Madden NFL 12 Features Announced Over the Next 3 Months - X-Books & DPP?

[FootballDetails]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Features Announced Over the Next 3 Months - X-Books & DPP?

It does lead into the category of "please spend money, it makes it much easier"...As a business I get that and it's a great decision, as a gamer I find that being the main reason I play it so rarely.

The decision I absolutely abhor is charging coins for Madden Moments Live. It kills a fun feature, and I consider it borderline obscene. It looked like they were experimenting with lifting the charge last season. The feature should always be free.

[illwill10]

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There is certain DLCs I will buy and some I wont. MUT is not one of them. I was disappointed that Madden Moments weekly was not free. The game is already $60. I dont want to spend another 10+ on DLCs. I will spend money on DLC for either gameplay or something that makes things simplier or saves time ex. Draft scouting

[mestevo]

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I get more bang for my buck out of Madden than any other game I buy every year, I don't mind spending a couple extra bucks on things that extend the enjoyment of the game further. Aside from the occasional MMO, there's nothing I've bough on a console in the last few years that I've played more than that years Madden and/or NCAA.

I'm not sure I've spent any money on MUT, but it's obvious people do and it's an actively used feature.

[PantherBeast_OS]

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Maybe its just me but I could careless about the ultimate team crap. It just seems like another way for EA to make money. Focus on the actual game on the field. Make it a true football experience like MLB 11 The Show is for baseball. Just my opinion.

I agree aswell. I could never get into MUT. I guess some people like it and all. But for me I wheather see them focus on the offline franchise mode and gameplay most of all. MUT is a little side fun type deal for people who like stuff like that.

[Aggies7]

If you going to give me DLC don't make it coins. Let me download new cut scenes or stuff to change up presentation and make it fresh.

[brza37]

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Tell you what, if they give us create a playbook, CPU defense better be extremely tough. 'Cause at this point I rely on poor playcalling from my OC(gameplanning) to atleast make it a good game 'til the 4th. But overall, I like the direction EA is taking with this. They seem more confident than they have been over the past few years and I think they have solid direction.

If x-books really are custom playbooks and they work the way they should then x-books combined with improved gameplanning should help us get a better challenge out of the cpu. We should be able to create custom playbooks for each team, throw out the useless 8 man blitzes, tune the frequency and situational usage of certain plays using gameplanning which should overall give us significantly better CPU Playcalling.
Hopefully, x-books will work this way AND we'll be able to share them on PSN & XBL.

[jmurphy31]

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If you going to give me DLC don't make it coins. Let me download new cut scenes or stuff to change up presentation and make it fresh.

I agree. MUT isnt for me and I would never spend money on card packs for it. However, I did purchase the AFL DLC for Madden 10 to change things up a little (i hate to admit it though, because I think this stuff should be included)

[BobbyColtrane]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Features Announced Over the Next 3 Months - X-Books & DPP?

it would be great if "x-books" meant the plays are updated week-to-week as the season progresses. Similar to how we have periodic roster updates during the season. Say your team runs a play on Sunday, have the option to add that play to the playbook or have it update automatically.

[legendstatus]

If you watch the teaser video than you will see everything on the list above. My decision will be made, if i'm going to buy madden or not, on April 28 when they drop a game play blog.

[jWILL253]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Features Announced Over the Next 3 Months - X-Books & DPP?

Just so you guys know, they probably won't stick to the info release dates, or at least not entirely.

Usually, when a sports game is close to release, little tidbits about the game's features are given out (via Twitter, interviews, or Community Day events) without going in-dept about such features until the blogs come out.

So, don't worry about hiding until mid April; you might miss out on something...

[brettmickey]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Features Announced Over the Next 3 Months - X-Books & DPP?

Just so you guys know, they probably won't stick to the info release dates, or at least not entirely.

Usually, when a sports game is close to release, little tidbits about the game's features are given out (via Twitter, interviews, or Community Day events) without going in-dept about such features until the blogs come out.

So, don't worry about hiding until mid April; you might miss out on something...

Yeah I was thinking the same exact thing.

[oneamongthefence]

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Well I hope its little tidbits here and there and not just here's all the gamplay improvements and end enjoy. I like the hunt of looking for every little info I can find. Its a yearly obsession with me.

[droopizzle34]

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May 16th better make me wanna buy Madden 12....

[RGiles36]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Features Announced Over the Next 3 Months - X-Books & DPP?

Just so you guys know, they probably won't stick to the info release dates, or at least not entirely.

Usually, when a sports game is close to release, little tidbits about the game's features are given out (via Twitter, interviews, or Community Day events) without going in-dept about such features until the blogs come out.

So, don't worry about hiding until mid April; you might miss out on something...

Yea I'm thinking (and hoping) that we'll still get some interesting tidbits via IGN previews and the like in between the EA blogs...

[Reejer]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Blog - Features to be Announced Over the Next 3 Months

Does this have to do with superstar mode? I sure hope so.

Hopefully it isn't about "Facebook Madden NFL Superstars". That would be a real bummer.