Madden NFL 16 Connected Franchise Details Revealed

[NewNapkin]

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I still cannot stand the XP-based progression system, including the weekly goals and such getting you extra.

Otherwise, there are some nice changes. As long things are balanced, I might actually pick the game up this year.

[ggsimmonds]

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Looks like I am done with Madden.

Formation subs and custom draft classes were on my necessary improvements list and if those are not in the game I will not be buying Madden.

Not a fan of the improvements they did add either.

After nearly 20 years of being a Madden gamer it is time to bow out. If they cannot get simple requests that the community has been asking for for years into the game why should they get my money?

Normally people say something like how they hope you guys enjoy the game, I'm not going to say that. I hope Madden crashes and burns because I think that is the only way things will actually change.

You may still see me on the board for a bit. I'll check back for updates out of the hope that EA surprises me.

[Big FN Deal]

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Ok, I didn't realize that was such an issue with online games and that's not the only thing about the blog I found disappointing (pretty much the whole thing). And again, it caters to the online crowd. I just wish we could get a working replication of what we see on Sundays. Once that's down, then worry about online stuff. As it is now, Madden is soooo far from being a realistic simulation of the sport.

Thing is though, this whole online vs offline shouldn't even exist, I get why you feel that way but if done differently, all "online" would be is another option or capability. There is nothing that could be added to a so called "offline" mode, that wouldn't be good for "online". Granted online capabilities come with unique challenges that playing offline doesn't but that should be dealt with within the option itself, not have anything to do with the core game, which should be the same.

[howboutdat]

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I get your point too but it's that practice of bandaids over fixes which have us on the slippery slope we are now with Madden. I know we can't change EA Tiburon's mind about jack but it would be far better if knowing combine data didn't equal knowing the best players than just continuing to hide combine data. At least making the combine data available is realistic, Madden being a video game has nothing to do with realism needing to be overlooked in this area, it's just, like with many things in Madden, the way they focus on emphasizing its' a video game, that's the issue.

well , i guess at the end of the day, when i said "its still a video game" , i mean by this: If giving the combine numbers didnt equal knowing the best players , as you said, then id be fine with it. Because it is something that happens in real life as far as every team seeing players combine numbers. However, to me the issue seems to be , we will easily be able to tell the better players , after about 2 seasons in , once we see how it works and people start making a new cheat sheet. It will be out there , im sure of it. Thats the real issue to me, it will be taking out some of the mystery compared to what we had this year.

On top of the combine numbers , they going to have a "true draft value" .... also helping you pick out the late rounders projected who are much better & between that and combine numbers, after round 2 , we will be having drafts that will remind us of the cheat sheet days . I just dont like it.

[MajorSupreme]

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I'm not sure you quite understand the importance of sim a win.

I do not play in online leagues but I know a huge pain point was games getting disconnected late forcing the players to reschedule, play again or randomly sim it.

It will be perfect for a scenario where one team is up 21 with 3 minutes left and the connection disconnects. Rather than those two players having to play again and hold up the league, the commissioner is able to sim the game giving the team that was up 21 a win.

Not sure why that would be something we would complain about?

I am currently a league owner (Any Given Sunday) and this is a well-welcomed addition. We have had multiple reasons for disconnects, rage quits from unruly users, etc. and this is a great solution.

[bigboyc]

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Looks like I am done with Madden.

Formation subs and custom draft classes were on my necessary improvements list and if those are not in the game I will not be buying Madden.

Not a fan of the improvements they did add either.

After nearly 20 years of being a Madden gamer it is time to bow out. If they cannot get simple requests that the community has been asking for for years into the game why should they get my money?

Normally people say something like how they hope you guys enjoy the game, I'm not going to say that. I hope Madden crashes and burns because I think that is the only way things will actually change.

You may still see me on the board for a bit. I'll check back for updates out of the hope that EA surprises me.

Custom draft classes will never be in the game.........because of the NCAA lawsuit...most likely. Formation subs will probably come back........dont know about this year. These things don't make the game....sorry. Bye.

[4thQtrStre5S]

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I do not see an issue with the draft and scouting; the draft is a mystery and the ranking of who is projected to go in any given round is exactly as what we see in the NFL draft...No one really knows if Tony Mandarich is going to be a bust or if Aaron Rodgers is going to make Green Bay forget about Brett Farve, who was an after thought in Atlanta..

I recall the same scouts for green bay stating that Rex Grossman was going to be the next great QB, but that didn't pan out..

[robertgriffin10]

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For some reason with the news coming out it feels like Madden 16 is going to replicate how Madden 25 was for next gen. They barely made any new additions to Madden 25 and with the underwhelming information coming out, looks like 16 is going to be basically the same as 15 except for a few interface changes

[4thQtrStre5S]

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For some reason with the news coming out it feels like Madden 16 is going to replicate how Madden 25 was for next gen. They barely made any new additions to Madden 25 and with the underwhelming information coming out, looks like 16 is going to be basically the same as 15 except for a few interface changes

Maybe, but who knows yet what Game play will be like in M16..

[crf2012]

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i believe your missing my point. the new cheat sheet will tell a close approximate range of the attribute number that correlates with the combine drill and their score on that particular drill. like ball carrier vision isnt going to effect a hbs speed . His combine drill numbers will. Once they do enough testing , there will be sheets so people can just figure out about what each attribute will be , for the ones that correlate with combine drills that is.

and that will be extremely realistic, everyone knew that Byron Jones was a physical monster after the combine they didnt have to watch a single game of his to learn that

[michaelhalljr]

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No formation subs!! No editing draft classes!! So fricken irritated right now!!

[mjavon]

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Hopefully the tweaks to the draft classes will mean I don't have to hear the same story about some collegiate offensive lineman who enters the draft as an offensive lineman EVERY year. And that there won't be do many elite QB's in the Russell Wilson/Johnny Manziel short-and-fast mold. And players won't have giant shoulder pads. And every black player won't have dreads. And the frequency of uncommon first names drops off significantly. It's cool to include some uncommon names - but there are WAY too many players named "Dundrecious" or "T'varius", etc. (Also I'm pretty sure "Joe" is not a last name). Those were all problems with last year's classes. (Or they could add editabls draft classes and we could fix it for them).

[oneamongthefence]

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As long as sim stats are good, progression/regression, and franchises the cpu makes semi logical moves I'll be happy. It sounds like they just really wanted to fix what was already there. One other little thing I hope they fixed was quick sim within games. No more qbs throwing for 600 yards off of 70 attempts.

[DeuceDouglas]

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One thing I noticed is that there isn't any mention of storylines at all. I wonder if they just completely got rid of them. In the one Week 3 screenshot there isn't any news or twitter feed so it seems like they may have completely abandoned that which I don't think is a bad thing.

Man, I wish they would just get rid of the goals. I could live with the XP but I really don't like the goals at all. I'd rather see the majority of XP earned in off-season activities (OTA's, Training Camp, Pre-season) and then have confidence the main thing when it comes to regular season. And if they added that ticker at the bottom and have it only capable of displaying goals and not other games around the league I'm going to be really disappointed.

The new depth chart looks nice but that's about it. It doesn't look like it really functions any differently than before outside of maybe a few minor changes (WR3, possibly nickle back). I saw someone talk about how they wonder if 3rd down back is gone because it wasn't on the offense but it's likely that it's in with the specialist section as it was always at the very end of the depth chart after KR, PR, etc.

The player cards look really nice but hearing that there haven't been any changes to free agency or contracts make me really worried that you still won't be able to look at the player card of guys you're trying to sign and will again be essentially blind to the player you're getting outside of his overall.

Scouting. I don't know. I was a fan of the old scouting system and wish they had just left it alone and added the combine stuff they showed so you didn't have to scout those attributes. They didn't go too much into it but it said that by scouting you get their top three attributes but hopefully the process is still the same where you get letter grades first and numerical attributes second.

The third step worries me and sounds like something I won't want to use. To me, it just sounds like a tell all where it will basically tell you he's a high rated player even though he's a sixth round projection and you can take him in the fourth round when the CPU would never take him until the sixth. Seems like something strictly for online drafts with the whole "Will you take a projected fifth-round pick with second-round skills in round two, or wait until later hoping that others don’t realize his potential?". That entire question seems kind of ridiculous.

The combine stuff looks good and I just hope it really correlates to the actual data. I don't want to see a WR that ran a 4.5 at the combine coming in with 99 SPD when another guy that ran a 4.3 gets 85.

Can't really see it but the draft board and interface looks a bit better. I like it telling you immediately how a draft pick was and what he's rated rather than waiting until after the draft.

Still really disappointed with what's not in. No mention of coaches, personnel stuff, or injuries. Overall, if they made 32-team control much faster and easier I don't see why I won't have just as much fun as I did before. Still wishing there was a lot more but it is what it is.

[robertgriffin10]

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This screenshot really scared me. If you take a deep look at it. The Seahawks are 2-0 and Russell Wilson's confidence is only at a 54.??? Anyone else see something wrong with this. No successful team in the nfl gets anywhere with a quarterback with average confidence.