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Quote: Originally Posted by Agent89

We've reached the point of insanity with Tiburon and Madden. Seems like an injustice that they've gotten away with this ineptitude and apathy for so long. With the sheer processing power of these consoles, physics, AI, and motion should essentially be '4D' at this point. The graphical prowess is a default. Bottom line, PS5/XBSX Madden should be what Madden 06 was for X360 except for the weird art and sound direction––instead, an all-new physics and comprehensive AI system should go along with these new graphics. Franchise can be the focus for next year, and they can just throw in a basic season mode (and MUT *eyeroll*) for now. They need to right the foundation once and for all. Of course if this were to happen, they would have had to have been working on this for the past couple years behind the scenes; haha, of course it won't happen......

Gameplay has been steadily improving, at least in theory. With mods on PC, you can maximize the changes they make, and minimize the imbalances new features create, so the bottom line on Gameplay is that it is improving - even with the current engine everyone likes to hate.


But AI in general needs so much work, including in Franchise.





If they want to avoid the mistakes of the past, they need to do three things:


(1) Completely overhaul Franchise, adding more or less all the things Deuce Douglass has been evangelizing for years


(2) Completely overhaul, or at least significantly update, presentation (commentary is really good for a sports game, but there are so many other areas where presentation can be improved; post-game, pre-game, Franchise in between games making the league come alive, and so on).


(3) Continue to implement gameplay ideas that lead to more faithfully simulating what is seen on Sundays in the NFL.







Each of these are major, but none should be ignored.