I have been playing Madden 16 and it is great. It does not have the off-ball injuries, or practices squads....but man the AI plays better than any Madden game ever made, it’s smooth and it works.
I am using some classic rosters (ITeachpercussion’s 1986 and 1999 and JohnEKools 1990) and I am having so much fun.
It’s night and day from the mess we have with M18.
It also has made me fully realize how much offline CPU AI went backwards on 17 and now even more on 18. Even after patch 1.07 which tuned CPU QB AI....it still felt wonky.
16 just feels right. And it is the best Madden game they ever produced. Just do it. It is dirt cheap.
I am done purchasing Madden this generation. Absolutely done.