Five Things EA Sports must do for Success in Madden NFL 13

[sactown_13]

Gameplay gameplay gameplay. I do not wanna hear about presentation Madden cards and all that other stuff. Give me a game that doesn't feel scripted and predictable after 2 weeks

[DWADEFAN3]

Yea JaySmooov you hit it right on with the pass trajectory. It would even make passing ratings more of a factor. Its kinda ridiculous when every qb plays the same on madden.. Every running back plays the same.. Every wr plays the same.. And so on.. Unacceptable

[DWADEFAN3]

So much needs to be fixed or added that i dont know if there is any hope for the madden franchise at this point though. The whole gamplay engine needs to be revamped

[loganmorrison1]

This is a great list and every year someone comes out with a great list, and every year Madden ignores them. Unfortunately, i have given up on this game. We are never going to see something good until they redo the entire game and I don't see that happening until the next gen systems

[roadman]

Re: Five Things EA Sports must do for Success in Madden NFL 13

^^^

I agree with that reasoning.

This really should have been published when Madden was rolled out late last August or after Labor Day.

That is when they begin developing ideas for Madden 13.

To make a wish list in the middle of production, might be a bit too late.

Just saying.

[blind10]

I like all of the additions listed/requested.

I need spectate mode- I will pay extra for it.
I need fully customizable tournament mode- I will pay extra for it.

But still please fix all of the request listed above too.

[JDub73]

Yeah, EA is not gonna be doing ANY of this. Here's to the same old **** next year!

[Broncos86]

Re: Five Things EA Sports must do for Success in Madden NFL 13

MANY things I want as well and suggested. Do want.

[scottyp180]

great list but one thing that is missing is presentation and commentary. the commentary is absolutely terrible. IMO it fails by last gens standards. If you played one game then you pretty much heard all of the commentary (aside from the few exclusive lines for certain teams/players). In my franchise as the lions Suh got injured for a season and every single game gus johnson said the same line "And on defensive we look no further than Ndamukong Suh...". Maybe its because I'm use to NBA 2k's commentary but how can you 1. say the same line every time the defense takes the field for the first time and 2. not acknowledge that the player isn't even active (I'm curious if they would say it if he was traded or no longer on the team).

Presentation has improved over the years but I don't understand how it hasn't even come close to the quality of NFL 2k5; although to be fair 2k5's presentation has an edge over many sports games in certain areas. And does EA still have the ESPN license? Because they have done absolutely nothing in the least bit impressive with that license. 2k5 was the closest a videogame has come to an ESPN style presentation and that game came out over 7 years ago. By now a game of Madden should look like watching a Monday Night Football game.

[Broncos86]

Re: Five Things EA Sports must do for Success in Madden NFL 13

Commentary and presentation are not "musts" for the success of Madden, IMO. They're bonus, but they're not essential.

[phant030]

i dont have the pass trajectory problem. I am able to throw lobs, mediums, and bullets. I think wrap tackling should be adde to the analog stick with R2 as the aggresive modifier and momentum as the power modifier. i want tight coverage to affect the Qb accuracy so we can lose the mirrored routes...good coverage means good throws have to be made. Lastly, the speed, agility, and in other boosts to the human controlled player should be eliminated.

[Wreckincrew]

Re: Five Things EA Sports must do for Success in Madden NFL 13

The list covers the major needs, but here are some minor ones.

#6: Ability to build a new stadium in an existing city.<O></O>
#7: Make weather matter.<O></O>
#8: Control of the schedule in future seasons so that you don't have 5 straight home games followed by 6 straight road games.<O></O>
#9:Active ticker with scores/stats from other games being played concurrently.<O></O>
#10: Stop exiting from a menu back to the default screen. Just step it back to the previous menu like it used to be.<O></O>
<O> </O>
As much as I would like to rage against the monopoly that is the EA Sports/NFL partnership I can remember when me & my buddies all had Mattel handheld football & the Coleco handheld came out with the tremendous addition of ..... PASSING!<O></O>
We have come a looooong way from 3 rows of red LEDs to Madden 12 on a 65" HDTV.<O></O>

[Big FN Deal]

Re: Five Things EA Sports must do for Success in Madden NFL 13

i dont have the pass trajectory problem. I am able to throw lobs, mediums, and bullets. I think wrap tackling should be adde to the analog stick with R2 as the aggresive modifier and momentum as the power modifier. i want tight coverage to affect the Qb accuracy so we can lose the mirrored routes...good coverage means good throws have to be made. Lastly, the speed, agility, and in other boosts to the human controlled player should be eliminated.

I am quoting this post but not directing this statement at the poster. I have seen this stated by various people and if there is in fact a way to consistently throw a variety of passes, for the love of football. PLEASE EA, include a detailed tutorial and training mode like in NBA2k.

Frequently people claim one thing or another is in the game, that the majority of gamers and seemingly sometimes the Madden developers, have no idea exist. I often use the example of many gamers claiming holding the left trigger when passing in NCAA football, changes the trajectory of the ball but the EA football developers stated it didn't or shouldn't. WTF?

I don't get what is with all the secrecy or mysteries surrounding what can and can't be done in Madden, allowed to linger by EA. I would like to see everything that exists in Madden 13 explained this year, not just the hyped features.

[MrFireTurkey]

Well, if you - the consumer- don't like what they've done, you can always buy the competition's game.

Ohh, this is the NFL and EA. Guess you're all f'd.

[Dashdagreat]

I hope everybody who saying the ball have trajectory is joking.... that is a SERIOUS joke! There isnt a way to control the ball AT ALL unless your throwing the Cheesy routes. For you guys to even argue that point, the game would have to have more realistic over and under throws which it dont! The ball is NEVER EVER underthrown and when its over thrown its HORRIBLY over thrown. No tutorial is needed, a NEW PASSING SYSTEM IS! The major problem is people want make up fixes ( towels, socks, stadiums,etc) instead of FOOTBALL! I thought the goal of a NFL game is to recreate FOOTBALL! FOOTBALL is broke in these games. 3-4? dont work! Passing? dont work... WR/DB? dont work... O line? dont work... D Line?? dont work... the way to play this game is to cheat it. When i played Madden online it was always a who can out cheat the other person game. I have no hope for the game....matter afact, if EA were SERIOUS about improving their game? Hire a person who ISNT satisfied with madden and bring THEM in to test and try the game. Have a person like me try it out. They have in house Beta testers who is already happy with the product and thats why we keep getting broke games on launch.