It's Time for a New Next-Gen Football Franchise

[asu666]

I would settle for APF 2K10 with no old pros, great editing tools, and file sharing.

[texbuk84]

HOPEFULLY 2K WILL MAKE A FOOTBALL GAME THIS YEAR!!!!!!!

[steebu]

What a horribly useless post. Asking EA to do anything is like telling the Great Wall of China to move. Do any of us honestly think that "somebody important at EA" reads this and, more importantly, cares? Considering the number of marketing goobs who sit in on gameplay meetings for Madden and dictate how the game should play, it seems HIGHLY unlikely that anything will change in the near future. When will you EVER get it into your heads? EA DOESN'T CARE. As long as they sell games, which we continue to buy, they're not going to change. If it's sellin' 2 million copies a year, don't fix it.

[Segagendude]

Re: It's Time for a New Next-Gen Football Franchise

Honestly, AFL is a great idea, but I think making a HIGH school football team would be a blast. You'd definitely have to give up the sleak AFL/NFL style for a more gritty experience, but creating fictional high school teams in real states would be great. Think of the heavy emphasis on rivalries, and state tournaments, while always vying to somehow be considered the top team in the nation.

It would also benefit from player changeover, which is one of the things that keeps NCAA somewhat fresh to me.

Sure, if you yourself are a high schooler. What about us "old timers"? Wouldn't interest me at all.

I do like the idea of an APF-type game, which could be modded by users to mimick the NFL. As long as nobody sells the modded game, there'd be no copyright infringement.

[SBartlett]

"I’m calling for a next-generation football title, with a full amount of resources, substantial effort, and attention to detail. "

It's just a statement article asking for something fresh and new and not half-assed. I took AFL as an example from EA, it could be any league you want it to be by any developer.

- Steve