u/banditrc10

Thought I would share my thoughts in case it helps others. I'm also curious to hear what everyone else thinks and if there are any adjustments to be made to visual settings that I don't know about. This isn't my review of the game itself, just experiences with the Switch version.

My background: I've played Madden for years and generally on the Series X. I'm away from home 6 months of the year and prefer to take just my switch 2. I play mostly docked. I bought and returned Madden 26 last year because I found it abysmal.

These comments are based on the docked version in performance mode.

Improvements - They nailed the two most important things

1. Gameplay: now runs smoothly.
2. H2H online: last year was so laggy for me I couldn't play at all. I just played one game and it was fine.

Tradeoffs

1. Visuals are way down. Looks very grainy, and lots of random defects. Sometimes I laugh because I see things that are so silly. Sometimes you can't read jerseys, I see weird random blurry halos, goal posts can look transparent.
2. Play selection is laggy, probably my biggest complaint. It gets tiresome.
3. Between plays the visuals are very clunky (I expected that honestly)

EDIT: I have now turned off HDR completely and it made a massively positive impact on image quality. Previously I turned both my Switch 2 and LG QNED television to "Limited RGB." This made the image less washed out, but HDR turned off completely gave me the best visual result. Maybe HDR is a possible future patch

I expected some tradeoffs, and didn't expect this game to be as good as Xbox/PS5. However, I would still say I FEEL the downgrade, and it doesn't feel like a seamless natural experience while playing it because of the flaws. It still feels a bit "broken," even if the gameplay is smooth. I couldn't wait to have my hands on it, since I love Madden and wanted to have the switch version for traveling. I'd probably recommend waiting and grabbing on sale as a second version....Can it be made better than this? I'm not sure, honestly.

I recently bought the K7, having used the K6 for a while for travel.

I'm consistently getting a dry finish on my v60 regardless of grind size or bean. I've tried 4-5 different beans with it now. I have gotten cups that taste really nice at first, but they all finish dry. Is this just a matter of burr "seasoning?" At this point I've probably ground only 200g or so. The K6 took some time to break in.

Any feedback or experience would be appreciated!