Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

[TitanUP2]

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Played two games last night. One on All-Pro and All-Madden.I put the game speed to slow with 0 on the player min threshold, 15 min 15 sec run off.

HOLY **** did I have a blast!

This is truly different experience coming from last gen and even Madden 25. Graphically this game is stunning and the new presentation really adds to the immersion. We should have had the ability to change cameras on the fly along time ago. I really enjoy the defensive perspective camera.

The AI has seemed to stepped up their game. Defenses are more reactive and the CPU can actually run the rock! (i gave up 200 yds to stephen jackson on all-madden while getting whipped 49-0).

The new QB accuracy thing is fantastic even though it hurts a QB like my Titans have. With Jake Locker I couldn't attack down field hardly at all with him due to his inaccuracy down field. I had to stick mostly to 10 and under routes to get passes complete with him.

Running game feels great. You can't just spam the outside runs anymore.

The new play calling system would be a hell of a lot better if it took you back to the screen where you have "coach suggestions,formations...etc" instead of plays inside that formation you just called. This will take a lot of time to get used to if I ever.

Overall I'm incredibly happy with this release. This has potential to rival Madden 05 which IMO is the best Madden I've ever played.

Once I grab a fantastic slider set from one of the community members and the kickoff week rosters i'll be ready to go with my CFM.

[Smoke6]

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This weightyness you guys are feeling, please let me know if its the same for defense. I'm not seeing it at all when my opponent is gliding across the secondary like Wayne Gretzky.

Sorry for being so negative about my impressions, but I was hoping this wwould have been eliminated by now. The contain controls for playmaker need to return, it does not work online as people are just running rampant abusing its non existance like when mike vick was on the cover.

[StL_RamZ]

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London game

[KingJavo]

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Is anyone else seeing tight spirals ever time? It seems like every pass I've thrown has been a perfect ball with ZERO wobble.

Let me know if I'm going crazy here.

[A_Quiet_Pro]

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I mean, I'm being realistic about it, I know they're gonna be dominant. But come on, should I not be able to stop the Eagles or Steelers either? I've got some playing around to do, I'll report back later.

Ok. So, after another Seahawk game, going back to All Pro and sim sliders; much better result. Lost 28-26, but I'm cool with that. A couple mistakes by me where they jumped the route and had a pick 6, (so if I didn't do that I would've won). But overall much better. The only thing I gotta say NEEDS to be fixed is the CPU screen coverage. NO WAY should the CPU ALWAYS stick on my screen receiver like glue with 3 blockers minimum leading the way. One time I had a LOSS for 9 yards because I was hit immediately and the animation knocked me back 10 yards before they tackled me. That shouldn't happen on screen plays. Seriously, 90% of the screens I've called, either I get stopped immediately because the guys on me from the start, or my 3 blockers rush upfield for blocks but dont get the immediate threats and let them through (again, almost immediately). So, ranting over... I'm cool with it. Maybe the first game I had, legacy issues were to blame.

[jp7588]

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Is anyone else seeing tight spirals ever time? It seems like every pass I've thrown has been a perfect ball with ZERO wobble.

Let me know if I'm going crazy here.

I noticed some wobbles yesterday for sure.

[nickjamesm7]

I like it so far. The gameplay is good. The game isn't perfect, no game is, especially since they only have a year of development time. However, if EA patches the Sim Stats and the Player Progression/Regression for the CFM, I'd be willing to claim Madden 15 as one of, if not the best Madden ever.

[l8knight1]

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Is anyone else seeing tight spirals ever time? It seems like every pass I've thrown has been a perfect ball with ZERO wobble.

Let me know if I'm going crazy here.

That's part of the particular QB's attributes. I created a QB who doesn't throw tight spirals, and by gum, he doesn't.

[zizoux]

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Man, I'm having a blast with this game. Playing against Seahawks is no joke. However I was able to beat them with 49ers at all-pro. Yes they have great defense but they are not perfect or flawless. I actually completed a curl route againts Sherman. The trick is passing the ball as soon as your WR starts to turn around.But it doesn't work all the time and your WR should be a good player or else he drops or can't catch the ball. The second time I tried it Sherman picked me off lol.

What I really don't like is that guys play 2-3 games then start to complain instead of stepping up their games. i.e passing is too tough and/or CPU run stopping is overpowered etc.
I would understand if CPU players were sliding all over the place to stop you or your +90 rated OLs couldnt create holes for you to run.
IMO all-pro difficulty is realistic as it gets and I really hope the EA doesn't dumb down the CPU defense.

My only gripe in terms of gameplay is that pocket passers like Manning and Brady, freeze when they don't find open guys.Thus resulting in too many sacks. Simple solution like throwing the ball away would be enough imo.
I moved Intentional Grounding penalty all the way down to zero. Still no luck.
I don't want to increase the CPU pass blocking slider. Bc it would give artificial boost to low rated linemen.

[HealyMonster]

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It is a bug and not intentional. It will be addressed in the first patch.

Hey Rex! Great job bro! My biggest pet peeve is how the overlays disappear before u can read them. Is this something that can get patched? You guys did a heck of a job but if we can't read them there's no point!!

[HealyMonster]

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the one thing i hate is that there are NO PENALTIES being called, its rediculous that there is no P.I. calls something has to be done about this or i will not be playing this too much longer. i know you can change it but not for online players H2H. smh other than that im pleased with the game i guess.

the way the game is being called in real life NFL there is no excuse for this. I played 6 online ranked games and had one P.I. called for 4 yards and one clipping penalty. ARE YOU SERIOUS MADDEN IN TODAYS NFL their is a flag thrown every 5-10 snaps on avg.

Was actually just going to post something on this.

I made all penalty sliders 70, played a full game. I had 6 penalties for 88 yards. 1 was clipping on the kickoff return, and the other 5 were face mask. The CPU had 9 for 101. 1 was a false start, 8 were facemask.

So facemask is too high at 70, everything else is going to be bumped to 80 to see where they are after another game.

[xylocaine]

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Overall an improved game and it's definitely a good effort from EA. I'll probably play it more than any other game this year. But, it's still good not great.

Couple things that really irritate me is not being able to skip first half of halftime show, not being able to skip the ref animation during penalties. They addressed the wait with skipping the coin flip and adding the chew clock feature on the play call screen. But during those solo challenges that you need to do in MUT to get precious coins the last thing I want to do is watch cut scenes. Don't get me wrong I like that they are there, but you should be able to speed it along if you want to in single player games.

The new playcalling screen is taking ALOT of getting use to. I hope they did this for improved efficiency (that I've yet to discover) and not just to jazz it up to look different. I've press the wrong play so many times!!! I'm sure it will grow on me but Why the change. If anything I would have made the old play calling screen more transparent so you could see the action on the field or a replay while calling your play etc.

Why won't Madden put the price you paid as well as accumulated stats on the MUT cards, without this info the cards just feel generic and not like they are "yours"...

[BrownianMotion]

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Played my second game today. 15 minute quarter length with the accelerated play clock run down to 15 seconds. Difficulty set to All-Pro.

Played as the Patriots and lost 24-20 to the Steelers on a late TD. That's the second time I've lost via a TD with only a few seconds left - and I've only played 2 games. CPU offense is unstoppable late in the game when attempting a comeback.

[Markdoe]

Game looks better. A bit better atmosphere to it. Extremely upset about offline connected careers. Selecting all 32 teams takes about half an hour. As tedious as ever. For some reason when you select to play as two users, the game locks you out of supersim so you're forced to play the whole game from start to finish. For us offline sim player this is an extreme, time consuming hassle. There is no need to lock us out of supersim at anytime. I hope ea fixes this in the next update. Also controller select mode is indefinitely locked once you enter any game. Ea seems to like restricting our access to fit how they want us to play and not vise versa. Hopefully ea unlocks their menus and allows us sim players a little more freedom. But that's EA for you..
Interceptions are still too frequent. Penalties... as mentioned before are virtually non existent . Shame really.
In closing .. It's a shiny new game, but seriously geared towards an online crowd. Seems to me like sim players are overlooked once again. So if you consider yourself one, I'd stick to madden 25 on 360 or ps3.. At least there you get NCAA draft classes and more control in how you want to play your connected careers. I bought this game today and I'm already regretting it. Seems like a half finished product. I recommend it for casual gamers. But for you NFL sim guys, this one is definitely a skip.

6/10

[tessl]

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What does coach mode look like for the ps4? Does the new tackling dynamic involve a noticeable change?

Thanks.