Madden NFL 16 Community Impressions

[Smallville102001]

I have not liked a madden game in a long long time like 07. Yet almost ever year I buy madden hoping that this will be the year that the game is good again only to find to many flaws with the game and am tried of the game after like 2 maybe 3 months and then fell like I wasted money on the game I guess because I am so desperate for a good NFL game again and it is hard to go back and play a game like madden 07 because of how dated the graphics are. Each year I fell like there is at least 1 major game play problem that is a game killer. Last year was close to a game I would like but the sack issues was just to much. With all of that said this years game is good I am shocked! This has to be maybe the biggest improvement I have ever seen for a sport game in just 1 year! Now CFM is pretty messed up though. If it gets fixed I will be able to really enjoy a NFL game for the first time in almost 10 years!


With all that said I am nervous because with the track recorded of madden I think either we don't get a patch to fix all the CFM issue or we do but it ends up causes to many big new issues. That has happened with madden a lot of times where a patch messes up something else or where madden gets some sort of new game problem the next year that was not a problem the year before. This years game though is so improved it is crazy. The game is not perfect of course but having things like flags is big and the DB/WR interaction is great and some of the catch animations are amazing! Tacking is so much better to. I don't know how any body can say this is madden 15.5.


The CPU QB this year will step up to avoid a sack and make nice passes and will throw the ball away when they should. With the CPU doing that and the improvements to tacking animations and WR/DB integrations and having flags the game fells like a new game. Then you also have QB accuracy being more realistic. In the past basically the only way you would get incompletions where if the WR dropped a pass or if the DB dropped what could have been a INT that is not realistic at all. This year because of the improvements you not only get incompletions because of dropped passes and dropped DB INT but you also have DB making plays on the ball and over thrown passes by the QB to. Also for the first time WR will attack and go after the ball instead of like just wanting for the ball to get to them.


While not perfect to the CPU QB last year at the end of half's would just take sacks and just try to throw deep passes not this year. For sever years the CPU punters would never try to punt the ball inside the 20 now they some times do. The graphics are ahead of MLB and NHL now but behind NBA 2k game just looks great. Animations while are really improved are still behind both NBA and MLB. While tacking looks better there are still some times it can look a little off at the end of a play and to often on catches the WR arm will go back behind them and it just doesn't look right. Also the offensive line and defensive line play needs some work. The offensive play and defensive line doesn't look that good like the worst part of the game play.


For the first time in a long time though it fells like the game plays like real football. If they can just fix CFM and not have big glitches going forward with CFM and can improve the line play has much has they improved the WR/DB integrations this year then next years game could go from good to really good maybe even great! So please just fix CFM and improve line play next year. Commentary could be better to but really that is like the most unrealistic part of like ever sport game because all sports games get to repetitive and don't have enough emotion.

[SportsGamer94]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayBee74

Good tip. I notice a quick tap of the RS (juke) gives you a direction change and you're actually centered and balanced.

Yes but it's wayy to slow! It needs to be quicker.

[THESHAMISASHAME]

In a handful of games I could say this is the best Madden in a long time and I took the advice of others here and didnt touch the sliders other then a few on penalties and Im having great games on All Pro default .

I also think key players play like themselves so ratings do matter and I enjoy kicking FGs very realistic , play by play has improved and I like the new catching and Intercepting function .

I really just bought to kill time until NHL 16 but I was pleasantly surprised by its being pretty sim while still being fun and interactive

[JMD]

Just a couple more things from me. I decided to watch a CPU vs CPU game while having a bite to eat. It was pretty incredible how great it looked and played. I saw several animations I had not seen while playing.

Next, last night I played a great game Chiefs(me) at Bills (CPU). I was up 24-7 at the half. 9 minute quarters no accel clock, all pro with some slider tweaks.
The Bills came back on me and tied the game as the clock expired with a pass to the end zone that was deflected by my DB and caught by the Bills WR. It was very cool. Went into overtime , I won the toss a took the ball. Had a nice drive going got inside the 15 and threw a pass to the end zone, Maclin stumbled a bit and the ball got picked off. The Bills then started killing me with the running game, so I blitzed and Cassel burned me, went deep for the winning TD. I've never had a madden game this good before, it was truely a blast.

[Falconsfan21]

I was playing a game last night against the Saints on all pro. I went up 7-0 on the first drive. Next drive saints hand off the ball to Ingram who went 70 yards until Vic Beasley chased him down to save the td. Brees throws in it in for 6 on the next play. Before the end of the 2nd quarter i hit a field goal to go up by 3.

Beginning of the 3rd Brees start moving the ball down the field. The Saints get to about the 35 yard line. He trys to throw it deep (thanks to the play the ball mechanic) Robert Alford pops the ball out of the wr hands and William Moore gets a interception. I move the ball and but only got 3. Saints move the ball but got 3 as well. So score is 13-10 at the start of the 4th. I move the ball and was able to get a td to go up 20-10. Saints get the ball but couldnt get anything done and punts.

Now, we are about 4 minutes left in the quarter and i feel good. i think i have this in the bag. I get the ball to the 50 and i try to pass the ball to Freeman and it gets picked. I felt sick after that pick. Brees moves the ball and i hold to them to only 3. Score 20-13. I get the ball back and was able to get to close enough to score 3. Under 2 mintues left i have to stop the Saints. Brees ate up my secondary and was able to score a last minute touchdown. Lucky for me all i had to do was burn out the last 50 seconds and walk away with a 23-21 victory.

I was at the edge of my seat the whole game. This is a first time in a LONG time playing madden ive felt that way.

[Smoke6]

Online play is still same ole crap. Deep ball aggressive catches in traffic or doubked covered all gm no matter what now. Also the manually done nano blitzes from the same damn 1 play on defense and cant even hand the ball off. Slide dprotection does nothing or leaving backs into block. Having fun tho but that aggressive catch stuff is really killing it

[T5063]

I was playing the Seahawks in my test CFM as the Lions.

I was throwing for just under 70% with 2tds with Stafford before he got knocked out of the game mid 3rd quarter. I didn't change my game plan and I went 5/11 1td, 1int with Moore (the backup).

There definitely is a difference between good and mediocre quarterbacks.

[brandon27]

I'm enjoying the experience on all-pro. I played most of my EA Access trial on Pro, just to get used to the new throwing/catching controls. I've now gone back up to my usual all-pro settings. I'm probably going to tweak the user run game settings a bit. I find the run blocking a bit weak for the player. I also find my Defense snuffing the CPU's run way too much as well. So some touchups there too.


The difference between pro and all pro is pretty big IMO. The big thing I noticed was the difference in QB accuracy from pro to all pro. Big jump this year as opposed to previous years.


All pro, with default sliders though is a pretty good baseline experience. As I said, going to play with the sliders a bit just to customize the experience to where I want it, which is what's great about having sliders in the game.


They've done a good job this year.


Clear up the Franchise mode bugs, and we've got a really good football title on our hands this year IMO.