Madden NFL 10: Franchise Mode Preview

[bigsmallwood]

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So after reading this very nice write up and seeing the countless videos and commentary on M10, I guess it is safe to say that Ian did not reach his goal of destroying the notion that the other game, *cough, sneeze*2...K....5....* is still leaps and bounds ahead of Madden almost 5years later.....

I will buy this game (this Friday hopefully) and give it a run to see if I have yet again spent $60 that could have gone to another game....

If you are going to beat the best, you have to at least match what they have done, better it and surpass it!

Congratulations on the best Madden football game ever created

[PYA-MUSTANG86]

I have a couple concerns. It seems like the same ol stat engine is being used. Where too few QB's throw for 3,000 yards, and not enough RB's get high TD stats. What is up with that? Everything else looks ok though. Except I didn't see any .5 sacks listed. Also how is pass rushing in franchise? Is one of the sliders you can tune a pass rush slider? Cause it's virtually impossible to get a sack on the demo especially on All Madden. Just for the hell of it I played on rookie and only had 2 sacks, even though their QB went like 3-16 with 4 picks. Seems like whenever you hit the QB he always seems to get the ball off, most of which should be intentional grounding. Also how did my Packers do? Just curious.

[PYA-MUSTANG86]

Oh and I almost forgot. Only 9 season ending injuries? That seems kind of low. Considering at least every team in the NFL has at least 1 season ending injury per season. So that list was just of the notable players, right?

[PYA-MUSTANG86]

"Franchise mode sounds good this year, but the one thing I'm disappointed about is that you can't edit ratings in franchise mode. I was really hoping they would put it in this year."

I could have swarn Ian said you could edit a players rating in franchise mode. Steve I think you better check again, and again, and again, and again, till you break your X button (A 360). Well if you can't then I guess Ian is a big fat Liar who is going to grow sores on his tongue. How could you Ian?

Well no worries, I usually go in and change em up before franchise anyways. By making Aaron Rodgers, and Greg Jennings a 99 OVR, where they should have been, as well as my yearly ritual of distoying the Patriots, and Cowboys (AKA Brokebacks), by making sure that there is not one player on either team that is rated higher then a 60 OVR. I did that with the Lions last year . Seriously, how was I to know i wouldn't actually have to tamper with their roster for them to go 0-16?

[TheGame8544]

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"Franchise mode sounds good this year, but the one thing I'm disappointed about is that you can't edit ratings in franchise mode. I was really hoping they would put it in this year."

I could have swarn Ian said you could edit a players rating in franchise mode. Steve I think you better check again, and again, and again, and again, till you break your X button (A 360). Well if you can't then I guess Ian is a big fat Liar who is going to grow sores on his tongue. How could you Ian?

Well no worries, I usually go in and change em up before franchise anyways. By making Aaron Rodgers, and Greg Jennings a 99 OVR, where they should have been, as well as my yearly ritual of distoying the Patriots, and Cowboys (AKA Brokebacks), by making sure that there is not one player on either team that is rated higher then a 60 OVR. I did that with the Lions last year . Seriously, how was I to know i wouldn't actually have to tamper with their roster for them to go 0-16?

I'm happy you posted this because it demonstrates exactly what people that don't want you to be able to edit ratings in franchise whine about. They don't want you to be able to raise Jennings and Rodgers or whoever as you see fit during your franchise. But you know what I want to know. Why do they care? Why does it matter if you want to screw with the ratings of players? You could do it in the roster file before you start the franchise. So why not let you do it during your franchise? This is BS.

I really freakin hate EA. I don't want to do what the guy I quoted above did. All I want is to be able to edit rookie ratings and appearances. Is that too much to ask? Customization is what people want. When a company can make something customizable it increases said products value because they can give more people what they want. All EA has done is take away customization options. Did I mention I really freakin hate EA and their exclusive rights to the NFL?

[jeetaa6]

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Steve, when you look at your league Transactions for the year in Franchise, are there any CPU to CPU trades?? Been waiting for this for years.

Thanks.

[TurboTitan]

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Not being able to edit appearance in-franchise sucks. You can do ALL of this in NCAA.....why not Madden?

[Deegeezy]

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Steve, when you look at your league Transactions for the year in Franchise, are there any CPU to CPU trades?? Been waiting for this for years.

Thanks.

If they are in, I hope they aren't overdone. If they are, I'd rather they'd be no CPU trades than having the Vikings trade Adrian Peterson for Tom Brady.

[HolyCrap]

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those tackle stats are outrageous

[PacMan3000]

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Bill Abner just posted a write-up comparing stats from after his first season to real life NFL stats. Looks pretty realistic to me:

http://nutweasel.blogspot.com/

[JAYMO76]

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I'm happy you posted this because it demonstrates exactly what people that don't want you to be able to edit ratings in franchise whine about. They don't want you to be able to raise Jennings and Rodgers or whoever as you see fit during your franchise. But you know what I want to know. Why do they care? Why does it matter if you want to screw with the ratings of players? You could do it in the roster file before you start the franchise. So why not let you do it during your franchise? This is BS.

I really freakin hate EA. I don't want to do what the guy I quoted above did. All I want is to be able to edit rookie ratings and appearances. Is that too much to ask? Customization is what people want. When a company can make something customizable it increases said products value because they can give more people what they want. All EA has done is take away customization options. Did I mention I really freakin hate EA and their exclusive rights to the NFL?

Exactly!!!! We are paying money to buy a GAME. Let us play the GAME how we wish. I like to edit players that I don''t find realistic... and who does this harm? Why would anyone care if I edit my players during franchise? Pretty much every 2k sports game allows the user to do this. For the people worried about online... make it that you can't edit online... I could care less as all I play is offline franchise. Bring back game customization

[Deegeezy]

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those tackle stats are outrageous

They're not THAT bad.

[HolyCrap]

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They're not THAT bad.

<table class="data-table1" summary="This table summarizes the NFL Tackles Leaders." border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="tbdy-sorted" id="r1c2_1" onmouseover="nfl.ui.behaviors.thumbs.tabs.player.m ouseOver(this, 'r1c2', theImages4[0]);"><td class="tbdy-sorted headshot-container" rowspan="5">
</td> <td scope="row">
1. D'Qwell Jackson <input name="theImages4" value="http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/image/getty/headshot/J/A/C/JAC137677.jpg" type="hidden"> </td> <td>
CLE</td> <td align="right">
154</td> </tr> <tr class="tbdy1" id="r1c2_2" onmouseover="nfl.ui.behaviors.thumbs.tabs.player.m ouseOver(this, 'r1c2', theImages4[1]);"> <td scope="row"> 2. Patrick Willis <input name="theImages4" value="http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/image/getty/headshot/W/I/L/WIL618736.jpg" type="hidden"> </td> <td>SF</td> <td align="right">141</td> </tr> <tr class="tbdy1" id="r1c2_3" onmouseover="nfl.ui.behaviors.thumbs.tabs.player.m ouseOver(this, 'r1c2', theImages4[2]);"> <td scope="row"> 3. Jon Beason <input name="theImages4" value="http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/image/getty/headshot/B/E/A/BEA530518.jpg" type="hidden"> </td> <td>CAR</td> <td align="right">138</td> </tr> <tr class="tbdy1" id="r1c2_4" onmouseover="nfl.ui.behaviors.thumbs.tabs.player.m ouseOver(this, 'r1c2', theImages4[3]);"> <td scope="row"> 4. Barrett Ruud <input name="theImages4" value="http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/image/getty/headshot/R/U/U/RUU402541.jpg" type="hidden"> </td> <td>TB</td> <td align="right">137</td> </tr> <tr class="tbdy1" id="r1c2_5" onmouseover="nfl.ui.behaviors.thumbs.tabs.player.m ouseOver(this, 'r1c2', theImages4[4]);"> <td scope="row"> 5. Kirk Morrison <input name="theImages4" value="http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/image/getty/headshot/M/O/R/MOR611612.jpg" type="hidden"> </td> <td>OAK</td> <td align="right">135</td></tr></tbody></table>
Real Life ^^^^^

Madden:

Tackles
B. Ruud (TB) - 179
D. Jackson (CLE) - 167
C. Lofton (ATL) - 156
D. Smith (JAX) - 154
L. Foote (DET) - 152

[ACardAttack]

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Do these Madden stats also take into account playoff games?

[JMD]

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Can the league schedules/divisions can be edited by the commish in online franchise?

Thanks