Madden NFL 16 Review (PS4/Xbox One)

[Gorilla Glass]

The review is decent, but the things that the reviewer dislikes, I actually like.

I can't find many things I dislike, other than the stale commentary.

I'm personally giving it a 9.

[Kingd803]

Just truly do not understand.

The animations in this game are still just so clunky. The ball is still on rails. The QB animations still look bad. Just don't understand how you can say its the best football we've ever played.

When All Pro Football animates and still plays so much better. And I'm in no way bashing this game, the devs, or EA as a company. I personally don't believe these issues will be solved until they build a engine from the ground up.

But we gotta be honest guys. Got to call it like it is. So things will change.

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kingd803

But we gotta be honest guys. Got to call it like it is. So things will change.

I'm being perfectly honest with you in saying I've never had more fun with a football game than my experience with Madden NFL 16 so far.

That's the thing about opinions; you are entitled to yours, I'm entitled to mine, the reviewer is entitled to his. None of us are "right" because opinions are subjective.

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kingd803

Just truly do not understand. The animations in this game are still just so clunky. The ball is still on rails. The QB animations still look bad. Just don't understand how you can say its the best football we've ever played. When All Pro Football animates and still plays so much better. And I'm in no way bashing this game, the devs, or EA as a company. I personally don't believe these issues will be solved until they build a engine from the ground up. But we gotta be honest guys. Got to call it like it is. So things will change.

I know some big fans of that game and they all say overall M16 is the best playing football game to date. Don't overlook what they have done with WR/DB interactions, no game has ever done them the way Madden 16 is and this is just the first year of this feature, it will improve from now on.


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[Kingd803]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

I'm being perfectly honest with you in saying I've never had more fun with a football game than my experience with Madden NFL 16 so far. That's the thing about opinions; you are entitled to yours, I'm entitled to mine, the reviewer is entitled to his. None of us are "right" because opinions are subjective.

For sure man. This group of Devs have made jumps in ganeplay like I've never seen a madden group do. And honestly I believe they're doing what they can with what they have. Like I've said before, I'd love to see what this group can do from scratch.

From my understanding they have to build over old Dev groups work. And a lot of what they're having to work with is not to great.

But really can't say that aren't listening to us. I just think they're limited by the "engine" they're working with.

Not trying to bash anyone or trying to tell anyone what to think. But for me it's not quite enough yet. For the record I played 15 more than I have played any madden since 05. So I feel ill probably skip 16. I'm happy about the WR/DB interactions. But overall just not this year. Plus a lot of turn offs for me in CFM

And JP I see you man. And hear what you're saying. Overall it's just to much of the same for me tho. I want them to rebuild give me something fresh ya kno? I really hope this group is given the green light for that soon. I like this group. And have major respect for Clint.

I still feel animation quality has to be improved. I have a lot of ideas and would love to post them in a video. Just so busy.

[Sheba2011]

Draft Champions is one of the best modes to ever hit Madden. I have no desire to ever play MUT and DC won't ever get me to change that. What DC is great for is a party mode among friends. A new way to see who is the best Madden player in the group. It is quick, fun, exciting and doesn't require a whole lot of investment.

[tru11]

i must be playing a different game lol.

franchise is broken so much its really a disgrace.
confidence can boost ratings pass 99 ingame even affecting back ups.
regression kicks in from the start of a season for pretty much every team that looses.

results in an league is that teams that win have 90+ ratings real quick while the loosing teams have players drop even worse then last year.

then you have draft classes where rookies did not get rescaled like the base roster, resulting in rookie QBs having better DA then rodgers for instance.
loads of rookie WRs have 90+ speed ratings.

you can apparently only reset games that haven't been played yet. ( try figuring this 1 out).

auto sub does not seem to work.

after a game the game seems to freeze instead of going to the league menu but at least the music keeps playing.

players are disappearing from FA.
players involved in a trade seem to disappear as well if the trade gets declined.
tried trading for zack brown since he was on the trading block but the offer got declined and he is now nowhere to be found....

there are probably even more issues and god knows when we will get a patch and we have to pray that patch actually fixes most issues without cause others to arise..

unless you are a MUT or ranked player this game is not for you.

its maybe worthy of a 7.5 if you play anything other then franchise.
if you play franchise its 5 tops and im being generous.

[MrX]

With the AI problems (blockers still run right past their assignments or simply fail to even attempt to follow through on them), it's laughable to give the game an 8. Irresponsible even.

Player assignment responsibility is a core of football. I'd think a site dedicated to sports gaming would be more critical of what is in actuality a game-killing issue, unless a person knows absolute zero about football and doesn't recognize it as a problem... which unfortunately describes the majority of Madden fans.

What a joke.