Madden's Defensive Issues

[RandyBass]

^ And I don't see why it has to be an either/or. They can appeal to the mainstream, and still have a rich and deep game for those sim heads who like to dig deep into the strategy of football.

I never understood that argument, the "sim" versus the "casual" player. There is no versus here. Just make the default cater to the casual, with all the in depth stuff set to be simulated or automated, while still offering setting and strategy tweaks for the sim player. You can have it both ways in this situation.

They could even set it up so the pre-snap stuff I proposed was automated.

Basically just have two different settings for just about everything in the game: user controlled and AI controlled.

All this catering to the "casual" player, it's like cutting off your nose despite your face, and you run into problems like the ones brought up in the article by LBzrule. There is a better way.