Madden NFL 25 Title Update #3 Details, Available Now For PS4 and Xbox One

[charter04]

I've actually played the game since the patch so this is not just guessing like some are doing. Lol the game play good to me. I actually saw more swats by the DB's. Int's weren't a problem. CPU had one. I had two. One was a bad read. The other was cause by a wrong button push.

I don't have trouble stoping out side runs but, the lbs need to do a better job in pursuit.

[charter04]

Quote: Originally Posted by BlackBetty15

The problem I fear isnt you EASPORTS_AJ. The problem is your boss or madden lead designer. I believe you have the best intentions by far brother, heck I would buy you a beer any day. (Good beer too, not the barbaric beer young kids subject their palates too these days!) However your boss takes it into his hands on what HE feels should be added and coded into the game and that is compete poop. I think somewhere on this forum we had a MOD leave OS to be in NCAA or something like that. (incorrect, no mod left to work on Madden) I think his name was. After he was let go he went into GREAT detail as did Ian Cummings on how your boss ruins this game to make it more mainstream which is bad business. I am not saying he owes us anything. The guy gets paid to make a football game...period. Whether good or bad the result is always gonna be ,"if it nets EA a solid profit in the millions, who cares if its actually a great football product" Now you dont have to say anything AJ...I am not asking you to. I play this game because its fun and in some ways it immerses me into being a GM quite nicely. However to say your boss cares about football and madden to the point he wants that reflected in the Madden series is completely not true. 1.Penalties - I haven't seen penalties accuratley portrayed in YEARS! Like going on 7 years. OFF/DEF PI is non existent as is intentional grounding, late hits, horse collar ext...You guys have had ample time and yet still. 2. Special Teams - Punt Blocks and field goal blocks? How about high snaps and miskicks? Field goals are not hard what so ever and its kinda sad special teams arent even a tense situation. 3. Mistakes - True over/under throws, bad snaps, high over-the-head snaps out of shotgun, and noise created mistakes with bad routes and what not...again not even a issue. Ask denver and SF if its an issue playing seattle. 4. WR/DB interaction- no real interaction happens and has NEVER happened. There is not actual deflection like sherman against crabtree, or even a true battle going on. I dont know if you guys just dont know how to do it, or you have fat people mocaping this but its totally a bad experience as it stands right now. 5. CCM - As an owner I cant fire coaches mid season, edit draft classes, or even have the option of having Def/Off/ST coordinators. I do like what you guys ahve and I realize its year one so this year is a freebie, but just so you guys know whats expected! 6. Sliders - This frustrates the masses as some sliders are simply broken and or cause other sliders to freaking go bonkers. Some are backwards!!!! LOL Really? Like I said I play this game out of enjoyment. But your boss is sadly mistaken if he puts his head down at night and says madden plays a wonderful game of SIM football. The lack of penalties and the WR/DB interaction REALLY make me mad sometimes. But as I said AJ, I have to believe there are people on the Madden staff that KNOW these are issues and want these fixed. Your boss is the problem however.

Great, great post. I feel the same way. The problem is the lobby/tournament guys don't want this stuff. Those prima guide guys just want to play "Madden ball" instead of real football.

There should be an option to play sim or tourney style. Sim could have all the same stuff you mention and tourney style could be like madden is now. Win win.

Also have online matches that are sim style too. How hard could it be to do that?

[Step2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by charter04

Great, great post. I feel the same way. The problem is the lobby/tournament guys don't want this stuff. Those prima guide guys just want to play "Madden ball" instead of real football. There should be an option to play sim or tourney style. Sim could have all the same stuff you mention and tourney style could be like madden is now. Win win. Also have online matches that are sim style too. How hard could it be to do that?

So true, read on here a few months ago that errant snaps or botched FG holds aren't in the game because of Tourney play. They don't want those real life miscues messing up someone chances at winning Madden Tourney.
Then if that's the case, they should just have a mode where they're no penalties or miscues based on a players ratings. They can use this mode for their Tourney's.


Special Teams and carrying/paying really good long snapper & FG kicker should come into play.

[dat boi Q]

Quote: Originally Posted by charter04

Great, great post. I feel the same way. The problem is the lobby/tournament guys don't want this stuff. Those prima guide guys just want to play "Madden ball" instead of real football. There should be an option to play sim or tourney style. Sim could have all the same stuff you mention and tourney style could be like madden is now. Win win. Also have online matches that are sim style too. How hard could it be to do that?

When 80% of the gamechangers are tourney style non sim ball players what kind if game do we think we are going to get. EA brings in guys who don't watch real football just highlights. They want to run the score, go for it on 4th and long run 3 to 5 plays all game and use a.i exploits to win. These are the guys in EAs ear giving them feedback. Just fix the sliders and make them sensitive so we can make them work for us. No one is bashing madden, remember it ain't bashing if the statement is true. I play the game everyday, but I don't play online just my cfm. I tried to play one UT game until I realized it was on pro.

[N51_rob]

Quote: Originally Posted by Step2001

So true, read on here a few months ago that errant snaps or botched FG holds aren't in the game because of Tourney play. They don't want those real life miscues messing up someone chances at winning Madden Tourney. Then if that's the case, they should just have a mode where they're no penalties or miscues based on a players ratings. They can use this mode for their Tourney's. Special Teams and carrying/paying really good long snapper & FG kicker should come into play.

This x1000. Three modes, casual, tourney and sim, sliders for EVERYTHING (a la 2K). I have to imagine someone at EA has to have said the same thing.


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[kpkpkp]

I would love to see some of the things mentioned implemented. Especially things like a sim/tourney mode that can be turned on or off.

I think it would help, I hate how botched snaps or FG blocks never happen.

Also other things like people said...

--Better WR/DB interaction.
--fix penalties, like pass interference, so they finally work.
--fix the wind arrow, it's been backwards on FG/XP's for YEARS now.
--fix winning %'s. An 8-7-1 team and 8-8-0 team should not both have a .500 winning percentage. The 8-7-1 team should be .531... It seems ties are not properly factored in when playing Madden.
--Playoff seeding and tiebreakers have been messed up for years. Please make this mirror NFL rules. For example, wild cards should NEVER get home field adv. over a division winner, just because the wild card had a better season record in a different division.
--Fix the AI for offline franchise mode so CPU teams actually use practice each week and earn XP from it. As a Human team I can practice every week and get tons of extra XP for my starters and bench players, however CPU teams NEVER do practices. This stunts the growth of CPU teams and CPU bench players big time.
--And finally, for the love of God and all that is holy...PLEASE give us detailed explanations of difficulty AND penalty sliders. Guys like Charter04 will love it.

[gman2774]

Played a game on default all pro post patch and I thought the game felt much improved. Could be placebo and I'm not the kind of player that dissects every movement but it felt different for the positive. I was pleased. We'll see if it holds up. One thing I noticed was running was tougher. Seemed the corners and safety were very aggressive in stopping the outside run. Keep in mind I'm not that great and default all pro is a challenging level for me. Playing with the Browns. Also noticed pass coverage seemed weaker specifically against curl and hook routes.

[Artman22]

Quote: Originally Posted by N51_rob

This x1000. Three modes, casual, tourney and sim, sliders for EVERYTHING (a la 2K). I have to imagine someone at EA has to have said the same thing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is a great idea.


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