This years game will be the 25th edition of Madden and it's time the game offered the options for a more mature challenge. It's time to provide a way to disable and/or hide some of the in-game training wheels and hand holding that is currently forced on everyone. I understand that there are new younger gamers being brought into the Madden fold every year, so them having a way to transition into the game is important but grizzled Madden vets need a way to bypass all that for a greater challenge.
Clean up the field of play-
It's time to provide a way to at least disable ALL of the on field visual aides of this spectator sport. If Tiburon insists on allowing all these self described offensive/defensive gurus to draw plays at the LOS, at least make it more challenging without the visual aides. No pan out view play art, no pop up boxes, no nothing, just a clear view of the field of play. If gamers want to come out and preplay adjust using muscle memory, so be it, at least it will leave more room for error and encourage practice.
Real play calling-
No, I am not saying add an actual play call sheet to the play call menu, yet, just an option to disable the play art and only show the play name, in the play call screen, like a real play call sheet does. Coaches aren't flipping through binders full of play diagrams on the sideline before every down, they have to know the plays and what they entail by memory. Again, it would require practice and knowledge of the chosen playbook, leaving room for error, instead of picking whichever one at a whim prior to a game.
Learn pass progressions-
We already have the benefit of a coordinator in the booth game play view, time for a way to at least disable the visual button icons over each receiver. This goes into cleaning up the field of play too but it also places an emphasis on understanding the primary receiver on each play, what button corresponds to that receiver and what button/receiver to go to next if the primary isn't open. It again encourages practice and offers more room for error in the heat of battle.
Real scouting-
Real NFL teams don't have excel spreads sheets with numerical grades of every players attributes, they have to make decisions about players based on their performance. It's time for an option to hide/? ALL player ratings so gamers have to watch their players performance in games and practice for team management. If Tiburon insists on XP based progression, hiding ALL ratings means gamers will be upgrading ratings they believe each player needs to get better at, without ever actually seeing what those ratings are.
Thoughts, suggestions or other things to add?
Clean up the field of play-
Spoiler
It's time to provide a way to at least disable ALL of the on field visual aides of this spectator sport. If Tiburon insists on allowing all these self described offensive/defensive gurus to draw plays at the LOS, at least make it more challenging without the visual aides. No pan out view play art, no pop up boxes, no nothing, just a clear view of the field of play. If gamers want to come out and preplay adjust using muscle memory, so be it, at least it will leave more room for error and encourage practice.
Real play calling-
Spoiler
No, I am not saying add an actual play call sheet to the play call menu, yet, just an option to disable the play art and only show the play name, in the play call screen, like a real play call sheet does. Coaches aren't flipping through binders full of play diagrams on the sideline before every down, they have to know the plays and what they entail by memory. Again, it would require practice and knowledge of the chosen playbook, leaving room for error, instead of picking whichever one at a whim prior to a game.
Learn pass progressions-
Spoiler
We already have the benefit of a coordinator in the booth game play view, time for a way to at least disable the visual button icons over each receiver. This goes into cleaning up the field of play too but it also places an emphasis on understanding the primary receiver on each play, what button corresponds to that receiver and what button/receiver to go to next if the primary isn't open. It again encourages practice and offers more room for error in the heat of battle.
Real scouting-
Spoiler
Real NFL teams don't have excel spreads sheets with numerical grades of every players attributes, they have to make decisions about players based on their performance. It's time for an option to hide/? ALL player ratings so gamers have to watch their players performance in games and practice for team management. If Tiburon insists on XP based progression, hiding ALL ratings means gamers will be upgrading ratings they believe each player needs to get better at, without ever actually seeing what those ratings are.
Thoughts, suggestions or other things to add?
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