Five New Additions For Madden NFL's Franchise Mode We'd Like to See

[RaychelSnr]

If you’re a fan of Madden's franchise mode, then more than likely you have a list of items you would like to see added or tweaked -- most of us do. That list of items will obviously differ and vary widely depending on whom you ask because we all have different perspectives, likes and wants when it comes to our gaming utopia. For myself though, I have a pretty specific set of changes and additions that I feel would dramatically expand the Madden CFM experience, and add much needed depth and longevity.

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[FINCANEfan]

a small ut I think fun addition would be to incorporate fantasy football into CFM somehow. either by just showing who were the top fantasy players for the week or an actual fantasy implementation where the owner chooses a fantasy team each week and tries to beat out the other owners. I think that would be fun

[Dawg Pound]

A weekly roundup page that showed top preformers, scores, boxscores and standings would be nice.

[misterkrabz]

Be it Franchise mode or not this would be nice = "Full Defensive Assignment Ability". The offense has to ability to "flip WR's" but no such tactic exists on defense....of course it wouldn't be much of an issue if EA had not programed in the ability to make amazing one handed grabs in the middle of triple coverage every other play.

[IcedCoffee1983]

Re: Five New Additions For Madden NFL's Franchise Mode We'd Like to See

Here is my list:

1 - Fix Auto-Subs in CFM.
2 - Fix Auto-Subs in CFM.
3 - Fix Auto-Subs in CFM.
4 - Fix Auto-Subs in CFM.
5 - Fix CPU Auto-Subbing in CFM so RB's on CPU teams won't always take 25+ carries while they almost never use their perfectly healthy and rested backups.

All that stuff in your article would be awesome. Especially pre-game defensive assignments and an in-game league ticker... I'd love to see that, but it's hard to fantasize about what I'd like to see added when such basic things such as player subbing in and out is a chore for human teams, and is totally broken for CPU running backs.

Oh, and Auto-Subs in CFM have been broken for YEARS. So my CFM wish list has been the same since 2012. I'm going to ahead and guess it will still be broken again next year and my wish list will be same.

[Sheba2011]

My 5 would be:

Practice Squad.

Injury Overhaul - include the short time IR, real IR and a full probably, doubtful, out system that affects how each guy plays. (ex: probably you only play at 90% etc).

Full coaching staff - I want coordinators, position coaches, scouts etc. And I want them to be actually mean something to the game.

Gameplanning - actually being able to plan for your opponent, watching film on them, customizing your assignments/matchups and picking the plays your going to use.

Relocation - a full relocation suite where the user can pick everything and anything they want from a team name, to a custom logo. Even adopt a Forza style logo creator for endless possibilities and allow them to be uploaded and shared. Allow me to pick the colors I want, not have to pick between 3 colors I dont like.

Bonus:

Extras - Keep me involved during the season with radio shows, newspapers, a recap show, a draft show. Go back to Madden 05 and 2k5 and give us everything from those. Keep me dialed in to what is happening around the league, make the franchise mode actually come alive.

[wisdom less13]

Restricted and unrestricted free agents. You know, like how it used to be about a decade ago...

[Quentin32]

For the love of based god when will Madden have when defensive concepts for each team

[kse79x]

Re: Five New Additions For Madden NFL's Franchise Mode We'd Like to See

Fix the menus. Please, there is no reason to have every menu reset when you go into a deeper menu and then go back. Also, when doing things like Booting or Autoing someone, you shouldnt be taken back to the main screen. Sometimes, its the little things that are so annoying.

I think another thing that would be awesome is to use the power of the internet. Let us manage and do almost any aspect of the franchise from the web. Let us scout from the web, for example. Manage users in our league (Auto, boot, etc).

[speedtrucker]

Re: Five New Additions For Madden NFL's Franchise Mode We'd Like to See

you basically just listed 5 features that were constantly present during the NCAA franchise days...

1. I'll basically say that pre-season/off-season would be the recruiting battles because of the obvious lack of pre-season games in NCAA.

2. although the "full" defensive assignment wasn't present there either, they did have the ability to fully control package substitutions outside of the game. still want the ability to put my #1 DB on the #1 WR all the time though.

3. Presentation... sorta yes and no. NCAA had a much better presentation because it was a full ESPN & NCAA lincensed presentation. kinda my problem with both NBA 2k and Madden, fake presentations that are sorta close and sorta not are annoying. I don't even know who the intro guy for Madden is and it bugs me, especially when my intros are always either the starting QBs or TEs... even worse when it is my backup TE previewed and he has like 8 catches for 14 yards... yay immersion. people complained about NCAA because of the tired dialogue but that is the case with most sports titles, but the intros, the flyovers, the halftime presentations and the end game stuff was 2nd only to the greatness that was nfl2k5...

4. was done in the online dynasty, if a user game had not been played yet then it was still shown but with no score yet. if played it showed the score. it was great to know what you had to do.

5. coaching carousel, already done and was pretty fun in NCAA.

[RandallB21]

1. Going along the same lines as the defensive alignments/assignments how about we take a page from NCAA and bring in formation subs as a part of the roster editing like depth carts are. Right now the 49ers play their nickel and dime packages with 4 safeties. Reid, Bethea, Ward and Tartt all are on the field at the same time. As of right now I have to edit the depth chart so that Ward and Tartt are the 3rd and 4th CB's but when the starters get hurt I have to re-edit the depth chart to bring in the actual back up CB. Very annoying. Formation subs takes care of that. Call it formation packages.

2. Customizable and Shareable Draft Classes. I don't think I need to go into too much detail here. I still have Madden 25 and NCAA 14 because I like to draft real college players. NBA 2K does it.

3. More relocation/create-a-whatever options and have it OUTSIDE of CFM. Lets say I want to move the St. Louis Rams to Los Angeles and change their color scheme back to the 80's version blue and yellow. Lets say I also want to move any other random team to Las Vegas or Orlando, and rebrand them with a new custom color scheme. We should be able to do that outside of just the CFM mode. Again taking an example from 2K their MyLeague is paving the way for customizable experiences. I think I should be able to change the teams to my liking and start a CFM with my new arrangement. We should also be able to share these new creations with the community. (EA where did Team Builder go?)

4. Create/Edit uniforms - I should be able to change an existing uniform to my liking or create new alternate uniforms. Not just mix and match preloaded ones. There are some talented designers that have taken a crack at redesigns for the NFL. Not all are great but some are actually reall good. Here are a few examples
http://www.jessealkire.com/nfl/

5. I am with Sheba2011 above and give us a practice squad and the ability to designate players as inactive for each game and have players react to it. Shareece Wright was inactive for the 49ers this season, got pissed and asked for a trade or release. Granted. He signed and started with the Ravens this past Sunday only to be burned for 2 TD's by the 49ers not so great pass offense. "If it's in the game..." ah nevermind.

[King Cardinal]

Re: Five New Additions For Madden NFL's Franchise Mode We'd Like to See

Here's my 10 suggestions for CFM:

1. Functional Auto-subs: It's obvious for realism

2. Defensive Assignments: It will return in M17 considering Rex saying it barely missed on being added to the game this year.

3. Rework the drive goals: I like the drive goals but needed some major rework by having a required main goal (gives confidence and xp) and an optional goal (just xp).

4. Expanded relocation features: Let us keep the logos the NFL allows us but let us change the color, uniform, and stadium.

5. Expanded editing: Let us edit the game.

6. Improved draft classes: It depends on who's doing the ratings and also make the classes more realistic (improved parameters).

7. Presentation: Different graphics for preseason and playoffs, Home-field advantage, keeping jumbotron graphics when rebuilding new stadium (if you don't move), improved UI (underrated addition). Also improved lines from Nantz and Simms.

8. CPU vs CPU: Or at least change our opponents uniform

9. Fixing additional legacy issues

10. Making the offseason more important.

[El Comodin24]

1. Division/Conference realignment would be dope, similar to what 2k is doing with MyLeague.
2. the in-game ticker would be great
3. A page with the playoff picture that would pop up around week 13 would be nice.

[asu666]

Great suggestions. I've been having a difficult time figuring out why Madden didn't use NCAA's in-game ticker to show scores from around the NFL and stats, etc. The presentation needs a big upgrade and EA needs to quality test the heck out of the game prior to release.

[J ROCK 05]

1. Off ball injures-Would love to see injuries happen to players without the ball. Linemen, etc. Like Sheba2011 said have a full working injury system, probable, doubtful, day to day, etc, and based on their status, changes how effective they are (ratings).

2. Presentation/Ticker-We need updated presentation we see it in MLB and 2K, please make the jump to next gen. I don't understand why they have the ESPN license and still do not use it for graphic packages, would do a lot for the game. Keep it simple, we don't need zoomed in replays of the ball, the times that Madden uses the broadcast camera for replays is when Madden honestly looks best in replay. Stop trying to create something and just keep it basic. Can we please get a working sports ticker of our in game franchise, scores, stats, upcoming games, if not played yet. Halftime show, with stats from around the league. Keep us immersed in our franchise. I like the idea of multiple broadcast teams, but don't think madden is anywhere near ready for that.

3. Defense/Game planning- This is inexcusable that we cannot double team, change defensive assignments, this must be fixed. Allow us to actually game plan our upcoming opponents. I want to see what they do/don't do well, key players, all without having to look up their team individually.

4. Weather- I would like weather to really make a difference. Yes, we have slips and falls when it's raining or snow on the field, but wind should play a bigger role in the passing game. Dynamic weather would be great, would love to start out sunny, becoming cloudy by 3rd quarter and maybe light rain by 4th quarter. Weather happens and changes, it doesn't just start out raining and rain for 4 hours all the time, mix it up!

5. More control- Overall more control of our franchises, team, coaches, players, we should be able to have total control if we want to without having to cheat the system.