01-13-2010, 02:57 PM
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Re: Madden 11 - Expectations
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Originally Posted by TooSmartForYou |
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This is not the same old Madden wish list most people post. This is a Madden 11 expectation thread. I've been playing Madden since 2001. In fact, the only version of Madden I never owned was 2005 (ESPN 2k5 got to me first). I'm not going to sit here and bash the Madden franchise as I'd rather be constructive.
Where to begin?
Franchise Mode
Franchise mode, the premiere feature of the Madden series. There's nothing like opening up a new version of Madden and starting up a franchise with your favorite team with all the new rookies and free agents your team recently acquired. With all the excitement of playing for your chance at the Lombardi trophy, you begin to notice something you've notice in all past versions of madden. Nearly every week feels the same. Not that there isn't anything happening, it's just Maddens way of showing you what happened is the problem.
Tom Brady tore his ACL in the 2008 season and everyone knew about it. It's all the outlets spoke about all year. Peyton Manning tears an ACL in Madden and you barely even noticed it unless you played the Colts that year. What the Franchise mode needs is freshness each week. Each week should be a new experience. Let me begin with some examples.
You pick up as the Philadelphia Eagles in the start of the 2010 season. Let's say you trade McNabb. The Madden game should have reports (ideally visual) about the impact that this could have on the season, and the wide receivers. By reports I mean I want to see and hear a reporter the way 2K5 would bring the halftime show. If you go on to win the Super Bowl, you should be reminded what a failure McNabb's decade has been and why the Kolb era is the next great thing.
Did you go 16-0? I want it to feel as huge as it would be in the NFL.
Did you win 5 straight Super Bowls? I want the 5th to feel fresher than the first 4.
I typically lose interest in Franchise mode after year 2. The road to the Super Bowl is quiet in Madden. To fix this we need breaking news in the Franchise hub. If I go 0-5 and end 11-5 I want to hear about how amazing it was I managed to make the playoffs. If I win the Super Bowl.. Tell me it's the first time in history it's happened.
For instance:
* Steve Berman: "After the Cowboys started the year off 0-5 no one would have ever expected them to end 11-5. Now they own the NFC East and are on their way to a play off game that 11 weeks ago we thought they would never be in."
* Steve Berman: "The Indianapolis Colts have gone 16-0. This is the 2nd time this is has ever happened in a 16 game season and only 1 of the 2 teams to accomplish this has won."
* Steve Berman: "The Detroit Lions own a 7-2 record. Have things finally turned around for the Lions?"
Report records broken, injured players, coaches fired, trades, everything. That's the only way to give each season a unique feeling
I'm sick of typing now. I'll post later on what else I feel we should expect.
Oh one more thing:
Madden 10 Glitches and Hiccups
I've seen glitches in my third year of franchises where it says "The Eagles have drafted in the first round 3 out of the last 5 times." Even though I traded and had 3 first round picks for that year.
I've signed free agents and traded them for first round picks. That should be fixed.
Commentary on the game makes me want to drive a screw driver into my forehead.
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I agree with everything that you have said! There has to be a level of depth, that NFL 2K5 has shown for 6years now!
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