Madden NFL 13 Connected Careers Mode Preview

[moneal2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by SamoanSteelerFromAus

I'm going to save time reading through all the comments and just ask a question cause it looks like most info regards online queries and people who play as multiple teams. I'm part of the minority that plays strictly offline cause I have terrible lag in Aus but here's what I must know - My brother and I play offline franchise in madden 12. He has a created safety and I have a created MLB, we both play for the Steelers and thats the only team we control. We do this on the same ps3 - "couch co-op" i've seen it referred to. Will it still be possible to have two people play in CC as i've mentioned above? and if so, can TWO CREATED players be on that team? From what I see it is maaaay be a possibility if I choose to be a coach but I can't be bothered with all that team stuff, I just wanna play games, make plays and get sick stats with my created player.

no to either. you cant play couch co-op or have 2 created players on the same team.

[The_Balm]

Does anybody know if there is regular practice mode (No XP just for practicing plays, getting used to your players etc.) that you can use as much as you want in CC (using your CC team)?

[SamoanSteelerFromAus]

Quote: Originally Posted by moneal2001

no to either. you cant play couch co-op or have 2 created players on the same team.

Thanks for the response bro. I'm absolutely livid about this. I do everything in the madden 12 franchise my brother just slides his controller across when its time to play a game. Why take something so simple and established out after so many years hey. I think its time for my first letter to EA - redundant I know, but where better to vent.

[DNMHIII]

Quote: Originally Posted by SamoanSteelerFromAus

Thanks for the response bro. I'm absolutely livid about this. I do everything in the madden 12 franchise my brother just slides his controller across when its time to play a game. Why take something so simple and established out after so many years hey. I think its time for my first letter to EA - redundant I know, but where better to vent.

It makes absolutely zero sense man and a lot of people are pissed about what EA has decided to do with 13. If EA would've just added CCM and left everything else almost everyone would've been happy and then next year with more time they could've wrapped everything into CCM with zero loss in features.

Not the perfect solution, but it would've been better than what they're planning on releasing this year IMO.

[SamoanSteelerFromAus]

Quote: Originally Posted by DNMHIII

It makes absolutely zero sense man and a lot of people are pissed about what EA has decided to do with 13. If EA would've just added CCM and left everything else almost everyone would've been happy and then next year with more time they could've wrapped everything into CCM with zero loss in features. Not the perfect solution, but it would've been better than what they're planning on releasing this year IMO.

I know right, hopefully they patch or DLC some of these features back in. and I mean how can a second person playing on the same ps3 screw up CC by joining your games? It seems so unnecessary to take out such a thing, especially considering how many people play that way (that's the only way I play).
Now my brother is just gonna have to sit there and watch me play CC if he's over, thats rubbish. Either that or we play "play now" which is also rubbish.

They definitely rushed all this. I'd be happy with Madden 12 exactly the way it is just add in the physics engine. I'd just keep playing 12 but I'm sick of seeing the same animations over and over again, and it always seem to be the worst animations that repeat the most. I'm big on gameplay so I was ecstatic to hear about the engine but it comes with this bit of news thus my excitement is now indifference.

Speaking of the engine - that whole "no two plays are the same" is bs cause there are still tackling/break tackling animations in the game so offcourse you're gonna see plays that are/look exactly the same. Sure people will fall over a dead play and that will make it look different but a player in the open field getting tackled one on one will easily get repeated. They should of said something like "no mid air collisions will be the same" cause thats when the physics really kick in and show the most based off all the E3 gameplay i've seen.

[AttackAttack]

Um. You don't have to play online?

No one is forcing you.

[kalimmortal]

i think they shoulda waited 'til next year to unveil connected careers...

it's half-finished... and 3-4 of the biggest features of the mode are missing...

i like to edit my players..not necessarily their ratings or height & weight...but i like to edit their equipment...

and i like to import my draft classes from ncaa football...

i don't do a lot of fantasy drafts... but i realize that's important to some other players...so it should be in the game...

i'm jus gonna wait 'til next year and buy madden 14 ... so i have a completely finished game and not a work-in-progress...

i know sometimes i ask for frivolous things like tattoos and the ability to put hyphens, periods, and apostrophes into player names...and if they don't get included...i don't really get disappointed... but certain features should be mandatory in a game...

i think in connected careers...bein' able to import your player from ncaa football and customize him to the nth degree...should be included..

a real nfl combine mini-game..should be included..a real nfl draft should be included..especially if you're playin' as a superstar ... there should be a cut scene of you walkin' up on stage meetin' the commissioner and posin' for pictures... and maybe some highlights from you in college that get imported from ncaa football 13... as analyst talk about what kinda player they think you'll be in the nfl..

there should be a training camp mini-game..and weekly practice mini-games..

bein' able to play on the same team as your buddies...should be included... football is the ultimate team sport.. after all...

a weekly wrap-up show with highlights of some of the games and other breaking news should be included...

and obviously the actual games...etc..

but this connected careers mode should be so addictive...that i spend all my time playin' it...

i think they had enough new features to market..with new lighting, the infinity engine, etc... that they coulda withheld this feature 'til next year..

[joshmarange]

Quote: Originally Posted by AttackAttack

Um. You don't have to play online? No one is forcing you.

You do have to play online if you want to play more than a 1 person franchise.

I usually play franchise mode with my 2 brothers and apparently being able to play multi-man local franchise isn't something EA thought we needed.