The Madden NFL 18 Hype Train is Ready to Begin...

[kjcheezhead]

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You have to be cautious with innovation when it comes to Madden. That could very well mean it will have features that have been in other sports games for years and usually its not done as well as it is in those other games. I have a feeling they are going to focus on a MyPlayer type mode before they get Franchise mode to where it needs to be.

I totally agree with the first half of your post but I hope they don't focus on my player in madden. It doesn't work well with the sport of football. No matter what position you choose, the player is only on the field half the game. If you choose wr you might get 8-10 targets tops. Basically qb is the only position where your involved on enough plays to make my player mode interesting.


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[Greenblood60]

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We'll see, but hope this is true. I feel that innovation is something this series greatly needs.

http://www.mobipicker.com/madden-nfl-18-going-innovative-madden-game-decade-says-ea/

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This ( assuming it comes to fruition ) is what the series needs. Madden has made strides, obviously, and it's not the same game, but we play it the same way.

I said before that I'd be happy with major innovation in the passing game, running game, or on defense, but if I'd had to choose one phase, it would the passing game. How long have we been pressing the X button to throw to the x receiver ? It has to be at least 20 years.

There's no skill involved in passing game. Any success the user has is due to his decision making. There's no stick skill involved like there is in the running game. I want to be able to go into practice mode--with only the offense on the field--and experience the satisfaction of connecting with the receiver on a deep route simply because it isn't a given that I'm going to hit the receiver. I want to watch games on Youtube and not just be impressed with a player's passing offense, but also his ability as a passer period. I want the frustration of missing out on a sure TD not because of a random dice roll that caused my QB to make a bad throw, but because I overthrew, or under-threw, the receiver.

[cthurt]

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That's just a generic picture. It does not depict the cover of madden by any means. Forget story mode , forget all the different modes. How about making a game that finally looks and plays like what's we see on Sunday. Update player models , lighting, player movement and AI. Realistic sidelines. Authentic introductions for every team. Ability to create and edit player equipment like NBA 2k. A true tv broadcast camera angle. A more dynamic passing game . Better half time presentation. More dynamic weather changes throughout the game. Not have every player for every position have the same stance and running motion.
Focus on the game first

This guy gets it!!

[SolidSquid]

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More Customization, on NBA 2k's level at least. Give me custom Stadiums, Teams, Draft Classes, League Expansion, realignment, plays, matchups. Custom, Custom, Custom.

No way EA/NFL allows customization on par with 2k. It's the same reason we no longer have NCAA games

[PlayerMode]

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If there's one thing I'd like to see removed in relation to having more "custom" stuff, it's the whole pre-made head templates for Be a Player mode. Allow us the freedom to choose what we look like. I don't want to be generic white/black skin shade 2/3/6 with head 1/4/7 etc. Let us make our created pro's have beards, or whatever.

[apollon42]

It sounds insignificant but I really hope they put in mouthpieces and shooter sleeves. I want the players to look exactly like their real life counterparts. It's something the other two sports games do but Madden always misses.

[Grey_Osprey]

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I'm hoping we get a robust career mode and vastly improved franchise mode (to include owners/GM mode) that rivals other games (ie The Show; NBA2K). I'd love to see missing features that were in previous games on older, less powerful systems added back in (see previous Madden's, NCAA, HC09). And the lack of customization has become a noticeable eye sore when compared to other games.

I'll probably still be hoping for this stuff come Madden 19 too. lol

[detroitlions12]

The biggest thing I hope they change is offensive and defensive line play. Specifically computer offensive and defensive line play. They should not play patty cake for 10 seconds each and every play. The defensive line needs to be able to get pressure without a human helping. On average the computer should have 4-5 seconds to throw on any given down and a max of 7. It's very frustrating that a J.J Watt computer can't beat a 75 overall tackle most of the time or at least get pressure a lot on his own without a human taking control of him.

Second biggest thing is QB accuracy for both human and computer. Humans and computers should not be able to throw 80-90% completion every game. Give us the option of error. For those that play in tournaments that need or want that give it to them but for the people that want real football give us an option of errant passing. Sliders sure haven't been the answers to the accuracy issue so we need something that actually works. I think the offensive and defensive line play would help with that because there would be more QB pressures leading to more inaccurate throws.

[Steelers4190]

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Yeah, because it's not like it has been batting 1000..........

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It literally hasn't

[PanthersFan89]

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Dynamic AI should not mean CPU catch up speed and other comeback ratings boosts. If a CPU defender is slower than a WR then he should not be able to keep up. Roll your coverage over the top to help the corner. Make adjustments to your defensive schemes. If you get a speed matchup you should be able to exploit it if the defense goes cover zero. See Sean Smith v Brandon Cooks last year.

What I am trying to *actually say is that you shouldn't be able to score 7passing tds and 4 rushing TDS on all-pro against the CPU every time* and every game should play different in order to keep us engaged

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[TMJOHNS18]

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If there's one thing I'd like to see removed in relation to having more "custom" stuff, it's the whole pre-made head templates for Be a Player mode. Allow us the freedom to choose what we look like. I don't want to be generic white/black skin shade 2/3/6 with head 1/4/7 etc. Let us make our created pro's have beards, or whatever.

Would love this. One thing I love about The Show is not only the facial editing ability, but the fact that all players can use in-game faces as player cards (the start fantasy draft but back out method, not sure if newest game still does it).

When Madden went from black silhouettes to generated faces for drafted players it was a nice change. But the lack of variety (or simply the same cut and pasted with slight changes) really makes it moot, especially now that we can edit the drafted players.

For anyone who's gone a few years into CFM mode knows the problem with the limited faces, too many twins around the league. Also, the ability to edit body proportions would be nice, as you are not only drafting twins into leagues, but also body doubles of same height and weight.


Another small thing I would like is CFM mode to give us ALL player information. Not just better stat tracking (which would be wonderful), but things already in-game that are missing. Home town. State. Dominant hand. etc. These are things I want added to each player card.

Hand especially when it comes to drafting a QB, heck, even if they could make it matter for non-QBs. Say, guys who don't cover the ball always carry in dominant hand.

EA uses ESPN features, why not incorporate their player cards?

Young player

http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3046779/jared-goff

Vet w/ scouting info (video, could just be scout feedback)

http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2330/tom-brady

Heck, if EA gave me that, and say player type/tangibles, I could do a CFM without every knowing a players true ratings.

[OhMrHanky]

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Hope you Madden guys have a better first year on Frostbite than FIFA did.

Really? I liked it. FIFA 17 is probably the most playable version. And, one of the subtleties I noticed was that the jerseys actually 'move'. This may sound trivial, but in terms of graphical quality and moving towards realistic graphics, this was actually huge to me. And, of course, u can't always tell that in full motion because of the zoom out of the default camera, but in replays, this impressed me. The more they can tidy up graphics like this on 'clothes' (jerseys, mostly), the better the game will look overall. The animations were solid in FIFA 17, as well.


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[RandallB21]

No way EA/NFL allows customization on par with 2k. It's the same reason we no longer have NCAA games

EA didn't get sued over community rosters. When the people create and share rosters that aren't making a profit, there's nothing you can really do about it. EA got sued because they were using and admitted to using unlicensed player likenesses in base rosters of NCAA Football/Basketball and Madden. 2K can get away with this because the rosters that are created and shared by the community have nothing to do with 2K as a company. They are not the ones creating player likenesses and are also not profiting from it. Remember $$$ is the baseline factor here. If Ed O'Bannon and Co. were getting paid for their likenesses this would have been an entirely different issue with improper benefits (NCAA rules violations). Now if 2K started charging everytime we downloaded a community roster or if say I created a roster with player likenesses and started charging people to DL it then there would be an issue.

[Greenblood60]

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Passing cone or similar system will never come back because it's too difficult and doesn't appeal to the masses. I'd love them to bring it back

LOL, it wasn't even that hard if you used the R2 button. All you had to do was hold that and press the button twice to throw the ball. For idiots using the right stick to maneuver the cone, yeah, it's was damn near impossible.

And I don't really care about them bringing back the vision cone anyway as we've been there and done that already ( I was just citing the vision cone as the last example of anything innovative that came from EA concerning Madden). I want something new, which is something ( with the new targeting system ) that we might get this year.