Off-Ball Injuries Are in Madden NFL 18, Changes to Hit Stick Functionality

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Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

Okay, enough with this mentality: would you rather have off-ball injuries in Madden NFL 18, or not have off-ball injuries in Madden NFL for another year? The bottom line is that the feature didn't exist before, it took man-hours and money spent to build the feature, and now the feature exists. Tiburon did real actual work to give us the "sim" community something we actually wanted to see in the game and something we asked for very loudly. On that account the Tiburon team absolutely deserves credit for doing that work and crossing an item off the community's wishlist. The alternative mindset is that we can keep moving the goal posts, we can keep discrediting any sim-minded addition which Tiburon can budget into the game, because all the things we want "should already be there", as if we are the only audience Madden has and we're so important. Personally speaking, I'd rather enjoy whatever game they are able to make every year.

Nope. I have purchased Madden for 17 years in a row so I get to have the position that "yes I'm happy to have this back" but "no not having this basic element was not acceptable and having it back now is necessary but nearly sufficient to getting cfm where it needs to be"

No moving goal posts, no discrediting, no whining.

I'm not particularlynegative or positive on the game. I suppose I'm very positive on gameplay and disappointed with cfm. I call it like I see it. I.e. I have consistently said the commentary was an innovation and a true home run and I'm excited to have that in cfm.

[ForUntoOblivionSoar∞]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Go play a Play Now game from 17lol, heck, I don't know. Stay tuned, but for me, it's an added change. YMMV.

>Be in franchise mode playing against the Falcons
>Be 2020 season
>Russell Wilson just won the MVP in my franchise
>Commentary says "reigning MVP Matt Ryan" because it's a new update
>Immersion = gone.


Hopefully you can see the problem with updated commentary based on the real NFL season in Franchise mode...

[Valaskjalf]

Quote: Originally Posted by ForUntoOblivionSoar∞

>Be in franchise mode playing against the Falcons >Be 2020 season >Russell Wilson just won the MVP in my franchise >Commentary says "reigning MVP Matt Ryan" because it's a new update >Immersion = gone. Hopefully you can see the problem with updated commentary based on the real NFL season in Franchise mode...

Yup, I'm at the end of my 2020 season with Raiders and the commentators still bring up the whole "cam newton v broncos" thing - even though my RB has rushed for 1650+ yards for 4 straight seasons, they never seem to remember that. I have no idea how they will add this to CFM without being forced to keep it massively generic - which is probably a good thing

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by ForUntoOblivionSoar∞

>Be in franchise mode playing against the Falcons >Be 2020 season >Russell Wilson just won the MVP in my franchise >Commentary says "reigning MVP Matt Ryan" because it's a new update >Immersion = gone. Hopefully you can see the problem with updated commentary based on the real NFL season in Franchise mode...

I didn't say anything to the contrary, I said it's improvement for me over what we had previously. I didn't enjoy the repeated commentary in season 1.

Did anyone play out a season in Madden 17? The commentary was boring and drab when you knew what lines were coming and when. Hoping you can see where I am coming from as well.

[SteelD34KC]

Off the ball injuries are great. Yay. Sorta.

I say sorta because in Madden 17 at multiple points, on multiple different CFM's Id have 4 to 6 guys out with "Torn Shoulders" or "Broken Collarbones" for 4 to 6 weeks.

I never once saw a knee injury, or foot, or concussion.

Basically whats "In the game", is not "In the game" as far as madden goes.

[Northcutt1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Valaskjalf

Off-Ball Injuries does not mean offensive line injuries unless my English betrays me. Surely it means non-contact? The guys in that twitter link seem to not understand the term, I'm not convinced OL guys will get injured because that's not what Rex confirmed. This still doesn't mean the OL injury bug has been fixed tbh

Wasn't ever a big NFL 2k fan, but I liked when you were running the ball & the player would slow down & limp. I know that's not away from field of play, but it was going in the correct direction. Surly EA ( by now ) is finally attempting to make it happen in some form.
: Peace

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Quote: Originally Posted by SteelD34KC

Off the ball injuries are great. Yay. Sorta. I say sorta because in Madden 17 at multiple points, on multiple different CFM's Id have 4 to 6 guys out with "Torn Shoulders" or "Broken Collarbones" for 4 to 6 weeks. I never once saw a knee injury, or foot, or concussion. Basically whats "In the game", is not "In the game" as far as madden goes.

ACL tears, MCL Tears, Broken Foot are all in game and I have seen them in our CFM. Concussions aren't in game, and will never again be in the game, due to the NFL's oversight on the game.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Valaskjalf

Off-Ball Injuries does not mean offensive line injuries unless my English betrays me. Surely it means non-contact? The guys in that twitter link seem to not understand the term, I'm not convinced OL guys will get injured because that's not what Rex confirmed. This still doesn't mean the OL injury bug has been fixed tbh

It does mean non-contact, but a former OL now Developer for EA fought to put these into the game because it was a hot request on Twitter.

It was also a hot request on Twitter to have updated commentary in CFM.