Madden NFL 12 Blog - Franchise Mode in Madden 12

[ALBERTPULHOZ]

WOW ! Very impressed ! After several years it sounds like franchise is FINALLY heading in the right direction ! Definitely buying this year !!! Cant WAIT !

[oneamongthefence]

Also regarding progression/regression I think certain attributes never decrease. Like awareness. While a cap on physical skills seems logical, a cap on mental skills is not.

[ridemooses]

Will anyone be surprised when Madden 12 sells like crazy? This was a very long time coming...

[mestevo]

Quote: Originally Posted by ridemooses

Will anyone be surprised when Madden 12 sells like crazy? This was a very long time coming...

With the big drop in Madden 11 PS2 units sold this year I'm not expecting and sensationalist 'sales down 18%' headlines this year that's for sure.

[rjsharp]

Quote: Originally Posted by N51_rob

They should just go out to the community for this. Have people take a picture (head shot like used for Tiger woods) and if you want your face in the game send it to an email address. You won't get paid, may get a mention in the credit and they can use your face for any EA sports game they see fit.

Very excited about all the features this year. Great to see offline franchise receiving the attention that it needs. I will be a buyer this year for sure (after sitting out last year). Great job Josh, AJ and the rest of the team!

Very much looking forward to seeing the improvements made in player progression, something that has really annoyed me in previous versions. Sounds like it has been amped up to not only include attributes but also player tendencies and traits!

[Sanchez_Mareno]

Love all this HC stuff. Hopefully next year they add play knowledge

[mjhyankees]

Just a word folks.....I'm seeing alot of questions about trading players at draft time, or in general. Doesn't happen all that much in the NFL. How many players were traded during the draft this year or last year? they trade picks but rarely players. Sometimes you'll get a player for a pick trade but rarely player for player. It's not like baseball. I can count on one hand the the number of NAME players traded in the last year or so for picks and even less for another player. The cpu is probably more realistic in that regard now.
Be careful what you wish for. I'd rather have what they have now than a franchise mode with a cpu running amuk (sp?) trading Manning and Brady etc (unless they are at the end of their careers......).....trades aren't the big part of the NFL like it is in baseball.

[LorenzoDC]

Quote: Originally Posted by ridemooses

Will anyone be surprised when Madden 12 sells like crazy? This was a very long time coming...

It's an unpredictable sales year regardless, with the lockout and the possible loss of games in the offing.

So there really won't be any way to make comparisons of this year to any other year. Even if a new CBA is announced tomorrow, it's already been the longest work stoppage in the NFL ever.

And with yesterday's ruling to sustain the lockout pending completion of the appellate process, the odds of the owners keeping the doors shut unless and until they get everything they want have gone up.

For a lot of us, sim franchise football could become our substitute season in a way, filling in the gap when real football is missing. But we're not - ahem - normal people! If there's much of a disruption to the season, a lot of people who don't follow football as closely will just have a sour taste in their mouths, and that could hurt sales.