Madden NFL 19 Features Revealed

[eric7064]

Quote: Originally Posted by scitychamps87

Honestly, this is my biggest shock of the feature reveal so far. Sent from my XT1650 using Operation Sports mobile app

Love it. Hated when they pushed back to late august. Especially with no NCAA now it makes perfect sense to release early August and get a larger head start on 2K.

I always hated madden releasing only 2weeks before the season. Now we get it right when Preseason games are under way.

[mavfan21]

Franchise Reveal on June 11th? Marking calendar now...please give me a reason to get excited EA!

[IHateDuke32]

As many have stated before...Please correct the QB throwing animations! They're so bad, it really kills the immersion of the game. They're so ugly lol

[daze21]

What's the hype on custom draft classes? I know they are kinda cool but surely only for the 1st year, poss 2nd. after that it's anyone guess.

Seems like without NCAA it's not the most useful?

I play one franchise usually for about 7 - 9 years in each year.

[bad_philanthropy]

Quote: Originally Posted by jfsolo

I feel like they want to have another couple of weeks to get sales without having to deal with NBA 2K

I agree, and also, though it's not a huge seller, they are really pushing the NHL esports angle. I think they want to give the NHL release a bit wider a berth as well.

Early August feels like Madden time. Firing up the game, and experimenting with it as training camps are opening, was always a nice tradition.

[cjacks17]

I’m with the rest of you. I need more in franchise to get me to buy it. Drafting, scouting, player progression all need a serious revamp. Custom draft classes if it’s like NBA2k would be a big addition for me, especially if we can update mid season.

Overall a very weak first reveal for all the reasons mentioned about RPM


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[packers96]

Quote: Originally Posted by daze21

What's the hype on custom draft classes? I know they are kinda cool but surely only for the 1st year, poss 2nd. after that it's anyone guess. Seems like without NCAA it's not the most useful? I play one franchise usually for about 7 - 9 years in each year.

I don't worry about this. Speaking for myself i use play just one season i just change the teams.

[JoshC1977]

My initial thoughts:


- Custom Draft Classes: It's fine....whatever. I'm actually glad they got this in this year so it will fall off the list of requests for franchise next year (allowing us to get more important stuff in). I get that this was a huge request from the overall community; but it doesn't move the needle much for me. That said...IF....this allows for better fidelity in roster editing in the front-end menus, this could be a really nice plus for historical roster makers.

- Positional Archetypes: THIS could be interesting if they aren't just 'window dressing' and actually make an impact in-game. If you have legit player types and meaningful player type/scheme fits which play-out on the field...that's a total game-changer for franchise.
- Earn XP and spend "skill points": correct me if I am wrong, but the term "skill points" is new. This could suggest a modification to the XP/progression engine...this is definitely a potential positive if tied-in well with the archetype system.
- All of the animation stuff: I need to have controller in-hand to really judge if there are indeed improvements. However, given animation improvements seen in other recent EA games, I have a sneaky hunch this could be a step forward.


...and the fact that the franchise reveal is this early in the calendar (after MUT and gameplay), I see that as a positive as well.