Madden NFL 13 Online Fantasy Drafts Are on the Way

[Old Mr T]

Quote: Originally Posted by SamoanSteelerFromAus

Congrats to all those who wanted fantasy draft. As an offline player this means nothing to me and im sure many other offline players have felt neglected by M13. I'll never understand the logic behind taking something out like coop franchise when so many people play that way and have ever since it's conception. Must we be forced to keep up with the times and be subjected to interacting with friends solely behind our headsets?? I've seen older players of this game imploring them to put it back in cause its the old school way. I'm 23 and I choose to play the oldschool way and only that way, I hate the direction this game is going streamlining everything to online. Show some substance and loyalty EA. Again, i'm happy for those who want this. One thing that baffles me though are the people saying "give them a break, they're obviously thinking about us and are working hard by putting these things back in" Well its hard for me to cut EA any slack when its a feature that has been in the games for years, they take it out, theres an uproar and then they put it back in. If they left important things alone there wouldn't be so much distaste for this game. I'll give them credit when they put something in the game that significantly improves the game for offline and online people and that wasn't stripped from the last installment. So yeah, to me, this effort isn't too impressive. Nothing will be overly impressive until they show some loyalty to the offline crowd that have helped with the success in sales for so many years.

Completely agree.

I've bought Madden since the very first console version and I've been enjoying co-op since they first introduced it, 15+ years ago.

I can't believe that a sport, which relies so heavily on teamwork in reality, is represented by a videogame which doesn't allow for human teammates. I can't think of any other team-based sports games which prohibits teamwork?

[llcmac]

Well, good for the people that wanted this. I didn't want it, but at least we now know if the community keeps talking about things will happen.

Now I just have to go bump every thread about editing and better late game AI.

[KCsFinest5]

Quote: Originally Posted by IWWROCKS

EA can't win...there's been loads of posts on here, and I mean loads, asking for fantasy draft. They add it in, and you get a load of people complaining cause they should focus on other areas first! If I was EA I wouldnt bother updating anything lol...i'd just tell everyone "if you want something different, make your own game"

EA could win if they put out a completed product to begin with. Not a game that is full of missing features and no-brainer fixes like player editing.

[teampunjabi]

will this feature add value to this games trade value?

[DocHolliday]

Unless you play with 32 people, this will be pointless.

As we have seen in the AI drafting and FA ability, there is now way, I repeat NO WAY, that they developed the Fantasy draft logic to a decent level for this new mode.

Fix CCM EA, cmon.

[btvs]

I keep noticing its says "online" fantasy draft what about offline ?

[llcmac]

Quote: Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Fix CCM EA, cmon.

I agree. CCM is EA's baby, and most of us can't play it if we want editing or better late game AI.

[koszak27]

While I normally reserve doing fantasy drafts for franchises (or offline CCMs, whatever it's called now) I still call this a win. It's worth keeping the game knowing they are willing to change their product and I'm sure that soon we will have editing too.

I'm glad they didn't just release the game and say, "Here it is! Let us know what you want for next year's game because we're going on vacation for the next three months."