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Did someone say smoke?TCrouch wrote:Let's sing kumbaya and smoke something...
Edit: never mind.Danimal wrote:PK I don't care if you like it or not to be honest and my comment was more the general tone of this thread. It's OS like to be honest. People playing 1 game or 1 half, not playing it but commenting anyway. It like me coming into the Hunter thread after playing for 15 minutes and saying this game is boring and like every other $12 budget hunting title ever released.
I was trying to explain to you why I think RPM changes the game but your posts made it clear you didn't care, you called it a minor animation change at that point there is no reason for me to even try.
That's fine it is your choice on what you want to play, I'm certainly not claiming it is a mind blowing new game but for people who play it a lot, especially in franchise there are good changes for example.
The fact that audibles and hot routes now have animations attached which make it impossible to hot route every player multiple times.
The fact teams have schemes and players fit better into those schemes. Do I take the 85 overall or the 80 who fits my scheme?
The fact you can depth chart Slot receivers, power backs, sub LB's Rush ends and also that the game now subs players without messing with sliders, big for me.
I could go on but I want to play it more, there are a lot of things I don't like, for example the AI run game is not great. Injuries seem out of control, wacky mouse support.
At the end of the day I don't care if people like it or not, or who plays what but lets be honest if this wasn't Madden which people love to hate, half these people wouldn't even post in this thread.
This is what makes this community so special.pk500 wrote:By the way, Dan and I took this pillow fight to Facebook Messenger.
He graciously apologized to me and other non-hardcore players in this thread and also offered some good information about the RPM feature that helps me see it more clearly. He also understands that many of us aren't as hardcore as he is with Madden and don't notice the nuance.
No harm, no foul. All's good in the hood. Dan's a top DSP brother.
Indeed. And for the record: Dan initiated the convo on FBM and also the apology. A man's man!DivotMaker wrote:This is what makes this community so special.pk500 wrote:By the way, Dan and I took this pillow fight to Facebook Messenger.
He graciously apologized to me and other non-hardcore players in this thread and also offered some good information about the RPM feature that helps me see it more clearly. He also understands that many of us aren't as hardcore as he is with Madden and don't notice the nuance.
No harm, no foul. All's good in the hood. Dan's a top DSP brother.
Thanks for sharing.
That's the route I'm going to go as well. I'll be able to milk the 10 hour EA Access trial for a good month.icvu42 wrote:I'm going to hold off getting it for now. Last year they had several patches, and the big one to fix many game play issues didn't drop until the week of Thanksgiving. I ended up getting Madden 18 on Thanksgiving night for $29. That will probably be my plan again this year as I still enjoy Madden '18.
It's still hard to believe that in 2018 we have one choice for a football game when 20 years ago we had 6-7 choices.
Rick
Biggest fear I have in ANY sports game.....bkrich83 wrote:I'm enjoying the game a ton. Defensive coverage adjustments work now. Coverages are better portrayed, for example you can exploit Cover 2 down the middle like you would in real life, this wasn't really possible in the past. I love the run game. RPM, One Cut and the run to daylight or whatever it's called are all game changers imo. I think I've got the sliders mostly dialed in for my play style. If you utilize Play the Moment or the in game sim engine at all, it seems to be improved as far as play selection and play result balance. I also really like the custom QB pre-play mannerisms. Adds to the feel of the game for me.
There are some things to clean up. Pass protection has some holes, I'm not sure if the brain dead plays on certain occasions are due to OL having low awareness of there's some holes in the programming. I tend to believe they have some programming to clean up in pass protection more than it being a design decision. CPU run game needs some help as well. Although I have alleviated this for the most part via sliders.
Game looks great, it's a marked improvement over 18 imo. Only real fear is due to the game being harder (and more realistic), that the devs will listen to everyone bitching and dumb the game down via patch. Overall I'm happy with my purchase this year.
In previous Maddens (as recently as Madden 16 in an online league), I've gone through an entire season only throwing 5 or 6 INTs. If I threw 10, that was a bad year.Dave wrote:As the Jets (my kid wanted to see them for some reason) I ended up going something like 8-30 with 5 picks, could really feel the talent difference between them and a team like the Vikings.