Madden NFL 25

“EA Tiburon successfully fields a touchdown play in 'Madden NFL 25,' with across the board improvements that overcome the shortcomings of last year's game.”

Overall a decent offering from EA, but it still feels like baby steps from last year.

While Madden 25 feels like a great improvement on last year's game, it still feels like much of its core is standing in place. While that leads to a feeling of "Maybe next year" that the series has fostered before, it's definitely a better game than last year's effort.

In some ways, Madden 25 is a step forward from its predecessor, in others, it’s stuck at the line of scrimmage.

Madden has never played better on the field, but that attribute feels like a would-be elite QB stuck behind a shaky O-line.

Madden NFL 25 isn’t a bad game, it’s just the latest mild variation of the same game I’ve been playing for the past half-decade. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that modern Madden games won’t be better than “just alright” until there’s some sort of major change in the philosophy behind how they’re developed and released, but at least I’ve got College Football to go back to.

Madden NFL 25 is as fun to play and enjoyable as any ultra-modern sports game could hope to be while still toeing the advanced feature line. The NFL itself breeds die-hards who need every tiny option at their disposal and casual fans happy to enjoy some healthy competition. While Madden NFL 25 does an admirable job of catering to those with little use for, say, the ability to make 14 changes befor...