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  • Hoops737
    Rookie
    • Jul 2006
    • 258

    #706
    Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

    Is anyohe else having trouble strafing right off the ball on defense? I go to hold down LT before the snap and sometimes it seems like my defensive guy doesn't do it right away. He waits and sometimes it looks like he may turn the other way.

    Or am I crazy?

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    • tril
      MVP
      • Nov 2004
      • 2914

      #707
      Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

      Originally posted by canes21
      This game has me torn and feeling crazy. One night I will play and it is the best football video game I've touched. The next night I will play and the game is so frustrating I turn it off. I can play 4 beautiful quarters of realistic football where every call matters and the gameplay looks great.

      Then I can play 4 quarters of linemen never getting blocked, post routes destroying cover 3 and cover 4, the underneath routes never being covered, etc. etc.

      I just don't get it. It can play the greatest game of football and the worst... how?

      Also, to add to this. I love losing in sports games as much as I love winning. I want my season to be a challenge and a dogfight. If I go 10-6, I want that to really matter and be because I fielded a good team. If I am playing with a bad team, I want to struggle and fight for a 6-10 season.

      With that being said, I also hate losing for no real reason. I love MLB The Show and nearing the end of my second season of playing every game. I've lost over 100 games easily. I can sit here and go back and point out why I lost every single one. I made a bad pitch, I missed a hanging breaking ball, an error by my questionable CF, etc. That's fine and is what makes it an amazing game. Every game can be rewound and you can pinpoint exactly why every result was the way it was.

      Now with Madden, you can't do that every game and that is what leads to the frustration. I can play one game and it's beautiful and I know why I won/lost. Then I can play another game and I can do nothing but sit there and feel cheated or that I got an advantage. It's cool if a play gets beat here and there when it was the right playcall. It isn't cool when a 2 man rush gets a sack in .2 seconds 2 plays in a row and 5 times in one quarter. It is okay if I call cover 3 and my safety makes an error and gets beat deep. It isn't cool when my safety is getting beat every single time when he literally only has one man to cover the entire play and is faster and better overall.

      That's this year's game in a nutshell for me. I love it at times, I hate it at times. I do think at it's peak, it is the best football game I have ever played. I also believe that at times it can play the ever so ugly Maddenball that I absolutely despise. Why is the game so inconsistent at times? I have no clue, but it is frustrating and keeping me from buying this game despite how good it can be at times. I want a football game where I can look back and understand why a play was beat. Have a spectacular play here and there the is against the odds and I won't care one bit. I will care when my cover 4 gets beat 6 times in one game by a streak while the other 2 WR's and TE run routes no longer than 10 yards.

      for one, football is an intense game, I believe the programmers have to do a better job of finding proper game-play balance.

      In other sports titles the randomness and the hot and cold streaks players have is more realistic. Its rare that youll have an entire team play horribly in those other sports titles. it happens but not every game. youll get a mix of players having good games and bad games.

      In Madden football its either the entire team plays bad or they all play well. its never a mix. that's the main problem, and I believe its tied to the way they coded randomness.

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      • illiterateoption
        Banned
        • Mar 2013
        • 240

        #708
        Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

        Originally posted by illiterateoption
        One thing I failed to mention was regarding USER Control. Several here brought this up...but compared to last gen, I feel like in M15 that I have very limited user control. There's a delay or something but at least with M25 or NCAA14 on 360 I felt like I had full control of my players. Ugh. The more I play M15 the more disappointed i become.
        Ok...so after fighting through the frustration with M15 I decided to head back to M25 for XB1. Honestly...I'm having a "holy crap" moment. I hated M25 on XB1, now after fighting M15 this week and going back...I've been playing for about 4hrs and noticing little things the game actually does pretty well. There's more user control, the inaccuracy slider works, and I feel more in control of my defenders without that stupid tackle cone. Graphics look brighter, players aren't all buffed out, and the fields are bright and not dulled out. Now what the hell am I supposed to do?!

        I'm currently in a game (Seahawks vs 49ers) and its 14-3 hawks early in the 4th. Its been a closely contested game. Sliding, morphing, and weirdness from the infinity engine is toned down. Not a huge fan of true step still but coming from the lack of user control I felt in 15... its not that bad now.

        Totally recommend, if you still have your copy of 25...give it a whirl and share your experiences...do you feel like you have more or less user control in M15 (compared to 25)?

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        • Indyboy180
          Pro
          • Aug 2009
          • 531

          #709
          Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

          FB Dive is OP.

          Automatic first down on 4th and 1.

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          • Cnyce86
            Rookie
            • Aug 2009
            • 7

            #710
            Im enjoying the game on xbox1. But has anyone notice a difference in difficulty from exhibition to cfm? Cfm seems very hard to me and unrealistic. I play on allpro. Any suggestions

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            • TombSong
              MVP
              • Jul 2002
              • 2543

              #711
              Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

              Originally posted by SageInfinite
              I don't know what he needs, lol, but the footage speaks for itself, lol.
              I have seen some of his videos. Ryan is posting gospel about this game but he is gonna get crucified for it. Everything he has posted can be verified by simply playing the game. It's funny how the very people that bring venom to what he does never bring logic to the conversation to refute anything he is presenting.

              They give personal attacks as though that somehow makes the truth he is presenting a lie, LOL.

              For once it would be nice for a dev or one of these "Lets hang Ryan" guys would speak to what's being presented and not try and turn it into a hate madden crime.

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              • bdeezy89
                Rookie
                • Sep 2011
                • 266

                #712
                Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

                Run stopping so frustrating!!!!!!! Frank Gore just ran 210 yds and had 2 TDs and Kaep had 120 rushing yds because my stupid linemen just stand there when the CPU is running the ball. I have to switch to the player closest to him to catch him or the CPU runner will get 20 yard gains. ARgghskhdhsk

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                • fldash
                  Banned
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 448

                  #713
                  Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

                  Bought a PS4 just for Madden 15 after reading this thread for the first few days. Already regret it. This is garbage. The limp body crap after a non-animation tackle looks horrible. Seriously players don't go limp on collisions unless they are knocked smooth out. It just looks bad. You absolutely can't use speed boost behind the line, or maybe at all. With speed threshold at 0 and normal speed as soon as you hit it the defense speeds up as well. If you hit it behind the LOS you are nearly guaranteed to get tackled for a loss as the DL suddenly win their blocks.

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                  • illiterateoption
                    Banned
                    • Mar 2013
                    • 240

                    #714
                    Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

                    Originally posted by fldash
                    Bought a PS4 just for Madden 15 after reading this thread for the first few days. Already regret it. This is garbage. The limp body crap after a non-animation tackle looks horrible. Seriously players don't go limp on collisions unless they are knocked smooth out. It just looks bad. You absolutely can't use speed boost behind the line, or maybe at all. With speed threshold at 0 and normal speed as soon as you hit it the defense speeds up as well. If you hit it behind the LOS you are nearly guaranteed to get tackled for a loss as the DL suddenly win their blocks.

                    I hear you. Don't let threads impact you too much. That said, after playing M15 for a week and giving M25 a shot...I've had a blast today and have a new found respect for M25 next gen that I didn't have before. I play on All-Pro, 9 min. QTR, only slider I touch is pass acc (20). Might be worth a look for you if you're that frustrated...i'm sure you can find it (m25) cheap.

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                    • illiterateoption
                      Banned
                      • Mar 2013
                      • 240

                      #715
                      Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

                      On the subject of Moody...dudes doing solid work right now. he's got a video up showing what I've said on this thread...the amount of motion shifting, wonky animations, and sliding in this years (M15) is unacceptable. Objective evidence - it can't be ignored. Its not like the guy doesn't want a good football game too - he's dying like the rest of us. You can hear the frustration in his voice. Why do other genres and game categories get to enjoy epic titles and football fans get left out in the cold. For the last 10 years!!

                      The product just seems so unstable. Its clear, all of EA's effort was spent in the presentation aspect, a few minor modes (gauntlet is a glorified skills trainer), and graphics.

                      M25 feels more stable...it just does. I hated M25 and now...shoot...I'm starting a CFM and dumping 15 once NBA 2K or something drops. M25, Its not glamorous and doesn't have all the new bells n whistles, but damn...the motion shifting, sliding, suction, is certainly less and the user control can be felt. I'm so frustrated...This exclusive license sucks for us consumers. No options. Just the choice of: A) play M15 with all its issues B) Play M25 - a port from last gen.

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                      • Fist Of Kings
                        Pro
                        • Oct 2009
                        • 793

                        #716
                        Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

                        Originally posted by fldash
                        Bought a PS4 just for Madden 15 after reading this thread for the first few days. Already regret it. This is garbage. The limp body crap after a non-animation tackle looks horrible. Seriously players don't go limp on collisions unless they are knocked smooth out. It just looks bad. You absolutely can't use speed boost behind the line, or maybe at all. With speed threshold at 0 and normal speed as soon as you hit it the defense speeds up as well. If you hit it behind the LOS you are nearly guaranteed to get tackled for a loss as the DL suddenly win their blocks.



                        You're not alone, I did the same thing, only for the xbone to play Madden 15 after reading so many good things about it here and to finally play Forza 5. My biggest regret was selling my 360 and selling most of my massive game collection towards this, which stings even more after seeing how the game selection right now is severely lacking.


                        What annoys me the most is how there's no fight in the players. It was the same on last gen, I'm already tired of seeing players that should be trucking defenders with ease according to their ratings fall as soon as they're touched, and I'm talking about 1on1 open field tackles. Either these defenders are all great tacklers, or the ratings still don't translate enough on the field.


                        To me, the tackle cone doesn't do anything that the hit stick/wrap up tackles didn't do before, and the 'new' kicking meter seems like something that was done to say that something was changed. I expected more from 'living worlds', but the sidelines are still as lifeless as they were before. Besides the graphics, there isn't anything I've seen so far that I couldn't have seen on a last gen console.


                        It's the same game I've played for all of these years, with the same problems, only with better graphics and less post play goofiness. If I could go back a week and get my 360 and all of my games back I would lol.

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                        • adamgod8
                          Rookie
                          • Apr 2009
                          • 449

                          #717
                          Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

                          Originally posted by daniel77733
                          Woohoo!!! Playing on PS4. Started the first pre-season game against the Ravens and the system says that there's an unexpected error and needs to update the system software. Kicks me back to the PS4's main menu.

                          I restart M15 and yay, I can actually resume my game instead of starting it over. Nice, auto in-game saves.
                          This was in Madden 25. Its not new to Madden 15

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                          • Skyboxer
                            Donny Baseball!
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 20302

                            #718
                            Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

                            Originally posted by SoxFan01605
                            Sky, do you have sliders and settings posted somewhere that I could look at? I know you had been tweaking for awhile, and I still can't get the AI passing game balanced. Jarebear recommended playing at Normal speed and I'm going to try that tonight.

                            Also, two more questions, if you don't mind:

                            1. Do you still play on Slow?

                            2. What difficulty did you settle on (I recall you bouncing between All Pro and All Madden)?

                            Sorry to pepper you with questions, but I am so close to getting this game tuned and I'm trying to get more suggestions.
                            Slow game speed. 25 Threshold.
                            All Pro. Just never could get AM to a place I was satisfied with.
                            I also have Intentional grounding at 0.

                            I uploaded them to Share. I'll post them in my Arena as I don't need a thread in slider forum as there's always a bunch of questions and I never really go in there a lot to answer.
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                            • FaceMask
                              Banned
                              • Oct 2013
                              • 847

                              #719
                              Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

                              Originally posted by illiterateoption
                              Graphics look brighter, players aren't all buffed out, and the fields are bright and not dulled out. Now what the hell am I supposed to do?!
                              This is the part I don't understand about M15. They up the detail, but ruin the lighting brightness. 1pm and 4pm lighting in most of the stadiums just flat out sucks in this game, and to make it worse it's not progressive (at least not on PS4, haven't played the XB1 version) and that REALLY hurts the situation even more. The lighting in M25 is progressive, and it's brighter:

                              M15 - 1pm


                              M25 - 1pm


                              They probably went darker in 15 to make the details stand out, but they went too far in my opinion. It all looks like it's under overcast skies in 15, smh.

                              That said, M25's player models are pretty bad for the most part. Colin Kaepernick looks like a balloon in that game.

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                              • bigdfan76
                                Pro
                                • Sep 2008
                                • 655

                                #720
                                Re: Madden NFL 15 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (XB1/PS4)

                                Originally posted by adamgod8
                                This was in Madden 25. Its not new to Madden 15
                                Is this true? In game saves?
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