Madden 09 Interview: GameTap

[iamemmittsmith]

GameTap has posted an interview with Phil Frazier, Lead Designer of Madden NFL 09.

Quote:

GameTap: "How are online leagues going to be implemented in Madden 09?" Phil Frazier: "For the first time ever in Madden, you'll be able to get together with 32 of your friends and participate in a league where you can play through a schedule, play through the playoffs, play your own Super Bowl. There's draft support, there's trade support, and we actually implemented flex scheduling in the online leagues. We've had tournaments before online, but the problem with tournaments is that having more than two or three people together at the same time to complete a series of games is very, very challenging. So with flex scheduling, you can actually play your games in any order. It's more like a round-robin style. We did this because it's online and we wanted to make sure people can actually play through their seasons. If you and I are scheduled to meet in Week 10 but we're both online today, we can just play our Week 10 game now. I know there are possible issues or questions about what happens to the rosters if you get injured, but we're not worrying about that right now. We wanted to set up a system where leagues would actually get used and are very user-friendly in terms of the coordination required. It's all server based. There are no files to manage. There's no data whatsoever being saved on your box."

[Scott]

Good read, looks like formation subs are back..

[WDOgF0reL1fe]

Thank you. Great interview with some interesting stuff... The stuff about the training drills making the difficulty user customized seems really iffy though

[ChargersRamsFalcons]

Quote:

GameTap: Have there been any enhancements to the game's franchise or owner mode? Phil Frazier: The big thing we did with franchise, and it's a really big one, is that we completely re-did our simulation engine within franchise. The simulation is what drives the games you play, the statistics, the offseason, whether or not players get traded, and last year we received a lot of feedback that our simulations weren't perfect. The simulated statistics -- we had too many running backs over 2,000 -- so now the results you'll see in Madden 09 will be much more realistic. Now when you go to make trades or go through the various functions in the game, it should be a much more realistic experience.

Thank Jesus!

[lilazndood1]

Damn you beat me to it but nice find!

[SageInfinite]

Good Read. Can't wait to see this thing in motion.

[SteelerSpartan]

Nothing about the turnover fest that was 08 and how they have changed that....fix that and we may be in buisness

[PVarck31]

I just have to say that J rob is one of the best game guys on the net. Great interview.