Madden NFL 16 Community Impressions

[FluffyTonka]

i just played an epic ot game against the seahawks as the bears.

they were winning 16-9 and i scored a 61 yard td with White with 19 seconds left. off to OT where i won the toss took the kick and slowly marched the ball upfield.

jefferey dropped his second td pass for the game and on my 3rd & 11 I ran the ball. this took the clock down to the 2 minute warning. right after I kicked a 21 yard FG, and the game ended.

thats a huge glitch. seaturkeys shoulda had the ball from a kickoff with the wind behind them and nearly 2 whole minutes on the clock to score.

such an epic back-n-forth game only for a bug to wipe it all away. i guess i'm glad it wasn't them with the ball (where i used the bend don't break defense all game long to keep them to field goals)... if i'd lost to a fg and never got the ball back, i'd have been spewing.

as it is, i still am. feels kinda cheap.

[Swamp Swagger]

I'm so on the fence about this game...... Ugh

Seems like so many different opinions on the game

[jfsolo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Swamp Swagger

I'm so on the fence about this game...... Ugh Seems like so many different opinions on the game

So much of a individual person's feelings on this game is colored by how much they still let the whole history of Madden football affect their analysis of it, IMO.

[Swamp Swagger]

Quote: Originally Posted by jfsolo

So much of a individual person's feelings on this game is colored by how much they still let the whole history of Madden football affect their analysis of it, IMO.

That's true

I'm thinking about picking it up. But then I go back a fourth on it lol

[Smallville102001]

Quote: Originally Posted by Swamp Swagger

I'm so on the fence about this game...... Ugh Seems like so many different opinions on the game

I have not really liked a madden game since 07 during gamecube, ps2, xbox gen and ever year there is at least 1 game play problem that is a game killer and at least 1 problem that kills franchise mode. Last year it was the sack issue and I remember 1 year it was that you would see like a million fumbles a game. This years game is so improved and while not perfect the game plays a good game of football and has no gameplay killer like ever madden had for the last like 8 years and if you use the work around to get ride of drive goals then franchise mode is good and has no game mode killer like the last 8 years had. I have not been able to play a madden game for more then like 3 months since 07 and have not went threw a full season in franchise mode since 07.


This years game I am going to be able to go threw sever season in franchise for the first time since 07. To have not liked the last 8 maddens before this year but yet like this years game I think says something and I know there are a few other people on here that had not liked madden for a long time yet like this years game. It fells like for the first time in a long time madden is not a 1 step forward 3 step back kind of game. From madden 08-15 the highest I could give a Madden's gameplay was like a 6/10. This years gameplay is like a 8/10 and if they can improve the blocking and passes rushing next year like they did the WR/DB interactions this year then next years game play could be like a 9/10 has the blocking is by far the worst gameplay problem madden now has left.

[Cavicchi]

I have the game on both PS4 and xbox one. Graphically I think there is improvement. Gameplay looks pretty much the same to me. I fail to see strength, even with top players, being a factor. That is on my team. I could give examples, specifically, my DL against OL. Now this is not surprising as it was same issue last year.

Anyway, with that said, I enjoy the game for what it is, because I enjoy playing football. And, Madden 16 is the only current football game for consoles.

[annan]

Everyone is saying DL/OL interactions are flawed but wasn't this supposed to be a priority and worked on last year? If trench gameplay was improved last year, are you guys saying it's regressed? I understand they take out features but gameplay seems hard wired into the code so if it's fixed one year it should be at least as good the next no? Are WR/DB interactions going to go back to crap next year??

[JOS1181]

Quote: Originally Posted by annan

Everyone is saying DL/OL interactions are flawed but wasn't this supposed to be a priority and worked on last year? If trench gameplay was improved last year, are you guys saying it's regressed? I understand they take out features but gameplay seems hard wired into the code so if it's fixed one year it should be at least as good the next no? Are WR/DB interactions going to go back to crap next year??

Nah. They just did a real poor job at it last year. Mainly due to old architecture the game still uses ( most likely dating back to the PS1 days.. maybe even Genesis days to be honest ). This is something that would probably have to be worked on over 2 or 3 years for them to rebuild it. Not sure why they wont do it.

Anyway.

Another big flaw I came across is the sim engine taking over late in the first half and second half when there is still plenty of time left. This of course is a player franchise.

I have had it take over after I ran OB with 10 seconds left in the half with a timeout remaining costing me a chance to get into better FG position ( missed 52y ) and another time at the end of the game which costed me a chance to tie the game.

Also why are FG kickers so pathetically weak? 55y FGs are made regularly in the NFL but in Madden unless you have wind at your back you are going to be way short.. 47y with no wind is as far as I have been able to kick and make a FG. This is with kick / leg power of 94 or 96.