Madden NFL 18 Gameplay Changes - What Do You Want to See?

[DeuceDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by jfsolo

Hopefully this does still come to fruition and doesn't get vetoed by someone in upper management for whatever reason, but if it does, one has to temper ones expectations of how much differentiation can be build out in one cycle, IMO. All the work necessary on the front end to add this functionality will definitely limit how much can be put in for M18.

I definitely agree, I just worry about it not getting the full treatment right away and ending up like many other additions or changes. I'm sure it largely has to do with the upstairs but one of my biggest frustrations with Madden, gameplay team included, is that things get added and then get kicked down the priority list and moved on from instead of built upon. For instance, what they did with penalties was a good start but it didn't get touched last year and that's something I don't want to see happen here, especially with something that could have such a monumentally positive impact on the game. So when I look at it, it's from the standpoint of what we see is what we're getting for the next several years and I just hope if it does get done, it's something that is very thorough and well thought out, especially with a player base seemingly split right down the middle on two nearly polar opposites of play-style.

[kjcheezhead]

https://youtu.be/uc2fyqG5OEo

This clip in a nutshell. In one play, you have Michael Bennett watch the RB catch the screen, so he turns towards him, but then goes towards the qb for an unknown reason. At 16 mark you see an illegal chop block where the players glitched into place to make it happen, and then the run finishes with lineman stopping and not blocking at the end of the play.

Can madden 18 just have real movement and reactions that mimic real football? That's all I want.


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[jfsolo]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

I definitely agree, I just worry about it not getting the full treatment right away and ending up like many other additions or changes. I'm sure it largely has to do with the upstairs but one of my biggest frustrations with Madden, gameplay team included, is that things get added and then get kicked down the priority list and moved on from instead of built upon. For instance, what they did with penalties was a good start but it didn't get touched last year and that's something I don't want to see happen here, especially with something that could have such a monumentally positive impact on the game. So when I look at it, it's from the standpoint of what we see is what we're getting for the next several years and I just hope if it does get done, it's something that is very thorough and well thought out, especially with a player base seemingly split right down the middle on two nearly polar opposites of play-style.

It's already been discussed a fair amount during the year, but that poll should hammer home the absolute necessity to separate the game styles.

I feel like if we can get it in for 18 and we can see a clear distinction in how the game plays on the simulation settings then the sim community will be galvanized in terms of keeping the pressure on them to continue to add functionality every year.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by kjcheezhead

https://youtu.be/uc2fyqG5OEo This clip in a nutshell. In one play, you have Michael Bennett watch the RB catch the screen, so he turns towards him, but then goes towards the qb for an unknown reason. At 16 mark you see an illegal chop block where the players glitched into place to make it happen, and then the run finishes with lineman stopping and not blocking at the end of the play. Can madden 18 just have real movement and reactions that mimic real football? That's all I want. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

I've seen a lot of that stuff this year and in prior years, but for some reason, it's sticking out more this year.

I hope this area receives/received attention this year.

[steelersd26]

Realistic running back substitutions by the CPU. The #1 running back should NOT be getting 30-40 carries every game.

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I've seen a lot of that stuff this year and in prior years, but for some reason, it's sticking out more this year. I hope this area receives/received attention this year.

I see it every year. My eyes are just trained on it now...I can't not see it and it happens on more plays than it doesn't. People talk up how they improved the ai or blocking logic from one year to the next and I'm thinking are they playing the same game I tried?


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[Junior Moe]

Quote: Originally Posted by kjcheezhead

https://youtu.be/uc2fyqG5OEo This clip in a nutshell. In one play, you have Michael Bennett watch the RB catch the screen, so he turns towards him, but then goes towards the qb for an unknown reason. At 16 mark you see an illegal chop block where the players glitched into place to make it happen, and then the run finishes with lineman stopping and not blocking at the end of the play. Can madden 18 just have real movement and reactions that mimic real football? That's all I want. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

This is one of the biggest legacy issues I have with Madden. The penalties almost seen manufactured. If I run a HB screen on 3rd down and I break clean don't have my o lineman who's 15 yards back and completely out the play just arbitrarily hold someone. If its my WR blocking upfield, cool. I wouldn't like it but it makes since in that context. For me, it's only holding calls when I make a big conversion by a player out of the play. It drives me crazy. I have even seen instances from the second I press the pass button to a WR springing open. They have to do something different here.

[Haze88]

Updated depth charts. X/Y/Slot need to be separate designations in place of WR. SAM and Will in place of LOLB/ROLB 1tech/3tech in place of DT and Field/Boundary/Slot in place of CB. Special teams needs to be fully customizable and not locked into our offense/defense depth charts. Let me put WR at gunner or a safety at punt protector or running backs on kick coverage. Limiting personnel should be a thing of the past at this point. Better schemes in the trenches need to be implemented. Stunts on defense and selecting a player to double in pass protection.