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MidMellow
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1 year ago

Overall Game Speed Setting Request (The Fix for Player Leverage and Ball Speed)

I'm making this post to humbly request that the 'Overall Game Speed Setting' (i.e. Very Slow, Slow, Normal, Fast, Very Fast) be returned to the Game Options in Madden. I remember this setting was present most recently, I think in, Madden NFL 17. My reasoning for this request is because this will objectively improve the overall gameplay on the field. In real football we know that whoever has the correct leverage against their opponent, will in most cases win on that given play and likely the overall game. Bringing back the 'Overall Game Speed Setting' allows that aspect of the game to return. Currently in Madden NFL 24, player leverage doesn't matter. This may not seem like a big gameplay issue. But it actually affects the gameplay the most.

Namely in the passing game. Having the option of the 'Overall Game Speed Setting' is the easiest way to remedy that. In the passing game, leverage is everything. Blocking & route running are primarily about leverage. Guys like Wes Welker made their careers off of knowing how to gain leverage against their defender. With the ability to slow the Game Speed down, the aspect of leverage matters again because if the wrong leverage is started in a play and maintained throughout it. That offender or defender should be penalized by losing the play/rep. I've had many times in Madden NFL 24 that I'm trying to pass, and I clearly read a defender is moving against the leverage that my receiver has on them, and the defender makes the play anyway. It is a perfect pass light up in green on the screen. But I still get robbed.

In the NFL, a receiver with a half step lead on their defender, when the defender isn't looking at the ball, and is moving against the leverage of the receiver instead of with him, is OPEN. Which in most cases, leads to a pass completion, maybe even a touchdown. Restoring this setting and giving more control to the user allows for this basic fundamental of football to be returned. The objective of gaining leverage on one's opponent, is why the aspect of offensive & defensive plays are called in football. In real life coaches & coordinators (i.e. Andy Reid, Kyle Shanahan) that understand how to call plays consistently that give their players the best leverage possible, win the most games. A player's physical attributes are second to their leverage (aka knowledge of position on the field). So, in closing please return the 'Overall Game Speed Setting' to fix/allow for the aspects of the football travel speed to be a factor (because it should be the fastest thing on the field) and to allow for leverage to return as a key aspect in football (because it is).

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  • EA_Illium's avatar
    EA_Illium
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    1 year ago

    Hey @MidMellow 

    Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with the Answers HQ community and EA!

    While we cannot guarantee any specific changes, Happy to pass feedback along to the team. 

    Cheers,