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Gameplay
Madden NFL Mobile (MM) began as a mobile version of Madden Ultimate Team (MUT), with features like players and cards being available. To earn these, players participate in "Live Events", which can earn them card packs and coins. Another mode that is available is a season mode. In prior versions of Madden Mobile, this was called "Season" mode, which allows players to play a full 17-game season, which extends to the Super Bowl. This feature was removed in MADDEN OVERDRIVE, but was reintroduced in 2020 as "seasons".
Being a freemium game, players can spend real-life money to purchase packs, in game currency, and "Bundles" that include a certain number of packs and a topper of an item. The game is also level-based, and features like bonuses for rewards that increase as one reaches higher levels. There is also another mode labeled "Leagues" where players may join or create a league alongside other players that face in Tournaments against other leagues, offering a chat box, goals with rewards such as players and tokens. The ability for players to send other players within the league packs was discontinued with MM 2017.
Reception
Madden NFL Mobile got mixed reviews. On Metacritic, the game got 68%. Pocket Gamer gave it 7 out of 10 and said that "Madden NFL Mobile has come a long way, but it feels like it could still go a bit further. It's absolutely worth a look if you're a fan, but it's probably not going to rock your world." Phandroid said that "Whether the annoyances of microtransactions and modern-day mobile gaming annoy you, we at least appreciate that there's a pretty good game beneath the green veil of dollar bills EA decided to decorate it with.".
