Madden 16 Gameplay and Hands on Impressions (E3)

[The Natural]

MADDEN 16

My first impression of Madden 16 was how polished it looked. We are still roughly 2 months away from launch and the game is currently in the alpha stage. However, spending a good 2+ hours in the Madden booth, I hardly noticed any goofy things going on and that is a great sign. This could be due to the fact that EA pretty much has laid a solid foundation when it comes to gameplay and is now focusing on smaller refinements this year. Presentation wise the game looks much like it did last year with a few added goodies such as players patting each other on the back after a great play and other nice little player animations that make these digital men seem more human. Another thing that really stood out to me was the fight for possession. At one point I saw Tony Romo throw up a 50/50 ball to Dez Bryant who was covered pretty well by the corner. Both players went up for the grab and both had their hands on it equally when Dez did what Dez tends to do in real life and rip it away from the corner for a spectacular catch that left me pretty speechless. It was a great moment and the gamers playing in that particular game went absolutely nuts. On the game mode side of things we got to check out a new mode called “Draft Champions”. It is a single player and multi-player mode geared for gamers who love to draft teams but do not have the time to put in 300+ hours on a Connected Franchise. It lets you draft head to head and gives you 3 players randomly to choose from in each round covering multiple positions and even legends. You will draft your core 10-15 players that you like to use starting with a coach and then you can take on your buddy’s freshly drafted squad. We completed our drafts in under 15 minutes and hit the field immediately making this a game mode I am extremely excited for. All in all I believe Madden 16 will build on the great game Madden 15 was and I am personally as excited as ever to hit the virtual gridiron this fall.

 

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[Darth Nubian]

2015 and dudes still doing the Tecmo Bowl style drop back after hiking the ball I hope this guys def is just trash because it looks like the ultra accurate qb is back. At least the A.I. is getting rid of the ball and not taking sacks.

 

[Exit9NJturnpike]

can't wait for this piffery

 

[Xtraz2]

same stupid ass game again

 

[Jax]

Game looks the same, sliders look like Jerry's sliders

 

[FLORIDA BOI]

I'm tired of madden with this bull ish

Damn why do all the RBs run the same

Easy rocket catch now this year

Drag route is never covered

dline don't ever fire out of there stance or blow up plays

It's 2015 this is what we are working with cmon now

 

[Jplaya2023]

they fix the gameplay yet?

Meaning does it play like madden 04 in gameplay and how fluid they move.

 

[LastEmperor2k2]

I paid mine off, gotta say screenshots look very mediocre.

Damn shame they put the minimum effort in every year and don't try to push the game further

 

[feelosofer]

It sad when it's now 2 generations since Madden was any good. There hasn't been a good game in the series since Madden 06, imo.

 

[LastEmperor2k2]

It sad when it's now 2 generations since Madden was any good. There hasn't been a good game in the series since Madden 06, imo.

That ain't true, some of the late ones on the 360 were good, i feel like once they developed the new physics engine the games have been much better, it just seems there isn't a lot of effort to build on the foundation

 

[feelosofer]

That ain't true, some of the late ones on the 360 were good, i feel like once they developed the new physics engine the games have been much better, it just seems there isn't a lot of effort to build on the foundation

Honestly, gameplay, while not perfect wasn't my biggest gripe, it was Presentation, Game modes and attention to detail. Unfortunately this game is going to do millions and there is no competition so they have no incentive to improve.

 

[LastEmperor2k2]

Honestly, gameplay, while not perfect wasn't my biggest gripe, it was Presentation, Game modes and attention to detail. Unfortunately this game is going to do millions and there is no competition so they have no incentive to improve.

And I agree with you, they do not do enough to make the game feel new or like a justifiable $65 purchase.

The player models are very mundane, it's the 3rd madden on this gen, and it isn't impressive

 

[FLORIDA BOI]

they fix the gameplay yet?

Meaning does it play like madden 04 in gameplay and how fluid they move.

Yes . I mean even in 2k go look at youtube videos . There was like 5 different running animations Barry sanders looks just like himself .

AP runs kinda high . Then you got backs like McCoy that are so low, Arian foster with that long smooth stride , everybody on madden except lineman run exactly the same WTF

 

[Banned Account12]

somebody blessed me and preordered this and 2k for me