Madden NFL 13 Wishlist

 

 

Madden NFL 2013 Wishlist

 

Here we go again. One more EA sports football game done another one on the horizon. Madden usually starts a viral campaign around superbowl time, but EA has been quiet this year. Why? Could it be the upheaval in the Madden staff with the departure of long-time development veterans like Ian Cummings, Phil Frazier, and other personnel? Could it be with the addition of Kolbe Launchbaugh to the team?

Regardless of any reason why EA has yet to produce some Madden 13 news/updates, here is what I’d love to see in the next installment of the game.

 

General

• A better menu system. Have you seen the 2k games? Now that’s a menu system
• Better crowds and sideline players. I’m tired of box cut out crowds.
• I’m tired of the same ‘Create-A-Player’ templates. They look the same.
• ‘Creat-A-Player’ name slots should be equipped to handle longer than usual first and last names. (I speak from personal experience)
• Create-A-Play feature
• Bring back custom personal packages
• Fix numerous bugs! How about some update mods, EA?

 

Gameplay

• AI QB play that can accurately throw short passes to the flats and sidelines/Check downs
• Better AI QB pocket presence
• The ability to create offensive and defensive player packages outside of a game situation
• A better range of penalties called and fixes to the challenge system. Challenges aren’t available when they should be, and the final calls can be baffling just as they in real life
• How about actual gang tackles?
• Wider screen/camera angle so you’re able to see the whole field
• I know it’s extremely hard to rush the passer in real life, but Madden 12 makes it impossible, Fix that.
• I’d really like to see more of a struggle between WR’s and DB’s.
• What happened to FB blocking? It was nonexistent in Madden 12
• Linebackers are incredible athletes, but throwing an INT almost every time when you through down the middle is a rarity in the actual NFL. (Most LB’s can’t jump high enough)
• Yes. WR’s have better hands than DB’s, but DB’s don’t drop the ball that often when it’s a ‘gimmie’ INT. Fix that too.
• I enjoy the NBA 2K series and how they do live games with actual date & time settings. The Madden moments live is great, but a week by week ‘live game’ would be awesome.

 

Franchise Mode

Franchise mode is not for the weak willed. This particular game mode should be very intense and very close to actual the actual NFL. A true NFL fan enjoys the off-season as much as the regular season, especially when your team falls short of the superbowl.

• I really enjoyed having a 70+ man roster than having to weed the roster down to 53, but if I’m playing Franchise, I’d like to have to opportunity to be able to sign those undrafted FA’s myself. The positional rotations of players also needs to be fixed in pre-season so your starters aren’t filling in at weird spots in the second half of games. Ever notice your back-up QB playing LT? Exactly.
• With the 70+ roster, how about adding in the practice squad and bringing back unrestricted free agency
• I admire the effort that EA puts into their scouting system, but year after year, they make the changes to the scouting process. While EA does provide a lot of features, it’s still not enough. We need more hours to scout players. Trust me, the die hard will go through those hours.
• Amazing job with the new FA bidding feature, but it’s hard to keep tabs on the person you made a bid for with a short amount of time.
• I enjoy winning year after year in my Madden NFL 12 franchise mode just like any other guy, but it does annoy me when I see teams draft same positions in consecutive years. Team AI should be addressed.
• Reintroduce player morale/decision making system to affect free agency and trade demands (including holdouts) with team loyalty. For example, a player loves playing for the Dallas Cowboys and is in a contract year and will take a paycut to reamin with the Cowboys.
• Let’s get ‘off-the-field’ issues back. Those were entertaining. But lets get a wide variety of scenarios.
• Reintroduce Owner Mode
• Reintroduce coach morale, coach contracts disputes, coach hotseat. etc
• I personally love how you are able to hire multiple coaches in NBA 2K’s ‘Association Mode’. I’d personally like to hire an OL coach, WR coach, DB’s coach, etc. In doing so, how about coach progression where individual positions coaches can one day become HC’s.

 

Franchise Presentation

• Commentary needs to synch better with the action, and provide more contextual info like relevant stats, what’s going on in the season, etc.
• Give us a good highlight show! The Extra Point was introduced in Madden 11 and was awesome, but should have been improved in Madden 12. Alex Flanagan and Fran Charles sound a bit too rehearsed.
• How about the NFL Network team making some sort of presentation graphic for Madden?
• The game should track player/coach stats better so it’s giving out post-game awards and highlighting appropriate players during games
• Reintroduce ‘NFL.com’/NFL newspaper/Live radio much like NBA 2K

 

Online

• Online gaming will be what it is. I do like the online communities/groups. I enjoy handing out a thrashing to those who reside on the east coast. Online Franchise should really be tweaked. The online mode should be fixed to many of suggestions that I’ve already said and should be ‘fantasy football-esque’.

 

Superstar Mode

• Superstar mode should be like Fight Night Champion. It should be glamorous and glorious. You’re an NFL superstar in this mode. You have to live like an NFL player. Maybe involve some off the field stories?

 

I made a lot of comparisons to the NBA 2K series. That tells you that the 2k football series should have never stopped, well, should have never been forced to stop making football games. I’m not hating on Madden and EA sports, but since they are the only football game out there, there isn’t any real competition for the Madden franchise. So no sense of urgency for EA to really change up the game. Oh well.