Should the Calvin Johnson Rule Be 'In The Game' (Madden 15)

[Godgers12]

Quote: Originally Posted by Black_Tom_Brady

the best qb's of all time??? i think you may be pushing it buddy

Nope, Rodgers is the best QB I have ever seen play the game of football, period. I just used the term "One of" to please the masses.

[Mechcaniq]

NO!! It's not that important. EA should concentrate on better game play.

[roadman]

If it's ever put into the game, if,......... it's called marketing 101.

They capitalize on anything that's talked about forever on social media.

[ianlast]

Quote: Originally Posted by jyoung

All they'd have to do is give these kind of events an appropriate probability of occurring. All-Pro Football 2K8 had bobbled snaps, dropped hand-offs, blocked kicks, and bad snaps flying way overhead. Plus in bad weather, there would be plays where the athletes just slipped and fell down. But those things happened so rarely in APF 2K8 that they were just cool and interesting when they occurred, not frustrating. A little randomness, even if the random event punishes the player, can go a long way towards making a sports game feel more tense and exciting.

I agree with this 100%, but I've given up hope that this matches the Madden devs vision for the game. It seems like Madden doesn't want to include:

1. Gameplay elements that trigger randomly or based on player ratings (ie. out of the users control)
2. 'Easter Egg' animations that occur very rarely. For every gamer that would find these animations awesome, there are probably 10 Madden gamers that couldn't care less and wouldn't even notice.

To me, this is the explanation for why Madden feels so bland and not really like real NFL Football at all. Everybody hates canned animations, but IMO they're absolutely essential to a simulation experience.

[thehitokiri]

Chris Sanner should get slap in the face for this posting because they game can't even do the challenges right ... there are so many times the players catch the ball out of bounce with one and sometimes two feet out of bounds and they say its a catch .. I hate to say it but NFL2K5 challenge system was and it still is better than madden ... it gave you options on what you were challenging and it was accurate ...

[mariner690]

They cant even put out a game that calls penalties and is missing the most common one of all in defensive holding. Let's get past step one before we start talked about step 57.

[rtkiii]

I'm not sure how they could implement it when they still have issues getting out of bounds calls from time to time...but if it worked well then I'd say put it in.

[ManiacMatt1782]

No. Wasted programming when they can't get blocking interactions correct yet.