MADDEN 26-27 IMPROVEMENT IDEAS
This is a thread I wanted to start so everyone on here can have their ideas seen and heard by EA_Shepard and other EA Staff while also having a single, organized place to share them. This in turn makes it easier to read and organize these thoughts in order to pass on to dev teams. Please be respectful and feel free to put down anything you would want to see in a coming update or in newer games to come. I'll start by adding these ideas: Downloadable Rosters & Draft Classes from past years for nostalgic Franchises. Customizable Divisions and Schedules like what is found in CFB (Great for Fantasy). Reincluding the option of Coaching Legends for Coach Mode (Also Great for Fantasy). Possibly reinclude custom facial uploads for custom coaches in Coach Mode. Revamped and reincluded Player/Owner Modes. - Ultimately to summarize this: For Owner Mode, I'd like to see Team Builder tied more exclusively to a new version of this where customization of everything from the ground up is key for the most customizable experience ever. For Player Mode, I'd like what little works well within Superstar to be tied to a new, revamped Player Mode, where the storylines and cutscenes are more included here, and less in other modes. This would include being able to choose an existing player within a franchise, and focus exclusively on their career; OR, create a new player and start as you would within Superstar. I'd like to see Team Builder weaved into relocation for all online modes and somehow introduced into offline. Inclusion of holding the L2/LT to Switch Stick to minimize switching by accident, especially while trying to pass rush. Include more cities and teams for Relocation. Cities where franchises already exist like Miami, LA, or Detroit, as well as new ones like Boston, Phoenix, or Birmingham. More Stadium options for Relocation. Reinclude Build a Stadium within Team Builder. I'm talking from scratch...not just editing the field. Reinclude the ability to edit and create more custom uniform combinations. Within the Edit Rosters section of the Creation Center, more flexibility to edit a player's contract, abilities, etc, would be nice. Better Training Camp - Introduce some ability to gain physical STR, SPD, AGI, COD, by introducing some of the game found in Superstar like the 3Cone, Weightlifting, 40YD, etc. - This is where mini-games shine. Make games open for more players to train and have them more focused on gaining skill points and less on XP and Rookie Reps. This is a great way to help maintain the physical ability of Vets, or take your high-level Superstars to the next level. Revamp Weekly Training - Make this less focused on mini-games and tie it more to Practice Mode and gaining XP/Rookie Reps. The way the have Wear & Tear worked into this is nice; Now just optimize it. Optimize Coach Central and Coaching Abilities. - It's a bit to type but my thoughts on this can be found in my "M26 Franchise Feedback thread" thread. I feel that's a pretty good start for now. Hopefully this is helpful for anyone that reads and I look forward to seeing more thoughts and ideas shared here!
Madden 27 Franchise Needs to revamp generated face system (Not More Presets)
Biggest immersion breaker for Franchise now - generated draft faces. Right now we still get 21-year-old rookies who look 38, repeated preset faces across draft classes, heavy beard shading that ages players instantly, and identical silhouettes across positions, which makes long-term franchises feel full of clones. No matter how deep contracts, coaching systems, or presentation get, it doesn’t matter if the future face of your franchise looks unrealistic and generic. EA College Football already models youthful 18–22 year old players with better facial variety, and Superstar mode has a deeper face editor, so the tech foundation clearly exists within EA’s ecosystem. Franchise players aren’t asking for just 30 more presets — we’re asking for age-aware rookie faces, youth-specific facial structures, smarter generation logic with no duplicate faces per draft class, better skin and beard scaling by age, more body diversity tied to position, and the ability to edit generated rookies more meaningfully so the community can build immersive draft classes. If Madden truly wants to elevate Franchise mode, player identity has to be treated as a core pillar, not cosmetic padding, because without believable players the league never feels authentic.Something needs to be done about match coverage
Towards the end of last year, it was O.P. defenders were darn near psychic. This year, it's bad...all the way around. Guys don't maintain proper leverage, hook Curls and 3 Rec Hooks NEVER properly "cut" shallow and deep crossers, quarter flats don't re-route the #2 receiver, allowing them to get up on the safety with a full head of steam. Mable and Buzz match, which were invented specifically to combat 3x1 formations...are ineffective and Cover 2 corners in cloud/squat/hard flats don't maintain outside leverage at all. Seam Flats get hung up chasing shallow crossers when they're supposed to be "delivering" to to (supposedly) cutting hook Curls with eyes on crossers from the opposite of the formation. Lastly, we're given ZERO variations from the stock cover 3 match, Cover 6 and 9. Any changes cancel the match assignment. We're not allowed to make "push, stump, or stubbie" calls. It's 2026, most teams run split field coverage nowadays. But here we are with stock plays that don't play their assignments right.The more I play Madden I become disgusted this game is terrible.
What's the point of upgrading players for them to be dropping wide open passes and another thing is field goals the field goals are off missing 5 yards smh! This game makes no sense they let the real bums get away with anything. Mut we spend a lot of money for what? I'm not seeing a difference. People crashing the line and your ID the Mike and using a max protect and it still doesn't work this game needs Jesus. It's been time where the defense press I send the WR on a streak I throw over everybody for the defense to come from behind and catch the pass. Come on Madden you needs to stop this foolishness. You make a football game not even fun to play. And lower some of your prices it doesn't make any sense then you have players raising the price of the players to millions. Make it make sense!The Big 3: Must Haves for M27
Now that the NFL season is over, and all this years major updates to M26 are likely done and over, I would like to simply throw this out there and list 3 bare minimum things I'm going to absolutely need to see in the Trial of M27 on EA Play if I'm going to buy next year. Here we go! A Finished Product: Let me emphasize by saying, there needs to be a distinct difference in what is functional and what is optimal and working as intended. There are a lot of people with a lot of different problems being experienced across multiple gaming platforms every year. I understand that there are going to be bugs and glitches that need to be worked out every year, and I accept that. So what I mean by finished product, is I need every mode to be functioning optimally. Fine tuned. Gameplay affects everyone despite their choice of gaming platform and preferred game mode, and it really needs to be a good all around experience. From USER vs USER gameplay, to USER vs CPU gameplay, and CPU vs CPU gameplay even. I need to see things working as intended in each mode from MUT, to Franchise, to Superstar. Defense this year, especially in Franchise, USER vs CPU gameplay, was absolutely terrible. Guys just literally did not react or were uber slow to react to CPU. Sliders did not help. Coaching abilities barely helped. Blocking, though better than previous years, I still ultimatley felt left something to be desired in every mode after playing for some time. Superstar Mode was just trash. I really need to see these things balanced and working properly on release, and discernible within Trial if I'm going to buy. This should probably be a bare minimum for everyone at this point, despite their choice of gaming platform. Older Rosters/Draft Classes: There's literally just no excuse to keep not having these included for Franchise Players who have been left consistently unhappy for a number of years now. I'll say it again, if the modding community can do it, so can EA. They were in older titles, and if need be, put them up for purchase, but seriously just get these available in the Download Center in any which way you can. It's not only great for average Franchise players, but it would make excellent content for streamers on their respective platforms as well, and I think it's just a no brainer at this point to include them. It's going be a major factor on if I choose to buy after Trial at this point, and I really hope to see this brought up this summer during a reveal; this just needs to happen. Reintroduction: Again, let me emphasize. In the past couple years, we've seen Player Mode and Owner Mode both get chopped from Franchise, and even the ability to do something simple like edit uniform combinations was severely hindered. So here's my point: EA literally cannot afford to regress any further at this point. Period. I need to get "reintroduced" to some things. Maybe it's just the ability do edit uniforms how I want again. Maybe it's a newer version Player or Owner mode for Franchise...maybe it's Stadium Builder within Team Buidler. I don't know what it's going to include necessarily, but it absolutely needs to be something. I shouldn't even have to be begging to get reintroduced to things that Madden titles 20 years ago had, but literally if I see any other signs of regression without the inclusion of some pretty major progess in other areas, I'm simply not buying. So that's my Big 3 I need to see if I'm going to buy come late summer again. Everyone else please feel free to include in the comments what you feel needs to be an absolute MUST if you're going to buy again later this year. They must know at this point that a ton of people aren't happy with the product, so at best, maybe this gets passed on by staff to create a sense of urgency within the company. Either way I look forward to seeing some opinions on what needs to change for people to buy.Eagles current alternate “home” uniforms are incorrectly in the “away”option.
Madden Ultimate Team - As the title states the current Eagles alternate Team uniform, the Kelly green with the silver pants, is bugged. The uniform shows up in the “away” uniform section instead of the “home” uniform selection menu. The uniform works, as I had it equipped when I played the cowboys, who wear white at home. This should be an easy fix considering the uniform works, it’s just incorrectly slotted to away. If you guys could fix this simple issue, that would be greatly appreciated.Runners getting stuck on linemen
Why does it feel like I get tackled more by my own offensive lineman than the defensive players! Constantly getting stuck/ tripped up by the lineman. Would be very subtle but adding real life animations of how offensive players maneuver around/push off their lineman would instantly solve issue.
Button Scheme Not Working On PC
I'm playing on the ROG Ally X. I'm playing with a HORIPAD Steam Controller which was working fine and having no issues until a couple of months ago. It took some kind of update now the game is forcing the PlayStation controller scheme. My controller doesn't have glyphs like square and circle. Once I press any button to enter the main menu it turns from A,B,X,Y buttons to PlayStation face buttons. Also the commands don't work. If i try to use the B button which would be the circle which is used to "go back" it doesn't work. Is there any way this can be fixed? PLEASE?!? One more weird thing. If I unhook the unit from my TV and disconnect the controller and play with the local buttons on the ROG Ally X itself. They work fine. This is really driving me bananas. As I stated before, a couple of months ago, everything was working just fine.When are yall going to fix this?
When are you guys going to fix all these glitches?! There are more now than ever? And can we keep it realistic when it comes to football? How can you make so many stops in the run game with quarter formations and dime formations, when I’m in goaline. The physics of that won’t happen. The little guys will get tossed around. Using little people to stop the big guys is crazy. Yall are killing the game, broLosing for no reason
I’ve been a Madden player every year since 1998 and I have to admit yes the graphics are getting better but the game is getting WORSE and WORSE. People put a lot of money into this game and a lot of time and when EA comes out every year saying how “realistic” the game is, gets all of us excited and then… we play it…… no where near realistic AT ALL. The game should be SKILL BASED and play vs play. My play vs his play. But it’s not! It’s all computer!!! If I win 5 times in a row it’s 100% guaranteed I lose at least the next 3 games and it’s SO BAD that I can tell by the gameplay on the first 3 plays of the game that I’m not going to win because of the computer screwing me only because I’m on a win streak. Being on a win streak SHOULD NOT matter if I win or lose the next game. If I’m better than my opponent then that’s just what it is and my opponent need to play more and get better … I’m so sick of being SCAMMED by Madden year after year. It’s honestly rage bait! I know I’m better, my players are dropping ball after ball fumble after fumble for no reason. It’s crazyyyyyyyy!!! MADDEN DO BETTER AND MAKE THE GAME ABOUT SKILL AND PLAY VS PLAY !!! Like how can we even have madden tournaments when the game purposely screws you over and is only one sided. There’s literally nothing you can do to stop it. It’s not fun at all and I’ve thought about never playing the game again or ANY EA sports game witch sucks cause all I play is sports. If only 2k would come back.
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