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Hotdiggidy0991
Rising Novice
22 days ago

Madden 26 online head 2 head is Awful

All these other Madden players want to do is run 3-3 double mug all game and Run the same exact offensive scheme all game while chewing the clock and the bad part is the A.I defenders can’t even recognize the same ol formation nor the play. The Receivers run into each other or the db’s will run into to the darn receivers, the refs won’t call pass interference. What’s worse is if the person I’m playing is losing, they will glitch or freeze glitch the game. Madden 26 online head 2 Head is straight dog doo doo water, I consider myself a B minus player I’m not pro level player , I like think I’m decent .EA I really wish you guys would fix online H2H.

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  • Hotdiggidy0991's avatar
    Hotdiggidy0991
    Rising Novice
    8 days ago

    Madden 26 will definitely be my last because it’s makes no sense, only reason most npc’s or tethers chew the clock is because they may not be great at defense or the playing is trying to force you pass so they play zone all game and try to pick you off 

  • I second that. The gameplay is truly unrealistic. I’ve noticed that if you do a hot route on like the trip formation almost every single time they run into your receiver right when you’re supposed to be throwing the ball. And no interference called unless it’s user controlled and sometimes even then it doesn’t do it.

  • Sakou15's avatar
    Sakou15
    Seasoned Newcomer
    14 days ago

    I agree especially with no simulation mode Madden has become very arcade like

  • PLEASE increase quarter length in H2H back to 5 minutes instead of 4 minutes! 4 is way too short and too many players just milk the clock. No fun at all anymore. It used to be 6 minutes, then you cut it back to 5 a couple of years ago, then down to 4 in Madden 26. I went back to to playing Madden 25 and won't play '26 (or buy '27) unless you change it back to at least 5 minutes. I'll just keep playing '25 on my PS4 until you stop supporting it. I even bought a PS5 so I could play '26 not realizing you had changed it to 4 minutes.

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