Madden NFL 15: Retail First Impressions

[enice128]

fool me once shame on u....fool me EVERY YEAR shame on ME!!!!!!!!!!!! However, i do feel good things this year....damn there i go again getting sucked in!

A G A I N !!!!!!!

[kdkaine]

Re: Madden NFL 15: Retail First Impressions

I think the cold hard reality of no NCAA this year has really changed my perspective on Madden. Could it be better? Absolutely. (Although I'll wait until I can play it myself before I judge this years game.) but I think I'd rather deal with the usual yearly frustrations with this game than worry about the alternative of no Madden at all.

Overall I found the reviews helpful and informative, and I'm looking forward to playing the game.

[Demoncrom]

"I've had an extremely hard time throwing curl routes on the outside, for instance, because cornerbacks almost always jump the pass and take it back for a touchdown. ". Reviewer at usgamer makes it clear that the jump route crap logic is still very much alive

[TheBuddyHobbs]

Re: Madden NFL 15: Retail First Impressions

My impression so far

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[Eski33]

After playing the pre-release I concur. Some things are familiar like the team selection menu, uniforms are exactly the same from M25 (never quite understood why EA puts in uniform options like HOME 11 when it is exactly the same as the default? I want more classic uniforms.

All in all, the presentation is outstanding. I was amazed. The stadiums with real jumbo trons look fantastic.

Where the real beauty is tho is in the gameplay. Players move a more life like pre-snap. Although there are still some quirky tackling animations, there is so much added that makes the players look that much better, especially receivers.

Best Madden I have played. And it's fun. The past few years I was bored within a few hours. I can't wait to get back on the sticks.

[Eski33]

Also, I like the new kicking arc. I thought I would hate it but it is a nice addition. The play calling is excellent and if you like money plays, your cash is no good here. The AI is smart.

Also I haven't seen the cheap interceptions from a year ago.

One cool thing. I was using Seattle. Harvin got behind the defender and raised his hand. I hit him in stride and he didn't slow down. In years past the WR would slow right after catching the ball almost eliminating the chance for a big play. To see him catch it in stride and pull away was a sweet feeling.

As far as QB accuracy I noticed it especially with pressure. Wilson overthrew a few guys and while rolling to the left he under threw a WR in the flat.

Need to spend more time with different QBs but it wasn't as automatic as past Maddens.

I don't have any allegiances to specific games. However this Madden is worth the money. I haven't played SB mode but playing in Seattle it was loud. I didn't see any instances of highlights being off with the commentary either. It isn't perfect but it's still much much better than expected.

[Eski33]

Another cool moment was when there was an injury on the field. The commentators drew away from the action and the game drifted as if it were going to commercial. When the game faded back in the commentators went straight to the person who was injured to provide an update. It was just as if it were on network TV. There are so many cool little things.

[Retropyro]

Really enjoying it so far. But one complaint is, zero penalties again! I've asked for months, people who had played it, are there penalties, does PI get called and everyone of them said YES! I've played 3 games so far and have yet to see even one penalty called. Granted I have yet to touch sliders, but I doubt anyone getting to do early previews touched the sliders either.

Playing with the Lions I noticed a huge difference in QB's. Top level QB's are step above the others.

[therealsmallville]

Re: Madden NFL 15: Retail First Impressions

We've rated Madden below the Metacritic score each of the last two years, next-gen was above it but the waffling from us on that score behind the scenes made me wish we had a 7.7 to give it haha!

So I don't see any way OS is 'biased' in our reviews of Madden, if anything we're on par or below the internet critic average, meaning there are plenty above us, and some below us in how we've rated the game. Those are facts.

Another fact: Singular game review scores are subjective and they're no scientific way to judge a game's quality unless taken in a larger context with many more opinions included in one's analysis. But I digress.

For those wondering, I did post another short look at defense on the frontpage you can all check out here: http://www.operationsports.com/news/...oring-anymore/

I agree with you 100%, and is why I enjoy this site...if anything, I'd say OS pushes the Madden dev teams to do better & be better more than most other sites. You don't see many softball questions here during dev interactions.

[therealsmallville]

Re: Madden NFL 15: Retail First Impressions

Huh? Madden is not the only game on this site, and hoping I get to play a good football game for once. Didn't know there was a 'have to be positive all the time' clause.

My bad. I shouldn't have assumed that by saying "here", that you would understand I was talking about the Madden forum.

And there's no "have to be positive" clause, but there is a "don't agenda post or be a d#%#" clause. So there's that.

[Gerick90]

best madden since 05

[JCCurtis2852]

Can anyone w ea access tell me if the option to play in coach mode is n the game? I dont mean the option 2 play asa coach but the option 2 call plays n let the cpu run them like last yr. thanks

[CujoMatty]

Re: Madden NFL 15: Retail First Impressions

I did a game 15 minute quarters denver against new england with the passing accuracy at 0 for both teams. both manning and brady were missing quite frequently so that was good. I also put most of the penalty sliders at 60 except pass interference at 90 for both offensive and defensive pass interference. I had a clipping, 2 face masking, a holding, and an encroachment penalty that was done by a cpu controlled team mate. every penalty however was on my team. not sure if thats going to be an issue or just a fluke.

one thing I noticed was sometimes in the cut scenes it would show players on the sideline that shouldve been on the field. I got a clipping penalty and the cut scene showed the coach and manning standing behind him on the sideline with no helmet on. manning was on the field a second before that so its like he teleported off for the cut scene then back on the field in the huddle when it went back to the game. if that makes sense lol.

[yesrick]

To the OS Reviewer: When you are top story on a new release, give a fair assessment of the game. First the platform, then early access with 6 hours of playing time. So we lose 15 minutes due to the boot sequence of next years superbowl, total nonsense and no-one is looking to see this. The constant delay waiting to get synched up is a problem, the menu structure changed again. First look and feel is this makes no sense. Why not allocate efforts in fixing the broken parts. Online was a mess with madden 25, any change there, or are we left with another broken element of the game. Bottom line an unbiased review is helpful, anything is worthless. I don't post much but i do expect a better effort,. You lost me after thinking this is one of the best games ever , after an hour of playing.

[kenlovin]

Re: Madden NFL 15: Retail First Impressions

Luckily for everyone who doesn't agree with the write up, you can read many other reviews, or try the game for yourself. Not everyone has the same opinion.

I know there has been plenty of times I never saw a certain issue or bug with a game and then I browse the forums and my enjoyment for the game is ruined. We all see different things. Some people could think one area is greatly improved, while someone else could think the improvement is minimal. That's why once release date happens I pretty much avoid that section of the forums because I don't want someone to find a bug that I would have never noticed and ruin my enjoyment.

This I can totally agree with. I don't know how many times this site has ruined my enjoyment for a madden title. Sometimes I can't even visit this site bc i know that someone has found something that will totally ruin my enjoyment.