Madden 18 Franchise PSA (Shopmaster)

[seththor]

At this point I just want the ratings to really matter and cpu teams to play to their rosters strengths and weaknesses. After that the other cfm stuff is icing on the cake to me.

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[glitch3d]

If they took the CFM guy off Madden to work on Live's franchise mode to give them the same one we have.. they clearly can't compete with MyGM/MyLeague.

We're going to buy it anyway, but it shows how important competition is. They literally are able to ignore a whole mode mostly to be able to improve their basketball game. Why? Because there is another basketball they have to compete against.. lol.

[DaGreatOne21]

To the "CFM/franchise doesnt make EA any money after purchase" argument....thats the problem. EA cares more about lining their wallets than making a truly great game. Im sure someone will say "well, making money is the goal of every business"....yes, but the fact is, no one milks their customers like EA does, especially when they have a beloved license.

Even if CFM/franchise isnt their bread and butter, that doesnt mean that it isnt a feature that, if done right, would help make the Madden experience so much better. I know its never going to be as in depth as Id love it to be, but it doesnt need to be to be engrossing, challenging fun. Even if they just 1) made coaches matter, 2) added fully editable draft classes, 3) better CPU team building AI and 4) coach mode...if they added those 4 things to what they currently have, I could probably really get into CFM.

I WANT Madden to be great....and honestly, the gameplay is better than it has ever been, even if the gameplay and physics are very outdated.....but franchise mode has been a letdown since AT LEAST since CFM was introduce. I thought Madden 12 was on the right track and then it was scrapped for CFM....which really hasnt delivered on any of the groundbreaking features it promised when it was first introduced. Hell, it still lacks some of the basic features that I mentioned earlier.

[DeuceDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by michapop9

You know, the more i think about it, i think some of this is a ploy to a degree. For example last year it was formation subs...."no formation subs this year sorry". Then they get formation subs in a patch and look like heroes. Is that completely true? I dunno, but i find it hard to believe they dont play some of this up and we end up getting some kind of franchise improvement with continuous development....

I actually hope they don't do this. They did it with Draft Boards a couple of years ago and they just now got around to improving upon it and it's still not close to being all the way there. Then they did it again last year with formation subs and, again, while better than nothing it wasn't done very well and likely won't be touched until next year at the earliest. Continuous development is great in premise but if it's just going to deliver low-grade project features then I'd rather they focus on other things and do it right when the time comes.

[adembroski]

Quote: Originally Posted by RogerDodger

How much coding would it need to add the Pro Bowl game?

You'd be surprised. You triggered my PTSD.

[jmurphy31]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I'm not sure I would go out on a limb and say that at this point. There is a new video at the top of the forum and the GCer is not a CFM player, but he said at the GCer meeting Shop, Smitty and Sim were very focal on CFM getting some TLC next year and beyond.

Shop was pretty vocal all this year too. He had his whole CFM movement he was pushing on twitter. Didn't work out too well this year. Hopefully they are persistent and keep working EA to improve franchise mode

[timhere1970]

Quote: Originally Posted by illwill10

I'm sure that Franchise will not be in the same position next year. But, I honestly don't see CFM getting a big improvement because of Longshot and Frostbite. I hope I'm wrong. But I do think there is a chance that next year could be the start of great things to come for CFM. Hopefully they can lay off of MUT development next year. Frostbite foundation has been set, so they will be now fully developing Frostbite through every aspect of game. Longshot will obviously took a lot more resources in coming years. Hopefully Madden can get back Devs that had to help with Live. But I do think they will get back on path with improving CFM next year

Always, next year. Every year I feel like annie. The sun will come out next year. Frankly, off field, franchise mode is not any better than the second year they ever did it. I am looking forward to the legacy issue fixes though. If cpu running backs can catch passes and not run out of bounds I will be happy. I just wish they would give us a bone. Allow us to designate who our nickel corner is for instance. Something.

[NDAlum]

Quote: Originally Posted by adembroski

You'd be surprised. You triggered my PTSD.

This gets lost and blatantly ignored by so many...