Having spent the last week hammering the Madden 23
Having spent the last week hammering the Madden 23 beta on PS5, there is some substance to the gripes. After interviewing Mahar, I was expecting this to feel like an entirely different game to Madden 22. Plainly, it doesn't. FieldSense neither evokes memories of the series' halcyon days on Mega Drive or PS2, nor feels like a truly fresh start. Many animations, commentary lines, and other minor shortcomings return from last year.
And yes, some of those 'new' additions are indeed things we've seen before. For example, one of the best elements of defense is having team-mates wade in to help you halt an on-rushing opponent, or finish a tackle once you've buffeted a runner off-balance. It's massively helpful in short yardage situations or a goal-line stand. It wasn't in Madden 22, and in that sense offers an upgrade. But physics-based gang tackles were in the series, and functioned similarly effectively, back in Madden 16. So you do understand that collective eye-rolling, to an extent.
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Wide receiver and defensive-back tussles are specified as another new wrinkle. It's true that there is more sense of a press taking place when the ball is snapped, with the DB either slowing the WR down a step or two, or said receiver evading his man to escape into space. Yet Madden 18 tried a similar thing. Receivers had four different types of release mechanics, while cornerbacks could funnel opponents at the line by pushing a direction on the right stick. So while it feels 'new' it technically isn't, in the context of the entire series.
All power to the community, then, for wanting transparency in the game's marketing. But the issue, as with most social media discussions, is that there is depressingly scant middle ground. On this evidence, Madden 23 is going to be hard pressed to score 9s and 10s. But it's also far better than the 1s and 2s that will be banded around on Metacritic in protest. Madden 23 won't compete with classic series entries like Madden 2005, with its gripping franchise mode and still-revered Tony Bruno radio show. Yet it still plays solid football, with small yet noticeable upgrades.
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