OF players make up 5% of Madden's total sales. Its low priority right now but it is a goal to have it revamped as they address other issues. I understand your feeling but at the end of the day there is more changes to the game, its still fun, and it gives you an opportunity to play with friends. I like football enough that I would play Tecmo Superbowl with some of you guys.
OF only makes up 5% of Madden because OF sucks and it has not been changed since it launched. If online franchise was the same as offline franchise, you would see a big boost in that percentage. At the end of the day, OF will always be among the lowest used features in the game because there are many without online ability and there are more casual gamers than hardcore gamers. But that is no excuse for completely ignoring OF for 3 straight years.
100% of the guys I know are too intimidated to play against people online. I think there's a large crowd out there of people like this. No one likes to invest in an hour of getting their ass kicked. Most want to beat down the CPU 2 or 3 times during that hour.
exactly, this is what we are trying to build here in the TSO community. We have been successful with the NCAA side, but Madden has been lacking, most notably in the xbox department
Quitting a league due to the lack of custom playbooks is horseshit. It's a stupid feature in the first place. This is pro-football. The playbooks are put together for a system, not so you can chop and add all the plays that work 98% of the time. I'm as disappointed as the next person without a fully integrated online franchise mode. I do feel like it's coming, however. To those who say that there are no improvements, you are sadly mistaken. I feel like the game plays very well. I think a tuner update is in order for the passing game, but still solid on the sticks. Offline franchise is pretty fun as well. Which is all I am really interested in playing.
Were just not there yet technology wise. NCAA is 12 people and way less shit and it works like SHIT. Imagine the insane glitches madden would have with 30 people and live contracts and trades and free agency, so many files. It would be transfer failed heaven.
Please, that is asinine. You honestly think people care one way or another what feature set is there? 90% of Madden players play with their buddies around a TV, or ranked games. There is a subset of that 90% who play an offline dynasty when they can't find a good lobby game. That leaves 10% who care about online dynasty. Unfortunately the demographic here is the opposite. There is absolutely no logic to saying "they are string out their ideas to make people wait". You know what? If the game was damn near perfect (NBA2K11, for example), they could roll out a game next year with only roster changes and people would still buy it.
There is more logic from a business standpoint when you have a monopoly on the NFL gaming market. Im sure they have ideas as to what they want to do with the game next year, and years after. Each year they release a little more content to keep buyers interest and to keep their sales up. 10% is MORE than enough to dedicate some time to online franchise within THREE YEARS! That is unacceptable. And what im trying to figure out is why so many is trying to defend EA after they have done this. Is not the OF the biggest reason why you buy the game? How are you not disappointed and frustrated? There still ins't a freakin practice mode in OF. There really is no point in getting Madden 12 for OF, we could all play Madden 10 OF and have the same experience because it is the exact same thing. I don't get it, and they will not get my money this year. But you guys have fun doing the same thing over again for the 3rd straight year.
I will say this again. IT IS NOT ONLY BC OF CUSTOM PLAYBOOKS. It is because OF has been untouched again. When I found out that all these new features were not going to make it into OF I was pretty upset, but I still had some hope that practice mode and basic features such as salary cap and updated stats would find it's way in, and of course custom playbooks. Then I found out that is was going to be identical again with no changes. I almost decided then not to buy the game, but I was also looking forward to custom playbooks. It's something Ive wanted for years. I assumed that it would automatically be included in OF. So I planned on getting the game but I was not too thrilled about it. Then I found out there was no custom playbooks either. That pushed me over the edge and made me decide not to buy the game this year.
Well technically EA doesn't have a monopoly, you can buy and play backbreaker or the new tecmo bowl from the XBL store. As for playing M10 I would rather pull my hair out. The game has changed and evolved so much that just looking at videos I made for M10 makes me laugh. So what the OF is the same, there is still many new features, player models, new players, better graphics, and hey guess what, a community of like minded gamers that makes the game fun. We are not defending EA, I could care less, I just hate it when people have a glass half empty perspective. We can still put together a fun league with what we have and adjust to make it more enjoyable. And I will have fun this year, I won't be doing the same thing as last year because the game is much different than last year to me. M10: M12:
Exactly, and I get annoyed by the misconception people use as a platform to back up their complaints. There is no guarantee there would be a better OF mode if there was another NFL game.
OF will never get the love we want, our only hope is that they dont block people from doing what we want on the side, like the sites that help the OF. They will invest more money where they see potential for more revenue, the trading card game where people purchase cards and builds teams......
http://mymaddenpad.com/2011/08/29/madden-12-offensive-formation-list/ helpful for choosing a playbook
http://www.primamadden.com/free-preview even more helpful for choosing a playbook...its free, just have to register on the site and all team playbooks are free to view.
The reason they have not improved online frachise is the people who join them are A joke. I have joined random leagues before with in the game. People join and never really play and its just not madden either. I have encountered the same thing in nba games. How many organized leagues like this one are out there. between PS3 and 360 i would be willing to guess that there is no more than 50 and how many people are in those leagues. So why invest the time and money in that aspect of the game when the % of buyers that really use the franchise feature is very small. The majority of buyers just want to go on and play ranked games. Thats why they cater to the on field play aspect of the game. I wou;d be willing to bet superstar mode is A way more used feature than franchise is .
Having the exclusive NFL rights and not allowing any competition in making NFL games is a form of a monopoly. And the game really has not changed much from Madden 10. Yes animations are smoother, things are slightly better. But the AI still is terrible. There are still defenders that come unblocked while your LT/FB/RB stand there and do nothing. Hell, every time you go to a formation and back out to change your mind, it goes to a completely different formation. That is the most annoying thing ever and that is just terrible programming. You still have to press x to open the playbook in OF after each play. The game is still Madden, no giant leaps have been made. OF has been untouched. These are the facts.
I really like the improvements. The gameplay is so much closer to sim than it's ever been. rushers24 you should just swallow your pride (because I know it will be hard to unlock your stance) and get the game and join us. Just be happy for the new rookies. That's the one thing that keeps me coming back year after year.
Sure you can disagree with how the game has not improved or whatnot, but you cannot disagree with the fact that the AI still allows defenders to come unblocked on occasion while your guy stands there and picks his ass, just like they have always done in Madden. You cannot disagree with the fact that every time you back out of the formation and it puts you into a different one, you cannot disagree that there is no competition for Madden because EA owns the NFL rights and there will never be another NFL game as long as they have it (backbreaker does not count and neither does any other pro style of football game out there because it is not affiliated with the NFL), and mostly you cannot disagree with the fact that OF has not changed at all. Its not subjective, those are facts. But in my opinion, the game is not good. Playing in the league is not worth giving EA my money when they don't deserve it.
We could get into a real philosophical battle about facts but let's save it and agree to disagree. None of those are facts, they are all your opinion and I disagree with all of them, even the changes to Online Franchise because a few things were changed.
Dude OF being unchanged is a FACT. Leaguemanager adding stuff through a website does not count. - Do you go back and look at replays? Because if you do you will find that the AI still has its moments that I mentioned about. This is not a opinion, it happens. - Have you not noticed that every time you go into a formation to pick a play and you change your mind and press B to back that it throws you into a different formation instead of the one you were just in? This is not a opinion, it is a fact and it will probably go unpatched and it is the most annoying thing ever. - EA has the rights to the NFL, so no other gaming company can make NFL games. This is a fact and not a opinion. - Custom PB were one of the new hyped features in the game. You cannot use them in OF, yet you can in Online Dynasty in NCAA. This is a fact and not a opinion. - Changing the layout and colors to the OF screen does not make it a upgrade. It is the EXACT same thing. Not a opinion Now, me saying that the game is not good and doesn't play much better if at all better than the older Madden games is a opinion. What I listed above is not and is not debatable.
