Madden NFL 25 Next-Gen Review (PS4)

[elliasjwilliams]

I think the easiest way to improve the kicking game is to take it back to old school but with a twist. I've been wanting to put this in a wishlist thread for years but to no avail.

Simply take the kicking meter back to the days of a simple A or X button press to get it started and stopped. The main difference is depending on the reating of your kicker/punter there is a cap on how much power you can put in to the kick, and the sweet spot for accuracy becomes smaller depending on the accuracy rating.

Don't have a kicker with a strong leg? Kicking that 52 yarder doesn't sound good right about now so you may b forced to put or go for it rather than aiming the kick meter all the way down and getting within decent range of full power and the kick is money.

The analogs have too many instances where you flick down and up on cue but it doesn't translate to the game and you end up kicking a pooch or something.

Delegating to the A/X button basically kills this occurence



I also believe they need to relegate heat seeker to holding the X button and diving from behind to a tap of the x button. While putting impact tackles back on the analog stick via an up/down flick. Forget holding the right stick down for 2 seconds..thats easier to manage and control with the X button that the sticks.

[kehlis]

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FYI, Jason Campbell plays for the Browns, not the Raiders

Not in the default rosters.....

[Clarke99]

The games fun, but players still look like idiots, Menu's are confusing, they look nice but too much made up names for things like "my player" season or franchise modes.

PS$ and X1 haven't really shown much in terms of graphics despite some nice replays on NBA 2k14

[assclown25]

Great game and having a lot of fun with it. Just bummed the EA crew lied to us bout nothing being stripped out of current to next Gen and certain aspects to be fixed and they still aren't. Overall I'd give it a 7.5

[Mholtz2j]

Too high of a score. I would give it a 6.0. Maybe a 6.5.
This is supposed to be the Next Generation of videogames. The graphics are bad and the animation is even worse. Ok, so maybe for the first game they just focus on the graphics, but they didn't even do that.
Ok, maybe we focus just on the animation, they didnt do that either. They ported over the current gen game and you scored it an 8? Wow.

[roadman]

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Game play is king, in my eyes.

Reviews are all over the place and very subjective.

It's an 8, or 7.75 or 7.5 or 6.5 or 6, yada, yada, yada.

It's what you make of it, this is just something to go by.

What I like about it is that they spent a good part of a week with it vs someone who's played a half or who hasn't even played the game and states it's a 6 or 6.5, it's just a port or whatever the flavor of the moment is.

[Smoke6]

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Too high of a score. I would give it a 6.0. Maybe a 6.5.
This is supposed to be the Next Generation of videogames. The graphics are bad and the animation is even worse. Ok, so maybe for the first game they just focus on the graphics, but they didn't even do that.
Ok, maybe we focus just on the animation, they didnt do that either. They ported over the current gen game and you scored it an 8? Wow.

Sounds like someone didnt bother to play the game but instead judged it off a video or 2 ..

Game deserves the praise it gets as the game feels and plays differently that that on PS360 and thats a fact. So if you're gonna troll a thread atleast have played the darn game first. We cant get nowhere with the devs with this type of mentality and attitude towards what progress they have made so far.

[xnate128x]

So u didn't play the game but u disagree with the review? Makes sense.

Don't need to CHIEF.

[kehlis]

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Don't need to CHIEF.

To comment on a review that way? Yes you do.

You can't give a score or constructively discuss a given score without playing it yourself.

[cubby blue]

They brought up one of my major gripes about this game. The defenders never try to knock the ball out on the deep pass. They will just mimic what the receiver does. I hope they will fix this in the future, but I'm not holding my breathe.

I bought the game, but haven't received my ps4 yet. I played the demo of 25 on the xbox 360. I'm really glad to hear the cleaned up a lot of the issues with the secondary. Hopefully, the running game will not be too easy either.

[Iceman87GT]

Too high of a score. I would give it a 6.0. Maybe a 6.5.
This is supposed to be the Next Generation of videogames. The graphics are bad and the animation is even worse. Ok, so maybe for the first game they just focus on the graphics, but they didn't even do that.
Ok, maybe we focus just on the animation, they didnt do that either. They ported over the current gen game and you scored it an 8? Wow.

Its not a port, they did change things under the hood and they are using the Ignite Engine (like Live, and FIFA, NHL will also be using it for the next gen version).

You seem to think that graphics were the most important thing about the move to next-gen, everyone on this site will disagree with you. Gameplay is what matters most, graphics should evolve with time but if the game doesn't play well then graphics are meaningless.

The game plays better and it looks better, you may not be happy with the leap in graphics but the gameplay improvements are more than enough to warrant the uptick in the overall rating.

This Port nonsense needs to stop, it's not a port plain and simple, if you want to argue that it is too close to the current gen in looks and/or gameplay, fine (I disagree, and I think the majority would say that it is an improvement with the only debate being how much of an improvement it is), but that does not mean the game is a port.

[kehlis]

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This Port nonsense needs to stop, it's not a port plain and simple, if you want to argue that it is too close to the current gen in looks and/or gameplay, fine (I disagree, and I think the majority would say that it is an improvement with the only debate being how much of an improvement it is), but that does not mean the game is a port.

It is a port though. They have admitted this.

I agree with your other points but it is a port.

[truesimgamer]

Great review! I wish I could open my copy but I just can't bring myself to do it. I'm really struggling with this, even mentally.

[PVarck31]

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Everyone needs to realize that its ok for others to like it and its ok for others to hate it. Slamming either point of view will result in a ban from here on out.

Obviously people are gonna have different opinions and I think we can do better than resorting to attacks when that happens.

[bspang2]

I am giving my honest opinion just like everyone else on here, I do not feel its fair to delete my comments. I have been the biggest EA sports fan for the past 20 years. Madden has had 25 years to get the game play right and all I am saying is that for the past 7 to 10 years we have been saying "Madden looks to be moving in the right direction". Lets be honest the graphics are comical, player models are comical. I thought this was supposed to be the NEXT-Generation of gaming.... its ALMOST the same game.