OS Roundtable: #FixMaddenFranchise and Reaction to Face of Franchise Improvements in Madden 21

[ForUntoOblivionSoar∞]

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^^ More elaboration:

https://twitter.com/Rex_Dickson_/status/1278076262339055617

[Jkpress]

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I like many others have played Madden since the very first one. My support for the game has decreased over the years only buying it when it's on sale only to find out that the improvements aren't even worth the sale price.(Play your previous year Madden to compare imrovements. Is it patches or a true upgrade?) Maybe classic franchise mode players they want to weed out by not improving it at all or very little. I don't have anything against the other modes and I have played them but I still prefer franchise mode. As long as Madden makes EA money they could care less about classic franchise mode. I hope to read reviews from other players when they review the game to give me a reason to buy it other than MUT. For me the cycle with Madden ends. I'm tired of the hype machine every year, or hoping for a "much improved gameplay, modes, etc." Sounds like a wash, rinse, repeat cycle every year with Madden. Madden won't miss my yearly donation, time to look elsewhere.

[cowboy_kmoney]

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Wow, I at least thought they would've added something..Smh..Its a bad look so I hope they have something they add in to kover for this we've put up with for years..Come on man..

[burter]

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Good read. First time on this board where I see close too if not 100% of people on the same page for once.

Anyways I doubt 2K is even close to making a football game this year, but man if they did especially in August, this would be the perfect time. Even if it's a NFL blitz game but crazy deep franchise mode, it would make EA sweat. Of course 2k isn't coming out with one though this year . Is there a donation site for the other 2 games people are buying? Might just buy extra copies of both and give them to people. One thing I like about steam, I can buy games and gift them to my friends and vice versa.

Edit: Cowboy_Kmoney, how the hell you a cards fan with Cowboy in your name!!!! hahaa You are soooo fired!

[kennylc321]

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This will be a good time to reiterate: once again, 2k dropped the ball.

As I've said numerous times, when EA got the license years ago, 2k missed an opportunity. They could have created a generic, yet fully customizable game-- so if gamers wanted to create NFL teams, that's on the gamers. EA cannot stop what gamers do to a game... wink, wink. APF would still be around, but they did not have a franchise. APF is basically a playnow game with all star players and they thought that was good enough. Anyway, instead of seeing an opportunity, they just closed up shop.

Fast forward now. 2 months ago, it was released that 2k signed a deal for a 'non sim' game... god knows what that is. 2k should have saved their money and instead invested it into the generic football game they didn't do 15 years ago.

Now would have been perfect: everyone is ticked off at EA. 2k has the name brand to make this work.

But oh well.

[spoofrice11]

Very Frustrating as Franchise Mode is the only thing I play. 

So no money from me EA.

[cowboy_kmoney]

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Good read. First time on this board where I see close too if not 100% of people on the same page for once.

Anyways I doubt 2K is even close to making a football game this year, but man if they did especially in August, this would be the perfect time. Even if it's a NFL blitz game but crazy deep franchise mode, it would make EA sweat. Of course 2k isn't coming out with one though this year . Is there a donation site for the other 2 games people are buying? Might just buy extra copies of both and give them to people. One thing I like about steam, I can buy games and gift them to my friends and vice versa.

Edit: Cowboy_Kmoney, how the hell you a cards fan with Cowboy in your name!!!! hahaa You are soooo fired!

Lol..Yeah bro I'm from Texas But it was the only name the system had to go with my name..Lol.But all Redbirds all the time..

[markus1]

This Face of the Franchise crap is what their plan is.  In the age of social media, kids don't have local favorite teams.  You can see anything you want to see about any team.  Gone are the days where you only got deep news about your local NFL team.  Kids today have favorite players, not favorite teams.  Kids today like Pat Mahomes, not so much the Chiefs.  Unfortunately, those of us that grew up playing franchise in the 90's pre-internet are antiquated nowadays.  We had favorite teams.  We only saw our own local team on CBS or NBC on sundays and a national monday night game.  We may have gotten #FixMaddenFranchise to trend, but I don't see EA catering to us.  It's sad, but we are being left behind by EA.

[Therebelyell626]

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At this point EA’s tag line should be changed from “its in the game” to “no lube”

Literally every EA sports title has a better franchise mode then madden with the exception of UFC as that game really isn’t the type of game where a “franchise” mode works. NHL’s Franchise mode has made huge strides every year, even going as far as adding coaching staffs (although generic coaches). Fifa career mode while although stale, steels feels engaging and alive. Like I am really apart of world football. I bought madden 20 and had a blast with it. Sure the franchise improvements were small, but I saw the effort and appreciated it. This year I just cannot justify a purchase. First time since 1996 I will not be buying a madden title, unless I find it for like $20 around Black Friday. This year it’s a no for me

[LDaddy33]

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I hold out hope that maybe the gameplay improvements are enough to make it a worthwhile $65 purchase. It is what I spend on a round of golf every weekend and continue to just be a bogey player most of the time.

Last year the game was average at best, and franchise lacked an immersive component as it has for several years. Would love to wave a magic wand and get the graphics of today and the Madden model from 2008, assistant coaches and 32 team control anyone?

Perhaps a developer will have a great idea and one bigwig in the board/strategy room will finally listen and think - hey its a bad idea to alienate the guys buying this game for multiple decades.

Just not holding out hope though, envisioning a day in the not too distant future where EA just closes the door on "classic" franchise all together, since the board room only has eyes for micro tran$action$.

Sad day to be a hardcore Franchise Guy. Hoping Iteachpercussion still buys it and makes some more of his classic rosters, cause those in Play Now or playing just one season have been saving Madden for me.

[CarryTheWeight]

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This era of microtransactions, e-sports and online live services officially killed my enthusiasm for the sports gaming genre. I still have fun with franchise modes in NBA 2K, The Show and NHL, but apart from NBA's offline modes, this is no longer the genre I grew up playing.

The amount of innovation that was around in the mid 2000's was the high point of this genre and it's a shame that factors outside of the customer's control wasted sports gaming on the advanced technology of Gen 8 and 9 consoles (as well as PC).

I still have faith that independent studios will step up in areas EA and 2K ignore. OOTP Developments, Canuck Play, Axis, Big Ant Studios and Metalhead Software are out there and are much more deserving of our support than EA.

I'm not going to let PS5/XSX sway my opinion. I will not be buying EA games of any kind for the forseeable future until their business model changes. NBA 2K, The Show and even OOTP Baseball prove that strong offline presences can exist despite microtransactions. It's a shame Madden, FIFA and NHL can not, and will not, follow suit.

#FixMaddenFranchise.

[thudias]

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Has Michael Young even responded to any of this feedback?

[jfsolo]

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Has Michael Young even responded to any of this feedback?

After last years fiasco(from a solo Franchise players perspective) with the Game Informer interview, and the decision to only do a Title Update to regular Franchise this year, and maybe even a gag order from whomever his boss is, odds of him saying anything about this would seem to be close to zero percent.

[haleyjr]

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One thing I have never understood is why sports games don’t sell franchise mode as DLC. I see tons of arguments that EA doesn’t care about franchise because MUT is their money-maker. I would gladly buy the base game and spend another $20 for a detailed, immersive franchise mode DLC if there was some actual developer effort put into it. I’m betting most people on this thread would gladly hand over $20 for that too.

[canes21]

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One thing I have never understood is why sports games don’t sell franchise mode as DLC. I see tons of arguments that EA doesn’t care about franchise because MUT is their money-maker. I would gladly buy the base game and spend another $20 for a detailed, immersive franchise mode DLC if there was some actual developer effort put into it. I’m betting most people on this thread would gladly hand over $20 for that too.

Why would I start paying for something that is to be expected in the base game and be happy to do so. Nothing has changed in game development that would give them a legitimate excuse to put franchise additions behind a paywall. The only reason franchise mode gets neglected is because they choose to ignore it. It's not like something happened in the industry that made them not have the power to work on franchise mode without receiving more money from us. So, no, I don't imagine a ton of people would be happy to pay extra for something that has no excuse to not already be provided at the default price.