What was the last Madden to have fun gameplay? (POLL)

Here's my opinion:

The gameplay has gotten continuously worse since Madden 25 because that was the last Madden that was not dominated by animations. The game was defined by movement, stick skills, reaction time, and prediction, as a competitive game should be. The past few games have been much too centered around trying to get the best animations possible to win the game(i.e. falling forward, diving picks, dice roll on juke move success, etc). Does EA purposely change or take away good, competitive features each year just to see how watered down they can make the game and still have us buy it? These last few games sure seem like it. It's a real shame too, because it feels like they have become more F2P friendly, yet they "play" part of it gets less and less enjoyable each year.

With that being said, when was the last "good" Madden in your opinion? I personally had a lot of time on Madden 19 and remember having fun with the gameplay.

madden 13 is goated

I honestly had so much fun at the beginning of this year, but now man coverage has been aids and made the game the crudest piece of dog shit.

Like madden 2005 and sooner

Same with NCAA 

Complete control over your user 

Not these garbage animations we see today

The game is getting to be unplayable for me

Loved madden 17 mut, but I used to only do franchises on the older maddens and I don’t remember all this pre play stuff. I remember the players were based on their skills and how u used them otherwise u we’re gonna stink

jameesmccarthy80 said:

Loved madden 17 mut, but I used to only do franchises on the older maddens and I don’t remember all this pre play stuff. I remember the players were based on their skills and how u used them otherwise u we’re gonna stink

15 was my favorite, but 17 was a close second

This one

I don't mind the animations and changes ... But I do wish they'd fix matchmaking, let you personally blacklist players who are talentless hacks who rely on gimmicks and glitches, and commit to creating a more fun environment for those of us who don't have a trust fund from daddy to dump into stacking 99s as starters and backups across the whole lineup.

MUT is a fun concept, I love building the team ... But playing people with stacked rosters makes it impossible to have fun when they can dump it over the top against quarter cover 4, set over the top and looking for pass. My DBs are "slow" at 96 spd, but the difference between 96 and 98/99 shouldn't be automatic touchdowns. And that's what it always is playing H2H unless I spend the whole game usering a safety over the top and giving up everything underneath. It takes everything to get into a position to win, then something awful happens like lagged out FG mechanics on a kick to win the game. 

I'm not planning to buy another Madden game for years to come. I'd buy 2K but I think they're just going to mashup NFL Street and Blitz ... when they get around to it.