OS Roundtable: If You Could Add One Feature To Madden...

[NowAndLaterCARZ]

ASIDE FROM MAJOR GAMEPLAY AND FRANCHISE IMPROVEMENTS, AN ONLINE SUPERSTAR LEAGUE WITH YOUR MADDEN SUPERSTAR. SIMILAR TO FIFA'S PRO CLUBS SEASONS AND NHL'S EASHL. AS A TEAM WITH YOUR FRIENDS YOU NEED TO RECRUIT OFFENSIVE PLAYERS AND DEFENSIVE PLAYERS, NO O-LINEMEN OR KICKERS AND NO PLAYERS CAN PLAY BOTH SIDES. IF YOU'RE AN OFFENSIVE PLAYER AND YOUR DEFENSE IS ON THE FIELD, YOU CAN WALK THE SIDELINES OR LOOK AT THE PLAYBOOK. THROW IN THE CREATE A STADIUM FEATURE AND UNIFORM EDITOR. AS FAR AS GAMES PLAYED THERE SHOULD BE 10 DIVISIONS WITH 1 BEING THE HIGHEST. THERE SHOULD BE A SUPERBOWL IN EACH DIVISION. THERE SHOULD ALSO BE 16 GAME SEASONS AND IF YOUR TEAM FINISHES 9-6 YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PLAYOFFS. IF YOUR TEAM MAKES PLAYOFFS YOU ENTER A 16 TEAM TOURNY FOR THAT DIVISIONS "SUPERBOWL".

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A better, working challenge system...

[QaiGonJim]

Fix the jump ball mechanics, I hate seeing Larry Fitzgerald run a fade and just stand there with his hands up while a 5'9 db jumps ten feet over him to pick the ball off.

[riggs6taters]

Ability to edit everything is mine also

[triniplayaz1]

I would like to see them take a pointer from 2k with the fact that you had to tap the turbo button in order to run faster or use more powerful moves. It adds a bit of competitive element. Being able to just have turbo on or sprint when holding down the turbo button defeats the purpose of speed on the field especially when it comes to football and how large the field is.

[Hooe]

Full analog passing and a true concept of pass play read progressions.

Every modern sports game has analog controls for its primary gameplay mechanic. Madden meanwhile continues to use a relic from the days of Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo with its coverage-agnostic button-mapped receivers passing mechanic.

I don't say that necessarily as a fault - it's clearly worked for EA Tiburon up to this point - but I hope they are brave enough to shake up the game a bit. The NFL's passing game has evolved since the inception of Madden football in 1989, I think it's high time for Madden to play catch-up.

Note that I specifically do NOT want the vision cone. It was a reasonable idea to try, but working with it in practice was clumsy at-best IMO.

[Demoncrom]

A functional AI that that does not have to use speed boosts and rubber-banding to cover receivers. Stats that actually matter so that known mismatches play like known mismatches so that seasons play dynamically. Add back the pregame showing of Offensive , defensive and special team ratings and how the 2 teams match up. FIX the run game

[Kalkano]

Revert franchise mode to how it used to be, so I can watch CPU vs CPU games during offline franchise, and not have to use experience points for my players to progress.