Look here, guys, I don't know much about football, but my girlfriend bought this game and I don't want to lose. She's a newbie, but she played the previous one for like a week with her family, so she has a leg up.
I need to win. What do I do short of just breaking up with her?
Oh jesus. Are you playing against her right now? Or can you train for like 1 hour? There is a training mode that you should go through.
Otherwise, here's the deal: play conservative on offense, don't go for big home plays, just go for short ball control style plays. Look for routes where your receive cuts back to the ball or cuts to the sidelines, and hit the pass button on those cuts. Use runs up the middle and just plow forward... You won't break a long touchdown, but you'll be fine. Punt the ball on 4th down, play smart, play field control in the first half.
On defense, for teh first half, play conservatively. Use lots of zone defensive plays like the Cover 3, Cover 6, and Cover 2. These are basic zone defenses. I'd wager your girlfriend is likely to pass more than run so you should assume most plays are going to be a pass. These defenses will do an adequate job of defending. Now, after the half, change up your gameplan on defense. Still pick zone defensive plays but start calling lots of blitzes on 1st and 3rd down. This will frustrate her. She'll be expecting conservative 4 man rushes like in the first half, and then suddenly, her timing will be all off as you'll be bringing guys from every angle. She'll give up sacks, make mistakes, and probably quit the game in the 3rd quarter after you get two interception returns for touchdowns.
Im torn - I pre-ordered for PS4, but I tried the X1 EA Access trial and it ran well there.
I dont have much for my X1 so I was considering picking this up to share the love, but since PS4 has a bigger install base, I thought it may be easier to find online games on PS4. However, hasnt Madden been more active online with Xbox last gen?
What platform is everyone else here picking this game up for?
Yeah, Madden was much more active on 360 than PS3. But this seems to have switched around this gen, and it seems like there's more players on PS4 than X1. Gaf wise this is definitely true, the PS4 league is completely filled (32 players) and has 10 people on a waiting list. X1 league is like 2/3rds filled.
I' getting it for X1 because I have an X1 and most of my friends (Madden and non-madden players alike) are on X1. I'll miss MaddenGaf which seems to have mostly split towards PS4, but I haven't played in the Madden Gaf league in 2 years and I priobably wouldn't this year either anyway. I find most the time I play it's single player anyway.
