Madden NFL 25 Title Update #2 Available Now, Post Your Impressions

[Swamp Swagger]

How is this game for X1 was thinking of maybe buying it

[Cardot]

I am a bit late to the party, but just got the CG version for Christmas. This was an upgrade from '12 for me as I skipped last year.

Definitely enjoying some gameplay enhancements so far. Most specifically the play of DB's. I have seen some cool pass breakups. Most importantly, it seems I pay for my mistakes, and reap the rewards for good decisions...'12 was a bit more "random" with the psychic DB's. So I am loving this aspect so far.

Not sure what happened to the helmets though? They looked so good in '12. Definitely a downgrade. Some logos are too small and/or improperly positioned....just really butchered. For kicks, I threw in '10 last night, and even those look much better than '14 CG.....A version from 4 years ago looks much better?...how the heck does that happen?

Also not a fan of the connected careers. Simple stuff like not being able to change the CPU's uniform is annoying. Likewise, this time of year I like to sim a regular season, and then play out the 11 post season games picking a random each game. It can be done in '14, but it is a hassle to get there. It really shouldn't be this tedious.

I have also noticed some odd things with the way the files are handled. Certain settings/sliders resetting on their own. I also saved a franchise with a name which appeared in the saved files, but I couldn't load it. Weird stuff which shouldn't be happening on the 9 edition of this game for the 360. And what is up with the slow menus? Again, EA has been developing the game on this generation of consoles for nearly a decade......no excuse for laggy menus.

As an offline player, I can't say I am crazy about the Ultimate Team and Online modes being shoved in my face in every menu. But I can't really blame EA on this one as it seems most games have gone in this direction.

At the end of the day, I think I will get some enjoyable games with the improved gameplay. But a lot of these "intangibles" will likely begin to hurt the experience sooner rather than later.

[superjames1992]

For someone who has played both, how do you compare this game with NCAA 14? Do you feel like it's any better? Or worse?

Thanks.

[Cardot]

Quote: Originally Posted by superjames1992

For someone who has played both, how do you compare this game with NCAA 14? Do you feel like it's any better? Or worse? Thanks.

In my experience, I have found gameplay in NCAA and and Madden (CG) to be similiar. In both cases, I have found the gameplay to be better than their '12 versions. There seem to be fewer pure money plays, as well as fewer plays that have no chance for success. In both games I also feel my success or failure has much more to do with how I play.....both games in '12 felt more random and influenced too much by the whims of the CPU. So these are both big pluses for me.

Both games also have taken some frustrating steps back with some non-gameplay things that I care about. (I still hate with the passion the new NCAA entrances.)

Note that I am just an offline gamer....and a very average one at that. So take my views with a grain of salt. But I can't really say that M25 is significantly better or worse that NCAA...they are about the same for me. But I am sure there are some posters here who have played much more than me who may disagree?

[jeremym480]

Quote: Originally Posted by superjames1992

For someone who has played both, how do you compare this game with NCAA 14? Do you feel like it's any better? Or worse? Thanks.

Very similar, but I would say Madden's better simply because you see injuries and fumbles. Things that don't seem to exist in NCAA 14.

[gr18]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cardot

In my experience, I have found gameplay in NCAA and and Madden (CG) to be similiar. In both cases, I have found the gameplay to be better than their '12 versions. There seem to be fewer pure money plays, as well as fewer plays that have no chance for success. In both games I also feel my success or failure has much more to do with how I play.....both games in '12 felt more random and influenced too much by the whims of the CPU. So these are both big pluses for me. Both games also have taken some frustrating steps back with some non-gameplay things that I care about. (I still hate with the passion the new NCAA entrances.) Note that I am just an offline gamer....and a very average one at that. So take my views with a grain of salt. But I can't really say that M25 is significantly better or worse that NCAA...they are about the same for me. But I am sure there are some posters here who have played much more than me who may disagree?

From your posts,I probably feel almost the same as you in that I still play '12 and am tempted to get both M25 and NCAA14 because on XBL they're $30 and $15 respectively through tomorrow.I enjoy '12 with the sliders I use and have all the control I want.I'm not a person that needs everything to be an exact replica of each NFL team in real life.

Some things about CFM would annoy me though.32 team control would be a must but players disappearing or most qb's with more than 10 years in retiring within a year or two.The graphics have actually gotten worse over the past couple years it seems as well.I guess it would at least be an upgrade to play one season and hope they clean a few things up for next year.

[nashcoug]

On PS4, when I go to Salaries it says I have $12.4M of cap space, $4.06M Current year caps penalties. When I try to re-sign one of my guys it says I have -$850k of caps space. I just had -$850k of cap space so I traded some guys and released a guy to get down up to $12.4M but it won't register that number when I am trying to re-sign guys. This has happened multiple times now.

[Nik4313]

where can i download this patch?