The biggest issue with Madden in recent years has been predictability. No matter how many gameplay tweaks or innovations were been added, there remained a prevailing sense of predictability. Certain plays would always work, and AI defenders would consistently react in the same way. This turned the game into rote memorization, with the only surprises being when a contested pass was randomly caught or intercepted from stupid, unrealistic angles that made the ball feel like a magnet and ruined the experience.

This year everything is different. Defenders play the ball like actual football players do. It might sound boring, but it completely changes the passage of play. A defensive back who isn’t square to the ball is far more likely to swat it away, rather than making a ludicrous diving interception we’d never see on Sunday. Cornerbacks don’t have the catching skill of a wide receiver, meaning they will drop picks as well.

This change to passing extends to the entire field. Offensive linemen will miss their assignments, linebackers occasionally take bad angles on a ball carrier, a safety with poor awareness might blow their coverage and backpedal to a weird part of the zone, leaving open a massive catching window for a receiver to streak into.

This is part of new AI logic for quarterbacks. As a result you will see players being much more like their real-life counterparts. A gunslinger like Matthew Stafford is far more likely to risk throwing a contested pass to any of his receivers than someone like Kirk Cousins who won’t throw risky passes outside of two minutes drills to anyone but Justin Jefferson.

The biggest addition is to passing, which makes QB play more engaging (and difficult). Some fans will be turned off the added complexity of ball placement, but it really rewards those willing to sink some time in, rather than revert to the old system. Rather than the old trio of bullet-lob-touch pass, there’s now the ability to lead receiver better with targeted passing, as well as choose ball placement with elements like back shoulder throws and high throws, which allows for more control in critical passing situations like the goal line.

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