Forward of Madden NFL 23‘s launch on August 19, EA has shared a listing of modifications which have been made in response to participant suggestions from the closed beta. Whereas the most well-liked piece of suggestions noticed gamers asking the devs to not change the sport an excessive amount of earlier than launch, numerous enhancements and steadiness tweaks have been made.

One other in style piece of suggestions requested for refs to be returned to the sector, however sadly the developer has stated “referees returning to the sector throughout dwell gameplay is just not one thing we can ship in Madden 23.” The observe provides that “refs could be very excessive on our future roadmap,” with EA decided to solely return refs in a excessive state of polish.

Stability modifications and AI tweaks have been made in varied options in response to participant suggestions, together with enhancements to play consciousness, pulling linemen, move blocking, and extra. Notably, EA has additionally improved its onboarding course of for the brand-new skill-based passing system, which beta gamers stated was a game-changer, however tough to be taught.

Madden 23 will likely be out on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles on August 19, although gamers who preorder the All Madden Version will get a three-day headstart, unlocking on August 16.

You’ll be able to learn the total patch notes, together with beta participant suggestions, beneath. For extra on the modifications which have been made in Madden 23 forward of its August 19 launch, try our interview with gameplay producer Clint Oldenburg.

Gameplay Suggestions

1. Don’t Drastically Change the Recreation/Depart Protection Response Time Alone

• • DEV NOTE: Relaxation assured Madden neighborhood, our imaginative and prescient of sport steadiness is per yours and the gameplay you skilled within the beta is what you’ll be taking part in on launch day. There was polish added and bugs mounted from gamers’ suggestions to make it even higher, however the general expertise will likely be as you performed within the beta.

2. Add Referees again to the Recreation/On the Area

• • DEV NOTE: Whereas referees returning to the sector throughout dwell gameplay is just not one thing we can ship in Madden 23, it’s one thing that we need to get as badly as our gamers; we need to guarantee that when refs do return, we’re capable of return them in a state the place they’re at a top quality degree on par with the remainder of the characters on the sector and that is one thing very excessive on our precedence listing for the long run.

3. Play Consciousness – It’s too simple to run the identical performs time and again:

• • DEV NOTE: We’ve made numerous modifications for the reason that beta to convey extra steadiness to gameplay. We consider these modifications will convey extra selection to playcalling, however we need to hear from you, our neighborhood, when the sport launches to tell us how you’re feeling about these modifications – every of those are choices for additional tuning through title replace:
    • Logic added in order that when defensive backs are taking part in in linebacker positions, they’ll have slower response time to the working sport.
    • Eliminated the power to scorching route TE’s to a move block task when in a 2-point WR stance
    • Adjusted the Nook Route in Bunch formations and the nook hot-route within the Sizzling Route Grasp and Slot Apprentice skills to align with the opposite nook routes all through the playbooks.
    • Made enhancements to man protection pre-snap alignment vs. bunch formations

4. Pulling Lineman are too sluggish/too indecisive:

• • DEV NOTE: Tuning and AI modifications have been made to make pulling linemen be extra explosive by means of the road of scrimmage. And on prime of the foundational enhancements, you’ll need to regulate the Pace (SPD) ranking of the pulling lineman, as slower OL’s may pressure you to put off the acceleration mechanic whereas he navigates and quicker OL’s will get by means of faster permitting you to speed up sooner on the play.

5. Cross Blocking isn’t sturdy sufficient/Too many ‘Insta-sheds’:

• • DEV NOTE: As famous within the Closed Beta Gridiron Notes, there was a bug inflicting super-wins to set off too ceaselessly early within the closed beta which was a main contributor to the overpowered feeling. We do need to share that general, having a robust move rush is crucial to the steadiness of the sport, and the move rush at launch remains to be going to be extra highly effective than it was in Madden NFL 22.

Gameplay Bugs/Recommendations

• Man Protection Faux-outs are too frequent:
  • Tuning to considerably cut back the frequency of fakeouts
  • Added new logic so the fakeouts could possibly be utilized in super-win conditions the place the rankings delta is closely in favor of the WR
• Consumer Interceptions aren’t at all times responsive:
  • Tuning to catch animations to extend vary for leaping INT’s
  • These leaping catch animations will considerably lower conditions the place the participant is requesting ‘Play Ball’ with out seeing the corresponding animation response.
• Too Many Fumbles:
  • Tuning to considerably cut back fumble likelihood on QB hits contained in the pocket
  • Tuning to considerably cut back fumble likelihood on QB hits whereas within the early portion of the throw
  • Tuning to cut back fumbles by non-QB ball carriers on hit-sticks and strip-ball makes an attempt
  • Vital discount to ‘punch-out’ fumbles by AI-controlled defenders throughout stand-up tackles on Aggressive sport type
• Not sufficient Hit-Stick Selection:
  • Virtually 30 new hit-stick animations have been added for launch
  • A lot of the present animations have been tuned to extend selection
• WR’s ought to win extra contested catches in mismatches:
  • Tuning to extend catch success for WR’s in contested-catch conditions when in a mismatch.
  • Logic added to incorporate WR bodily attributes similar to peak to play a extra vital function within the success of contested catches.
• Ability-Based mostly Passing could be obscure:
  • DEV NOTE: Although it was not within the beta, if you first activate the sport at launch, you’ll have the chance to play by means of an onboarding circulate to be taught extra in regards to the new passing system. Additionally, you will have the chance to lab deeper in follow mode. And lastly, further work has been accomplished on the in-game suggestions methods to make it much more user-friendly, similar to color-coding the suggestions textual content and passing reticle to match the extent of accuracy. Be looking out for extra developer deep dives nearer to launch that may go into much more element about Ability-Based mostly Passing and what it may unlock within the passing sport.

Franchise Suggestions

1. Franchise Draft Crash

• • DEV NOTE: Sadly, this was a prime situation we had within the Beta and received a ton of suggestions on the way it wasn’t working. We now have since addressed this for launch

2. Low Curiosity Gamers are signing ceaselessly throughout Re-Signal intervals

• • DEV NOTE: We now have accomplished a number of rounds of tuning on this space to try to make this extra life like in how and when gamers will re-sign with their present group.

3. Sim Stats

• • DEV NOTE: We mounted a difficulty the place the longest move completion in simulations was 25 yards. We now have additionally centered on tuning sim stats to try to match actual life stats as intently as doable. We all know these gained’t be excellent by any stretch and might see a variety of ends in any sim, however we hope they’re shut sufficient to offer a sensible snapshot of what occurs in actual life.

4. Wage Cap

• • DEV NOTE: We had numerous suggestions round how some groups didn’t have a lot wage cap area accessible to re-sign gamers and through the Free Company interval. We now have continued to replace actual life participant contracts as that info turns into accessible together with attempting to tune the quantities gamers will ask for through the completely different levels. We hope the steadiness now we have within the sport proper now will likely be steadiness between enjoyable and difficult particularly if you happen to take over a group that doesn’t have a lot cap area at the beginning of your Franchise.

5. CPU Draft Logic

• • DEV NOTE: There have been Beta studies about nonetheless seeing groups drafting QB’s after they already had high quality starters on their group. For the reason that Beta, this has been a key space of focus as now we have tried to make the most of the brand new Participant Tags characteristic as a brand new method to assist forestall this from taking place. There are nonetheless some instances the place you might query why a group is drafting a participant at a sure place, however we hope that this logic is way improved from earlier years.

Franchise Bugs/Recommendations

• Eval Provides inflicting a crash in Free company
• Get Provides Commerce Tuning
  • We now have accomplished just a few completely different rounds of tuning with our new Get Provides commerce characteristic. There may be nonetheless some extra work right here to do sooner or later, however we expect we’re in a great spot for Madden 23.
• NFL Draft Flicker Difficulty
  • There have been a pair graphical points we had through the Beta which have since been resolved
• Excessive Profile Gamers in FA
  • We noticed a number of folks mentioning that they have been seeing a number of prime tier gamers accessible in Free Company. We tried to assist enhance this in a pair alternative ways:
    • Tuned Participant Motivations to assist higher match present groups (when it is smart) to assist in giving present groups a greater likelihood of re-signing them.
    • Continued to replace actual life participant contracts for gamers that signed new offers to take away them from the listing of potential Free Brokers in yr 1 of Franchise.
    • As talked about above, tuned amount of cash gamers will ask for together with Workforce Wage Cap knowledge
• Development Historical past exhibiting mistaken coaching info
  • We had a bug the place the coaching historical past for offense and protection was flipped that has been mounted.
• Misaligned Assign Scout textual content
  • Fastened a difficulty the place you couldn’t see the scouting area textual content when assigning a scout
• Scouting Tiers confirmed 4 stars in some screens
  • Fastened a difficulty the place we confirmed 4 stars as an alternative of three.
  • We added the celebs this yr to try to assist higher clarify the Tier degree of Scouts as we obtained suggestions from gamers on Madden 22 that it wasn’t clear straight away if Tier 1 is finest or Tier 3
• Assist Suggestions
  • We have been lacking new assist suggestions for a few of our new screens that we added (Free Agent Hub, Contract Negotiation, Scouting stage updates)