Probably very far down the list. Max Cover Punt I'm sure still doesn't work as a play call. Punt coverage as a whole doesn't even really work. I hate how the return men automatically know exactly where to go on the field as soon as the ball is kicked. The Seahawks only gave up like 3.9 a return on punts last year. I don't even think that's possible in Madden without averaging like 30 yards a kick.
It will be interesting to see how the wind affects the punting game, it's supposed to affect punting just like it is kicking, and the ratings are supposed to be in play more as well.
I can agree with you on your points but I'd also add 1 thing, at the very least they could band aid us and trick us into thinking they worked on it by improving the blocking concepts, give us a few more plays besides left, right, middle return, and improve on CPU AI for punt returners whether that be through ratings on some code to allow them to idk maybe run away from a defender rather than straight ahead? Lol
I wanna say when I tried playmakers rosters years ago and even dans with fbg ratings applied it gave rb's and pr's the ability to attack holes and not just run straight. They would use moves in the trenches. Simple ratings adjustments got the results we wanted. Again, at least it's a band aid til it's redone.
It's amazing how actually rating players on equally-based data can change how a game feels - even if it is just on KR/PR. If EA would actually mimic how players move by hiring a kinematics team, they would improve the game vastly.
I'm still waiting for the ability to set who's on my special teams. Can't stand seeing top players running down the field on special teams.
I'm assuming that's still not an option.
Um, even with the new normal maps on the Madden players that still doesn't negate the fact that the game still has the same crappy animations. And don't get me started on the game mechanics. Sad when you have to steal features from old games and call them new.
Hard to get enthusiastic about a game released by a developer that can't even get the wind in the right direction, 25 years deep in their franchise.
True but in those alpha builds that they wont let us little people play, im guessing they can't.
I trust that the few people EA granted the chance to play the alpha would have at least paused and went to settings.
Pretty sure in one of these videos someone changed their settings to all-pro. I think it was Shopmaster, but I'm pretty sure he opened up the menu on team selection and put it on all-pro then played a first quarter or something
I know this might sound crazy but if you get the chance pick up a copy of NFL 2K3 & pay close attention to the tackling animations. The tackling is much better than Madden 25 and I can guarantee it will still be better than Madden 15!
You bumped the thread after nearly a month for this post?
Pros: Graphics look great. The celebrations are cool and add a nice detail to the game. Defensive camera looks legit (hopefully you can't always just run through the line like that tho).
Cons: Running animations like always. The tackles at times look like the players a bouncing off of each other. The CPU AI looks foolish but that could just be the difficulty level.