stop buying it.
Im pretty sure i've seen that face somewhere else. Maybe it was in Mass Effect. If you search for David Anderson in Mass Effect its the exact same face.
Let this be a lesson to those who don't know what can happen if you have a monopoly you get lackluster quality because there is nothing else out there that can compete with NFL.
46:04 is a major supporting character from Mass Effect and put his face in the game. As a big Mass Effect fan I instantly realised that EA had sunk to a level I didn't think possible. The fact they couldn't even be bother to create new faces, but steal from other games just proved they need to bin the entire franchise.
how much you wanna bet that in a year, or max 3, ea will start to sell you shepard, garrus, liara, isaac clarke, faith etc. skins and gear. cod started selling lara crofts and nicki minajs so its 100% that the ea guys are punching themselves they didnt realize it sooner they could be selling necromorph helmets and add jane shepard as a player. perhaps shepard can even use singularity in a football game
The standard has been a lot higher than what Madden has done for the last few years. How this franchise after years and years of poor reception is still going and making a lot of money is baffling. I guess whales and addicts really do make companies a lot of money.
Nothing fucking changes. A sports fan doesn't care about CRPG's, they've never even heard of DnD. They'll buy madden / FIFA / NBA every single year and purchase a new roster of players. This "putting EA to shame", what a fucking joke. If it truly mattered, EA would've bent the knee years ago if it was bad for their business, but no. They can keep rehashing the same game over and over for decades and the money just keeps flowing in, they lose absolutely nothing from people giving these games bad reviews. The ones playing these types of games don't watch reviews, they aren't "gamers" per se, they just buy a thing with their favorite thing in it.
59:00. Imagine what YOU could do with $1000. Would you feed the starving? Would you buy a PS5? MMG chooses to spend it on in-game micro-transitions that have no use outside of the game. I guess it’s not the biggest deal in the world, and to each their own on how they want to spend their money, I’m just a bit confused.
Quite long review, so here's some quick timestaps if you want to r-ewatch certain parts: People catching onto Copy & Paste 2024: 2:51 Advertisement for a different edition than the one you bought: 3:36, 9:58, 18:22 The abusive fanboy relationship: 4:09 Fanboys fuel drug additiction: 5:13 IGN's shows 'great' example of sapien technology: 6:28 Josh Allen's awesome face in the game: 7:08 Random soccer injuries comes to football: 7:44 The laggy life of walking: 12:22, 20:08 Referees can't ref: 14:39 Mosh pit on field while ghost watches and dances with football: 16:10 Kids rap songs about the harsh realities of street life football: 16:29 Thanking EA endlessly gets you free stuff: 19:27 Crossplay only in money sucking mode: crossplay - 20:24 mut mode - 20:56, 21:55 AJ almost kills OJ: 25:01 "Players celebrations..my arms?": 27:06 The commentators can't even fin....: 31:49 Superbowl copy/paste: 34:54 Random midgets: 39:48 Guy goes broke for betting on return of create a team: 43:14 Face variety: 43:52 Prehistoric man has entered football: 50:48 Quarterback arm temporarily dissolves into another dimension: 54:30 Idiots financially support idiots: 58:45 Joe simulates how people's random obsession's can direct ones personality: 59:26 Addicts raise criticisms, but continue to be addicts because of TH-cam money: 1:00:51 Pack animations in Madden go hard apparently: 1:01:47
I don't play football games, yet I still get excited for the new releases just to watch Joe tear them apart. You go enjoy your Starfield Joe. You have indeed earned it!
I sincerely pray for people like MMG, honestly. He and many others are so consumed by gambling addiction, and they actively encourage that type of behavior to millions and millions of people. The lack of self-awareness is actually shocking. These people need help.
Honestly I need context is MMG really that much of a Madden shill or is he just putting on a performance because I refuse to believe that someone can be that much of a cartoon character when it comes to streaming Madden
@@DarkKnightofAnimeoverly cartoonish character is good to hype up teens and give away their part-time job money to EA for packs. Same with Fifa, the cretors would do absurd celebrations and hype all the time.
@@cameronpeterson6734 not even that. Remember people saying IGN get money from big publishers. It was revealed its not even that, they shill just to get early access so that they can get reviews out faster than others and get clicks. It's just for access, they don't make cash from shilling.
46:08 They deadass just took the Admiral Andersen face from the Mass Effect files and slapped it on there. Like, EA was like "what kind of faces we got somewhere" and some dude pulled up Bioware's old shit and they were like "good enough"
What's crazy is that the whole injury thing still happens a lot because I play franchise mode and literally after every two plays throughout the game a player on my team or the other team gets injured🤦🏾♂️
The passion from Joe is why I have been a long time subscriber. He knows he will be disappointed but still gives the review his all. Shout out to the cause!
Congrats AJ, you made it through another year without having a heart attack! As a UK-based NFL fan that loved the 90s Madden games on the Mega Drive I don't get who these games are aimed at other than the paid-"influencers" that sprout utter tosh or hardcore fans/cultists that will buy it and defend it even if the rapture happens...I got into NFL because of NFL 94 and fell for a team, I feel sorry for non-USA kids looking to get into it and get this utter garbage excuse of a game. You like it - then you do you, but at least give us an option for another company to make a rival game we can have like when FIFA faced off against PES!
If EA ever cancelled the Madden franchise the worst thing about that would be no more Angry Joe Madden reviews. These are legendary.
If ever 😂😂. That’s funny
He might be the single reason people are still buying this game. Imagine it?
I agree these reviews are super funny 😆
dont worry EA's got more in the chamber. EAs gots other properties to continue to run to the ground dont you worry.
Somebody needs to convince the NFL to let other companies make NFL football like with star wars.
The Sapien technology got to me. They say it's based on a real skeleton. As opposed to Madden 23 when they were based on, what? Octopus tentacles? What skeletons have they been using this whole time?
One that you can get from CCP officials in back alleys of Shanghai
Those dancing skeletons you see in memes nowadays
They said they improved it, it's not something new
Isn’t it obvious? EA has been using dead bodies for no-cap this whole time to save money…..DUH!!!!
More like homo sapient technology
These Madden reviews need to be recognized as a federal holiday
PREACH IT!!
Lol
Agreed
I don't even care about Madden and I watch these reviews every year.
Hallelujah!
As a former QA (game tester) for a AAA gaming company, I can tell you that we do tell the devs what’s going on, the director/ execs are the main issue, their laziness/ lack of care gets old. You can tell them the same bugs, and see the same things on the next patch that they bring in to test.
Because all they care about is stock and impressing the investors. It sickens me that quality is very absent. Same with glitchy Elders Scroll or Fallout. Unfinished game that has so many problems.
I was about to come comment the same thing, worked on some AAA FPS games, and I had the exact same thought at 2:45
The only thing that will make things change is if people stop buying EA’s garbage. Until that happens it will stay the same so long as they have paying happy customers
I said it’s the same trash game every year 10 years ago
It's sad because in most other industries, when QA says something needs fixed. it gets fixed or else
This guy puts more effort into these reviews than EA does into Madden.
I would be fine if one year he just re-released the previous year's Madden Review and just dubbed over each time they say the year or Madden number then truly he would have done the same amount of work on the review as they did the game.
Legit bro
Nah, Joe is getting as lazy with these reviews as Corporate Commander.
Let's cut the hyperbole. What EA puts into Madden isn't even in the same dictionary as 'effort'
Also the non existing bug testing redfall had less bugs
That's saying something
Madden is a true example of what happens when there's no competition.
So true, that thought has been on my mind for years now.
Yep, having a base who loves the NFL and willing to buy the product (even if they think it could be better) year after year, combined with a core who will spend hundreds and up to thousands a year on MUT, means that EA will give bare minimum effort in order to maximize profits. I got into NFL around 2015, bought Madden 2016 and haven't bought one since (I have played a little on gamepass over the years). It really fucking sucks because, NFL could have an amazing game with this much money to work with and we get this sad excuse for american football "simulation".
Government.... why do yall vote for democrats?
So is NBA 2K
U also gotta remember madden bought rights to nfl in 2005 which ended their only competition that is the best football game in history nfl2k5, them doing that they are the only game that can have nfl players and teams in the game, for 18 years they’ve held these rights🤦🏾♂️ I guarantee there’s someone out there who can make a football game 20 times better than what madden has put out in the last 12 years
"They deserve each other" is such a perfect description of the relationship between sports gamers and sport games. Well said.
Imagine simping for EA
not MMA games there really is not a lot of price gouging Although the gameplay does suffer from year to year, it also gets better in some aspects
@@rythegoat784give it time they will
Not all sports gamers or sports games. Some make genuine improvements and contributions to the greater art.
Honestly, poor calling from the refs is actually part of the true NFL experience, so they got that one right
This has been the worst season for that sht that I've seen in my life.
I know and the way that team played it was just so average and the score was just so much too there was so many points
@@kenosabiand it's only gonna get worse, my friend
I have to say I'm jealous of EA. I wish I could own a business where my customers would be this dumb.
@@bbbasedYou're delusional if you think any news station is going to tell you the whole truth, not just CNN.
@@watchmesquatchthat's why I watch Vaush, and guy is a genius, and humilates fascists
When there’s no other options what else can you do
@@bbbasedTry Fox
@@Joshua0707fox shouldn’t even be considered news, it’s outright propaganda
Thank you, Joe, OJ, Alex for doing this every year. You've been calling out this lackluster, cash-grab, lazy-ass, shell of it's former self game for years. Don't ever stop or schill for those greedy bastards.
WOW didn't know Alex work for IGN?😂
But yet people still buy this game......blame the dumbass consumers 🤷🤷🤷
I think it’s pretty clear they would NEVER schill for this shit 😂
It's interesting how the Game released with menus that took 3-5 seconds to respond. And then magically. a week later, after most people had used up their 10 hour demo, they patched it and it runs better than any Madden did before. (in terms of how fast you can move through the menus/ out of game). Still prefer NFL2K5 -
@johnnynopocketsthe4knaaang521 Even if he is or not, he's still exposing the corruption, lol. Try again.
To be fair the refs not knowing how to ref football is the most accurate and true-to-life feature EA has added in years
"Well getting 2 things right is better than one "-Clint Oldenburg
Considering the refs themselves don't know what a first down is either.
@@mollyanderson657 WTF? How?
Broken clock theory
And the games being rigged
46:03 it still makes me laugh that they literally stole Captain Anderson from Mass Effect to play football in Madden XD.
It's a true
Man holy SHIT! It is so unbelievably similar 😂
I saw that and started crying lmao
Tbh EA putting that many faces in just for Joe to stumble upon it is totally worth it imo lol
I've never played a single Madden game. But I've watched every one of the Angry Joe reviews on them. So even though they seem to monumentally suck, they still allow these wonderful reviews to be made! You suffer for us Joe, and I appreciate that!
As someone who grew up on it and had to walk away from it 7 years ago these videos make me sad but I'm glad they entertain others
Same for me dude.
Im not quite in the same boat, I played a demo Madden back in like 04, but have only bought like 4, maybe 5 Maddens since then. You aren't missing much. Sure fun can be had, but it gets old. I do not understand how people can buy it over and over again.
There really was a streak for like 10 years where all they did was REMOVE features from the game. Also, the game is worse than it seems from these reviews, somehow
At this point, I worry for the man's mental health.
Gotta commend Joe for still having anger left with this franchise. Tbf it somehow manages to get worse every time. It’s a skill at this point.
A skill on who's part? Joe's or EA's? 😂
@@RazielTheUnborn Both? Both is good.
It makes money.
Brainless people buy it.
@@pinkeye459 Hope he doesn't spend that money on Bored Apes.
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY WHEN AN ANGRY JOE MADDEN REVIEW COMES OUT
its a yearly event at this point 😂
My favorite pass time 😂
Makes for great background sound
A very Good Day !!!! 😂😂
EA done fucked it up
Best day of the year dude 😁
17:58 the way joe said "E" was so funny
we gotta hear him shouting the "EA sports its in the game"
intro
The best part about Joe's Madden reviews is how he always finds new and dynamic ways to insult and degrade EA for all their bullshit.
And every time he makes one, i feel like watching all or some of the other ones over again. It's like recapping all the previous episodes of your favorite show just to be fully caught up for the newest one
Joe refreshes the review to a higher standard degree than Madden refreshes their franchise. That IGN clip about crisp animations was perfectly replayed for emphasis haha
Same
He and his team are more created than EA Madden team (well obvious facts overall)
It’s simple. Stop buying EA games. Hit them where it hurts.
@@samuelmarquez3757 Madden kids out there are probably deaf you know?
I love how AJ puts more effort in making his yearly videos of Madden than EA in their franchise…
Good point
The fact that Madden 08(Ps2) is 15 years old and is still by far the best game in the series just goes to show how little effort EA puts in.
Madden 08 on ps2 maybe. Madden 06 on xbox and ps2 is the best game.
Scott the woz reference
Madden '08 is the best game in the series now? Swear we thought it was mid when it came out 🥴💀😭.
This franchise been trash for so long that we can't even truly say when the last time they had a good game. Madden peaked in 2004.
Madden 07 was truly the best. 😌
For me it was Madden '04 with Michael Vick! It was so much fun to play with a QB with 99 SPD lol. 😂
I remember in either NHL '97 or '98 as a kid, the anouncers would attempt to pronounce your created characters name. Me and my friend would love laughing at the attempts. Sports games are literally leagues worse than the late 90's.
Yeah now they say, "and he is in for the touchdown". Wow.
I was on the Madden team for ten years. Funny enough, you're spot on about a lot of things, especially Franchise. Wish the game could be good, but........oh well. Blame QA all you want, but they do their job. The problem with this game is at its core, not on QA.
PS: Trust me, 90% of the senior management team or lead devs do zero gaming at all. They don't listen to any feedback outside of Reddit. They don't go to TH-cam except to post their own hype videos. Senior management is more likely to be watching movies/schmoozing between meetings, not improving the game. Love the yearly roasting, but I was seriously the only person on my team to watch them. They actively avoid the negative stuff outside their "influencers".
Fuckkk EA lol
Okay, now I'm dying to see what these "hype videos" are.
I'm sure it's the same or worse for NHL 24. Sadly.
This more or less matches what my suspicions were.
There's zero competition to drive the management to be invested in the product, and there's zero pressure from the NFL (who seems more concerned with profit than product quality across the board) to drive management as well. It's probably a fantastic job to have as a project manager, tbh. 🙄
Are you the same guy who referred to the Madden team as retirees just putting in time until they retire or was it another Former Madden Dev.
Much respect to your new strategy of going after the social media grifters rather than just EA itself. At some point if the company is shameless, you can maybe shame of the dorks behind the webcam.
100% agree
ALL facts. If anything going after the MUT players/Game content accounts they give special access too is the ONLY way of effecting Madden. They told us they ONLY care about them for the last 20 years.
These creators aren't going to care. If EA came up to you and offered $$$ to shill their game to idiots who can't stop buying it... You ain't saying no...
Believe it or not, some people can not be swayed by material things...
I hate those stupid virgins.
I wait every year for this review. It NEVER disappoints, unlike EA and Madden NFL.
Exactly, it's like Christmas morning lmao
How can they disappoint when nobody expects anything from them anymore?
I don't understand. How can they fail at making a simple game about a single sport so catastrophically? This could be a minigame in GTA or Yakuza, and it'd be more polished. As a single minigame. Instead, they focused all their efforts on it and made pure shite.
MMG took a lot of shots in this review…and he absolutely deserves it. Dude makes videos clearly geared towards kids, spending thousands on packs and making it look awesome to kids with their parents card info and destroying the game for casual gamers
and the real kicker... is EA runs bots to force you to pay X amount to win
The thing I can't get over is how none of it carries over to the next year's game. What a colossal waste of money/time. Stupid mfs
Yeah, he basically called him out for his bologna sandwich
Well he does have a pedo stasche.
I'd never even heard of that guy until this video. He looks cringe af. Sucks that he is successful :(
I don't feel like AJ gets enough credit for his ability to turn the most lengthy rants into some of the most coherent review scores ever. Whenever he builds up to his rating of a game, I always mentally guess what he's going to say based on everything that came before, and my prediction always matches his score. It's a real talent he has since he actually uses the full 1-10 range, rather than just sticking a 7 on everything like most outlets.
Yo same . He brings a certain energy that helps me guess the rating as well
Only good part of a new Madden is seeing Joe’s rant on them lmao
"Can I be a white guy?" That quote has to be my top tier favorite line from Joe.
"I want pink and pale!"
That “Fuck me EA” bit had me dying
😂😂😂😂😂
We all came in for that 10/10 Madden Review and Joe never fails to deliver. Thank you Joe!
Im waiting for his starfield review to buy it
@@jarrettm3728buy a month of gamepass and try it out
Fr
@@jarrettm3728lol guess you found out
I've never wished for a company's failure more than I do for this one. I honestly hope they lose everything if that can ever happen
Billions and billions in Ultimate Team revenue........too bad there are so many morons with more money than brains.
For me it’s Nintendo. It will never happen, but. If their entire company closed down, I wouldn’t feel bad.
Nope, to many streamers buy this shit every year, and spend $1000’s
@@thebigpig2364 really why nintendo?
That goes for like 99% of the gaming industry minus most indie companies. We’ve needed another video game crash again for nearly 2 decades now. I hope it happens but I doubt it with all the money these pos companies make from dumbass gamers.
As a South African NFL fan who never had the privilege to play American Football, this is the closest we'll get to experience the sport.. It's depressing that i have to resort to playing Madden 07 or 2k5 as it's superior in every way imaginable to modern titles.. Keep doing your thing AJ.
Damn man that stinks, you got any buddies you could play an informal game with? Otherwise that sucks dude.
That is the opposite of lecca
You'll probably learn more about the game with '07. As a Brit in the States, I got sick of ads every 3-6 minutes and I don't hate the sport, but that NFL license & EA are both AAA turds at this point.
Don’t SA’s like basketball ?
24 gameplay is more realistic this year than madden has been since madden 10 but I agree my favorite was madden 08 it just dosnet have the qb vision like 06 and 07 had
If I had to guess why they bought the ESPN license even though they barely use it... it was to shut out the possibility of having *any* competition in the field of football games.
Pretty much
Such scum bag business practices 😂
Joe's Madden Angry Reviews are a yearly tradition at this point lmao. But I also just gotta say I appreciate you still being around Joe and working hard on shit like this brother. I've been watching you for a significant portion of my life and you are firmly in the TH-cam gaming history books. Just wanna give my respect to a legend while he's still doing it rather than waiting until he moves onto something else
Well said!
It's like early christmas present. 🤣
More effort went into this hour long review than the entirety of Madden 24.
True
Yes to this
@jbiehlable that's not fair. Some of those were good.... 15-20 years ago. 😢
LoL damn
I don't play madden, I don't know the rules of american football, I never even watched a game of it. But Joe's reviews of madden are always a special moment for me.
And universe knows how i feel sorry for american football fans for not having a single recent good game about it. At this point, EA is literally scamming people (or at list making false advertisement...)
They are the reason it's bad ?? ....if they had morals and a bit of control and didn't buy it for just 1 year EA would fix everything cus of all the millions they would loose.... football fans are to blame. If someone offers you 80 dollars for a bag of shit wouldn't you go grab another bag of shit to get more money?? It's the fans fault.
FIFA sucks too or whatever it’s called now the only good sports game is nhl and ufc
Fifa and madden are two sides of the same coin.
@@yougaming6461 Just like Joe said, if the moron fans are happy with this shit, then can have it. Problem is, the bullsht tactics that plague EA do extend to games that people with working braincells play.
Tell these "American football fans" to stop buying trash so they can stop having trash every year
I'm Aussie and wouldn't have the first clue about NFL but I look forward to the games annual release because Angry is so bloody entertaining.
The fact that Joe still has energy to be angry at Madden after all these years is the true definition of dedication and I love him for it
They’re making him mad, he isn’t trying to be mad lol
or true definition of insanity
At this point, Joe ought to just set up a Madden Piñata every year. These Angry Madden reviews have become so frequent that it's pretty much like celebrating a holiday.
i understand he's doing it for content, but damn imagine being such a football fan that, even though you KNOW it's gonna be garbage, you still shell out the the cash for the game on launch kekw, i can't even comprehend that shit tbh. At least EA gives us fuel for a good old fashioned angry review though, they do at least THAT right lmaoo
It might at least help his mental health because he has something to beat the shit out of
Angry Joe's yearly Madden Bingo!
“This one almost killed me”
Proceeds to make even longer versions of these reviews every year
We love you, Joe 😂
The hardest part of these reviews is I genuinely think Joe needs to add text for which version of the game he is currently showing because I'm constantly confused whether the footage currently being shown is from the current game getting reviewed or last year's version.
C-Puff!? I never thought I would see you here! Which, now that I think about it, is odd because you don't exactly hide that you are a gamer... I was just rewatching your Velma review too.
Edit: And that same Velma video is in my recommended.
It’s a yearly tradition that we get a angry review on madden, and I’m always here for it
Yeah tbh I could care less for Madden or football (or football games for that matter) but Joe's rants over Madden are always entertaining to me so I don't mind it whatsoever.
Just gonna say before I even watched this video, just by seeing how long it is, you guys put more work into this review than EA has put into Madden for the last 5 years.
More like the last 10 years 🤣
And the next 5 years too.
Reminded me of that Steam comment:
"The people who make Overwatch porn work harder than the people who make Overwatch."
*ahem* almost 20
One hour video.
I am not even a football fan, but I watch these reviews every time you release them. I am with you on the fight and you explain things so well. But the reason why I’m in the fight more than anything is because I know that this is seeping over into all of the other games for future consequences
I am a football fan and it’s why I watch these. I just want a game where I can play as my Bears and have a good time but these games are so half baked. Is it too much to ask for a good football game where I can run around as my favorite players?
Now we need these types of reviews for Pokémon so Nintendo can give the franchise to a different studio.
@@thsudy Most people know that Pokémon is and has always been a simplistic JRPG for kids.
In all seriousness, I think EA would lose a class action lawsuit for false advertising.
If the Madden Community actually came together and filed one they probably would. It's definitely something worth looking into but then again just about most things are falsely advertised so not entirely sure how a judge would rule on this case. Depends on the judge's perspective and beliefs and what they value.
These Madden reviews are always the most oldschool, ACTUALLY angry Angry Reviews and I just love it
I'm not even into football or madden but angry joe's madden review is something I always look forward to 😂
Same for me . Its so great every year. I almost have to thank madden for being so terrible at what they do
Same, I stopped playing Madden many years ago but I love his Madden reviews haha
Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣 Joe's Rants are the best tbh
Same. I don’t play sports games, but I watch his Madden review!
I get excited every yr exclusively for this video, don’t even play the game. EA Robbin you and aren’t even bein subtle about it
Im from Singapore and we have no NFL here. But Joe's annual rant on this series is always something i look forward to!
Love you country man and dont worry you are not missing out on much 😂
Such a breath of fresh air as a PC FIFA player. I went through this entire crisis with people hyping 23/FC24, the amount of disdain ea has for its own players is nuts. The crossplay thing ruined the game’s release cycle for us. We don’t even get together to play anymore. Bummer. Someone else desperately wants and deserves these licenses
It’s really pathetic these games are so poor that the older titles have more player numbers than the newer ones
I don't even watch football or play madden. These are my favorite angry joe episodes. I look forward to every year lol
It's a yearly tradition at this point.
You and me both. NBA2K as well. GarBAge!!
Never stop reviewing this franchise. Makes for great content, but damn, do I feel bad for Joe having to waste hours of his life not only playing it but the time taken to edit the review together. Truly taking one for the team.
I'll say what I said everytime; Joe puts more effort in his Madden reviews than the team that pumped this game out.
i think your adrenaline is not good enough to shout a bad ea sports game than ranting a joe rogan nonstop podcast for 5 houts
Thank you for turning this yearly schlock into an entertaining dissesction of the worst that AAA games industry has to offer. This is why I'm proud to be a patron.
"Triple A gaming? Bad."
TH-cam commenters probably.
@@CantRead1he isnt worng
Yet people will still buy it
Your review has like almost 5 times the views of most of the journalist reviews 😂 and like 5 times the quality. Keep up the good work and hopefully one day theyll fix this damn game
I hope this game dies. Fuck EA
I love how even if the game is still the same each and every year, Joe manage to make the review longer each and every time
You know you got a top notch franchise when the reviewers put in more effort each year than the game developers.
and i hate that madden fans have yet to treat the franchise with pure apathy. they will cancel it. if madden fans treated it with pure apathy and pretend the franchise no longer exists
The best part of Madden is seeing the angry review. You’d think a billion dollar company would figure their sh*t out.
They have....suckers giving them tons of money
People still continue to buy EA'S sports games because there is virtually no other competition, which is by design. As a result, they have zero incentive to actually make a game that not only is worth the money, but also respects the player's time, and frankly, their intelligence as a consumer.
@@TheForeignGamer that's cause most people that buy sports games don't buy many other games so they're not aware of how they're being exploited.
@@jadedheartszAnd worst of all, many of them hardly seem to care even if you try to inform them. They just wanna play their sports game with the bros and call it a day. A real shame, tbh.
Cutting corners to serve late stage capitalism
I remember playing All Pro Football 2k8. They had animations that tied to specific injuries. You could tell what part of the body was injured most of the time by the animation that played. There was one where the ball carrier would fall awkwardly on his arm, and it would always be an arm related injury.
When NBA 2k had the ESPN license they literally had the ESPN NBA pregame show, with actual coaches getting pre game or post game interviews with David Aldridge and actual star NBA players with their actual voices (over hundreds of them )
Also had their NBA finals pre and post game
Also every player has their signature moves, taunts and mannerisms even players from the 1970s-2010s
2k used ESPN and actually has authenticity with the actual NBA and they make a tenth of what EA Madden makes and blows them out of the water
@@Chuck_ELwe also had true custom soundtracks on Xbox and I had all the NFL Films music and NFL Prime TIME from ESPN
I still play it today. The more I play it the more awesome the game is. It has so much stuff Madden dont have. The one injury when the dude starts limping and grabbing his leg in the middle of the play is the one I see the most. The gang tackling looks right in all pro. The refs throwing the flag and turning the mic up to say what the penalty is. There is so much detail that Madden misses thats in a 16 year old game.
@thepubknight6144 I had all the 2k sports game on dreamcast.. they were fantastic
That was the last real good football sim game .They need to make another one and let the MUT FXGATS play MUT while the rest of us play a good football all game
I got my dad Madden 06 when it came out with my Christmas money. He played it for years. The franchise mode and superstar mode were good. I tried out Madden 2018 at a friend's house and I felt like EA owed me money.
I used to love football games.
My favorite thing as a kid who played Pop Warner getting to start in NCAA with your character in High school, take him through college, import him to the nfl and play out his time there, letting you literally play your created character through almost their whole life and career.
It was a hell of an experience. Winning championships actually meant something.
And hat was almost 20 years ago. Fucking crazy.
That was genuinely one of the coolest experiences in video gaming and just so fun to do. It made me so hopeful about the future of gaming and I couldn't help but wonder where things would go.
Welp.
Very true I remember doing that myself....they literally just slipped it through the cracks cause most don't even remember it when I talk about it
It's crazy how advanced gameplay like that is somehow unheard of when technology is so advanced today. Graphics in madden now look like shitty plastic zombos walking around. Swear older versions looked better. It's so cringe. That MMG guy is a gutless coward whose career is acting like a call girl for EA. Just like that other guy that kept thanking EA on his video 😂😂😂😂😂 soooooo bad
Football?? There's no football here.
Handegg.
What game is this?
No year is complete without an Angry Joe Madden review 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Facts I might need to make lunch for this one 😂
I disagree. I wish he would spend his time on much more worthwhile games.
@@justinjohnson4920Ea deserves this heat. People need to know how bad this “make or break” year is
I appreciate you Joe, showing that NFL 2K5 presentation! I can not play a sports game without the presentation being on point.. “MLB the Show” and NBA 2K are the gold standards of Sports game presentation today, but NFL 2K5 was at a whole other level with Chris Berman. It’s a shame that no one in EA cares about the fundamentals anymore.
nhl is better than madden
@@zacknelson8918the numbers prove otherwise lol
@@zacknelson8918not by much tho haha
Nah they ruined The Show too
I like it when an honest critic drags the scum shills through the dirt.
Madden never disappoints anymore to let people down.
4:37. Its sad.... you see a minute where he takes EAs nuts out of his mouth and realizes the predatory nature of the game........... and then says oh nevermind, let me put those nuts right back in my mouth.
Wow it’s already been a year? I rewatch the old reviews so much it’s hard to realize how much time flies by. can’t wait to rewatch this 100 times
He could easily copy paste the previous years game review and use it for a decade and still be 90% accurate every year.
14 years later and Joe not going insane from angry rants is impressive, unless hes already insane
insanity can be concealed in many ways.
The definition of insanity is playing Madden yearly and expecting every release to be a good game
@@jp.metalheadbut the contenttttttt
Here before i coom
that's the trick. he's always angry.
These Madden rants are like Christmas, someone is in pain and I am greatly entertained.
Early Christmas 👌
I too am entertained by Joe's pain
There’s a word for that, schadenfreude. I remember hearing it on some comedy show, 🤔 can’t remember which one though.
@@JoeBuk724 Normally in America we call it "Welcome to Jackass!"
Same I don't buy Madden yearly becsuse I know what I'll get but it's tradition to watch every review out of entertainment value alone.
I don't play Madden and I don't watch football but I always look forward to Angry Joe's yearly Madden reviews.
Same lol
same *hands popcorn to you*
Same
at 46:04 that genuinely looks like Captain Anderson from Mass Effect. I wouldn't be surprised if it actually is the same asset used for the face of a character from a game that came out in 2007!
MMG is 100% exactly what's wrong with the Madden community.
Is there a madden community?
What the hell
Yoboy pizza boy?
What’s wrong with MMG LOL?
@@heinrick383 he whole heartedly accepts and embraces EA FUCKING him HARD in the ASS, EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. And puts up with it. And shows off spending money and letting EA have access to his RAW ASS, constantly.
@@heinrick383that fact he never gives hate to the game and glazes the game so much even though its trash.
Thank you for doing these every year Joe. I’m a huge football fan so it truly saddens me that people put up with this garbage every damn year.
Haven't played a Madden game since Madden himself was on the cover, but I'll never miss these videos because you can tell how passionate Joe is about the franchise!
He deserves more, and so does everyone else.
Wasn't he on last year's cover?
Yep lol
@@crait oh yea forgot about that lol
but you know what i mean, since the snes
You’re actually incorrect. He hates the franchise he hates Madden and he said multiple times that he hates madden players. He just does this video for the views and he know that negativity sells.
@@chitownsfinest1013I would argue that he's a football fan that is old enough to have enjoyed the early madden games and his passion for the sport combined with what the madden franchise has turned into, produces these types of rants
I keep on rewatching minute 25 over and over again. The way Joe says that you can show off your gear online has me in tears each time, especially after Other Joe says that some of the purchaseable gear is a good deal. “Geeeeaaarrrrr” I can’t stop laughing!
27:03
"You can't even give players, celebrations - Whats wrong with my arms?"
I spit my dr pepper 😂 It got me wheezing for no reason.
Thank you for the reviews over the years and still keep me coming back frequently to watch. I miss watching your reviews with my dad back in 2013. Good days
Hearing the announcer say "that gave me chills" made me unreasonably angry. I quit Madden years ago and that is still etched in my brain because I've heard it so many times. Somebody needs to put this game out of our misery.
turning the commentary off is lowkey the move
What I like about Joe's reviews is that he doesn't let his opinions cloud his judgement (for the most part) and gives this game a legitimate chance. He finds all the faults but doesn't ignore any positives (slim they may be) that the game has. It really makes his reviews and scores hold credibility since he could've easily just played this game for an hour and then wrote it off as a 1/10.
I love how every Angry Joe Review starts off with the most genuine "Thank you so much, I think you'll really enjoy what's in stock!" type of thing and then transitions into the most brutal thing the devs have ever seen against their work 🤣
MMG is like the perfect example of 2 possible scenario's
Someone that is such a big fan that they cannot see the problems it has and deny's any and all negativity
Or someone that gets overly excited for literally nothing other than views and attention, and that they are fully aware that the game sucks, yet buys it and play pretend anyway
#2 but the money has to be worth it
MrHurricaine is a talented content creator for Madden. He had been getting the game every year, but finally took EA to task on Madden 22. He refused to buy it because he said it was just a copy and paste. They didn't do enough. Then Madden 23 comes along. He admitted to me that it was a bad game, but he bought it because, "They at least added enough things for me to make new content with."
The thing he doesn't realize is that because he makes the good content, people say, "You're the reason why I bought this game." They don't realize HE is the one making it fun. The game isn't good. It doesn't come with the content creator and their storylines. What was also funny to watch is him having to cancel series time and time again because the game corrupted his franchise files, a problem that has been in the game for a few years in a row now, and I bet will happen with 24.
But, he admitted he is buying a bad game and making content for it just for the views. Lost respect for him.
MMG's IQ intentionally drops down 60 points every time he posts MUT content.
I don't even need to watch his channel or go to his comments section to see that MMG is cringe. That guy needs a wake up call.
Except MMG calls out madden on multiple occasions. If you’d take the time to watch his videos instead of assuming shit and spouting bullshit you’d see that he’s tired of EA’s bullshit too. He has to make a living so he plays madden
Thank you for continuing to do this. Everything about this game is pure evil greed, deserving of jail time for absolutely ROBBING people.
EA, Take 2, Blizzard, Tencent, avoid buying from these companies at all times. They have all been consumed with scammy behavior and greed.
Facts
You do realize you can just NOT buy it, right? I agree that the exclusivity deal has ruined the series (not to mention 2k5 still holds up as the best franchise franchise mode of any football game), but it was the NFL who wanted to do the deal and approached EA.
They’re forcing you to buy something?
No? That’s what I thought.
I agree that this series went to shit, however I find comments like yours laughable. They’re not doing anything illegal. The only way to stop it is to stop buying it.
@@xStrychninexxx It's not illegal but it sure should be with EA running yearly scams like this.
I lost it with the retired dude's face at 46:00 lmao. That "Madden, you stupid mother fuc*er" genuinely came out from Joe's heart
Im pretty sure i've seen that face somewhere else. Maybe it was in Mass Effect. If you search for David Anderson in Mass Effect its the exact same face.
Looks exactly like Anderson from Mass Effect, probs just reusing old assets 😆
it looks like that meme with long face and big eyes edited, shit I forgot the name
Yeah wtf that's Anderson's face lmao. Wtf is old man doing here trying to play football?@@P.Sotirov
Guess he got tired of being captain and a war hero so he decided to play some football :D@@linhza501
Let this be a lesson to those who don't know what can happen if you have a monopoly you get lackluster quality because there is nothing else out there that can compete with NFL.
Just love AJ's "F*** you, give me money" quote. Especially with the emotion and tone he uses😂😂😂
Timestamp?
me when i spent a mario wonder game
I love how he uses that little paid schill blonde kid.
I'd wear it on a shirt every day
@@SeriousDragonify18:36 😂
46:04 is a major supporting character from Mass Effect and put his face in the game. As a big Mass Effect fan I instantly realised that EA had sunk to a level I didn't think possible. The fact they couldn't even be bother to create new faces, but steal from other games just proved they need to bin the entire franchise.
It's actually Paul Mooney's face.
how much you wanna bet that in a year, or max 3, ea will start to sell you shepard, garrus, liara, isaac clarke, faith etc. skins and gear. cod started selling lara crofts and nicki minajs so its 100% that the ea guys are punching themselves they didnt realize it sooner they could be selling necromorph helmets and add jane shepard as a player. perhaps shepard can even use singularity in a football game
Shepard, I have to go back to earth, the Dallas cowboys need me 😅
Definitely Admiral Anderson
Oh shit, now that you said it, I realised right away without going back on the video lmao
Thank you Larian and From Soft for raising the standards. Putting EA to shame.
The standard has been a lot higher than what Madden has done for the last few years. How this franchise after years and years of poor reception is still going and making a lot of money is baffling. I guess whales and addicts really do make companies a lot of money.
@@georgiaboi7193yeah same goes for Activision and Callofduty
Nothing fucking changes. A sports fan doesn't care about CRPG's, they've never even heard of DnD. They'll buy madden / FIFA / NBA every single year and purchase a new roster of players. This "putting EA to shame", what a fucking joke. If it truly mattered, EA would've bent the knee years ago if it was bad for their business, but no. They can keep rehashing the same game over and over for decades and the money just keeps flowing in, they lose absolutely nothing from people giving these games bad reviews. The ones playing these types of games don't watch reviews, they aren't "gamers" per se, they just buy a thing with their favorite thing in it.
59:00. Imagine what YOU could do with $1000. Would you feed the starving? Would you buy a PS5? MMG chooses to spend it on in-game micro-transitions that have no use outside of the game. I guess it’s not the biggest deal in the world, and to each their own on how they want to spend their money, I’m just a bit confused.
Quite long review, so here's some quick timestaps if you want to r-ewatch certain parts:
People catching onto Copy & Paste 2024: 2:51
Advertisement for a different edition than the one you bought: 3:36, 9:58, 18:22
The abusive fanboy relationship: 4:09
Fanboys fuel drug additiction: 5:13
IGN's shows 'great' example of sapien technology: 6:28
Josh Allen's awesome face in the game: 7:08
Random soccer injuries comes to football: 7:44
The laggy life of walking: 12:22, 20:08
Referees can't ref: 14:39
Mosh pit on field while ghost watches and dances with football: 16:10
Kids rap songs about the harsh realities of street life football: 16:29
Thanking EA endlessly gets you free stuff: 19:27
Crossplay only in money sucking mode: crossplay - 20:24 mut mode - 20:56, 21:55
AJ almost kills OJ: 25:01
"Players celebrations..my arms?": 27:06
The commentators can't even fin....: 31:49
Superbowl copy/paste: 34:54
Random midgets: 39:48
Guy goes broke for betting on return of create a team: 43:14
Face variety: 43:52
Prehistoric man has entered football: 50:48
Quarterback arm temporarily dissolves into another dimension: 54:30
Idiots financially support idiots: 58:45
Joe simulates how people's random obsession's can direct ones personality: 59:26
Addicts raise criticisms, but continue to be addicts because of TH-cam money: 1:00:51
Pack animations in Madden go hard apparently: 1:01:47
we watched it, thanks tho
46:01 special mention
@@roguedoge2479 Heh forgot about the retired old man, lmao thanks
I don't play football games, yet I still get excited for the new releases just to watch Joe tear them apart. You go enjoy your Starfield Joe. You have indeed earned it!
Angry Joe, OJ, and Alex put more effort in these videos then EA puts into their Games that get reviewed.
I think Joe screaming about physics was my favorite part.
"BALL CANT GO THROUGH DA GUY"
I love how animated AJ was in this episode. You can see the passion lol
I sincerely pray for people like MMG, honestly.
He and many others are so consumed by gambling addiction, and they actively encourage that type of behavior to millions and millions of people.
The lack of self-awareness is actually shocking. These people need help.
Honestly I need context is MMG really that much of a Madden shill or is he just putting on a performance because I refuse to believe that someone can be that much of a cartoon character when it comes to streaming Madden
@@DarkKnightofAnimeoverly cartoonish character is good to hype up teens and give away their part-time job money to EA for packs.
Same with Fifa, the cretors would do absurd celebrations and hype all the time.
Dude is the biggest 🤡 ever
I'm assuming he's getting paid by EA directly to hype the game up
@@cameronpeterson6734 not even that. Remember people saying IGN get money from big publishers.
It was revealed its not even that, they shill just to get early access so that they can get reviews out faster than others and get clicks.
It's just for access, they don't make cash from shilling.
I look forward to these Madden reviews every year. Thank you for suffering for us, Joe!
yes
Me too
46:08
They deadass just took the Admiral Andersen face from the Mass Effect files and slapped it on there. Like, EA was like "what kind of faces we got somewhere" and some dude pulled up Bioware's old shit and they were like "good enough"
A Madden review from AJS is like Christmas at this point. You and Softdrink have been amazing at calling out Tiburon and EA.
I look forward to these rants more than I do madden . Please joe don’t stop killing them every year
And supporting them.
i havent watched a football game in like 6 years but damn i will never miss the AJ madden reviews lol
We need a Madden review from Joe where he puts in as little effort as EA puts into Madden. Just as a satire of EA's BS with theor sports games.
@@antonyduhamel1166 im still just waiting for him to make a single review copy and repost it every year lol
i'm afraid this guy suffers heart failure for too much ranting about modern sports game being annoying
The fact that Madden gets any sales at all just continues to prove the old adage that "a sucker is born every minute." really is true.
A lot of people buy it to play the card pack mode because if you win the tourney you'll win a lot of money
@@backlogbuddiescope at its finest 😂
@@Redpillroost3r That's what I've been told. I think it's dumb because you pay thousands to win hundreds of thousands.
consider how many people pay for those packs but only 1 person win , sounds like an absolutely find situation to EA @@backlogbuddies
What's crazy is that the whole injury thing still happens a lot because I play franchise mode and literally after every two plays throughout the game a player on my team or the other team gets injured🤦🏾♂️
52:25 my favorite part of the video. No question about it. The frustration boiled over, but it was so light-hearted. I love these guys.
I'm dying of laughter because of Joe's reaction xD.
51:07 ME FOOTBALL
The passion from Joe is why I have been a long time subscriber. He knows he will be disappointed but still gives the review his all. Shout out to the cause!
Congrats AJ, you made it through another year without having a heart attack! As a UK-based NFL fan that loved the 90s Madden games on the Mega Drive I don't get who these games are aimed at other than the paid-"influencers" that sprout utter tosh or hardcore fans/cultists that will buy it and defend it even if the rapture happens...I got into NFL because of NFL 94 and fell for a team, I feel sorry for non-USA kids looking to get into it and get this utter garbage excuse of a game. You like it - then you do you, but at least give us an option for another company to make a rival game we can have like when FIFA faced off against PES!
18:35 is an absolute classic angry joe line.😂😂