Madden NFL 13 Title Update #3 Available Now, Post Your Impressions (360, PS3)

[Titus001]

Quote: Originally Posted by 1deadpanda

Apparently it only works if you start a new coach, though I'm not sure if you can change that coachs scheme later down the line...

I did start a new connected career. I can edit positions and the like. In the top right corner it does say I'm running a spread D. I'm wondering if spread D in the top right corner is incorrect. Perhaps its just a little graphics glitch since all the positions in the 4-3 look correct. Will that interfere with free agency and the draft making it harder to sign players? Last time I created a couch nobody, unless throwing a ton of money around would sign because of the incorrectly listed scheme.

[Lil Worm]

I'm playing as a DT and use the bullrush pretty often........it appears to be working correctly now. Will post back if I see different.

[JZ2]

Just glade that CCM plays like play now. Only thing that ruined Madden for me.

Im happy I can start a Madden season soon once some good sliders come out.

NBA 2k13 is mind blowing good out of the box. Keeps my mind off Madden and makes it easier to wait on things.

[Korrosive]

Game froze on me again while scouting a player. I'm almost done with this years game.

[SloeyEZ]

Quote: Originally Posted by Reed1417

With created coaches in an Online CCM is anyone else not seeing the option to change your scheme from West Coast to whatever? I am not seeing it in the scheme's option.

Change O and D schemes the same place you change player's position schemes. (More...Schemes) The team ones are the first two options to change.

[ericmarksman]

Quote: Originally Posted by kalahui21

You didnt answer my question, but I see where youre coming from. I like to have my backups play some and the way that Madden handles fatigue and Auto-subs, it does not help me accomplish what I want. So Formation subs is the way to go. I do about 10-15 formation subs every game and that usually takes at least 4-5 full downs on defense because of the timer, and nearly a whole drive on offense just subbing my RB in and out in different formations. And thats because I've gotten good at doing them so friggen fast since I have to do it EVERY game. Its very time consuming and quite irritating

What I used to do last year was turn the play clock off on the first off/def possession of the game to do the subs, then turn the play clock back on. But I only had to do it after preseason or after a player returned from injury, I also noticed that this year the changes weren't staying beyond one game, I don't know if it has been fixed with the update or not.

p.s: after you turn off the play clock on offense, you had to run one play after making your changes before turning the play clock back on or when you return to pick your offensive play you would have one second left on the play clock, and have to burn a timeout or get a 5 yard delay of game penalty.

[rudyjuly2]

The first full Madden 13 patch is a big disappointment for me. While everyone was praising EA for what they did fix, they seemed to forget all the things that were absent.

For me the broken team tendencies was priority #1 and it wasn’t touched. Most teams in the game still choose to run roughly 80% of the time on first and second down. I played 1.5 games against the Patriots and Eagles and it was still the same as it was before the patch. If this didn’t bother you then you are lucky. It bothers me that all the teams have the same feel and it also makes the cpu too easy to stop. It robs the game of personality. Team songs still don’t play. I scored a TD at home with Miami and their team song is still absent for some reason.

Late game AI is still terrible. How can EA defend this? How can it be this bad after producing video game football for over 20 years? The cpu (Tom Brady) was losing by 6 with 18 seconds left and no time outs and they choose to run the ball from my 40. They actually got 20 yards and spiked the ball with 2 seconds left. So what do they do from just inside my 20 with only two seconds left? Bring out a 3 TE, 1 WR formation to run the ball of course. It’s beyond absurd.

While they may have patched the game so that the difficulty and sliders within CCM is the same as Play Now it still wasn’t good enough. The pass reaction slider still appears to do nothing. NCAA Football has a pass coverage slider that actually affects coverage. EA’s Madden team has not provided a tool to make the coverage easier or harder. Fail. FG kicking accuracy sliders are still only global which means the human player will continue to hit 100% of their FGs since the r-stick for accuracy means almost nothing and is way too easy. This wasn’t patched either.

I still saw the glitch where the game drops out of HD and looks fuzzy. It doesn’t happen often but no fix here either.

About the only positives I saw from playing 1.5 games were that the physics seems better. The players seemed to move smoother as well. I haven’t played Madden much lately since I’m so annoyed with the broken team tendencies. At this point I’d like to get through at least one off-season within franchise but I may just trade this game in and be done with it. If this was the best they could do with some obvious things like late game AI so bad, then I have lost a ton of faith in the Madden dev team. Frustrated right now.

[SloeyEZ]

I haven't played since before October, so I never saw the pink, but I didn't see it in the games I tested today, so that seems to be fixed.