CFB similarities....

Last year felt and looked like two entirely different games. Clearly they saved some money this year and shared a platform. End zone celebrations are nearly identical, being able to auction or promote to starter below the cards when you open packs, stunt menus are identical.... It is what it is and it's what we got. I'm already a few hundred bucks in and having fun so maybe I'm just having a Captain Obvious moment. The gameplay is definitely better than CFB by miles and I'm hoping it stays that way. I do wish it looked more like 25 though. Ah well. What do y'all think? ✌️

They definitely added some in game animations from cfb too. The annoying  "arms stretching/flailing backwards" while trying to make a catch and getting knocked out. Its already better than last year but yeah the two games are practically identical now.

Eagles215 said:

They definitely added some in game animations from cfb too. The annoying  "arms stretching/flailing backwards" while trying to make a catch and getting knocked out. Its already better than last year but yeah the two games are practically identical now.

My son doesn't really do ultimate team but he's been a Madden player for years too. He's 28 and he and were talking about it and he told me that last year was some kind of an anniversary year/edition for the game so he thinks they went all out visually last year but it was too expensive to maintain. I hate that goofy animation you're talking about. Player does a scorpion in mid air. 🤣. I also hate that players phase through each other as much as they do compared to last year. I know it was there last year too but I think this year and CFB26 are kinda bad about the phase through stuff. Invited a friend over earlier to show him the games. He hasn't purchased either this year and stopped playing after Christmas last year. He plays on PC but is considering a console. He made a clear pick and the ball and his hands phased through the receivers hands and the CPU got a TD. Lol. What are ya do though ya know? It's what we got other than the past years versions. ✌️

*Friend still undecided about purchase. Wants to see if the game gets better. Lol. He liked that it was less clunky than last year but visually he was unimpressed. First thing he asked was what happened to card art? 🤷‍♂️

I mean let’s be real. The main issue madden has always had is the yearly cycle meaning there isn’t enough time to make significant changes. CFB allowed them to do that for the first time in decades. And they built a great game. So in 25 we got the new polished CFB and the same old annual update to Madden. 26 is the year they use the CFB 25 base to build on which allows huge advances in madden and we are seeing that. So it’s all good imo.

And let’s not be naive and thing NCAA and Madden weren’t the same game in the old days tweaked a bit different with different teams and playbooks, cos it always was.

👆 This. 

I was discussing this exact thing with someone the other day and that we both thought they should do releases further apart. And you're correct, NCAA and Madden were identical.

xXLethalDose89Xx said:

Last year felt and looked like two entirely different games. Clearly they saved some money this year and shared a platform. End zone celebrations are nearly identical, being able to auction or promote to starter below the cards when you open packs, stunt menus are identical.... It is what it is and it's what we got. I'm already a few hundred bucks in and having fun so maybe I'm just having a Captain Obvious moment. The gameplay is definitely better than CFB by miles and I'm hoping it stays that way. I do wish it looked more like 25 though. Ah well. What do y'all think? ✌️

"being able to auction or promote to starter below the cards when you open packs" - I am on Xbox and I have not seen this at all. Is there some setting you have to turn on? I saw it on a Youtuber's video but he was on Playstation. It does seem cool but no idea how to get to it work....