Madden NFL 25 Demo Review Roundtable

[TeeDogg]

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Why do so many people say "is it perfect?....etc", as if the only two choices are perfect or Madden, lol. Madden doesn't need to be "perfect" to be better than what it is. It's fine if people are able to tolerate or even enjoy this game but please stop acting as if that equates to it being as good a football game as it reasonably could be. Madden is great as a party favor, something you bring out to commune with family and friends but it's extremely lacking in representing NFL football. I admire the slider gurus and roster creators out there but that stuff can't help completely ridiculous things like limited animations, an archaic injury system, broken penalties, missing player management aspects, tethered passing, artistic presentation, on and on.

I wish more people would say "is it a good representation of NFL football? no but I don't care...." instead of implying a better Madden equates to perfect. For Pete's sake, the game just added foot planting this year, effing foot planting for a football game gets added in the 9th edition but "it's fun" so who cares. Super Mario Cart is fun too but that doesn't make it a good representation of racing, smh.

Sorry for being a broken record Mods, just hate seeing NFL gaming get pissed on like this while others act like it's rain from the gods. I'm trying my best to transition to playing other sports games, it's just taking awhile after mainly NFL gaming for so long.

I feel you. Football has always been my sport with BBall a close second. But for this entire generation NBA2K has been my goto game for sports gaming. Id play a little madden here and there with my younger family members. But have to admit the M25 demo feels like it could change that. On the surface its what i expected from M06-07 ill see whats under the hood next week.

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Madden NFL 25 Demo Review Roundtable

Why do so many people say "is it perfect?....etc", as if the only two choices are perfect or Madden, lol. Madden doesn't need to be "perfect" to be better than what it is. It's fine if people are able to tolerate or even enjoy this game but please stop acting as if that equates to it being as good a football game as it reasonably could be. Madden is great as a party favor, something you bring out to commune with family and friends but it's extremely lacking in representing NFL football. I admire the slider gurus and roster creators out there but that stuff can't help completely ridiculous things like limited animations, an archaic injury system, broken penalties, missing player management aspects, tethered passing, artistic presentation, on and on.

I wish more people would say "is it a good representation of NFL football? no but I don't care...." instead of implying a better Madden equates to perfect. For Pete's sake, the game just added foot planting this year, effing foot planting for a football game gets added in the 9th edition but "it's fun" so who cares. Super Mario Cart is fun too but that doesn't make it a good representation of racing, smh.

It never has been.....even last gen.

Its Madden. That has always been my point. And unfortunately it is the only NFL game in town.

For Madden...this game may end up being the best this gen. I guess that's why I don't get that frustrated. Madden 13 was one of the worst I have ever played.

So in the annals of Madden football.....that is how I talk about Madden.

[Jarbeez]

My 8 year old son thinks it is hilarious on this demo when one team's players go invisible. You can see the shadows on the field, but the players are gone. Especially if the ball carrier is one of those players and the ball is just moving around by itself since you can't see the player...

If this glitch isn't fixed I will be supremely disappointed. It happens in about half the games on the demo that I have played, mostly between the Seahawks and Packers when playing in Seattle, and usually in the red zone.

Aside from that, I've seen horse collar tackles and several other take downs that would likely be penalized in the NFL, I don't mind those being in the game but throw a flag once in a while....

[roadman]

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My 8 year old son thinks it is hilarious on this demo when one team's players go invisible. You can see the shadows on the field, but the players are gone. Especially if the ball carrier is one of those players and the ball is just moving around by itself since you can't see the player...

If this glitch isn't fixed I will be supremely disappointed. It happens in about half the games on the demo that I have played, mostly between the Seahawks and Packers when playing in Seattle, and usually in the red zone.

Aside from that, I've seen horse collar tackles and several other take downs that would likely be penalized in the NFL, I don't mind those being in the game but throw a flag once in a while....

The invisible players is only on the PS3.

Fixed with a patch day 1.

[Jarbeez]

P.S.
Aside from a few of those items and the passing game being next to unstoppable, I'm enjoying this. I did start getting in the habit of doing the defensive play commit, and committed to pass plays most of the time and started getting some level of success in the passing game defense and even got a couple sacks finally.

[Jarbeez]

Thanks Roadman, that is good to know! That is the only thing I've seen so far that made me think I would pass on the game until it was confirmed fixed.

[SECElit3]

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The invisible players is only on the PS3.

Fixed with a patch day 1.

A patch that may have completely ruined the game play on PS3.