Madden NFL 16 Community Impressions

[jake44np]

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Help please. I'm playing on the xbox 360 and am having some trouble. I'm in connected franchise and was hoping to see the combine scouting reports but haven't found any yet. Is that only for the xbox one and newer generation consoles?

You might have better luck if u post this in the questions and answers thread.

[FluffyTonka]

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All in all it's a great game. the biggest negative is the CFM bugs. After playing some mut and champs draft, I'm dead keen to start a cfm.


the balance of play is pretty much excellent imo. it's mostly realistic, and it's just about always fun.


my last 3 games have been just all extremes and opposites.

Bears (me) def GB 20 - 17. Rodgers & cutler both threw for 3 ints. The running games were stuffed with 60 yards for me, 80 for them. Cutler threw a 48 yard TD to Alshon as time ran out to win the game for me after I dominated them 10-nil until the 4th qtr.

Cowboys (me) lost 28 - 38 to Pats. Just all offense, Bolden on 3rd and 12 at nil-all deep in the 2nd qtr broke off a 74 yard TD run, and from there it was all offense.

I was down 28 - 31 at the 2 min warning in my own 20 and threw a pick 6 with romo to lose the game.

Chiefs 17 def (me) Steelers 16. In this one, the passing games were totally shut down (both teams around 100 yards passing) as the CPU chiefs put up 316 yards rushing up while I racked up 220 yards.

Charles put up an 82 yard TD run early in the 4th on a 3rd and 16 when I sent the house after him. I kicked a FG with 3 mins left and KC just killed the clock with Knile and JC ...

It's a super fun game this year. so many little things happening, it's not funny.

So far my only vomplaint is some of the WR stuff is a bit overdone. In my MUT, I have devante adams as my WR ... and he seems way over powered. He's turned into a clone between Dez and Odell and is bringing down everything for me.

not sure if it's just a mut thing, though.

[Lawdog1897]

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So far I am REALLY impressed with madden 16. I have to say i was expecting another updated roster and same game play from last year. Not so much IMO this game has me wanting to come back for more and i haven't thought that since madden08. I just finished my 5th exhibition game (no i haven't been able to play a lot) and im waiting for the 1st patch and roster update to start MUT/CF but man im impressed! 1st the game looks gorgeous,stadiums are detailed player faces look good for once along with models and the game play is tight. I love all the little things like QB walking up to the huddle,player interactions,new WR catches and pass game. In all im diggin this years madden so far and very much pleased!!! Keep at it EA

[SolidSquid]

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Just played my first game in CFM on all madden after playing on all pro the past week. I was pleasantly surprised, it was only one game but it didn't really feel cheap like all madden in the past. Defenders weren't making ridiculous plays and the offense was stoppable but efficient. Cpu pass rush was stout getting in on me pretty easily leading to me throwing 4 picks but all in all it felt good.

[muelly]

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All in all it's a great game. the biggest negative is the CFM bugs. After playing some mut and champs draft, I'm dead keen to start a cfm.


the balance of play is pretty much excellent imo. it's mostly realistic, and it's just about always fun.


my last 3 games have been just all extremes and opposites.

Bears (me) def GB 20 - 17. Rodgers & cutler both threw for 3 ints. The running games were stuffed with 60 yards for me, 80 for them. Cutler threw a 48 yard TD to Alshon as time ran out to win the game for me after I dominated them 10-nil until the 4th qtr.

Cowboys (me) lost 28 - 38 to Pats. Just all offense, Bolden on 3rd and 12 at nil-all deep in the 2nd qtr broke off a 74 yard TD run, and from there it was all offense.

I was down 28 - 31 at the 2 min warning in my own 20 and threw a pick 6 with romo to lose the game.

Chiefs 17 def (me) Steelers 16. In this one, the passing games were totally shut down (both teams around 100 yards passing) as the CPU chiefs put up 316 yards rushing up while I racked up 220 yards.

Charles put up an 82 yard TD run early in the 4th on a 3rd and 16 when I sent the house after him. I kicked a FG with 3 mins left and KC just killed the clock with Knile and JC ...

It's a super fun game this year. so many little things happening, it's not funny.

So far my only vomplaint is some of the WR stuff is a bit overdone. In my MUT, I have devante adams as my WR ... and he seems way over powered. He's turned into a clone between Dez and Odell and is bringing down everything for me.

not sure if it's just a mut thing, though.

Realistic?


Rodgers tossing 3 ints isn't, expecially against the Bears.


But I do agree the game plays very nicely. I played vs Dallas last night and swapped Hundley for Rodgers and the dropoff is huge between the 2.
Dallas utilized Bryant/Witten early and often. Just wish the patch would drop.

[l8knight1]

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Has anyone shanked a punt or a kick? On All Madden, I have, just my fault on the stick. Love it. Kicking is more challenging, and one mess up cost me a game.

[Skyboxer]

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Has anyone shanked a punt or a kick? On All Madden, I have, just my fault on the stick. Love it. Kicking is more challenging, and one mess up cost me a game.

Just 1 with a 60 rated kicker in MUT

[DeuceDouglas]

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Played a game last night that just went full "All-Madden mode" on me. I thought I was honing in a decent pair of sliders and had been having some really good games so I decided to start a makeshift Play Now CFM and play the Texans and got beat 41-6 in a hilarious beatdown.

There were a couple plays in particular where I was playing Cover 2 man and Cover 3 and on the Cover 2, my SS randomly decided that he was going to blitz instead of playing his deep zone and I gave up a deep bomb in one-on-one coverage. Then on the Cover 3 my corner Sean Smith completely abandoned his deep third coverage to essentially play man-to-man on a shallow cross while they threw a TD on a wide open corner route where he was supposed to be.

I was basically getting beaten from the jump though after I gave up a TD on the first drive and then on my first play of the next drive I threw a curl to Maclin and no sooner did it touch his hands was he getting hit and the ball came out but they ruled it a fumble. Then they reviewed it, but for a trap catch, not an incomplete pass and it stood. The fact that I was down so early probably had something to do with this but they must have ran the same shotgun inside zone run at least 25 times and I ran into similar issues in other games where teams ran the same play for almost half their plays.

I really wish they would add a break block and run awareness slider to run D sliders as well because that is the biggest issue I come across. I watch their safeties just crash the line as soon as the ball is snapped on my side and my guys are just willing volunteers to one-on-one blocks that they don't ever try to get off of.

All in all it seemed like a fluke game as it's the first one of M16 I've played that has been that bad. Going to play at least 5-10 more before I reevaluate though. Might play the first eight games and then kick it back to All-Pro and jack up the CPU.

[NYJin2011tm]

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I'm calling pass plays I have never used before in Madden. Love it!

[RoyalSwine]

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Love the gameplay. Unfortunately, almost unplayable with the glitches that plague franchise mode. Have to restart my franchise after 2-3 games each time as the game doesn't save my progress. Boots me back to the main menu without saving my franchise. Game breaker for me. Haven't heard of many others with this issue.

[NYJin2011tm]

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I had an issue sort of like that. I played 2 games in Franchise(offline) and it saved and I know it saved because I went in a time or two after just looking at rosters, etc. Then I tried Draft Champions once. Then went back to play next 3rd Franchise game and it was reverted back like I only played 1 game. It was at the point to play 2nd game again. So I deleted it and haven't played since.

[T5063]

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The AI logic can be pretty whacky sometimes...

I had a test CFM with the Jags where they drafted a QB 1st overall, then drafted a second QB with their first pick in the 2nd round then decided to start the second rounder over the first overall pick.

Also, seem like the Patriots get rid of Garoppolo 90% of the time, he's signed for 3 years so I'm assuming he's being traded.

[BigDaddyHolmes]

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Love the gameplay. Unfortunately, almost unplayable with the glitches that plague franchise mode. Have to restart my franchise after 2-3 games each time as the game doesn't save my progress. Boots me back to the main menu without saving my franchise. Game breaker for me. Haven't heard of many others with this issue.

I have the same issue. Anytime I try and save, game freezes. However, the auto save seams to work and save after a franchise game. So I am ok for the time being.

[CT Pitbull]

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best game of football in quite some time. Still upset some of the minor things like playing a game in cold weather continue to be overlooked. The gameplay is really getting there though. the physics still need A LOT of cleaning up but it is a video game.

the blocking at the 2nd and 3rd levels of the defense is MUCH improved. I love how lineman "look up" somebody to pancake down field. This makes the running game fun as hell.

the debacle that is CFM is really holding this title back right now. A SOLID custom franchise mode would be really nice right now. Its time to scrap the CFM "mold" and give up back the control we all want and deserve. It just seems every friggin year it is something that makes this mode a headache or virtually unplayable for some.

though they arent as frequent as past maddens the defense does still, at times, sit flat footed in their zones but then again so do some WR's once they finish their routes.

All in all I am having a blast playing play now games at all pro level with some penalty sliders and fatigue turned up a bit

[N51_rob]

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Playing more I have one more thought that falls under "legacy".

The 3-4 base defense needs a complete overhaul. Technique, philosophy, assignments and how important the front 7 plays off one another in their runfits, blitzing and flow are all wrong.

Would love to see them devote more time to the 3-4 and defensive playbooks overall for Madden 17.

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