Madden NFL 16 Doesn't Make Sense 

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You know modern Madden is bad when people are starting to get nostalgic about the mid 10s era of Madden.

The entire game was based off of Odell’s one handed catch lmao

The tutorial game was scripted so hard, AB never took his jersey off and left mid game 💀

When the aggressive catch animation was so broken lmao. Odell Beckham jr or not that move was broken in this game.

That hurry up issue is actually terrible. Makes the game quicker sure, but it is not ok to have a quarter end suddenly because the game just decided your guys wouldn't have made it to the line in time.

my favorite part of maddens 14-17 is the breast cancer awareness stuff where if you played during the month of october or your franchise was in october all the players would have pink gear and a lot of people hated it but i liked the character and life it brought to the game

Madden 16 presentation makes me feel like I'm watching/playing a REAL NFL game it's fantastic

I find it simultaneously hilarious and sad that Madden has gotten so bad that we're starting to feel nostalgic for mid-2010's Madden games.

The Ignite Era games imo look better than Madden does on the PS5/XSX-S

I’ve been telling people for years that all Sports games fell off after their 2016 release not saying that game was the best in the series but every game that launched after that year was a huge drop off and its never succeeded that version

A big thing I remember from old madden was the “matchups” with all your wr compared to the db’s height, speed, etc. you could identify weaknesses in your matchups.

I loved this game back in the day, making your own player and having a career was fun af for years

The presentation was on point for this game at least. I remember My mom made me a Madden 16 cake and preordered it for me that year. Madden mobile was also literally the best mobile game that year

I grew up on Madden '05, 06, and '07 but this was the most recent Madden I put the most amount of time into. It's not great but it was good enough to keep you hooked in with franchise and superstar modes.

I loved Jim Nantz and Simms. The scoreboard was fire. Presentation was phenomenal compared to 24. I can’t understand why they haven’t updated it.

Liked the game for the presentation, felt like getting to play NFL on CBS lol

I almost made the mistake of buying 24 on sale today, thanks for snapping me out of it with this video

I don't know for sure if they still did it in 16, but I'd imagine they do, but in those Maddens, I like that if you relocated a team, the announcers would actually call you the relocated team name, it's not much, but I feel if you can only use the relocation teams that Madden forces, the announcers should call you by them.

The hurry up issue gets frustrating when you’re playing the CPU in 2 minute situations. The CPU would burn 13 secs hurrying up and then call a timeout. Crazy

I 100% agree about the hurry up. Time management is such a crucial part of football strategy!

Alot of things said in defense of old maddens is kinda a none issue for me, but in the case of the hurry up, I 100% agree! The change of the hurry up is the straw that broke my camel's back

The SB 50 intro actually quite mimics the SB XLIII matchup between both teams. I remember that in-game 100-yd pick 6 by Pat Pete, identical to Harrison's in real life. And the game ends with a game-winning Antonio Brown tip-toe touchdown, that completely resembles Santonio Holmes's.

This was my first Madden I personally owned so I remember this game very fondly

Madden 15 and 16 and 25 were my absolute favorite Madden growing up after 16. I felt like it all went downhill from there. Thank you for pointing this out.

I know it’s little but something I really liked about this game was the ability to flick the right stick up and pump up the crowd and the crowd would actually get louder it made the atmosphere feel alive compared to the boring crowd that newer maddens have

13-14 year old me had a blast with with Madden 16, it still played similar to NCAA 14 but offense was over the top fun and still had decent physics. Franchise was bare bones but the gameplay was awesome.

funny enough, I was just playing a season of franchise in this game. If I had to describe this game with one word it would be inconsistent. In my franchise playthrough, there were times in which the A.I. would go completely stupid and fail at everything despite setting the difficulty to All-pro. And when I say completely stupid, I mean the A.I. would be easier than rookie difficulty for no reason, and the only solution was to quit and restart the match and hope that would fix it. Also, I can tell you with full confidence, you DO NOT miss Phil Simms as the commentator. Other than that, Great video man

I remember playing this a lot and I thought it was good. Now though, I realize it wasn't very good overall, but still has some nostalgia for me. It's soundtrack also still slaps lmao

The two things I do miss are the presentation and the music. That intro is nostalgic as hell

I remember playing draft champions for hours with my dad. It was my favorite madden experience I’ve ever had.

I’ll never forget how toxic Madden 16 Ultimate Team was. Playing man coverage was like an automatic 50 yard bomb

I have some good memories with this game playing connected franchise with my friends. It was nice that they readded the licensed soundtrack too, at least until 2 years later when EA decided having one genre of music was enough forever.

I love the tackle physics in this game, I remember when I would go into practice with a stacked Seahawks defense, and make sure I rough the passer so I get the most pristine “ragdoll” animations lol

Some changes that really go overlooked that these older madden games had is the ability to start a franchise mode with an actual HOF coach! I built a niners super team with Bill Walsh in madden 15 and am having a ton of fun with it. You also get their playbook which is pretty cool. The newer games have the ability to import old coaches as seen in madden 23 with the John Madden tribute game where there the old & young John Madden on the sideline coaching the AFC & NFC so it just shows how lazy EA is to not include that in franchise mode in the newer games. The second is the realistic height portrayal of players in the game. I have Mike Vick (6’0) as my QB and there is a noticeable size difference between him & the lineman or even Megatron (6’5) in the huddle. When I put Caepernick (6’4) in he is just about the same height as everyone else which really shows you at least they put in effort for some of the smaller things that a lot of people probably wouldn’t notice. It compliments the immersion for me but the newer games since Madden 19 (haven’t played 17 or 18) don’t have this at all. When you notice it it’s really hard to unnotice. I saw someone also mentioned how players wear pink cleats in franchise mode for games during the month of October and the announcers even mention it during the broadcast, something the newer games don’t have. I could list many more features from a game made 8 years ago has that the new games don’t. If you bought the new madden you are a fool

As someone who bought 23 when it went on sale for like 15 bucks I was shook to see the exact same halftime scoreboard with the same animations of players walking by it in 16.

I might just have to redownload Madden 16, still been playing 03-08 on PS2, as well as Backbreaker and APF2K8...never stop with these videos man

might not have been that good of a game, but this game is always gonna have a special place in my heart cus it was the first madden i ever owned

I watched this last night and was hit by a wave of nostalgia. This was the first game I ever played on my XBOX when we first got it for Christmas. So many memories.

You know it’s a good day when soft drinks drops

11:35 YO IT BUGS ME SO MUCH HOW GENERIC AND SMALL THE 24 ONE LOOKS FR IF ITS GONNA BE THAT SMALL PUT IT IN THE CORNER LIKE THE OLD FOX ONE

That cinematic was definitely epic at the time, such a neat detail to choose two teams to be in that theoretical Super Bowl to get you ready for the game (should always be skippable after the first time though)

I love getting that angle where it looks like you’re watching the game on the TV. Literally so much fun.

Anytime EA adds a "New Feature " it adds 5 new game breaking bugs or dumbs down another aspect of the game.

Madden 16 and 17 were the last maddens i bought. Used to get them every year. Draft champions (with no virtual currency needed to play) was fun in 16. In 17 you had to pay virtual currency to play each draft champion game.

Draft champs mentioned!! One of my favorite game modes of all time.. nothing hit quite like draft champs as far as assembling a squad with the boys and passing the controller as you play someone online.. until the first couple maddens with superstar KO then going on streaks wtb was always a good time

I remember having fun online. If I remember correctly this was one of the years that Pistol Trips Nub with Buck Sweep was so OP. Used to put the most dynamic Oline at Guard to pancake everyone on the pulls

Thanks for putting in the work, and saving us loads us money .

It took so long for Madden to adapt to Frostbite engine that at this point the engine is so damn old it doesn't even worth keep develop on it lmao

Frostbite being used for ea sports games was and remains mad. The devs apparently have a way harder time using it than they did with other engines

I always go back to play it. The lighting and the crowd is way better. The color on the jersey’s are perfect.

Would be interested on your thoughts on 17 since it was the last actual game on the Ignite Engine.

I always felt nuts for saying that the like 14-18 madden games looked nicer. The new madden characters look uncanny. Like the heads are too big and bodies are too narrow.

as a St. Lunatic I still keep 16 alive because it was the last year of the rams being in STL, many a franchise have been completed even in 2023.

What bothers me is that the cover picture is nothing like the 1 handed catch he made

Madden 16 is the one where I discovered the titans empty base set and I’ve ran the same play book ever since it literally never changed

I remember playing a ton of Madden 16 freshman year on my roommate's Xbox, then playing just as much the following year on 17 when I got my own

EA is running their presentation in games like madden and fifa just so online players can get through the game faster, it’s ridiculous, people play sports games offline too

This was my first madden and looking back on it I really don’t know how to feel about it. It was a blast growing up but looking back it was just a weird game.

14:15 the sound track in 16 was awesome . honestly madden 16 17 and 18 all had banger sound tracks, I have them all saved on a playlist

Imagine playing any madden game after 08. Madden 04-08 was peak content. After that, it quickly became utter trash. In 08, I can relocate a team to Anchorage Alaska, create an entire playbook from scratch - formations, routes, customized blocking sets, audibles and all. Plus it has one of the best rookie classes of all time.

These videos really open my eyes. See I just got into football games and honestly I just play offline mode by myself and enjoy it. But I hate every single time I want to play it advertises me the multiplayer right in my face like I don't want to play online because I know I won't have fun because I refuse to spend any extra money just to stand a chance. Sorry just a little rant😂

I remember hating this game because all you had to do was bomb it downfield and your guy would catch it with one hand. Every body including the db’s were catching the ball OBJ style.15 was better but it had the swerve.

When madden 16 was released, I was going into 8th grade. Now I am 21 and about to graduate with my B.S in engineering. The fact that a game that came out while I was in middle school is significantly better than a game that released when I am a grown man is an ablsoliute joke and proves EA deservers to rot in the gutter

This was my all time favorite madden for two reasons. This was prime Tony Romo for the cowboys 🤘🏻 and this was the last madden that me and my friends played together in person almost every single day. I hate growing up smh

A few years into franchise mode when many teams have drafted new quarterbacks, the stock images of the players are usually the same. It’s soooooo bad when the game Intro shows the same picture for players on 2 different team. Great example of lack of care/polish.

Love the video madden 15-20 was when I went serious in franchise mode the new games just aren’t the same

Madden 16 was my first Madden I ever played with. Remember coming home from middle school and playing Madden 16 like crazy...

Good video SDTV, I would love to hear to do a video on Madden 17, (Unpopular opinion) the last "Good" (of this generation) Madden. the gameplay was balanced after how d-heavy Madden 15 was and how Cheesy-catch Madden 16 was. I also liked the Practice squad feature that added to the franchise mode and Ignite Engine was solid despite its bugs. That was IMHO the last playable before EA ruined it with the new engine.

It really piss me off that older madden titles are better than Madden 18-24 despite having better hardware. They have all this money to improve the game and yet they still can’t make the game better.

0:25 that transition was so smooth

If there is one thing I loved about Madden 16 is the pre game presentation it wasnt great but seeing the irl videos of quarterbacks as they took the field with their stats as well as coaches win-loss records.

That swerve catch spam used to be insane as a giants fan

This was my game growing up, nobody really talks about it anymore so I'm glad to see this. Obviously my opinion is clouded by nostalgia but I thought it was pretty good

the presentation felt like actual football

That moment when mid 2010's Madden was more fun than modern Madden.

Draft champions was my favorite in 16. Me and my friend would play so many games of it. It was awesome you can have games with drafting prime Adrian peterson but with the randomness of the cards you can get equally unlucky like having no decent linemen for prime AP. It made playing the game mode so fun and different every time we played.

Totally forgot those people in the beginning even existed. I was an avid Fantasy Football player too. Man I’m old.

Was going to skip your ad, But you played my favorite NFL primetime song lol

Holy shit watching this was awesome. That presentation was amazing and if that's bad because it can be better, like in 2K5, I can't believe what I have missed since I was born in 2004. And your not nit picking with the hurry up. The skipped time screws people over

I am not gonna lie I put 500 hrs in this game and it’s such mindless fun just taking bad teams to the Super Bowl. Soundtrack was great, it felt fun, and it was just overall enjoyable. Compared to what we have now I look fondly on my good ol madden 16

Madden 16 has my personal favorite scoreboard of all time

R. Kelly had a whole video tape out for 20 years before the law came for him. I ain't seen no Diddy tapes.

This was the last Madden I purchased and put time into. The online power run was wild

I got this game off Mercari for like $6 and honestly it’s worth $60 compared to what you have today! All the points you made are valid and I agree it’s like playing a Madden that’s from the future. It has a better engine, presentation, and play style. The authenticity, as you mentioned, is something you can feel when you’re playing. It plays like actual football! Crazy how a game that was average at best upon release plays good today compared to what we have. Speaks to how much EA doesn’t care about the actual game beyond making money. Seems to be a theme throughout big franchises in gaming nowadays. Disappointing.

Madden 16 is somehow almost a decade old💀

My madden 16 had a bug where the intro cinematic would play any time the game was launched

Madden 08 remains my preferred Madden game, however, I must admit that Madden 25 and Madden 16 have been the ones I've played the most. Every time I return home from school, I make sure to indulge in a session of Madden 16 and 25. Additionally, I also enjoy playing NCAA 13 and NCAA 09 on my Xbox 360.

You were spot on. Somehow this is nostalgic, and especially playing it recently, I really miss the presentation and hurry-up offense compared to the newer ones. This is exactly how I felt. And yes, the scoreboard is far superior compared to the squish-fest that is the 24 scoreboard

I wish Madden 13, Madden 25, Madden 15 and 16 were remastered. I miss the old games.

Wow, the presentation is so much better than what we have today

I remember this era was really when the "Save $65" talk kicked in which obviously didn't do much but it's crazy to sit back now, and we look at games 25, 16, or for me personally 17 with a degree of fondness and nostalgia. The Physics were better, The Graphics were better, The Presentation was better, Gameplay felt more fun in 16 and 17. I felt like I could trust my great players to make great plays. If I had a all-star corner (I'm a Jags fan and this was that Jalen Ramsey era) I'd leave him 1 on 1 with almost any receiver in the game and feel confident that he'd shut them down. I didn't need a "Superstar" or "X-Factor Ability", he just played up to his ratings.

I wasn’t a big fan of this game, as I was still playing 2K5 at the time, but I used to play this with my dad as a way to bond with one another. He would always play as the Panthers & I would pick the Broncos. We had fun, even tho I kept throwing interceptions. (I not used to the new catching mechanic) I do love the soundtrack for this game. It had different styles & genres, unlike newer Maddens, where they just have almost nothing but modern rap songs. I still find myself jamming out to some of the songs from this game from time to time.

I haven't played any of the newer maddens and the hurry up offense is a shock to me. That feels like it kills the entire point of a hurry up offense

Bro, the pregame gave me chills and nostalgia.

I live the ragdoll type of movement its way better than seeing the same animations every drive

Can you make a video on what is required in the game for it to be the perfect Madden title. As all the recent Maddens are the same, what would the perfect game look like, it would be a good video ❤

opening w this texans team hit me w a wave of nostalgia. what a game. its iiiight. but its mad fun cus the presentation was cool

You could make similar arguments with 2k16 vs 2k24 😔

You're the reason I bought 2K5. I hope you're the reason several others buy it as well.