Madden 16

[LUUUUUKE]

Who's got it?

whats your PS4 GamerTag?

Lets go online and do some labbing. Always interested in seeing how other people utilize the talent in our roster.

Also utilizing different plays and what works.

 

Im sitting here looking at the game that I bought during lunch. Is it time to go home yet!?

[Arroz con Panther]

Did you catch that bug going around?

[LUUUUUKE]

Some observations from my first several games.

First play from scrimmage, pick 6 for Shaq Thompson (I put him in and take Klein out)

Jordan Todman is and forever will be my #2 RB

WR depth chart:

KB

Brown

Funchess

Ginn (I sub in Cotch for 3rd downs)

DE: I'm starting Addison, good for 1-2 sacks per game

secondary:

Peanut gets Burnt religiously. MUST have safety help every down. 

I wanted to take Harper out for Coleman, and have been looking for a  reason to, but damn it if that old man isn't Johnny on the spot. Picks and FFs

cant get much of a pass rush unless I'm blitzing CBs,LBers, or overloading one side. 

 

overall, this is by far and away the best Madden ever. If you have written off the Madden franchise, I highly recommend you at least renting it. You will be very very impressed.

 

now some sh*t I'm really pissed about. 

Can somebody tell me how in the fug Cams deep ball accuracy is only a 68?

Or how Ginn Jr was a 97 speed last year but now only an 88. <-----that one especially pisses me off! It makes a Big difference.

What else? That's all I got for now

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Proudiddy]

Have bought it every year but hadn't been playing online the last few because I was tired of the monotony.  Almost didn't buy it this year, got it, and now just jumped right in online after not playing for the last few years, and man...   This game sucks dick.  Our team is almost unusable.  Might be the slowest fuging roster outside of LBs ever.  Can't do poo with them... 

[Moorgan]

I have it. I generally play offline connected franchise as an owner. I simulate the games and work the game from a GM perspective. But I do know how to play the game like you are supposed to and have done that a little but not online. I probably will later. There are a bunch of guys who aren't on the roster that I want to check out (Wegher, Ward, Heath, etc). I got their stats off the internet and will create them tonight (just to probably cut them later but whatever). I think the game is an improvement over other versions. Still trying to figure out the best way to scout and use the draft. There are a few more wrinkles in this version that make it interesting. So far I like it a lot and will spend a good portion of my time getting deep into it.

[Proudiddy]

As I said, I jumped right in and wanted to figure it out on the fly...   But obviously, I used my all account, as I expected there to be some growing pains considering I haven't played online the last year or so.  I was immediately reminded why I hadn't.  Mind you, I was top 20 one year (09 or 10 IIRC)...  BUT, imo the game has changed so much, for the worse since then.  To me, the passing game is ridiculous and it's hard to replicate success even with a good play call.  The game, to me, when I really enjoyed playing it online, felt like a simulation, whereas now, it feels like an arcade game, and to me that's the biggest difference. 

I tell you no lie, I had a dude run hail mary for an entire quarter or two and was completing them like it was a sound offensive strategy lol.   He was completing over 50% of them against cover 2 man...  In the old days, that was virtually impossible to complete, as each reciever is covered with help over the top, and generally the safety has plenty of time to come over for help on all go routes...   But, thanks to this "revamped" play style aka NFL Blitz, this asshole was throwing lobs high and using the aggressive catch feature to pull them in over two people with fuging Carlos Hyde and Anquan boldin.  What a joke...  That's what is so frustrating with the current engine to me, all of the zooming out and in during plays, it takes away from actual game play and ability to defend or catch...   How about keeping the fuging camera at the same distance throughout? 

Anyway, I know I rushed into it, and I used our team exclusively because I'm loyal to a fault.  Which brings me to another point which I briefly mentioned earlier here, but these ratings are absolute horseshit.  Ted Ginn with 88 speed?  Lol...  KB at 85?  He's not faster than half the TEs in the league lol.  Stew went from 90 speed a couple years ago, to now 86.  Good luck getting the corner on outside runs with that bullshit.  Want a change of pace back?  Todman has a blazing 90 speed lol.  We literally have no legit speed threat on offense...  Imo, you always need one to create match up problems (ex. Come out in a 2 TEs set, with them spread wide and a guy with 95+ speed in the slot, defense comes out in base personnel and a LB is stuck on the speedy slot).  I just can't reiterate enough, how fuging horribly they rated us...  But, that just pisses me off all over again with our real life neglect of speed on offense.   But still, we aren't THAT slow.  II can only hope Damiere Byrd makes this team now lol, otherwise I'm gonna have to find a cheesy team to use online.  Speed isn't everything, but you have to have more than a little to have success. 

Otherwise, I do have to say, in order to win the way we are currently constructed has to give Mike Shula the biggest boner in the history of the world. I played 4 games, and the first three I really fuged myself...  I'm very familiar with the built in bullshit of Madden that punishes you for rage-filled football, and yet, I still succumbed to it lol.  The first three games I caused like 4 turnovers each.  And yet, I lost all of them thanks to repeated attempts to go for it on 4th and long because I was pissed off about the previous play not working and non-stop failed rage-fueled no huddle drives that die in 4 downs...  SO, I had to compose myself and think, "what would Mike Shula do?"  so I slowed the poo out of the game, milked the clock, and ran a million times for about 200 yards and threw maybe 15-17 times for less than 200 yards, and...   SURPRISE!   I WON.  But, that's my exact issue with this game and why I fell out of love with online play.  How fuging boring is it to run like that and be hamstrung in the passing game.  Look, I know we aren't the Packers, but poo...  Give the game some fuging balance.  And that was what I was referring to regarding the camera zooming in and out during pass plays as well compared to years past...   When you look at the defense pre-snap and see what they're set up in, but then snap it and attempt a pass only to have a mutant LB teleport 10 yards in a millisecond, something is fuging wrong, and the camera combined with those unrealistic jumps in movement are disorienting. 

I'm sure guys who have played religiously online since the camera dynamics I've mentioned were implemented probably don't even think twice about it, and I'm sure the more I play, the less I'll notice it.  But right now, it's just extremely unsatisfying...  So my Guinea pig account record is currently 1-3.  And as I said, I take credit for my losses as I was playing like a dumbasses and knew it, but thus game is extremely unrealistic and unforgiving. 

 

[NavyPF4L]

I have not lost yet with Carolina... Holy Pooh Proudiddy... We are a run team that sprinkles play action... It's how our roster is built. That is true to life football... You can't just jump in there and think you can play with us and go full retard all passing saints offense.. You'll get mad every single time.

 

This year madden is definitely different.  There are no more robo QB's.. If you have a average QB you will absolutely see it in their passes. Which is cool but frustrating at the same time but I get it. Im a little po'd by the lack of being able to user the secondary this year but Im still giving it a go. Otherwise this game does play out very well.

[ncmonzta]

As I said, I jumped right in and wanted to figure it out on the fly...   But obviously, I used my all account, as I expected there to be some growing pains considering I haven't played online the last year or so.  I was immediately reminded why I hadn't.  Mind you, I was top 20 one year (09 or 10 IIRC)...  BUT, imo the game has changed so much, for the worse since then.  To me, the passing game is ridiculous and it's hard to replicate success even with a good play call.  The game, to me, when I really enjoyed playing it online, felt like a simulation, whereas now, it feels like an arcade game, and to me that's the biggest difference.

I tell you no lie, I had a dude run hail mary for an entire quarter or two and was completing them like it was a sound offensive strategy lol.   He was completing over 50% of them against cover 2 man...  In the old days, that was virtually impossible to complete, as each reciever is covered with help over the top, and generally the safety has plenty of time to come over for help on all go routes...   But, thanks to this "revamped" play style aka NFL Blitz, this asshole was throwing lobs high and using the aggressive catch feature to pull them in over two people with fuging Carlos Hyde and Anquan boldin.  What a joke...  That's what is so frustrating with the current engine to me, all of the zooming out and in during plays, it takes away from actual game play and ability to defend or catch...   How about keeping the fuging camera at the same distance throughout?

Anyway, I know I rushed into it, and I used our team exclusively because I'm loyal to a fault.  Which brings me to another point which I briefly mentioned earlier here, but these ratings are absolute horseshit.  Ted Ginn with 88 speed?  Lol...  KB at 85?  He's not faster than half the TEs in the league lol.  Stew went from 90 speed a couple years ago, to now 86.  Good luck getting the corner on outside runs with that bullshit.  Want a change of pace back?  Todman has a blazing 90 speed lol.  We literally have no legit speed threat on offense...  Imo, you always need one to create match up problems (ex. Come out in a 2 TEs set, with them spread wide and a guy with 95+ speed in the slot, defense comes out in base personnel and a LB is stuck on the speedy slot).  I just can't reiterate enough, how fuging horribly they rated us...  But, that just pisses me off all over again with our real life neglect of speed on offense.   But still, we aren't THAT slow.  II can only hope Damiere Byrd makes this team now lol, otherwise I'm gonna have to find a cheesy team to use online.  Speed isn't everything, but you have to have more than a little to have success.

Otherwise, I do have to say, in order to win the way we are currently constructed has to give Mike Shula the biggest boner in the history of the world. I played 4 games, and the first three I really fuged myself...  I'm very familiar with the built in bullshit of Madden that punishes you for rage-filled football, and yet, I still succumbed to it lol.  The first three games I caused like 4 turnovers each.  And yet, I lost all of them thanks to repeated attempts to go for it on 4th and long because I was pissed off about the previous play not working and non-stop failed rage-fueled no huddle drives that die in 4 downs...  SO, I had to compose myself and think, "what would Mike Shula do?"  so I slowed the poo out of the game, milked the clock, and ran a million times for about 200 yards and threw maybe 15-17 times for less than 200 yards, and...   SURPRISE!   I WON.  But, that's my exact issue with this game and why I fell out of love with online play.  How fuging boring is it to run like that and be hamstrung in the passing game.  Look, I know we aren't the Packers, but poo...  Give the game some fuging balance.  And that was what I was referring to regarding the camera zooming in and out during pass plays as well compared to years past...   When you look at the defense pre-snap and see what they're set up in, but then snap it and attempt a pass only to have a mutant LB teleport 10 yards in a millisecond, something is fuging wrong, and the camera combined with those unrealistic jumps in movement are disorienting.

I'm sure guys who have played religiously online since the camera dynamics I've mentioned were implemented probably don't even think twice about it, and I'm sure the more I play, the less I'll notice it.  But right now, it's just extremely unsatisfying...  So my Guinea pig account record is currently 1-3.  And as I said, I take credit for my losses as I was playing like a dumbasses and knew it, but thus game is extremely unrealistic and unforgiving.

 

I playes against the cpu first.  You can't just jump straight into this madden. You have to learn the new systems by going to the training skills mode. If you don't, you're fugged

[Proudiddy]

I know guys, I just really was frustrated with the lack of accurate ratings for our players...   For instance, a guy like Johnny Manziel has better accuracy across the board than Cam.  That's bullshit.  Idk how many times I've thrown deep to KB and tried to lead him on a crucial play and the ball lands 20 yards out of bounds lol.   Look, Cam has some inaccurate passes occasionally, as do all QBs, but he is a phenomenal talent and an elite QB in my opinion.  He's been missing on mid-range crossing routes too. 

Regardless, I took a step back and calmed down and after starting 0-4, I am now 3-4.  I know I talked a lot of trash in that last post, and I still stand by my assertion that the game plays much more like an arcade game than a simulation compared to the first few versions of next gen Madden.  As I said, I was a top player at one point, so I know what it takes to win, and I wasn't doing it...  But that was just more frustration than anything.

[LinvilleGorge]

Bought the game on Friday and seriously considering returning it.  I agree with the previous poster who said it feels like an arcade game now.  The computer completes passes at an absurd rate while my guys drop passes left and right.  Which, honestly seems realistic as all get out for the Panthers if I hadn't already revamped our WR corps (and traded 2016's 1st rounder for J.J. Watt who was listed on the trading block).  Meanwhile, their RB seemingly breaks 3-4 tackles on every carry.

I'll give it a little more time since I have 15 days to return it, but right now I'm not digging it at all.  I've seen others complaining about the ease of throwing INTs but I'm not having an issue with that at all.

[pantherphan96]

Bought the game on Friday and seriously considering returning it.  I agree with the previous poster who said it feels like an arcade game now.  The computer completes passes at an absurd rate while my guys drop passes left and right.  Which, honestly seems realistic as all get out for the Panthers if I hadn't already revamped our WR corps (and traded 2016's 1st rounder for J.J. Watt who was listed on the trading block).  Meanwhile, their RB seemingly breaks 3-4 tackles on every carry.

I'll give it a little more time since I have 15 days to return it, but right now I'm not digging it at all.  I've seen others complaining about the ease of throwing INTs but I'm not having an issue with that at all.

well at least the trade simulation is realistic /s

[LinvilleGorge]

well at least the trade simulation is realistic /s

Well, to be fair, I simmed this season and we ended up with the #4 overall pick in 2016.  That's the pick I traded for Watt - #4 overall.

 

[lightsout]

Bought the game on Friday and seriously considering returning it.  I agree with the previous poster who said it feels like an arcade game now.  The computer completes passes at an absurd rate while my guys drop passes left and right.  Which, honestly seems realistic as all get out for the Panthers if I hadn't already revamped our WR corps (and traded 2016's 1st rounder for J.J. Watt who was listed on the trading block).  Meanwhile, their RB seemingly breaks 3-4 tackles on every carry.

I'll give it a little more time since I have 15 days to return it, but right now I'm not digging it at all.  I've seen others complaining about the ease of throwing INTs but I'm not having an issue with that at all.

Noticed this as well. It's like the computer can't miss. The only incompletions Bortles had against me were pass breakups/INTs. And even those, I switched to the player and created. The only reason I won is because my run D is still solid. If you don't get a sack, you pretty much concede a completion. Only hope is that it is a short throw.

Maybe the sliders need tweaking. Surely they'll fix some issues in a tuning update soon.

EDIT: I'm not having trouble with drops. I am having random times where Cam misses a crossing route wildly. The first time I thought it was because I was falling back while throwing, so I didn't think much of it. Later in the game, I made sure Cam's feet were completely set, and just threw to a wide open Funchess. Ball sailed 10 feet too far and 5 feet too high. For no reason.

[LUUUUUKE]

I'm 25-14 online. My complaints of the online play are the 10-15 sec of "looking around the stadium" until the next play. I've remedied that by using the chew the clock feature to keep each game time more manageable.

 

still pretty pissed about the ratings, but I have no choice but to play with them. Only play with Carolina.