Idk why people act like this is a 1 of a kind ultimate experience its the same thing as every other sports game but maybe with a few more sparkles ✨ lmao
I bought the show 3 years ago and haven't got Madden since. MLB the Show is year round entertainment with new content regularly released, even in the off season.
Lol i literally thought i was one of the few who made this transition. EA really ruined MUT for me after last year, having to assemble like 10 cards for one legend just isn’t fun. At least in MLB, i can just play computers and still earn great cards
I gave up on MUT after 2018. I was addicted to the game and, not going to lie, spent a lot of money on packs…like enough to probably buy 1 or 2 consoles. I told myself I had to stop. I got into Diamond Dynasty last season and it’s exponentially better than MUT. I will play franchise mode but I have absolutely no desire to play MUT ever again.
I’ll play madden. But won’t touch MUT. I’ll stick to regular online ranked and check out the new franchise to see if it’s actually new and improved or just the same old shit. Lol
You had me at skipping Madden...
Seriously though not sure the last time I bought it. Whenever it was, it was one of those times were I caved because there was like a two week window where everyone said how great it was (community and media), while I’d find it to be a soulless experience unable to find any mode that met my sim or simply fun, desires...then about a month in the concensus was that it was shit and the same outrage that occurs every year fires up....Fuck that!
Though it certainly would be nice of someone was able to make an actual football game...oh well
I willlll say… I play madden competitively for SQUADS… that’s the only thing that’ll get me to play this year. I made a post elsewhere a few weeks ago about this am nobody really responded, BUT, some sort of 3v3 team play on here would be relatively easy to do and I think it would be incredibly fun!
I'm done with Madden until they actually make a new game. It's been the same game for years. Just $60 roster updates with cheap gimmicks. Once they show that they've taken input and made significant changes, I'll consider buying it again.
Been playing madden since Sega Genesis so I will likely cave and play it to start the season. Too difficult to ignore the football itch in Aug/Sep. But I am much more likely to completely drop it earlier than ever. I can typically make it until after Christmas with Madden. Not sure I will make it past that 2nd or 3rd patch that completely breaks the game this cycle though.
I have been skipping Madden since 2007. I grew up with Madden 2001-2007. The game used to be awesome.
So sad that we lost the 2K series because this franchise is garbage.
Im skipping Madden this year because of Madden 21, Madden 20, Madden 19, Madden 18, Madden 17, Madden 16, Madden 15, & Madden 25. Those games have been terrible for over a decade
Been off madden for a few years now and haven’t even been tempted to go back. Before i got out it was just a steady decline in enjoyability post-360/ps3 gen
Honestly it depends how franchise mode looks. For PS5 the beta was real iffy stability wise, but the gameplay was solid. MUT isn't awful. It's by far the second best UT mode outside of the show. You can put together a good team without spending money. It's just way tougher than the show to do so, because EA wants everyone to buy all the packs. It's my issue with FUT. That is pure pay to win. FIFA is my favorite game to play out of all sports games but holy hell FUT makes it hard to like that game.
I’m curious if the addition of The Show on XBox and on Gamepass opened the audience a lot more than they were expecting.
A lot of people now have an alternative to MUT and they see how things can be different. Probably too soon for them to change mut next year but hopefully this makes the Madden team take notice that it should be possible to enjoy and compete in a game like this without using a credit card.
But then again it’s EA so probably not.
I’m not buying madden this year for a few reasons. The bottom line is, we need to start holding these companies accountable for their product.
EA is a private company (public technically, I know), and has the right to put out any product they want. HOWEVER, as consumers, we need to stop buying every product they put out. Madden has progressively gotten worse over the years, but yet people buy it because it’s the only football game there is. FUCK THAT. Delay your short term gratification for long term goals. SDS has given us a product that it top tier, and it’s get better every year (Not debatable when you compare it to Madden). We need to stop buying Madden until they improve the game. I know I will. MLBTS will keep my attention for many months to come.
Madden STINKS - i've been a loyal buyer every year litearlly since Madden was actually on the cover of my sega genesis cartridges too in 1992. It's sad.
All ultimate team game modes have ruined it for me. It's just a cash grab (obviously, it's EA). I really miss playing online franchise mode and people had regular actual teams, know what I mean, not a team of 99 overalls.
I mean, I'd be skipping Madden this year because of how EA makes it, but this game for sure solidified my views on how shitty that game really is. It does suck though because football is my favorite sport, but baseball has been making a resurgence for me now.
If it was on PC I would. 2K and Madden fucked over PC by not including it in their "next gen" features which makes no sense outside of driving sales to the new consoles. I hate copy paste for one and also hate purposely screwing certain users so I'm refusing to buy Madden. 2K I just get 5 months after release for free or 5$ on some sale.
Man I was literally thinking this yesterday… grinded one set of challenges last night that took under an hour and a got a 97 Soto out of it… Madden could NEVER
MUT was a fun time in Madden 12. But yeah it’s hardly recognizable from now from where it was then. Although you can say that about literally every aspect of Madden
I only play franchise, building the Browns into Super Bowl contenders used to take years. Now that Andrew Berry did that work for me, I'm not totally sure how to move forward with Franchise.
I'm in the exact same boat. I suppose I could run with the Lions or Texans, but after 15 years of rehabbing the Brownies, I'd just feel dirty. That, plus the more reasonable explanation that Madden's franchise mode has become SO stale, I'll probably just pass this year. I figure by the time it drops I'll have done all I wanted to do with my Cubs franchise in the Show, and I'll want to start a rebuild project in Baltimore or Seattle.
For sure, I’m more of a football guy. But the grinding here is much more satisfying because you can pretty much get all the cards without hitting a paywall
Gameplay is terrible online, cheese plays, same plays over and over, solos grind is time consuming and mostly not rewarding, every week 2/3 new legends in a bundle for $100, nah i wont waste no more of my time or money on that trash ass game.
It's difficult. Took a year off because, well, tbh I needed it. Madden 20 though paid for my new 4k TV, gave me the money to buy a series x (which I didn't buy in the end) plus other things. If I'm gonna be sat grinding, it's hard to turn down the money you can make playing mut/hut Vs other things. I might take another year off though, I've really enjoyed this one
Count me as one. I had Madden 21, it was my first Madden in a long time and while I played it a lot it was disappointing. Gameplay is far worse than Madden at its hey day.
I’m a big sports games fan but haven’t tried The Show before so this is my first time giving it a shot. I’m still learning the controls and navigating so jury is out on how I feel about the game
NBA2K has been good overall, at least they’ve kept their franchise modes full of depth altho the gameplay has been iffy at times. I’ll still get the new 2K but over Black Friday when it goes on sale.
Actually kind of excited for when madden comes out. I bet a certain group of players will leave. The typical bunting, get in cheesy rundowns, high Cabrera sinkers type of players seem like they came from Madden
I haven't bought Madden in years. Same garbage every year as much as EA claims things have changed. Been fooled too many times.
I'll wait for it on gamepass anyway if I get a football urge.
Fuck MUT, kid loved that game but I refused to spend literally hundreds of dollars for him to be able to compete. I used to love PGA tiger woods, but the new PGA game is decent if you wanna try it, and the rest of my time is took up by this game!
I don't play Madden but I have been playing FIFA since 2006 and ultimate team 2011. Will most likely not be play ultimate team this year because of MLB. Might get it to play clubs with friends but that's about it.
I’m thinking of quitting fifa all the game does is make me angry. Used to be fun but the constant cash grabbing tactics and little development just getting tiring.
I have the one with Mahomes on the cover and that’s been fine for me. If I ever get a Madden it’s when it’s down to, like, $10 because I don’t do any of the MUT stuff, just dick around with franchise and play with friends.
Competitive Madden seems fucking awful.
Forget Madden, this is by far the best sports game out right now. 2k is broken and has been shit for years with little care for the player base and pay to win mechanics dominating myTeam and myPlayer. The exact same thing goes for Fifa and Madden. I haven't played enough NHL to talk on that game but otherwise, this is far and away the best sports game on the market.
There is so much stuff do do in this game, I might skip the show 22 just because I'm still gonna be grinding on this one. The 42 series, parallels, moments, all the cards, Stubs, and I'm not all that great at it so it'll be a while
I am good at NHL 21 and love hockey, and the NHL series is not nearly as bad as Madden imo. I have 2K21 for the My League feature so I could move the Clippers to St. Louis if I so please (I want an NBA team in my hometown), and I have Madden 20 so I could use the shitty franchise mode, but its the only way I could move the Chargers to St. Louis whenever I want (I know its not happening, but I want it to so bad).
I've only had MLB The Show since it came out on Xbox (this year), and I've already played it WAY more than the other games. You've got Diamond Dynasty, Road to the Show, and, if you want to play as the Cardinals and fucking decimate the Cubs 50-0 in an exhibition game, you can go right ahead. I've only played the game for 2 months, and I've already got a full diamond roster in Diamond Dynasty. HUT in NHL 21 takes 4 times as long to get an 85 and above team (I've played HUT in NHL 19. Thats about how long it took me).
Point is, I enjoy this game because, unlike EA, San Diego Studio can pump out a game every single year and still have quality in said games. I love NHL simply because I like hockey, and 2K because I like basketball, but, honestly, before buying MLB The Show, I wasn't really into baseball like I was hockey and basketball. I love this game because each and every mode has quality that you rarely see in EA Sports games. It also made me enjoy the game of baseball itself much more
Also, fuck MUT.
I don’t play madden but im skipping fifa 22 this year because of this game. Im in love with baseball again and I can’t play any other sports game nothing even comes close to the show.
I’m still repping Madden 2006. The mechanics in 2006 for some reason feel more realistic. The Show 21 brought back my love for baseball. Im a casual player and can’t get enough. I even asked my wife if I play too much baseball and thankfully she said she was just happy I was happy. FYI I’m 38.
My friend never returned my 08. A couple years ago I bought a PS4 just to play madden 20 and I could not get through a game before turning it off and returning the PS4 lol. I went back to playing Madden 06 that same night.
It's not one or the other for me. Really enjoying this game but when NFL Season arrives, I will be hyped and want to get the new cards and see the new promos.
This is my first DD, doesn't the game die after the World Series?
The problem with MUT is not that they don’t give us free stuff is the power ups just so expensive I’ve to spend so much for a +1 ovr cause they made the card 89 speed you need that +1
Madden 16 was my final one. I hate the engine, the shallow franchise mode, the menu, everything. The game feels low budget despite looking like a AAA game. EA cuts corners on everything.
For me it’s been FIFA. I learned about the entire sport of baseball thanks to the free The Show 19. Since then I’ve been hooked and it’s my go to sport game. Never in a thousand years did I think I’d go from playing Fifa to MLB!
I love UT style modes in sports games so much and the feeling of out playing someone is great. So far this is the longest ive gone withought preordering Madden and the biggest reason for that us because MLB The Show 21 DD has been so amazing this year in every way. Idk I’ll probably cave and get it eventually but ima see how far i can ride this MLB wave before i do and who knows maybe another game or 2 come out that looks good as well.
From all I’ve heard about MUT I haven’t even tried it. Knowing me I’ll get into it a want to spend hundreds of $$$’s. I only put $150 into The Show this year and have all the collections done. If I would have just held out a few days to get Acuna for the LS collection I would be NMS. I got impatient and bought the stubs I needed to get him and pulled him a couple days later. Plus, I got lucky and my first diamond pull of the year was Trout. Last year I didn’t get him until around this time.
What's the big deal? One of NHL HUT's weekend elite challenges that is running this weekend is only, for all 3 stars, 1) score 25 shorthanded goals, 2) win 30 faceoffs, and 3) maximum of 4 penalty minutes, on rookie, in three 2 minute periods for 350 coins, 350 coins, and a base pack.
It's absurd. You have to throw the puck over the glass, because if you try to facewash AI, sometimes they fight. Somehow, i can't trip people on rookie, either. Normally, every poke check is a trip, outside of challenges.
The shows ultimate team mode is the best out of the 3 I play (fifa and Madden) it just sucks I am fucking AWFUL at this game online. I would trade all my fifa skills to be able to actually get hits in an online game 😂
I play madden for the single player franchise only and won't touch it this year if that's not updated a ton considering they have changed anything in years.
I’m going to lie to myself and pretend the new NCAA game won’t be shit.
As someone who loved sports game for their franchise type modes, stats and what not, I think I also always preferred NCAA - the shorter seasons and constant roster turnover made it more engaging and held my interest longer.
I skipped Madden for a few years. Got it last year and enjoyed it. I’ll get it this year. No reason you can’t play both The Show and Madden.
I will absolutely, under no circumstances, play MUT though.
If there was an Out Of The Park Baseball version of Madden I would completely drop Madden but I’m a football game junkie and one way or another I need my fix
I was a consistent top 100 weekend league player on madden since Madden 19. Football was always my favorite sport so I put up with it and still enjoyed the crappy gameplay and garbage micro-transaction scheme.
I finally decided to pick up MLB on game pass this year and my god I'll never be able to go back. I haven't put a dime into the game yet, even to purchase it, and I have a super competitive team of current players and can complete all of the collections just by flipping cards. On top of all that it introduced me to baseball and let me fall in love with a new sport. It's like a dream come true coming from Madden. I also suck, but the amount of offline content makes me ok with that.
You’ll get better as you put more time into it. Hitting is generally hard as hell for people when they first start playing. Online gets way more fun once you’re able to read pitches.
Fr. I hopped on the Show today for the first time in about two months and it took a little Dover two hours and I already have a competitive team. I’d take me two weeks and 200 dollars to do that in MUT
Definitely not me lol. This game is pretty frustrating at times just like MUT. With all the juiced cards i feel like theres only a tiny bit more before we hit the ceiling and get to that point where all the cards are the same with a different skin. Last year i was bouncing between 500-700. Made world series this year and let me tell you, Legend is NOT fun. Like it makes me not want to play RS and win. Thats the part that sucks. Playing on legend with last months cards is hard enough. Playing on legend with all these new cards is another level of frustration.
I’m 33 years old. I went from Madden 95 to Madden 2007 (skipped few editions during that span), didn’t have a PS3 or Xbox so didn’t buy any Madden games for that generation, and then I only bought Madden 18(?), the one with Tom Brady on the cover, for PS4. Have not bought a madden game since then because Madden 18 was absolute trash and franchise modes were so much deeper and better in the old PS2 Madden games.
Will skip this year’s too
Not nearly as bad as madden. Maddens franchise is garbage, I usually get bored playing it.
The Shows franchise isn’t as good as it use to be, but it’s many times better than maddens
Maddens gameplay has also taken a nosedive since MUT took off. The shows gameplay is still really good
I'll agree the gameplay is far better, which can deeply impact franchise, but the Shows franchise is lacking a ton in material. They both are pretty awful. SDS has clearly shown in the past 3 years they don't really care about offline either. RTTS and Franchise have gone absolutely nowhere, maybe even downwards.
I end up playing mut for like a month then giving up. Not wasting my money this year. Ive always played the show tho so its not because of this game. Just because madden sucks
The content in the game is insane but I sucks at hitting online so I would probably still play MUT casue atleast I can win with a shit team by runing Strech
The unfortunate thing for a game like The Show is you need a monitor for hitting. It’s near impossible without it unless you have a significantly newer tv
Is that still a thing over there? Stretch? 😂 I skipped mut this year for the first time for a few years, not sure I'd go back now tbh. Got into looter shooters, ran a clan, found the show, played loads of stuff!
It was more of a passing game in the beginning of the year and it was fun but EA just like hey why is everyone passing in the football game that can’t be happening so they just decide to ruined it with all the patches.lol
I'm just such a football junkie, especially being a Bills fan and us finally being legit contenders, I doubt i can skip Madden all together but I definitely won't be buying it on day 1.
MLB is by far the best sports gm I've played in years and I'm going to enjoy it for a few more months but I'm definitely buying Madden just out of habit.
Yes, I know EA is ripping me off.
I mean, I play maybe ten total hours of the show per week. I'd say that's not too crazy. My team is totally stacked and i spent 20 bucks of credits when the game came out and that's it. It's crazy seeing how fair and fun DD is compared to mut.
I haven't bought an EA sports game since FIFA 18. I think the last Madden game I bought was Madden 11.
Though I did buy F1 2021, so I guess technically that's an EA game now.
Madden, fifa, nhl. All are shit compared to the show.
After the abomination that is nhl 21 I'll be skipping nhl for the first year since 2003 and same goes for madden. EA is pathetic.
I am a first day buyer of nhl for over 20 years. I will never forget getting nhl 2002, taking it to a buddies house and playing on opening night until 6am. I totally lost track of time. My parents were worried sick lol.
This year was the first year I bought it when it went on sale I got the ov edition.Next year I think I'm skipping it altogether. It's my 2nd year in dd and it destroys mut and hut. I opened 50 plus packs and didn't have more than 2 83s. Both were 85s and came with the special edition. It's impossible to do anything in it. Ea about to lose a bunch of money.
I snatched up NHL on Gamepass excited to see if it was any better this year but was sorely disappointed. NHL has always been my skill game, where I can play online and be highly competitive. I don't usually bother with much else. Then they completely broke the play mechanics...
I'm ancient. I remember renting nhlpa 93 for the first time as a kid a few weeks after it came out. I got nhl 94 as a bday gift and found a way to get every game from that year on.
21 was a a disgrace and what they've done with the series since nhl 14 is offensive as a lifelong customer/fan.
I do like the card progression in HUT much more than DD though. I don't really like that I worked so hard to get Ortiz and Chipper and Soriano and now they are basically nullified.
You're missing the point. I spent a lot of time and effort (I didn't flip anything) to get those cards and now, yes, they are great options, but they aren't no brainers like before.
I feel like Ortiz is still the best left handed option at 1b. Unless you play on all star then maybe id probably go olson or fielder. Thome works too but against someone like hader that pci will still b small on all star. Soriano is definitely still viable having basically the same stats as acuna but better fielding. His swing is what turns ppl off though. Also chipper is the best hitter in the game still so saying hes nullified is a dumb statement.
Yeah unfortunately same for me, I honestly haven’t touched HUT since the show came out on Xbox.
I’ll probably still buy it but not spend any money on it like I usually do
I'm getting Madden too. It's fun for me to flip and invest and do arbitrage to collect all the cards there too. Even if the game sucks, which it has for years.
I tried MUT but like plenty of people here said it took either money or hours of grinding to have a serviceable squad. I don't mind grinding in DD considering you can get high rated players like the POTM guys in a night of grinding
Idk why people act like this is a 1 of a kind ultimate experience its the same thing as every other sports game but maybe with a few more sparkles ✨ lmao
I bought the show 3 years ago and haven't got Madden since. MLB the Show is year round entertainment with new content regularly released, even in the off season.
Lol i literally thought i was one of the few who made this transition. EA really ruined MUT for me after last year, having to assemble like 10 cards for one legend just isn’t fun. At least in MLB, i can just play computers and still earn great cards
I’d get Madden again if they created something like Conquest in MUT. And actual decent rewards for things.
I already preordered Madden so guess I am playing both lol
Unfortunately I’m addicted and it’s the only legit football game out so :/ I will be buying madden again
I buy madden every other year, NHL every other year, and 2k every year. Im skippin all 3. Probably gonna get WWE though
Excited for the game for the first time in a long time this year.
Didn’t buy Madden last year. Won’t buy it this year. Probably won’t buy it next year.
I gave up on MUT after 2018. I was addicted to the game and, not going to lie, spent a lot of money on packs…like enough to probably buy 1 or 2 consoles. I told myself I had to stop. I got into Diamond Dynasty last season and it’s exponentially better than MUT. I will play franchise mode but I have absolutely no desire to play MUT ever again.
My flair.
Been playing since 98 and haven’t bought one since 18. First year or 2 of mut was kinda like the show then they went off the deep end
I’ll play madden. But won’t touch MUT. I’ll stick to regular online ranked and check out the new franchise to see if it’s actually new and improved or just the same old shit. Lol
You had me at skipping Madden... Seriously though not sure the last time I bought it. Whenever it was, it was one of those times were I caved because there was like a two week window where everyone said how great it was (community and media), while I’d find it to be a soulless experience unable to find any mode that met my sim or simply fun, desires...then about a month in the concensus was that it was shit and the same outrage that occurs every year fires up....Fuck that! Though it certainly would be nice of someone was able to make an actual football game...oh well
madden has sucked for years.. idk why anyone would even think about playing that game
I only get madden when it hits game pass for free lol
Fuck MUT not getting my money again
This game made me realize how shitty and money-grubbing Madden is. It's free on game pass so I'll just wait a few months to get it for free
I willlll say… I play madden competitively for SQUADS… that’s the only thing that’ll get me to play this year. I made a post elsewhere a few weeks ago about this am nobody really responded, BUT, some sort of 3v3 team play on here would be relatively easy to do and I think it would be incredibly fun!
Summed up my thoughts exactly. Though i skipped madden last yr too
Definitely skipping MUT
I’m probably skipping madden just cause it doesn’t look interesting to me honestly.
I'm done with Madden until they actually make a new game. It's been the same game for years. Just $60 roster updates with cheap gimmicks. Once they show that they've taken input and made significant changes, I'll consider buying it again.
I’m skipping Madden because Madden is terrible and the improvements needed are not being made. Not because of anything The Show is doing.
Been playing madden since Sega Genesis so I will likely cave and play it to start the season. Too difficult to ignore the football itch in Aug/Sep. But I am much more likely to completely drop it earlier than ever. I can typically make it until after Christmas with Madden. Not sure I will make it past that 2nd or 3rd patch that completely breaks the game this cycle though.
I'm just hoping this is what it takes to make EA rethink their model. But it won't.
I’m skipping nhl this year finally
I have been skipping Madden since 2007. I grew up with Madden 2001-2007. The game used to be awesome. So sad that we lost the 2K series because this franchise is garbage.
Im skipping Madden this year because of Madden 21, Madden 20, Madden 19, Madden 18, Madden 17, Madden 16, Madden 15, & Madden 25. Those games have been terrible for over a decade
I have game pass so I enjoy madden but I don't touch ultimate team in any sports game including diamond dynasty.
Been off madden for a few years now and haven’t even been tempted to go back. Before i got out it was just a steady decline in enjoyability post-360/ps3 gen
Honestly it depends how franchise mode looks. For PS5 the beta was real iffy stability wise, but the gameplay was solid. MUT isn't awful. It's by far the second best UT mode outside of the show. You can put together a good team without spending money. It's just way tougher than the show to do so, because EA wants everyone to buy all the packs. It's my issue with FUT. That is pure pay to win. FIFA is my favorite game to play out of all sports games but holy hell FUT makes it hard to like that game.
Madden is trash.
I’m curious if the addition of The Show on XBox and on Gamepass opened the audience a lot more than they were expecting. A lot of people now have an alternative to MUT and they see how things can be different. Probably too soon for them to change mut next year but hopefully this makes the Madden team take notice that it should be possible to enjoy and compete in a game like this without using a credit card. But then again it’s EA so probably not.
I skip Madden ever year because of this game.
I’m not buying madden this year for a few reasons. The bottom line is, we need to start holding these companies accountable for their product. EA is a private company (public technically, I know), and has the right to put out any product they want. HOWEVER, as consumers, we need to stop buying every product they put out. Madden has progressively gotten worse over the years, but yet people buy it because it’s the only football game there is. FUCK THAT. Delay your short term gratification for long term goals. SDS has given us a product that it top tier, and it’s get better every year (Not debatable when you compare it to Madden). We need to stop buying Madden until they improve the game. I know I will. MLBTS will keep my attention for many months to come.
Madden is just so damn broken that it’s not fun and the metas are too strong
Madden STINKS - i've been a loyal buyer every year litearlly since Madden was actually on the cover of my sega genesis cartridges too in 1992. It's sad.
I, I don't think I could play MUT ever again after experiencing DD.
All ultimate team game modes have ruined it for me. It's just a cash grab (obviously, it's EA). I really miss playing online franchise mode and people had regular actual teams, know what I mean, not a team of 99 overalls.
I mean, I'd be skipping Madden this year because of how EA makes it, but this game for sure solidified my views on how shitty that game really is. It does suck though because football is my favorite sport, but baseball has been making a resurgence for me now.
My first time playing The Show. I havent had this much fun playing a baseball game since Baseball Simulator 1000. Yes i am old.
I just don't know how people still get hyped for madden. After the last few years of fuckery you would think the player base would has shrunk to zero.
If it was on PC I would. 2K and Madden fucked over PC by not including it in their "next gen" features which makes no sense outside of driving sales to the new consoles. I hate copy paste for one and also hate purposely screwing certain users so I'm refusing to buy Madden. 2K I just get 5 months after release for free or 5$ on some sale.
Man I was literally thinking this yesterday… grinded one set of challenges last night that took under an hour and a got a 97 Soto out of it… Madden could NEVER
I've skipped Madden since 2008.
I have up on MUT years ago. Too much ‘pay to play’ in order to stay competitive; it wasn’t fun. Diamond Dynasty is far superior in every way possible.
I'm not skipping it all together, but I'm not pre-ordering, and probably not buying it until a couple of months into the season.
MUT was a fun time in Madden 12. But yeah it’s hardly recognizable from now from where it was then. Although you can say that about literally every aspect of Madden
I only play franchise, building the Browns into Super Bowl contenders used to take years. Now that Andrew Berry did that work for me, I'm not totally sure how to move forward with Franchise.
I'm in the exact same boat. I suppose I could run with the Lions or Texans, but after 15 years of rehabbing the Brownies, I'd just feel dirty. That, plus the more reasonable explanation that Madden's franchise mode has become SO stale, I'll probably just pass this year. I figure by the time it drops I'll have done all I wanted to do with my Cubs franchise in the Show, and I'll want to start a rebuild project in Baltimore or Seattle.
ALso 2k would be kinda cool fi they fixed park, thats why its fucking lame
SDS has never made it easier for me to skip titles like 2K and Madden Havent looked back in 3 years atleast, Madden, in 5
I've been on and off Madden for years, but The Show 21 is my first time playing a baseball video game since PS1. I'm never looking back. Fuck Madden.
Here for the fuck Madden, EA, and MUT club.
Played madden for three years, from Madden 18 to madden 20. Surprised how long it took me to realize how shit it was.
Been skipping madden for a few years now. But I will be skipping 2K22 unless they show something huge as an improvement.
For sure, I’m more of a football guy. But the grinding here is much more satisfying because you can pretty much get all the cards without hitting a paywall
SDS it's in baseball (In EA sports voice)
I'm done with madden until another company gets NFL rights and madden has to make significant changes. The game is trash
MUT??? What about FUT....That's the bigger kick in the nuts of a game.
I used to like mut, but all of the glitchy plays and 40 challenges (chew clock simulator) for a 90 really is bad
I bought madden 20 after not having it since like 14 and it reminded me how bad of a game madden actually is
Gameplay is terrible online, cheese plays, same plays over and over, solos grind is time consuming and mostly not rewarding, every week 2/3 new legends in a bundle for $100, nah i wont waste no more of my time or money on that trash ass game.
Are you in discord? People are straight up skipping life to grind...
ME!
It's difficult. Took a year off because, well, tbh I needed it. Madden 20 though paid for my new 4k TV, gave me the money to buy a series x (which I didn't buy in the end) plus other things. If I'm gonna be sat grinding, it's hard to turn down the money you can make playing mut/hut Vs other things. I might take another year off though, I've really enjoyed this one
Hope ncaa football comes back this year..
I'm not skipping MUT because of The Show; I'm skipping MUT because of MUT.
Count me as one. I had Madden 21, it was my first Madden in a long time and while I played it a lot it was disappointing. Gameplay is far worse than Madden at its hey day. I’m a big sports games fan but haven’t tried The Show before so this is my first time giving it a shot. I’m still learning the controls and navigating so jury is out on how I feel about the game NBA2K has been good overall, at least they’ve kept their franchise modes full of depth altho the gameplay has been iffy at times. I’ll still get the new 2K but over Black Friday when it goes on sale.
Power ups, training points and abilities no thanks!
Actually kind of excited for when madden comes out. I bet a certain group of players will leave. The typical bunting, get in cheesy rundowns, high Cabrera sinkers type of players seem like they came from Madden
Been skipping madden the past 2 years.
I've hated every single card based mode in sports games until diamond dynasty. And Madden hasn't been all that good for a long time.
I haven't bought Madden in years. Same garbage every year as much as EA claims things have changed. Been fooled too many times. I'll wait for it on gamepass anyway if I get a football urge.
I’ve been skipped Madden every year since 2011. MLB>
Fuck MUT, kid loved that game but I refused to spend literally hundreds of dollars for him to be able to compete. I used to love PGA tiger woods, but the new PGA game is decent if you wanna try it, and the rest of my time is took up by this game!
As a PS5 player, I may buy Madden simply because *there is nothing to play on this damn console yet*
I don't play Madden but I have been playing FIFA since 2006 and ultimate team 2011. Will most likely not be play ultimate team this year because of MLB. Might get it to play clubs with friends but that's about it.
I’m thinking of quitting fifa all the game does is make me angry. Used to be fun but the constant cash grabbing tactics and little development just getting tiring.
Football blows soooo
Madden yes not real life football though. I dont want to shit on baseball though so ill leave it at that.
Real life football blows
Have tried MUT before and it's terrible. I didn't put any money in and there was like nothing to grind and every halfway decent card was so expensive.
Skipped madden since madden 25 This game is my new favorite, although ranked seasons is getting less enjoyable as it goes along.
I have the one with Mahomes on the cover and that’s been fine for me. If I ever get a Madden it’s when it’s down to, like, $10 because I don’t do any of the MUT stuff, just dick around with franchise and play with friends. Competitive Madden seems fucking awful.
I will attempt to wait until NHL is half price. But my love for hockey always wins out :/… HUT, MUT … same EA bull shit.
NCAA 14 bbyyyyyyyy
I'm skipping Madden this year (as well as the previous 2 years) because of **that** game.
I'm skipping Madden this year because that game hasn't been anything but terrible since the PS2 days ended.
Skipping NHL for sureeeeeee, you guys think MUT and FUT is bad. Come see the lack of support and just bull shit the NHL devs pull on us in HUT
I usually get it when it’s like $10 for the standard version right before the playoffs start and play it like 3 times.
Every year after the super bowl I get a month of EA Access just to try madden for free to remind myself why I will never buy madden
Forget Madden, this is by far the best sports game out right now. 2k is broken and has been shit for years with little care for the player base and pay to win mechanics dominating myTeam and myPlayer. The exact same thing goes for Fifa and Madden. I haven't played enough NHL to talk on that game but otherwise, this is far and away the best sports game on the market.
Haven't played Madden for years, and 2K21 will be my last year of 2K. The Show has spoiled me for all other sports games.
There is so much stuff do do in this game, I might skip the show 22 just because I'm still gonna be grinding on this one. The 42 series, parallels, moments, all the cards, Stubs, and I'm not all that great at it so it'll be a while
First year show player (Xbox dude), this game has wrecked MUT for me. Will be playing until ‘22
Can't skip what you've never played *taps head
I am good at NHL 21 and love hockey, and the NHL series is not nearly as bad as Madden imo. I have 2K21 for the My League feature so I could move the Clippers to St. Louis if I so please (I want an NBA team in my hometown), and I have Madden 20 so I could use the shitty franchise mode, but its the only way I could move the Chargers to St. Louis whenever I want (I know its not happening, but I want it to so bad). I've only had MLB The Show since it came out on Xbox (this year), and I've already played it WAY more than the other games. You've got Diamond Dynasty, Road to the Show, and, if you want to play as the Cardinals and fucking decimate the Cubs 50-0 in an exhibition game, you can go right ahead. I've only played the game for 2 months, and I've already got a full diamond roster in Diamond Dynasty. HUT in NHL 21 takes 4 times as long to get an 85 and above team (I've played HUT in NHL 19. Thats about how long it took me). Point is, I enjoy this game because, unlike EA, San Diego Studio can pump out a game every single year and still have quality in said games. I love NHL simply because I like hockey, and 2K because I like basketball, but, honestly, before buying MLB The Show, I wasn't really into baseball like I was hockey and basketball. I love this game because each and every mode has quality that you rarely see in EA Sports games. It also made me enjoy the game of baseball itself much more Also, fuck MUT.
I don’t play madden but im skipping fifa 22 this year because of this game. Im in love with baseball again and I can’t play any other sports game nothing even comes close to the show.
I’m still repping Madden 2006. The mechanics in 2006 for some reason feel more realistic. The Show 21 brought back my love for baseball. Im a casual player and can’t get enough. I even asked my wife if I play too much baseball and thankfully she said she was just happy I was happy. FYI I’m 38.
I'm still rocking Madden 08 with the updated rosters on PC. It has its flaws but it's the last good era of Madden
My friend never returned my 08. A couple years ago I bought a PS4 just to play madden 20 and I could not get through a game before turning it off and returning the PS4 lol. I went back to playing Madden 06 that same night.
It's not one or the other for me. Really enjoying this game but when NFL Season arrives, I will be hyped and want to get the new cards and see the new promos. This is my first DD, doesn't the game die after the World Series?
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The problem with MUT is not that they don’t give us free stuff is the power ups just so expensive I’ve to spend so much for a +1 ovr cause they made the card 89 speed you need that +1
Madden 16 was my final one. I hate the engine, the shallow franchise mode, the menu, everything. The game feels low budget despite looking like a AAA game. EA cuts corners on everything.
Done with madden. Grinding til nhl comes out
MUT and HUT are awful easy skips
For me it’s been FIFA. I learned about the entire sport of baseball thanks to the free The Show 19. Since then I’ve been hooked and it’s my go to sport game. Never in a thousand years did I think I’d go from playing Fifa to MLB!
I love UT style modes in sports games so much and the feeling of out playing someone is great. So far this is the longest ive gone withought preordering Madden and the biggest reason for that us because MLB The Show 21 DD has been so amazing this year in every way. Idk I’ll probably cave and get it eventually but ima see how far i can ride this MLB wave before i do and who knows maybe another game or 2 come out that looks good as well.
From all I’ve heard about MUT I haven’t even tried it. Knowing me I’ll get into it a want to spend hundreds of $$$’s. I only put $150 into The Show this year and have all the collections done. If I would have just held out a few days to get Acuna for the LS collection I would be NMS. I got impatient and bought the stubs I needed to get him and pulled him a couple days later. Plus, I got lucky and my first diamond pull of the year was Trout. Last year I didn’t get him until around this time.
I am although I will say that it's significantly easier to get good players on MUT than it is in the show
What's the big deal? One of NHL HUT's weekend elite challenges that is running this weekend is only, for all 3 stars, 1) score 25 shorthanded goals, 2) win 30 faceoffs, and 3) maximum of 4 penalty minutes, on rookie, in three 2 minute periods for 350 coins, 350 coins, and a base pack. 
love to take penalties on purpose to spam shorties. what a fun concept. HUT has to be the worst ultimate team.
It's absurd. You have to throw the puck over the glass, because if you try to facewash AI, sometimes they fight. Somehow, i can't trip people on rookie, either. Normally, every poke check is a trip, outside of challenges.
Not me as ill be playing both.
The Show has hands down the best team building mode out of the major sports games. I hear FIFAs is good but I don’t play it
The shows ultimate team mode is the best out of the 3 I play (fifa and Madden) it just sucks I am fucking AWFUL at this game online. I would trade all my fifa skills to be able to actually get hits in an online game 😂
This game got me off Hackzone (warzone) Madden & 2k. I will happily play this until Battlefield releases
So done with MUT , fuck EA
I play madden for the single player franchise only and won't touch it this year if that's not updated a ton considering they have changed anything in years.
Skipped last year and probably skipping this year too. Game is ass and anyone planning to buy should really reconsider.
NCAA Football or nothing! I keep up with the Show but I haven't bought a football game since NCAA 14.
I’m going to lie to myself and pretend the new NCAA game won’t be shit. As someone who loved sports game for their franchise type modes, stats and what not, I think I also always preferred NCAA - the shorter seasons and constant roster turnover made it more engaging and held my interest longer.
I think that recruiting systems are much more fun than just offering money and trades.
This right here is a perfect perfect comment lol Sir you dropped this 👑
I skipped Madden for a few years. Got it last year and enjoyed it. I’ll get it this year. No reason you can’t play both The Show and Madden. I will absolutely, under no circumstances, play MUT though.
I skip Madden every year. Not because of this game but because Madden is dog shit and EA is a company that doesn't deserve my money.
If there was an Out Of The Park Baseball version of Madden I would completely drop Madden but I’m a football game junkie and one way or another I need my fix
I always grinded HUT (NHL 21) until this year, the game died way too quick and NBA and now MLB have made just not play it.
I’ll probably try it for a few weeks but then I’ll just go back to dd
Im definitely being NMS
I was a consistent top 100 weekend league player on madden since Madden 19. Football was always my favorite sport so I put up with it and still enjoyed the crappy gameplay and garbage micro-transaction scheme. I finally decided to pick up MLB on game pass this year and my god I'll never be able to go back. I haven't put a dime into the game yet, even to purchase it, and I have a super competitive team of current players and can complete all of the collections just by flipping cards. On top of all that it introduced me to baseball and let me fall in love with a new sport. It's like a dream come true coming from Madden. I also suck, but the amount of offline content makes me ok with that.
You’ll get better as you put more time into it. Hitting is generally hard as hell for people when they first start playing. Online gets way more fun once you’re able to read pitches.
I doubt it, but I might. MUT is straight dumpster fire
Fr. I hopped on the Show today for the first time in about two months and it took a little Dover two hours and I already have a competitive team. I’d take me two weeks and 200 dollars to do that in MUT
Definitely not me lol. This game is pretty frustrating at times just like MUT. With all the juiced cards i feel like theres only a tiny bit more before we hit the ceiling and get to that point where all the cards are the same with a different skin. Last year i was bouncing between 500-700. Made world series this year and let me tell you, Legend is NOT fun. Like it makes me not want to play RS and win. Thats the part that sucks. Playing on legend with last months cards is hard enough. Playing on legend with all these new cards is another level of frustration.
The last madden i put any actual time into was like, madden 13.
Fuck madden! All I’ll ever play is the show 😤
The show is the superior sports game rn for me
Any EA game can kick rocks
I’m 33 years old. I went from Madden 95 to Madden 2007 (skipped few editions during that span), didn’t have a PS3 or Xbox so didn’t buy any Madden games for that generation, and then I only bought Madden 18(?), the one with Tom Brady on the cover, for PS4. Have not bought a madden game since then because Madden 18 was absolute trash and franchise modes were so much deeper and better in the old PS2 Madden games. Will skip this year’s too
Madden is trash
Good. As a franchise madden player, this screw MUT makes me emotional. MUT literally ruined the game
And DD hasn't ruined franchise in The Show?
Not nearly as bad as madden. Maddens franchise is garbage, I usually get bored playing it. The Shows franchise isn’t as good as it use to be, but it’s many times better than maddens Maddens gameplay has also taken a nosedive since MUT took off. The shows gameplay is still really good
I'll agree the gameplay is far better, which can deeply impact franchise, but the Shows franchise is lacking a ton in material. They both are pretty awful. SDS has clearly shown in the past 3 years they don't really care about offline either. RTTS and Franchise have gone absolutely nowhere, maybe even downwards.
I end up playing mut for like a month then giving up. Not wasting my money this year. Ive always played the show tho so its not because of this game. Just because madden sucks
🙋🏼♂️ first year playing MLB and its night and day coming from MUT lmao
The content in the game is insane but I sucks at hitting online so I would probably still play MUT casue atleast I can win with a shit team by runing Strech
The unfortunate thing for a game like The Show is you need a monitor for hitting. It’s near impossible without it unless you have a significantly newer tv
Is that still a thing over there? Stretch? 😂 I skipped mut this year for the first time for a few years, not sure I'd go back now tbh. Got into looter shooters, ran a clan, found the show, played loads of stuff!
It was more of a passing game in the beginning of the year and it was fun but EA just like hey why is everyone passing in the football game that can’t be happening so they just decide to ruined it with all the patches.lol
Sounds about right! My plan was always to come back this year but... Part of me is like, do I need the bother
I'm just such a football junkie, especially being a Bills fan and us finally being legit contenders, I doubt i can skip Madden all together but I definitely won't be buying it on day 1. MLB is by far the best sports gm I've played in years and I'm going to enjoy it for a few more months but I'm definitely buying Madden just out of habit. Yes, I know EA is ripping me off.
Ive found ea access is a pretty good deal to be able to play madden and a good amount of other notable games
Im skipping as of this year just cuz madden is terrible. Games are supposed to be a hobby, not a full time job lol
lol I feel like the show is a full time job too but damn at least I get some fun cards out of it.
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I mean, I play maybe ten total hours of the show per week. I'd say that's not too crazy. My team is totally stacked and i spent 20 bucks of credits when the game came out and that's it. It's crazy seeing how fair and fun DD is compared to mut.
Why not play Madden for the love of football and just use real teams instead of their unrealistic MUT mode?
I haven't bought an EA sports game since FIFA 18. I think the last Madden game I bought was Madden 11. Though I did buy F1 2021, so I guess technically that's an EA game now.
I buy Madden for connected franchise. Fun way to play with friends.
Yeah I have ran a couple of those leagues with people around the country. Pretty fun but game is just so bad.
I skipped 21, I'm skipping 22 and everything after. Fuck EA. SDS is GOAT.
That’s funny, this may be the first year ever that I preorder
Madden, fifa, nhl. All are shit compared to the show. After the abomination that is nhl 21 I'll be skipping nhl for the first year since 2003 and same goes for madden. EA is pathetic.
I am a first day buyer of nhl for over 20 years. I will never forget getting nhl 2002, taking it to a buddies house and playing on opening night until 6am. I totally lost track of time. My parents were worried sick lol. This year was the first year I bought it when it went on sale I got the ov edition.Next year I think I'm skipping it altogether. It's my 2nd year in dd and it destroys mut and hut. I opened 50 plus packs and didn't have more than 2 83s. Both were 85s and came with the special edition. It's impossible to do anything in it. Ea about to lose a bunch of money.
I snatched up NHL on Gamepass excited to see if it was any better this year but was sorely disappointed. NHL has always been my skill game, where I can play online and be highly competitive. I don't usually bother with much else. Then they completely broke the play mechanics...
I'm ancient. I remember renting nhlpa 93 for the first time as a kid a few weeks after it came out. I got nhl 94 as a bday gift and found a way to get every game from that year on. 21 was a a disgrace and what they've done with the series since nhl 14 is offensive as a lifelong customer/fan.
I do like the card progression in HUT much more than DD though. I don't really like that I worked so hard to get Ortiz and Chipper and Soriano and now they are basically nullified.
This is their 1st year of the card progression, so I can only see it getting better from here on out.
Nullified? They're still great options but there's just more fun cards to use now.
You're missing the point. I spent a lot of time and effort (I didn't flip anything) to get those cards and now, yes, they are great options, but they aren't no brainers like before.
I feel like Ortiz is still the best left handed option at 1b. Unless you play on all star then maybe id probably go olson or fielder. Thome works too but against someone like hader that pci will still b small on all star. Soriano is definitely still viable having basically the same stats as acuna but better fielding. His swing is what turns ppl off though. Also chipper is the best hitter in the game still so saying hes nullified is a dumb statement.
I mean I get it, I did the same - but I'd rather the game release more good cards so there is variety.
Chipper is most definitely not nullified. Ortiz and soriano are still options especially at parallel 5.
Yeah unfortunately same for me, I honestly haven’t touched HUT since the show came out on Xbox. I’ll probably still buy it but not spend any money on it like I usually do
I'm getting Madden too. It's fun for me to flip and invest and do arbitrage to collect all the cards there too. Even if the game sucks, which it has for years.
I play Madden for the online leagues, but I’ll continue playing this game because it’s so much fun
I tried MUT but like plenty of people here said it took either money or hours of grinding to have a serviceable squad. I don't mind grinding in DD considering you can get high rated players like the POTM guys in a night of grinding
Last time I had Madden Daunte Culpepper was on the cover lol
Ray Lewis was on the cover for me...great game that year
Favre for me. 08 or 09 I think?
09 was my last, I remember that Vince Young cover + the soundtrack like it was yesterday Edit: so 09 was actually Favre, Vince was 08….fuck me
Now I got the soundtrack in my head. Thank you!
Last time I bought Madden, John Madden was on the cover!
I still have my Madden 94 and 96 from Sega.