Madden NFL 15 Continues A Long Tradition of No Penalties

[fistofrage]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Continues A Long Tradition of No Penalties

Just my .02 but I don't think this is by design at all, I think it is an unexpected byproduct of years and years of crappy code on top of more crappy code. At this point I don't think they have any idea how to fix any of this because they have no idea what effects what. It's too much of a mish mosh of original coding, patches, updates, attempted fixes, and who knows what else, all thrown together. I really believe the only way they will ever get any of this to work like it is supposed to is to start over from scratch. But we all know that isn't going to happen until they lose the stranglehold on the NFL license, because currently they are required to put the game out every year. As a result they will never devote the time and manpower required to rewrite the game. They would rather use those resources to add worthless "features" to the game so they can hype it for the new release. In the end that only compounds the coding issue which becomes more and more of a cluster.

I would agree with this statement. I bet the programmers don't even know what the sliders do. They probably have a good laugh at the people who spend hours trying to tweak the sliders because most of them are broken or have unintended consequences.

But they really just want people to jump online and play. Most online players are win at all costs so as long as they have nice uniforms to look at while they are trying to glitch the other players its all good. Don't need a silly penalty standing in the way of victory.

[charter04]

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picking up the snark, and realizing you missed the part where i stated "solid representaion of factual statistics."

which wouldn't be hard to calculate over a given weekend, how many false starts there were this week among each team, and gather the average. a setting at 50% would garner you about ½ the average, where a setting at 100 would strive you toward in,around, or over the average.

i assure you in certain situations, pass interference for the 6th time this game would boil your blood.

What? lol I was serious. I really would want the slider to be that sensitive. I'm not saying 1 would be 1 per game. I just mean that for every click the likeness would increase. If they gave us total control everyone could make it how ever they want. Not sure how you thought I was being Snarky?

[BadAssHskr]

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What? lol I was serious. I really would want the slider to be that sensitive. I'm not saying 1 would be 1 per game. I just mean that for every click the likeness would increase. If they gave us total control everyone could make it how ever they want. Not sure how you thought I was being Snarky?

LOL, you'll have to excuse me, i'm strapped with a harsh cold, i just mistook the statement is all.

:thumbs:

[charter04]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Continues A Long Tradition of No Penalties

Fist, I tried to tell you in your thread, there isn't holding called in Madden 15 on LG, either.

It's not NG VS LG for holding penalties.

Madden 25 and before, there was holding penalties called on the slider 53 and above on LG.

One thing is constant, some how, some way, holding has evaporated on Madden 15, on both generations.

I have seen holding called in Xbox1 Madden 15. I have seen it versus the cpu and in a user v user cfm game. It's very rare but, I have seen it.

[HC0023]

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I have seen holding called in Xbox1 Madden 15. I have seen it versus the cpu and in a user v user cfm game. It's very rare but, I have seen it.

I was just doing coach mode and i tripped over the controller wire, And the Referee threw a flag and said PI on the PS4 1st down First PI i have seen all year

[roadman]

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I have seen holding called in Xbox1 Madden 15. I have seen it versus the cpu and in a user v user cfm game. It's very rare but, I have seen it.

Yeah, Charter, you are correct, I should have been a bit more clearer.

The holding calls are very rare compared to past Maddens, starting with 25.

[fistofrage]

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Yeah, Charter, you are correct, I should have been a bit more clearer.

The holding calls are very rare compared to past Maddens, starting with 25.

rare?

More like.....

Spoiler

[ChicagoChris]

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This (and lack of kick blocks) continues to be a massive hole in the game. How many PI's do you see in a real NFL game every Sunday? In 2013, there were 7.72 per game.

In years of Madden, i have seen perhaps 3. It really is like playing a basketball game without fouls. Penalties, like them or not, are a huge part of the game and the Madden just completely ignores them.

[etfromsd]

I'd really love to see the awareness rating become more useful by somehow being tied to penalties. Maybe we could get some sorta bonehead trait for penalties and offseason problems?

[Rabid_Beaver]

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EA doesn't care about penalties. The majority of their audience doesn't want them.,.

So pathetic.

[charter04]

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EA doesn't care about penalties. The majority of their audience doesn't want them.,.

So pathetic.

I totally agree that it's pathetic. I really don't even care if EA cares about penalties though. I just want them to either quit calling their game a football sim or fix penalties. Can you image a MLB game coming out as a "sim" but, there were no foul balls? Or a SIM NBA game with no fouls? Makes no sense. Even NBA live has a pretty good amount of fouls. It's crazy

[BDawg35]

I finally cranked up my penalty sliders a bit (between 75-100, depending on the penalty). What happened was I got a ton of facemasking penalties called. Until I did that, I was getting one penalty a game.

[Flightwhite24]

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Can't deny that I've lost interest in this game and it's due to the lack of realism from penalties. I can play a full 12 min qtr game and not get 1 penalty. Comical!!

[Boilerbuzz]

It's funny how we were talking about penalties in the NFL 2K series. Pass interference was called when you rammed your DB into the receiver on a pass. Offsides and false starts would happen when you would spam the cadence button. You'd get holding calls when going away from the original design of a play. Facemask penalties would be called when you tried to turbo tackle a guy and didn't line him up right - making a particular facemask animation play. Some of these, not all but some, are things that EA has YET to put into Madden to an acceptable level after 10 friggin' years! This is why people say that NFL 2K5 is still ahead of this series. The point was that the "randomness" was totally controlled by the user actions. There are MANY great ideas out there in the wild, let alone in a 10 year old game. Yet, Tiburon CHOOSES to not use those ideas. That's why I say screw that game until they get their thumbs out of their asses.

But, people keep buying the game, so this stuff will either change SLOWLY or not change at all.

[Last Gunfighter]

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I finally cranked up my penalty sliders a bit (between 75-100, depending on the penalty). What happened was I got a ton of facemasking penalties called. Until I did that, I was getting one penalty a game.

Above 53 and the facemask penalty will be called a ridiculous amount.