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

[LBzrule]

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After playing this game a great deal I can surely say, the defense is not improved. Speeding defenders up so they cheat does not = defensive improvement. Giving DL and linebackers unsurmountable strength to break through three blockers in three seconds or less is not improvement. It's making the game cheat. All they seem to have done to say they improved defense is speed defenders up and give them unsurmountable strength. Nothing technique wise and nothing fundamentally sound with respect to the game. The run defense is so unfundamentally sound and the blocking is terrible. After you play it a lot the ugliness of the game shows up.

I know Rex said they had the Steelers defensive backs there and they told them that when the QB throws the football they break on it but they could NOT have meant when they have their damn backs turned to the QB. There is no way they meant that, but that's what the coders put into the game.

Also when a defenders is WAY out of position there is no way that he can get back faster than the velocity of the football.

[FaceMask]

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After playing this game a great deal I can surely say, the defense is not improved. Speeding defenders up so they cheat does not = defensive improvement. Giving DL and linebackers unsurmountable strength to break through three blockers in three seconds or less is not improvement. It's making the game cheat. All they seem to have done to say they improved defense is speed defenders up and give them unsurmountable strength. Nothing technique wise and nothing fundamentally sound with respect to the game. The run defense is so unfundamentally sound and the blocking is terrible. After you play it a lot the ugliness of the game shows up.

I know Rex said they had the Steelers defensive backs there and they told them that when the QB throws the football they break on it but they could NOT have meant when they have their damn backs turned to the QB. There is no way they meant that, but that's what the coders put into the game.

Also when a defenders is WAY out of position there is no way that he can get back faster than the velocity of the football.

I know. It's bad. I have to handicap defensive sliders not just for the CPU but for myself, too! Otherwise I win every game 2 to nothing or 3 to nothing.

Speaking of nothing, I cannot for the life of me understand how audio can continue to ignore Nantz saying "Zero" instead of "Nothing" when he calls the score. Weird stuff.

Anyway, they develop this game being prisoners of the moment. Because Seattle won big defensively last year they over-emphasize that aspect of the game. It's a very marketing-driven approach which works well for other types of games, but not so much for a sim football game.

[laxboy]

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*I'm posting in this thread because i can't create own*

Can anyone post a soundtrack of Madden NFL 15 which listed in the credits? Or record the credits?
I do not have the game, but i want to know the soundtrack which playing on the stadiums.

[SpeedyMikeWallace]

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Totally agree with all that you said; however, it's funny that when a receiver makes a reception going toward the sideline, they have so much momentum that there is no way to keep him from going out of bounds...even if he has 10 years to do so.

I think you have to go back to like Madden 98 for that to not be a problem. They simply don't care to address it. No competition and too many people just buy the game yearly. This was the first Madden I bought new in probably 5 years, and only because it was on sale. Glad I didn't pay $60 for it.

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[watson17]

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Hi Guys I require some advice as most of you seem to be experts on Madden games.

I am very much a novice when it comes to American Football (I am Australian) but am getting more and more into it everyday. I know the basics about the game but have no idea about all the plays and other technical stuff.
I am a massive fan of sports games and mainly play online seasons or online ultimate team (Fifa and 2k).
I know most of the Quarterbacks and some of the high profile guys in other positions but that's about the extent of my NFL knowledge.

Knowing this information do you think I should pick the game up? Do you think I would get enjoyment out of playing it or should I wait till Madden 16?

Any thoughts you may have would be a massive help.
Thanks,

[FaceMask]

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I think you have to go back to like Madden 98 for that to not be a problem. They simply don't care to address it. No competition and too many people just buy the game yearly. This was the first Madden I bought new in probably 5 years, and only because it was on sale. Glad I didn't pay $60 for it.

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Yeah, and the crazy part is watching the CPU catch a ball and take a wide angle right out of bounds, and this is even when they have yards of space to recover after the catch, but still they run right out of bounds. It's dumbfounding.

[SpeedyMikeWallace]

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Hi Guys I require some advice as most of you seem to be experts on Madden games.

I am very much a novice when it comes to American Football (I am Australian) but am getting more and more into it everyday. I know the basics about the game but have no idea about all the plays and other technical stuff.
I am a massive fan of sports games and mainly play online seasons or online ultimate team (Fifa and 2k).
I know most of the Quarterbacks and some of the high profile guys in other positions but that's about the extent of my NFL knowledge.

Knowing this information do you think I should pick the game up? Do you think I would get enjoyment out of playing it or should I wait till Madden 16?

Any thoughts you may have would be a massive help.
Thanks,

I think the game has tutorials if you're unsure about some things. Or you could just ask around here.

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[tanchl]

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Hi Guys I require some advice as most of you seem to be experts on Madden games.

I am very much a novice when it comes to American Football (I am Australian) but am getting more and more into it everyday. I know the basics about the game but have no idea about all the plays and other technical stuff.
I am a massive fan of sports games and mainly play online seasons or online ultimate team (Fifa and 2k).
I know most of the Quarterbacks and some of the high profile guys in other positions but that's about the extent of my NFL knowledge.

Knowing this information do you think I should pick the game up? Do you think I would get enjoyment out of playing it or should I wait till Madden 16?

Any thoughts you may have would be a massive help.
Thanks,

I almost feel hypocritical to say "go for it" but that would be for someone well versed in the game of football. As someone that is learning the game and has the interest to learn the nuances of the game then Madden really is your only choice. You would be able to pick the game up much cheaper now, so if learning football is important, then go for it.

[watson17]

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I almost feel hypocritical to say "go for it" but that would be for someone well versed in the game of football. As someone that is learning the game and has the interest to learn the nuances of the game then Madden really is your only choice. You would be able to pick the game up much cheaper now, so if learning football is important, then go for it.

Thanks so much for the reply.
More the question is will I get full reward etc without knowing all the players abilities and nuances of football out of this game? I love Ultimate team feature in games and also online play so Connected Franchises really makes me want to give it a try.

[DJ]

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I spent a few hours with Madden 15 on the PS4 over the weekend. Went through the skills trainer just to get a feel for the new defensive controls. After that I played a few exhibition games.

If this had been the first game I'd played on my PS4, I probably would've been impressed, but since I had spent the past 3 days playing NBA 2K15, Madden 15 was a definite letdown.

I mean, the game is what it is (I hate that phrase but it applies here) at this point. If you liked Madden 10, 11, 12 and 25 (I refuse to acknowledge 13), Madden 15 is pretty much the same game with slightly better graphics.

I thought the AI was supposed to be improved, yet the same plays that worked over and over again on the PS3/360 generation work here. Running the ball up the middle, outside of draw plays, is way too effective.

I do like the addition of the player-lock camera (finally!) on defense. That does freshen up that experience a bit. I refuse to play as a defensive linemen because those new moves they've been given are full of cheddar. They've basically reduced OL/DL interactions to a quick-time event that you'd find in God of War or something. Not a fan.

The CPU will use its same bag of tricks to keep you from scoring too many points; namely the points LBzrule talked about a few posts above.

I really don't like to come into an impressions thread and post mostly negative comments. But the reality is that I look forward to playing games like NBA 2K15 and MLB 14 The Show and I just don't get that same feeling with Madden 15. It feels like all the other Madden games I mentioned above. All of which wore thin on me very quickly.

Unfortunately I am a sucker for video football games and will test out some slider sets here and see if I can find the secret elixir that takes this game to the next level. I know it probably doesn't exist and I'll just have to re-calibrate my expectations when it comes to this game.

I shouldn't have to do that as a consumer and I know I have the option of either not buying the game or just trading it in, but being the sports-gaming enthusiast that I am won't allow me to do that. Stubborn? Yes. But I know me and at some point I'm going to want to play some NFL football and the only way to do that is Madden.

So, knowing all that, I will now begin to test out some sliders and see if I can find a set that provides a good challenge. Who knows, perhaps I'll find that mix along with a team that needs to be rebuilt and can make it through a couple of seasons of Connected Franchise.

[rudyjuly2]

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Running the ball up the middle, outside of draw plays, is way too effective.

The thing that kills me is the easy inside running game has been like this for 3 years and you can't fix it with sliders since the blocking slider are so weak and ineffective. I've debated how poor the DT play is and how they never shoot gaps to male tackles for loss and their line play guy Clint doesn't see an issue. I'm simply dumbfounded by it.

[NoleFan]

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Just got a PS4 and Madden 15 yesterday and thus far I like it!

A little background is that I'm a coach mode/cpu vs. cpu player so I'll have to learn to play QB and at least not hurt my team. I play default all-pro and only throw passes for the QB and handle kicks!


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[DJ]

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Just got a PS4 and Madden 15 yesterday and thus far I like it!

A little background is that I'm a coach mode/cpu vs. cpu player so I'll have to learn to play QB and at least not hurt my team. I play default all-pro and only throw passes for the QB and handle kicks!


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Welcome to the PS4 family!

[NoleFan]

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

Welcome to the PS4 family!

Thanks DJ!


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[NoleFan]

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Playing default All-Pro, Coach Mode in CFM, it is quite amazing to get stats that are in line with actual NFL stats playing full 15-minute quarters with 15 sec run off!