Madden NFL 16 Launches on August 25th - News, Features and Details Arrive in May

[SmittyD81]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Launches on August 25th - News, Features and Details Arrive in May

Why do we always hear this at the start of a new marketing run? Madden 25 was supposed to have had its own team working on getting it to these consoles and it was just a port anyways. Madden 15 was the first full dev cycle last year. Now 16 is. Is this year 1,2 or 3 of the 3 year plan?

The game is what it is. No need to make excuses. I don't hear about nba 2k or the Show getting shortened development cycles. They just make great games every year. Madden is what it is. If you like it great, but if you don't let's not pretend it's because "it's not there yet". It is there. It's a SIM/arcade hybrid, just like it's always been designed to be. Just like it or leave at this point.

I'm really looking forward to Joe Montana 16 this year but not because it will push madden to do something it wouldn't do on its own. It's because I'll have options on what type of football game I want.

Btw, Cam never said 3 year plan. If you pay attention to what I do, I've been echoing this same sentiment all year, but I don't post much here, so I don't expect you to personally know. Just stating some facts.

[shaunlmason]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Launches on August 25th - News, Features and Details Arrive in May

Yeah I can, it would have been called NFL 2k16

That could have been the football version of MLB 2K, right?

[Hooe]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Launches on August 25th - News, Features and Details Arrive in May

This is the Madden NFL forum.

No more 2K talk in this thread.

[razorkaos]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Launches on August 25th - News, Features and Details Arrive in May

I also forgot to mention the penalties issue, or the lack of penalties.



I didn't play 15, so i don't know if the problem was fixed, but the OL/DL interactions could use some help.

[kaletore11]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Launches on August 25th - News, Features and Details Arrive in May

WR/DB animations
A working penalty system
A working QB system, bad QB's are bad, good Qb's are good. Also, enough of the dink and dunk routine

Much improved QB awareness when a sack is approaching. Throw the ball away or take off.

Better animations.

I agree with this post 100%.

[ironjumpman_23]

That could have been the football version of MLB 2K, right?

Mlb 2k are you serious...you have to stay in the same sport....NFL.....A 2K football brand would have killed Madden on any given Sunday period, and Ea knew that. NFL would have been leaps and bounds ahead of Madden right now especially in a next gen category.

[wlucky]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Launches on August 25th - News, Features and Details Arrive in May

Seen this way too many times. Odb made that catch coupled with them not giving any love to the dB's last year with Richard Sherman on the cover no doubt and this year will have "dynamic catching and fighting for the ball" feature..tech already in live 15. Check the in air "physics" from that game with contested shots...that plus some tweaking to all other areas with means possible breaking of some other areas is what we are gonna get. Lowered expectations..

[NINJAK2]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Launches on August 25th - News, Features and Details Arrive in May

I agree with this post 100%.

I agree with this as well. Believe it or not I like Madden 15 but these issues aggravate me to no end (especially the lack of db/wr interactions). DB's either mirror wr routes like mimes or get beat by 5 yards. 16 desperately needs to address this and to not have any animations for this with Richard Sherman being on the cover is sad.

[MossMan84]

I don't understand the gloom-and-doom in this thread given that we're coming off arguably the best Madden game since at least the launch of the XBOX 360, if not longer, in Madden NFL 15.

The idea that Tiburon is "just focusing on MUT" just doesn't hold water. The gameplay, graphics, and presentation all took remarkable steps forward last year, and the game looks and plays better than it ever has at any point in the series. Critically, Madden is back on par with its peers. Its Metacritic score is actually equal to MLB 15 The Show as of right now, and it's just a point or two behind NBA 2K15. This isn't to say that Madden 15 was perfect - it wasn't - but to deny what Tiburon accomplished last year just doesn't sit well with me.

Personally, I had a lot of fun with Madden NFL 15 and I'm looking forward to getting more info about this game. Among the things I'd like to see in the game's reveal are a reimplementation of how penalties in the passing game are handled, continued added authenticity in the gameplay, the addition of more roster mechanics in Connected Franchise such as practice squad, waivers, and contract restructures, adjustments to the confidence mechanic, custom draft classes, custom uniforms in Ultimate Team via TeamBuilder, and a more informative player management interface which is something more than a spreadsheet of ratings.

What game are you playing? Love the optimism but madden has been doomed for 11yrs! Talk about a curse; the people have been cursed since NFL football gaming was stolen away; years of innovation down the drain! I know madden 16 will be marketed as the best madden of all time and I pray for all the NFL fans that it is! But lucky for you that you like m15 so much that you wont have to spend 65 more on this years game!

[Hooe]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Launches on August 25th - News, Features and Details Arrive in May

What game are you playing?

I was playing Madden NFL 15, a game you've admitted on the forum that you've never played.

Which is fine - you buy the games you want to play and I'll buy the ones I want to play. However, do understand how some may find any criticism you offer of any game baseless if you lack firsthand experience with the thing.

[MossMan84]

So I guess we will finally see ALL these issues fixed?

1. Broken Penalty system
2. Broken Physics and tackling
3. No WR/DB interactions
4. Positioning is meaningless because players limbs become intangible phasing through bodies.
5. Line play is still a mess due to lack of true technique and fundamentals.
6. Linemen still lose interest in their assignment allowing Defensive players to go by them without pursuit to engage.
7. Man coverage is broken due to pvp AI being as dumb as possible will cpu AI uses warping and sudden speed burst to make plays IE rubberband AI
8. WAY too many scripted outcomes based on animated sequences and not organic play.
9. Zone coverage is horrible because of horrid read and react. LBs will watch passes go over their heads standing completely still.
10. Dbs will sit still covering a spot and not reacting to their zone assignments.
11. QB mechanics are a busted affair with horrible footwork and dicey pass animations.
12. Balls will sudden change direction as if they were curved bullets in the movie WANTED.
13. The reach animation that DBs uses causes them to shift and warp awkwardly.
14. DBs and WRs can get caught using the SAME EXACT catch animations on a play vs the DB actually playing coverage and functioning on a seperate system.
15. Tackles involving more that one player turns into complete chaos due to each player fall lifeless in the process.
16. Running backs get stuck up against linenmen as if magnetized during inside runs.
17. Running backs gain yards on gravity defying leaf blower sequences while holding the ball behind them where it could and should be easily stripped.
I can keep going but you get the picture. This game needs A LOT of work and I do hope they address these issues. Pretending like this game plays solid realistic football is just complete denile. And incase you think I'm making this stuff up just head over to youtube and check RyanMoody21, BBressurrect, my vids and many many others who have VISUAL evidence of all these issues. These are not OPINIONS but FACTS about this game. Look for yourselves. Until we're honest about the state of this product it will NEVER EVER get better. Let's hope competition gives them the right push to actually deliver a next gen product.

The truth shall set you free! Preach the good word my brother and help the people see the light! I just want franchise mode back or a mode within m16 that is in the format of madden-06-ps2 so I can have fun again!

[MossMan84]

I was playing Madden NFL 15, a game you've admitted on the forum that you've never played.

Which is fine - you buy the games you want to play and I'll buy the ones I want to play. However, do understand how some may find any criticism you offer of any game baseless if you lack firsthand experience with the thing.

Youre right sir! But I have watched about a thousand videos on the game, like I do every year! Just waiting for them to make a beautiful game of NFL football!

[Smallville102001]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Launches on August 25th - News, Features and Details Arrive in May

Why do we always hear this at the start of a new marketing run? Madden 25 was supposed to have had its own team working on getting it to these consoles and it was just a port anyways. Madden 15 was the first full dev cycle last year. Now 16 is. Is this year 1,2 or 3 of the 3 year plan?

The game is what it is. No need to make excuses. I don't hear about nba 2k or the Show getting shortened development cycles. They just make great games every year. Madden is what it is. If you like it great, but if you don't let's not pretend it's because "it's not there yet". It is there. It's a SIM/arcade hybrid, just like it's always been designed to be. Just like it or leave at this point.

I'm really looking forward to Joe Montana 16 this year but not because it will push madden to do something it wouldn't do on its own. It's because I'll have options on what type of football game I want.

Yeah it was said that madden 25 was built from the ground up and had like a 2 year cycle. Not only that but its not even just about another games like the show being better because heck even madden like 05 on ps2 still has things it dose better then madden 15 did and that is pathetic lol.

[Potatoes002]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Launches on August 25th - News, Features and Details Arrive in May

Why do we always hear this at the start of a new marketing run? Madden 25 was supposed to have had its own team working on getting it to these consoles and it was just a port anyways. Madden 15 was the first full dev cycle last year. Now 16 is. Is this year 1,2 or 3 of the 3 year plan?

The game is what it is. No need to make excuses. I don't hear about nba 2k or the Show getting shortened development cycles. They just make great games every year. Madden is what it is. If you like it great, but if you don't let's not pretend it's because "it's not there yet". It is there. It's a SIM/arcade hybrid, just like it's always been designed to be. Just like it or leave at this point.

I'm really looking forward to Joe Montana 16 this year but not because it will push madden to do something it wouldn't do on its own. It's because I'll have options on what type of football game I want.

Well Madden 25 for the Xbox One/PS4 came out in December that year, so the development cycle should have been short for Madden 15. Technically, I think this year's game should be the first full year of development.

[MooseBoyJ]

Re: Madden NFL 16 Launches on August 25th - News, Features and Details Arrive in May

All I know is that I'm excited to waste my money on a game I will spend an obscene amount of time playing whilst whining about how terrible it is. It's OK to cuz I'll have Batman that whole month or 2 before Madden 16 releases so I'll he RPGd out and ready to watch DBs warp and Linebackers run step for step down the seam with D-Jax. Honestly if they bring back the ability to assign my corners follow the WRs I'll be floored. We can't all be Richard Sherman.