Madden NFL 25 Demo Review Roundtable

[JerseySuave4]

EA is not good at making a quality football game. It's as simple as that. Just because they were able to nail it on the Sega Genesis or PS1 years ago doesn't mean they are still good at it. This entire generation of systems, PS3 & XBox360, has been the biggest disappointment of football games with what EA has given us.

[Caliboy626]

I think everyone is over reacting a little here. I do not think the demo has been that bad! Sure the offense feels a little over powered and the zone defenses are very ineffective, but zone defense as a whole has been becoming less effective and faux paux in the real NFL for a couple of years now. When I played the demo I was surprisingly happy with several improvements they have made. Pass rushing for instance. I came off the edge with Aldon Smith, right sticked to the inside doing a very fluid swim move and swatting Joe Staleys hands out of the way beating him to the inside. At this point Ray Rice stepped back and eye'd me as a threat. I pressed the square button with Joe Flacco about 3 yards away from me and Ray Rice between us trying to pick up the block. Much to my surprise Aldon Smioth completely blew up Ray Rice and sacked Joe Flacco viciously (I wished I would have recorded this). This is how the NFL should play. Amazing athletes, with the elite ones making unbelievable plays!

Another thing that is improved is the awareness of the sideline by receivers as well as playing the ball in the air. I was about 6 yards out from the goal line and called for a fade to Michael Cradtree. I lobbed it perfectly over the defenders head and high to Crabtree. I was pleasantly surprised to not only see Crabtree, get eleveation, square his hips up to the pass and play the ball as it should be on this route, but he came down with enough sense to get both feet in bounds to secure the touchdown.

Look I know this game is not perfect. We are at the end of this gen console and they have pretty much expended all new innovation for this generations consoles. But if you go into this game with expectations and open yourself up to just having fun then I think most of you will enjoy this game. I definitely see improvements over the last two years installments.

[kstar12]

This game is awful. Sure, there are things there, but as long as the passing game is unstoppable, whats the point? Someone playing this game for two weeks could literally tackle All Madden and win with limited football knowledge because of the ridiculous ease of passing.

I don't know how EA scored that Sunday Ticket Deal, but it pains me to know I am actually purchasing it because of that.

[Dolphins88]

I agree this generation of football games has been utter disappointment which is why exclusive licenses should never even be an option. Blame the nfl for that. I've played the nfl and NHL demo and I'm disappointed in both titles.. They both look like minor improvements from 2013 and slap a 60 price tag on it. Can u imagine if 2k had a nfl game coming to ps4 nfl 2k14.. I get depressed thinking of that and what could have been.. I hope 2k makes a NHL game for 2015 because I'm getting tired of EAs efforts.

[Dolphins88]

If they r going to give out exclusivity give it to the right people.. 2k makes nfl, nba , EA make baseball.. Triple play series.

[seanmac]

Interesting, as I immediately felt that the demo was worlds better than the mess that was Madden 13. The physics engine was such a disaster that the game was inevitably frustrating to play. While there are clearly defensive deficiencies in the demo, the smoothness of the control is much better, and the pulled back camera is an improvement to play.

I've been lukewarm at best about EA's football product post Madden 10, but this demo is easily the most fun to play of the Maddens since then.

[RateSports]

Quote: Originally Posted by seanmac

Interesting, as I immediately felt that the demo was worlds better than the mess that was Madden 13. The physics engine was such a disaster that the game was inevitably frustrating to play. While there are clearly defensive deficiencies in the demo, the smoothness of the control is much better, and the pulled back camera is an improvement to play. I've been lukewarm at best about EA's football product post Madden 10, but this demo is easily the most fun to play of the Maddens since then.

I completely disagree about the camera. I think it's horrific.

[ghettogeeksta]

Quote: Originally Posted by GiantBlue76

LOL - Ghetto I said this in the demo impressions thread and you jumped all over me saying that Madden 25 was a 1000x better game.

If I did it was because I thought the pass defense, graphics, and presentation was better in Madden and that got me excited. But after playing more games of Madden and going back and playing Ncaa Football 14 after the 2nd patch and I was able to see the difference and Ncaa Football plays better right now, both games are bad imo btw.