Editorials
Madden 17 vs Madden 16: What’s New
Madden 17 Force Defender is Finally Here | ||||||||||||||||||
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In the NFL, many plays include a player who is a Force Defender. His role is to prevent the runner from breaking outside. By forcing the runner back to the middle, another player can make the tackle in a crowded environment. With Madden 17 you can choose a play that includes a Force Defender. This includes new AI and new animations that block with the intent of forcing that runner back inside. A F will show up above the players head if he is a Force player. The Player Recognition rating factors into the speed that the player will respond and once blocked the Strength and Block Shed ratings will impact the how well this player handles after being blocked. We also get Cutback defenders who watch for a runner to take the ball back from the original playside. This player will show up with a C above his name in Madden 17. You will also see Fill, Jet, Crack-Replace and 2-Gap player assignments as well as new blocking options. | ||||||||||||||||||
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ILiveByFacts (@ILiveByFacts)
05/26/2016 at 2:17 pm
Based on Trailer? Nah… How many more of these hyped up trailers are you guys going to fall for?
This is the same selling routine they use every year. And it will come with the same flaws as before.
There is a LOT MISSING from the list. New jukes will mean more arcade style gaming like the aggressive catch. Smh
ILiveByFacts (@ILiveByFacts)
05/26/2016 at 2:20 pm
Adding in more visual help is NOT football. Keep that in first person war games with the special goggles.
ILiveByFacts (@ILiveByFacts)
06/06/2016 at 12:03 pm
Here is the problem. The declaration that the moves would be based on the ratings is NOTHING NEW!!!
It was suppose to ALWAYS be that way, otherwise what was the point???? / 8
Keep in mind all that you see right now is the SAME marketing that has been overselling this game for years now.
If anyone disputes this just look at old trailers and old EA sales video. It always sounds good, but the details is where people need to look and stop simply accepting this unearned monopoly.
Most if not all of your tackles are determined before contact.
If you slow down many plays you will see how this is NOT physics based as they claimed before an 9 out of 10 will not suddenly be this time around either.
Just look at the tackles from behind or on the side from a trailing tackler. You will see the ball carrier stutter step and curl up for the tackle animation BEFORE being touched. / 8
Don’t let EA keep faking y’all out.
Presentation: Everything. Especially the Super Bowl. Make that your first game. See if it has improved with that fake looking confetti.
Playbook Editor: Settings, play art, duplicate plays,
Game play: Everything, Audibles, Substitutions, Packages, settings, EMPTY Playbook. Not partially empty. EMPTY!
Settings: WIll it maintain Profile settings so we don’t have to make daily adjustments to Depth Charts and default playbooks?
Practice: Same? Or more dynamic?
Highlights: Complete or still just the last 5 sec no matter how big the play? Needs to come from LOS.
Etc, etc, etc…
BIGDADDY
07/20/2016 at 4:14 pm
That’s cool and all but I guess you should just make your own video game since you know so much about this topic.
Tone
08/16/2016 at 3:15 pm
salty af
Be A Mental Giant
08/23/2016 at 11:52 am
Don’t be a moron. He’s a NFL fan and like me, was probably a life-long fan and patron of the series.
He has excellent points and I appreciate his efforts to describe the issues, because I completely agree. I tolerated Madden 25 for about a half hour before I turned it off and never played again.
In the past(04-06) I had long-running franchise games that spanned 10+ seasons where eventually the entire team was comprised of my draft/free agent choices. That’s what the game was all about for me.
If you want an arcade game, great, good for you. Madden was always a sim. Why would the ‘substitutions’ option be removed, forcing me to make formation changes every game(because of depth at a position, ie, LB or RB, not every team has an all-pro, most of them use multiple players depending on the situation. Duh). It ruins the game for the most hardcore of NFL fans and students.
You’re clearly not a football fan either and your thoughtless, idiotic response is based on ridicule rather than something thoughtful or intelligent.
That tells me everything I need to know about you, ‘bigdaddy’, you’re a moron because you act like one. I don’t care what your mommy and daddy said, it’s not okay to be stupid and never will be.
Think before you speak. The same for you ‘tone’, you’re not ‘correct’ because you ridicule somebody. That makes you stupid, when all you have to say is ‘you’re mad’ instead of putting thought into what you’re saying. Turn off the TV, ‘tone’ and ‘bignitwit’, feed your brain something useful. At least pretend to have a brain, but I doubt you could pull that off. And you’re not supposed to eat the toothpaste or drink the mouthwash, it contains fluoride. Please, for the sake of the human race, don’t have anymore children.
Obviously he’s mad, his favorite series of games is utterly dumb because it’s adhering to morons like you instead of the life-long fans that play the game so much that they think twice before purchasing the next year’s game because of a long-running franchise(and still buys it anyway, in the past they actually improved year-to-year when there was competition, 2K sports).
Thanks to you @ILiveByFacts I will not be buying Madden. It’s clearly a game made for the morons who replied.
Broderick
06/13/2016 at 1:36 pm
They promised up gap integrity and improved blocking last year. We still had players running the same toss and one guy beating a man line. Quarters and dime defenses were still stopping the run. These are the same promises we had last year
Ron Clarke
06/13/2016 at 3:11 pm
I really wish you could put the Custom Camera veiw back in the Camera Options.Where u can actually Set the Veiw the way u would like to play the Game.
I ve been waiting 4 it a long time. I really like the veiw down on the Feild looking Straight at the defense.
Its more realistic than looking over on the feild Its like veiwing the game from the ceiling. Everything else about the game is Excellant. Thank u. I would be Very Very Happy!!!!!!!!
Me
06/23/2016 at 10:19 pm
Gang tackles? You mean the thing where all of the 300 lb defensive linemen all pointlessly pile dive on to a runner only to slip off like butter and have the runner go for 50 more yards? That gang tackling? I heard it was pretty broken last year. Have they fixed it? Nope. At least not now, and now that there are these “guided lanes” where the game directs you into the proper lane to run through? So much for passing the football…
susan007az
08/14/2016 at 9:57 am
When playing defense, I want to see the field from the defensive side. Thoughts anyone
Whodat
09/01/2016 at 11:04 pm
Nahh, U don’t want to do that. Imagine the Camara flipping around like it does after an interception. Every play on defense (run or pass) would be like that.
Martin Molock
08/15/2016 at 5:42 am
susan007az Madden 16 already has that as an option
Kemper Smith
08/26/2016 at 12:17 pm
I am reading through these differences but I am wondering about some things that have been missing since the game came out. Slanting on defense, the actual step counter in the backfield, are these there? They gave us the fake extra point, but what about the fake field goal or the fake punt? How about the one step out pass when the defense tries to stack the middle? Does the game accept calls/audibles through the head set? Does it show plays that your AI team executed successfully into the highlights?
Michael Gabriel
03/26/2017 at 9:04 pm
Madden NFL 13.25,15,16 and 17 should have reported,all it is about the physics called infinite engine ,nothing improved from madden 25 retarted auto sprint,15,except the sideways retarted playbook,Madden 16, draft chanmpions,madden 17,lame as play the moments,connected careers mode needs comdemed its’s been like 5 years or seven years already,www.Sandiego.Com should report madden NFL of player likess in there game,ncaapa should report madden nfl series for good this time,
Cynthia Garcia
04/09/2017 at 8:49 am
Hi there, my son was playing on Xbox one madden 17. When he was playing in franchise his Xbox restarted and he can’t not go back to his character.. please help!! Thank you