02-10-2014, 05:54 PM
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MVP
OVR: 15
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Lilburn, GA
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One thing? Actual Onside Kicks!
I know others have probably had different experiences but I rarely see warping of the ball into the hands of a player (i.e. balls that should have been tipped but not caught being caught or in some cases balls that should not have even been touched by a certain player being caught by said player), but pretty much every single Onside Kick attempt I have made has involved the ball warping right into the players hands. I've managed to recover one once, and only saw a realistic recovery one other time.
Its frustrating enough that players are forced into a single Onside Kick formation when there are dozens of formations used by teams. Even worse is that no matter what you do the ball will only go to one player, the majority of onside kicks are directed towards the second level nowadays with the occasional attempt to bounce one off the front line, yet no matter how hard you kick it (direction is irrelevant because you can't change that), the same guy (who is usually the 3rd WR on a team's roster) gets the first (and because of the warping pretty much the only) shot at the ball.
I could deal with the direction of the ball being predetermined (even if the direction it is predetermined to go in is unrealistic in today's game), if the warping wasn't so rampant.
I want to see many changes made to the game, but this is the one that has annoyed me the most (and it seems like at least the warping could have been fixed in an update).
Breaking the concept behind the round-table here are some other things:
1. Uniform Re-Designs - we can build new stadiums but can't get new uniforms unless we move the team? Truth is I'd be happy with the ability to switch to the Falcons old uniforms (the throwbacks they wore from 2009-12, right now I can recreate those (using the 1960s pants, 70s helmets, and 90s Jerseys), but don't have an away option so while I'd like to rock their throwbacks full-time I currently can only do so with a Home and Alternate, having to settle for their current away jersey)
2. More interactive Depth Chart/ - When I run a system that switches between formations that use 2 SS and 1 FS and 1 SS I'd like to be able to set it up so that my FS of choice would line up at SS when I make that switch to a 2 SS formation. Additionally In a Pistol formation that uses 2 RBs I'd like to be able to easily switch between using 2 HBs and using an HB and a FB from the play selection screen (switching packages as opposed to pausing and going into Depth Chart).
3. Better Commentary - I'd like to see a crew that involved Gruden (but that is unlikely to happen because of his likelihood to return to coaching in the next few years leaving Madden with a need to re-fill that position), but I'd thoroughly enjoy having 2 different crews to switch things up. One thing that I really enjoyed about Madden 10 was the change of audio we got with the intro of Collinsworth, I actually enjoy his real-life commentary, and in the end I don't think he translates well to games (Much Like Corso his insight comes from real-time observations which are hard to recreate in an audio booth months before any football would be played, so we wind up getting canned sayings that quickly become stale), but it was refreshing for me to hear him instead of Madden. It would be great to see 3 different broadcast styles (or even just 2) replicating the difference in broadcasts we see every week in real life. AFC matchups on CBS and NFC on CBS, when the 2 conference collide the away team determines the broadcast (i.e. Titans @ Green Bay = CBS Broadcast), with a possible 3rd broadcast style being NFL Network or ESPN. Breaking it up visually and audibly would go a long way in preventing the presentation from being stale. We need new non-play interactions to boost the presentation value but Phil Simms and Jim Nantz are going to get stale quickly no matter how good the cutscenes are. Also it would be nice if I Simms din't berate me for not picking up enough for the 1st down on 1st down, criticizing me for padding the stats when I pick up 6 and set up 2nd and 4 is absurd, and that's just one example of odd lines being triggered.
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