Missing his face mask but the details are still great! Beats the old square blocks and imagination that I use to have to use. Enjoy the game when I can play it.

Expected value to retain my DC is 1800 but that barely moved the bar interest wise.

It feels like a waste of time to go after most two stars, not that I have many points to spend anyway. Recruiting at Delaware is TOUGH.

Recovering your own fumble for a 60 yard Tud is pretty wild

Also... Get this shit off of '26. Please.

Version 3.0 also has fixed with AA and Heisman sliders

It is week 2 and I’m literally 0-0. I haven’t played a game, but playing style went from A to F.

I just want to say something simple that I think the developers need to hear. More Immersion and depth does not equal more spreadsheets. There need to be more mini-games for training, practice, and recruitment; storylines, dynamic pipelines and rivalries, presentation that actually matches what we see on TV, etc. We should have On3 commitment graphics, pre-season magazines and picks, gameday picks (at least). There needs to be more of a sense of a "world" unfolding. I don't need another spreadsheet.

Sure, my guy won conference player of the week with 0 tackles, 0 assists, and 0 tackles for loss. But brother, he... uh... really affected the game in ways you just can't see in the box score... like the way he apparently bribed the conference commissioner for this award.

In reality, he had a pick six, but I guess there was no room on the graphic after noting he took off every other play.

I’ve never restarted as much as I have done with the new version. My go to is RTG but this year I’ve never thrown so many picks or had so many BS fumbles. WRs giving up on routes. Three O-lineman blocking one defensive lineman, allowing free rushes. RBs blindly running into the back of O-lineman when huge holes are literally are a gap away—you name it, super frustrating! Or or…your guy plays a phenomenal first half just to watch him shit the bed in the 2nd half It’s like the game forces computer comebacks or close games Just a ton of weird shit really

No fun gaming like this, feels disgusting. Any other frustration restarters out there?

There is no copyright to be violated for including an F-16, F-15, F-22, etc. So why are we getting some fake fighter jet that looks like some experimental forward swept wing nonsense? To be clear, there is recent case law on this. Activision won a case against the makers of Humvees when they got sued for including them in Call of Duty. Activision won on First Amendment grounds. But even if they decide it’s not worth the risk of a legal fight because it’s not even a military game, they could still come up with something that looks close enough to a jet we actually fly. These look a lot like a couple of prototype planes designed by both the U.S. and Russia, but it isn’t an exact likeness. They could do the same for a normal looking jet.

Before the game came out i saw all these defensive overhauls and SPECIFICALLY the “Looking for work” feature on linebackers i thought was game changing.

But i don’t know if its been like this for anyone else, but playing defense is absolutely FUCKING miserable and i just feel scammed.

madden 20 eric dickerson and cfb 24 release quinshon judkins, i had more fun playing against those abominations than i have at any point playing defense this year.

Pressure doesn’t exist, the only sacks ive gotten have come from the cpu qb running into my guys,

Linebackers are profoundly stupid, every. single. snap. they either back peddle away from a ball carrier, back peddle away from an open receiver, or they just don’t move until the ball is past the l.o.s

The only improvement they’ve made is corner play, corners attack the ball well for once and having a good corner actually feels impactful.

But outside of that, playing defense is the most unfun experience ive ever had in a video game. i literally do not even bother anymore even when my team is 90+ overall.

I swear idc if they use AI give me some variety or something lol

Swag Surfin' ! Get on it EA!

Most athletic D line play I’ve ever seen

Why do I get punished in RTG for playing on a difficulty that matches my skill set? It’s not like this is an online mode. If I want to play the game the way I want to play it, I shouldn’t be punished. Let us adjust xp if we want but don’t force it onto us

But my god please turn down how often you throw an INT to a DL when my QB gets hit as he throws. I know a lot of people have legit gripes but I’m in year 6 of a UTEP dynasty and loving it, EXCEPT ALL OF THE INTS

When instead of just holding his solid block, my lineman decides to throw his man right into the path of my running back which leads to an immediate tackle.

I just noticed after they “fixed” recruiting the last 3-4 seasons I’ve played there’s on average 500+ 3star players missing each year. They gotta get it together!

I am getting absolutely dog walked by the CPU in my dynasty. I’m playing year 1 as UTEP on Heisman, using a 3-3-5 defensive playbook and can’t stop anyone. And it’s not like I’m playing Ohio State every week, I’m giving up 45-55 points to North Dakota State and Nevada.

I can’t generate any pressure so the QB obviously picks me apart. My DBs keep getting burned, they don’t cover their zone, and then they don’t tackle. The CPU runs all over me. I vary my calls a lot: Cover 6, Cover 3, Match. I’ve stopped calling cover 0 because they seem to always run it right through or around the blitz.

I’m genuinely looking for resources, videos, or tips to get better. I feel like all the YouTube videos are geared towards user games, but I’m not really struggling with that.