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

[RaychelSnr]

Unless you live under a rock, and/or chose to boycott the NFL Playoffs this weekend -- you've probably heard about a certain incomplete pass thrown from Tony Romo to Dez Bryant. Bryant caught the pass, took three steps in lunging for the goal line and lost the handle of the football as he hit the ground -- by rule that is an incomplete pass in the NFL.

But yet, that is a rule you won't see enforced in Madden 15. Amongst various penalties which are hardly, if ever called, obscure rules like the Calvin Johnson rule are also not seen within the game. It's understandable given their highly complex nature, and no matter how EA did it they'd have an outcry from gamers in some fashion -- but one wonders if obscure rules should find their way into Madden.

Yes, people would rage quit if the exact same thing that happened to Dez happened in Madden. Yes, others would say it's not sim if you could somehow jump over the line to almost block a field goal like Kam Chancellor.
Clint Oldenburg mentioned specifically that this would not be in the game.

But at the end of the day, these are the things which make football so unique and so unpredictable -- and really, some realistic randomness is one of the biggest things Madden's approach to football desperately needs to liven the experience up a bit.

Should there be more crazy things happening in Madden, like what you saw this weekend? Let us know in the comments.

Operation Sports Podcast #1: Should the Calvin Johnson Rule Be in Madden?

[F0rzaH]

I think that if we are aiming for a realistic simulation then it should be in the game.

I don't doubt that it would be an incredibly frustrating way to lose a game (luckily for me I'm a Packers fan) but it would also lend an incredible amount of tension and drama to proceedings.

I'm all for as much realism as possible.

[cowboy_kmoney]

No I dnt like this made up rule to give a win to the home team that paided for a win. Because it's a catch all day.

[adub88]

I hate to be that guy, man we need some of the basic penalties to be put in the game. I still haven't see a pass interference call in M15.

[Dr. Banner]

So tired of this story. And guess I'm the only one with eyes and clearly saw in replays he never I REPEAT HE NEVER lunged for the goal line, the pictures and replays that clearing shows him falling on his face and never extending for the goal line, he was simply falling! Why is it so hard for ppl to understand that!

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by adub88

I hate to be that guy, man we need some of the basic penalties to be put in the game. I still haven't see a pass interference call in M15.

No, we all need to be that guy. Let's see pass interference and a realistic amount of holding calls before we clamor for EA to put something else in the game that will be inevitably be broken or break something else that is working.

[pjburrage]

Problem with games adding the variety we see at stadiums, arenas and on TV, is that if it causes incidents like Bryant yesterday the upshot will be that it will cause a confirmation bias, in human players seeing it happen too much at their expense in their own minds. This would cause all sort of worries for the gameplay designers in getting the tuning of such events fair.

In the perfect world this and the addition of more penalties/rulings would be great for the immersion of the game.


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[adub88]

Quote: Originally Posted by fistofrage

No, we all need to be that guy. Let's see pass interference and a realistic amount of holding calls before we clamor for EA to put something else in the game that will be inevitably be broken or break something else that is working.

I'd say it'd be a huge disappointment if M16 drops and we don't have these basic penalties, but would it really be??? People are still going to buy it and that's the tough part.