Madden NFL 25 News Post

Adjusting To Madden 25 Next Gen

01:25 PM - December 10, 2013 by DustinT

For years, Madden players have been accustomed to playing EA’s NFL franchise a certain way, and rightfully so. Due to the games shortcomings and exploits, gamers foundMadden to be less of a sim, and more of battle of “who can exploit the most – me, random online guy, or the AI?” That is never a good thing, and definitely not what players are looking for when they want a true NFL simulation experience - one they can feel great about when dropping $60 – on a yearly basis. Madden fans found it routinely easy to exploit the AI defense, the return game, the lack of a pocket (or need to stay within it), and the patterns that the AI typically displayed on both sides of the ball.

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# 1 kackle85 @ 12/10/13 04:04 PM

Im really loving playing on-line with this game. In the past it was nothing but a frustrating experience. People finally have to play a half way smart game of football to be competitive. I played a guy last night that played as the Cowboys. He went to Jason Witten on literally every pass play. Witten ended the game with 150 yards and a couple of touchdowns but i was able to pick off two passes that went his way due to the coverage being light years ahead of what is was on last gen.

# 2 iceberg760 @ 12/10/13 04:21 PM

Great Read/gm plays well on the One....really enjoying the defensive side of the ball---Lineplay is a Plus compared to prior gen...my thinking is that you have to put thought into your choices on both sides of the ball instead of just flinging it or Bullrushing into the backfield...again, Great Read...

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# 4 Dolphin_17 @ 12/10/13 06:06 PM

Great read, thanks. I really think Madden finally is heading in the right direction. Now they only have to fix presentation/commentary and player models/movement and give us all the freedom back that we had in franchise mode of Madden 12 (editing ratings and appearances was fantastic). What I'd also love would be a draft class editor like NBA 2k has, because importing draft classes is impossible now.

My only worry is that, because EA can get bad ideas from time to time, they remove offline franchise and you can only play online or exhibition games, kinda like FIFA next-gen right now (yes, it has career mode, but no tournaments, online h2h,...). Would suck, because I only play offline. But I don't think that's gonna happen. Right?

# 5 RACZILLA @ 12/10/13 06:09 PM

Good stuff. I agree about the point of not having to adjust a ton year to year in gen 3. A lot of what went into an offense would work regardless of the team your opponent chose.

I've already noticed myself making mistakes with this gen 4 game just out of habit. Already been picked a few times throwing that corner route against man that I knew was there for me in the past. I dig it.

# 6 BBallcoach @ 12/10/13 08:06 PM

I have noticed everything mentioned and it feels good. I laughed when the IGN reveiwer in his video review was too SIM lol

# 7 TNBassMan10 @ 12/10/13 09:19 PM

Are you kidding me?

Madden Next Gen is awful.

Yes, they fixed the secondary. However, it's way too far the other direction. All too often I have a LB intercept a pass when his head was turned looking away from the QB. Also, CPU DBs intercept anything that isn't exactly spot on. If your QB throws it a little off (I mean just a tiny amount) it's an interception. In the NFL, a 1 step lead is open. In Madden 25, you're WRs aren't open unless they've got 5 yards on somebody.

The running on the other hand is out of hand. You can't stop a nose bleed on defense. Neither can they. You could call nothing but runs plays and easily end up with 400 yards and a 40-something point game.

Madden 25 is broken. (I play on All-Madden. Anything else and I win by 30+ every game. All-Madden I still win 90% of the time but the stats are so unrealistic. Each RB for both CPU and HUM average 9-11 YPC).

# 8 Jarbeez @ 12/11/13 11:48 AM

I'm prefacing this comment with this is not a complaint. Even though it may sound like one.

I just threw 8 interceptions in a game with a rookie John Elway. This was after completing 73% of my passes in the pre-season.

This is definitely an adjustment from PS3 Madden 25 where you could basically count on certain routes, etc to be open. What I have found is that you really cant count on any one route to be there every time. So I agree, there is definitely a learning curve here, and it is basically that you really have to read things quickly and gambling on a deep ball against good coverage is really not a gamble at all, you will get picked!

I have not played a head to head game just yet, only against PC, but so far I like it.

# 9 bwright25 @ 12/11/13 12:37 PM

I absolutely LOVE the gameplay, its been years since Ive played this much Madden. There is pretty much a counter for every cheese play and smart intelligent football tends to win out.

Now if they can only fix the stupid desync disconnect on online play. So many sad sacks who can no longer cheese to wins gotta cheat.

# 10 jukeum445 @ 12/11/13 05:06 PM

i have been playing on all pro for a while now and have noticed that running the ball is very easy// i think its time to make the jump to all madden , but in the past all madden has been a cheesing joke w/ the cpu dominating w/ unrealistic reasoning....

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