Madden patch #2 released
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The second and more significant patch for Madden 08 has been pushed live by Microsoft. Those with the 360 version will be prompted to download the patch as the game loads up. The PS3 version is expected to receive the patch soon as well. When is dependent on Sony but it is in their hands.
As previously reported the patch addresses the following issues:
Fumble Fix – Reduced fumble chances in certain situations. This has been tested thoroughly and we feel that people will be happy with a more realistic (and more fun!) number of fumbles. This was priority number 1 for us.
DB Reactions- changes to the way that DBs play man coverage. Defenders in man coverage won’t be able to react to passes that they cannot see. This should make it easier to throw against man coverage.
Favre “Moonwalk”- I love the names that you guys come up with for issues such as this one. You can rest assured that you won’t see Farve (or any QB) dancing toward the sideline anymore.
Hook Zone Flip Bug- I saw a post on a community forum talking about this bug and it turns out the fix was very minimal risk. You can now flip plays with hook zones without the players leaving their zones.
Franchise – Fixed NCAA import issue where players would turn 26
Franchise – Fixed bug where HOF Unlocked players cannot be released in Franchise.
Franchise – Fixed bug where the FA pool would run out of certain positions
Online Game Reporting- fixed a number of issues where games weren’t being reported correctly or people weren’t getting the right number of ranking points for a win. This will also make stats more accurate.
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December 20, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Are the patches automatically downloaded on the 360 Version of Madden 08? Or do I have to go to Marketplace? Anything to make the game better would be a great addition. I am doing a 5 user Franchise mode with 4 other people and it’s playoffs time. I’m happy to state that I had the worst draft of all of us and was able to amass the best record in the league and a the Texans have a first round bye for the playoffs.
(such realism is hard to come by in a game.) Cool forum, all you Maddenites, have fun now.
December 22, 2007 at 10:24 am
sooooo uh how bout sony releasing that ps3 patch eh? STILL nothing, hahaha wow i think its been with them for about a month and they havent released it, maybe they should get up off the couch and do their jobs
January 5, 2008 at 10:33 pm
patch doesn’t help franchise mode, FA pool still does the same thing and it still freezes.