madden 12 developers blog

[steeljake]

madden 06 had all the franchise features minus the online stuff, but the ea locker made that doable.

 

[bucky]

They've already said the new Franchise mode coming this year is going to be a 4 year plan.

They are going to bleed people dry with this shit. You are going to pay for the mode for 4 years. Just wait for Madden 16 to get the completed product.

issed:

And then they will have to start ALL OVER AGAIN for the new next gen console.

 

[j.hen]

Franchise Mode needs a complete makeover.

 

[PP]

Lol tuners. they have tuners for NHL, and they released like 5 sets and then stopped despite the NHL season only being half over.. same shit for madden

 

[killgod]

Lol tuners. they have tuners for NHL, and they released like 5 sets and then stopped despite the NHL season only being half over.. same shit for madden

I thought the latest tuner did make the game much better. However every tuner between release and then was a clusterfuck.

So point is, buy Madden 3 months after release. You'll save money getting it used, give EA a good fuck you, and get the finished product rather than release day Beta.

 

[TeflonDonny]

The sad part about the whole thing is that they have people there that know how to put together a good, if not great, franchise mode. Head Coach still is a very good game if you are a franchise guy. It had real FA bidding & negotiation, CPU trades during the draft, position coaches, & Players were rated differently based on the system you used and what position they played.

Instead of improving the game, and/or integrating it with Madden, they just killed it.

 

[killgod]

They are lying through their teeth when they claim they want to make the best game possible. Well, maybe the devs do, but it clearly isn't the message coming down from the top so who cares what they say?

The franchise has lost a ton of sales when the PS2 era died and next gen has been a flop. They are interested in doing things to make money, MUT, Franchise Boosts, Online Pass, etc.

The bulk of their time is going to be put into things that generate more dough, not more community praise.

 

[Steel Mamba]

The fact that they argued for weeks over a stupid ass onside kick says all I need to know about this dev team. If they were this spirited about having proper X's and O's, realistic blocking, route running, etc Madden would be the best sports game there is.

Let me know when 2k Football comes back.

 

[mgoblue2290]

The fact that they argued for weeks over a stupid ass onside kick says all I need to know about this dev team. If they were this spirited about having proper X's and O's, realistic blocking, route running, etc Madden would be the best sports game there is.

Let me know when 2k Football comes back.

I'm sure the Fight for the Fumble feature got just as much attention while things like super LB's and DB's who know where the ball is without turning their heads were put on the side.

 

[steeljake]

i wonder if backbreaker will make any strides this year...

 

[Boucher]

No

 

[bucky]

I hope they do. I'd like some/any competition.

I might just buy a shitty backbreaker just to help them stay in business.

 

[MrBill]

Let's not forget to thank the NFL and the NFL Players Association for their complicity in this situation. They didn't have to grant EA an exclusive and effectively kill off all competition for NFL video games.