Is it just me???

[mjhyankees]

I've been playing next gen since M10. And even though I find M25 to be pretty good, enjoyable etc. the flow of the game just doesn't match the old IMO.

I played gamecube for madden 06-07-08 and found the games to just "feel" more real. IN next gen it seems the cpu (or even my) QB is either really hot or really cold. I'm either jumping out to big leads and hanging on, or trying to come from way back. Games are so high scoring with both teams regularly going over 400 yards of offense....feels too much like Arena football at time. Old Gen didn't have "superman mode" where the cpu just decides his running back is going for a TD no matter how many of my guys hit him.As I've adjusted sliders, I'm finding M25 getting better....and I'm enjoying this version MORe than the previous ps3 gen versions. I'm hoping that continued slider adjustments help the game flow but the games still feel somewhat....awkward?

[mjavon]

Re: Is it just me???

I agree 100% but when you find a slider set that is both competitive and realistic, this game's a blast.

[JaymeeAwesome]

Re: Is it just me???

Have you tried my slider set? Many average players find it enjoyable. If you have good stick skills, you may find that my sliders make running too easy.

[mjhyankees]

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I'm using Jarrods red set and the games are very competitive...it's just the feel of the game that's off...too much offense and these ridiculous momentum shifts. The games feel like...first I dominate...then the cpu dominates and back and forth...there is just no "natural" flow...it's hard to explain but the 2nd gen madden just had a better flow to them. You'd exchange punts once in a while, there was no real momementum etc.

[Armor and Sword]

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Not feeling that Mj. I love the flow of my games most of the time. It is not predictable. One week I can completely dominate the CPU, some weeks we are in a shoot out. Some weeks I get trucked, some weeks we have some defensive battles most of the game before someone breaks through. Lot's of variation. And as far as the flow.....I have had a great feel for the games.

One thing I have noticed though is I am in the post season of year 2 in my Dolphins CFM. Both seasons I struggled to 9-7 records.....yet in the post season I have been great. My team all of a sudden just turns it on. I hope I did not jinx myself as I am playing my AFC Title game tonight at New England who I thrashed 56-3 (by far the biggest blow out I have had on this game yet and blow outs are not something that has happened often for me in this CFM) in week 17 to slip into the post season as a 6 seed.


We shall see.


But overall for me Madden 25 has been the joy of joys for me. I can't seem to stop playing.....something I have not said about Madden football in 10 years.

[SebsterDos]

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Speaking of madden 08, I got a car power converter and a portable tv, and played it on my way back from florida (I live in Ohio, 16 hour drive) (Gamecube) and I did notice that the height of the 6'4" Marques Colston ACTUALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE, he would be able to outjump the 5'11" DBs. This was about the only reassuring quality of madden 08 though.

[mjhyankees]

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Not feeling that Mj. I love the flow of my games most of the time. It is not predictable. One week I can completely dominate the CPU, some weeks we are in a shoot out. Some weeks I get trucked, some weeks we have some defensive battles most of the game before someone breaks through. Lot's of variation. And as far as the flow.....I have had a great feel for the games.

One thing I have noticed though is I am in the post season of year 2 in my Dolphins CFM. Both seasons I struggled to 9-7 records.....yet in the post season I have been great. My team all of a sudden just turns it on. I hope I did not jinx myself as I am playing my AFC Title game tonight at New England who I thrashed 56-3 (by far the biggest blow out I have had on this game yet and blow outs are not something that has happened often for me in this CFM) in week 17 to slip into the post season as a 6 seed.


We shall see.


But overall for me Madden 25 has been the joy of joys for me. I can't seem to stop playing.....something I have not said about Madden football in 10 years.

Glad you are enjoying it and good luck in the post season....but you just hit on something that points out my issues...you torched NE 56-3???? You know how far removed that is from real life? I could NEVER do that on 2nd Gen Madden 07 or 08. Not your fault..not criticizing you....but when that stuff happens to me I feel...like REally???? Then the next week I'll play some winless team and lose by the same score or something ridiculous...THAT's the stuff that is bugging me. 2nd gen just seemed more consistent. I may beat NE in a game with Miami but it would have to be because I got some breaks, turnovers etc and maybe I win by 10. Anyway..I do agree that M25 has OVERALL been good....I just have to keep monkeying with the sliders.

[westinghas]

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Right,I agree 100% but when you find a slider set that is both competitive and realistic, this game's a blas.

[Armor and Sword]

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Glad you are enjoying it and good luck in the post season....but you just hit on something that points out my issues...you torched NE 56-3???? You know how far removed that is from real life? I could NEVER do that on 2nd Gen Madden 07 or 08. Not your fault..not criticizing you....but when that stuff happens to me I feel...like REally???? Then the next week I'll play some winless team and lose by the same score or something ridiculous...THAT's the stuff that is bugging me. 2nd gen just seemed more consistent. I may beat NE in a game with Miami but it would have to be because I got some breaks, turnovers etc and maybe I win by 10. Anyway..I do agree that M25 has OVERALL been good....I just have to keep monkeying with the sliders.

The NFL is about as predictable as when and where a metor can land. Have you been watching the NFL the last few years? Every single season 2-3 teams rise from the ashes, and go from the penthouse to the out house. I was scorched by New England earlier in the season at home.

What I am trying to say is....I love the unpredictability of my games week to week. It really adds spice and flavor to a game that quite frankly for a long time has been sterile, predictable and the same 5 animations over and over. Now that was the first time I blew any team out in my current CFM in that fashion. It was the perfect game. I literally played my gameplan to perfection. I shadowed Gronk all 4 quarters, got incredible pressure on Brady...got lot's of turnovers for easy short TD drives....everything went perfect.

Did you catch the Eagles destroying the Bears a few weeks back? I mean they killed them. Blowouts of epic proportions do happen in the NFL....and from unlikely match ups. It does happen.

Remember when the Dolphins went up to New England back in 2008 and romped them? My score may have been a tad crazy.....but I poured it on because I hate them. I probably could have eased the gas....and won 42-3. But I rubbed their nose in it and I was determined to get into the post season in rousing fashion he he he.