Madden NFL 12 Blog - No Additions This Year For Online Franchise Mode

[bigbuddah180]

Quote: Originally Posted by g2thecore

And you don't feel that the resources were allocated accordingly? I tend to believe that the areas of the game that were improved upon, were in dire need of improvements for quite some time. I know that online franchise being untouched isn't ideal, but it's a necessary compromise at this point. Offline franchise, and presentation have been lacking since the beginning of this gen of gaming. Wouldn't you agree?

presentation???? grass?????? entrances????? apf 2k8 still has madden blown out the water in gameplay...4 YEARS AND COUNTING..u would think that they would work harder on gameplay. it is going in the right direction and ill gladly admit that. the game is worth buying just for that ill admit it. BUT...online franchise is a basic mode they should be touched every year. offline franchise is a basic mode and should be touched every year. gameplay is the most basic feature that should be touch every year. entrances that we wont watch after the first few weeks if at all are pointless. im done being mad. im in the depression mode now.

i just find it funny that they give access to another site to make thier game better. just proves my point that they are lazy and proves my point that they dont care about what fans truely want. the only thing that makes this game half way different from 11 is the "collision system" that is 4 years old. still skating and guarantee still suction and canned animations. like i said in a previous post. what are we going to do? NOTHING...besides buy this rabbit *** game because its the only game in town and they know it and take advantage of it.

[SageWonder]

Online Franchise was put on the back burner for Online Communities? I don't recall there being any kind of demand for OC... This makes no sense. To not even see any basic improvements like player contracts or trade ai is absolutely mindboggling.

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[bigbuddah180]

im a very simple person. i play a football game for the gameplay. i dont care about grass, cut scenes that lengthen the game, referres on the field, grass, cheerleaders like they are apart of the game, lighting, entrances, grass, uniforms options, more grass

there is a reason a good amount of ppl still play apf2k5 and apf2k8 regardless of graphics, GAMEPLAY. online franchise updates are needed to improve the game. its like the heat. all the cosmetics and the name and make improvements BUT its a failure if they/it doesnt go all the way. this game wont go all the way. jus ike the heat...hahaha they ran out of time...unbelievable EA...unbelievable

[CMH]

Stop bringing up other games in here.

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigbuddah180

im a very simple person. i play a football game for the gameplay. i dont care about grass, cut scenes that lengthen the game, referres on the field, grass, cheerleaders like they are apart of the game, lighting, entrances, grass, uniforms options, more grass there is a reason a good amount of ppl still play apf2k5 and apf2k8 regardless of graphics, GAMEPLAY. online franchise updates are needed to improve the game. its like the heat. all the cosmetics and the name and make improvements BUT its a failure if they/it doesnt go all the way. this game wont go all the way. jus ike the heat...hahaha they ran out of time...unbelievable EA...unbelievable

This is one of the most all over the place arguments I've seen here. You spend half of it arguing for gameplay and comparing it to APF and then try to relate that to OF. If you play football for the game play, then that has nothing to do with an argument for or against online franchise. It has nothing to do with game play. This is a depth issue, not a game play one. It almost reads as an excuse just to bring up APF (which, ironically enough, would be a terrible example of depth of modes).

Personally, I don't pretend to know how EA's programming is set up, so it seems perfectly plausible that they would have to get the offline portion of franchise right before online can be handled. Given that franchise mode has been mostly untouched since it came on this generation of consoles, the time frame for OF doesn't surprise me either.

It seems they got a lot done this year both on and off the field. If everything they added and added back works anywhere close to as advertised, I think OF not being touched is an acceptable casualty (generally speaking...I know everyone has their own priorities).

IF any of those features are broken, poorly implemented, or in any way not as advertised, I think EA's in some ****...lol...and deservedly so. I just think a lot of the arguments that EA is being stupid, short-sighted, out of touch, etc are overblown at this point. Until 12 is released and we see the fruition of what they added we can't know for sure.

That said, while I think it's an acceptable sacrifice in theory (since the game has so much to fix that something was bound to be left out), it's also perfectly understandable that people would be upset. I don't think anyone should be acting as though it's unreasonable that it's a deal breaker for some people, especially given EA's recent history.

Hopefully the features worked on this year are up to snuff and OF is able to get some love next year.

[kevj349]

I was so pumped for Madden, now I'm not buying it.

[permanent1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Automatik

Could not disagree more. Call of Duty, Gears of War, Halo's core is multiplayer most of my friends never finish half of the campaigns they just play multiplayer.

And i could not disagree more with you,while i love halo multiplayer heck we have had partys and we sit around drink and all play halo BUT 90% of my friends beat the single player portion of the game before going to multiplayer.

[Elgin2311]

Quote: Originally Posted by permanent1

And i could not disagree more with you,while i love halo multiplayer heck we have had partys and we sit around drink and all play halo BUT 90% of my friends beat the single player portion of the game before going to multiplayer.

I agree with your disagreement, but trying to use inaccurate statistical data to back up your argument is a fallacy. And unless your friends represent at least 51% of the gaming population it really doesn't matter.