Madden NFL 11 Blog: E3 Feature Announcement and Career Modes Update

[jethrobag]

Quote: Originally Posted by Netherscourge

Doesn't matter if there's a player lock-out in 2011. EA has a contract with the NFL to make a Madden game every year, no matter how crappy it is. It's not contingent on anything the NFLPA does with the CBA. In fact, the NFL would push for the game to keep coming out to keep interest in the game alive minus an actual NFL season.

No, it's got nothing to do with them making the game on an annual basis, what I was talking about was within the franchise mode. If they have no agreement on a salary cap, franchise tags, the draft, a rookie cap, then the devs would be guessing on how all the offseason stuff in franchise mode would work.

[tyler289]

Man, this is really disappointing news, especially considering the early videos of Madden 11 have not looked any better than Madden 10. I'll keep my eye on the news with the game but right now I'm a no-buy, especially if they didn't even fix the major issues with franchise (like IR).

[jethrobag]

Quote: Originally Posted by splff3000

Yeah, but they said it takes more than a year to get it right so if the deal isn't done until say february, that only leaves a few months to get it in. That's why I said they should say it's for Madden 2013. If it truly does take over a year to implement, there is no way it could be done in time for next year, especially if they don't come to an agreement until later on.

Yeah, I don't know how long it would take to implement a rookie salary cap for example, however, if they are going to re-write the franchise mode, they should start with the biggest undertakings first, like re-designing the draft, and randomizing the created rookies for example.

[TDKing]

Quote: Originally Posted by splff3000

It's not "maybe next year" anymore. It's "maybe the year after next" now lol Wait a minute, aren't they announcing some new online mode tonight on spike TV. So, let me get this straight, they have enough time and resources to create a new mode, but they don't have enough time to work on franchise? WTF?

Its probably some lame azz co-op crap that like 5 people asked for.. it will flop!!! I said it before and I'll say it again CoOp won't work in a football game... Epic Fail!

[FootballDetails]

Well, at least the first Madden 12 blog is out.

[SteelerSpartan]

I can see why EA doesn't want to send out review copies


The major gaming sites won't be able to pick up on some of these "Improvements"(still need to see if they actually work well) to gameplay....They're all about modes and fancy fluff IMO


So it will be imperative for them to focus in on the things they did improve otherwise they're likely to get some more mediocre scores

[Flamehead]

Quote: Originally Posted by Netherscourge

So what are they going to do at E3? Show off Madden 12 features and cover up the "2" on the end of the game title? LOL

LOL, yep, pretty much.

Somewhere David Ortiz is smiling.

[elsid13]

The guys at EA might be good coders, but they suck when comes to program management and overseeing a not so complex project. With the resources they can have at their disposals they could have multiply teams working on fixing the issues, instead they seem to be wasting resources on side projects that don't add any value to the core product. What makes it worse is that they proved they had the ability to get franchise logic right with things like Head Coach.

So once again we will have 3/4 teams signing 240 pound DEs, CPU controlled teams dropping highly drafted 2nd year players to add FA for a injured 3rd string linebacker and drafting of fullbacks in the first round.