Madden NFL 12 to Kick Off Another 3-Year Plan

[carnalnirvana]

three year plans dont scare me, i just feel they dont know where the work has to be focused on.



i am starting to feel even 10 years wont be enough

IMO in madden's glory days it was focused on one goal offline gameplay and yearly that was the only focus so it got much attention.

gaming evolved and brought more areas of focus to devs, online, dlc,patches, so now fine tuning is harder. Never again will 12 months be dedicatd to gameplay tuning there's alot of work in other areas....

until ea says "this year there will be no new features just tuning gameplay smoothing out bugs and improving interactions" its unfair to expect great gameplay. other companies get bata's and time after to deliver, madden needs more time.....

[oneamongthefence]

You bring up a great point carnal. And this is the fundamental flaw of most yearly releases. There's so many more areas of work compared to a few years ago. And it seems more companies are also downsizing for various reasons. Although there are other sports titles furthur along in many aspects than Madden I always feel like Football in General is harder to emulate in video games compared to basketball and baseball. So much more is happening on field. Also it didn't help that next gen Madden were built on weak legs initially.

[J-SKI]

this is off subject, but if the plan is in place why are we still waiting on details for madden 12 and its almost may?

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by J-SKI

this is off subject, but if the plan is in place why are we still waiting on details for madden 12 and its almost may?

Well, because we were told about a month ago the plan for releasing information with dates included. The first one is less than 2 weeks away.

http://www.ea.com/madden-nfl/blog/playbook-blog

[jeremym480]

Cool, they have a plan. That's great. I'm pretty sure every sports game has some sort of plan for the future in place. If not, I'd be worried.

[Flamehead]

I think the best message to send to EA in response is not one of frustration or outrage, but of indifference.

[STLRams]

That comes off to me as they are going to add stuff here and there for the next 3 years, hold back on stuff each year, and then finally with Madden 15 we may possibly be blown away. I don't like this strategy. I want to be blown away by Madden 12. I was blown away when I played MLB the Show 10 moving from 09, I was blown away by NBA2K11, moving from NBA2K10. Heck not rehash old stuff but I was blown away by Madden 05 moving from Madden 04. I was also blown away by NFL 2K5 ofcourse. I guess all we can speculate what this means, but this is how this comes off to me. The 3 year plan just scares me.

[KuruptOwnz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

That's the spirit. Show them you mean business with your business. Not posts on a message board.

After reading the rants of everyone; this by far is the best post of this ENTIRE thread!