Madden 26

[MizzouRah]

When does the first roster update come out?

No patch yet, the first roster update I believe is out right before the first game on 9/4.

[Lancer]

NEW UPDATE -
https://clutchpoints.com/gaming/madden-26-update

[Lancer]

Madden 26 on sale on PS5 , $48.99 til 9/13

[Danimal]

I've been doing a coach only franchise in broadcast cam with the Jets. Has Madden ever nailed Justing Fields, holds the ball too long, occasionally make great plays with his legs and makes terrible decisions with his throws.

In fact I've found coach only mode to be one of the most frustratingly realistic experiences. You really get to see the game shine graphically and animation wise though.

[Lancer]

xbox version is also now $48.99

that was a pretty quick price drop from release day

[Lancer]

I've been doing a coach only franchise in broadcast cam with the Jets. Has Madden ever nailed Justing Fields, holds the ball too long, occasionally make great plays with his legs and makes terrible decisions with his throws.

In fact I've found coach only mode to be one of the most frustratingly realistic experiences. You really get to see the game shine graphically and animation wise though.

can you explain how to do this mode? I see it on youtube/twitch but I never can find the optons. I sort of like watching games but I don't know how to enable it in franchise mode.

[Danimal]

xbox version is also now $48.99

that was a pretty quick price drop from release day

In League Setting there are basically 2 settings you need to check. First is using AI for human controlled WR. Second is allowing the AI to throw the ball as a QB (not near the game but it should be self explanatory when you see it)

In game you obviously need to switch to broadcast cam.

Here is the important part,

On offense make sure you have the QB selected before snapping the ball and then DO NOT touch any controls. So if you manually send someone in motion make sure you switch back to the QB,

On defense make sure you're controlling a defensive linemen, for some reason if you have a DB or Lb highlighted sometime they just sit there and do nothing, but the DL always play on their own. Obviously do not touch any controls once the ball is snapped.

Also for whatever reason when you come out of halftime the camera angles default back to your presets,

I find it a lot of fun calling plays and watching the results. Players do realistic stuff 95% of the time. I've seen animations in this mode I've never seen while playing.

Let me know if this doesn't make sense.

Oh and very important if you go back to normal play you nered to uncheck the option to have the QB throw automatically, for some reason it seems like a global setting.

[Danimal]

I'm hoping there is another patch soon, I'm shocked there hasn't been honestly, because I'm an NFL junkie. I watch every teams All 22 film, I love the game and while this is an enjoyable game and fun in my opinion CFB 26 is a much better simulation game.

I don't nearly have to do as many slider adjustments to that game. Penalties are actually called, Field Goals are missed, it's just a better simulation.

Madden is more Arcady and I guess fun but I don't want to have to play on a jacked up difficulty to have a challenging game. I know I may be in the minority but I wish it was more simulation like. For now I'll just stick to playing it in coach mode which in its own way is weirdly fun.

[MizzouRah]

I'm hoping there is another patch soon, I'm shocked there hasn't been honestly, because I'm an NFL junkie. I watch every teams All 22 film, I love the game and while this is an enjoyable game and fun in my opinion CFB 26 is a much better simulation game.

I don't nearly have to do as many slider adjustments to that game. Penalties are actually called, Field Goals are missed, it's just a better simulation.

Madden is more Arcady and I guess fun but I don't want to have to play on a jacked up difficulty to have a challenging game. I know I may be in the minority but I wish it was more simulation like. For now I'll just stick to playing it in coach mode which in its own way is weirdly fun.

I completely agree with this and fortunately, I like CFB much more than the NFL. There is a huge CFB patch coming tomorrow, so I would expect M26 will have a meaningful patch in the next month or so.

[Lancer]

I've tried superstar mode for the first time in madden. I am liking it. it's pretty fun.

[Lancer]

Gameplay Update -

https://www.ea.com/games/madden-nfl/mad ... er-17-2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9a681_Cu88

[Wilk5280]

I like the changes so far.

I'm 64 - 40 in Online H2H and I'm able to get good coverage on mesh and drag routes now. Underneath coverage is finally playing shallow enough to take them away when you know it's coming.

[Lancer]

I like the changes so far.

I'm 64 - 40 in Online H2H and I'm able to get good coverage on mesh and drag routes now. Underneath coverage is finally playing shallow enough to take them away when you know it's coming.

has online h2h been much different in the madden games for the last 5/6 years? When I try it, seems like everyone trys to pass deep and if you play nickel or dime you can get INT's every time. What level do you need to get to to play people who play it like a football game instead of going for it on 4th and 30?

they updated the bears uniforms too

[Wilk5280]

I don't think it comes down to what level. I run into the occasional player that goes for it in that situation, but not very often. People I play punt often if I get them into 4th and long situations. 4th and 5 or so I see people going for it a lot more than in real life, but I just chalk it up to it's a videogame and when I stop them I'm more than happy to take that good field position.

[Danimal]

I've only played 1 game since the patch but running was crazy easy. My Bears put up 296 rushing yards on the Lions. Swift has 207. I rotated in every RB on my roster and they all shredded the defense. It seems like guys aren't getting off blocks anywhere on the field.

[Danimal]

Played a few more games, they really f***ed up the run game up the middle. You can run for days on anything up the middle. <sigh> EA

[MizzouRah]

Played a few more games, they really f***ed up the run game up the middle. You can run for days on anything up the middle. <sigh> EA

Just like CFB... back to The Show I go.

[Lancer]

Im doing multiple franchises and after patch, ON ALL MADDEN default - Jacobs for the packers can run up the middle for huge yards no problem. Switched to my Bears Franchise same thing with Swift.

I see what they did - ppl complained it was too hard to run then like typical EA they didnt fix it but made running too easy.

Running on All Madden now is like running on Pro.

and after the patch d line rushing the qb went to s*** too

[Danimal]

They overcompensated on the DL getting off blocks and reduced block shedding for every defender. I have no idea how they looked at this and said "yeah this will be good" the run game was perfect and now its complete s***.

I went from not being able to put Madden down to not being able to stomach a game.

[Lancer]

They overcompensated on the DL getting off blocks and reduced block shedding for every defender. I have no idea how they looked at this and said "yeah this will be good" the run game was perfect and now its complete s***.

I went from not being able to put Madden down to not being able to stomach a game.

because they cater to the online MUT crowd. not franchise players.

[Danimal]

because they cater to the online MUT crowd. not franchise players.

I don't disagree with that statement but even the MUT and competitive guys have to see this and go this is not fun. Stud defensive linemen are getting pushed around like rag dolls. You can even block steer anymore if you play DL it just doesn't work. I can run for 150 a game using my 3rd string RB.

[Lancer]

they'll eventually fix this in the next update.

but i really am enjoying this game. first madden where I want to keep play since maybe Madden 12

I enjoy playing the real life schedule in this game. I am almost playing every game they play on sunday if there was a great game this sunday, i'll go ahead and play in in my madden franchise.

I'm finding this year's game is very close to mimic'ing it's real life NFL counterparts. You really can feel the difference between Jordan Love vs Justin Fields.

maybe the graphics whore in me makes me keep coming back. the game looks absolutely beuatuful especially night games.

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but i'm still messing w/ sliders. all pro is way too easy. i went 16-1 w/ the bears and won the sb vs the raiders in a close game. but that's unrealistic.

all madden sim is sort of too hard to stop the CPU passing game. I even turned down the sliders for the CPU but it doesn't seem to make a different.

I'd like to find something in between. someone on reddit suggested playing all madden but on competitive mode. I've never done competitive mode but i'll give it a try. i dont know if that makes the game easier or harder than sim mode.

[Lancer]

CPU End of half logic is broken now due to the last update.

CPU deep in my territory with under 30 sec doesnt' call a time out to sertup a fg. just lets the clock run out.

tried competitive mode. the CPU takes more chances than it does in sim. Got beat by deep balls the cpu threw at me I never experienced in sim. it's like sim is too conservative for the cpu. competitive its super aggressive which is good since its different.

but they got to fix the clock management logic for the cpu now.

[Zlax45]

I am really enjoying this gam over CFB 26. I feel like when i throw an INT it is my fault and not the computer cheating.

I ran into the end of game logic issue today as the colts were in chip shot range and didn't spike the ball to take a gw field goal....