Madden 2004

[swaldo]

The big deal with Madden 2003-2005 was the fact you could create your own plays then save your own custom playbook - and it actually worked in franchise. In 2006 there was a sub glitch so you couldn't use your playbooks in franchise, and users waited 3 years for EA to fix it. How did they fix it? By removing it!

Every game has some gameplay elements that are screwed up, but Madden 04 was very replayable. People spent years creating their own plays - we're talking crazy 3-4 blitz schemes to stop chuck & cheese. That's what modern day games lack, customization and replayability.

I didn't buy Madden 08 for PC so am not sure if custom playbooks worked in chise. I didn't buy it because PC Gamer slammed it for having comeback AI in their review.

[bgeno]

Quote: Originally Posted by swaldo

The big deal with Madden 2003-2005 was the fact you could create your own plays then save your own custom playbook - and it actually worked in franchise. In 2006 there was a sub glitch so you couldn't use your playbooks in franchise, and users waited 3 years for EA to fix it. How did they fix it? By removing it! Every game has some gameplay elements that are screwed up, but Madden 04 was very replayable. People spent years creating their own plays - we're talking crazy 3-4 blitz schemes to stop chuck & cheese. That's what modern day games lack, customization and replayability. I didn't buy Madden 08 for PC so am not sure if custom playbooks worked in chise. I didn't buy it because PC Gamer slammed it for having comeback AI in their review.

I'd be incredibly happy to just have customizable playbooks let alone that and create-a-play. I wish I could pick my favorite defensive sets from each playbook and make my own. As it stands, I can't find one that has 3-4 Predator, 2-4-5 nickel and 1-5-5 nickel. This would be easy to fix if I could customize my own. Plus, if create-a-play made a return, I could draw up some sick defensive plays with zone blitzes that have cover 2 behind them (they're hard to find) and quarters-quarters-half over-top zones and stuff like that.

[Phixius]

Quote: Originally Posted by simgamer0005

Yeah I didn't like QB vision, could you turn it off in 06? i can't remember?

Yeah except for online play(last gen) I didn't play Madden 06 on the 360 so I don't know.

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WR shade could you refresh my memory? What was that? How did it work? Was it in NCAA last gen?

WR shading is a feature where user can decide which side the defender would cover against the receiver for man coverage. It was a risk/reward feature that either help you or hurt you. I believe WR spotlight was suppose to be the alternate but it's only good for zone defense and isn't as effective as WR shading. The only NCAA game I ever brought was NCAA 06 and I don't remember.[/quote]