Madden NFL 12 Reviewer Impressions: Franchise Mode

[Feldman011teen]

You guys normally spend a lot of time detailing your reviews, which I commend and thank you for that time. I don't have the retail version yet. I have played NCAA 12 and loved it, and notice the shortcomings. I played the Madden 12 demo and think it's the best game of football. My question is, did they fix the speed issue from the demo? When you guys said to drop the speed to slow and player threshold to 35 it makes a world of difference. Did you do this for the review? Either way, I loved Madden 10 and despised Madden 11. 11 was the first time I traded a Madden in within 2 weeks. This game is a huge jump.

[btrudeau401]

IDK IF I SHOULD BUY THE GAME OR NOT. IM ALL ABOUT FRANCHISE MODE, AND ALL THE NEW FEATURES SEEM TO HAVE ISSUES...CANT DECIDE IF ITS WORTH IT OR NOT...GETTIN HEEEATED

[MrNFL_FanIQ]

I'm glad they seem to be making a good effort at having a good franchise mode once again. But based on this and what I've seen, it looks like I'll be sitting out for the 4th or 5th year.

[KalimbeNaire]

Didn't the Raiders take Sebastian Janikowski in the first round, I think he was 17th overall? Not too far off from the top 10.

I have played NFL Head Coach 09, so I already know quite a bit of what to expect from Madden's Franchise mode. I am a little disappointed that they don't have a mock draft or some kind of show to tell you where guys are being slotted. NFL Head Coach did this very well. You had a pretty good idea of who the top 10 guys were before you entered the draft.

Sounds like this was a step in the right direction, but once again they missed the mark with some detail work that could have made it better. I am really not happy that there is no training camp to help improve your players, but based on how you unlock player ratings and such, that just wouldn't really work to well in this system. I'm on the fence about whether I want the new Madden or not.

[RGiles36]

I think I'll truly enjoy franchise mode if/when they fix the QB stats. It's hard to immerse myself when these critical stats are so low.

[btvs]

I agree the Interface is AWFUL. I was so excited for this new franchise mode and they just dropped the ball. EA seriously needs to get it together. Its just sad. And whats up with the generic OC's and DC's? Madden 10 had every coach. I don't know why they would remove them from Madden 11 and 12... ugh

[shaq273]

It is a good review, but a 7.5 ... is it really that average? No I think 8.5 to a 9 is good. They improved the graphics , revamped the franchise mode, added dynmamic progression. So I give them credit, I know everyone wants that perfect game similar to what NBA 2K is to basketball but I think they did an oustanding job and so far I'm loving the game.

[TheJustPull]

I was really looking forward to buying this years game after not getting it for a while, all I really play is offline dynasty and from what I had heard before release it was supposed to be vastly improved this year.Now on here I am seeing not so much maybe and it makes me glad I am decided to wait... Maybe I can trade in a few games for it.