Madden NFL 25: Hands-On Impressions from Polygon

[HoundsOfHowl]

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Good point, and some of the hands on reviews seem to be contradictory of each other. In one review the game "feels noticeably different" another reviewer says there is not a much noticeable difference from this gen. I have it pre-ordered and am still somewhat excited, I would say the biggest let down is that Franchise mode seems to be completely untouched. Another positive way to look at it is that this year there will be a shorter time horizon for the second iteration of next gen Madden-which will blow us away!

I didn't purchase Madden 25 CG for the reason of this game. I am excited for it since I haven't been burnt by M25 yet. Now with that said, I haven't found a Madden game fun and pumped over 10 hours into one since Madden 2011 or 010 (can't remember and even those weren't great, Madden 05 was my last favorite one.)

But with this going to be the only football game on my X1 I will take it and play it. Hopefully we are going to be blown away with M26(2015) I would be very pleased if everything they said they've done on this one is great and they just update the CFM for M26.

[The JareBear]

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Good point, and some of the hands on reviews seem to be contradictory of each other. In one review the game "feels noticeably different" another reviewer says there is not a much noticeable difference from this gen. I have it pre-ordered and am still somewhat excited, I would say the biggest let down is that Franchise mode seems to be completely untouched. Another positive way to look at it is that this year there will be a shorter time horizon for the second iteration of next gen Madden-which will blow us away!

Yeah, this is probably the best bet for anyone hoping to maintain some enthusiasm. As long as the gameplay isn't worse than CG, and there are some minor improvements here or there, with the slightly improved graphics, I think people will be satisfied and give EA the benefit of the doubt that M15 will be a big step forward.

[The JareBear]

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I have some serious doubts that they even played Madden at all, or at least the article writer didn't. We have gotten some decent playing time in, but were under embargo and NDA so no impressions were allowed.

Several things that stuck out for me...

1) Those pictures were released to the media while they were being captured off of a PC, the game wasn't pressed on disc yet for the Gen 4 systems. While the graphics are not bad, those pictures are not whats in the game now. Think basically Ultra quality vs high quality on PCs

2) While there are both positive and negatives they could have mentioned, they just went line by line on what EA has released to the public over the past month. Not one new shred of info was presented, even though there are a few things they could have mentioned.

When is the embargo lifted? Man I wanna ask you so many questions lol.

[RangersCruz]

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It tells me i will take my time and wait for some videos to pop up about it and most likely buy the game when its cheaper

[bucky60]

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I say this on a yearly basis, the best reviewers are yourself, not some stranger on the net.

With that said, off to my BB to play some FIFA. Our son was a HS soccer player and he loved it.

Just depends.

Except you have to have the game to really review it yourself. Which means you have to spend money on the game in order to review it. I would rather investigate the game before having to spend money on it.

[TheRealHST]

still no gameplay....just words. Not that I dont like words , but cmon....

[roadman]

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Except you have to have the game to really review it yourself. Which means you have to spend money on the game in order to review it. I would rather investigate the game before having to spend money on it.

Gamefly or redbox might help. It's better than a full-time investment.

[bucky60]

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Gamefly or redbox might help?

Still spending money on it. And how long do you get it from redbox? Long enough to really review it yourself? Does Redbox also rent out PS4's REALLY CHEAP? Can you play through a bunch of seasons to check out the balance in progression, CPU trade logic, etc? I don't want to spend money on something until I have confidence it's worth spending money on. I don't want to get a PS4 until there are enough games that I want in order to justify the purchase of the PS4.

[therizing02]

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The title of this thread really needs to be changed. I get more cynical towards the Madden team with each passing day. No game play videos, more market department and PR nonsense...annoying. I'd have a better chance of scaling the fence at Fort Knox than getting some useful information about this title. What's the big secret!?!?!?!?! There isn't any competition!!!

[roadman]

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Still spending money on it. And how long do you get it from redbox? Long enough to really review it yourself? Does Redbox also rent out PS4's REALLY CHEAP? Can you play through a bunch of seasons to check out the balance in progression, CPU trade logic, etc? I don't want to spend money on something until I have confidence it's worth spending money on. I don't want to get a PS4 until there are enough games that I want in order to justify the purchase of the PS4.

I don't disagree. I know people have claimed they bought the PS3 for The Show only.

I'm only saying renting if you already plan on receiving a NG system.

[ABR173rd]

Re: Madden NFL 25: Hands-On Impressions from Polygon

I say this on a yearly basis, the best reviewers are yourself, not some stranger on the net.

With that said, off to my BB to play some FIFA. Our son was a HS soccer player and he loved it.

Just depends.

Just a quick request, I didn't do any instant replays to zoom in the camera on the players. If you get a chance today to play FIFA would you mind checking out the players and the field with the camera zoomed in and let us know what you think in comparison to the Madden screen shots we've seen?

[El_Poopador]

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Still spending money on it. And how long do you get it from redbox? Long enough to really review it yourself? Does Redbox also rent out PS4's REALLY CHEAP? Can you play through a bunch of seasons to check out the balance in progression, CPU trade logic, etc? I don't want to spend money on something until I have confidence it's worth spending money on. I don't want to get a PS4 until there are enough games that I want in order to justify the purchase of the PS4.

you could always dl a demo. sony has gone on record saying the ps4 will have full demos for all games (most likely similar to the 60 minute full game trials they have on ps3). as far as player progression trade logic etc. just sim a season or 2 and see what happens.

[tfctillidie]

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When is the embargo lifted? Man I wanna ask you so many questions lol.

Tomorrow at 12:00PM EST

[dougdeuce]

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So, for those that have played the game, would you say there will be more positive info that we should expect after the embargo is lifted tomorrow? Basically, should we expect much new information at all?

[inkcil]

When will EA show gameplay?