Madden's Defensive Issues

[RandyBass]

Re: Madden's Defensive Issues

Can we please finally get Strong side and Weak side lbs? I like to run a 4-3 so this is really important to me since the sam and will do different things in terms of assignment and responsibilities.

There's a ton of little things like this that nag on the game strategy wise. My latest pet peeve: no way to swap RBs on the fly, at the play call screen.

I know they got sub in/out, but you can't control that. They also got the 3rd down back, but not every team works that way. Most teams in the NFL run two or even three back systems, with very specific roles for each back. This isn't really reflected right in Madden.

Something as simple as personnel packages would help solve that, with the AI programmed to mix up the personnel to fit the situation. Then yes, a simple button press for the user, to swap out the RB to the 2nd or 3rd RB on the depth chart.

[RandyBass]

Re: Madden's Defensive Issues

^ And I don't see why it has to be an either/or. They can appeal to the mainstream, and still have a rich and deep game for those sim heads who like to dig deep into the strategy of football.

I never understood that argument, the "sim" versus the "casual" player. There is no versus here. Just make the default cater to the casual, with all the in depth stuff set to be simulated or automated, while still offering setting and strategy tweaks for the sim player. You can have it both ways in this situation.

They could even set it up so the pre-snap stuff I proposed was automated.

Basically just have two different settings for just about everything in the game: user controlled and AI controlled.

All this catering to the "casual" player, it's like cutting off your nose despite your face, and you run into problems like the ones brought up in the article by LBzrule. There is a better way.