Texas Ace
Teh Acester
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Pressure with the front 4? The Madden team wouldn't know what that means.Blocking doesn't seem nearly as fluid as it does in NCAA, and the only time I was able to get consistent pressure out of my front four was when the CPU would miss a block all together.
So basically, it's a repeat of the last 5 years or so?Essentially, Madden fails to bring anything new to the table.
This right here is probably the most damning statement you can make about Madden and the development team. How is it that you can have all of this power at your disposal and yet you not only fail to make a good game, but you make arguably the worst sports sim on the market? Honestly, while games like NBA2K, FIFA, The Show, and NHL continue to put out solid products and evolve positively, Madden stays completely stuck in the mud. How is this possible?It is dumbfounding that America's top-selling sports title, developed with the biggest budget, most manpower and greatest resources, continues to feature the ugliest animations and jerkiest player movement of all major sports video games.
And why is this still the case? It's 2013 and yet there still isn't any real gang tackling or realistic tackling in general. You have the most unrealistic hitting and tackling occurring in Madden. DB's and LB's will stand completely upright and knock a ball carrier off his feet without even leaning forward. Those tackles almost never occur in real football, but yet they happen all the time in Madden.Madden NFL 25's Infinity Engine, now in its second season, causes athletes' bodies to bend and contort like gel-filled Stretch Armstrong dolls rather than human beings with rigid skeletons. Upright, WWE-style solo tackles continue to dominate Madden NFL 25's animation library, with minimal gang tackling and few wrap-up attempts.
The game's four-man pass rush, a go-to call for many NFL defensive coordinators, fails to generate consistent pressure, even with sack specialists like Chris Clemons (95 finesse move) and Bruce Irvin (95 power move) rushing from the ends.
Again, EA wouldn't know what a pass rush, defensive line, or pass rusher is. 4 DeMarcus Ware's facing 5 Rob Pettiti's is a battle that the latter is winning 99% of the time. How can you help create this game or even worse, be a tester for it, and not come away realizing that this is a problem......especially when it's been happening for about 20 years straight?
And this is the only hope we have as football gaming fans.Football fans' best strategy is to wait for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Madden NFL 25 this November and see if the new consoles' power can revitalize Madden NFL's tired, broken-down career.
You just have to hope that the new hardware cures some of the legacy issues, but I honestly don't think it's going to. I think the Madden team just flat out sucks. Whether some of that is due to decisions being made by the higher-ups, or a lack of talent on the team, I'm not sure.....but I don't care. The game is bad and has been for a long time. If the new hardware doesn't fix it, then I'll cross my fingers that the NFL doesn't renew their deal with EA.
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