Madden NFL 10: The Game Which Almost Was
 

For all its improvements this year, Madden NFL 10 is still far from being a great game; what it is, instead, is a great first step in turning the franchise around from an industry in-joke to a respectable simulation of NFL football.

When the football season officially ends on Super Bowl Sunday, Madden 10 may not go down as the greatest football game in recent memory, or even the greatest football game on the current consoles; Madden 10, instead, may be remembered as the game that finally got the Al-Davis-esque Madden series back into playoff contention after years of top-10 draft busts and stuck-in-its-ways ownership.

Here are five off-season moves that helped make Madden 10 a harbinger of continued success in 2010.

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I would honestly rather see them focus on the offline franchise than online franchise. IMO, that is still the single most important mode in sports gaming.

I believe I had a great, easy to implement idea in adding storylines to the franchise mode.
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...ibilities.html

The best franchise mode ever (Madden NFL 2007 for the PS2) had something similar to this and I played the heck out of that game.

I think that all of this will be in Madden 11. This game was amazing and a lot of fun to play this year

agreed with Rocky. the game was good but there were way too many bugs and the patch really messed things up. a lot of fixes need to take place.

Full online franchise and general gameplay improvements will be welcomed. Signature styles will be welcome as well. Cant wait to see what they offer up in madden 11. I think the game is going in the right direction.

Defense needs to be a focus at some point. Far from a sim but not the worst on the market either

I've had a blast this year. My online franchise had to do a lot of manual work to create a functioning offseason system, but now that it's here... it's very enjoyable. I've never had an online league experience like it.

You know, I read alot of good articles here, but I really think we are missing the point.

While I would love for Madden to improve the ideas that you have set forth, there are a tons of issues that need fixed first.

The game just doesnt play like a football title should. Why write an ariticle about signature animations, when you have punters subbed in at center and doing just as well? Why write about adding yet MORE stat categories to evaluate players, when its proven time and time again they dont work?

Its about time to fix the freaking game. We have had the same issues over and over spanning a decade now and they are never fixed. Focusing over more fluff at this point is meaningless.

Concentrate on making a football game that actually resembles football, then start piling fluff on year after year.