Madden NFL 25 Title Update #3 Details, Available Now For PS4 and Xbox One

[evanreyes]

I want them to fix the glitch where on defense playing another person on the same system, your defender will drop 20+ surefire interceptions. I counted once, I was the Eagles playing the Panthers, I dropped 24 interceptions that were right in my hands. I was holding triangle on most of them, then I tried not doing that, I tried using and not using Ball Hawk.

[evanreyes]

Another glitch is that mobile QBs can roll out too easily. Playing against my friends it's impossible to defend. The QB just rolls out and runs around for like 10 seconds then either gains a first down or throws the ball 50 yards downfield.

[DePounded]

AJ,

Thanks for talking with us. Really means a lot. Unlike some other posters, I actually think that this Madden is more sim friendly than past versions. However, with that being said, can you share with the developers our concerns about outside runs on next gen? Even with the patch, they are still overly effective. In fact, it seems like it is more effective to run outside than to run in between the tackles. Obviously, in the real NFL, this would never happen because the speed of LBs and DEs clog the edges.

Also, are you able to do anything about the running animations moving forward? I'm not talking about the actual animations themselves; rather, I'm talking about the fluidity of the player movement. I played a lot of NCAA Football on current gen, and I really liked the running game. While I am enjoying my time with M25, I do find the running game a bit frustrating at times -- it just doesn't have the same responsiveness as NCAA. Thanks!

By the way, did you change the gameplay speed sliders to slow for online matches? The game feels slower, and I really like it

[BigDaddyHolmes]

I criticized Madden all last generation. Besides Madden 12, I thought they were all junk. But I have to say, Madden 25 has shown a possible light at the end of the tunnel for me after spending more time with it. I think whats hurting your game most right now is polish, and details.

#1-Annimations
You guys have to smooth out your annimations. To much speed up moments, and other times what looks like frame skipping or something. Ive seen defenders sped way up to make ridiculous Ints. Also after a play is over players stil move odd. Like annimations were just rushed. Pretty much 80% of the players after a play. Id also like more annimations that play through even after the whistle blows. Right now, as soon as the whistle blows, everyone instantly goes into zombie mode. Not as bad as years past, but still terrible looking. Running annimations still need improved. Always still hunch backed when sprinting. A huge improvement would occur if all animations were made to look smoother frame by frame Imo.

#2 graphics
Jst not very good on next gen. Helmets need more shine during gameplay, they look great in the cut scene moments. Gameplay time needs more player detail shadow, they look bland. Grass looks much better, now add a layer of sparkle shine to the fields to match theree look better._.Also boost it for rain effect in the grass. I would also darken the green grass in some stadiums. You guys did darken it from last year, just needs a slight more, here and there. The player models are terrible. They all are off, and punters and qbs are so beefy. Payton Manning looks like his head is on Frankensteins body. Coaches shoulders need some love. Night games need more lighting effect, inside games more reflection look. Like night games but not as vivid of a look, more film like. Slight variance to make it noticeable. Snow need more detail. Looks like a white blanketwith holes punched in it with players feet. Some colors in uniforms and stadiums need tweaked. Some colors pop to fast before others reach their needed levels

#3 gameplay
I agree, more swats, less Int's. I'd like fullbacks to feel like fullbacks. I still feel players with power feel no different really then lighter backs. Lighter back should be able to cut better, more like last gen. All qbs do feel a like. Manning, brady, rodgers, erc about right, but the others are right at their level. Just make a balance option for online play if that is why you guys chose to make them balanced offline. Cpu qbs need much more awareness. To much out of bounds throws. The receiver can be wide, but the cpu qb wont throw until the wr is near out of bounds. Also the cpu throws a lot of floaters. Specially deep. Way to many jump ball hail mary looking deep passes by the cpu. If its not end of game hail marys, 99% of those need to to be fixed. After the cpu qbs get better awareness for a open wr, the user defensive backs need tweaked. The user defensive backs are so bad, that cpu qbs would get 50 points a game if the out of bounds, hail mary, read open receiiver issus were fixed. Also routes and wrs running out of bounds after a user catch needs tweaked. Still sound cpu interfence there pushing me out for no reason. Penaltys still not working well needs addressed. Last thing i will mention is just let ratings matter. Thats perhaps the most frustrating of all. Ratings are a joke, and that is not good.

This game has potential. Plish and detail would take this 7/10 game, to a 9/10 game. Look into the little things. Like a guy here said. Its not the outcome that needs fixed, its what lead to the outcome that is off.

Thanks for reading. Sorry with spelling, wrote with ps4 controller

[BigDaddyHolmes]

Btw, any camera other then zoom is terrible. Standard should be as fas away as it gets. You can pass so much better on zoom, because you can see all little movements, and judge spacing better. Zoom also looks 99 times better, specially when you polish, fix annimations to be better

[kpkpkp]

Re: Madden NFL 25 Title Update #3 Details, Available Now For PS4 and Xbox One

I would love to see some of the things mentioned implemented. Especially things like a sim/tourney mode that can be turned on or off.

I think it would help, I hate how botched snaps or FG blocks never happen.

Also other things like people said...

--Better WR/DB interaction.
--fix penalties, like pass interference, so they finally work.
--fix the wind arrow, it's been backwards on FG/XP's for YEARS now.
--fix winning %'s. An 8-7-1 team and 8-8-0 team should not both have a .500 winning percentage. The 8-7-1 team should be .531... It seems ties are not properly factored in when playing Madden.
--Playoff seeding and tiebreakers have been messed up for years. Please make this mirror NFL rules. For example, wild cards should NEVER get home field adv. over a division winner, just because the wild card had a better season record in a different division.
--Fix the AI for offline franchise mode so CPU teams actually use practice each week and earn XP from it. As a Human team I can practice every week and get tons of extra XP for my starters and bench players, however CPU teams NEVER do practices. This stunts the growth of CPU teams and CPU bench players big time.
--And finally, for the love of God and all that is holy...PLEASE give us detailed explanations of difficulty AND penalty sliders. Guys like Charter04 will love it.

Is there a way to make sure the right person at EA see's this list?

Like an email or something?

[cleetus]

Re: Madden NFL 25 Title Update #3 Details, Available Now For PS4 and Xbox One

I have XBOX One. I see this update came out but I am not sure if I got it or not. I put the game in the other day then left so I am not sure if my system automatically downloaded this update. Can anyone tell me how I can check to see if the patch was downloaded on my system? Thank you.

[BlackBetty15]

Re: Madden NFL 25 Title Update #3 Details, Available Now For PS4 and Xbox One

Is there a way to make sure the right person at EA see's this list?

Like an email or something?

Brother I am gonna go on record right now and say these issues are well known and documented. Ian was a gem at coming on here and changing the direction of madden. The problem is madden upper management kills all the ideas Md enhancement needs right away in favor of absolutely ridiculous gimmicks or quick additions. I think maybe folks are jumping the gun a little with what we got as a product this year as an "opener" product for next gen. I think for a first outing I am fine with the product, but am in the category where you get he freebie this year but next year I need to never want to put my controller down.

[Slim4824]

Re: Madden NFL 25 Title Update #3 Details, Available Now For PS4 and Xbox One

while EA is listening to us about QBs being to accurate. I was able to take a punter and put at QB with a 12 accuracy and throw for 80 percent completion on all Madden. QB accuracy ratings have little to no affect.

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[opd897]

Re: Madden NFL 25 Title Update #3 Details, Available Now For PS4 and Xbox One

while EA is listening to us about QBs being to accurate. I was able to take a punter and put at QB with a 12 accuracy and throw for 80 percent completion on all Madden. QB accuracy ratings have little to no affect.

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I don't believe ratings have any effect across the board, not even sure why EA has ratings. Instance: I got so sick of all the interceptions that I went in and edited every defensive back and safety catch rating to 10. Some of these guys had catch ratings in the 80's. The result was that there was no result. The CBs and safeties continued to intercept as if I had done nothing, even went back in and made sure my changes stuck. So apparently ratings have no effect or they may actually be like the sliders, some of them work and some don't.

[TheShizNo1]

Re: Madden NFL 25 Title Update #3 Details, Available Now For PS4 and Xbox One

while EA is listening to us about QBs being to accurate. I was able to take a punter and put at QB with a 12 accuracy and throw for 80 percent completion on all Madden. QB accuracy ratings have little to no affect.

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Idk, I just have a hard time believing that. Bad QB's definitely play better than they should. But I can feel the difference between a Drew Brees and a Andy Dalton.

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[Moegames]

Re: Madden NFL 25 Title Update #3 Details, Available Now For PS4 and Xbox One

I criticized Madden all last generation. Besides Madden 12, I thought they were all junk. But I have to say, Madden 25 has shown a possible light at the end of the tunnel for me after spending more time with it. I think whats hurting your game most right now is polish, and details.

#1-Annimations
You guys have to smooth out your annimations. To much speed up moments, and other times what looks like frame skipping or something. Ive seen defenders sped way up to make ridiculous Ints. Also after a play is over players stil move odd. Like annimations were just rushed. Pretty much 80% of the players after a play. Id also like more annimations that play through even after the whistle blows. Right now, as soon as the whistle blows, everyone instantly goes into zombie mode. Not as bad as years past, but still terrible looking. Running annimations still need improved. Always still hunch backed when sprinting. A huge improvement would occur if all animations were made to look smoother frame by frame Imo.

#2 graphics
Jst not very good on next gen. Helmets need more shine during gameplay, they look great in the cut scene moments. Gameplay time needs more player detail shadow, they look bland. Grass looks much better, now add a layer of sparkle shine to the fields to match theree look better._.Also boost it for rain effect in the grass. I would also darken the green grass in some stadiums. You guys did darken it from last year, just needs a slight more, here and there. The player models are terrible. They all are off, and punters and qbs are so beefy. Payton Manning looks like his head is on Frankensteins body. Coaches shoulders need some love. Night games need more lighting effect, inside games more reflection look. Like night games but not as vivid of a look, more film like. Slight variance to make it noticeable. Snow need more detail. Looks like a white blanketwith holes punched in it with players feet. Some colors in uniforms and stadiums need tweaked. Some colors pop to fast before others reach their needed levels

#3 gameplay
I agree, more swats, less Int's. I'd like fullbacks to feel like fullbacks. I still feel players with power feel no different really then lighter backs. Lighter back should be able to cut better, more like last gen. All qbs do feel a like. Manning, brady, rodgers, erc about right, but the others are right at their level. Just make a balance option for online play if that is why you guys chose to make them balanced offline. Cpu qbs need much more awareness. To much out of bounds throws. The receiver can be wide, but the cpu qb wont throw until the wr is near out of bounds. Also the cpu throws a lot of floaters. Specially deep. Way to many jump ball hail mary looking deep passes by the cpu. If its not end of game hail marys, 99% of those need to to be fixed. After the cpu qbs get better awareness for a open wr, the user defensive backs need tweaked. The user defensive backs are so bad, that cpu qbs would get 50 points a game if the out of bounds, hail mary, read open receiiver issus were fixed. Also routes and wrs running out of bounds after a user catch needs tweaked. Still sound cpu interfence there pushing me out for no reason. Penaltys still not working well needs addressed. Last thing i will mention is just let ratings matter. Thats perhaps the most frustrating of all. Ratings are a joke, and that is not good.

This game has potential. Plish and detail would take this 7/10 game, to a 9/10 game. Look into the little things. Like a guy here said. Its not the outcome that needs fixed, its what lead to the outcome that is off.

Thanks for reading. Sorry with spelling, wrote with ps4 controller

This above in bold text

[MRJAM70]

Re: Madden NFL 25 Title Update #3 Details, Available Now For PS4 and Xbox One

Ea will not listen until we stop
Purchasing the game and it's sad that we have to result to those type of tactics. If you want results don't buy the game.

[SkinsBoYee]

Re: Madden NFL 25 Title Update #3 Details, Available Now For PS4 and Xbox One

Can't tell if its just placebo effect or not, but seems like since the last update, gameplay seems better. I play strictly offline vs cpu, and the CPU plays much more efficiently. Seems like the very slow speed (which I play on) is back to what it should have been. Seeing way more animations in tackling and WR's making different catches. Getting much greater variety in game outcomes, and don't know why, but seems ratings as regards to stars, seem to be more noticeable.

Again, don't know if its just me....or did they finally hit on something.

[ForUntoOblivionSoar∞]

Re: Madden NFL 25 Title Update #3 Details, Available Now For PS4 and Xbox One

I just fired up Madden NFL 25 (PS4) and noticed a patch was downloaded.

Looking at the update history, it shows Version 1.04 - Minor stability and bug fixes. I've reached out to EA Sports for more details on what was patched in this update.

UPDATE: I've heard from some users that have mentioned it is available now for the Xbox One as well.

UPDATE #2: Here are the Madden NFL 25 title update #3 details.

GENERAL UPDATES

• Improved stability in all game modes
• Various stability improvements for CoachGlass and SmartGlass

GAMEPLAY

• Fixed an issue where special moves on kick returners were over-effective
• Tuned precision stiff arm behavior
• Fixed an issue with heat seeker not working properly
• Tuned knockout chances to improve catch rates in tight coverage

MADDEN ULTIMATE TEAM

• Fixed an issue where the MUT friends list displayed incorrectly

PRESENTATION

• Fixed a bug where Roger Goodell's suit was displayed incorrectly during the Vince Lombardi trophy presentation
• Fixed an issue where vignettes displayed a black screen when loading into a Head-to-Head game, OTP, and MUT Head-to-Head game.

Are you seeing any differences?

So they fixed Roger Goodell's suit but didn't fix the many still incorrect uniforms? I want to be grateful, but if you're going to fix the commissioner that we see for a split second, why not fix the teams we see for entire games over and over again?