Madden NFL 18 Patch Available Now - Patch Notes Here

[PhillyPhanatic14]

Re: Madden NFL 18 Patch Available Now - Patch Notes Here

Just a question here from someone who decided to skip M18 this year based on all the negative reviews....
Is this "the patch" that everyone has been waiting for? I thought there was one scheduled to release mid-September. Is this it? or are we expecting another one? If this is it, I will be looking forward to the reviews. I've held out this far because of all the complaints of M18 not being worth a $60 upgrade over M17.

Na man. Check the bugs/glitches thread. This is small stuff compared to the issues. Don't get me wrong, I love the game. Way better than M16 or 17, but there are a lot of bugs that this didn't fix that seem more important than what they addressed here.

It'll be interesting to test how zones work because cover 2 was unplayable and man cov barely worked either and it doesn't seem like they put much attention into that or the run defense vs. human players being underpowered and the cpu run blocking being OP. None of that seems to have been touched and it's a big issue to having legit competitive games.

[NEOPARADIGM]

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On All-Pro Sim with FGA at 35 I missed two field goals and an extra point. Seems like if you don't nail it in the black area at the bottom of the meter you will miss now, like it should be. Thumbs up.

edit: no real change here; must've been the wind. oh well.

Some other notes:

- Zones still doing their thing: watched a guy run wide open through the middle of the field on a post from the right side while my S and LOLB dropped back and to the flat respectively, both covering literally no one.

- Seeing a ton of pocket-movement and lateral scrambling from AI QBs now, still nothing in terms of them getting up field though. Small sample size.

- DL moves seem nerfed. Lots of stonewalling where my inputs seem useless, like Madden 16 at launch.

[bcruise]

Re: Madden NFL 18 Patch Available Now - Patch Notes Here

No "stealth" changes in this update per Clint - everything they mentioned in the notes was all that changed.

https://twitter.com/ClintOldenburg/status/905442472863596544

[timmg]

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Game looks a lil better wit HDR, jus a lil

[PhillyPhanatic14]

Re: Madden NFL 18 Patch Available Now - Patch Notes Here

On All-Pro Sim with FGA at 35 I missed two field goals and an extra point. Seems like if you don't nail it in the black area at the bottom of the meter you will miss now, like it should be. Thumbs up.

Some other notes:

- Zones still doing their thing: watched a guy run wide open through the middle of the field on a post from the right side while my S and LOLB dropped back and to the flat respectively, both covering literally no one.

- Seeing a ton of pocket-movement and lateral scrambling from AI QBs now, still nothing in terms of them getting up field though. Small sample size.

- DL moves seem nerfed. Lots of stonewalling where my inputs seem useless, like Madden 16 at launch.

Sucks about Dline and Zones. The patch notes made it sound like they didn't do much in those areas and that's a shame that you're seeing that in the gameplay too. Hoping they get a real patch out in a couple weeks.

[49UNCFan]

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I would love to see some before and after screen shots with HDR.

I'll be posting ina few and a video from my oled

[Bootzilla]

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Super small sample but yes it appears the cpu QB isn't holding the ball which is a good thing. Problem is he seems hyper aware and is moving and throwing darts on the move and off balance.

I played a play now game and picked two random teams. I laughed when it came up Jets vs Pats. I took the Pats just to see how dominant they would be with the zone fix. The result, Josh McCown picked me apart. Granted I used no coach adjustments but when I got pressure he moved and scrambled and threw on the money strikes to receivers that were every bit as open as before the patch.

Chad Hansen, the Jets rookie receiver got matched up with McCourty in a man to man situation. McCourty has 84 man coverage and 90 speed and 92 awareness. Hansen with 66 route running ran a simple corner route and beat McCourty by 10 yards. When Hansen cut McCourty did what I can best describe as a basketball jump stop before transitioning immediately giving up 7-8 yards.

So, if an 86 speed, 66 route running, 63 awareness rookie can torch an all-pro safety we have a problem......

[Other Guy]

Re: Madden NFL 18 Patch Available Now - Patch Notes Here

Their wording is incorrect then I guess

I read it the same way you did. If they're improving DB reactions (which we know is their goal), it should read "decrease 'Break-on-Throw' times".

Anyway, can't wait to try out the new gameplay and start a real franchise.

[booker21]

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Guessin no fix for the XP bug?

Not fixed. Too many xp missed yet


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[racerx]

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Game looks a lil better wit HDR, jus a lil

Is it a option added in the game settings now?

Thanks

[niftyjets]

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What is HDR?

[kt-od]

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What is HDR?

High Dymanic Range. It's for 4k TV and PS4 Pro

[KyGamerLT]

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No base align fix. About to check out the zones.

[Sheba2011]

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One thing that definitely wasn't fixed is Extra Points when simming. Just simmed two games and had my kicker go 1 for 5 and 1 for 6.

[timmg]

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Is it a option added in the game settings now?

Thanks

No i dont think so