Madden NFL 23 Gameplay Video - Head-to-Head with Commentary From Game Designer

[RogueHominid]

What are these yellow grid lines that keep appearing on this video? Are these visual markers of pre-release game play, or are these intended to be part of the game?

[XtremeDunkz]

Quote: Originally Posted by RogueHominid

What are these yellow grid lines that keep appearing on this video? Are these visual markers of pre-release game play, or are these intended to be part of the game?

Just annoying video cuts that made it even harder to watch

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[TarHeelPhenom]

I dig this. This is pleasing to the eye as a spectator.

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[Therebelyell626]

I will say this though…. I do like how the play call screen tells you who the primary player is on any given play now. To me that’s huge in key situations

[YaBarber]

Quote: Originally Posted by Therebelyell626

I can’t stand TD Barrett. Outside of his very punchable face, and skin crawling one liners, he plays sports games like an absolute dweeb. I blocked his recommends on YouTube because I literally can’t stand seeing his annoying and over the top facial expressions on his thumbnails. You can’t convince me that anyone over the age of 16 actually watches his videos. Not the gameplay I was looking for to be honest. On the bright side, we are about a week out from release so should be getting a ton of better gameplay videos very soon

Hell exists and it's watching his videos. The fact he has millions of subscribers and is on Madden's front page promoting a football game is wild to me. Dude probably can't throw a ball 10yards and doesn't know what a stunt is, but Madden will give him access to promote hot routing verts and slants into every concept he calls even when it makes no sense.

[ChaseB]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

Even with all the user LB play, you can see pretty easily that country Cover 3 leaves the seams wide the hell open. Gonna be a lot of four verticals this year with the de-emphasizing of match zones, just as I feared.

Isn't that as intended then? Cover 3 is generally considered weak against seams, especially between the deeper safeties. And then also the flats. At least that's what I've always been taught in football-ese, which is why you also will try to flood the coverage.

[RogueHominid]

I'm glad I'm not the only one questioning what exactly was on display in this video, besides the gridline issues.

I didn't see simulation NFL football on display, which I believe is how Madden is technically categorized. Rather, I saw Madden-ball on display in a way that features how the new passing mechanics can be used to play Madden-ball.

If that's what they were going for, they nailed it. 10/10. If they were going for something else, the score might be lower.

My response is somewhere in the yuck/gross/no thanks area. I do have friends who will get and stream the game day one, so I'll be able to see how it looks when someone who plays more how I play interacts with the game. Thank goodness for that.

[Therebelyell626]

I like that they have disguise plays built into defensive playbooks now. I feel like in years past the CPU didn’t do a good job disguising their looks. This should really help AI play calling