Madden NFL 25 Impressions (PS4)

[Flightwhite24]

Quote: Originally Posted by bdeezy89

Can't believe what I saw. I ran a screen with Shady McCoy and ran out of bounds as soon as I saw the defender coming. He ends up hitting me even though I stepped out and got flagged for Unnecessary Roughness lol. That has never happened in CG Madden

I didn't even know this penalty existed in Madden. Nice touch


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[Sausage]

Quote: Originally Posted by ProStylez

Comp % are not too high at default? At default that has been my biggest issue, I'd LOVE to stay default but with that I can't.

Sorry for the late response; I am seeing completion % in the normal range, but I will check my CFM stats.

Quote: Originally Posted by jake44np

Can u run the ball on default all pro? I cannot! Lol

Alfred and RG3 are rushing the ball very well. There have been games where my O-line lets me down, but for the most part I do well when I stick with it.

[bdeezy89]

Anyone else feel the difference when you're playing a Superstar QB and an average one? Yesterday I was playing the Broncos with the Eagles and Peyton torched me through the air for 525 yards, 5 TDs and no picks. If I didn't get pressure he'd destroy my secondary. For example we were up by 5 late in the 4th and the Broncos had the ball on their own 20 with 28 seconds left. The gameflow suggested Man Deep and that's what I did since it looked like they were in Hail Mary formation. Well 2 WR went down field on the left side and Welker ended up doing a cross route which completely caught me off guard, he hit him all the way down by our 40 and called a timeout WTF. I start freaking out and call Man, Peyton sees my stupid decision and doesn't even call a audible, Welker goes on a streak route and burns my DB for the TD smh. I couldn't believe how fast he got down field. Similar thing happened when I played RG3 but he threw a pick

[bucky60]

Quote: Originally Posted by bdeezy89

Anyone else feel the difference when you're playing a Superstar QB and an average one? Yesterday I was playing the Broncos with the Eagles and Peyton torched me through the air for 525 yards, 5 TDs and no picks.

What difficulty are you playing on? The 525 yards kind of scares me. That should be a VERY, VERY rare occurrence if we are looking for realistic outcomes.

[bdeezy89]

Quote: Originally Posted by bucky60

What difficulty are you playing on? The 525 yards kind of scares me. That should be a VERY, VERY rare occurrence if we are looking for realistic outcomes.

All-Madden using GJD23's sliders. Actually this was the first game I played where we both went over 500 yards and 40+ points. I did use SuperSim though in the 4th quarter

[bucky60]

Quote: Originally Posted by bdeezy89

All-Madden using GJD23's sliders. Actually this was the first game I played where we both went over 500 yards and 40+ points. I did use SuperSim though in the 4th quarter

Does SuperSim still not consider an accelerated clock? In CG it didn't and It would create an excessive amount of plays and therefor stats. If that's why you got 500+yards passing for both teams, I'd feel better about it. Other than SuperSim would still be broken.

Thanks for the info.

[Shappy]

Just started playing this today. Haven't really done much yet but really liking it so far. Hadn't bought it for PS3 so first experience with Madden 25. Will post more about it when I get more time into it later on.

[Gotmadskillzson]

This game is the bees knees. Normal speed is the way to go. Slow speed and very slow speed the AI gets dumb as hell and don't put much of a fight at all on offense and defense. True step is legit and deadly with a highly agile player. War in the trenches is legit as well. I saw some pretty nasty blocks and swim moves by elite linemen.

One can clearly tell when they have a good line or an average or bad line. There is a big difference how they perform on the field. I had my left tackle leave the game because he got hurt on a play, the 1st time ever I saw a lineman get injured in a Madden game. But anyway his back up was no where as good as the starter and it showed. He was getting mauled by the defensive end on passing plays and on running plays he couldn't open a hole to save his life.

I literally had to stop running to the left because of how bad he was and had to leave the RB in to help block to help him out. Blind side sacks is nothing nice in this game, I am surprised my QB didn't get whip lash, because he got blasted a few times.

When you have a good offensive line across the board though, the way they pick up blitzes and stunts is just plain SEXY. CPU can perform HB and WR screens very well. Very good open field blocking by your linemen and WRs. CPU RBs run the ball very good too. They use all their special moves too in one play. Especially the elite RBs, they aren't going down without a fight.

I find the option and QB scramble more real life like. Sometimes it works for a big gain, but most of the time only a 3 to 5 yard gain. But it is also highly dependent on the 2 teams playing. Vast improvement over last gen when you were able to get a 20 plus yard run on a read option or scramble all the time.

Zones actually work........Deep ball is defended well. At times it seems like they jump routes a little bit too good, but hey I can live with that. I actually see poor DBs get turned the wrong way on routes now, so that is nice to see them over play a route and get burned. It just nice to see a lock down corner, actually LOCK the WR down and nice to see a strong physical WR man handle a smaller weaker DB.

For once Madden have more positives then negatives. From a pure football stand point, this plays a very good game of football. Nice foundation they have built for this gen. Don't know who programmed the AI but that man or woman deserves a raise and a bonus.

They hit a home run with the AI.

1. Zones work
2. Pass rush work from the LE and RE
3. Fluid and organic pocket
4. Patty cake BS is eliminated

And yeah.....in game saves....

If you don't have the game, definitely pick it up on Black Friday. Worth buying.