08-23-2016, 02:43 PM
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Re: Reboot Season 3 (2015)
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Originally Posted by rkwittem |
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Define "better"
If you're one of those presentation/immersion/realistic equipment types, I can't help you.
However, they have made a few gameplay improvements I regard as "not insignificant."
By far my most favorite additions have been the additions to the defensive keys ability which allows you to not only guess run right, run left, run middle, but also to guess pass, but with the ability to influence your coverage to "sit" on underneath stuff or "over the top."
With this comes the ability to tell individual DBs to press/sag off but also shade left or right.
Other stuff like the kicking arc, ability to actually attempt coffin corner punts, and the button pass rush moves have been hit-or-miss with me.
I consider Madden an important part of a balanced football diet, so I will continue to play it. Some of the referred-to additions to 17 have me especially interested and the most excited I've been in about a dozen years for the new game.
The new defensive AI improvements, if they work, could be a huge game changer for me. I was thrilled to see the alignment/assignment/technique additions for front 7 players. The defense will auto-flip if the offense flips their plays. I'm sure we've all been there in NCAA where you come out in nickel 3-3-5 vs Y-trips or 4 WR sets where the strength is away from where your nickel CB is, only to be too late to flip the play and give your opponent and easy catch and yards. This, I hope, will remedy some of that stuff.
There's a lot of other stuff like pattern matching and force/contain defenders being added that I hope will allow for a more enjoyable, fruitful defensive experience in 17.
Not going to go on and on, seeing as I've already written too much and it's starting to sound like an ad, but I say grab it if you like it and we could try to make an OS Supporters' spinoff of Madden with other guys. I have a few guys that would probably join.
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Thanks for the review. I stopped playing madden a few years ago because I did not like spending $60 every year on the same game. Have been thinking about getting the game this year.
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