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

[Manning2Harrison]

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I would be very curious to see a video/documentary on how the madden dev team spends there time between releases as well as how testing and quality control actually goes into the game. We have endless examples of unfinished modes, flawed sim stats etc... Most companies whether they sell video games or cars would never put a product into the market that resembles the quality of madden. I am pulling and rooting for EA to get this right sooner or later so I can once again enjoy the game I have come to love playing. Seriously if it takes you a year to put out the product you have given us then I think you might be in the wrong business. Please just get it right. I so wanna enjoy playing this game for more than one season without the games flaws halting my exp.

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[SwedishTouch76]

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Until ppl literally boycott one year nothing will drastically change. Theyve been allowed to be lazy and sloppy and rewarded for it.

[illiterateoption]

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LOL...here I am, after my big statement and I'm itching for my M25. Dang it. Its craziness I tell you!

I think the biggest problem I'm having is that all of these games give us something we'd like to see in our (football) games. Madden 15 offers the latest and updated official rosters, M25 (360) gave us the smoothest gameplay, M25 (XB1) provides the best zoom cam experience, and NCAA14 gives you a sense of controlling a program and building it from the ground up. All while, when I want a more sim experience I turn to 2K's offerings...that in all honesty...now are finally showing their age - especially with the playbooks.

Oh well. I guess this is the sickness until either Madden or someone else offers a complete package (which I was expecting M15 to be this year). Have fun!

So...I finally re-installed Madden 15 to give it one more shot. Regardless if its Madden 15 or even 25 (which i've had alot of fun with), Madden lacks individuality. It doesn't matter so much with NCAA 14, but when I play Madden I'd like to feel like there's real differences between players and match-ups - I want to play against the other teams weakness and to my strengths.

Madden has always struggled to differentiate players outside of gear and likeness, basically the cosmetic stuff. I like CFM but the Madden presentation, atmosphere, and gameplay experience lacks so much that it doesn't matter what you do in CFM. NCAA14 has more diversity when it comes to gameplay, great atmosphere, and the presentation is miles ahead (of madden's).

I'm giving up. Madden 25 (XB1 & 360) and Madden 15 (XB1) were all traded this evening for Fifa 15 (XB1). Player Sense 2.0, Living Worlds, Infinity/Ignite Engine's "never see the same tackle twice" failed to deliver as advertised. Period.

Time for some quality gaming instead of forcing myself to 'buy-in' to Madden Season. For my football kick, I'll turn to NCAA 14, 2K8, and 2K5 until something (non-madden) is released.

My final advice if you are still considering purchasing Madden..***N FREE!

[Cardot]

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I think the biggest problem I'm having is that all of these games give us something we'd like to see in our (football) games.

I completely agree. I have been playing video games for a long time, but I don't ever recall a time will I flip flopped with older versions as much as I have recently. I am still playing M25 and I like some of it's features. But I miss some stuff from '12....so I periodically put that in...only to remember a bunch of things that I didn't like so I go back to M25...rinse and repeat.

Not sure if it is me or the games themselves? But in the past, when a new game came out, there was usually no looking back.

[illiterateoption]

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As an example, after Madden 2003 dropped on PS2... I couldn't or wouldn't ever consider going back to 2002 or 2001. The difference in quality and gameplay was that profound...now, like you, i'm constantly trying to find that 'it' game that can bring it all together.

M15 looked like it, for me anyway, that it was going to break this (as you put it) 'rinse and repeat cycle' but here we are.

I completely agree. I have been playing video games for a long time, but I don't ever recall a time will I flip flopped with older versions as much as I have recently. I am still playing M25 and I like some of it's features. But I miss some stuff from '12....so I periodically put that in...only to remember a bunch of things that I didn't like so I go back to M25...rinse and repeat.

Not sure if it is me or the games themselves? But in the past, when a new game came out, there was usually no looking back.

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[shadysquirrel]

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I cant complain i've absolutely enjoyed this game.
its hard to hit the nail on the head in all phases of the game but my only gripe would be the limited camera in CFM (as a player).

[cookieusa66]

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I gave this game up months ago and see they still can't get the sack "non-issue" fixed. I've played every madden that has been made.(yeah i'm old) and they just get worse and worse. I will not buy another football game from EA ever. They will never come close to anything that plays like a real game of football. *End Rant

[Motown]

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I gave this game up months ago and see they still can't get the sack "non-issue" fixed. I've played every madden that has been made.(yeah i'm old) and they just get worse and worse. I will not buy another football game from EA ever. They will never come close to anything that plays like a real game of football. *End Rant

With this latest patch the sacks have toned down a lot.

[tanchl]

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After this latest patch, I haven't been able to stop playing. Aside from lack of penalties still, I'm actually content with this game, and this coming from one of the biggest Madden blasters of all time.

[My993C2]

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I wasn't supposed to buy this game this year. I was going to skip it. Madden 13 was the last time I bought the game. But it was available at about 1/2 price on a Black Friday sale and seeing as more than 1/2 the regular season is behind us, I guess that sounds fair. So I picked it up. This game has it's warts. But I am still having fun with it. But I have to ask. Has anyone seen a missed field goal in this game. Every field goal from the CPU is straight down the middle. I have the distance slider set to 20 and the field goal accuracy slider set to 0 and yet hitting 50+ yard field goals happens every time. I know this didn't happen in Madden 13. In Madden 13 I typically set the distance slider above 50 but set the accuracy slider around 35 and would occasionally see missed field goals.

There is so much potential in this game, but since it is the only football game on the market, we never get to see the true potential. Monopolies s###.

[rudyjuly2]

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On all madden the CPU doesn't miss field goals left or right. I have seen one end up short.

[SECElit3]

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I posted this in another thread. This is my impression of the game this year.The foundation of this game is so trashed, because of the porting, the old code, The lack of talent on the development team, all of this probably because of exclusivity. Tiburon has simply gotten away with releasing trash, because of the exclusive rights to licensed football game. Next year, same thing . Tiburon will release a game touting all these great changes, but next year's game will be piled on top of this one, with the same coding. This is why the exclusivity needs to go away. Tiburon never gave NextGen a chance. It was all about saving money, and never about making Madden great. This is demonstrated by other developers game sizes. NBA 2k, as an example released with over 40 gigabytes of content. Most developers are right there, but Madden sits at a lowly 13 gigabytes. This says a ton. No females in the crowd is just half assed. Madden lags behind other sports titles, in every aspect. When are we going to wake up and quit contributing to this? When are we going to throw up our hands and realize that Tiburon is a garbage developer, that is content: with releasing a garbage product ?

I have supported Tiburon's football efforts for as long as I can remember. I just do not see a future for this game . Not with the mindset Tiburon has.... Maybe I will remember that next year

[NDAlum]

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I really don't think a lack of competition has anything to do with it. The game is just a lazy product which IMO comes from the company making it. I'm just rather apathetic to the game at this point. Several things could be pointed out by honestly why should I waste any more time? Nobody listens and nobody cares. We'll get the annual semi-hype train come pre-release and then nothing once it drops.

The execution of the ideas they have is just bad.

On a positive: the online CFM setup is amazing and it's something no other sports title has. It's the one thing that keeps me playing this game and it puts it above all other games just for this reason.