Madden NFL 16: Day One Impressions Roundtable

[RaychelSnr]

We are officially a full day into the Madden NFL 16 release, and after a day of playing through different aspects of the game the staff is here to provide some impressions. Check out their thoughts after the jump and add your own day one impressions in the comments below!

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[TrippyBeaver]

Jayson why are you so salty? Madden did a lot of things right this year, and you only mentioned YOUR perceived negatives. Played a H2H against my buddy last night, I was using Texans and a 4 man pass rush. I controlled Clowney probably 98% of the plays. Watt had THREE AI sacks. Your opinion has never been more invalid. It sounds like you played one game with a crap defense who couldn't pressure the QB. or were playing the Cowboys whose line is borderline impenetrable

Unrealistic Animations?? Best animations I've seen in a long time. Beats last years 2K by a mile. Fifa may be the only game with better animations.

[kackle85]

Interesting that Robert and Jayson have such different opinions on the game. From what I've read the feedback has been largely positive which makes me want to get the game and then I read things like what Jayson said here and I'm back on the fence again.

[casey_horton]

Jayson...finally someone who is speaking the truth! I couldn't agree more with everything you said. I've tried to give this series a chance every year with negative results...its time to move on and wait for this EA agreement with the NFL to be over...one can hope, right?

[cmehustle]

Run your favorite play, and use your favorite team. Let your buddy use his favorite defensive play and try to stop you. Then, pick another team, any team. Run the same play against the defense. Matter of fact, use the backups, and run the same play. Chances are, the outcome will probably be about the same, no matter who you use on offense and who your running it against on defense. This is the thing that drives me crazy about Madden. Now try that same tactic in 2k. I know Im comparing basketball to football, but in 2K there is a HUGE difference in who you use to try and score, or play defense with. In Madden, not so much. Good game, but it will never be great until they have differential between the stars and average joes in the game.

[DBMcGee3]

I have yet to play this year's game, but Jayson's views pretty much sum up my opinion of Madden for the past several years.

-It looks weird when the players are running, period. The spin move in particular just looks awful.

-The AI of the CPU has always left a lot to be desired on both sides, but in the past its been bad enough to make me hate playing defense entirely.

-The game in the trenches has never quite felt right to me. Lineman ratings have never mattered as much as they should. For a guy like Clowney or (sober) Aldon Smith, you should pretty much be forced to double block them or they should pressure the QB on virtually every play.

All that being said, I'm waiting on my copy from Gamefly as we speak. I'd love to find out that some of this stuff has been improved, although I've seen enough videos to know that the animations still aren't great in my opinion. Either way, it should at least get me by for a few weeks until the soccer and hoops games come out, which almost always ends my Madden season.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by cmehustle

Run your favorite play, and use your favorite team. Let your buddy use his favorite defensive play and try to stop you. Then, pick another team, any team. Run the same play against the defense. Matter of fact, use the backups, and run the same play. Chances are, the outcome will probably be about the same, no matter who you use on offense and who your running it against on defense. This is the thing that drives me crazy about Madden. Now try that same tactic in 2k. I know Im comparing basketball to football, but in 2K there is a HUGE difference in who you use to try and score, or play defense with. In Madden, not so much. Good game, but it will never be great until they have differential between the stars and average joes in the game.

This is very noticeable in the 4 games I've played so far for Madden 16 and people are reporting the same thing in the impressions thread.

It's the first time I've been able to see it and say it: ratings matter.

I agree with 1/2 of Jayson's review, CFM is getting no love and needs a lot more.

[fballturkey]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

This is very noticeable in the 4 games I've played so far for Madden 16 and people are reporting the same thing in the impressions thread. It's the first time I've been able to see it and say it: ratings matter. I agree with 1/2 of Jayson's review, CFM is getting no love and needs a lot more.

Agreed. It's been most evident in Draft Champions, but Terrell Davis does not handle the same way as Frank Gore. Dez Bryant doesn't handle the same way as a 78 OVR WR. A stacked OL is doing noticeably better than a bad one. For all of the problems off the field and with presentation and animations the ratings seem to matter.