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Madden NFL 25 Review (360/PS3)

01:00 PM - August 23, 2013 by RaychelSnr

Madden NFL 25 is the final chance to create the ultimate football video game within this generation before many consumers and development resources migrate to next-gen. Madden NFL 25 is a game waiting to hand out mixed emotions. To the casual gamers, you’re about to have the time of your life playing with your best friends. To the hardcore simulation gamers, you might be somewhat disappointed with what are sure to be maddening legacy issues within the game engine.

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# 41 Gorilla Glass @ 08/23/13 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Smoke6


	Well let me help you out here... SIMULATE THE GAME OF FOOTBALL!!!! Thats all we want, we want the authenticity of what we see on Sunday and not this rinse and repeat the same plays no matter down and distance of exploiting the AI when in real life that wouldnt happen like that! Satisfied?

Nah not at all. Everybody see things on Sundays differently. What do you see on Sunday that's not in the game.

Watch yourself too, we're discussing video games here...

# 42 Robcards @ 08/23/13 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Gorilla Glass


	Oh wow, 7.5. Its football, it come out for 25 years. I don't think you guys know what you want from football anymore. On one hand, if it too SIM, then its boring and on the other hand if its a little over the top then its too arcadish. Hell, at this point I don't know what to look for in a Football game anymore...

A million facepalms for this. How exactly would SIM football be boring? How many people that don't enjoy watching real NFL football buy Madden? This statement absolutely baffles me. If you think SIM football is boring then what? You don't enjoy real football? Why play Madden? I can't even fathom this...

# 43 swaggedout @ 08/23/13 08:30 PM

The definition is simple, sim is artificial reality. Everything that is humanly possible is sim. Nba jam, blitz, backyard foodball= not sim.
No game in my mind will ever be totally sim. As far as the review go, all I can say is, if you like the demo then I think you'll like the retail version.

# 44 Gorilla Glass @ 08/23/13 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Robcards


	A million facepalms for this. How exactly would SIM football be boring? How many people that don't enjoy watching real NFL football buy Madden? This statement absolutely baffles me. If you think SIM football is boring then what? You don't enjoy real football? Why play Madden? I can't even fathom this...

I don't understand your point of view. Please clarify.

# 45 friscob @ 08/23/13 08:46 PM

Sometimes I think most ppl's definition of "sim football" doesn't even include current NFL and college football where offensive schemes have evolved. I really just don't like the term "sim". IMO the game needs to be mostly realistic but also have a few arcade type characteristics to make it enjoyable as long as the arcade-y features aren't too overpowering.

# 46 rudyjuly2 @ 08/23/13 08:58 PM

I agree with the user run blocking being overpowered at times. That was something I was worried about in the demo. Hopefully any major issues like simmed stats will get fixed quickly by EA.

# 47 swaggedout @ 08/23/13 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ghettogeeksta


	People seem to be comparing Madden to Madden that is a mistake imo. That's like comparing Tyler Perry movies to other Tyler Perry movies, is their really a good choice? But if you compare them to each other the scores would be relativity high, but if you compare them to other movies at the box office they will rank really low on the list.

Bad comparison, Tyler has made some damn good movies.

# 48 Armor and Sword @ 08/23/13 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by hbgreg


	How can you play a game like The Show and agree Madden is a good sports simulation game.

Ok let's get something straight. Where do I use the words good simulation and Madden in the same sentence.....ever?

Hey I love playing a good game of "Madden". Is it a great simulation of NFL football? Nope. It has all kinds of things that make it more arcade than simulation. So what I do is play the game my way.....and as long as it functions properly like many great "Madden" games of the past then I have a blast.

I would never even entertain the idea that Madden can compete with the amazing Show 13 or NBA 2K11 as a true representation of it's respective sport.

But damn when Madden functions like Madden should....it is a heck of a good time. It does some great things and some things it does not get right....but for me the good outweigh the bad most of the time. I make my rules, slider adjustments....and have fun.

# 49 tarek @ 08/23/13 09:45 PM

No mention of coach mode in the review nor the comments. So I want to ask, is there a proper coach mode in this version? And not the auto-throw version of madden 13 but a proper coach mode which enables a scrambling QB to actually run etc etc.

# 50 TheBinnzer @ 08/23/13 09:54 PM

To the folks who gripe about the adding and taking away of features.. how is this franchise supposed to reinvent itself every year without new features that may eventually be replaced by others?
There are tons of features we can go back to that this applies to.
If the game was perfect (every feature and graphics/gameplay perfect) and EA only added only new rosters each year... could you imagine the griping then?
The revolving features are just the nature of a yearly franchise.. a franchise based on a game that rarely changes.. in the last few years, how many real changes have come to the NFL?

We have had running QB's change the game in real life, and he read option is being ran in the NFL
We have had spectacular passing season totals, and AP almost broke the rushing record.

Does that sound like a ton of content to base a 4 years of updates on? Of course not.. so EA has to make stuff, add features if you will to make the annual game release interesting.

# 51 Radja @ 08/23/13 10:14 PM

when i saw the amazon.com sunday ticket offer, i got skeptical. sunday ticket had to be hurting a little to offer something like that, for sure. however, i was worried that madden was doing anything to get pre-order sales up also. i think they knew they had only a marginally better product and once that was discovered, sales would flatline.

i was waiting for this and pastas review. so far nothing has been said to change my original thoughts.

# 52 liberaluser @ 08/23/13 11:46 PM

Binnzer, the game shouldn't be reinventing itself every year for purely marketing reasons. That's why the quality is all over the place at the end of this generation. Tiberion needs to start fresh with a good foundation that they can build off of with new features that add depth and aren't taken away the next year for no reason.

The practice of adding half-assed features that are pure fluff because they sound good on the back of the box means that all that work was wasted when the next game comes around and undos all of it.

# 53 timbosliceGB @ 08/24/13 02:01 AM

at the end of the day football is football. I don't really have high hopes for next gen madden and im not even getting a xbox one or ps4 at launch just to be let down by that madden will see reviews first. I'm really pleased with this year game and think it is best on this gen.

# 54 clarkboy @ 08/24/13 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by deacon21206


	That is the point it is the best Madden, but it isn't by far the best football game that has came out to date. Even in regards to presentation. Arguably 2K5 or Allpro2K8 is still a better playing football game. It had better fundamentals mechanics and A.I. LOL Madden still hasn't reached the concept of double team passing blocking, weight, speed, and so forth. Madden easily beats itself because there isn't much to beat, but in comparison to games that came out years ago and also old tech and programming. Is still regarded superior than what has came out this Gen cycle is just sad and also shows the inability of EA to deliver a Good Football game. Not just a better than Madden experience.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner...Give this man a prize!!!

I couldn't agree with you more. Comparing Madden to Madden yeah it may be better, but if you compare Madden to APF08 it's not close. Haven't brought Madden in a couple of years, but I like to read the reviews after playing the demo. They still can't truly capture the essence of football. Until they get the lineplay down then it really doesn't matter, because that's where the game of football starts. All they have to do is hire the guys from 2K. I thought we would get that 2K football experience when Peter Moore came onboard. It just hasn't translated over to EA's work. Oh, well I will continue to wait and hope like millions of others. I'll keep playing NHL, NBA 2K, and FPS's. EA you got NHL and Battlefield right, so what's going on with Madden, GEEZ!?

# 55 Dolphins88 @ 08/24/13 02:11 AM

Ya if they have all this cash to flow around hire the 2k team to make the dam game and get it right because obviously these developers know squat how to program the game of football. Dam I wish they had of invested in NHL team to make a next gen game rather then football. Oh well at least 2k bball, show, bf4 will keep me busy.

# 56 tril @ 08/24/13 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Dolphins88


	Ya if they have all this cash to flow around hire the 2k team to make the dam game and get it right because obviously these developers know squat how to program the game of football. Dam I wish they had of invested in NHL team to make a next gen game rather then football. Oh well at least 2k bball, show, bf4 will keep me busy.

Its unfair to blame the developers. The developers get their instructions from producers and a management team.
EA management has a blueprint to keep production costs down and they use it.
The Madden team has been using the same code from day one. of course they tweak the code but they havent added anything new to it. That is why the same problems continue to occur.

Madden has also regressed in complexity. Even the control options have been dumbed down from the PS2 days.
Maddens philosophy is to create highlight, casual fan football. They just need to admit it, and move on.

# 57 Dolphins88 @ 08/24/13 07:52 AM

Well I'm not supporting their crap.. If a company makes a car and their is a faulty engine for 6 or 7 years they don't just flap paint and add some bells and whistles to make it look good and hope it sells because I made better products before. You fire your engineers or scrap and develop a new engine. Who do u blame?

# 58 jwtucker710 @ 08/24/13 07:56 AM

I wish we could select players from particular schools in the NFL Draft part of Madden, instead of a leader board of just the top players. Maybe that will be an option for the next-gen Madden.

# 59 jwtucker710 @ 08/24/13 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Profit89


	I'm sorry but EA just doesn't make good sports games. They don't know how. You can go to NG and get better lighting, but the gameplay will be no different.

Profitt ... My problem with EA is they try to put all their efforts into one or two modes, but I do think EA Sports puts out decent sports games (NCAA FB and NHL games are pretty good sims), but maybe our expectations of them are too great? Granted, there will always be bugs in games -- no game is perfect. I wouldn't go off the ledge yet after the review. I'm sure there will be updates to fix certain issues.

# 60 criscarter @ 08/24/13 08:28 AM

What a disappointment. I'll strongly consider selling the game and keeping the Sunday ticket. Then again, I'm kind of a sucker. I'll probably end up playing the game.

Do people really think this year's XB1/PS4 version is going to be any good? It'll be another crippled game like the last generation's debut. Just fancier graphics. Here's hoping things improve with Madden 15.

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