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tdogg097 · 01-10-2024, 10:41 AM

This year is my first year playing Madden on the current gen. The game is incredible but there are a few lasting flaws which are frustrating. Some are quick fixes and just show a lack of attention to detail. Others are more in depth of a problem that would require some significant changes by the dev team. Here are my top 5 flaws of this game.

1A - CPU Playcalling
1B - The penalties (or lack thereof)
3 - The sim engine
4 - Presentation/announcing
5 - Injury timeouts

1A - CPU Playcalling. There is an in-depth thread on this topic but it is bad. CPU passes 65-75 percent of the time. I know the NFL is pass happy but they are not that pass happy. Most of this stems from EAs oversight of the default playbooks. If you deep dive it's pretty obvious to see why they pass all the time. A possible solution is to create custom playbooks and give it to the CPU. However, that causes the game to crash or have the no player bug.

1B - Penalties. I mean come on. We have an officially licensed NFL replication game that doesn't have penalties. WTF? How is this even possible? The thing is, EA had this dialed in several years ago. Why was that removed.

3 - Sim engine. I did a deep dive on the sim stats because they have been broken for a long time. I stopped looking because it was so frustrating. Not enough sim plays. Not enough fumbles, sacks, field goals, etc. There are so many things wrong with the sim engine. On the surface it looks good but once you start looking it's a train wreck. Solution? Super sim right. Except super sim is an exercise in futility unless you slow sim every game which is not worth it.

4 - Presentation. I mean it's 2024 and we had better presentation in 2004. Enough said.

5 - Injury timeouts. This may seem insignificant but it has a profound effect on the clock. I play with the injury slider at 50 because I actually want injuries. I just don't want the clock to stop every single time. IRL, the clock stops for an injury and then is started again once the player leaves the field. This is so simple it's frustrating. What is the impact? I can't play 15 minute qtrs because there are too many plays no matter the acc clock settings.

Madden 24 is so damn close to being an amazing game. I'm still having fun with it in January. Past versions have been shelved prior to the NFL season even starting. It's frustrating when some of these things are so simple. What do you think are the biggest flaws with this game?

01-10-2024, 10:41 AM	#1
tdogg097 Pro OVR: 1 Join Date: Jun 2012	Biggest Flaws in M24 This year is my first year playing Madden on the current gen. The game is incredible but there are a few lasting flaws which are frustrating. Some are quick fixes and just show a lack of attention to detail. Others are more in depth of a problem that would require some significant changes by the dev team. Here are my top 5 flaws of this game. 1A - CPU Playcalling 1B - The penalties (or lack thereof) 3 - The sim engine 4 - Presentation/announcing 5 - Injury timeouts 1A - CPU Playcalling. There is an in-depth thread on this topic but it is bad. CPU passes 65-75 percent of the time. I know the NFL is pass happy but they are not that pass happy. Most of this stems from EAs oversight of the default playbooks. If you deep dive it's pretty obvious to see why they pass all the time. A possible solution is to create custom playbooks and give it to the CPU. However, that causes the game to crash or have the no player bug. 1B - Penalties. I mean come on. We have an officially licensed NFL replication game that doesn't have penalties. WTF? How is this even possible? The thing is, EA had this dialed in several years ago. Why was that removed. 3 - Sim engine. I did a deep dive on the sim stats because they have been broken for a long time. I stopped looking because it was so frustrating. Not enough sim plays. Not enough fumbles, sacks, field goals, etc. There are so many things wrong with the sim engine. On the surface it looks good but once you start looking it's a train wreck. Solution? Super sim right. Except super sim is an exercise in futility unless you slow sim every game which is not worth it. 4 - Presentation. I mean it's 2024 and we had better presentation in 2004. Enough said. 5 - Injury timeouts. This may seem insignificant but it has a profound effect on the clock. I play with the injury slider at 50 because I actually want injuries. I just don't want the clock to stop every single time. IRL, the clock stops for an injury and then is started again once the player leaves the field. This is so simple it's frustrating. What is the impact? I can't play 15 minute qtrs because there are too many plays no matter the acc clock settings. Madden 24 is so damn close to being an amazing game. I'm still having fun with it in January. Past versions have been shelved prior to the NFL season even starting. It's frustrating when some of these things are so simple. What do you think are the biggest flaws with this game?