Madden NFL 10 Franchise Mode Improvements

[DNEUM]

http://www.virtualsportsnetwork.com/2009/04/madden-nfl-10-franchise-mode-improvements/

 

[Primetime]

http://digg.com/football/Madden_NFL_10_Franchise_Mode_Improvements

Please digg the article here.

 

[St. Francisco]

Excellent news...and I can't wait to read the future franchise blogs.

I'm definitely excited for the game now...really seems like they're going a long way to improve franchise mode.

 

[Point Blank]

Good news. I'm looking forward to play Franchise mode this year. Haven't touched it since Madden 06 I believe.

 

[j.hen]

Franchise mode is the most important thing for me. I havent enjoyed a franchise on next gen, hopefully that shit will change.

 

[DNEUM]

Franchise mode is the most important thing for me. I havent enjoyed a franchise on next gen, hopefully that shit will change.

Did you play/like Head Coach? All of the HC guys are now working on the franchise mode in Madden so I'd expect franchise mode to have large influence from that game.

 

[j.hen]

Did you play/like Head Coach? All of the HC guys are now working on the franchise mode in Madden so I'd expect franchise mode to have large influence from that game.

Head coach was way too boring and tedious for me. And I like to actually PLAY my games and not watch, the AI in head coach sucked.

 

[krulmichael]

Very nice to see! I'm getting more and more pumped for Madden this year. I had a feeling this would be the year that Franchise Mode returned to it's glory years (lets hope so) since I heard bout the Head Coach team working on Madden this year. Very glad to see that.

 

[bringbackjimmy]

They should make scouting like nba 2k series. So that whole article said it was going to be exactly like 09, but fixed yeah..

The only franchise thing i am looking forward to and the only way this game will be a must is online franchise.

 

[Rayman]

Meh, there's some things I like but I was hoping for more.

Nothing about restricted free agency.

Mum on whether draft position directly reflects a player's speed like it has for the last year years.

Hopefully there's more info hiding.

 

[ThunderHorse]

I've never been a Franchise guy...

used to kind of play around with it back when I was a kid and it was Madden 04... I never end up finishing a season however.

maybe I'll give it a shot this year, its just the fact that playing the computer isn't fun to me.

 

[ChemTheThriller]

One thing I read I didn't like was they will show you the player's "Max Potential", I don't want to know I want to havea 25yr old HB that I think is worth 60mil and he has already peaked, like in real life.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Well, I'll wait until they have online Franchise...

once that happens, it'll have me hooked, especially considering the only thing you have to worry about is the draft...

thing about NCAA is, if you aren't good at recruiting, your fucked after a couple of years, in Madden everyone is always on an equal playing field. which is something I think would be perfect.

put Franchise online for madden, and I swear to god, I'd probably never play another game again in my life.

 

[adembroski]

Head coach was way too boring and tedious for me. And I like to actually PLAY my games and not watch, the AI in head coach sucked.

What AI? Meaning, what aspect of AI are you talking about? I'm assuming the player on-field AI, because yes, it did, or maybe the playcalling AI, which had it's issues but was far better than anything Madden ever did... I'm just hoping you're not talking about the CPU Team Management AI, which is the best I've ever seen in a sports game.

 

[killgod]

Well, I'll wait until they have online Franchise...

once that happens, it'll have me hooked, especially considering the only thing you have to worry about is the draft...

thing about NCAA is, if you aren't good at recruiting, your fucked after a couple of years, in Madden everyone is always on an equal playing field. which is something I think would be perfect.

put Franchise online for madden, and I swear to god, I'd probably never play another game again in my life.

IMO we won't see online franchise yet. The OD mode is killer on NCAA and if we had the option on Madden I think it would take away from NCAA Sales. Those OD's take up a lot of time and you'd have to have quite the amount of free time to stay on top of both. Besides, they can do more with the mode if they keep it offline and the majority of the Madden player base are dickholes inbred mother fuckers who you see on TV.


As well, in my experience I found it's not about being good at recruiting, it's about not getting caught cheating at recruiting. Between re-doing a player call to simming a whole year to get all the player overalls.....it was too easy for people to cheat. Then the whole disconnect bullshit....

 

[DJ Rhude]

Sounds good...especially liked reading that if a player has a good season he will progress accordingly....that makes it worth putting in the time to groom a 65 ovr player you may see potential in

It annoyed me in the past that I'd put up great stats with a young guy and he wouldn't progress one point

Not so sure I like the hard rule that ALL running backs who reach the age of thirty will go downhill fast.....I'm hoping that there's room for some flexibility there because you do have some players who are an exception to that and maybe don't start declining until they turn 32 or so

Nonetheless, I am encouraged by where this game seems headed

 

[DSpydr84]

Not impressed. I'm looking through the bullshit this year, no more buying into the hype.

Nothing like starting a blog with the word "foundation". That's great, EA. You had 3+ years to build your foundation on the next-gen, but I'm glad you're starting now. Better late than never, right? For some, this reads "the start of something special". To me, it says "another year of underachieving". But there's always next year.

We’re also focusing on the re-sign player stage, making sure that teams intelligently decide whether to keep or release their upcoming free agents. If a team cannot afford to re-sign a player, he’ll become a free agent. It’s that simple.

Glad to hear players are now testing free agency instead of just signing right away. It used to annoy me that the players had no say in the re-signing period. /sarcasm

The other big thing we’ve looked at so far is everything surrounding the Draft....

As for the scouting, Madden 09 could not have put out a worse feature. So as far as I'm concerned, this is not about improving, it's about perfection. I know you can do BETTER, prove to me you can do it RIGHT.

The other features of the draft - like the bust/sleepers, draft logic, etc. - I give two thumbs up. This is the direction the game should be heading.

We have been doing quite a bit of tuning on the NCAA Import Draft classes, as we saw a lot of feedback on the forums regarding this area in general.....

Are there busts/sleepers factored into this as well? The fact that it wasn't mentioned leads me to believe that it's not.

Finally we get to progression.....

We added more stat categories to determine a player’s success/failure for a season.

I don't really care for the idea of progression being directly related to stats, although I can't think of a better way to do it. I could see that influencing the way I call a game, or tinkering with the quarter length because my running back isn't up to "par" with his rushing attempts and I don't want him to digress (and heaven help me if he's 30).


All in all, this is a great start in the right direction. But that's all it is: a start. The last three years are being washed out completely, and who knows what the next three years will bring. You guys know more than anyone, there are plenty of things Madden can do RIGHT NOW to make this game more effective. Bottom line: I'm sick of hearing about how next year's Madden will be better... my question is, will it be good?

 

[killgod]

Bottom line: I'm sick of hearing about how next year's Madden will be better... my question is, will it be good?

That should be everyone's thinking every year with this game.

 

[DNEUM]

DSpydr, I totally agree that Madden has to be GOOD this year, not just getting better and again having to look forward to next year like you mentioned.

But I do want to just remind you -- and everyone else for that matter -- that this is only the beginning of April. Any other year, we'd have absolutely ZERO solid info on the game. We'd have a release date, the fight for every yard theme, and the rest of the other very broad things mentioned in that press release. None of the stuff they're doing right now is for hype. It's basically to give the hardcore fans these little tidbits of info that in other years never would have been mentioned, rather than nothing at all. None of the major improvements/features/whatever is going to be announced until post-NFL Draft with the biggest stuff likely being saved until like the month leading up to release. That is when they will start to build their hype.

While we all share the same concerns I think as far as wanting a better game and not wanting a bunch of fluff, I wouldn't start with the "this is going to be the same shit as Madden 07/08/09" until we actually start getting the real info on the big changes/additions. As he stated in the franchise blog, this is just the start, they have several more franchise blogs lined up. I guess the point is, the concerns are definitely warranted but don't overreact to these blogs we're getting right now, they're just the little things that we wouldn't have normally been told.

 

[Aso]

The dude that was talking in the blog was the guy that was in charge of the PG franchise mode. PG franchise mode was awesome. Plus if you look at all the features that Head Coach had, because he's coming over from there too, i expect franchise mode to look nice this year. Can't wait for the bigger improvements for franchise mode and Madden 09 in general.