- Hit Stick
is in the game
- Create a fan
was stupid
- Preseason Position Battles
are needed
- Owners Mode
was stupid
- Tony Bruno Radio Show
was alright, but got repetative and boring
- 1st round bust and late round gems.
are in the game and were not in last gen.
- Playmaker Controls before snap
are in the game, but not as many. I agree
- Storyline central
is needed
- local and national newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle and USA Today to detail all of the player gripes and highlights
My understanding they lost the license for these, but in Madden 07 or 08 on last gen they still had generic newspapers. We don't need licensed newspapers. We could use ESPN news "from around the league."
- Working Trade Block wasn't in last gen.
At least, not any different than today.
- player's interests in various aspects about your team, from talent and head coach to staff, stadium, fans, market, money, weather, mentoring, and team success
are in the game, but are set to off, just like player roles from Madden 07.
- you can relocate teams, change the uniform colors, build a new stadium, change the turf to natural grass
are still in the game as far as I know. Do you even play franchise mode?
- based on your team's prestige and what you do, not only on the field, but off the field in terms of acquisitions, trades, signings, and cuts, your players will actually be affected
I agree it would be nice, this is all a part of moral.
- your players will actually progress during the season.
I would like to see this as well, but I want to keep potential-based progression that we have, just adjusted for multiple in-season progression/re-evaluation points.
- ability to change player positions
is in the game, again, do you even play this game?
- A draft that works well
actually, it works better now that it ever has before... at some point I think the answer is no, you don't play this game.
- Also the players you pick actually affect the morale of the players already on your team.
I agree, would be nice to see this back, though it wasn't tuned too well. I traded Richard Seymroe to Oakland for Randy Moss in Madden 07 which is something they "kind of" ended up doing in real life over the next few real life years. The game had my team hate that I traded away Seymore, and NFL Icon Play Role and ignored that I added Moss a different NFL Icon.
The bold section is why I replied the way I did.
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It sounds more like you, as well as a ton of us, want to see the return of franchise features. Parts of the game that don't involve X's and O's. Storyline central, player roles, player moral, a pre-season that matters to a team, etc.