So is the league on or...?

Is it just me or is this game "slower" than last year?

Ill get down with a league but im not going to set it up.

PC only.

I'm in for a PC league.

Do we have anyone else?

This "real player motion" shot is the most poorly thought out addition since the vision cone. Needlessly slow plays down, you'll just stop instantaneously instead of turning and running upfield like a normal ****ing player would do, and the running game is ****ing shit now.

Running game sucks for sure. You can't really change direction as you said. You're stopped then you get hammered in the backfield.

It feels like RBs are too slow trying to hit a hole as well.

im actually way better at running this year so far, the key is to tap the sprint button to change directions and when you hit the hole then hold it when you get in the open field

You can't spam deuce close pitch huh buddy?

Did I need that the last time we played? It was a blow out.

Overall, the game is shit. Compared to 18, it’s the same game sans reeruned Superman coverage. I had a game where the opposing LB had 8 ****ing pass breakups,

WRs drop everything .
Zero defensive penalties.
Playing as. Qb in CFM, run Game is worthless. Just throw it every down.

SAme shit as 18 when you’re trying to run down the clock, there’s always a series of mysterious “injuries” that stop the clock before the 2 min warning.

Pass and run blocking is shit. Running for your life on every play. Not sure if it’s because I’m playing QB inCFM or what. I’m keeping backs in, ID the 5th pass rusher, shifting the line etc, and still get smoked . Can’t throw anything other than crossing routes because I’m getting a rusher in my face on my hitch regardless of drop depth.

Tried adjusting sliders. Meh. Even went reeruned and put my pass and run block sliders all the way in my favor and the CPU in my favor.......made zero difference. Still only had time to toss a slant or quick cross or hitch

Just started with regular settings and sliders when I booted up. Advanced I think.
runnign simulation, not arcade. Run game and run/pass balance is pointless if you’re inCFM as QB.

If you’re a 18 user contemplating buying 19.......don’t. Save your money LMAO.
LUckily, I had 19 as a gift for my birthday. I’d be pissed if I dropped my own money on it.


Maybe full franchise or whatever is better. I hope so, because otherwise it’s the same ****ing game. With the exception of weird slow change of direction shit. Not even hard cuts......just any change whatsoever is just ****ing slow

Sliding defenders into position , LBs jumping and tipping passes even if you’re double tapping to get a touch intermideiate pass. Clairvoyant defenders tipping passes when they’re not looking.

Overall.....just a shade above shit. Fun but, no where close to what a football game should be. Thank god I didn’t spend $70 on it. Lol

Yep. Game is utter ****ing shit as is. Needs a patch yesterday.

LMAO

https://i.imgur.com/kPHl9zi.gifv

God damn this game has a steep learning curve this year.

Lol no it doesn't. The forced animations **** everything over. Way too easy to just run crossing routes like slants over and over and over again. Don't even try to pass over the middle on a shallow route or you're getting picked by an ILB even if you high pass it. Running game is almost nonexistant because you're sucked into an animation of you get anywhere near a defensive player that slows you down.

Theres 1 formation that I use that is almost guaranteed money every time. Trips offset I think? One of Kelce, Hill, or your slot receiver is coming open off the first play in that book, and if they are playing off the LOS audible into inside zone and get an easy 5 or 6 yards.

Your cheese play is still relatively effective, KC.

On the positive side of things, your opponents strengths and weaknesses actually matter this year on Madden. Jacksonville is hell to pass against, and the Rams are ****ing horrible to run against.

People are addicted to HUT that is for sure

Props for actually having accurate taunting. Tyreek has done his peace sign and Kelce just did that wind up punch he does.

So my guys will stop randomly after catching the ball like idiots but the CPU can pull this shit?

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Fix your shit, EA.

Wow. That's ****ing terrible.

I'm gunna wait a week or two before spending money on this. Hopefully by then they fix a lot of this bullshit. God EA sucks.

That's not that bad. That was a really tight window you probably shouldnt have been throwing into. It looks worse than it really is because the animation makes him jump too far, but he didn't have to actually jump that far to make a play on the ball. He jumps BEYOND the area he had to get to to make a play, so it looks absurd.

Adjust coverage and pass reaction slider if that really bothers you.

**** off. That is horrendous rubber banding. Also ignored the point of offensive players slowing to almost a dead stop when trying to run upfield, when you would normally just do a quick turn and be on your way.

The animation is weird but 1/4 of that animation would have been satisfactory to make a play.

He glitches over there to knock the ball down.

That's not entirely true. He's standing not even a yard behind Hill when the pass is thrown.

The first little part of the animation puts him into position to cover that tiny bit of space easily, which is realistic. That puts him on the 40 yard line indicator.

The animation is weird though and the "follow through" carries him halfway between the 40 indicator and the hashmark.

He definitely jumps too far, but he didn't have to jump that far to make a play on the ball anyway.

Your eyes are deceiving you.

Holy. ****ing. Shit. There is so much wrong with this play. The C has a ****ing seizure, the DL faceplants into the tackle, and the RB runs for a solid 2 or 3 yards before the tackle animation works.


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EA should have an open beta for Madden before it goes live so people can do their bug testing for them and they can actually deliver a quality product when its launched.

Jesus. Pretty basic shit, EA.

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destroyed the CPU for the first time on all pro tonight, beat Bengals 38-3, passed for almost 300 yards and 3 tds.

Next game took a kick off back in the 2nd, was beating Broncos 17-10 all through the 4th, then they miraculously ran right past Houston and scored with 1 second remaining..

so I took the overtime kickoff back for my 2nd Tyreek Hill kick off return TD of the game~

I like it.

I was still so frustrated from playing the day it came out, to even pick it up at all today.
I’ll probably give it another go tomorrow.

I hate to start messing with sliders so early, but holy shit. I gotta do something to make it somewhat playable. Maybe I’ll try a different mode instead of playing as a player. Etc.

So what you are all saying is that the game is still shit? ****ing shocked, I tell you. Shocked.

It's more of the fact that it took such a giant step backwards in terms of gameplay

Madden sucks, but we all still buy it..

I caved and bought it today. I know it’ll very likely disappoint, but I just want to run a franchise really bad from scratch with Mahomes at the helm.

Played again today for a few hours.

Meh.


Definitely wouldn’t shell out my own money for it if I had ‘18.

It’s uh..... pretty bad. Lol.

Here’s a tips vid about running the ball: https://youtu.be/qg4I_JEY1JQ

Interesting. Guy says that you should never hold turbo behind the LOS because it can trigger the CPU to shed blocks easier.

Yep. Turbo is completely different in this game.

By the way, the worst change they implemented is that dumb**** way you upgrade your players in franchise. I might actually enjoy it if it gave points to my star players, but it seems to just choose players randomly and assign them 1 point. My first week I had West, Murray, and Ehinger as the 3 upgrades. None of them played a single snap. What the ****?

It was the same way last year, actually.

This is actually a good change. It was too easy to build a team of 99s the old way.

You remember the 99s, right? ROFL

Yes, Clay. That's why theres posts all over forums in virtually every medium that Madden is discussed about the changes made to the run game and the new "one cut" system. Do you post dumb shit just to be contrarian or something?

The running game may be different, but the turbo thing is not new.

In 18 you didn't want to hit turbo before you hit the line of scrimmage.

Not only did it make it hard to hit lanes accurately, but it also caused block sheds like crazy.

I haven’t had any usering issues on defense. Still a silent assassin as always, but offense is totally different to me.

Clay, there is literally a new feature called "one cut" where you hard cut off in a different direction if done correctly. It's done by using the turbo button and jerking the stick in the direction you want to go. It's buggy as **** right now and causes you to lose momentum when you shouldn't.

Not disputing that.

The turbo/block sheds thing was in the game last year though. Not new.

Well I played the first game of the season in my franchise (@ Chargers), and I’ve gotta say... so far I’m a fan.

First time in a long time that the CPU QB wasn’t completing checkdowns every time pressure got near. Much more pure incompletions than just catches or interceptions like there was so much the past few years.

Got the win too, which didn’t hurt. But it was a good, competitive game.

I know there's a PS4 league on here, but there's currently an Xbox One X Madden 19 bundle on Ebay for $450. Not a bad deal on the premium console considering you get a $60 game w/ it when alone the console normally sells for $499. I actually just sold my PS4 because most of my friends have Xbox and I'm also getting a new 4K TV for my soon.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-X...MAAOSwOHpbaOFY

Looks like developing a team is going to be a LOT harder.

I threw 4 picks with Mahomes in my first game. It's been a long time since I played Madden.

And what's with a mile-wide running hole that as soon as I take a step through (and should be gone), someone comes out of nowhere and takes me down?

Guess I'm getting old.......as I recall Madden 95 as the good 'ol days! :)

Yep. I'm not touching this shit until the patch.

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EA is garbage.

I played franchise today and simmed to the draft. I picked 18th and received offers to trade my pick.

The trade offers for my pick:

Broncos: I give up 2019 first and receive 2019 second round pick with nothing additional.

Jets: My first and their second round pick

Their first wasn't even included!

****ing terrible EA.

EA should have copied the trade mode from The Show. You know where you can actually modify it to see what they will and won’t accept before submitting it. Or how you can switch between starters and prospects.

**** EA. **** Madden.

I played it probably 8 hours on Friday. Didn’t **** with it at all on Saturday. Played two games on Sunday. Haven’t touched it since. Lol


It’s pretty bad. And I don’t have the energy or gumption to start ****ing with the sliders.

Guesss I’m just waiting for RDR2 in October at this point.

It looks absurd because he got a jetpack up his ass and gained super speed.

I've always known that you don't use turbo behind the LOS, not just for this year. But I never realized that it makes defenders speed up their block shedding. That's interesting and stupid EA programming.

So where the **** are the patches? This game has been out for a week and there hasn't been a single patch to fix the myriad of shit yet?

This RBs fumbling problem is unacceptable.

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Well, crap. I preordered mine on Amazon because I got a good discount. It did finally arrive yesterday. I haven't had a chance to open it up and play it as of yet. I was planning on doing that tonight but now I'm not sure I want to do that. Some of the comments and links in this thread make me excited to play it while others make me want to send it back and get a refund. Hmmmm, which way should I go?

Usually, there are multiple patches the first couple of weeks. Correct?

Usually, yes. The gamebreaking stuff like that kickoff glitch should only take a couple days at the most.

This guy isn't even selling the game at his store after all of the glitches/bad gameplay:

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Patriot magic!

LMAO The game isn't even trying to pretend to not be rubber banding there.

Good God, that's horrible. I'm definitely leaning toward sending mine back for a refund since I haven't opened it yet.

I would. Then if you still get the itch for it, just pick it up used for $30 at Gamestop

I got mine via a pre-order as a gift for my birthday.
I'd be super pissed if I dropped my own coin on it.

maybe it'll get better with some updates? ...I hope so. I haven't touched it since around noon on Sunday.

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They're going to spend more time patching the game than they did in development LMAO

That's a dumb video. It has no impact on the game.

Bullshit. It shows clearly that they are ****ing lazy and don't pay attention to detail. You know, one of the main criticisms this game gets every year.

Well, yeah. But there are far better things to make a video out of.

He has a ton more. It shows how ****ing lazy EA has become. They literally only care about MUT. The best thing that could happen to Madden is EA losing the exclusive license.

Has there been a Madden this broken at launch? Usually theres a cheap exploit or 2 and some minor snafus that get ironed out, but some of the shit I've seen from this game is ungodly bad.

Seems way worse than 16, 17 or 18.

I never played modern Madden before that.

This might be a "transitional" year.

It's to be expected with the new player motion deal that some things are going to be janky, and for the most part I do enjoy a lot of the features they've added now that I'm used to them, but some of the shit is just horrible programming.

2K would make football games 1000x better.

How did this abomination survive testing?

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