Madden NFL 11 Blog: E3 Feature Announcement and Career Modes Update

[jethrobag]

Phil Frazier has just posted another Madden NFL 11 blog. Here is a quote that should generate a TON of comments.

Quote:

"To re-write Franchise mode to take full advantage of the PS3 and Xbox 360 would take well over a year to do, which is why we’ve taken the approach we have up until now. With that in mind, we made the decision to focus this year’s development on making the core areas of Madden NFL better, namely the AI, animations, playcall, and online play. While that meant not making any major overhauls to Franchise or SuperStar, we were still able to make some notable improvements while we prepare for the future. Specifically, we improved franchise stats (especially season rushing yards and season sacks), in-game injuries, Super Bowl presentation, NCAA Draft Class tuning, and we even completely re-created over 8000 players in 32 draft classes. We also added the new Meadowlands Stadium as the 2014 Super Bowl site. However, the biggest addition to Franchise mode this year is Game Planning. This year you have the ability to create a new Game Plan for every game in Franchise if you choose to do so. If you’re playing the Colts or Saints, you can focus your defensive Game Plan around Manning or Brees. If you’re playing a team with a great secondary like the Eagles, you can focus your Game Plan more around running the ball. You can save off a separate Game Plan for every opponent you face and if they add new players after year one, you can go back and edit that Game Plan to account for those changes. This new feature allows you to be the coach that you always wanted to be."

[G-Men_in_Mass]

Quote: Originally Posted by jethrobag

http://maddennfl.easports.com/blog.a...atureAndUpdate Here ya go fellas....madden 12 will be the year of the franchise mode....I think I will wait til then to buy another madden.

Wow, how bad did they just kill their own sales fro Madden 11

[Orangecrush99]

wow well the gameplay better be good then

[at23steelers]

So, are they saying, they still haven't added key things to online franchise?

Good to hear that they are trying to work on it, and not do some BS stuff that will be taken out the next year, but instead are working from the ground up. 2 years on an awesome feature is better than a horrible job on trying to improve the feature in 1 year.

[MrSkagTrendy]

Shocking. "Tell us your big ideas and we'll put them
in Madden 12..maybe."

literally all people do on here is ask for changes in franchise. it's really bad on EA's part.

[ch46647]

WOW! Atleast they are honest but this will probably be the biggest thread that OS has ever seen...

[jethrobag]

this takes all the anticipation out of madden 11 for me. They should have been asking about this a year ago. I love the offline franchise mode and now there is not much to look forward to.

[rangerrick012]

So no major Franchise upgrades, no random draft classes...yep, I think I'll pass on Madden this year.