Owner mode is pointless.

[btvs]

The whole point is to make money and build a new stadium, but you don't even really build the stadium. I just simmed a year with Oakland. went 4-12 and all I did was click the button that said build new stadium and the following year I had a new stadium. I thought it was like a mode where we can pick from different options, like we actually build the stadium like on the old Madden on PS2, but of course not. Its just so lazy and boring.

Please, someone tell me I missed something.

[Sandhu246]

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Right on point. So fed up with EA right now. Thought owner mode would be something but all it's been is a bunch of glitches that they're too lazy to fix.

[Mizzou24]

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No offensive and defensive coords either

[Herky]

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I hate that things like stadium creation and the hiring/firing of coordinators that were in the game on PS2 and Xbox aren't in anymore. It's just downright silly if you ask me and I don't understand the direction EA is taking Madden. If they could have just merged aspects from Madden 2005/06/07 with Head Coach they would have had a great game owner mode-wise.

[mestevo]

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The whole point is to make money and build a new stadium, but you don't even really build the stadium. I just simmed a year with Oakland. went 4-12 and all I did was click the button that said build new stadium and the following year I had a new stadium. I thought it was like a mode where we can pick from different options, like we actually build the stadium like on the old Madden on PS2, but of course not. Its just so lazy and boring.

Please, someone tell me I missed something.

This sounds pretty true to life really. Make money, get a new stadium, rinse and repeat. The financials, from jersey sales to signing players that are more marketable to - yes - making money and dealing with your stadium is an interesting addition, not sure I'd say it's pointless at all though. Pretty sure you knew all of that though.

[ItsOrangeBaby]

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Really hoping the next-gen brings some of the old features and even some head coach features as well.

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[rootofalleli]

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This sounds pretty true to life really. Make money, get a new stadium, rinse and repeat. The financials, from jersey sales to signing players that are more marketable to - yes - making money and dealing with your stadium is an interesting addition, not sure I'd say it's pointless at all though. Pretty sure you knew all of that though.

Different things are interesting for different people. This guy wants to BUILD a stadium not BUY a stadium. That's not a crazy expectation based on how things worked in the past.

[tril]

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if the game isnt 100% sim why would anyone expect the build a stadium feature have more sim like qualities.

building a stadium should be a multi-year project, and have many layers to it.

[Mizzou24]

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Another thing that bothers me.. Say for instance Sam Bradford wins nfl player of the year.. Why doesn't his value increase on jersey sales... It always stays at the same 79

[KolbraKai]

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I just dont understand why NCAA and Madden are so different on some aspects like create a team and playstyle. They should be able to copy each other.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

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Different things are interesting for different people. This guy wants to BUILD a stadium not BUY a stadium. That's not a crazy expectation based on how things worked in the past.

It would be nice if they had some existing stadiums as well. EA has the rights to the Coliseum and the Rose Bowl, why can't I move a team there?

[cbutler0509]

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I find it pointless *** well. When I heard that this was the big change I was less than thrilled. In years prior we had this exact same mode and I got bored with it rather quickly. I for one do not care about setting the price of tickets and parking.

Then I got the game and I had a lot of really cool ideas on creating my own Madden universe. I was going to move the Rams and Raiders back to Oakland. I wanted to bring back the Oilers. I wanted to move Buffalo to Toronto and another team to London to make the NFL a global sport. Sadly relocation was either rushed or done very lazy. No customization whatsoever. Its one thing to only give us a handful of nicknames and logos to choose from, but forcing their awful uniforms down our throat was a big deal for me. Some of the color schemes dont even match the logo! And when you move a team but keep the logo, the old city they played in still rears its ugly head from time to time.

Then there is the multitude of other bugs and glitches that we are still waiting for a patch on. Repeating draft class is so inexcusable. That bug pretty much confirms that release date buyers are beta testers.

I have already set a reminder on google calender for August. "Dont get sucked into the Madden hype. Wait. It will be at least a month before the game gets patched and you can play. So just wait."

[prey2god]

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No offensive and defensive coords either

That will be featured in the next Madden and they will say it's a new feature even though they had that previously, but taken out just like the owner mode.

[mestevo]

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That will be featured in the next Madden and they will say it's a new feature even though they had that previously, but taken out just like the owner mode.

This is about as accurate as when people suggest any year is just a roster update or nothing changed.

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[cbutler0509]

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This is about as accurate as when people suggest any year is just a roster update or nothing changed.

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I think its more accurate than that. They said that Owner mode was "new" this year and it is mostly not new. Same ideas with a new coat of paint. I would argue that previous incarnations of owner mode were much deeper. When you relocated you had more logo choices, custom uniforms, actual stadium creation.

While I agree that every year of Madden is not just a roster update, I do think Madden has not been innovative in terms of game modes like franchise/connected careers. I actually really liked Madden 13 once the patches came out. It was a great break from what was starting to feel like the same franchise mode year in and year out.