Madden 24 Beta Gameplay and Presentation Impressions

[Steve_OS]

Last week, I wrote up my early impressions of Madden 24’s franchise mode and the triumphant...

Written By: Josh Houtz

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[kmfoster79]

Quote: Originally Posted by Steve_OS

Last week, I wrote up my early impressions of Madden 24’s franchise mode and the triumphant... Written By: Josh Houtz Click here to view the article.

Nice write up. I’m curious about how the blocking improvements affected the pass blocking. Did you still see those ridiculous animations where the end would blow by the tackle as the tackle fell to the ground? That was one of the most annoying things in 23 for me. No way that should ever be happening to Lane Johnson of all people.

[Cusefan]

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Madden 24 is a step in the right direction,

Is it mandatory to say that the newest iteration of Madden is a "step in the right direction. Every review or preview of a Madden game always says that.

[Playmakers]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cusefan

Is it mandatory to say that the newest iteration of Madden is a "step in the right direction. Every review or preview of a Madden game always says that.

One of these years we are going to finally see an article state madden football "is the complete package"

Until then I guess being a step in the right direction is the best we can hope for.

[ChaseB]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cusefan

Is it mandatory to say that the newest iteration of Madden is a "step in the right direction. Every review or preview of a Madden game always says that.

To be fair, I would say the last couple years it has generally been a step in the right direction for gameplay haha. But I get it.

[reverend_heat]

I was really enjoying the 23 Beta gameplay, it had me more hyped last year than any other Madden in ages. But then upon release something felt different, I compared some videos I made off of the screen of the beta (never shared of course) and simply couldn't re-create in the full release. Specifically the cutting and body shifting/movement you could do with some of the shiftier RB's with just the control stick movement. It's back and actually better than it was in the 23 beta, I had a run last night in a game that is probably my favorite that I have ever seen in any Madden game ever, I'm 47 and have been playing Madden since Xmas of 1990 on the Genesis. I am worried the same fate awaits 24's stick control movement.

[TarHeelPhenom]

Quote: Originally Posted by reverend_heat

I was really enjoying the 23 Beta gameplay, it had me more hyped last year than any other Madden in ages. But then upon release something felt different, I compared some videos I made off of the screen of the beta (never shared of course) and simply couldn't re-create in the full release. Specifically the cutting and body shifting/movement you could do with some of the shiftier RB's with just the control stick movement. It's back and actually better than it was in the 23 beta, I had a run last night in a game that is probably my favorite that I have ever seen in any Madden game ever, I'm 47 and have been playing Madden since Xmas of 1990 on the Genesis. I am worried the same fate awaits 24's stick control movement.

If there is a fear for me, this is the biggest one...that the retail would be different than the Beta. That's why I'm going to do what I did last year. I bought a physical copy of the game. I downloaded a version of the physical copy without any patches on my Expansion Card and played that version offline. Then downloaded a version on my internal storage for updates and patches. The base out of the box version of the game without patches was the closest version to the 23 Beta that there was. Doing the same thing this year.

[JayD]

Reading everywhere and nothing mentioned about fixing virtually no penalties for simulation. Guess we'll go on year 4 with nothing touched.