Madden NFL 25 Impressions (PS4)

[Pacman83]

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Honestly it's not really that at all. It's more the fact that what they touted and hyped doesn't really work/doesn't make that much of a difference to the quality of the game. The game benefits the most from a massively cleaned up defense for the CPU and playing offline actually presenting not only a challenge,but a challenge that feels good and not cheesy. This game could have and should have been released on the ps3. The biggest reason this game feels that much better is that it's properly balanced all across the board. Everything they did well that really makes an impact to gameplay could have been done on the ps3. As I said earlier this is not a "next gen" game. It's a good game, much better than ps3, but not a next gen game, which is what they were really trying to hype. This back of the box features it still feels like they didn't deliver on but they did end up adding much needed balance to the current gen version of madden

That's what makes it a "next gen" title. They have the power now to not have to compress animations. To make awareness actually work, to make oline/dline smarter, etc. But now they have the baseline and the tech to allow for the game to begin to work properly in many areas where its lacking. Hopefully they can get it to. Like some of what I see.

I know this is the impressions thread, so I'll leave it at that. Liking the impression so far.

[Dogslax41]

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That's what makes it a "next gen" title. They have the power now to not have to compress animations. To make awareness actually work, to make oline/dline smarter, etc. But now they have the baseline and the tech to allow for the game to begin to work properly in many areas where its lacking. Hopefully they can get it to. Like some of what I see.

I know this is the impressions thread, so I'll leave it at that. Liking the impression so far.

The increased balance is not due solely to awareness. They have made changes to the depth of the oline allowing dline push creating balance to the CPU run defense. The oline dline play do play slightly more intelligently, but You will still see dlinemen run right by the ball carrier you still see onlinemen run right by an unblocked defender. They altered interactions and depth. These are changes that could have been made on ps3 and created a much better game. I'm glad we get them now but my point was in response to why there were negative reviews to what they showed. Because a lot of what they showed is not responsible for the improvements to the game.

[4thQtrStre5S]

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The increased balance is not due solely to awareness. They have made changes to the depth of the oline allowing dline push creating balance to the CPU run defense. The oline dline play do play slightly more intelligently, but You will still see dlinemen run right by the ball carrier you still see onlinemen run right by an unblocked defender. They altered interactions and depth. These are changes that could have been made on ps3 and created a much better game. I'm glad we get them now but my point was in response to why there were negative reviews to what they showed. Because a lot of what they showed is not responsible for the improvements to the game.

I can understand the frustration and the tendency to see certain player interactions as poor programming etc. but at the same time, I have seen NFL players go past the ball carrier, even stop and just short arm an attempted tackle or O-linemen go past blocks....So i can equate certain missteps like these and poor pass coverages as things that happen in a game...ratings and skills I can equate it to, unless it is something consistent like with M13 and the PS3 left corner always messing up on the run commit, even after the patch..(I believe that was the hang up on the LCB, I know it was something like that..)

[Keirik]

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This is a feature of the PS4, not Madden.

Pretty sure its a feature of both the new ps4 and xbox one

[dorneydave866]

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Haven't had much time to play it yet, but if you bought NBA 2K14 to...PLEASE DON'T PLAY THAT FIRST. hah.

It will make Madden seem so underwhelming.

I played NBA 2K14,literally had my jaw dropped during the entire introductionary quick game...popped in Madden.

Just unreal. I'm sure this Madden is cleaned up and plays decent, but it is not "next gen" It is PS3.5

I had to stop playing because it was making me bummed about my PS4 purchase, put NBA 2K14 back in.

Overall next gen thoughts, my jaw is open for both games. In awe for 2K14 and a big yawn for Madden.

[husani123]

Anyone else notice this?

I love the gameplay although I may need to work on the sliders because the CPU's secondary is slightly horrible and I play on ALL MADDEN...

BUT OTHER THAN THAT...

My only issue so far are the graphics!! Im used to playing on the XBOX 360 and I think the graphics actually looked better on there. My issue is on the PS4 the game is just too shiny!! When I play in the sun its just way too bright. I like how it looks when it goes to a cut seen after the play and the brightness comes down a bit. It looks realistic. If it stayed like that Id give the graphics an A- because alot of the QB's in my opinion look too buff with no necks lol.

I think im going to trade in my PS4 version and get it on the XBOX1 instead....

My $.02

[MMan]

Re: Anyone else notice this?

If I would of known of the issues before hand, I wouldn't of bought it. Madden is really regret buying for PS4. Wish I would of got NBA2K instead.

[husani123]

Re: Anyone else notice this?

I got NBA2k also and the graphics are much better than MAdden but that shine is still there..
For instance if I play using the Cavs, yes their court has a lighter color wood but on the game its overly bright...


This Madden looks like NFL2K on the Sega Dreamcast.....
Exactly like it!!

[Lexicon]

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Played more today and I was surprised to see that I was able to continue my game from last night, even after shutting the console off completely! It was a nice little surprise. Playing a bit more, I really like the precision of a lot of the collision detection. Here are a few examples of what I mean:

-Was playing as GB against MIN. Freeman threw a pass to Greg Jennings that he had to jump up to get. When he got at the peak of his jump, he had the ball. However, the defender in front of him had put his hand up facing Jennings, and got his arm in between Jennings'. So what would have been a sure catch was an incompletion when the defender's arm made contact with the ball, jarring it loose from Jennings hands. I watched it over and over again in amazement about how there was no clipping and no space between the defenders arm and the ball.

-Another is the helmet movement. I think it's pretty amazing how the helmet moves depending on how the player is jarred. I ran Eddie Lacy up the middle. He bounced around for about 8 yards, and then a defender decided that was enough and ripped him down by his facemask. What was amazing to me was that the defender actually grabbed the facemask (sans clipping) and the animations were in perfect alignment. In the PS3 version, the animations would take place, but they'd be nowhere near each other.

I'm absolutely loving the gameplay. Had there been upgrades on more than that front, this would have been a game for the ages. It's still a fun experience, and it's great to be able to share photos and replays with my friends on Facebook.

[southriver]

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Well i called Gamestop. He was fairly sure that you can digital download madden for ps4 as long as you have a ps3 disk for 10$. You have to put in the ps3 disk and at some point be able to enter a "digital pass" code that is found in within the case of your disk. Now how you get to that point to even input the code, i have no idea. Lol..i have no idea this is true. I can't try till late tonight. Hopefully one of you will figure it out if it is yes or no sooner.

[tril]

any penalty improvements. as in DPI and OPI callss

[bucky60]

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Well i called Gamestop. He was fairly sure that you can digital download madden for ps4 as long as you have a ps3 disk for 10$. You have to put in the ps3 disk and at some point be able to enter a "digital pass" code that is found in within the case of your disk. Now how you get to that point to even input the code, i have no idea. Lol..i have no idea this is true. I can't try till late tonight. Hopefully one of you will figure it out if it is yes or no sooner.

Still doesn't help me. I don't have a disk. I have a PS3 digital download. Oh well.

[bronxct1]

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Still doesn't help me. I don't have a disk. I have a PS3 digital download. Oh well.

I believe PSN may be doing an upgrade for digital downloads. Not sure if its all games but I think Call off Duty was doing it. If you have the game attached to your account you pay the $10 and get the new download.

[EmmdotFrisk]

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Still doesn't help me. I don't have a disk. I have a PS3 digital download. Oh well.

Madden is not digital upgrade eligible. See the link: http://us.playstation.com/digitalupgrade/

[Z Y]

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Well i called Gamestop. He was fairly sure that you can digital download madden for ps4 as long as you have a ps3 disk for 10$. You have to put in the ps3 disk and at some point be able to enter a "digital pass" code that is found in within the case of your disk. Now how you get to that point to even input the code, i have no idea. Lol..i have no idea this is true. I can't try till late tonight. Hopefully one of you will figure it out if it is yes or no sooner.

This is only an option for the 360 to XB1 version. Shame on the Gamestop employee for not knowing this.