EA Sports activities has dropped an enormous new replace for the just lately launched Madden NFL 26. The September seventeenth patch introduces a lot of fixes, changes, and different ins and outs to a sport that does a really strong job of bringing the complete Madden expertise to handheld – as long as you may take the body fee hit.
Focusing in on highlights right here, this patch (which brings the sport to model 1.7) brings defensive changes within the midfield that ought to make runners somewhat simpler to catch, while a brand new mechanic that is been introduced over from EA’s School Soccer franchise permits you to make your personal default cross safety system to fit your chosen coach philosophy. Audio and visible results, some quirky animations and different bugs additionally see fixes.
You’ll be able to take a look at the complete, and really lengthy, patch notes over at EA’s website, however listed here are some highlights to your perusal:
Gameplay
Cross Blocking
- Added a brand new Teaching Adjustment possibility permitting you to set your default cross safety scheme—select from Base, Empty, Half Left, Full Left, Half Proper, Full Proper or Default.
- Enhanced QB Comprise logic to make sure defenders include extra successfully
Run Sport
- Mounted a difficulty permitting a brief, synthetic velocity increase to the ball provider when utilizing Truck in open area (Air Truck).
Passing Sport
- Elevated the minimal for ‘stemmed down’ routes from 1 yard to three yards.
Cross Protection
- Added a brand new Teaching Adjustment setting to set the safeties depth at 16 yards.
- Up to date hook-defender depth with beneath protection adjustment to play at 5 yards of depth to be in higher place to play quick routes like drag routes.
Animation & Visuals
- Adjusted Small Agile Again hit stick animations to look extra practical and grounded.
- Mounted a difficulty generally inflicting defenders to warp again to their ft when mid-lunge in tackling.
- Mounted a difficulty permitting late hurdle makes an attempt to trigger missed tackles.
Franchise
- Mounted a difficulty the place sure Gamers could be enjoying out of place
Celebrity Mode
- Mounted a difficulty the place Season stats weren’t accessible
- Adjusted QB Mix drills
- Resolved a difficulty the place chosen Gear would seem on the mistaken uniform
Stability & Disconnects
- Mounted a number of delicate locks in NUX situations, Discipline Cross purchases, and Preseason Occasions.
- Addressed crashes when loading into Squads crossplay classes with a number of PC gamers.
- Corrected disconnects throughout ready-up transitions in H2H and Squads lobbies.
- Resolved desyncs in 6v6 and Sick Six modes.
Audio
- New music added: Limp Bizkit – “Morgan Wallen”
- Fixes for varied points: in-game commentary firing improperly, stadium music changes, SFX quantity changes, combine changes for the Halftime Present, & a repair for unintended audio dropouts when adjusting unrelated quantity sliders.
UI
- Mounted crash when getting into Customized Playbooks
- Mounted subject with avatar portraits not exhibiting within the Halftime Report
Artwork
- Added extra NFL Participant & Coach Likeness Heads
Certainly, a look over to the sport’s boards within the wake of the information of this replace, and gamers appear very proud of the laundry record of adjustments within the patch notes, most of which have been in response to suggestions. So properly performed there, EA.
In our 8/10 evaluate, we stated Madden NFL 26 is “a really strong port of the most effective outings for this franchise in current reminiscence. Sure, you will must get used to a drop within the body fee to 40fps on Change 2, however it’s an affordable downgrade with a purpose to get the sort of sport working in addition to it does on a transportable machine.”
