Franchise Mode Blog - EA

[spiker]

I would quit and just work on Facebook games. Job security.

[Rayman]

I would just do what the shareholders want. Job security

Isn't that what's been happening?

[killgod]

Isn't that what's been happening?

Considering their share value? Nope.

[SHOGUN]

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[Hitman]

So they did what they should have done 3 years ago and put the stuff from NFL Head Coach into Madden franchise mode... yay... might actually get my $60 worth this year.... maybe.... perhaps.....

[Bear Pand]

I read there's 4-5 years worth of generated faces.

Also fuck aj dembroski. I remember having a convo with him here on VSN about how great either Madden 11 or Madden 10 was going to be. Dude's just a cheerleader, got a job as payback for doing free marketing for them.

[EmpireWF]

Oh shit...75 player pre-season rosters...nice

Training camp invites

Ability to change teams in a franchise

Trading future draft picks

In-Franchise practice mode

Putting an injured player on IR...ACTUALLY OPENS UP A ROSTER SPOT!

some nice details

[KNUBB]

I think this has just changed my mind in whether I was getting this game. I was intent on skipping Madden this year, but this has completely changed my mind. See you homos in August

[j.hen]

I think this has just changed my mind in whether I was getting this game. I was intent on skipping Madden this year, but this has completely changed my mind. See you homos in August

YOU'RE GOIN' DAH-OWN!!!

[KNUBB]

YOU'RE GOIN' DAH-OWN!!!

[Bear Pand]

It's good to see their franchise guy "gets it." Me buying it will still come down to how it plays when I get the demo. Sadly all of this won't matter if I can't stomach sitting through the games again.

[leaffan]

Meh...

[Obst]

Even though this seems really great, it just feels like so many other years. They drop some big news (Online Franchise) and everyone starts to go wild and plan on what teams they are gonna use and how much fun they are going to have this year with Madden. Then after a month of playing the game everyone has given up and are let down once again. Now maybe this year they finally got it, we might actually have a playable football game, but I just can't get overly excited anymore.

[j.hen]

Even though this seems really great, it just feels like so many other years. They drop some big news (Online Franchise) and everyone starts to go wild and plan on what teams they are gonna use and how much fun they are going to have this year with Madden. Then after a month of playing the game everyone has given up and are let down once again. Now maybe this year they finally got it, we might actually have a playable football game, but I just can't get overly excited anymore.

People are going to be excited for the Franchise Mode additions, mainly because nothing has happened with the mode basically since the days of next-gen began.

[St. Francisco]

FUCKING. FINALLY.

If half of these new additions work, I'll be happier than a pig in shit. I'm on the hype train baby, gimme my franchise mode!

P.S.: The one thing I didn't see mentioned that has me curious is imported classes. I know they said they fixed the attributes, but are they still so clear-cut in terms of ratings? Last year, the guy with the highest overall rating was the #1 pick, and it went down from there. But on the Madden generated classes, you had busts and gems scattered throughout. I hope there's some kind of logic in place for that.