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Madden NFL 12 Franchise Mode Details, More Coming Monday (IGN)

03:59 PM - May 13, 2011 by Hooe

IGN has posted a preview for Franchise Mode in Madden NFL 12.

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	"'Any Given Sunday' isn't just the title of a bad football movie; it's an old adage that you never know what you're going to get when players step out on the field. Anything can happen. Your star QB could sling it five yards past every receiver. Your shaky rookie cornerback might come up clutch with a game-changing interception. Over the course of weeks and seasons, players are defined by their tendencies and begin assuming roles in their teams. Madden NFL 12 developer Tiburon recognizes this and has made it part of the core upgrade to Franchise mode. It's true, Madden has disappointed with its Franchise mode the past few years, but that looks to be changing this year. The amount of improvements is staggering, but the most significant are the additions of dynamic player performance and player roles."

IGN will be releasing a follow-up blog on Monday, May 16th going more in depth about the changes to Franchise Mode.

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# 81 adembroski @ 05/13/11 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Block-O


	They're not saying Vick will be up 20 and down 20 the next. 20 is the max and i bet it rarely happens.

I'm not sure where they got that number. I don't think it's that big of a swing. Really it's not overall based, it's individual ratings, so we never recalculate the overall.

Even if it is... if Mike Vick is a 91, for instance, that means he can play like a 71 some games, or like a 99 some games. Doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility to me (though I think Vick has reached a level where he's not QUITE that inconsistant... but Cutler is).

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Originally Posted by mvb34


	FYI EA Adrain Peterson only fumble one time last year.. I like what I'm hearing..... Finally Franchise Mode is back in Madden!!!!

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Originally Posted by Vikefan24


	Adrian Peterson fumbled ONE time last year..

Sure... how many times did he fumble in the one game before last year?

# 82 mjhyankees @ 05/13/11 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by rsoxguy12


	Wow, this is a great addition. It's really going to change how I sign free agents and draft rookies...

Nice but what about off-season/front office stuff????? They are adding stuff aren't they???

# 83 brza37 @ 05/13/11 06:24 PM

awesome, awesome news! And Looman said that there's a ton more to come on Monday. I may have to change my signature come Monday.

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	WTFitsDaveyJ @Josh_Looman You mean there's MORE?! Josh_Looman Josh Looman @WTFitsDaveyJ Much more. I think the blog I turned in this week was more than 10 pages long with images. That's just the tip of the iceberg.

# 84 canes21 @ 05/13/11 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by adembroski


	Sure... how many times did he fumble in the one game before last year?

Is that really fair though? If the guy fumbles one time all last season, then he either had a crazy year, or improved his ball handling skills a lot.

# 85 PantherBeast_OS @ 05/13/11 06:38 PM

Very nice blog from IGN. I'm stunned right now. I love it. I'm just loving the new role idea for the players. Now the game is going to feel more real now with this. I can't wait for Monday to get here. The main blog is going to be awsome. I'm pumped up right now. Like Josh told WTFDaveyJ on Twitter earlier. This is just the tip of the iceberg on Franchise news. So if you are loving this right now. Just think what Monday main blog is going to hold for us. Can't wait I'm so excited right now!!!

# 86 BenjiA @ 05/13/11 06:41 PM

does this mean they have real human portraits for every draft class they created? That would mean 200 real human pics per class. And if there are let's say 30 classes in the game they must've taken 6,000 pictures of unknown people. Can this really be?

Or do they use random pictures of current NFL players?

# 87 callmetaternuts @ 05/13/11 06:44 PM

As long as there is more coming, specifically roster and transaction based changes, then I'm fine. But if these are the big changes, no way should this have taken a development cycle. I'm willing to wait and see

# 88 btemp @ 05/13/11 06:45 PM

Not nearly sufficient. Its been to long just to get this.

# 89 roadman @ 05/13/11 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by King88


	I believe I've heard this the past couple years too. I wont be buying until I've heard enough feedback from people actually playing the game.

Strangely, I haven't heard this the past few years. Last year, EA announced a few days before E3 that chise mode wasn't touched much.

Expectations for franchise mode were very low last year.

# 90 roadman @ 05/13/11 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by btemp


	Not nearly sufficient. Its been to long just to get this.

That's fine, but no need to cry over spilled milk.

The additions are a welcomed need, whether you are still harboring a grudge or not.

# 91 Vikefan24 @ 05/13/11 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by adembroski


	Sure... how many times did he fumble in the one game before last year?

And Tom Brady was a backup before he was the franchise QB, guess his player role in Madden 12 should be backup

# 92 Chrisksaint @ 05/13/11 07:04 PM

I'm VERY excited for this game with each little piece of what seems like great info coming out. I've been like this in the past but that was just because it was Madden, now i'm actually excited cause I originally planned to actually not get it but all this interesting info is winning me back.

# 93 Klue516 @ 05/13/11 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mburke2


	I thought the same thing too at first. But then I thought about it a bit more and I can see where they're coming from. Say Vick's overall is a 92 (just a guess). At times he can certainly play as poorly as a 72 OVR player so I suppose 20 pts isn't too big of a stretch, but I think 15 is prbly closer to what it should be IMO.

20 points would be the max, not necessarily the standard, or so I hope.

# 94 PantherBeast_OS @ 05/13/11 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by roadman


	That's fine, but no need to cry over spilled milk. The additions are a welcomed need, whether you are still harboring a grudge or not.

Agreed Roadman. EA finally giving the fans what they asked for. It might not be totally here this year. But this is a start. I'm loving it right now and even more on Monday when the main blog comes out.

# 95 fishfan77 @ 05/13/11 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Von Dozier


	"Tom Brady is a playoff performer. He's good in the regular season, but something kicks in during the playoffs that boost his ability to win games. Mark Brunell has become a mentor. His role is to support the development of Jets QB Mark Sanchez. Having Brunell as mentor has Sanchez learning and improving at a faster rate. Adrian Peterson is fumble prone. It's in his head now. In big moments, he's more likely to cough up the rock. Sadly, that's his role right now on the Vikings. " This paragraph just sold the game to me. This is pretty huge.

Peterson had 1.. ONE... Uno fumble this past year. So this "gets in his head" and he starts fumbling like mad in the game? And Brady and the Pats? Counting the super bowl in 2007 they are 0-3 in the playoffs including 0-2 at home. I may be in the minority but I am always nervous when i hear that games add "Intangibles" and "streaks" they are very subjective. I am old school, let the stats speak for themselves

# 96 rsoxguy12 @ 05/13/11 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by fishfan77


	Peterson had 1.. ONE... Uno fumble this past year. So this "gets in his head" and he starts fumbling like mad in the game? And Brady and the Pats? Counting the super bowl in 2007 they are 0-3 in the playoffs including 0-2 at home. I may be in the minority but I am always nervous when i hear that games add "Intangibles" and "streaks" they are very subjective. I am old school, let the stats speak for themselves

Here are the stats:
-NFL record for most consecutive wins in post season: 10 (broke record of Green Bay's Bart Starr).
-Most consecutive post season wins (college and professional combined): 12
-3 Super Bowl victories
-2 Super Bowl MVP awards
-Most completions in a Super Bowl (32 in Super Bowl XXXVIII)
-Most career Super Bowl completions (100 in four games)
-Highest completion percentage in a single game, minimum 20 attempts (26 of 28, 92.9%, against Jacksonville in 2007 AFC Divisional round

# 97 Bellsprout @ 05/13/11 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by fishfan77


	Peterson had 1.. ONE... Uno fumble this past year. So this "gets in his head" and he starts fumbling like mad in the game? And Brady and the Pats? Counting the super bowl in 2007 they are 0-3 in the playoffs including 0-2 at home. I may be in the minority but I am always nervous when i hear that games add "Intangibles" and "streaks" they are very subjective. I am old school, let the stats speak for themselves

The 3 Super Bowl Championships? Those don't count?

# 98 JJT @ 05/13/11 07:44 PM

sounds good, hope they keep improving, but I'll wait a few years till I get my money's worth.

# 99 LorenzoDC @ 05/13/11 07:45 PM

I think I also remember somewhere that player progression would kick in every four weeks of the season.

So, if a player gets on a hot streak, even for three weeks, and then resets, his stats will still have gotten a boost for that four week time frame. So, there might be some player attribute boosts. So, I'm just guessing, maybe an elusive back on a hot streak might get a little boost to acceleration and juking, for example.

The player progression incremental changes would have to be smallish, I think, so you don't get too wild swings, but probably also be influenced by player's age or year as a professional.

So, if a second year player with a 77 OVR gets on a hot streak, that could move him to maybe low 80's by mid season, and maybe earn a starting job, depending on who's ahead of him?

The question for me then is how this would influence player potential rating, or if maybe potential rating is just scrapped altogether.

If I had to guess, they won't scrap it outright, but they might make it more changeable based on performance based on this dynamic player performance feature.

Just a guess, but I'm wondering how this new information will interact with progression and potential.

# 100 PSRusse83 @ 05/13/11 07:48 PM

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