I agree. I played it for two seconds and haven't touched it since. No way I'd pay money for that game.
I spent more time fixing the Redskins' roster than I did actually playing the game.
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I agree. I played it for two seconds and haven't touched it since. No way I'd pay money for that game.
I spent more time fixing the Redskins' roster than I did actually playing the game.
It's a minor annoyance but it's not that bad. Once you make the changes in game, they are permanent until you change them again. The special temas slider is strange that it's not seperated but honestly, it really doesn't bother me too much. I am however still annoyed that we can't change the amount of CLOCK RUNOFF in FRANCHISE MODE. Overall though, this game is a blast. I haven't played NCAA in weeks and with the patch nowhere in sight, I am pretty much addicted to Madden right now. The passing IMO is almost perfect as compare to NCAA 12. It's very refreshing.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
I've actually found that I can get a good snap count in Franchise Mode by playing 15-minute quarters and simming all special teams plays. For some reason special teams plays use more time than they should when simmed and sometimes the game clock will run after a kick return.
If you can get over all of that shit, which I have, it's actually a pretty good game.
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What difficulty/sliders are you using? I'm interested to actually, maybe, give the game a fair shake (plus I'd really like to give the franchise mode a real try).Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
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Originally Posted by morsdraconis
Wait I have to adjust the sliders before/during every game?Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
WTF?
If that is true this POS is going back to Amazon tomorrow.
Not before EVERY game. They save for later use, but they can only be changed either before the franchise starts or during a game.Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
Odd. What genious thought that was a good idea? It's been a few years since I paid any attention to Madden but I seem to recall it being the same as NCAA with the sliders being adjustable from the main dynasty menu at anytime.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
I has been. This is a new, and completely retarded development.Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
I dont see a man-lock setting in the game
The formation subs are crap. You can only set them during the game while your play clock is running down and often the cpu picks its play before you can do the stuff you want. There is no coaching page where you can do it and set them all during the game. Furthermore the formation subs are broken imo. I was playing with the Broncos and there is no way of having Von Miller rush in the nickel as the RE and Dumervil as the LE. The game forces you to use the LB rush package which moves Dumervil to DT. I used the formation subs to sub out Dumervil for Warren at DE and then Dumervil disappears. You can't sub him back at DT (which I don't want) nor put him at another DE spot. It's stupid. I don't know why Madden only allows you to make certain changes within game and not from the menus. The design and menus need work.
The global special teams sliders hurt because it's too easy to make FGs. Can't fix it without having the cpu shank kicks all the time.
While some of that stuff may be annoying I personally like the gameplay in Madden a lot more than NCAA. The game plays smoother with better control and a little more player weight and momentum (at least on slow speed), the outside passing game is better, the LB swats are toned down, the r-stick juke move works better with agile RBs. It just feels better in almost every way imo.
except for after i pick a play... I like all the cut scenes, visuals and after plays qtrs and halves...but I dont know that they have as much camera angle stuff they talked about about ? It doesnt look like that big a deal to me
I still say it was a HUGE mistake to remove the EXTRA POINT. Once again,I have no feel for what's going on in the rest of the league. Plus, the interface is so freakin clunky. Why did they change it from last year??? The interface last year was great.
I'm getting to the point that Madden is going to see the same fate as NCAA. In every single game that I've completed online, I've thrown for over 300 yards and I've also given up over 300 yards passing. It is absolutely fucking ridiculous how god damned bad the pass defense is on this game. A 3 year old girl with zero video game/football experience could absolutely shred the defense on this game by passing the ball.
The whole fucking problem stems from the fact that for some asinine reason, I can't tell my defense to jam the TE on the LOS and I can't tell my defense to rub the RB when coming out of the backfield. That's all anyone runs online. They get a fast QB so that you have to bring man blitzes, and then they just pick your ass apart with their TE or RB. So stupid.
this is the way its always been, what else is new? the zones could use a little upgrade though. Everything defensively seems a little weak.Quote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
LOL for the record- I did go to a Madden midnight release this year LOL. At a Best Buy
To expand upon my previous post, wasn't Madden supposed to get the same upgrades to defense that NCAA received? I mean, I could immediately point out how much improved the defense was in NCAA. In this, it feels exactly like Madden '11 which is definitely not a good thing. It just makes no sense to me. On NCAA, if you throw a flare route to a TE against cover 2, it's picked off...or at the very least, tipped. On Madden, it's an automatic 5+ yards. The DB in the buzz zone makes no attempt whatsoever to get in front of the pass.
If you're looking at the middle of the field and it's zone, there's so many gigantic holes that it's not funny. That's precisely why when someone is willing to run with the QB, you have to man blitz, which opens up another whole can of worms. When you bring a man blitz, even if you bump, at least one receiver is going to burn your ass off the line and you have to cover him deep with the safety. Meanwhile you have a TE getting a free release, you have the RB getting a free release, and it all happens because you can't bump them off their route. I've also noticed man align is completely broken. Every time I select man align, the stupid fuckers just stay in their original spot. That enrages me like no other. I sincerely doubt it would make a difference, but nonetheless, it's annoying.
It's almost like EA wants this to be a 77-70 type of game. It's just disgusting to me that I know my opponent's plays, I know the routes, I even know his reads, and I can't do a damn thing because I can't only cover one spot on the field at once and I basically have to pick which one of the 20 holes I'm going to uselessly cover.
Man align is crap. Like I said earlier, the DB in goalline doesn't automatically cover the WR. Also, I've seen where my LB is split out over the slot but if I shift my LBs he completely leaves his man and heads into the box. That's not a huge problem for me because I usually have the proper formation out there but if I run out of time on my defensive play call (where the heck is the clock on that?) and I get stuck with a LB on a WR in man coverage he should at least stay out there.
its a game for fans, not for football geeks. If you want hardcore football, you and oneback and rhombic need to get together and find investors J/K. they could at least make def. slightly more challengingQuote:
Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
EA dropped the ball when they chose not to do separate sliders for zone vs. man coverage this year. While online tuning will always be argued about I felt the zone defenses were too tough in NCAA, particularly with super swatting LBs. I really hope EA doesn't tune the offline gameplay to make zones tougher.
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Let's gaze at this laughable amount of stats. The first image is a full ranked game which I lost. The second is just barely two and a half quarters that I won.