Madden 16 Pre-release Impressions Thread

[therealsmallville]

Quote: Originally Posted by dkp23

Still waiting for a legitimate gang tackle. They haven't really hyped gang tackling that much, but said it was in the game and very good...It isn't very good and very hard to even notice. Most is one on one tackling as ddefenders do not pursue

Weird. I was getting consistent 3 & 4 man gang tackles, with sometimes a 5th coming in to finish it off.


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[dkp23]

Quote: Originally Posted by therealsmallville

Weird. I was getting consistent 3 & 4 man gang tackles, with sometimes a 5th coming in to finish it off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

i'd love to see videos of this.

http://www.twitch.tv/kidofcrash23/v/11819836

just watch the first few minutes and see all the missed gang tackling opportunities, random dives from defenders not even close to the play, and tacklers letting go for other defenders to animate into the tackle. If this is gang tackling, i guess it is.

[SolidSquid]

-Love the new catch animations and pass break ups.
-tackling is better but still far from where it needs to be
-d-line play feels "sticky"/steering seems turned down
-not seeing many guys get off blocks in the run game
-new qb drop back and handoff animations are great but it makes the terrible throwing animations stand out
-zone defense is still dumb
-defense feels more weighted in regards to movement

[therealsmallville]

Quote: Originally Posted by dkp23

i'd love to see videos of this. http://www.twitch.tv/kidofcrash23/v/11819836 just watch the first few minutes and see all the missed gang tackling opportunities, random dives from defenders not even close to the play, and tacklers letting go for other defenders to animate into the tackle. If this is gang tackling, i guess it is.

I'll see if I can upload something. I recorded soome video, not sure if I got gang tackling or not.


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[troy184]

Quote: Originally Posted by kwebbvols4423

My only issue: On All-Pro, Mariotta completed 90% of his passes against me.

That's crazy because he went 13-28 with 3 picks against me on All Pro.....I was the Bucs

[jewelz1132]

So far I've noticed that the game is very slow and sluggish. Running the ball is pretty weird because contact at the line causes the RBs to go into ragdoll mode. That really takes away from the realism because it crosses over into the cutscenes. I Tannehill got tackled and when the camera cut, he was doing the Matrix pose, while the defender was walking in place because they were in front of each other. I'm still getting use to the passing controls, but I noticed that I'm not throwing as many INTs as I used to last year lol (All-Madden difficulty).. A lot of the catches are ridiculous to me. I've thrown a few and was wow'd at the fact that it was caught.

So far it's pretty decent, but a lot of the collision issues and the overall sluggish control of the game makes it seem like a demo. They should be far past these type of things with this being the 3rd game in this generation. I guess it's of no concern for these systems which it's unfortunate since it takes away from the great visuals.

[droopizzle34]

My Impressions:


*The speed of the game is slow and choppy.
*The AC is not overpowering, although there are some instances tall WRs will snatch the ball out of your CBs hands
*Ball Hawk seems to be OP IMO... waaay to easy to get pics.
*The running animations are horrid
*I like the new passing game, ball placement it back!
*LOVE the gang tackle animations
*Was I the only person who enjoyed the opening Super Bowl segment??? I would love to see that implemented in big games in a offline CFM!


that's what I've seen so far...

[Bat]

Custom playbooks isn't working online for me. I tried two times, made sure it was selected in settings and before the match. Both times the stock team playbook was used. It loads fine in exhibition.

Mixed feelings on not being able to see both teams being used before going into an online game.

Other than those two things. Really impressed.