Madden NFL 25 Title Update #3 Details, Available Now For PS4 and Xbox One

[Millennium]

Easy, folks. Constructive criticism (what we always preach at OS) is fine. You come here and start whining or attacking devs, you might as well take OS off of your favorites and show yourself to another gaming site.

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[BL8001]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheBleedingRed21

Just curious, are you guys looking into any kind of new kicking method? It would be a game changer if field goals were not automatic. Right now kicking is way too easy. To elaborate, Accuracy really has no effect regardless of changing sliders.

I have to jump in here. I went to tiburon about 5 years ago and sat next to a dev with ncaa and we made kicking and punting perfect. By perfect I mean it worked like it should. We made accuracy on the "upstroke" important. If you missed zeroing it the ball moved offline. Not only did it move offline but we increased the spin/curve of the ball based on how you missed the accuracy point on the "upstroke".

I was a kicker and this was very important to me because special teams in both madden and ncaa are really never addressed properly.

I was so happy with the results and so was he. I felt great about this until the game hit the shelves and to my dismay nothing had changed.

When I asked what happened I was told somehow it didn't get updated into the game code and that it would either come out in a patch or in the next version of the game.

Still waiting.

When we sat there and worked on it, it took no more than 45 minutes to get it to be a really fun kicking system. We changed nothing with the method other than how the stick results dictated ball flight. He just simply changed values that were already present but were too lenient.

This is 100% something that could be fixed by EA.

[kpkpkp]

AJ ,

Does this fix the fact that winning % is wrong? In Madden if a team finish 8-8-0 and another finishes 8-7-1 they both will have a .500 winning %.... In real life the 8-7-1 team would have a better winning % of .531

So for whatever reason Madden does not factors ties into winning %...

Hopefully it was fixed? (After 3 years)

Or maybe the wind direction arrow being backwards on FG and PT attempts? (Also wrong for 3 years)

I tried tweeting you and a few other EA people about it, but you guys only respond to my complimentary tweets...

Ah but you fixed the announcers suit. Great.

[Moegames]

Quote: Originally Posted by EASPORTS_AJ

I wasn't on your case at all. As you can imagine though, there is a lot of hyperbole when it comes to people's feedback because everyone plays the game differently. People then tend to believe that their isolated experience is the consensus of the whole. I'm not saying you have or are doing that, but that is why I say statements like "typical Tiburon" or whatever followed by "SMH" don't really do any good and sort of fall into trolly sounding behavior. I haven't been a CM for Madden for as long as you've probably been writing about it, so please don't assume that because you wrote something on an OS blog that everyone has seen it. I am very interested in your opinions and feedback and would be glad to check it out. I won't patronize you -- as I never want to do -- but it seems a little unfair to scold me for offering to deliver your feedback only to be told you don't want to hear that.

truth! - well said!

[jada855]

I am crossing fingers that this update fixes the bulky and regular ankle tape broken graphics issue!

[jaynral]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheBleedingRed21

I will if you guys will listen... CBs do not look for the ball. Too many times they have good coverage but are lookinng wrong way and have no awareness to where the ball is. That's not right for CBs with good awareness and etc. If a MLB nails a little WR on a slant. He should drop it. Their needs to be secondary awareness. It needs adjusted, that would fix most issues. If they played the ball and put a hand out to swat it or keep WR from making the catch. They should get in position to make a swatted ball rather than mirror the WR route and just be in the way

I totally agree, the knockouts is what kinda kept QB completion to some standard...Now every QB is going to have plus 80%...I think the problem is that Madden simply does not have alot of different animations. its either 1-4 outcomes and thats it....Thats terrible and now is offensive, boring but offense and high scores sells games...whatever!.....I do say this, this next madden on Xbox1/PS4 will tell alot for the future..Will it be the best madden ever with every detail covered or the same BS..we will see

[jaynral]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mizzou24

Can we also fix the pursuit angles? I mean outside runs are ridiculous.. When a lb or safety stops and just let's the dude go by him something is wrong. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This a MAJOR problem because running outside is the HARDEST play to do in the NFL....

[BlackBetty15]

The problem I fear isnt you EASPORTS_AJ. The problem is your boss or madden lead designer. I believe you have the best intentions by far brother, heck I would buy you a beer any day. (Good beer too, not the barbaric beer young kids subject their palates too these days!) However your boss takes it into his hands on what HE feels should be added and coded into the game and that is compete poop. I think somewhere on this forum we had a MOD leave OS to be in NCAA or something like that. (incorrect, no mod left to work on Madden) I think his name was. After he was let go he went into GREAT detail as did Ian Cummings on how your boss ruins this game to make it more mainstream which is bad business. I am not saying he owes us anything. The guy gets paid to make a football game...period. Whether good or bad the result is always gonna be ,"if it nets EA a solid profit in the millions, who cares if its actually a great football product" Now you dont have to say anything AJ...I am not asking you to. I play this game because its fun and in some ways it immerses me into being a GM quite nicely. However to say your boss cares about football and madden to the point he wants that reflected in the Madden series is completely not true.

1.Penalties - I haven't seen penalties accuratley portrayed in YEARS! Like going on 7 years. OFF/DEF PI is non existent as is intentional grounding, late hits, horse collar ext...You guys have had ample time and yet still.
2. Special Teams - Punt Blocks and field goal blocks? How about high snaps and miskicks? Field goals are not hard what so ever and its kinda sad special teams arent even a tense situation.
3. Mistakes - True over/under throws, bad snaps, high over-the-head snaps out of shotgun, and noise created mistakes with bad routes and what not...again not even a issue. Ask denver and SF if its an issue playing seattle.
4. WR/DB interaction- no real interaction happens and has NEVER happened. There is not actual deflection like sherman against crabtree, or even a true battle going on. I dont know if you guys just dont know how to do it, or you have fat people mocaping this but its totally a bad experience as it stands right now.
5. CCM - As an owner I cant fire coaches mid season, edit draft classes, or even have the option of having Def/Off/ST coordinators. I do like what you guys ahve and I realize its year one so this year is a freebie, but just so you guys know whats expected!
6. Sliders - This frustrates the masses as some sliders are simply broken and or cause other sliders to freaking go bonkers. Some are backwards!!!! LOL Really?

Like I said I play this game out of enjoyment. But your boss is sadly mistaken if he puts his head down at night and says madden plays a wonderful game of SIM football. The lack of penalties and the WR/DB interaction REALLY make me mad sometimes. But as I said AJ, I have to believe there are people on the Madden staff that KNOW these are issues and want these fixed. Your boss is the problem however.