Madden NFL 21: Franchise Mode Additions Missing In Action So Far

[ChaseB]

In the first edition of the Madden 21 Gridiron Notes, some folks on OS were quick...

Written By: Chase Becotte

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[PhillyPhanatic14]

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Good article man. Cool to see you mention the complaints from the UT community. I have friends that are super into it and I hear that stuff from them in Madden and Fifa every year.


The biggest issue is EA refusing to invest their profits back into the game to create a better game the following year. They're pocketing nearly all of the ridiculous amount of money they make from game sales and microtransactions. I think what gets to us as gamers is that we know they're making truckloads of money and yet each year the games basically feel the same.


If we felt like the company was truly investing their profits back into the game and progress was being made in graphics, gameplay, and literally any gamemode I think things would be different.

[Broncos86]

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Great article, and it reminds us all to remain objective as a whole. Myself being a heavy franchise mode guy (like many here), I instantly look for what franchise mode will receive. And seeing nothing mentioned during the trailer / gridiron notes instantly turned me off from what was presented as a whole.

That doesn't mean I don't think the additions shown were bad. But without a compelling franchise mode, those additions become rather moot for me. I just don't play Madden for the sake of the gameplay alone. I create my own stories, my own headlines in franchise mode. One of my favorite elements is the off-season, when I get to draft, sign free agents, and look to bolster my roster for the next season.

And yes, right now there are times I probably sim half the season because the gameplay just becomes repetitive in nature. And hopefully these additions to gameplay can alleviate that. But the prospect of another year with the same janky scouting process, the same terrible draft experience, general lack of immersion in franchise mode, and the complete discarding of the past in franchise mode just makes Madden less compelling for me to purchase.

We'll see what comes down the pipe, but right now I'm not holding my breath.

[jfsolo]

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Great article, it was strange to read though because I am not accustom to seeing articles, posts, or videos about Madden that aren't brimming with hyperbole or tired memes.

[patsfan1993]

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"It doesn’t excuse the oversight, but again, it’s better than leading folks on before pulling the rug out from under them."

Given the path this game has been on for a while now, it's not an oversight. It's a business decision.

[goalieump413]

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Nice comprehensive article. My read on this...

Playing a sports game's Franchise mode reduces the time spent playing a micro-transaction mode. The more depth and detail you add to the Franchise mode, the more attractive it becomes, further reducing the chance that micro-transaction revenue will be maintained. It's a simple cash flow argument against spending resources to develop a mode that has no long term benefit to revenue.

As gamers, we could argue that a more robust Franchise mode improves the brand loyalty, but with no alternative on the market, we're arguing a point we don't have. The only way to ensure that the message gets received and acted upon is if a viable competitor were allowed to exist.

[jmurphy31]

Re: Madden NFL 21: Franchise Mode Additions Missing In Action So Far

Nice comprehensive article. My read on this...

Playing a sports game's Franchise mode reduces the time spent playing a micro-transaction mode. The more depth and detail you add to the Franchise mode, the more attractive it becomes, further reducing the chance that micro-transaction revenue will be maintained. It's a simple cash flow argument against spending resources to develop a mode that has no long term benefit to revenue.

As gamers, we could argue that a more robust Franchise mode improves the brand loyalty, but with no alternative on the market, we're arguing a point we don't have. The only way to ensure that the message gets received and acted upon is if a viable competitor were allowed to exist.

This is an exceptional point I never really thought about. But it does make sense.

[Executor]

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That they failed to mention franchise mode in any meaningful way even once in their first news release is so blatantly arrogant (especially towards franchise community), it's not even funny.

And even though the article here does a good job of smoothing the edges, it is obvious that at least for console gyus, mods are not the solution.

[StormsWarning]

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Articles like this has been written here on OS for years, and unfortunately we can stack it with the great written, but fall of deaf ears no action pile.

I've been hesitate to even speak on madden, out of the disgust I feel this company has taken the game through several platforms and a couple Decades now.

Every year we all anticipate hope for a better direction for madden nfl football. But in fact each year they boast and brag on watered down features that even themselves will be patched within day one of its initial release, for only several more to come down the pipeline and at a later date for everyone to run to forums and post about only to have more out crys of a broken mess.

Every year we all say it will be better but the football game we all would like to have unfortunately will never get anytime soon, just by a little teaser trailer you can pretty much see the direction there going, when I watched this trailer, I really tryed to hold in my thoughts until after I seen the entire video, I'm 45 years of age and feel blessed to see it, however that trailer was truly a horrible rendition of what can be done in today's standards of gaming trailers.

Look at some trailers from previous maddens, look at trailers from previous triple A title games that had just as much momentum as madden could generate in example, gta 5, look at this same madden trailer now and look at some of the new game trailers coming out? Theres no hype, the video is dry with no emotion no vibrance, just the same ol, dull dry animations of players diving at close pylons in the endzone.

Bottom line, for me I'm done, I have supported this company for a long time, I have 19 and 20 as my last editions of madden. I will not be purchasing a graphical upgrade, and under arm break throughs at the line of scrimmage, and so called edge heat that we had back in 2006.

This game is not catered to the fan of football anymore, it's for those that enjoy gambling and card collection.

The animations I've seen are horrible and downright disgraceful. As a community we've over looked the bad to try our best to let the good outweigh what could have been possibly done better the following year, but I can see corporations are in charge of this, that's why Rex left, Ian, and so many others that really tryed the direction for change but couldn't.

So good luck to those that purchase this or future products from a company that is clearly driven by one goal.

Greed.

I wont be apart of this non sense anymore.

Yall stay safe
Storm.

[tuckermaine]

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Articles like this has been written here on OS for years, and unfortunately we can stack it with the great written, but fall of deaf ears no action pile.

I've been hesitate to even speak on madden, out of the disgust I feel this company has taken the game through several platforms and a couple Decades now.

Every year we all anticipate hope for a better direction for madden nfl football. But in fact each year they boast and brag on watered down features that even themselves will be patched within day one of its initial release, for only several more to come down the pipeline and at a later date for everyone to run to forums and post about only to have more out crys of a broken mess.

Every year we all say it will be better but the football game we all would like to have unfortunately will never get anytime soon, just by a little teaser trailer you can pretty much see the direction there going, when I watched this trailer, I really tryed to hold in my thoughts until after I seen the entire video, I'm 45 years of age and feel blessed to see it, however that trailer was truly and horrible rendition of what can be done in today's standards of gaming trailers.

Look at some trailers from previous maddens, look at trailers from previous triple A title games that had just as much momentum as madden could generate in example, gta 5, look at this same madden trailer now and look at some of the new game trailers coming out? Theres no hype, the video is dry with no emotion no vibrance, just the same ol, dull dry animations of players diving and close pylons in the endzone.

Bottom line, for me I'm done, I have supported this company for a long time, I have 19 and 20 as my last editions of madden. I will not be purchasing a graphical upgrade, and under arm break throughs at the line of scrimmage, no so called edge heat that we had back in 2006.

This game is not catered to the fan of football anymore, it's for those that enjoy gambling and card collection. The animations I've seen are horrible and downright disgraceful. As a community we've over looked the bad to try our best to the good outweigh it, but I can see corporations are in charge of this, that's why Rex left, Ian, and so many others that really tryed the direction for change but couldn't.

So good luck to those that purchase this or future products from a company that is clearly driven by one goal.

Greed.

I wont be apart of this non sense anymore.

Yall stay safe
Storm.

Well said....

[ShaiLeGran]

The best thing about Madden NFL 21 so far: the cover of the regular edition.

[Unlucky 13]

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This is an exceptional point I never really thought about. But it does make sense.

They will never get a penny from me, beyond the original cost of the game. And until they improve franchise mode, then all I'm going to do is buy the game on clearance every other year like I have been for a while now. I understand that they don't care at all about people like me, but its still painful to support a product for nearly 30 years and be treated this way.

[kennylc321]

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It’s interesting you mention that it is impossible to please everyone and I agree. But EA seems like they are just trying to force feed stuff to us. No one asked for this storymode nonsense. So they not only give us one, the one they give stinks. So instead of letting it go, they double down and give a “new and improved one” that still stinks. Don’t get me started on MUT.

While I Agree you can’t make everyone happy, everyone has been clamoring for franchise improvements and the best they offered was a pathetic scenario engine, which again... I’m sure “improve logic” will be the extent of franchise improvements for Madden 21

[TheShizNo1]

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They will never get a penny from me, beyond the original cost of the game. And until they improve franchise mode, then all I'm going to do is buy the game on clearance every other year like I have been for a while now. I understand that they don't care at all about people like me, but its still painful to support a product for nearly 30 years and be treated this way.

Aren't they still getting your money?

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[tuckermaine]

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I’ll wait this year..till I see feedback..takes awhile for people to find the ludicrous bugs and repetitive non fixes.
But ....we will see, not very optimistic. Offline Franchise guy..I’m a dying breed.