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

[SageInfinite]

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

Ryan Moody killing this game, lmaooooo. Footage speaks for itself though. The game deserves most of the praise and a majority of it's criticism.

[N51_rob]

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Two things are starting to really stand out to me. The CPU on offense (regardless of team or QB) runs so many shallow crossing routes, which lead to the very high completion percentages. Mix that in with watching my defenders be slower to react when in zone coverage. I'm see the CPU throw for really low YPA stats.

My CPU controlled WRs are not nearly aggressive enough when the ball is in the air. I threw a deep post route against a single high safety. First time my WR ignored the ball and just ran his route. He didn't make a play for the ball until he was already behind the safety who had a play on it. Threw the same thing again and this time I took control of the WR ran across the face of the safety and made the catch. I would like to see my WR be as aggressive as I was or the CPU DB was for balls like that.

Another play I had my WR breaking in and the CB sitting in cover 3 inside of him. As soon as I threw the ball I knew it would be intercepted. But my WR ran his route like he still had a chance and the ball and rather than "turn into a defender" and go to make a play on the DB he ran his route and went into a catch animation despite being behind the DB with no chance at the ball.

Enjoy the game its fun, but I really want to see them invest in improving the WR/DB interaction for 16 because on the outside and in the passing game the game is starting to feel like "Madden" again.

[GiantBlue76]

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I agree with most of your thoughts. Especially about the user pass defense. Just a word of advice. Never go in and look at the replay when you called a zone defense. Linebackers just sit there as guys run through their zone. It's infuriating g. I don't know if it's because I'm on All Madden or what, but it's maddening. Don't know how to fix that.

Other than that, I love this game.

This is something that I cannot stand about Madden. Also, if you look, you will see all of your zone defenders moving in exact unison. I sent Clint a video over 3 months ago in M25 of 3 defenders standing still, flat footed, watching RG3 run 5 yards past the LOS on THEIR side before they even moved. His response was that it was fixed in M15, yet it clearly isn't. Exact same issue is still there in it's same form. These are not things that you won't notice when playing a football game. This is basic stuff that affects every play. Someone made a good point that it seems that the defenders are "tethered" to the ball in that they wait for the ball to reach a certain point (despite the fact it is being CARRIED) before they even start to react. I just don't understand how you can re-write the defensive AI logic 4 straight years and still not be able to get this right. Football games had this stuff working fine over 10 years ago on crappy hardware. Come on now - these are the things that next gen needs to get right.

[bkrich83]

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Ryan Moody killing this game, lmaooooo. Footage speaks for itself though. The game deserves most of the praise and a majority of it's criticism.

That guy needs a girlfriend.

[SageInfinite]

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

That guy needs a girlfriend.

I don't know what he needs, lol, but the footage speaks for itself, lol.

[Armor and Sword]

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

Let me preface this again by saying this is hands down the best Madden I have ever played and quite frankly the best console football game as well. It is light years ahead of last gen.

But some warts are showing and I am believing this team will address them in next years game because a super solid foundation is now in place. OL/DL is really magnificent. truly awesome and a game within a game now.

However WR/DB interactions must be a huge focus next season. This is the area that is a killer right now. The cpu WR's are not fighting for the ball and therefore making the deep ball difficult this year. I like to not user catch...but I am getting to a point where when I get a WR open on a post or flag....I may start taking control of them to make the catch...because they are not making enough of an effort.

It is what it is.

Also AI is questionable in short yardage and goaline situations. This needs to be tuned. Will EA use game tuners this year?

Sacks and pass rush are overpowered this year. It needs a nerf on a patch. But not too much. Just balance it. QB's pocket awareness is off as well and I have been forced to do QB edits to rectify this. Problem is 4-5 years into CFM rookie QB's will populate the league and you can't edit them within CFM....another area EA needs to give us control again. We should be able to edit ratings in CFM whenever we want. Please give us that back.

But still a wonderful game, a huge improvement from all the average to uninspired games from last gen save for M10, 12 and 25.

I am having a wonderful time playing Madden 15.

[bkrich83]

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I don't know what he needs, lol, but the footage speaks for itself, lol.

I honestly don't watch any of that stuff. Those dudes take the fun out of gaming. Plus they manipulate things to make their points.

They have one goal, internet fame. No thanks.

[bkrich83]

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Let me preface this again by saying this is hands down the best Madden I have ever played and quite frankly the best console football game as well. It is light years ahead of last gen.

But some warts are showing and I am believing this team will address them in next years game because a super solid foundation is now in place. OL/DL is really magnificent. truly awesome and a game within a game now.

However WR/DB interactions must be a huge focus next season. This is the area that is a killer right now. The cpu WR's are not fighting for the ball and therefore making the deep ball difficult this year. I like to not user catch...but I am getting to a point where when I get a WR open on a post or flag....I may start taking control of them to make the catch...because they are not making enough of an effort.

It is what it is.

Also AI is questionable in short yardage and goaline situations. This needs to be tuned. Will EA use game tuners this year?

Sacks and pass rush are overpowered this year. It needs a nerf on a patch. But not too much. Just balance it. QB's pocket awareness is off as well and I have been forced to do QB edits to rectify this. Problem is 4-5 years into CFM rookie QB's will populate the league and you can't edit them within CFM....another area EA needs to give us control again. We should be able to edit ratings in CFM whenever we want. Please give us that back.

But still a wonderful game, a huge improvement from all the average to uninspired games from last gen save for M10, 12 and 25.

I am having a wonderful time playing Madden 15.

Agreed on all your points.

What i don't get about the WR aggresion is, sometimes they fight for the jump balls and sometimes they don't.

Sometimes I almost think all our slider tweaking has unintended results. Don't know.

WR/DB interaction and QB decision making have to be primary focuses next year, if they can not be patched this year.

[FaceMask]

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

Wow. Sim stats are bus-ted. Drew Brees threw 99 passes, racked up 785 yards, and RG3 threw 84 passes and racked up 691 yards. Alfred Morris rushed for 302 yards.

Final score: Redskins 72 Saints 67

[SageInfinite]

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I honestly don't watch any of that stuff. Those dudes take the fun out of gaming. Plus they manipulate things to make their points.

They have one goal, internet fame. No thanks.

Personally doesn't take the fun out of it for me. Most of the things he mentions are noticeable whether I watch his videos or not. Tiburon shouldn't give him so much material, lol.

[Metalskull79]

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They are going in the right direction. Xbox One#1

[bkrich83]

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Wow. Sim stats are bus-ted. Drew Brees threw 99 passes, racked up 785 yards, and RG3 threw 84 passes and racked up 691 yards. Alfred Morris rushed for 302 yards.

Final score: Redskins 72 Saints 67

Is that the in game sim thing. I just forgot what it was called.

The time isn't balanced so they run a ton of plays. They've never fixed that.

[bkrich83]

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Personally doesn't take the fun out of it for me. Most of the things he mentions are noticeable whether I watch his videos or not. Tiburon shouldn't give him so much material, lol.

Ehh.. At this point, the game is fun to me, that's all I care about. . I have no desire to go on bug hunts. To each their own, but I don't put a lot of stock in the opinions of people who are simply looking for YouTube fame.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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1. Is it just me or does shade inside, shade outside, shade underneath, shade over the top and protect the sticks don't seem to work ? If anything it seems to make the CPU WRs get open even more wide open then they normally be.

2. I am really getting highly annoyed by WRs momentum carrying them out of bounds on drag routes and out routes. Same thing happens when I try to dump the ball to my HB or FB.

3. I swear there is a delay at times when it comes to the USER controlling a player. A lot of times I want to make a cut or a turn but the player don't immediately respond. I noticed this when I want to throw a stiff arm too. Half the time nothing happens. And on running plays up the middle, half the time I feel as though I am sucked into the butt of my blockers, like I have no control of the player until he is into the back of the blockers.

I noticed you really notice this lack of control when you play as a lower rated team. I just played as the Raiders and it was TERRIBLE. Felt like half the time I had zero control of what my players were doing.

4. Speaking of the Raiders, this brings me to offensive linemen who don't BLOCK ANYBODY on running plays or passing plays. They just stand there and let a defender run right passed them. I don't know if the Raiders offensive line is that bad or what, but that crap was happening every play. Every cut scene I would watch the right tackle and left guard just constantly not block anybody, just standing there clueless.

5. At first I just thought it was buzz zones, but I am starting to think all zones simply don't work. Once again, unless the Raiders are simply that damn bad. They couldn't cover anybody and made Phillip Rivers look like Tom Brady in his prime, even with a 10 throwing accuracy.

I swear this Chargers vs Raiders game playing as the Raiders was the most irritating game I ever played.

[Gridiron]

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PS4 version? If yes, then something is wrong on my end, because the lighting never changes in my game.

Nothing wrong with ya game homie. Lighting is not progressive in 15. Hawley is wrong.

Maybe they meant to do it, but something happened. That's the only explanation I can think of for why Rex said it was in the game when it's not.