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AI for defenders is formidable without feeling as Mut 22 coins it cheats the machine and the CPU can put up a serious battle on All-Pro and All-Madden issues. They added more options for pass-rushing so you don't feel useless as a defensive lineman this season and all the Superstar skills do a solid job of making high-impact players feel really impactful.

For example, following Ezekiel Elliott rushes for over 10-yards three occasions in a match, he becomes much more difficult to bring down on the first strike against the line of scrimmage. That emulates the feeling of momentum running backs experience as a match wears on in which the defense will slow down and get drained, opening space for RBs to have larger gains in the second half. It turns into a bit of a chess match for each team to try and'activate' their own Superstar players to give them an edge in various scenarios.

The largest disappointment with Madden NFL 21 though is the Franchise mode. Besides a couple of tweaks to how things such as offseason drafts and trades are handled, it's literally equal to last year's Madden. Plus, the version we get on Stadia isn't even the PlayStation 5 or Xbox collection X|S edition of the sport, it's the PlayStation 4 / Xbox One variant. This means the new playcalling attributes, enhanced visuals, streamlined animations, and'Next-Gen Stats' integration features are absent.

Voice acting is poor across the board, character animations are stiff in cutscenes, and as things start to get interesting it more or less ends and frees you into a merry-go-round of scripted moments during your career. The new mode, The Yard, tries to be an arcade-style pick-up-and-play encounter, but is so watered down it fails to deliver.

The fact of Madden is that if you are craving an NFL football experience then you do not really have any other options. Buying the game on Stadia could show EA there's interest in more of the sports titles coming to the stage, which is an overall great thing, it is just too poor Madden could not have a better entry to function as its debut.

For a more comprehensive analysis of the sport itself, check out our Madden NFL 21 review on Windows Central.

Fortunately, the Stadia edition of Madden NFL 21 plays great and looks excellent. As is the standard now with the Stadia edition of AAA games, it plays wonderfully and does not have some noticeable issues with lag or latency if your connection is great enough. Anytime you play Madden online kicking does suffer with minor latency issues, but that's the case across all versions of the game -- not only Stadia. This year it is worse than normal so you should absolutely expect to overlook a couple of field goals and extra points. They need to have changed the internet code for how kicking is handled or something because even on cheap Madden nfl 22 coins PS4 and PS5 I was having problems hitting kicks just straight and those problems persist in the Stadia variant.