[Discussion] Madden NFL 26 Improved Gameplay
Dear EA, I had a few Ideas for Madden 26 That I think will improve the gameplay and overall experience of the game.
Improve the tackling/physics. most times the defender Im using always takes th...
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EA_Shepard
Community Manager
Community ManagerHi there!
Thanks so much for sharing all of these suggestions. I’ve passed your feedback along to the team, but I wanted to share some thoughts I had on what you said based on my own experience in the game and from other players'.
- Tackling & Pursuit Angles: From my own and other players’ experiences, defenders sometimes take a “scenic route” and miss tackles. I’ve seen linebackers and DBs ghost basic routes, leading to big plays against them.
- Game Speed: Other players have pointed out that on “Normal,” the game feels too fast, and there isn’t an easy way to slow things down without switching to full simulation.
- Spin vs. Juke & Animations: Players, including myself, appreciate Madden 25’s smooth spin but miss the skill-based double juke from ’24. Combining both techniques would be ideal. Switch-stick and hit-stick inputs have felt sluggish, and occasionally, they have locked onto the wrong player.
- Zone Coverage: CPU defenders sometimes don’t drop into their assigned zones, resulting in wide-open streaks. A clearer pre-snap readout and tighter zone logic would help.
- Classic Teams & H2H Modes: Other players suggest adding unlockable legendary squads, home-team weather/time-of-day selection, and a “Road to the Super Bowl” mini-campaign. These features could give H2H players fresh goals each season.
- Interceptions & Drops: Drops and failed interceptions have been a headache. Crisper pick animations would make big defensive plays actually stick.
Your wishlist aligns pretty well with feedback from other players. It's definitely worth consolidating these ideas so they don’t get lost IMO. I am going to turn this into a discussion thread so others can comment, and it gets more traction.
Thanks!
Thank you for reading my suggestions and replying back.
Can we get contains to contain and stop reverting them back with patches due to a few crybabies trying to scramble all day with their QB who never gets tired? I’m sure if we have a version of wear and tear this would be a game changer in online play.
how about also fixing blocking logic as I’m always encountering scrubs online who sub in safeties at LB and these guys just jeeps crushing my offensive line? When the last two maddens dropped, the blocking was perfect for this and people who came out in personnel that wasn’t fit for the play they’re trying to defend got crushed and had to change up their play calling as it should be, but now, you can put the kicker in at LB and he’ll do damage to the run game with no issues.
been asking for years, make fatigue matter! Without this it makes the game feel very arcadey.
Change of direction and make up speed needs to be adjusted. Tired of catching dudes slipping trying to stuff the box and my WR is 15 yards downfield and some way somehow he allows the defender to catch up to him and his deep route to make a play on the ball. People need to start playing sound football and if they don’t like it they can go to superstar mode and have at it.
been waiting too long for this game to actually imitate its real life counterpart and we have the tools to make that happen!
how about an online reporting system where we can report cheese and exploits with video?
also how about we stop letting people just run one play on offense and defense all game! It’s boring and we know it’s an exploit. People shouldn’t be rewarded for playing like this at all. I can understand if an opponent is just not savvy to playing defense cool, but you know the folks I’m talking about!
but wear and tear and fatigue working in online play would curve a lot of this drama we see online and YouTube doesn’t help with people selling ebooks teaching folks how to do this crap! If you gotta run to YouTube for help then this ain’t the game for you bro! Football explains itself
