Well, it is my day off and I am out here doing the Lords work. I bought Madden and DragXDrive.
I played 3 quick games on Madden:
Game 1: on Rookie, and Arcade mode.
Game 2 on Pro and simulation.
Game 3 on All Pro and Simulation.
I played two games with the Detroit Lions and one with the Philadelphia Eagles.
REAL TALK ABOUT MADDEN 26 Switch 2 edition:
1.) It receives a "Day 1 patch". Unsure what the patch does.
2.) It is a Smaller download that originally shown in Eshop. It is 55GB, instead of 72GB originally listed as.
THE GOOD:
1.) "GAMEPLAY" is either at 30fps, or above. It is hard to tell. BUT IT FEELS SMOOTHER than Madden 13 on Wii U did at 30 fps.
2.) In the initial options, there is a streamlined "passing option" called "Classic" to make the passing like Xbox360/PS3. This is VERY HELPFUL for someone who remembers when Gatorade came in only one flavor.
3.) This is playable in "GAMEPLAY" mode. Notice i said Gameplay.
4.) the Game "FEELS LIKE MADDEN".
THE BAD:
1.) The jutters and drops in framerate are still present in cutscenes and after play animations. Extremely noticeable.
2.) There is animation clipping in the non gameplay portions and cutscenes.
3.) The AI still makes dumb play calls.
4.) Occasionally button presses pre snap do not respond as well DEFENSE only.
5.) Kicking is awful. Still an ongoing annual issue, i see. There is a "DELAY on Button press" with kicking.
6.) The CGI LOAD SCREENS are PS3 level bad. Barely functioning. Should have been a static image.
7.) Switch 2 gets HOT!!! A little scary, actually.
THE USER ERROR/RUMOR:
1.) User error with button placement on Switch Pro controller. This is hard to get used too.
I am hopeful the rumor about Xbox games coming to Switch 2 is real, as well as a rumored Xbox controller for 3rd party games on NS2, which was rumored years ago!
FINAL THOUGHTS:
1.) This game still needs a few patches. But it does not deter me from playing it in the current state.
2.) Not as good as a PS5/Xbox version. Don't think it will be the same going in.
3.) EA/Nintendo, can we disable cutscenes?
This would solve a lot of issues in my opinion, with the disjointed feeling of the jutters and possibly keep the NS2 from melting.
If you are missing football though, for the average consumer, this game is fine.
A few patches and we should be good until next year.
Next year, I want a lot of these issues ironed out.
Especially the HEAT, and the jutters.
Just disable cutscenes!
EDIT:
Notice Settings:
- i turned off HDR on NS2.
- i installed Madden directly on NS2 itself.
- these were all tested in DOCK MODE only.
