Madden NFL 25 - PS3/360 Impressions

[SmoothPancakes]

Ok, I have officially discovered the fuck-up of all fuck-ups.

Denver ended up making the Super Bowl in season 1 of my owner mode franchise (just simmed the regular season games so I could get through at least one or two seasons before the Season Ticket access dies Tuesday). It was Washington and Denver. I decided to play the game, wanted to see what EA did for the Super Bowl in the game.

Long story short, I ended up smoking Washington, beat them 42-10. So we get to the end of the game, the announcers doing their usual Super Bowl winner spiel, then something seems a little odd, a Washington player on their bench pumping his arms. And then what do I see on my TV? THE LOMBARDI TROPHY BEING AWARDED TO FUCKING MIKE SHANAHAN AND CB JEROME MURPHY OF THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS! With a little on-screen pop saying Jerome Murphy just won a Super Bowl!

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME EA? HOW THE FUCK DO YOU FUCK UP A SIMPLE LOMBARDI TROPHY PRESENTATION IN THE BIGGEST GAME IN THE ENTIRE GAME OF MADDEN?!?!?

[jaymo76]

Ok, I have officially discovered the fuck-up of all fuck-ups.

Denver ended up making the Super Bowl in season 1 of my owner mode franchise (just simmed the regular season games so I could get through at least one or two seasons before the Season Ticket access dies Tuesday). It was Washington and Denver. I decided to play the game, wanted to see what EA did for the Super Bowl in the game.

Long story short, I ended up smoking Washington, beat them 42-10. So we get to the end of the game, the announcers doing their usual Super Bowl winner spiel, then something seems a little odd, a Washington player on their bench pumping his arms. And then what do I see on my TV? THE LOMBARDI TROPHY BEING AWARDED TO FUCKING MIKE SHANAHAN AND CB JEROME MURPHY OF THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS! With a little on-screen pop saying Jerome Murphy just won a Super Bowl!

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME EA? HOW THE FUCK DO YOU FUCK UP A SIMPLE LOMBARDI TROPHY PRESENTATION IN THE BIGGEST GAME IN THE ENTIRE GAME OF MADDEN?!?!?

Brutal. I have noticed in a lot of cut scenes the right coach will be in front of the wrong team but that's not as bad as what you saw.

[jaymo76]

I was waiting for a beat down and it finally came at the hands of the Texans... 38-17. What an ugly game!!! Shaub had 318 yards passing and the Texans rushed for over 200 yards.

[skipwondah33]

create a AI that challenges my ability like it did back on ps2.

Maybe you are just alot better than you were then? Then too the AI has changed.

Not being funny just saying

I don't ever recall it being fun or competitive playing the CPU at any point of playing Madden or NCAA. Which is why it was house rule that we didn't play CPU in franchises or seasons haha

Only time I recall it being competitive vs the CPU was when I played in NCAA OD's here recently and the sliders are changed drastically. Resulting in easy dropped passes, neutered defense and zero pass blocking lol.

[jaymo76]

Maybe you are just alot better than you were then? Then too the AI has changed.

Not being funny just saying

I don't ever recall it being fun or competitive playing the CPU at any point of playing Madden or NCAA. Which is why it was house rule that we didn't play CPU in franchises or seasons haha

Only time I recall it being competitive vs the CPU was when I played in NCAA OD's here recently and the sliders are changed drastically. Resulting in easy dropped passes, neutered defense and zero pass blocking lol.

True enough... I am a much better player now. But I did find that with the right sliders I could have a real challenge with ps2 (especially the year with that darn vision cone...)

[jaymo76]

One thing I must give credit to Tiburon for is that upgrade position screen and the trade screen. These are both easy to use and very well done.

[jaymo76]

I haven't fired up the game this morning (and I'm not sure if my season ticket has now expired) but I am still on the fence with this game. Now first let me say that it's a very good and FUN game. If you haven't purchased Madden recently...buy this game. However, I have owned every single madden since 04 (that's when I switched from 2k) and I'm not sure if I should buy this game. If I didn't own 13... I would pick this up in a heartbeat but I am still having a lot of fun with 13. Some things are superior with 13 (IMO...infinity etc.) and some things from 25 blow 13 out of the water.

I truly enjoy owner mode but my wife stumped me today. I was telling her about the new Salt Lake Raiders and owner mode and how it was a lot of fun. Then she asked me the question of questions... "so you moved your team... what are you going to do now?" I have thought about this a lot. After you move your team it's back to madden football. Owner mode and relocation are really good but they are also incomplete. So much more needs to be added. Here's the kicker though... Tiburon's track record is "one and done." Will they touch this mode ever again? In all honesty I really don't know. I went with the deluxe hybrid stadium with all the bells and whistles. Local fans have some loyalty but I don't know why they do or don't. I can see how my team is doing marketing wise but I cannot market nor can I choose which players to promote. Players have popularity and personality ratings yet there is no way to know what their personality is until they are in the league. In addition, if Chris Long has a 79 for personality what does that mean? Why is he a 79? Another huge addition needs to be division realignment. With the LA Dreams playing in the NFC North that will be an issue.

Then we get to the issue of ps4... will the game files transfer over or not? If I can continue my ps3 franchise(s) on ps4 then after work tomorrow I will probably divert to Best Buy (thanks for the heads up on the trade-in policy Rudy). However, EA has not said a word which makes me think it's probably a no go. No way in hell do I want to pick up a ps4 version of the game without knowing everything is there! (damn you Madden 06/07/08!). Plus as we have seen from the NCAA team, will there be minimal support and patches for the last big Madden title on ps3? The betting man inside me says Madden will be launched and then by October support will be 100% gone and it will be all ps4.

Then let's not forget... GTA... (after the kids are sound asleep of course / even my wife enjoys driving around in the GTA series).

Unlike a lot of people on TGT, I am a Madden player. I enjoy playing Madden (most years) and I can get a lot of fun out of it. It seems like based on most impressions that the majority of people with season ticket are skipping this version. Put me in the category of undecided. I can tell you this though: if my season ticket hasn't expired yet, I will play the hell out of this game tonight. My Rams (it was a test now it's not) franchise is chugging along at 4-2 and my season 2 Salt Lake Raiders franchise is shocking the league at 2-0

[jaymo76]

Ok, I have officially discovered the fuck-up of all fuck-ups.

Denver ended up making the Super Bowl in season 1 of my owner mode franchise (just simmed the regular season games so I could get through at least one or two seasons before the Season Ticket access dies Tuesday). It was Washington and Denver. I decided to play the game, wanted to see what EA did for the Super Bowl in the game.

Long story short, I ended up smoking Washington, beat them 42-10. So we get to the end of the game, the announcers doing their usual Super Bowl winner spiel, then something seems a little odd, a Washington player on their bench pumping his arms. And then what do I see on my TV? THE LOMBARDI TROPHY BEING AWARDED TO FUCKING MIKE SHANAHAN AND CB JEROME MURPHY OF THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS! With a little on-screen pop saying Jerome Murphy just won a Super Bowl!

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME EA? HOW THE FUCK DO YOU FUCK UP A SIMPLE LOMBARDI TROPHY PRESENTATION IN THE BIGGEST GAME IN THE ENTIRE GAME OF MADDEN?!?!?

I just discovered this thread at OS. It's like 7 pages long with lot's of people saying they win the SB and then the award and MVP go to the loser. Wow! That's a major screw up I would have difficulty getting over.

[SCClassof93]

Ok, I have officially discovered the fuck-up of all fuck-ups.

Denver ended up making the Super Bowl in season 1 of my owner mode franchise (just simmed the regular season games so I could get through at least one or two seasons before the Season Ticket access dies Tuesday). It was Washington and Denver. I decided to play the game, wanted to see what EA did for the Super Bowl in the game.

Long story short, I ended up smoking Washington, beat them 42-10. So we get to the end of the game, the announcers doing their usual Super Bowl winner spiel, then something seems a little odd, a Washington player on their bench pumping his arms. And then what do I see on my TV? THE LOMBARDI TROPHY BEING AWARDED TO FUCKING MIKE SHANAHAN AND CB JEROME MURPHY OF THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS! With a little on-screen pop saying Jerome Murphy just won a Super Bowl!

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME EA? HOW THE FUCK DO YOU FUCK UP A SIMPLE LOMBARDI TROPHY PRESENTATION IN THE BIGGEST GAME IN THE ENTIRE GAME OF MADDEN?!?!?

A few months back I was thinking of getting this game as it has been a few years since I played it, but with the TW14 debacle and lack of support on NCAA I think I will pass....again

[SmoothPancakes]

I just discovered this thread at OS. It's like 7 pages long with lot's of people saying they win the SB and then the award and MVP go to the loser. Wow! That's a major screw up I would have difficulty getting over.

Glad to see it really wasn't only just me witnessing it.

Come on EA, really? How could you possibly bone up the Super Bowl post game that bad? I mean that is atrociously horrible. I'm seriously starting to wonder if EA really does have any QA there in Florida. Between NCAA and now this, I'm honestly starting to think they just skip that part of the process.

A few months back I was thinking of getting this game as it has been a few years since I played it, but with the TW14 debacle and lack of support on NCAA I think I will pass....again

Yeah, I'm starting to give second thought to picking this up in a couple months for XBox One.

Like jaymo, overall, it's a fun game. I've played more Madden in the last three days than I have in the last 3 years. But there are so many glaring issues, glitches, bugs, menu lag and then just overall piss poor jobs done by EA on various aspects of the game. Just like the Super Bowl post game and trophy presentation. How in the hell could that possibly even make it out of the offices like that? Over all these months of them working on this game, and NO ONE ever caught that and said "hey, this needs to be fixed!"?

And it's like that with a bunch of different things. Then you have owner mode, which while I love that they finally brought it back, like jaymo said, it's shallow. They added the basics, but did nothing else. It reminds me of coaching carousel in NCAA. They finally added offensive and defensive coordinators, but did pretty much nothing else with it. No position coaches, nothing tied to the actual coaches you have, other than they change the playbooks of CPU teams. That's it. Just tacked on some basic base layer and called it done.

Right now, if I had to make a decision at this moment, yes or no, if I would be getting Madden for Xbox One, even with as much fun as I've had these last three days, I'm going with no. With so many issues and poor coding in this game, it's not worth $60, $40 or even $20 to me.

[SCClassof93]

Glad to see it really wasn't only just me witnessing it.

Come on EA, really? How could you possibly bone up the Super Bowl post game that bad? I mean that is atrociously horrible. I'm seriously starting to wonder if EA really does have any QA there in Florida. Between NCAA and now this, I'm honestly starting to think they just skip that part of the process.



Yeah, I'm starting to give second thought to picking this up in a couple months for XBox One.

Like jaymo, overall, it's a fun game. I've played more Madden in the last three days than I have in the last 3 years. But there are so many glaring issues, glitches, bugs, menu lag and then just overall piss poor jobs done by EA on various aspects of the game. Just like the Super Bowl post game and trophy presentation. How in the hell could that possibly even make it out of the offices like that? Over all these months of them working on this game, and NO ONE ever caught that and said "hey, this needs to be fixed!"?

And it's like that with a bunch of different things. Then you have owner mode, which while I love that they finally brought it back, like jaymo said, it's shallow. They added the basics, but did nothing else. It reminds me of coaching carousel in NCAA. They finally added offensive and defensive coordinators, but did pretty much nothing else with it. No position coaches, nothing tied to the actual coaches you have, other than they change the playbooks of CPU teams. That's it. Just tacked on some basic base layer and called it done.

Right now, if I had to make a decision at this moment, yes or no, if I would be getting Madden for Xbox One, even with as much fun as I've had these last three days, I'm going with no. With so many issues and poor coding in this game, it's not worth $60, $40 or even $20 to me.

Well I have decided no more EA Sports titles AT ALL for me until Quality control and customer service improves. I will at least need to see their own forums blushing over a game for a change. I used to play pretty much just golf, college football, with an occasional Madden and Halo. My tastes have broadened thanks to many of you and your suggestions and reading about the "fun factor" many of you were having at whatever game etc was being enjoyed. I play way too many diverse types of games now in what free "game time" I have. It is sad that my two passions that brought me back to games after a long absence are just so frustrating now. It is utter disregard for your customer base to provide a forum and go months without answering customer ??? about a game or patch. They have killed TW14 this year, just read the ea tw14 forums, where are the devs??? Where are the answers to many of the problems many are having AFTER the first patch? The online community for HTH is dead due to the bugs. NCAA communication has been lackluster this year to say the least as well. In any event, I am glad that my interests have broadened but my first and second loves really suck now. Oh to have Links again and a College Football alternative....

[bdoughty]

Well I have decided no more EA Sports titles AT ALL for me until Quality control and customer service improves. I will at least need to see their own forums blushing over a game for a change. I used to play pretty much just golf, college football, with an occasional Madden and Halo. My tastes have broadened thanks to many of you and your suggestions and reading about the "fun factor" many of you were having at whatever game etc was being enjoyed. I play way too many diverse types of games now in what free "game time" I have. It is sad that my two passions that brought me back to games after a long absence are just so frustrating now. It is utter disregard for your customer base to provide a forum and go months without answering customer ??? about a game or patch. They have killed TW14 this year, just read the ea tw14 forums, where are the devs??? Where are the answers to many of the problems many are having AFTER the first patch? The online community for HTH is dead due to the bugs. NCAA communication has been lackluster this year to say the least as well. In any event, I am glad that my interests have broadened but my first and second loves really suck now. Oh to have Links again and a College Football alternative....

Well technically 2K is giving you some Golf with GTA V. I am still hoping 2Ksports brings back Links. Already have Madden on the way and the only reason I am going to keep it is I do not plan to jump into Next Gen for awhile. If I can tolerate the issues in NCAA 14, this should not be that hard to swallow. I just wish we could go back to the PS2/Xbox days where we had choices for every sports game and college basketball and college baseball still existed. Sadly, I think that will end up the glory days for sports gamers (actually for me it was the Genesis when EA could do no wrong in my eyes).

I will at least need to see their own forums blushing over a game for a change.

So you will never play any EA Sports game ever again? EA could male the greatest football game of all-time and you are still going to have a mostly negative forum over there.

[SCClassof93]

Well technically 2K is giving you some Golf with GTA V. I am still hoping 2Ksports brings back Links. Already have Madden on the way and the only reason I am going to keep it is I do not plan to jump into Next Gen for awhile. If I can tolerate the issues in NCAA 14, this should not be that hard to swallow. I just wish we could go back to the PS2/Xbox days where we had choices for every sports game and college basketball and college baseball still existed. Sadly, I think that will end up the glory days for sports gamers (actually for me it was the Genesis when EA could do no wrong in my eyes).



So you will never play any EA Sports game ever again? EA could male the greatest football game of all-time and you are still going to have a mostly negative forum over there.

I miss those Genesis days as well . I never said I would never play an EA game again. I can detect whining as easy as sunshine pumping . I am open to Madden on the ps4 but I will need to be convinced.................oh I miss Links............

[CLW]

Signed up for GameFly again this weekend (been meaning to resubscribe for awhile now) and got the bad boy coming my way. I'll pop it in pop the 20-30 trophies I got and I'll mess around for awhile and try to whore out the

[SCClassof93]

Signed up for GameFly again this weekend (been meaning to resubscribe for awhile now) and got the bad boy coming my way. I'll pop it in pop the 20-30 trophies I got and I'll mess around for awhile and try to whore out the

I assume those trophies will pop. Have you forgotten NCAA

[CLW]

I assume those trophies will pop. Have you forgotten NCAA

Touche. I'd have the in that one but for EA being a steaming pile of you know what. I've gotta go back now and get the ODU year 1 bcs title one oh joy.

[Rudy]

Freaking Canada Post. My game was shipped by Future Shop out of Toronto (Mississauga) late Sunday and it was in Windsor at 1:00. Now I check the tracking and the game was sent back to Toronto! What the heck? I'm ticked right now.

Edit: I guess they forgot to scan it one time in Toronto and put the scan through now screwing up the tracking. Is still in Windsor and I hope to have it tomorrow although chance snail mail may not show up until Wednesday. I'm only 1/2 an hour from Windsor.

[jaymo76]

I just played a game with the LA Dreams. My gosh Adrian Peterson is a monster! I had 30 carries for 277 yards and a td plus three receptions for 19 yards and a td.

[jaymo76]

Holy cow! Eureka. I just found out that you can take control of all 32 teams and then for the teams you don't want use, you can simply turn on AUTO-PILOT and the cpu will do everything until you turn it off. This is amazing as you don't have to play any games you don't want but you still have the power to change depth charts, relocate, scout, switch unis, etc. etc. etc. I just put the jags and Rams under auto-pilot and I am still tinkering with the Raiders and Dreams. This is A huge find IMO.

[SCClassof93]

jaymo, would you agree with this review?
http://www.gamespot.com/madden-nfl-2...eview-6413685/