I'm an avid coach mode, simulation freak, stats guys and I'm a firm believer and letting the players ratings carry the game, not my own skills at the game.
I have this mind set with ALL sports games, not just Madden. I'm a huge fan of OOTP and Football Manager because of it.
With that being said, this year's Madden is actually worse than last year from a COACH MODE perspective. The game, while it has some shiny things, fails on many levels from my 20 or so hours I've played thus far.
Sure, if you control all the players in offline mode, or you play online or MUT or whatever, you'll like the game and have alot of fun. But the fun for me is playing a true simulation of letting the players do their own thing.
I can't do that this year. There's just too many things wrong with the AI and it's not just the QB.
To give some quick examples:
- QB's will try to move outside of the pocket to avoid "the sense of pressure", but end up doing some sort of spin move right into a different defender for a sack.
- QB's when they actually do break away and start to run with the ball, will throw the ball right before the line of scrimmage, and what's worse...they throw it back across their body in an awkward motion usually causing an interception.
- RB's will NOT hit holes correctly. The animations of the ball carrier are so bad this year, that they will literally stop, change directions and run laterally instead of just going straight. When they run laterally, they get tackled immediately.
- Speaking of animations, the ball carrier will actually hesitate for a second, perform a juke, spin or stiff arm, and then proceed to carry out the animation. It's not fluid and very clunky to watch. They take so much time to carry out the animation that the defense is all over them by the time they do.
This is just 4 examples of gameplay that you will NOT notice if you control your players. This is happening in Coach mode or in CPU v CPU play. I know alot of people here don't care about coach mode or cpu v cpu, but I wanted to share this.
It's very frustrating but I mean I understand that this isn't on EA's list of things to do. I'm just saddened that I cannot enjoy the game for what it is because of how I actually like to play the game.
Sorry, I'm done with the rant.
I have this mind set with ALL sports games, not just Madden. I'm a huge fan of OOTP and Football Manager because of it.
With that being said, this year's Madden is actually worse than last year from a COACH MODE perspective. The game, while it has some shiny things, fails on many levels from my 20 or so hours I've played thus far.
Sure, if you control all the players in offline mode, or you play online or MUT or whatever, you'll like the game and have alot of fun. But the fun for me is playing a true simulation of letting the players do their own thing.
I can't do that this year. There's just too many things wrong with the AI and it's not just the QB.
To give some quick examples:
- QB's will try to move outside of the pocket to avoid "the sense of pressure", but end up doing some sort of spin move right into a different defender for a sack.
- QB's when they actually do break away and start to run with the ball, will throw the ball right before the line of scrimmage, and what's worse...they throw it back across their body in an awkward motion usually causing an interception.
- RB's will NOT hit holes correctly. The animations of the ball carrier are so bad this year, that they will literally stop, change directions and run laterally instead of just going straight. When they run laterally, they get tackled immediately.
- Speaking of animations, the ball carrier will actually hesitate for a second, perform a juke, spin or stiff arm, and then proceed to carry out the animation. It's not fluid and very clunky to watch. They take so much time to carry out the animation that the defense is all over them by the time they do.
This is just 4 examples of gameplay that you will NOT notice if you control your players. This is happening in Coach mode or in CPU v CPU play. I know alot of people here don't care about coach mode or cpu v cpu, but I wanted to share this.
It's very frustrating but I mean I understand that this isn't on EA's list of things to do. I'm just saddened that I cannot enjoy the game for what it is because of how I actually like to play the game.
Sorry, I'm done with the rant.
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