Madden NFL 13 CCM Will Not Allow You to Play Other Games on the Schedule, Only Yours

[Herky]

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Well, I don't know how close I am with this, but Josh worked on HC09 with Donny Moore. He came back to Madden 10 later in the process. There wasn't an upgrade with offline franchise in Madden 11. Madden 12, there were some features added to franchise mode, while him and his staff were in the process of developing CC while 12 was being manufactured. He said he's been thinking of CC for the last 4 yrs and it was approved a few years ago.

That could be it, but I'm not privy to any of the above, just speculation.

I think that 10 was supposed to be the revamp but never happened. Maybe that was just because the Head Coach guys were coming on board but I do remember that franchise was supposed to be improved then and wasn't.

Head Coach 09 was pretty darn fun and it's clear that the ideas from that series were never intended to make it into Madden. They had a great base set for a solid franchise in Madden too which saddens me.

I still was hoping Create A Stadium was coming back in franchise, and that's from the PS2/Xbox days.

[GiantBlue76]

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What I don't get is why didn't they do this a long time ago?

Why not just have ONE franchise and a toggle/menu for if you want to take it online or not long before now? Why hasn't online franchise just be a mirror image of offline - just...online? Why didn't they work on a revamp before now? Why wasn't M10 the revamp? Or M09, or whichever was the first one for the PS3?

I don't know - it just like a lot of things don't make sense.

Oh KB my friend... If you only knew... You are asking the million dollar question. I remember coming on here when madden 10 was coming out saying that was how they should build it. People were calling me crazy around that time. Ah, the memories...

I agree with you though. Had they done a lot of things differently long ago, Madden would be a real quality game instead of what we have now. Madden 13 might turn out to be a decent game, but the football is still very screwed up and it has a ways to go. As long as they keep signing on the dotted line with the NFL, they can make us wait as long as they want.

[Big FN Deal]

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Oh KB my friend... If you only knew... You are asking the million dollar question. I remember coming on here when madden 10 was coming out saying that was how they should build it. People were calling me crazy around that time. Ah, the memories...

I agree with you though. Had they done a lot of things differently long ago, Madden would be a real quality game instead of what we have now. Madden 13 might turn out to be a decent game, but the football is still very screwed up and it has a ways to go. As long as they keep signing on the dotted line with the NFL, they can make us wait as long as they want.

I just thought about how I am going to need you and Illy, maybe others, to get the game so you guys can at least team manage the Giants and Lions from the web in my CCM. lol

You don't have to deal with the game play to do that but we can all still be in a CCM together that way.

[themassacre771.1]

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Kevin Durant is just scary
edit: oops wrong thread.

[TreFacTor]

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Oh KB my friend... If you only knew... You are asking the million dollar question. I remember coming on here when madden 10 was coming out saying that was how they should build it. People were calling me crazy around that time. Ah, the memories...

I agree with you though. Had they done a lot of things differently long ago, Madden would be a real quality game instead of what we have now. Madden 13 might turn out to be a decent game, but the football is still very screwed up and it has a ways to go. As long as they keep signing on the dotted line with the NFL, they can make us wait as long as they want.

My idea was that every mode have the ability to play against a human option.

Playing Superstar and want to play that weeks game vs a human, select play game vs human and it searches for a match

Playing franchise and your playing against the Browns that week (no one online plays with them, but there sure are people that will be building them up offline) select play vs human and the game would search for a match.

This was back in Madden 10 when offline didn't get upgraded like promised. There wouldn't have been a need to remove the features they have.

[Big FN Deal]

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My idea was that every mode have the ability to play against a human option.

Playing Superstar and want to play that weeks game vs a human, select play game vs human and it searches for a match

Playing franchise and your playing against the Browns that week (no one online plays with them, but there sure are people that will be building them up offline) select play vs human and the game would search for a match.

This was back in Madden 10 when offline didn't get upgraded like promised.

That's what Live Opponent was in Madden 07, which I keep ranting about. lol.

[TreFacTor]

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That's what Live Opponent was in Madden 07, which I keep ranting about. lol.

Saved me time loading all the old ones up to see which it was and what the feature was called

[LionsFanNJ]

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Oh, 2k12 didn't include an important online feature from 2k11 and people were up in arms about that.

I thought it was called The Crib, but I could be wrong on the name of it.

2k12 removed the My Crew mode out of My Player. It was explained in detail why it was removed though.

[RealmK]

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All that is fine......But that's how YOU play.

Some people like to play as their own team. And others like to play as a full NFL experience, not really caring for one particular team.

And if you spend 60 bucks you should have that choice.

I can understand other users having different preferences, truly I do. But the things you guys are wanting, pretty much defeat the purpose of the mode. Taking one team through a franchise.

The total 32 team control deal is more akin to text based types of sports sims more often than not.

Though if the cpu AI is boneheaded with trades and resignings, I could see where that could be a problem.

[roadman]

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2k12 removed the My Crew mode out of My Player. It was explained in detail why it was removed though.

Your right, that was what it was called.

It might have been explained, but that didn't stop the firestorm.

[SkinsBoYee]

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Offline Gamer here that plays various games on the schedule, controlling all the moves for all 32 teams and well, after all the joy of hearing the improvements to gameplay, the monopoly pulls out all the great things that I enjoyed from their franchise for the past few years when game play was mediocre at best.

What I don't get is that EA had NFL HEAD COACH. This is basically what connected careers is all about now...is it not? Is it not NFL HEAD COACH with the ability to actual play the game now? Isn't that all it is????

Not being able to play the game in the fashion I have been able to for the past 10 years even with the new shiny upgrades, equals a NO BUY for me as well. You can not sell us the 2013 version of a car that we love after taking off the wheels, steering wheel, seats and radio and call it the same car! AM I TAKING CRAZY PILLS!!!!

[AiDub]

I can't believe you just said the bolded above. I can't believe it lol!!!!

Going by you're theory, Why in the hell would you recode something and excluded 3 major features that fans have been using since the Sega genesis,Super nintendo, playstation,gamecube,xbox,playstation 2, and xbox days? "Things" aren't going to make the cut? Those "things" you say are the main reason some of the Madden fans purchase the game each and every year regardless if the gameplay is tight or trash. Basically you are saying you're satisfied with them adding twitter feeds over editing players,equipment, and playing other games?

Thanks for the laugh.

No thank you for the laugh. You stated "some" of the fans enjoy those features. Regardless of how you feel about those features, EA's priorities are to the mass audience. This isn't a game pitched to a niche audience of hardcore fans (as sad as that is) rather for everyone. There are going to be alot of people out there who just don't care about these minor (Yes I said minor because lets be honest, it's just spilled milk) reductions in 13. EA is comfortable releasing this game as is because 1.) they know it will sell like hot cakes due to the upgrades and additions they did add, and 2.) they now have a solid foundation to improve upon for next years game. Here's my point. When dealing with a new engine that is built in a year, there is ALOT of work that goes into tweaking it to make it remotely releasable. That can take months to do. Features that can't get worked out in time get cut. I guarantee the reason you can't edit rosters and equipment has to do with aligning those changes among all other users in your CCM. But wait... I'm sure that just works perfectly through the use of EA magic huh? (Thats sarcasm if you couldn't tell) It's time to stop setting your expectations so high and be realists... After all... It is another EA game...

[gamerk2]

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I fail to see the problem? If you are playing as a COACH, why should you have control of the other teams?

[MoeIsBetter]

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The only thing worrying me is not being able to edit rookies as they come into the league, numbers being my major concern. I'm really hoping the implement a way to change their numbers, be it when you sign them you place a number on them or a way to edit them. Just praying now...

[wheelman990]

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No thank you for the laugh. You stated "some" of the fans enjoy those features. Regardless of how you feel about those features, EA's priorities are to the mass audience. This isn't a game pitched to a niche audience of hardcore fans (as sad as that is) rather for everyone. There are going to be alot of people out there who just don't care about these minor (Yes I said minor because lets be honest, it's just spilled milk) reductions in 13. EA is comfortable releasing this game as is because 1.) they know it will sell like hot cakes due to the upgrades and additions they did add, and 2.) they now have a solid foundation to improve upon for next years game. Here's my point. When dealing with a new engine that is built in a year, there is ALOT of work that goes into tweaking it to make it remotely releasable. That can take months to do. Features that can't get worked out in time get cut. I guarantee the reason you can't edit rosters and equipment has to do with aligning those changes among all other users in your CCM. But wait... I'm sure that just works perfectly through the use of EA magic huh? (Thats sarcasm if you couldn't tell) It's time to stop setting your expectations so high and be realists... After all... It is another EA game...

Casual players most certainly care about the missing features, are you kidding me? Player editing is huge for casual players. Not for accurate sim results, but to play around with their favorite players.