Madden NFL 17 Title Update #2 Available Now For Xbox One & PS4 - Details Included

[BodamEscapePlan]

Did they fix Formation Subs not saving in offline franchises?

[Playmakers]

I think the biggest issue with madden despite moving on to the current systems now is that Ea still hasn't figured out how to give the game a soul....

By that i mean every team seems to be a replicate of each other....

The game looks amazing at times and it's still fun to play...,but it's lacking an identity from team to team and player to player

I stopped playing madden 15 and 16 because both games became stale after 1-3 months

This years has a little more staying power but the game seems very similar to nba live where everyone just seems to be doing the same things

They might need to dig deeper into player or team tendencies because the broncos for example don't really play any different from the bears in madden.

Take mlb the show or nba 2k for comparison those games although not perfect seems to do a much better job than madden in terms of player mannerisms on he court or field.

In madden we got 100's of Players that all seem to be replicates of each other

There is no distict differences going on....

That's my honest opinion on the series and i love Ea football games

[Smallville102001]

So I think I am about to go back to no patch. The only thing I am seeing better is that tackle animations and the animations of a player fighting for more yards looks better how ever I am seeing a lot of things that are worse.


1. There is no run blocking for me or CPU now. Before patch CPU on all pro could run the ball on default 50 run blocking and I found 50 for me to be slightly to hard. How ever now with the patch both me and CPU are getting like 2 YPC.


2. Neither me or CPU can break tackles. Before patch I had tackling at like 45 now I have it much lower and still am not seeing broken tackles.


3. I am not the most skilled player and now I am seeing more picks and the CPU is making a lot of tip INT that they shouldn't be making.


4. I know we have the topic on this forum about QB accuracy but before patch I didn't have that issue at all. CPU I had there QB accuracy slider at like 33 before patch and they would miss passes and I would have games where the CPU would be like any where from 50-75% on there passes. Now after patch even with QB accuracy at 30 I think my last like 5 games the CPU has been like 70-75% and I am seeing them miss less passes.



5. Kicking I do sometimes miss kicks but kicking was harder before the patch. Now it is to easy.

What sucks about this is of course you lose things like the better draft classes with out the patch and I have adjusted sliders with the patch and even before the patch I didn't have good enough sliders to start a CFM with. So now because of this patch I wasted time on sliders in 2 ways. First now I have got to play more just to kind of get back to where I was and second I wasted time adjusting sliders differently then I would have if not for the patch and how it changed the game.

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by Playmakers

I think the biggest issue with madden despite moving on to the current systems now is that Ea still hasn't figured out how to give the game a soul.... By that i mean every team seems to be a replicate of each other.... The game looks amazing at times and it's still fun to play...,but it's lacking an identity from team to team and player to player I stopped playing madden 15 and 16 because both games became stale after 1-3 months This years has a little more staying power but the game seems very similar to nba live where everyone just seems to be doing the same things They might need to dig deeper into player or team tendencies because the broncos for example don't really play any different from the bears in madden. Take mlb the show or nba 2k for comparison those games although not perfect seems to do a much better job than madden in terms of player mannerisms on he court or field. In madden we got 100's of Players that all seem to be replicates of each other There is no distict differences going on.... That's my honest opinion on the series and i love Ea football games

Yep I agree. MLB the show you know when you are facing Mike trout or Cabrera you better watch out. In madden when playing the AI, cam newton and Brian hoyer play exactly the same. JJ Watt gets the same pressure as every other d lineman. No need to gameplan around him.

Super tecmo bowl 30 years ago had the stars playing like stars and the bums playing like bums. Ea needs to make this game dynamic.

[cityofchampions]

Quote: Originally Posted by Smoke6

Thats cool and all, its just not acceptable at all! A job is a job no matter what it is, you wouldnt feel that way about someone servicing your car! With that said, i agree with the above poster about sliders and getting things working out the gate even thru patches. Madden is a game of Football, give us thst and the rest takes care of itself. The different playstyles will just have to make do from the NFL AUTHENTIC experience!

So, cater only to YOUR playstyle, and screw everybody else right?

I'm sorry but this is BS and you know it. EVERY play style should be catered to, period.


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[cable guy]

Deleted profile to play on all-pro. So this is with the patch. But I decided not to download tuner. The game played excellent. Totally different from the all-pro I played in august. I had trouble running the ball. The Cpu actually ran and passed great! They had almost 400 yds total offense. Except for 2 glaring issues. 1-cpu Oline pass blocking. Nonexistent. I easily get by the tackles with my ends. So I played with the LB's the rest of the game. It was really cool actually. 2-The bigger problem was the accuracy of my qb. I was playing with the Cowboys and Dak. WAY to accurate. As the game progressed brought qb acc down to 5. Only threw 2 passes at that point, but they were dead on target. I don't like to tinker with a slider to that extent in one game. So I'm hoping, that if I go to play another game, with that slider setting should definitely set in. Again, 1 game.

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[cityofchampions]

Quote: Originally Posted by fistofrage

Yep I agree. MLB the show you know when you are facing Mike trout or Cabrera you better watch out. In madden when playing the AI, cam newton and Brian hoyer play exactly the same. JJ Watt gets the same pressure as every other d lineman. No need to gameplan around him. Super tecmo bowl 30 years ago had the stars playing like stars and the bums playing like bums. Ea needs to make this game dynamic.

I'm sorry, but this is simply not true. There is a clear difference between the two QBs in this game.


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[gman2774]

Quote: Originally Posted by Smallville102001

So I think I am about to go back to no patch. The only thing I am seeing better is that tackle animations and the animations of a player fighting for more yards looks better how ever I am seeing a lot of things that are worse. 1. There is no run blocking for me or CPU now. Before patch CPU on all pro could run the ball on default 50 run blocking and I found 50 for me to be slightly to hard. How ever now with the patch both me and CPU are getting like 2 YPC. 2. Neither me or CPU can break tackles. Before patch I had tackling at like 45 now I have it much lower and still am not seeing broken tackles. 3. I am not the most skilled player and now I am seeing more picks and the CPU is making a lot of tip INT that they shouldn't be making. 4. I know we have the topic on this forum about QB accuracy but before patch I didn't have that issue at all. CPU I had there QB accuracy slider at like 33 before patch and they would miss passes and I would have games where the CPU would be like any where from 50-75% on there passes. Now after patch even with QB accuracy at 30 I think my last like 5 games the CPU has been like 70-75% and I am seeing them miss less passes. 5. Kicking I do sometimes miss kicks but kicking was harder before the patch. Now it is to easy. What sucks about this is of course you lose things like the better draft classes with out the patch and I have adjusted sliders with the patch and even before the patch I didn't have good enough sliders to start a CFM with. So now because of this patch I wasted time on sliders in 2 ways. First now I have got to play more just to kind of get back to where I was and second I wasted time adjusting sliders differently then I would have if not for the patch and how it changed the game.

I've thought about deleting the game and disconnecting from the Internet to play a CFM. I need to do more research in these threads prior to making that move. I remember a lot of complaints and issues with the game pre patch. I don't think those issues have gone away and they will show their ugly face again. For me, I think the frustration of the most recent patch and the issues associated with it sometimes Overshadow the fact that many of us were holding off on starting a CFM until this patch dropped. There was probably a good reason for that.

Never hurts to try as you can always patch up again by connection to the Internet. I just want to be sure before I throw away all the slideritis and CFM work I've put in.