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

[mwjr]

Quote: Originally Posted by Matt Diesel

Maybe "well over a year" means 7 years.

Zing! Well-played, sir.

[mwjr]

Just read Adembroski's thoughts, and I have to say that, after my initial reaction, his objectivity helped alleviate a little of the sting.

1. The possibility that franchise might very well be everything we've hoped for is encouraging.
2. Dead-spot-on about the CBA and how that might totally change. Brilliant insight, adembroski.

[TIm]

This announcment to me isn't that big a deal since I am not a franchise player... But for the people who live and breathe franchise, That's huge.. I haven't bought a Madden since 06 version and sold it within 2 months.. I was stuck on the other game and how well they did the OVERALL game.. Sure it had huge issues but in a few short years, They almost had a near perfect game in ALL aspects.. With that said, If they "Truly" have been working on gameplay and presentation I will be happy and would definately buy the game.. However, The problem with that is I can't trust this development team at all.. Every year they tell us it's the best madden ever and every year it's the same old overall gameplay and look.. Not to say this is a bad game. I just won't put my money on it.. But when they say gameplay, I really hope they mean OL/DL interaction,blocking,and Defensive AI..... To the people who are pissed and still buy the game, You guys are only hurting Maddens chances of ever being great. Because there are MILLIONS of people who do this and there are a ton of "Kids" that their parents get this game because it's the household name. I haven't had the urge to buy Madden for a long time now and every year I am actually hoping it's a decent game.. In all honesty, All I want is a Football game that does a majority right..I don't give a sh@t if it's EA,2k,505, or JOES videogame designers... Just give me a playable game..

[stlstudios189]

I think that my Madden 11 reservation will be going towards NCAA 11 instead this year. Not trying to sound like a but, if franchise is the same I will just continue w/ Madden 10.

[mwjr]

Quote: Originally Posted by stlstudios189

I think that my Madden 11 reservation will be going towards NCAA 11 instead this year. Not trying to sound like a but, if franchise is the same I will just continue w/ Madden 10.

Yeah, I was going to skip NCAA this year and give Madden a whirl since I didn't buy '10. Might re-think that now.

[Pacman83]

This is actually good news. For one they are being straight w/ the community. Also they are taking a couple of cycles to get important things implemented and not rushing things into this year.
Its good to see the new direction Madden is taking, this reassembled team might actually be able to get Madden ranked up there with other leading titles...And while i understand the concern of those who are disappointed, its better this way--to me anyway--even though we want it all right now.

[bucky60]

Quote: Originally Posted by swill43507

All of you guys here are FULL OF CRAP!!!...All of you are saying that "I am not gonna buy the game this year, I am not gonna buy it." And then as soon as the release date comes up, you are rushing to the store to buy your copy of the game! You guys are nothing but a bunch of Key Board Gangsters. All talk and no action.

You're wrong.
I haven't bought Madden since 2006.

[swiftychampleone]

Well, that's year 5 for me without Madden. I am totally pissed that Franchise Mode is ignored. The difference this year is that I don't have to spend the next few months following Madden news like the past few years trying to figure out if Franchise Mode delivered or not. I don't care about online. I feel that all sports games need to have an awesome season mode to give me a reason to kick playing. This goes for Madden, Live, 2K, Smackdown, etc. Sports games outside of MLB Show and EA's NHL series have been a huge disappointment this gen. It's a shame.
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At least EA was upfront about it this time. I would suggest to you fans of the series to hold on to Madden 10, but you probably can't bear the commentary of Tom Hammond.