Madden NFL 18 Franchise Mode and Play Now LIVE Details

[mestevo]

Quote: Originally Posted by gameface1324

But they would play the old Play Now mode, is my point. They add this in as a new hyped feature... do people really care about the parts it added? Play now, sure.. but if you are that pressed for time, do you care about it being "current" within the season, to the point of adding it in (dev time spent, etc) at the expense of real nuts and bolts needed changes?

It's been asked for here a number of times, and has been added in other games. It's absolutely a desired feature and I'm interested in playing the playoff race of of the actual season and (stealing CM Hooe's thought on Twitter) playing from the end of the real season to start my franchise.

[IowaAJ]

So excited for the Madden Live. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to simulate a season to be like the real season going on. Customizable draft board is great too I have had many drafts simulated online when I couldn't stay up. Everything I've seen looks good to me. I also love the preseason changes.

[therealsmallville]

Quote: Originally Posted by deu22ces

Agreed. Better in that it improves what was there. Not ideal b/c it's still not realistic or able to be customized to desired detail level. And it's just limited to 'starters' and '2nd string'. Pre-season is about determining who the back half of the 53-man roster is. 3rd/4th string players need to play to try to gain XP and move up the depth chart. One thing that is just dumb IMO regarding the topic is how the game takes out starters in the middle of a drive just b/c the quarter ends. I think I've seen that once in 34 years of watching football. Even a 'star' player on a snap count will carry over a few more plays to finish a drive. And you are right, many stars are on drive counts too, especially early. Just last night, Watt was on one. It was a 4 play drive...and he was out. But if the drive lasted 8-10 plays, he'd of played out that drive, maybe missing a play b/c of rotation.

Agreed. It would be cool someday to see more specific customization options for it. It will never be perfect because the AI can't make player-by-player decisions for it (like Brady playing a few snaps in week 4 last year ahead of his suspension, or Kaepernick playing all 4 quarters in week 4 for San Francisco), but I will gladly accept this.

I wish they had set starters to simply not play in week 4 at all, though.


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[jeremym480]

Franchise Starting Points seems like a solid addition, however, if EA doesn't keep up with real life injuries then it's a wasted feature.

Assuming they don't keep up with injuries a manual injury system to help with things like that. And if they do, then manual injuries would still be good if you want to mimic real life injuries in a previously started CFM.

[gameface1324]

Hey if we look at it through the lens of "At least the companion app is ready at launch" (assuming it is... ) its already better than 17!

[deu22ces]

Quote: Originally Posted by gameface1324

But they would play the old Play Now mode, is my point. They add this in as a new hyped feature... do people really care about the parts it added? Play now, sure.. but if you are that pressed for time, do you care about it being "current" within the season, to the point of adding it in (dev time spent, etc) at the expense of real nuts and bolts needed changes?

And we need clarification already on this. Someone tweeted Clint about it and it's just more confusing now. He was asked the difference between "Play Now Live" and "Starting Points". Clint explained what Play Now Live was, but then said it was "Cloud only". The blog said the opposite, that Starting Points was for when you start a "cloud franchise". Play Now Live transitions into "Simple Season". Lol, not so 'simple' I guess. On top of that, the blog did not specify "offline" for Play Now Live. Hmmm...

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by deu22ces

And we need clarification already on this. Someone tweeted Clint about it and it's just more confusing now. He was asked the difference between "Play Now Live" and "Starting Points". Clint explained what Play Now Live was, but then said it was "Cloud only". The blog said the opposite, that Starting Points was for when you start a "cloud franchise". Play Now Live transitions into "Simple Season". Lol, not so 'simple' I guess. On top of that, the blog did not specify "offline" for Play Now Live. Hmmm...

That needs to be directed at John White, imo.

[Hooe]

One small detail which was not mentioned in the blog which I'll relay to you all:

Madden 18 does properly reflect the 2017-18 changes to Injured Reserve - Designated To Return rules. You may now bring up to two players back from IR this year.