Madden NFL 21 Coming to EA Play Next Week, Star Wars Squadrons in March

Everyone make a note dont buy madden in August wait 6 months and get it in EA Play

Ultimate team purchases, gold team fantasy packs.....I miss Madden 04 when the game was just a solid football sim with tons of customizable features. Not magic the gathering

And for those of us with Game Pass subscriptions, EA Play is already included. Put that in your tail pipe and smoke it, Sony!

NOTE: Very much a joke - just channeling fanboyism.

The NFL season might be over, but it's going to be a while before the next installment of Madden comes in, so this is nice for fans of the Madden series.

The last time I played a Madden game was on the Xbox 360 circa 2006, so if I were to play any new Madden title, I am sure it would feel like an upgrade.

Boycotting this garbage until they feel compelled to get off their lazy arses and actually make some real changes instead of a roster update.

@GamingFan4Lyf lol, I wouldn't be too sure of that. 2006 probably had a deeper franchise mode/scouting reports than what they have shoveled out over the last 5 years or so.

@Jayslow I love this post!

@LordSteev I miss NFL 2K from the Sega Dreamcast days.

@GamingFan4Lyf Hah! Me too. And Tecmo Bowl, lol...

EA Play is alright, I played and got the platinum in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order for 5 bucks.

Cant wait to try Star Wars Squadrons. The game is something i Wouldn't outright buy (not in flying sims or whatever) but since its "free" i should check it out

@LordSteev Tecmo Bowl was the GOAT back in the day.

I think I ended up having more experience with Super Tecmo Bowl.

I remember Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football on Sega Genesis - one of the first to have "live commentary".

Nice. Played through a season of the quarter back mode on 20 via game pass so I'll probably give it a miss. Will give NHL 21 a go in April though.

Currently playing the SW Jedi game on XBSX and really enjoying it. Much more than I thought I would tbh. Will definitely give Squadrons a look.

@Jeevz I think the real value of EA play comes in if you have an Xbox. You get access to the 360/PS3 gen games and it's free with Game pass ultimate. That said if you've got your eye on a particular game on the service it's fine value too. As you say, $5 to play Fallen Order is more than fair. Definitely cheaper than it would have been back in the day to rent it from the video store until you finished the campaign.

I don't think I'd pay for it separately long term though.

@GamingFan4Lyf

I can't help but think we're dating ourselves...I can't even remember what year that must have been!

@GamingFan4Lyf. Agree joe montana the 👑 for sega genesis was amazing.word up son

@LordSteev Meh, I just figured we are well-seasoned gamers.

I may not be able to keep up with kids in COD, but I can beat Ghosts n' Goblins and can get through Mega Man 2 without dying. LOL

@GamingFan4Lyf

I feel you man! The last online game I was really into was Heretic 2. That's quake engine ancient!

@LordSteev In college, we used to do Counter-Strike (back when it was still a mod) and Quake games over the school network.

We had a friendly rivalry with a few people from another dorm - one of the guys actually had a computer with 2 CPU's and he used to dedicate one CPU to hosting the game and the other to play.

This was 1999-2000.

@GamingFan4Lyf

Hah! I remember we did straight up Quake 1 and 2 deathmatch sessions on a lan back at San Diego State, some time in the late 90's. It was great! No lag, just frag!