Madden Creative Director, Ian Cummings is Leaving Tiburon

[buckeyesfan27]

ah who cares Madden has not been good since 2005. Ian will go with 2k and make a Real NFL Game. Only Good Football Game EA Has is NCAA. and ian will be apart of that team i think witch will be huge for NCaA.

[RedZoneD25]

Quote: Originally Posted by CHooe

That's quite literally not true, speaking as someone who tolerated M09, loved M10, and liked M11 It's an annual video game series centered around American football; the sport doesn't exactly evolve from year to year, just what are your expectations?

We meet again, lol

The intricacies of the sport have not been tapped into yet. It's not so much the actual game of football where the issue lies. It's that the offline modes offer minimal replay value. Sure, the NFL is the NFL. That's a given. Personally speaking, I love Madden football. I do. I have played and bought every game since I was old enough to afford my own copy. That said, the effort on keeping the player interested off the field was minimal at best in Madden 11. Unless I like collecting virtual cards, there wasn't too much for me (not bashing those who enjoy MUT, just not my cup of tea). I want nothing more than Madden to be the king of sports games again, because the NFL is my bread and butter.

Unfortunately, this year is a bad example. There is no offseason. Any other year, this is my favorite time of the year. More than kickoff weekend, more than the Super Bowl, more than the December push for the playoffs. I live and breathe free agency and the NFL Draft. I'd love to see more emphasis put on these parts of the season in Madden. These two events shape the entire next season, and there are no pads involved.

[maddenps2]

Hmm surprising news. I appreciate Ian's efforts, though I never bought a next gen Madden. It will be interesting if this affects madden at all, and if it's in a good or bad way.

[cgalligan]

Whats up with all the LOVE for Ian? Before he left everyone was bitching about him and his staff, now that he's gone people are wishing him "best of luck buddy"???

I'm honestly happy he and his staff is gone. Maybe we will FINALLY get some substance with this damn game. Bring back the crew from Madden 04 on PS2!!!

[Cre8]

Quote: Originally Posted by cgalligan

Whats up with all the LOVE for Ian? Before he left everyone was bitching about him and his staff, now that he's gone people are wishing him "best of luck buddy"??? I'm honestly happy he and his staff is gone. Maybe we will FINALLY get some substance with this damn game. Bring back the crew from Madden 04 on PS2!!!

Looman is out too? Didn't know that was confirmed...

That is terrible news for Offline Franchise Mode fans.

[spankdatazz22]

Quote: Originally Posted by cgalligan

I'm honestly happy he and his staff is gone. Maybe we will FINALLY get some substance with this damn game. Bring back the crew from Madden 04 on PS2!!!

Substance in M04 when they tailored the gameplay around Michael Vick? When people regularly scored 70+pts a game in 5min quarters? Even John Madden himself commented about his concerns of what the game had become then. Or M05, when Tiburon over-compensated and had linebackers and dbs jumping out of shoes and socks to intercept and knock passes down to keep the scores down? Fun games, but they were way out of whack in terms of balance. Madden has had issues for a while now.

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cre8

Looman is out too? Didn't know that was confirmed... That is terrible news for Offline Franchise Mode fans.

That's never been said anywhere.

Quote: Originally Posted by cgalligan

Whats up with all the LOVE for Ian? Before he left everyone was bitching about him and his staff, now that he's gone people are wishing him "best of luck buddy"??? I'm honestly happy he and his staff is gone. Maybe we will FINALLY get some substance with this damn game. Bring back the crew from Madden 04 on PS2!!!

General decency be damned.

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by WTFitsDaveyJ

The intricacies of the sport have not been tapped into yet. It's not so much the actual game of football where the issue lies. It's that the offline modes offer minimal replay value.

This much I agree with, as we've been over before, and I think that it's important that future Madden games improve in this department. The assertion that Madden has not changed in three years, which I was responding to, is wholly false, however. Even Franchise mode has been touched and improved over the past three years, albeit minimally.