Madden 25 Release tonight

[Mav]

Who is getting it?

I am picking mine up tomorrow morning from Best Buy, but my Xbox 360 GT is Maverick91579 if anyone wants to pound me.

I didn't play last year, and have been getting crushed by the computer on all madden.

Ill use the Browns.

[Consistent1]

You might as well play rookie and run the score up if you adjust that shit.

[Nightfyre]

I had one play where I had tackled Deangelo Williams with like 3 dudes and he was laying on top of them so he wasn't technically down. I hit him with 5 more dudes who slide over the top of his stomach and then he gets up off the pile of chiefs and runs for a first down. I wish I could save the replay.

[Thig Lyfe]

Originally Posted by Consistent1

You might as well play rookie and run the score up if you adjust that shit.

I don't play online. I actually want my games to be more challenging, but not in batshit ****-crazy ways.

[Mother****erJones]

Originally Posted by KCrockaholic

Playing online pisses me off more than it should.

I need to get back on franchise and quit playing online. I'm in the top 4% so I take those games too seriously. And when the ****ing animations come into play and **** me over I don't take it well.

I'm not a fan of online. Kids lag and cheat

[dj56dt58]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

My advice on this here is just not to throw to Bowe on streaks unless he literally has like 5 steps on the CB. I only ever throw streaks to receivers with 94+ speed and only if I see that they have a step on the CB with no safety looming over the top.

It works out because you'll get a chance to take the top off and heave one deep a few times a game if the guy you're playing against ever mixes up his coverages; and if he always has 2-deep safety help, it should be easy enough to pick him apart in the intermediate range.

... But yeah, just don't throw it to Bowe on deep routes with the CB on his hip. The deep jump ball in this game just isn't exactly life-like.

You really have to pick your spots on streaks. If I see the cb jamming the receiver I will typically hot route to a streak, then if he gets a step on the cb and the safety is deep, I will throw a hard pass so he catches it between the safety and cb..If the safety isn't deep I will throw deep and lead the receiver. I also tend to have another guy run an in route so if its a 2 safety deep the middle of the field should be open and I'll use that as my 2nd read.

[ThaVirus]

Listen to this man. He knows.

[Sorter]

1. Move Bowe into the slot.
2. Run 3 and 4 verts plays vs 2 deep shells.
3. ???
4. Profit.

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by Thig Lyfe

All Pro, but I'm willing to bump up to All Madden if necessary. I just want to have a reasonable chance of winning every game. And when I lose, I don't wanna get torn up by a ****ing juggernaut. At least not most of the time.

Basically, I'm looking for...

1. ...the running game to be a little more challenging. Jamaal Charles is almost unstoppable on I-formation stretch plays. Which is nice and all, but I really want to earn my 200 yard games. I'd love for the defense to force me to try something else from time to time. I tried a slider set that had me running into my fullback's butt a lot, though, which sucked, so I'd like to avoid that.

2. ...the deep passing game to be a little less impossible. Yeah, I have Alex Smith, which is probably a big reason I'm so bad at throwing the ball downfield. But I really shouldn't be throwing nearly as many interceptions as I have been. If Dwayne Bowe is going on a seam route against single coverage, I should be able to chuck it up and have a reasonable expectation that Bowe can get it before the CB magically turns around at the exact right time and picks the ball off.

3. ...pass rushing to not be so futile. I've managed a decent number of sacks with Justin Houston, but they've almost all been coverage sacks. I don't want to be able to blow by the O-line for 8 sacks a game or anything, but I'd at least like to put some pressure on the QB every now and then.

4. ...user defense to be stronger overall. I'm able to make enough stops to win games, but in the meantime I'm routinely getting torn up on the ground and picked apart on ****ing 3rd and 17. Maybe some of this is playcalling (I'm not very defense-minded so I generally just gameflow take care of defense and then rush the passer with Houston), but no ****ing way should Peyton Hillis be running for 10 yards a carry. And no way should EJ Manuel have an 88% goddamn completion rate. It's okay for teams to go on long drives against me or get the occasional big play, but right now it's absurd.

4. ...scores to be realistic but not boring. My first two games were exhilarating and required me to put together last-second touchdown drives to win. Then I got destroyed by the Eagles and bounced back to beat the Giants in another toughie. Since then, though, the wins have been too easy to come by. They haven't even all been blowouts so much as shootouts I knew I'd end up winning. I'd like to see a decent balance of tough close games, shootouts, and blowouts. If it has to be a shootout, I want the pressure to be on. Essentially, I want the result to genuinely be in doubt... even if I still end up winning more than losing.


BASICALLY, I'm not interested in wasting time losing at a fake sport against a robot, but I'd like for the wins to be earned and the losses to be rewarding in the effort.

My best advice is to use the cloud and sky options from base fronts.

[KCrockaholic]

Originally Posted by Mother****erJones

I'm not a fan of online. Kids lag and cheat

How does one even "lag" on purpose anyways. I'm sure there's ways to cheat, but I assumed some of the lag was just from my opponents internet speed.

[Mother****erJones]

Originally Posted by KCrockaholic

How does one even "lag" on purpose anyways. I'm sure there's ways to cheat, but I assumed some of the lag was just from my opponents internet speed.

I've played people that lag at certain moments to **** you up. I've got a great connection so it's not me. Like for example a game was fine until the last few minutes and I had to try a FG to win, welp as I go to kick it lags just a split fraction of a second and ****ed my kick up

[Consistent1]

Originally Posted by Mother****erJones

I've played people that lag at certain moments to **** you up. I've got a great connection so it's not me. Like for example a game was fine until the last few minutes and I had to try a FG to win, welp as I go to kick it lags just a split fraction of a second and ****ed my kick up

I don't want to look like a tool, but like someone asked above, how can it quickly be done?

[Aspengc8]

Originally Posted by Consistent1

I don't want to look like a tool, but like someone asked above, how can it quickly be done?

Wiggle your ethernet cord in and out. Kids been doing that since the PS2 days.

[Consistent1]

Originally Posted by Aspengc8

Wiggle your ethernet cord in and out. Kids been doing that since the PS2 days.

I don't know many people who use those these days. Online gaming stuff is just irritating in general. That is why this new GTA is gonna be real interesting.

[Mother****erJones]

Originally Posted by Consistent1

I don't want to look like a tool, but like someone asked above, how can it quickly be done?

I don't know. But it was annoying and only happened when I had the ball

[dj56dt58]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Listen to this man. He knows.

I agree 100% with streaks to bowe, I almost also call the hot route for avery he typically gets separation when he is jammed at the line..or Mccluster in the slot. I use bowe a lot for the in routes because he is great at making catches in traffic if need be