Madden 25 looking similar to Madden 24

Hey @0827934 

Thanks for taking a moment to reach out to the community on Answers HQ. 

Would it be possible to get some additional information on which parts look similar to you?

Is it overall graphics, the way players appear, or how stadiums look, etc?

Cheers!

downloaded madden 25 for ps4 and its the same as madden 24- none of the updates.... same old kickoff, same announcers/graphics... is an update coming why did i pay $99 for this?

the only update are the rosters

When I download Madden 25, why does it look the exact same as Madden 24?

One specific new feature in Madden '25 which I've discovered is that it's now a lot better with automatically determining your best graphics settings. Madden '25 gobbles up a lot of extra resources because the movement on the field has pretty much had a complete runover. If you look at games with an NFL gamepass, and in specific use the "Coaches film" feature then you may quickly notice how several players follow certain routines.

And for the conspiracy theorists amongst us: try to look back some seasons if you need to, you can say about Dazn what you want but looking back at 2021, 2019, 2016? All possibe.

So all those routines, those specific moves and habbits?  All part of Madden '25 these days.

Yah, ergo... if you play on an older PC then I can easily see how Madden '25 would have switched back to "legacy mode" and thus didn't use any of the new graphics features. So then I urge you to focus on the behavior in the field. Optionally also making sure to enable new gameplay features in your settings.

You'll ntoice plenty of differences there.

I have not played any games yet, I have only launched the game and have navigated to the main menu page. The menu page is exactly the same as Madden 24, the only difference is that it says “Madden 25” in the background as opposed to “Madden 24”. It was my understanding that the launch sequence of the game was going to look different than Madden 24 as well, of which mine is the exact same launch sequence to Madden 24 as well. Is this because I am playing on an old gen (Xbox one)? Did EA copy and paste Madden 24 onto Madden 25 for old gen users? 

Yea EA should just like put an update out for those who are on old gen, i've tried to ask on answer hq but my answer got removed so would you like mind trying to like say EA push an update out to madden 25 for old gen users?

I'm hoping it is just the "early access" that is causing issues on Old Gen and once the game actually releases (tonight at midnight) it will work 

It is identical gameplay. Stadiums too. No updates on Gillette. Not having the new kickoff on Madden 25 on the PS4 is insulting. Paying 74$ just for new roster updates made me ask for a refund from PlayStation but after 2hrs on sustainer service they wouldn’t budge. 

I feel your pain, such a rip off 

Oh yea, same crap every year. Slight minor meaningless tweaks. The play on the field is slightly improved besides that same thing different year with franchise. Not impressed EA to say the least. When is EA's contract up with the NFL??????