Reasons to Hate the Madden Mulligan Feature

**Scott** · 05-21-2008, 09:54 PM

Re: Reasons to Hate the Madden Mulligan Feature

Originally posted by young_bucs_fan

Do Over??? Done with madden i cant believe they would even implement some stupid bullsh** like this wow!

Yeah I mean its not like you can disable it or anything.

**Pared** · 05-21-2008, 09:57 PM

Re: Reasons to Hate the Madden Mulligan Feature

Scott, that should have been the entire article lol:

Reasons to Hate the Madden Mulligan Feature by Wil McCombs:

Yeah I mean its not like you can disable it or anything.

**Scott** · 05-21-2008, 09:58 PM

Re: Reasons to Hate the Madden Mulligan Feature

Originally posted by Pared

Scott, that should have been the entire article lol:

Reasons to Hate the Madden Mulligan Feature by Wil McCombs:

Yeah I mean its not like you can disable it or anything.

Exactly

oh well Pared, let haters hate.

**jeetaa6** · 05-21-2008, 10:29 PM

IT'S AN OPTION IN THE GAME!!!!!

The article fails to identify that, so it's NOT a good article. And I'm as disgusted with EA as much as anyone. But crying and complaining about this OPTIONAL feature is pointless......unless, of course, the gameplay and franchise still have craploads of issues. Then I'll humbly stand corrected and will agree that EA's efforts should have been more dedicated to those areas instead of the Rewind feature.

later....

**Vikes1** · 05-21-2008, 10:48 PM

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While I'm sure not pleased about dev time being spent on this feature, but I won't let this thing ruin me looking forward to Aug 12. I can sure understand for the "Madden purest", this feature could be kind of considered embarrassing that it's just there...if it's used or not. Bringing more people into the Madden fold is cool, but I'm just not too sure a feature like this is of really any value to nearly anyone.

As we all know this thing can be shut off, so it's not the end of the world. But ya...it does kinda grind my gears that the Madden team decided this feature was of greater priority, than a feature that could have been a benefit to all...like In-game saves, as many have said. But there is one good thing about this though...at least I know the first thing I'll do with Madden '09'...shut this dopey feature off.

**ezekiel55** · 05-21-2008, 11:10 PM

For those of you who say just turn it off, you have to look at the point of the article...This is the direction Madden will be going towards in the future, the casual fans.

Do we want that?...I dont think so.

**stateprop** · 05-21-2008, 11:39 PM

Originally posted by zekey55

For those of you who say just turn it off, you have to look at the point of the article...This is the direction Madden will be going towards in the future, the casual fans.

Do we want that?...I dont think so.

So true oh well i guess madden is more casual than hardcore i mean whats the point of tending to hardcore fans when ur the only football game out there and u know that causal gamers are going buy your product no matter how garbage it is. I mean its business people like it or not. There is no purpose for hardcore fans anymore EA really dont need them anymore since they dont have to put as much effort as they did back in the days. When your the only football game out whats the point of wasting so much resource to develop a good football game whenyou know people are going to buy it like hot cakes anyway.

**DLaren** · 05-21-2008, 11:56 PM

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I can't think of a single reason to hate the "Mulligan" feature and I'm almost sure that I'll be using it to correct blown calls. There are times when a player catches a ball near the sideline and he's actually out-of-bounds, but even when you challenge the call the refs still let the play stand.

If the "Challenge System" still has those kind of quirks where obvious incomplete passes aren't over-turned, I'll just "rewind" that play for either the CPU or myself and do it over.

...Seems fair to me...

**Hoos** · 05-22-2008, 12:39 AM

Originally posted by zekey55

For those of you who say just turn it off, you have to look at the point of the article...This is the direction Madden will be going towards in the future, the casual fans.

Do we want that?...I dont think so.

That was the main point of the article that I came away with as well. It's great that this option can be shut off and is not available online, but if it's there as speculated to be a band-aid for a carry over problem from last year then shame on EA!!!

Spend your damn time and money to ACTUALLY FIX a problem EA!!!

**NevadaBallin** · 05-22-2008, 01:47 AM

Since this feature isn't one that can be used for online play, it doesn't bother me in the least bit.

I'll use it offline instead of Practice Mode though (which has needed a serious fix for years now). Practice Mode has always been a practice in futility. The best way to practice new stuff vs the CPU has always been the 2:00 Drill. Now i'll just load up a normal offline game and use the Rewind to find all the AI glitches for this version of Madden .. lol.

LP · 05-22-2008, 03:01 AM

Yeah, we can disable this crap feature, but that is not my issue. I want the Madden team to work on FOOTBALL. Not worthless features, FOOTBALL. All the "new features" mean nothing when the FOOTBALL part is BROKEN.

**tril** · 05-22-2008, 03:45 AM

maybe Madden should just implement an Arcade mode for the casual gamer.

**Rawdeal28** · 05-22-2008, 07:20 AM

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this is how u know people just like to complain for the hell of it. turn it off and go about ur business.

THE END!

**Sandman42** · 05-22-2008, 07:28 AM

Re: Reasons to Hate the Madden Mulligan Feature

I swear some of you people don't even read the article before responding. Yes, we can turn the feature off, but Wil brings up a very good point.

My next problem with the new Rewind system is pure speculation, even though I believe it is rooted in solid logic.

Seeing as how Madden 09 is including an easy do-over tool, it can be inferred that they have not corrected the dreadful shortcomings of Madden 08’s turnover system. While the turnover system did need a serious tweak going into last season, things went from one extreme to another. We went from having no turnovers to having six or seven per game. I have commented before that this problem seemed like short-cut to eliminating "money plays" and balancing gameplay between offense and defense, when the root of the issue rested in the defense’s AI and its ability to react to plays.

The Rewind feature in 09 could thus be a band-aid on top of a band-aid, on top of a bullet wound. The initial quick-fix was flawed, so we now see a new quick-fix for the original quick fix. Ugh, I’m giving myself a headache.

Long story short, the implications are that interceptions and fumbles could be equally as numerous this year as last year. Rather than fixing the real problem, EA now offers the consolation price of allowing in-game do-overs. I hate to say it, but it feels kind of like EA Sports is giving me the middle finger out the window while driving to the bank to cash my $60 check. Figuratively speaking of course.

**Trevytrev11** · 05-22-2008, 08:39 AM

As someone else said, obviously you can shut it off, but it's just continuing the trend of dumbing down sports games that is irritating in general. Sometimes these features can be shut off, sometimes they can't.

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