It's hard to find any optimistic ideas in the Madden NFL 21 community, but some football fans who have drunk half a cup of Gatorade hope this year's PlayStation 4 game is so disappointing, because EA Sports is fully involved in the next generation of upgrades. Now that the PlayStation 5 version is available, we are afraid to say that this is another failure in the long-term franchise.

Let us clarify one thing from the beginning: on Sony's new system, the game is better. Although the Madden 21 Coins function is far from reaching FIFA 21, the improved resolution and playback of new next-generation statistics are very good. The weather is also better, especially when it rains, and side events are more active.

The loading time is also very different, especially in the Ultimate Team, which has been designed for small game challenges for a while. Now you don’t need to wait for each task to load over and over again to complete the task, which greatly improves the process and really changes the rules of the game.

 EA Sports said that the pre-release version will use Next-Gen Stats to integrate real NFL data and will have little impact on the game flow. Unless you control a speed demon like Tyreek Hill, you will find that the player's movements are more realistic, which is good.

But in general, except for minor changes to the way players balance when turning, the gameplay is almost identical, using the same animation as the PS4 version. Although it's not as scary as some Reddit commentators think, it's disappointing-especially when you compare it to NBA 2K21's next-generation starting product.

In fact, we think that some elements are back a few yards. The new Playcall menu now allows you to buy MUT 21 Coins in Madden NFL games, in fact, we are still looking for QB Kneel games.