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

[KR817]

I'll share my opinion as well.

Aside from the skinny arms syndrome on certain players, the new patch has done wonders for the game IMO.

I'm using a decent set of sliders and my first three games have been fairly realistic.

I'm the Giants. The Cowboys beat me 37-29. I beat the Buccaneers 31-13 and then I beat the Panthers 23-20 in OT. All with fairly realistic statistics. I'm having a decent time playing.

[bluestreak10]

Quote: Originally Posted by KR817

I'll share my opinion as well. Aside from the skinny arms syndrome on certain players, the new patch has done wonders for the game IMO. I'm using a decent set of sliders and my first three games have been fairly realistic. I'm the Giants. The Cowboys beat me 37-29. I beat the Buccaneers 31-13 and then I beat the Panthers 23-20 in OT. All with fairly realistic statistics. I'm having a decent time playing.

i just got done playing saints vs. broncos game for week 8.. saints ran the ball on me very well had bout 130 rushing yards combined from all 3 running backs. had a hard time stoppin them and brees throwin down field most of the time.. was down 21-9 goin into half time.. got the ball back in the beginning of the 3rd the score was 21-12 recovered an onside kick late with 4:10 to go in the 4th it was 31-33 saints picked me off and scored.. final was 37-33 manning had thrown over 500 yards while the broncos run game was only held to 25 yards. just couldnt get anything goin on the ground. very realistic in my opinion since broncos cant run the ball well and there defense kinda sucks in real life lol.

[Cubfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

That is nice but the much bigger problem for late game AI is the cpu running the ball when they have little time left and should be throwing it. Seeing Tom Brady call a running play with only 1 WR on the field from my 20 with 2 seconds left is absurd and others are seeing the same thing. This was not a problem in M12. Has anyone on All-Pro found it easier to run the ball after the patch? I've been breaking quite a few long runs lately and I don't think my skills have gotten any better.

Yes and no. Chargers (ME) vs Vikings All-Pro 10 min quarters

Adrian Peterson 27/60 yards
Toby Gerhart 9/34 yards
Matt Asiata 1/7 yards 1 td

Ryan Matthews 33/152 yards 1 td
Ronnie Brown 5/22 yards

The computer was hit in the back field or would run in to oline way to much.

[neilsc04]

Hello everyone. Quick question I'd like to have some assistance with. I have been playing madden since the super nintendo version came out and was anticipating purchasing the game this year until I heard that they didn't include the "franchise mode" like they have for many years prior. The way that I typically play madden is by selecting all 32 teams (so I can play with any team) and altering their depth charts and injuries much like the real NFL season plays out. To keep this short, does this new patch/update address this? If so, do I select this new mode call connected careers and select the coach option and proceed from there? Thanks in advance for any feedback on this.

[Rushdown]

Since the patch I've had a player that I can't remove from the trade block. I mean I can go and select "remove player from trade block" and then have tried saving at every different screen pretty much. It shows him off the block, but once I advance week I get trade offers for him and when I check him under Roster, he's on the damn trade block again.

Anyone else seen this?

EDIT: This is for offline CCM.

[Cavicchi]

Quote: Originally Posted by neilsc04

Hello everyone. Quick question I'd like to have some assistance with. I have been playing madden since the super nintendo version came out and was anticipating purchasing the game this year until I heard that they didn't include the "franchise mode" like they have for many years prior. The way that I typically play madden is by selecting all 32 teams (so I can play with any team) and altering their depth charts and injuries much like the real NFL season plays out. To keep this short, does this new patch/update address this? If so, do I select this new mode call connected careers and select the coach option and proceed from there? Thanks in advance for any feedback on this.

You can't select more than one team. CCM is different than Franchise mode in previous Madden games. The CPU does wacky things with the depth chart, such as having starters in 2nd string backup positions.

[niles08]

Everybody seems to be so negative when it comes to the game. I'm thankful for what they put out each year, and think that $60 is reasonable for something that i'm going to play for quite some time compared to $30 to go to the movies for 3 hours. I feel that the game got a bad wrap from the start when it was announced that CC would replace franchise mode. People panicked. Is CC really different than franchise? I haven't noticed a difference and actually enjoy it more with the twitter feeds and being able to do the same stuff i've always done in franchise. I feel like people are going to complain either way, something is always going to be wrong. I enjoy the game and I know I am in the minority on this one.

After the patch impressions:

Only played one game with Jareds black sliders and got destroyed on the ground. Ryan Matthews ran for 247 yards on 32 carries with 3 touchdowns. What was different in this one was how exciting it was at the end. I was up 25-24 with less than a minute left. They ended up with a big passing play for a touchdown to make it 31-25. On the next play i proceded to hit a slant to Justin Blackman who turned up field for an 80 yard td and ended up winning 32-31. Crazy game.

[bigbob]

Has anyone noticed players freezing since the patch? It's happened twice so far, both on the computer.

One was a wide receiver screen, the receiver caught it but then he froze in place and started shaking.

The second time was an interception where the computer intercepted the ball and he froze in the interception animation and started shaking.