Madden NFL 11 Blog: E3 Feature Announcement and Career Modes Update

[splff3000]

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Good point, although I think everyone is still optimistic about getting an agreement in place. I think the deadline is March 2011 which would still give the devs enough time to tweak salary caps, a rookie cap, etc.

Yeah, but they said it takes more than a year to get it right so if the deal isn't done until say february, that only leaves a few months to get it in. That's why I said they should say it's for Madden 2013. If it truly does take over a year to implement, there is no way it could be done in time for next year, especially if they don't come to an agreement until later on.

[they call me kevin]

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Sure is nice to know they once again spent their time putting in stupid stuff like Gameflow and that Gameplan thing that will just end up being taken out next year when everyone ends up hating the hell out of them like they do every year instead of fixing the stuff people actually want.

[Netherscourge]

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I may have to amend my earlier comments about giving props to EA for being honest. After further thought, I don't think their motive is as pure as they would have us believe.

Think about it, it's actually a pretty smart move on their part. They know it's a big deal to the gaming community at large, and they know they'd get absolutely fried at E3 when it came out. So what do they do?

They admit it up front and take the heat now so that once E3 finally does arrive, they steer the conversation towards their marketing/talking points that THEY want to focus on, instead of franchise. Cause hey, "we've already made an announcement about that", right?

Pretty clever.

I don't think we need to create an ideas list for Phil though. Good grief, people have been creating these lists for years now.

So what are they going to do at E3? Show off Madden 12 features and cover up the "2" on the end of the game title? LOL

[radatdude2]

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online franchise usage was among the lowest for any of our gameplay modes. Humm maybe one of the reasons for that was because there was a charge to use it. I just Hope Gameplay is great not good but great that will over shadow many other short comings.

[PolkHigh33]

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It's not "maybe next year" anymore. It's "maybe the year after next" now lol

Wait a minute, aren't they announcing some new online mode tonight on spike TV. So, let me get this straight, they have enough time and resources to create a new mode, but they don't have enough time to work on franchise? WTF?

Excellent point ..

Problem everything is now 'Online' .. online has added to gaming, but has taken so much more from it, then it has given back ..

Screw online ..

[cowboykmoney]

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Bring on the vids baby Im waiting and yes both NCAA and MADDEN has been already paid in full so Im playing the hell out of both of thes games and have fun doing it. So I hope everybody can do the same and have some fun, Because no matter what we all still have to wait for MADDEN 12

[jethrobag]

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Doesn't matter if there's a player lock-out in 2011.

EA has a contract with the NFL to make a Madden game every year, no matter how crappy it is.

It's not contingent on anything the NFLPA does with the CBA.

In fact, the NFL would push for the game to keep coming out to keep interest in the game alive minus an actual NFL season.

No, it's got nothing to do with them making the game on an annual basis, what I was talking about was within the franchise mode. If they have no agreement on a salary cap, franchise tags, the draft, a rookie cap, then the devs would be guessing on how all the offseason stuff in franchise mode would work.

[tyler289]

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Man, this is really disappointing news, especially considering the early videos of Madden 11 have not looked any better than Madden 10. I'll keep my eye on the news with the game but right now I'm a no-buy, especially if they didn't even fix the major issues with franchise (like IR).

[jethrobag]

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Yeah, but they said it takes more than a year to get it right so if the deal isn't done until say february, that only leaves a few months to get it in. That's why I said they should say it's for Madden 2013. If it truly does take over a year to implement, there is no way it could be done in time for next year, especially if they don't come to an agreement until later on.

Yeah, I don't know how long it would take to implement a rookie salary cap for example, however, if they are going to re-write the franchise mode, they should start with the biggest undertakings first, like re-designing the draft, and randomizing the created rookies for example.

[TDKing]

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It's not "maybe next year" anymore. It's "maybe the year after next" now lol

Wait a minute, aren't they announcing some new online mode tonight on spike TV. So, let me get this straight, they have enough time and resources to create a new mode, but they don't have enough time to work on franchise? WTF?

Its probably some lame azz co-op crap that like 5 people asked for.. it will flop!!! I said it before and I'll say it again CoOp won't work in a football game... Epic Fail!

[FootballDetails]

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Well, at least the first Madden 12 blog is out.

[SteelerSpartan]

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I can see why EA doesn't want to send out review copies


The major gaming sites won't be able to pick up on some of these "Improvements"(still need to see if they actually work well) to gameplay....They're all about modes and fancy fluff IMO


So it will be imperative for them to focus in on the things they did improve otherwise they're likely to get some more mediocre scores

[Flamehead]

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So what are they going to do at E3? Show off Madden 12 features and cover up the "2" on the end of the game title? LOL

LOL, yep, pretty much.

Somewhere David Ortiz is smiling.

[elsid13]

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The guys at EA might be good coders, but they suck when comes to program management and overseeing a not so complex project. With the resources they can have at their disposals they could have multiply teams working on fixing the issues, instead they seem to be wasting resources on side projects that don't add any value to the core product. What makes it worse is that they proved they had the ability to get franchise logic right with things like Head Coach.

So once again we will have 3/4 teams signing 240 pound DEs, CPU controlled teams dropping highly drafted 2nd year players to add FA for a injured 3rd string linebacker and drafting of fullbacks in the first round.

[sniperhare]

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This is why Madden should be done semi-annually so they can work on features over two years and release a DLC to test out new features.

Then again the devs should have been fired after Madden 07, but isn't it realistic to what happens in the NFL that GM's stay for 2-3 years longer after fans know they are garbage is repeated for game companies.