Making the Most out of Madden NFL 12's Muddled Franchise Menus

[raguel]

Re: Making the Most out of Madden NFL 12's Muddled Franchise Menus

The menu's don't bother me in the slightest. I actually think the little menu that expands into several bigger menu's is pretty cool.

What bothers me is how they break down the ratings in this game. I hate scouting a rookie/NFL prospect, for example, and having to scroll and scroll and scroll and scroll all the way to the right to find out his PASS BLOCK rating. Or his injury rating.

I can't stand how when I want the tackle or power ratings for an LB prospect, I have to pass junk like his KAC or CARRYING ratings. They're so not relevant, and would save time if the rating categories were broken down into what mattered for a player's given position, rather than some random free-for-all.

And if they could put that information in a nice, easily packaged place, that'd be even better.

I have to agree with this. Even if they keep these ratings, they should at least be kept in some sort of logical order.

Menus also seem to be a bit slower. Problems accessing the database I suppose.

[JerseySuave4]

2k's right-stick crap is way worse than this.

are you kidding me? NBA 2k12 has the best menu in a game. Right from the main menu you have all of your stuff set to jump right in. 1 button can load up your association, or your My Player or a quick game or the legends feature all just with a 1 button push. Then if you want the full menu you flick the right stick and there it is. And the menus are fast and easy to scroll through. Plus the layout isn't boring like Madden & NCAA Football. I wish EA had a menu like 2k12 for their football games.

Since i don't really play Madden i don't know about their menus as much but i know NCAA Football's menus are sooooo slow to navigate through. You notice the menus when its as bad as NCAA Football's is.

[JerseySuave4]

The funny thing is, NCAA Football 12's Dynasty menu and layout are IMO perfect! Why can't EA just copy that over to Madden for next year? I pray that they do. That, and make Free Agency a lot like NCAA 12's recruitment, and the game would be amazing!

OH, and leave UDFA's out, if you're not gonna put in the time to actually make sure that it works and is useful. The most troublesome and worthless "major" gameplay addition in gaming history.

/rant

i disagree, NCAA's menus are the worst. The layout would be ok if things moved quick but they are so slow navigating through the menus especially in a dynasty. Plus they're really boring and the menu music is awful.

[knighthawksfan]

People really complain that much about the menu in this game? Wow. People will find any reason they can to complain about a game I guess. I would say there are thousands of things more important in my life than the menu of a video game.

I agree with you on that

[C the Lyte]

Re: Making the Most out of Madden NFL 12's Muddled Franchise Menus

are you kidding me? NBA 2k12 has the best menu in a game. Right from the main menu you have all of your stuff set to jump right in. 1 button can load up your association, or your My Player or a quick game or the legends feature all just with a 1 button push. Then if you want the full menu you flick the right stick and there it is. And the menus are fast and easy to scroll through. Plus the layout isn't boring like Madden & NCAA Football. I wish EA had a menu like 2k12 for their football games.

Since i don't really play Madden i don't know about their menus as much but i know NCAA Football's menus are sooooo slow to navigate through. You notice the menus when its as bad as NCAA Football's is.

Alright maybe "way" is a bit overstating. However, the Y or Triangle button is used menu wise in other games to some degree. The right stick method in 2k, is not (at least not to my knowledge). As for the "best in a game", I believe that is a bit of an overstatement as well. Very awkward.

Bottom line, EA AND 2K should change this going forward.

[RedZoneD25]

Re: Making the Most out of Madden NFL 12's Muddled Franchise Menus

I don't see the big deal. It's the same as last year with one extra button push.

[JerseySuave4]

Alright maybe "way" is a bit overstating. However, the Y or Triangle button is used menu wise in other games to some degree. The right stick method in 2k, is not (at least not to my knowledge). As for the "best in a game", I believe that is a bit of an overstatement as well. Very awkward.

Bottom line, EA AND 2K should change this going forward.

i still think that 2k12's menu is the best. The fact that i can load up my association right from the main menu without having to go to a load/save feature is great.

[C the Lyte]

That isn't what this article is about though. Franchise can be accessed the same way with Madden (Resume Franchise). This is about the in-franchise menu. I can see now though that we will just have to agree to disagree. I don't want to take this any further OT, and I'm sure others would appreciate it.

[Dazraz]

Madden menu system is bad. No doubt about it. As this blog suggests, there are ways to make it more bearable. Still doesn't excuse how the hell EA came up with such a navigation method.
For instance sign a Free Agent in NBA 2K & you are instantly asked if you want to go straight to your line up page to make adjustments. In Madden you have to navigate back through the menus to go to your depth chart.

[gamecockfan40]

It don't bother me what button you use to get to everything, What bother me the most is...All the Junk in the Menu that we don't use or need....I wish EA would one time....Get the Offline Franchise Gamers some Love....Just One year is all i ask for EA?????.....Give our franchise the time you give the Online, & maybe just maybe we would have a Franchise mode worth playing......

[gamecockfan40]

EA??? let 2k buy ya'll...and then we would have a great football game...EA can't buy 2k or our sports games would be dead forever...Thats a FACT.............I know hopeful dreaming cause 2k don't have the money to touch EA....or do they??? never know

[macbranson]

Re: Making the Most out of Madden NFL 12's Muddled Franchise Menus

To Pacman3000, I feel the same way. But if you go to player info (L3 button after highlighting player on PS3) and go to Contract/Skills, they actually show the important ratings for that player's position. I recently discovered this and thought you should know about it.

As far as menus go, yes they do suck. They are not user friendly at all. I shouldn't have to press a button to bring up the menu screen, it should already be incorporated into the screen. Then some of the menus are redundant. I can go to Free Agents under Player Management instead of going to the Free Agent menu (And why do contracts work differently in each Free Agent menu?). And the whole having to hold R2 or L2 while moving through things is pretty annoying. Then there are the menus that are just going to get skipped, anyway. Like News and The Details. Most of the stuff in those menus should be buried somewhere else because I never use them. And what ever happened to team matchups? I would like to see a matchup screen where I can see how well my next opponent is rated and their key players/ injuries.

As was stated by someone else, the menus are bad, but they are really the least of the many problems plaguing Franchise Mode in this year's game.

[ravensafcchamps12]

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