An Honest Review of Madden 25 on PS5. I take a deep dive into EA's new football game not titled College Football 25 and raise the question: is it worth buying? Did Madden 25 improve enough from Madden 24 to warrant a purchase? Can it compete with CFB25? Or did EA come up short again...

Madden 25 and the Madden franchise at large are a case study of what happens when a series of games tied to a particular sport has virtually no competition. For years, Madden has been skirting by on there basically being no available alternative. That's no longer the case since EA released College Football 25 earlier this summer. Madden's shortcomings have grown all the more noticeable and intolerable in this year's entry in the wake of that sister game's release. Not only does Madden 25 feels like a step backward even when compared to last year's Madden 24. When compared to last year's entry and the vastly superior College Football 25, Madden 25 feels hollow, soulless, and uninspired, and I would hardly recommend it to anyone.

EA Sports Madden NFL 25 is available on PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC on August 16, 2024.

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Madden 25 Impressions 00:00:00 - 00:02:10
Madden 25 Presentation 00:02:10 - 00:04:35
Madden 25 Gameplay 00:04:35 - 00:05:52
Madden 25 Commentary 00:05:52 - 00:07:14
Madden 25 Ultimate Team 00:07:14 - 00:08:11
Madden 25 Superstar Mode 00:08:11 - 00:09:54
Madden 25 Franchise Mode 00:09:54 - 00:16:00
Madden 25 Honest Review Score 00:16:00 - 00:17:09