Inside ‘Madden NFL 16’

August 9, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Video Games 0

The first Madden game on next generation consoles featured the birth of the IGNITE engine. Last year, a revamped defensive gameplay system made defense fun for the first time in years.

Although “Madden NFL 16” won’t feature anything as drastic in terms of additions, the foundation has been set and the refinements are in place for another solid game of pigskin.

With last year’s focus on defense, the team behind “Madden NFL 16” wanted to add more offensive flair to the gameplay mix and Odell Beckham’s epic one-handed catch against the Dallas Cowboys last season made it that much easier.

Beckham’s catch ended up more than a fluke. The rookie had a breakout season with 91 receptions for 1,305 yards and 12 TDs and ended up nabbing the spot on the “Madden NFL 16” cover.

With the trend being big-time catches and the thrilling matches between receiver and defender, the team at EA Sports aimed to give fans what they wanted.

Continue Reading This Article From Review Fix Editor-In-Chief Patrick Hickey Jr. at Examiner.com

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is the Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Master Jedi and Grand Pooh-bah of ReviewFix.com and is the author of the book, "The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews with Cult and Classic Video Game Developers," from leading academic and non-fiction publisher McFarland and Company. He is currently the Assistant Director of the Journalism Program at Kingsborough Community College and is a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and a National Video Games Writer at the late Examiner.com. He has also had articles and photos published in The New York Times, The New York Daily News, Complex and The Syracuse Post-Standard. Love him. Read him.

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