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JimmyTJr80
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21 days ago

Suggestions for Madden 26

So I'm an old school Madden player and I just have three suggestions that I'm hoping y'all could bring back or install for the upcoming game.  1. The return of the classic/historic rosters to the game, I'd would love to pit the '09 Saints against the 2000 Rams or the 2019 Patriots! 2. The ability to select & play other games from the schedule screen in Franchise mode, instead of going through the process of selecting another team. 3. The ability to switch from player mode to CPU/spectate mode & the return of saving your game in all modes. Hopefully y'all can install a couple of em if not all!

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    1. Put create a team back in the game along with the ability to customize stadiums. 2. Fix the salary cap bugs (freezes at 315 mil after 5 or 6 years), ( make the cpu teams follow the salary cap. They're often 10-20 mil over the salary cap). 3. Give us plain faces, and let us put hair and beards on them so that we have more options then the same 100 or so faces we've had for years.
  • Madden developers gotta do a better job coding 26. 

    Physics needs in this game badly. A lot of these animations look clunky and weird. How many times can a 180 pound CB stop a 6'5 250 pound TE dead in his tracks. His momentum alone is gonna carry him forward.

    Psychic DB's - It's worse in zone coverage this year than in man. People running cover 3 and cover 4 all game. But when I throw to my WR the defender is whipping around full speed, before the WR even catches the ball. It's just not realistic. That defender shouldn't be making a play on the ball until He can see the play. If your back is turned u don't even know the ball has been thrown. This has been an issue with this game for like 20 years now.

    Offensive line blocking - It's atrocious to say the least. How can the defense rush 3 defenders which is a conservative style defense. But the defense is getting pressure on the QB like it's an all out blitz. If 3 defenders are rushed the offense should have all day to throw the ball. And a post up trait shouldn't be needed for this. 

    RPO's - Some of these plays have never been fixed since the game came out. Some dumb out the CB so bad he will blitz even if he is in man coverage. And others when the offense goes in motion, the defender will not even fully follow him all the way. And it allows 1 play easy touchdowns because the game is broken.

    Players running into each other. This happens like 10 times a game and it's infuriating. This doesn't even happen that much in the NFL. How many times can my WR run into another player and get knocked off his route. Awareness doesn't matter in this game so why is it even an attribute?

    Acceleration - These players don't even show acceleration. They are immediately up to full speed from there first step. That is not true. U should literally see the acceleration happen within the first 2-3 steps. They should be significantly slower changing direction, or running from a stand still. 

     

  • And where is Bump & Run coverage in this game? It used to be in Madden years ago but for some reason they took it out. This coverage is run a lot in the NFL and college. And it's not press coverage. U jam the WR and then u turn and run, u don't keep pressing him. This needs to return to this game immediately. Players should have the option to press and bump & run. 

  • Always changes I’d like to see from year to year. I’ve been playing the franchise mode ever year since it was out into the game! I’ve now got 9 other players that do this with me online. I’m happy about that. What I’m looking for are simple little things that would make it more realistic.

    1. Give the commissioner the option to force punting on 4th downs. Expect 4th and 1 or 2 across the 50 yard line or in the 4th quarter if you’re losing. Something more real than going for it on every 4th down play.
    2. I would love to see compensatory picks added. I don’t like letting players in the mid 70s or 80s leave as free agents, but I also don’t plan on resigning them so I trade them away. I’d be more willing to let them walk if I knew I could get a draft pick back. 

    3. The story lines in madden 25 were pretty bad, and usually the game tells you you’re wrong even if you were right. Little things like that drove me crazy. Don’t put something in the game but be lazy about it so that it doesn’t work!
    4. Let the computer teams react better to user players running the same two plays over and over again. Make people become better players. 


    5. Stop having defenders fall for play action passes when you have a big lead in the 4th. No one is running the ball then.
    6. Put the career ending injuries back in the game. Even if it’s a small percentage. It was fun to see it once in awhile.
    7. id love to see more assistant coaches like positional coaches. Hiring and firing of them. Building them up to become coordinators and such.

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