Madden NFL 25 Impressions (PS4)

[N51_rob]

I must admit that I was partly wrong about my fears for this game. Does it look like current gen and play similar to it? Yes. No getting around that so not point in trying to church that part up.

Did I notice the changes to the Oline/Dline interactions immediately? Hell yes. No more having 6-7 seconds in the pocket if your opponent had a legitimate DLine.

I was also able to see the improved play in the secondary. It didn't jump out at you. It is subtle to be honest but it is there. I also found that some "money routes" still worked, but in my brief time with the game I came away happier than I was a few days ago.

Not much of an impression from me, but I only played a half on All-Pro default speed.

[Dfost35]

Just finished simming my first season in CCM. It took me overall about 3 minutes to simulate through all preseason games and 17 regular season games. The menus are definitely a whole lot faster.

Results:

Quarterback:
2 QBs passed for over 5000 yds, Brees and P. Manning, each throwing 34 TDs.
3 passed for over 4000 yds and 8 passed between 3599 and 3999 yrds.

3 QBs had over 90.0 passer rating, Brees- 94.1, Ryan- 96.6, and Manning 97.5
Only 5 had a completion percentage over 60%, every other starting QB threw for over 50% except for Carson Palmer.

10 QBs threw over 20 TDs, not going to list them all but it appears any QB over 84 overall achieved this feat.
3 QBs threw over 20 interceptions. Roethlisberger-26 INT with 16 TD, E. Manning- 24 INT with 26 TD, and Stafford- 20 INT with 26 TD.

WR/TE
4 finished with over 1500 receiving yds. Welker, C. Johnson, Cruz, and Wayne
29 finished over 1000 receiving yds, none were TEs
5 finished with over 10 TDs, all WRs


the best statistical TE was Gronk with 89/833/6 statline and no other was close.

I'll go more in depth later but this is just a brief synopsis for the time being.

[ruttentud]

Watching that stream currently.

Why can't they make players bring the ball out on kickoffs? You see people bringing it out from 7 yards deep all the time.

[jyoung]

Is anyone else getting a really choppy frame rate during gameplay?

It's extremely noticeable after playing NBA 2K and Battlefield, which are both locked in at 60 frames per second.

Madden is skipping frames and stuttering all over the place for me.

[Hiro1]

Playing against the bears online Alshon Jeffries and Marshall are attacking the ball at the highest point.

[wco81]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro1

Playing against the bears online Alshon Jeffries and Marshall are attacking the ball at the highest point.

Jetpacking?

[C_Bailey24]

Quote: Originally Posted by The JareBear

Zoom cam is the way to go Broadcast cam is second place The others, IMO, are useless Blitzes are a bit if an issue. Guys come unblocked a little too often and/or the QB doesn't react well enough, I think this is easily patched

Gotta disagree with you on the blitz success. For years I've been tired of the cpu knowing where every single blitz is coming from and having the perfect protection set up. I like how it is now but like you said maybe some of the elite AWR Qb's can be made to evade pressure a little better

[eaw913]

I'm having a ton of fun with the game so far. I feel like it is a pretty decent graphical improvement and True Step makes a massive difference in how it plays.