What's an unconventional addition to the game you would like to see?

[ripcandlestickpark]

Re: What's an unconventional addition to the game you would like to see?

Another thing: so long as Tiburon is committed to the whole "locker room aesthetic" within some of the Franchise menus, it'd be cool to see unique/different backgrounds for each team.

FWIW, they had some authentic elements of the Levi's Stadium locker room in last year's Face of the Franchise cutscenes.

[Kanobi]

Re: What's an unconventional addition to the game you would like to see?

Concussion protocol, conduct detrimental, fights, ped and substance abuse violations, fines, physical player/coach altercations, suspensions, dirty players, journalistic bombshells, etc.....basically life.

But it'd never happen for obvious reasons.

[Cardot]

Re: What's an unconventional addition to the game you would like to see?

Another thing: so long as Tiburon is committed to the whole "locker room aesthetic" within some of the Franchise menus, it'd be cool to see unique/different backgrounds for each team.

I think it was NCAA '08 that had a really cool feature where the background to the menus was a Hall with banners for all the teams in the conference, and a screen that played saved highlights. But I think it may have slowed down the menus, so was scrapped.

[canes21]

Re: What's an unconventional addition to the game you would like to see?

I think draft class sliders would be a great unconventional addition. Creating a custom draft class takes a lot of time and effort. If we had sliders that allowed us to control the quality of draft classes similar to 2k, but with much more depth, that would breathe life into franchise mode.

[NoleFan]

Re: What's an unconventional addition to the game you would like to see?

I know it comes up annually and it'll likely never happen since we're such a small part of the overall player base BUT, I'd like to see a true coach mode similar to what we saw in APF2K8. All you do is LITERALLY call the play. There's no need for you to snap the ball or anything. I'd LOVE to see that.

[canes21]

Re: What's an unconventional addition to the game you would like to see?

I know it comes up annually and it'll likely never happen since we're such a small part of the overall player base BUT, I'd like to see a true coach mode similar to what we saw in APF2K8. All you do is LITERALLY call the play. There's no need for you to snap the ball or anything. I'd LOVE to see that.

Even NCAA 14 had this.

[NoleFan]

Re: What's an unconventional addition to the game you would like to see?

Even NCAA 14 had this.

It did but you still have to snap the ball in NCAA haha

[illwill10]

Re: What's an unconventional addition to the game you would like to see?

I know it comes up annually and it'll likely never happen since we're such a small part of the overall player base BUT, I'd like to see a true coach mode similar to what we saw in APF2K8. All you do is LITERALLY call the play. There's no need for you to snap the ball or anything. I'd LOVE to see that.

That was something I took advantage of a lot in APF. For me, it wasn't just to perform coach actions. I wanted to see how my teams performed without me controlling it. It was a good way scout your own teams.

[NoleFan]

Re: What's an unconventional addition to the game you would like to see?

That was something I took advantage of a lot in APF. For me, it wasn't just to perform coach actions. I wanted to see how my teams performed without me controlling it. It was a good way scout your own teams.

I’ve got a couple teams created. Might be time for a quick season. Haha


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[YabaDaba]

Re: What's an unconventional addition to the game you would like to see?

Madden needs to find a way to incorporate Fantasy Football. Whether that’s through Franchise (for example, Player mode could get more interesting if you’re trying to climb up fantasy boards), Presentation (if a player is having a prolific game, we could get a fantasy update from the commentator), even a non-gameplay Fantasy mode within the game (Maybe can be integrated with online franchises?).

I know there’s conceptual overlap with Fantasy Football and MUT, but Madden could do more to tap into what has quickly become (and is continuing to grow) a core aspect of the NFL.

[illwill10]

Re: What's an unconventional addition to the game you would like to see?

I’ve got a couple teams created. Might be time for a quick season. Haha


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Yeah. Definitely good using coach mode using created teams on the APF Editor. Especially when you create unique players and have trust in the AI to do well. I can always get a season in once in a while

[ripcandlestickpark]

Re: What's an unconventional addition to the game you would like to see?

Here's another random one. Similar to the way shoulder pad size is handled within the equipment edit interface, I'd like to see sock height become a slider. A lot of players have sock heights that don't exactly match the three pre-sets that have been in the game for years. For instance, I always felt like Kap's sock height fell right in the middle between "Standard" and "Long".

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[Other Guy]

Re: What's an unconventional addition to the game you would like to see?

The career mode in WWF Smackdown on the original Playstation had a morale/energy system that I think would be awesome in Madden. In the intro screen before a match, both wrestlers would have a heart icon next to their name. The heart would be 25, 50, 75, or 100% filled in, and the level represented how the fighter would perfom in the match. Essentially, lower levels caused less effective moves, slower stamina regeneration, etc., and a higher level would have a positive effect on performance. This added an extra level of realism in terms of strategy and immersion due to the numerous combinations of circumstances that would be present in a match. Trying to win a title from a full-heart Undertaker while only having yours half-full was an almost impossible task; beating a jobber in the same scenario would be a bit easier to get through. Sometimes your player has the advantage, and certain matches turned out easier than expected. There were countless combinations that made every match feel different.

I think this would work well in Madden as a representaion of how team morale/energy can fluctuate throughout a season. There are several scenarios in an NFL season that could be represented with this system: west coast teams playing at noon in the east, dome teams playing outdoors, short week turnarounds, coming off of a bye, trap games, warm-weather teams in cold weather, etc. These are real-life effects that Madden doesn't account for currently that would certainly add to the realism and immersion.

This could be also tied into the head coach's development system. Most players won't want to be penalized or boosted everytime these scenarios come up; the head coach's ratings and perk could be designed to mitigate/eliminate these effects. Highly rated coaches may take less of a hit on certain things that a rookie HC would have to deal with. Maybe even have perks available that reduce or eliminate the pitfalls. Now there's added realism to the games, the seasons, and coach development.