MADDEN 26 FEEDBACK
Haven't gotten into franchise or anything yet, but have spent yesterday and today just toying with settings, sliders, and testing overall gameplay. I'll break it down into positives, negatives, and bugs/glitches I've run into so far. For the record, my User ID is BrandOG-182; Platform is PS5. POSITIVES: OVERALL GAMEPLAY: To my surprise feels pretty good actually considering the horrible experience CFB turned out to be. Movement is fluid and feels good; able to make good cuts on offense while running the ball, and good angle adjustments on defense while pursuing. Have only needed to make minimal adjustments to sliders, even being on All-Madden. Seems to be in a pretty solid place overall on both sides of the ball. Really plays like a pretty good game of football right now. Hopefully this remains fairly balanced at launch and after updates. SETTINGS: The amount of customization within the settings is excellent! From wear & tear, to weather; sliders & penalties, the ability to adjust everything to suit your style of gameplay has never been better. Haven't touched Franchise yet, but even last year, the XP sliders ability to adjust to age and position are great! This remains a strong positive and continues to improve. ANIMATIONS: New tackle and throw animations are really really nice additions, adding to the realism and overall emersion of the game. RUN BLOCKING: Even just blocking in general feels much better this year so far than previous years, and certainly a far cry from the dumpster fire experience it was within CFB. Running feels much much better compared to last year to the point the Run Blocking slider might even have to come down a bit. Will have to go through a season of franchise and see how the numbers look though. Pass blocking doesn't feel too overpowered for CPU, nor underpowered for the Player on 50 each, so that's pretty huge I feel. PLEASE, DO NOT screw this up with a future update! STUNTS: Were a great addition to CFB and are a great addition to Madden as well. RESTART GAME OPTION: A pretty nice touch as a Play Now option instead of just having the normal Quit option. Hopefully will see this in Franchise too. NEGATIVES: RATINGS: These are a matter of debate and discourse every year, but going through each team again this year, they still just feel out of touch with reality and leave me asking why a lot. I would really like to see more guys in the low to mid 70's, and far less in the 60's than I'm seeing. Some guys just really need some more respect on their name. Like, why is Matthew Stafford, a Super Bowl winner, still not at least a Superstar and yet Baker Mayfield (who I love as a QB so no hate toward him), is? Jared Goff with numbers he's put up is another. So many people either over or underrated. Make it make sense! These ratings affect how schemes work and play within game too, and too often I see them adjusted to make a guy fit a scheme while not emphasizing their individual skills within that position. This is especially relevant with linebackers, in which some can both rush the passer and play coverage really well at times. Good example of how it affects gameplay and scheme; Travis Hunter. Good at DB and WR. I'm afraid to even see the schemes in Franchise they were so jacked up last year. Idk who evaluates these each year, but DO BETTER PLEASE!!! KNOCKOUTS & 50/50 BALLS: My real problem with this is not just consistency, but how it pertains to overalls. This problem is exclusive to All-Madden to my knowledge because that's all I've played. Curious about other difficulties though. Whether it's knockouts or catches, they just seem to favor CPU way too consistently. I shouldn't need Superstar abilities to favor a catch or knockout when my CTH, CIT, SPC, or CVG calculates higher than the opponents player. I've had to turn CPU catching slider way down as they just do not drop the ball that often. Way too often have there been players with lower overalls coming down with, or knocking out balls against much higher overall players. This was a problem last year, and it was problem in CFB at launch with way too many 50/50 balls favoring the catch. This needs tuning. Overalls and ratings need to matter, even on All-Madden/Heisman. THAT BEHIND THE BACK KNOCKOUT ANIMATION: If you know, you know. It's in CFB as well...GET RID OF IT!!! Just terrible... QB RUNS/RUN OPTIONS: Seem very slow to launch; almost laggy. Not sure if this is just play design or buggy, but they feel as if they need a little tune up. CUSTOM UNIFORMS: The options are not great here. I liked it a few years ago when you could create multiple combinations from the whole selection of available uniforms, including the older 80s, 90s, etc versions. I hope at least the selection gets better after true launch, but we'll see. Also, the overall layout is a bit disorganized. DOWNLOADS: Specifically pertaining to older rosters/draft classes for nostalgic franchises. Been asking for this for some time now. Still no All-Time Teams either. Extremely disappointing for Franchise Mode, but I remain hopeful for possible future updates. BUGS/GLITCHES/MISLABELS SETTINGS --> GAME CONTROLS --> DEFENSE ENGAGED --> SPEED RUSH: On PS5, R2 is mislabeled here as R1 here. KICKOFF: Glitchy animation on kickoff where there appears to be a weird stutter and the kicker looks like he sort of glides across the turf instead of a fluid motion as with extra points and punts. ID MIKE: The ID Mike icon glitches out and disappears every so often. Hopefully this won't be an issue with routes as it was last year as well. So far haven't had the problem with routes in Play Now, but will have to see in Franchise. EXTRA POINT KICKS: I have the Kicking set to Multi-Meter; Tap and Tap. Every so often the extra tap doesn't register on the power gage, and the ball goes wide, even with the accuracy being good and aligned toward the middle for good accuracy on the first tap. So far this is all I've been able to discern and come up with after the first 24 hours. Going to dive into Franchise soon and leave a post in the Franchise section with what I find there. Hopefully this was helpful to those who read through it.MADDEN 26-27 IMPROVEMENT IDEAS
This is a thread I wanted to start so everyone on here can have their ideas seen and heard by EA_Shepard and other EA Staff while also having a single, organized place to share them. This in turn makes it easier to read and organize these thoughts in order to pass on to dev teams. Please be respectful and feel free to put down anything you would want to see in a coming update or in newer games to come. I'll start by adding these ideas: Downloadable Rosters & Draft Classes from past years for nostalgic Franchises. Customizable Divisions and Schedules like what is found in CFB (Great for Fantasy). Reincluding the option of Coaching Legends for Coach Mode (Also Great for Fantasy). Possibly reinclude custom facial uploads for custom coaches in Coach Mode. Revamped and reincluded Player/Owner Modes. - Ultimately to summarize this: For Owner Mode, I'd like to see Team Builder tied more exclusively to a new version of this where customization of everything from the ground up is key for the most customizable experience ever. For Player Mode, I'd like what little works well within Superstar to be tied to a new, revamped Player Mode, where the storylines and cutscenes are more included here, and less in other modes. This would include being able to choose an existing player within a franchise, and focus exclusively on their career; OR, create a new player and start as you would within Superstar. I'd like to see Team Builder weaved into relocation for all online modes and somehow introduced into offline. Inclusion of holding the L2/LT to Switch Stick to minimize switching by accident, especially while trying to pass rush. Include more cities and teams for Relocation. Cities where franchises already exist like Miami, LA, or Detroit, as well as new ones like Boston, Phoenix, or Birmingham. More Stadium options for Relocation. Reinclude Build a Stadium within Team Builder. I'm talking from scratch...not just editing the field. Reinclude the ability to edit and create more custom uniform combinations. Within the Edit Rosters section of the Creation Center, more flexibility to edit a player's contract, abilities, etc, would be nice. Better Training Camp - Introduce some ability to gain physical STR, SPD, AGI, COD, by introducing some of the game found in Superstar like the 3Cone, Weightlifting, 40YD, etc. - This is where mini-games shine. Make games open for more players to train and have them more focused on gaining skill points and less on XP and Rookie Reps. This is a great way to help maintain the physical ability of Vets, or take your high-level Superstars to the next level. Revamp Weekly Training - Make this less focused on mini-games and tie it more to Practice Mode and gaining XP/Rookie Reps. The way the have Wear & Tear worked into this is nice; Now just optimize it. Optimize Coach Central and Coaching Abilities. - It's a bit to type but my thoughts on this can be found in my "M26 Franchise Feedback thread" thread. I feel that's a pretty good start for now. Hopefully this is helpful for anyone that reads and I look forward to seeing more thoughts and ideas shared here!
Corrupted Cloud data/Unable to save
Out of no where my offline franchise file was deleted and I got the message about my cloud data being corrupted with the error code: EC:10607. I was able to to get my save back and played on it but then I got the data corrupted error again and now it will not recover the data or save a new franchise. Has anyone else had this issue and found a fix?Mut lineup madden 26
Been 4 months now i hae not been able to use my lineup update today didnt fix it I’ve uninstalled the gamr reinstalled it still getting error our severs cannot process your request right now try again later getting tired of it get it fixed i spend money and nothing works over madden 26 i want my money back if i cannot even use my players ive paid for the way i want too ive also cleared my cache multiple times nothing works
EA loses long time paying Customer, 15 years.
Between players being outrun or kept up with by other computer players or real players with a lot less speed, offensive line just plain not blocking at all, running backs that have been put on blocking assignments running up to the line stopping but not covering a hole and not picking up anybody coming through, buying packs that I get to bare minimum if it says 85 plus I only get 85s I just bought my last pack step up pack and usually those are the ones that give decent cards this particular one was the crystal one and those really usually give the good ones I got out of all this in that pack that step up pack all the way up I got besides the ones that are the crystal guys three 90s. The rest were under 90 and and themes like most feared which I'm not going to use anyway none of that matters because you have lost me as a customer I will not buy any more packs put any more money into your game. out of the past 3 years I have put several messages on the bugs the forms everywhere from Builds not being able to move forward in Superstar mode because their position was changed from offense to defense but he was still a defensive player and it glitched never got answered about it and never got fixed still that way Madden 25. All the stuff that's happening this year. The ranking system in showdown squads get up top five number two actually last year and then all of a sudden I don't get RP anymore I get one or two everybody else is still getting up there lots of RP. I wrote many times still haven't been answered and still not fixed. its Madden 26 now in case you didn't realize that was not a typo Madden 25 I'm still not getting RP all in here to Madden 26 at least not what everybody else is getting again doesn't matter because you've lost me as a customer I will not be putting any more money into any of your games cuz you don't give a crap about us The only time you guys answer something is if it has something to do with ultimate team and that's still not fixed it's ridiculous how lopsided that is and how everybody uses glitch plays or glitch builds, we get kicked and still get losses when you're winning I can keep going there's so much wrong with these games and you guys still put them out. hell, Madden 25 and 26 is Madden 24 basically The fact that you put these games out and they're just the same freaking game and you haven't fixed anything on any of them of importance you're adding stupid little stuff and your service still can't handle it getting kicked out all the time. Should sue you for selling unfinished games as fully operational new games. That Madden week that was hilarious adding the extra freaking intro knowing that we get kicked out a lot it's what everybody talks about and we have to go through that whole intro. Back in the day I used to cuz I've been playing Madden ever since it came out I used to love when Madden was coming out with a new one see what they came up with next but over the past 5 years you guys have just destroyed this game a 2.4 or 2.3 is your rating that's freaking ridiculous for Madden anyway you not going to respond to this you're not going to do anything anyway I just want to let you know you lost me as a customer and I put a lot of money into y'all's company so enjoy not having it anymore so signing offPurchased & Yet AGAIN...!
In the store using TRAINING POINTS to purchase, yet AGAIN, purchase let to the age old EA ERROR MESSAGE showing in the MYSTERY PURCHASE module, that I had prucased Zero Chill pack...showing the pack, BUT THEN AGAIN....an error message followed...." This item is not available!" So you would think you would see your Training Points credited right? You would be wrong in assuming that, because they just debited the points and still gave the error message while also freezing up at the same time. In restarting MUT, no pack to open, NOTHING, but the 1800 trining points missing ! Cone on EA, I have shamefully spent too much time & MONEY on this game and these issues continue to frustrate me, especially being ripped off with ZERO concern on anyone at EA! I have purchased MADDEN since it's debut consistently every year. You would think they would care about longtime customers! Sadly I don't think they do!Madden will not stop crashing on PC
My friend gifted me Madden on Steam, as we usually enjoy doing franchises each year, but this Madden has been so frustrating to get into because I cannot get past the title screen, and I do not know why. Every time I have launched the game, apart from a few rare occurrences, it crashes on the title screen or main menu, and just closes, giving me no info as to why. I have up to date drivers, I meet all the recommended specs for the game, I have up to date drivers on everything, I have ran the game as administrator, I have tried everything that I could possibly think of, but it still closes. To get more specific about how it crashes, the video of Saquon on the title screen will stutter for a little bit, when I press a button to load in to the game, and then a few seconds later it'll crash. My PC has never had any issues running a Madden game in the past, but the first one I play after UPGRADING my GPU doesn't work? I noticed in my AMD software that the GPU randomly spikes to 100% several times while trying to load in the game, which is wild because it exceeds the recommended specs listed on the Steam page. This morning, and last night, it was working fine though, but partway through the day, it started crashing again. I was able to play fine when it did load in, albeit a few stutters in gameplay, but other than that it worked perfectly. Has anyone had the same issue, and is this fixable? I am beyond pissed trying to play this game. My specs are: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Radeon RX 7600 16 GB of RAM
