Best Ultimate Team Madden 17 (2025 Updated)

I buy a madden game every handful of years. I’ve been playing madden 12 for the longest, finally got my hands on madden 17. thought it’s been about time to play a newer madden and Honestly it’s like they haven’t spent that much time developing or improving the game that much and this is 5 years later.

half the players still don’t looks like themselves, cheerleaders are still creepy looking. game play is about the same. QB throwing is the same, but in this game they seem to highlight the different ways to throw.

which you still throw like that in 12. You can’t just edit players like you want, which I hate and they seem to be more focused on the salary cap and space, which I also hate. Franchise mode is different, they separated it between players, head coaches, and owners.

which before in 12, you were all 3 in franchise mode. but one thing i like is you can now pick current players and just not rookies. but to update your ratings is tougher now, which can be a challenge.

another thing I like is that you have to earn your way to the top, just not a instant starter, but you do have that option. but in 12, your player is almost 99 in ratings before the end of your first year.

so that’s different. In 12 when playing against the defense you experience frog like secondary. Where linebackers seem to leap from nowhere to make a play, That’s no different in 17. Another thing I hate, in 17 they erased my favorite defensive play which was a man on man 3-4 odd linebacker spy.

I can’t even crate it in my own playbook. It’ the only defensive play I played too. the intros and celebrations in 12 are just about the same in 17 as well. so they haven’t spent much time on that in 5 years.

I would have to say that the overall loading of the game is faster though in 17. The graphics and the crowd of fans are better too. I like the way you perform field goals better in 17 a whole lot better in 12.

In 12, you just press A twice and adjust your direction and if the wind speed is high you have to take that in consideration, but too far left or too far right and you might miss it. in 17, they preview your kicking limitation and the direction of the wind, I happen to love that.

But Overall madden 17 makes me like madden 12 so much more. They really haven’t changed a whole lot in 5 years. It’s almost like they need to pass the baton to another company to spark some inspiration.

don’t believe me, play both games and see for yourself.

I’ve been playing Madden since 1991 on Sega Genesis. This is probably the best I’ve played of the series, but there’s still a ton of room for improvement. I love what they’ve done with the Connected Franchise mode and the addition of a Practice Squad as a means to help get rookies better while improving the team from within.

One major sticking point for me though, something I PRAY they improve for next year’s game is commentary. Playing this had me missing Nantz & Simms to no end. I never heard of Brandon Gaudin a day in my life before I picked up this game.

I’m familiar with Charles Davis. I’m not sure who wrote their respective scripts, but man, it was BAD. They’re not aware of which games are which (they pretty much call playoff games like they’re regular season games, even the SUPER BOWL which is embarassingly bad).

It was a nice touch to have them mention what your players have done in the previous week’s game and if they’ve either dropped off, picked up or stayed the same on a week to week basis. But they’re tone deaf to any actual moves by the franchises, as moving a team to Chicago will have them referencing the Bears not your team in the opening bit.

Overall, I do like this game and think it’s better than last year’s but it’s not without its hiccups.

Take your team all the way in Madden NFL 17 and put yourself at the center of your team’s Championship run. The all-new Turning Points challenge in Madden NFL 17 Ultimate Team drops you into hundreds of different scenarios from last year’s NFL season and rewards you based on how difficult your probability of success is.

New Gameplay strategy features allow you to lure the defense into a trap by calling a series of plays that will misdirect the D away from your true game plan. Change the offensive and defensive strategies on the fly to go aggressive or play it safe.

Madden NFL 17 brings together the most popular modes and award-winning gameplay features from this console generation. I would recommend this.

This is my husbands favorite PlayStation game EVER!! Half our marriage has been spent playing this game with me watching like it’s a real football game lol 😂 I’ve tried to play with him but I can’t figure it all out and he beats me every time unfortunately.

He enjoys more of a challenge while playing so he plays with random people online. We love football 🏈, Packers, and Madden NFL PlayStation games.

Madden 17 is a good game, but it still lacks when it comes to a football game that will blow me away. The gameplay is okay, but there are still instances where the incorrect outcome is the successful one.

Like being able to stop power running sets with dime and nickel defense. Graphically Madden has always been pretty solid. With the addition of new equipment and accessories, it was a well needed face lift.

In terms of modes you your man staples (UT,DC,CFM) but I would like to see Madden add some other ones for the future. Overall the game is enjoyable, solid, just nothingness that will really blow you away just yet.

It’s getting there.

The games passing system is a little off in my opinion. Sometimes you can have the perfect timing and ball placement on a deep pass (in terms of putting the ball in the right place with the joy stick, buttons,etc.

), but the ball will still be underthrown and most likely intercepted. Medium to short passes are excellent in this game though. Running system is pretty good too. The game also freezes every now and then when adjusting stuff on the roster in Franchise mode.

This game is awesome! I’ve (unfortunately) being playing Madden on the Wii for years now & enough was enough!. I went out & bought a second-hand X Box just so I could get this game. I was not disappointed, It’s brilliant! Great graphics & the game play is pretty smooth.

The best thing is that the AI is very good & it’s possible to set the difficulty level, so that it’s enjoyable without winning every game 75-0. Last second filed goals etc. My only criticism is that you have to pay (have a X BoX live account) to play on-line or draft players, but that’s not the game’s fault.

Also, the commentary is very repetitive. Hearing Charles Davis make the same jokes over & over again is NOT funny. But these are not big issues. but this game.

A fine made swan song for mighty ps3 I injoyed this 1 better on my ps3 over my xbox360 it just loads quicker and less having to download stuff all time it seems ps3 got that right were gates loves having us watch load screens.

Onto the game they didn’t just throw last yrs madden into box and say here’s yr new game like how EA DOES. Its a great play and only going up in value. 1 last thing all sports games seem to have finally hit rock bottom and some are worth alot of cash and trending up.

Look at ncaa 2013 and 2014. Or college basketball any of them on ps3 or Xbox 360. 2k7 2k8 ncaa or ncaa 08,09,10 FROM EA.

The figure arrived earlier than expected, it was in the original blister pack but was also protected and packed well. I recommend to everyone.

Quality is exceptional, these figures are simply awesome with the special variation jerseys!!

great value

Nice made and exactly as a picture of the player. A gift por all ages.

The graphics are solid. The gameplay is good. The tackles and catches are great from an animation standpoint. However its the little things in the game modes that keep this from being a great game. In franchise mode the scouting for the draft is set up very well.

I think its a great thing that you have busts and hidden diamonds that require you to really scout players. However the drafts themselves are all over the board in terms of talent. You might have a draft with hardly any good players at multiple positions whereas there might be 20 good middle linebackers.

That isn’t realistic and hurts the entire draft process. The way you progress your players also hurts a bit. They made it very difficult to get experience in comparison to past titles. Especially on the defensive side of the ball.

You better make sure you either get very good players or young guys that are already a Superstar in terms of progression. I like the concept that they done with in-game drive goals giving you extra experience.

It needed to be tweaked because its pretty dumb for you to lose experience because your goal was to run the ball 4 times and you scored a touchdown on the first carry. When you accomplish something better than the task it should automatically award you the experience.

But the game is enjoyable and well worth the price now that it is no longer a new release. For $10 with the option to update the roster its well worth it.

Let me start by saying that I went into this year’s Madden with an open mind after reading some positive reviews and doing research of my own on the game. I should have expected it to be what I thought it might be, but I gave it a shot.

To my dissatisfaction, I found out the hard way to not trust the developer of the Madden titles as well as the publisher, EA. Same crap, different year. Graphics? PS3 with some lighting and higher resolution.

Gameplay? Tight and responsive as it should be. However, the presentation needs vast amounts of improvement if I’m to ever look at purchasing another Madden game. The commentary is awful. You’ll quickly become annoyed when you’re hearing them repeat themselves time and time again.

Stadiums have no life. The stadiums and low resolution, poorly textured, thrown together dumps. My Colt’s Lucas Oil Stadium looks particularly bad. The crowds don’t react well to the actual flow of the game, they are often out of sync with touchdowns and flags, etc.

The UI flows well, but looks dated and unimaginative. Much like the overall product. Animation one of the worst aspect of the game. Player models are stiff and lifeless. In conclusion, if you’re interested in Madden 16, think twice and watch some gameplay from an external source before committing.

Mightsave you some time and money.

Madden the Football game everyone loves around the season and holidays. Sure enough the game has improvements and handles great. The game offers many different modes and ultimate team is still great with picking players you may have seen on espn classic or when you were younger.

The game would be rated 5 stars if it wasn’t for these issues. The commentary has been brutally terrible in recent years and this year is still ongoing. The commentary is boring,flat and doesn’t keep up with the pace of the game.

With the advanced controls on WR being YAC,Aggressive and Possession gives the WR an advantage if you throw it up to a tall receiver 9/10 they catch it so its kind of over powering and has your wonder He Really Caught That!!!!.

All in all great game if you’re a seasoned madden player you’ll love hate some parts of the game but still good fun with friends and family.

Compared to my four-year old Madden, there are definitely improvements in gameplay and graphics. Although the story is a basic, I like the addition of creating your own player and bringing him through high school, college and to the pros.

The trend it seems in the last couple of years with these get to the pro stories though is that you continue on with your trip to the pros, no matter how you perform in the high school and college portion of the game.

I did well in that portion of Madden 21, so I dont know how the game reacts if you fail in the early portion of your career, but I do hope it reflects your performance and is not like my NBA2K game, in which I performed terribly in the start of my career, yet the story continued on with my being the next big phenom.

I felt fairly comfortable with the game controls, although there are some slight changes that have taken me some time to get used to. For the most part, the gameplay feels smoother though, although not perfect as there are some occasional annoyances.

The coach suggestions dont seem to be improved much for play calling. The graphics are sharp and look really good, although there is some room for improvement. Maybe it is because this is a transition year to the PS5 and the big graphics jump will be in the next years version.

The player modeling and stadiums look pretty good though. Even the pregame show and halftime stuff makes me feel like I am watching a real game. The game commentary is good and varied, although gets repetitive over time.

The sounds of the game are realistic and really bring you into the game. Big hits really sound like big hits now. The game feels more balanced offensively/defensively with a good running and passing game and a smarter defense, at least in comparison to my old Madden game.

The kicking feels smoother compared to 17, which had glitches in the aiming mechanism. There is still some room for improvement for a smarter AI. Some things seem neglected, such as the franchise mode.

The soundtrack is ok, but I personally turn the music down as it is annoying at times. I hate that EA kicks you out of the game, even in solo game mode or eye of the franchise if you lose EA server connection.

Seriously EA? In the middle of a game, I lose connection to EA and it takes me back to the main menu and forces me to start the game over as it doesnt save your progress. Very frustrating. Granted, this series is in need of some major updates as there are only incremental changes each year and that seems to be the case here as well.

The game is still fun and has some improvements that makes it worth paying 20 to make the jump after 4 years, but I would not shell out full price for the game year after year either, for the incremental updates.

I hate the network issue kicking you out of games, even playing solo/eye of the franchise. The game is fun, but hampered by its online requirements and unstable EA connection, making it 3 stars instead of 4.

Madden tends to get a ton of hate. This review is more for the PS5 version of the game. Player animations seem to be more realistic and they feel more “weighted. ” Graphics aren’t wildly different vs PS4, but they are more detailed and lighting is very good.

The use of the haptics in the dualsense controller is a really nice touch that adds to the experience. I’ve played this game with the Sony platinum headset and a Dolby Atmos home theater. Both experiences are great with the new 3D sound engine that EA is using.

Gameplay is good and I find the simulation mode the most fun way to play. People are upset about the lack of attention that franchise mode gets and I understand that. If that’s a mode you enjoy, you have every right to be upset.

MUT is going to continue to get the attention because it is the constant revenue stream. That being said, I mainly stick to just playing the computer or friends. And for $30, I’m ok with the price to enjoyment ratio.

Superstar KO is fun every now and then. I haven’t touched the yard yet, but I suppose it is fun here or there. Ultimately, this is madden and you know what you are getting. A good game of football that feels a little long in the tooth for long time fans.

Big step in the right direction. Long time hater of EA, dare I say it, starting to play more like NFL 2K used to. Not saying it’s NFL 2k. but finally the player movement is more realistic, speed is not the only stat that matters, don’t expect to throw in that 50-60 rated 4th string guy and run for 200 yards.

Defense requires strategy, something missing from madden for a long time. If you think you can just press and call cover 3/4/9 etc. and cover the run and pass effectively think again, you now have to play chess, commit to stopping run or pass.

not both. As for the next-gen upgrade in presentation/graphics, it’s a small improvement over the Xbox One and PS4 version, the graphics are already very good, so not sure how much of an improvement we can really get there.

The stadiums look good, the sun and shadows look great in all the stadiums. Weather is basically a non-factor, so that’s an area that could be improved on. Overall I think it’s moving in the right direction and i’m actually really enjoying the game, much better than the Xbox One and PS4 versions in my opinion.

Oh and I’ve been playing madden since 1989!.

Madden has dominated the sports gaming community for so long, and their monopoly is holding back from innovating the game. Commentary before, during, and at half time are terrible and repetitive. Games out of the 2K studio have proven that sport games can have amazing, random, and engaging commentary.

They are the gold standard. A lot of features have either been lowered to a very low standard, or taken completely out. Franchise mode fades and becomes extremely reparative within a few hours of playing, and Madden Untimate Team (MUT) is nearly distorted by pay to win gaming.

The UI is a confusing mess; this is especially true in MUT. Gameplay itself has not improved or changed in 4 years, and graphics are below standard. Loading times have improved however, so waiting for games to start and menus to load saw a significant improvement.

This is the best feature of Madden 19 Overall, I think EA Sports needs to look back at Madden 06 and bring back the amazing Superstar mode, and also take note that the game has only changed in aesthetics since.

I would skip this iteration of Madden, and spend your money on a more developed game.

Like tons, I have been a Madden player for decades. Like fewer, I only play in Franchise Mode, generally offline. Hence generally speaking to Franchise Mode. EA slowly improved FRANCHISE mode — this season is the same, touch-ups mostly, as at the core it still is the same and lacks in handling of player contracts, namely no 1st rounder 5 year extensions, tenders, still the really DUMB system that spreads resigns out over the coarse of the REGULAR season, no contract restructuring, no restricted FA handling AT ALL.

The only recourse is the player editor allows you just deal with it, but that really sucks. On the good side, the NEW Draft Class Editor. that is very cool if that your thing. I see it was a way to allow users to overcome flaws in the game draft-class degradation that effected previous titles.

so OK, new editor, uses have at it! Overall the same is very good. Great if you are NEW to Madden. Like always, some bugs to be worked out. Game play is fun! I stopped upgrading ever year — not enough value –so this is a two-year upgrade for me.

I appreciate many of the new features with the new engine from last year, but still mostly tweaks/fixes functionally speaking, Hence I would be nearly as content had I waited another year. What NEW do I get out of Franchise Mode –basically an editor.

Overall, if are new to MADDEN, is a 5-start game (bugs aside). If you are long-timer, it’s a cool and all. As a Steeler fan, had to get it with AB on the cover!.

Pretty run of the mill Madden experience. If you like previous version of Madden you’ll like this. If previous versions of Madden left you wanting more, this likely will too. The run controls have been changed, otherwise controls are fairly similar to previous versions.

I don’t do all of the MUT junk and I know that’s the appeal for a lot of people, so you may enjoy this version more than I do. The whole thing has a new menu setup, which makes it feel fresh as compared to previous years.

Still suffers from some bugginess in gameplay at times (threw a bullet pass on a out route immediately into his break and receiver kept running out of bounds despite plenty of room to turn up field).

There are new offensive and defensive schemes and additional depth chart positions, which is a nice bonus. The visuals are mostly improved over previous years, still some odd ugliness here and there.

The commentary is stale since most of it is exactly the same as Madden 18. Overall, not bad, not great, about what you’d expect at this point.

My brother loves all the madden games! He loves the graphics he loves feeling like he is actually in the game. He loves going through all the games. He wouldn’t change a thing about it. And if u are big on football he definitely recommends this to everyone!.

Madden has consistenly been pushing MUT rather than franchise. This is frustrating because MUT is a pay to win online game. Sure you can play for free, but you have to invest a ton of time to be competitive.

The actual gameplay is good for the most part with the exceptions (again, some bugs here and there). Overall, it’s a fun game and I like playing franchise mode, but t.

This is a gift for my grandson’s Christmas. It’s the one thing he really, really wants. Truthfully, the game itself hasn’t even been opened, but I’ve bought other XBOX360 games from Walmart and never had one problem.

What I CAN rate on my purchase is that Walmart’s price was lower – by $20. 00 – than every other website/store I visited. (You cannot imagine how many that was. ) It arrived on my doorstep, free of charge, within 3-4 days.

I’m very happy and satisfied that my grandson will be ecstatic on Christmas morning. What more can anyone ask?.

I left the wrong thing on the feedback. I put movie instead of game but this is a great game even though I have no clue what I’m doing when trying to play it. My son loves it. The graphics are so much better and very realistic.

I play this game all the time. I got a great purchase price on ebay used for $40. I bought it a month after it hit the shelf. Great buy great purchase great game. a lot hasn’t changed on the game from madden 25 but I do enjoy playing on it w the new Cowboys offensive line.

I play it daily.

I love this edition of Madden. While other years have been fun, they haven’t really been true to how difficult it really is on the field in the NFL. This year that all changed. Passing is better controlled with new throwing abilities depending on the coverages and where you want/need to place the ball.

Wide receivers now have multiple ways to make their catches based on what is around them. On defense, new options are also available to attack the ball when it is in the air. The corners now can play the ball or the receiver.

Graphics are also a step up from the past. Overall a really solid game that doesn’t feel like you are playing last years version with a new logo.

Playable if you love football and the NFL. The best thing this game has going for it is official licensing. Gameplay is choppy. Little things like 2 MLBs making the exact same movement at the same time while calling audible.

Physics are terrible in pass defense, CPU defenders change momentum as they switch from their coverage assignment to where the targeted receiver is. Don’t try to be like a real QB and throw with anticipation, DBs know the route better than your WR, even ones with lower Overall attributes.

Prospect scouting is terrible with no clear direction in franchise mode, they are trying to make an improvement over previous model, but have not yet succeeded. Overall the game just leaves you wanting better.

Frustrating for fans who buy every year and end up getting decreased capabilities with a flashier display.

So I wanted to get this out of the way, I’m very understanding of annual sports game releases. I recognize that putting out a multi-million dollar sports game that many fans are demanding massive things each year isn’t always going to happen, but MAN did EA completely drop the ball on this.

First of all Face of the Franchise is completely and utterly broken right now. When you go to the pre-draft workouts as a QB, the game has you throw to some WR targets to see how well your accuracy/arm strength is.

But there are no WRs to throw to, your character will literally throw to empty air and get a fail. This is literally the FIRST THING you do in Face of the Franchise mode and it is broken. Franchise mode, when looking at my roster to make possible trades, I started considering shoring up my offensive line and when I went to look at trade options, the game doesn’t have RTs available in the trade menu screen, it simply goes back to LTs again.

During a game I had a WR on a slant route and a defender literally pushed my player to the point he ran his route in place. No penalty was called and my WR didn’t acknowledge that he was running into a defender who wasn’t even trying to engage him.

They FINALLY brought in assistance coaches into the game. years after they were taken out in earlier Madden games. These are some basic things I’ve seen in Madden 22 folks. It’s a complete and utter mess and frankly, EA needs to have the exclusive NFL license revoked and have some competition because they’ve grown complacent and lazy with their product.

Don’t waste your money. I love football and have bought Madden nearly every year for the past 15 years. EA Sports continuously proves it doesn’t put much effort into producing this game, and others. Franchise mode is buggier than ever and just plain sloppy.

The music is awful. No variety, just all basic & terrible trap-esque music. But because they (EA Sports) have a monopoly on the rights to produce an NFL video game, they simply lack any creativity and are just lazy.

This will certainly be the last Madden I buy until reviews prove they’ve put the level of effort into enhancing this game. The gameplay itself is solid, but that’s the only positive comment I can make.

Everything else about this is a huge waste of money and I personally am tired of the annual disappointment this game brings. Please don’t buy this. Maybe if sales plummet EA Sports will begin actually trying to make a good game rather than just making millions of a repeat of last year, yet somehow even worse then the colossal failure Madden 21 proved to be.

Or perhaps the NFL will license with another company that’ll bring this game back to what it used to be.

I recently bought an Xbox 360 for my nieces and nephew. While I used to have an Xbox, and a PS2, Madden was my favorite game. So I wanted to share the fun of this amazing game with them. I hadn’t bought a Madden game since 2003, so I expected this game to be quite the upgrade.

Also, I have to admit that when I got the game I thought it was suppose to be like an anniversary game with all of the teams of the last 25 years. Maybe it is and I haven’t figured it out yet. Although the game is pretty awesome, obviously there was a lot of changes since I used to play.

Some that I thought made the game a little bit harder to play. Especially like the way you call plays. I don’t see the benefit of having to pick formations, plays, ect. out of a side tab first, versus having everything in the boxes from the start.

I found this confusing. But knowing that there is a ten year difference between what I was use too, and this game, I expected some changes. I also thought there would have been a bigger upgrade in the graphic’s over a 10 year period.

I expected it to be closer to the 2015 version, or some great improvement. But I found it only to be a slight improvement graphic wise when compared to the 2013 version. All in all, the game play was good as expected, and I thought you had bettercontrol over the players than what you used to.

Which is a big plus. I haven’t got into any of the franchise modes, but it looks pretty cool from what I have seen. Other than that, it is pretty cool. There were some other features that I felt were pretty nice upgrades also.

I bought this game because of the great deal on it, ($9. 99 for a new, sealed game) and I wanted to introduce my nephew to it before I shelled out the $60 for the latest version, 2015. But I think I’ll wait until 2016 comes out before I do buy another version.

If your looking at this game at a higher in price than what I paid, I would wait for the 2015 version to be had at a lower price now that the season is over. From the videos I saw, the graphics made a huge leap over a couple of years between this one (2013) and that one.

The kind of leap I expected for a 10 year gap. But this will be good enough for me until 2016 comes out.

I traded this in a longtime ago and regretted it. So I was happy to see it available and had to have it back. The only Madden where you can draft players from Ncaa 14 .Awesome feature

Best value and performance for dated Xbox 360 system, but graphics still look good and game play is good enough for me. I’ve never played any other system, so I don’t have anything to compare it to. On top of that, $$$ for a new console and $$ for new games is out of my price range.

Too bad I’m a Detroit Lions fan!! Really have to be creative to have a chance at beating other teams, LOL!!.