The Truth About What Happened To Madden's Franchise Mode

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  • @EricRayweather
    @EricRayweather  4 года назад +47

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    • @yami360
      @yami360 4 года назад

      WHAT IF IT TURNS INTO HOW 2K IS

    • @coltonhenry7990
      @coltonhenry7990 4 года назад +1

      Can you do something about the raiders 🙏🏿🙏🏿

    • @gerrick5803
      @gerrick5803 4 года назад

      Just to add what u said U CANT SKIP CUTSCENES

    • @ImFromThemWays
      @ImFromThemWays 4 года назад

      EricRayweather they need to fix the i form glitch pass the word !!!!!!!

    • @reece440i
      @reece440i 4 года назад

      EricRayweather if you knick your sack, send it back!!

  • @gaelnikiema4184
    @gaelnikiema4184 4 года назад +1026

    All that talk about ressources, yet this year instead of improving franchise they made a whole new game mode with Quavo and DJ Khaled that literally nobody asked for.

    • @jjerrodaustin
      @jjerrodaustin 4 года назад +128

      Took the words right out of my mouth. I'm sorry. EricRayweather but that's total bs. Because they make up all these excuses. But its it's ok to have a Superstar K.O. mode that has nothing to do with making the game better.

    • @rackchaser10k54
      @rackchaser10k54 4 года назад +144

      Honestly they can take mut away too

    • @jjerrodaustin
      @jjerrodaustin 4 года назад +25

      @@rackchaser10k54 exactly

    • @RandomThrowingKnife
      @RandomThrowingKnife 4 года назад +22

      Actually someone did ask for it.....shareholders. I see alot of these games trying to find ways to draw in more players so making a gamemode like this is actually smart. As far as it taking away resources from franchise it didn't. They have most players already in the game and adding the celebrities was more of the face scan team which is more character model department then gameplay. Even the stadium is graphical. Gameplay and everything is already in mut so they just needed to set parameters for the mode and leave it. Everything that dev said sounds legit tbh and honestly the frostbite engine has issues that span across all games that use it and it is up to each studio to take the engine and make it work for the game they are making. BFV has challenge tracking issues just the same and network performance is also relatively similar. With him stating it would be better for less people to be working on madden that is not false as long as the people working on the game is solid at their respective position and communication is being used. The biggest problem is with technology advancing so quickly it is hard to keep up so that is where all of EA games took a hit because EA is focused more on graphics to be the selling point then gameplay so that was what the engine is built for and devs have to figure out how to make gameplay work. Graphics take up alot of resources which makes it tricky or gamebreaking to just throw a feature in there. I'm not a dev but I do know how to code and understand that it takes alot of planning to implement one thing in the game to make sure it wont break everything else but since live service has become a thing this is why every patch breaks more then what it fixes.

    • @jjerrodaustin
      @jjerrodaustin 4 года назад +48

      @@RandomThrowingKnife I respect what you had to say. I'm sticking to what I'm saying and it still doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Okay if you have time to make a Superstar KO then you got time to make the game better. Go look at MLB THE SHOW. Same graphics but better gameplay. So there is no excuse for EA to not make their gameplay better.

  • @_S_P_E_E_D
    @_S_P_E_E_D 4 года назад +649

    Man it’s the only mode I play and it lacks so much it’s sad 😢

    • @TGMDom
      @TGMDom 4 года назад +27

      a916 KidD facts brother.. i loveeee franchise but i hate that it gets boring to me because it lacks so many features..

    • @MosHighChadro
      @MosHighChadro 4 года назад +11

      Right on homie. Im the same way.
      Its all I really play. And it could be sooo much better.

    • @cmehustle
      @cmehustle 4 года назад +18

      2Ks Association is incredible. I mean just for the editing alone. Madden should really take a page from them.

    • @rydenseasalt9716
      @rydenseasalt9716 4 года назад +1

      DITTO!!!

    • @kevinkibbe2679
      @kevinkibbe2679 4 года назад +1

      Same

  • @darrelldempsjr6676
    @darrelldempsjr6676 4 года назад +318

    It’s been more than “a few years” it’s 2020 it’s inexcusable

    • @radien239
      @radien239 4 года назад +38

      Darrell Demps jr Billion dollar corporation doesn’t have the resources to figure out how to put features from 2004 back into a 2020 game

    • @J_Caban
      @J_Caban 4 года назад +3

      Lil_Tex I mean to be fair the entirety of EA isn’t working on madden

    • @EricRayweather
      @EricRayweather  4 года назад +14

      @@J_Caban I'd still say EA has enough at their disposal to have made Franchise what it needs to be by now, but yes that's a good point. Madden doesn't have a billion dollars at their disposal, EA has multiple studios working on countless games at a time. Every game gets allotted their money for their cycle. If anything, this is why MUT is actually good for Madden. The more money MUT brings in, the more money they get allotted to put back into the game. And while MUT generates money, it's not a mode that's really resource heavy, so other parts of the game benefit more from the money it makes.

    • @J_Caban
      @J_Caban 4 года назад +15

      EricRayweather it really isn’t, the only thing that goes into MUT is new cards and events, the gameplay doesn’t change at all it’s the same game

    • @germanicusternus1982
      @germanicusternus1982 4 года назад

      I haven’t bought madden since 08. Hasn’t added anything in over a decade.

  • @antoniobulluck6101
    @antoniobulluck6101 4 года назад +310

    I miss the crowd not being full when your team sucked ... and having to build your fan base to increase your revenue ...

    • @TheSam810
      @TheSam810 4 года назад +23

      Antonio Bulluck that’s cuz of the nfl not ea they told them to quit that

    • @TheSam810
      @TheSam810 4 года назад +6

      Dreeco Finesse3tymes they feel as tho it promotes the wrong message or some bs like that

    • @J_Caban
      @J_Caban 4 года назад +1

      TheSam810 where’d you see that?

    • @TheSam810
      @TheSam810 4 года назад +12

      Josue Caban same dude made a video about the stuff the nfl tells ea not to put in the game like how concussions ain’t in the game no more

    • @adamaizenberg756
      @adamaizenberg756 4 года назад +8

      Wonder if they watched a Chargers game at all in the last two years.

  • @AaronB8288
    @AaronB8288 4 года назад +275

    Madden ultimate team happened. Once EA realized what a cash cow it was, they pretty much let franchise mode fall by the wayside because they can't monetize it. At least on current gen, they pump so much content and resources into MUT that it's painfully obvious

    • @cubs1433
      @cubs1433 4 года назад +2

      The Mandalorian madden 13had an amazing mut. Wasn’t as much rng collections
      were very rewarding

    • @SharksSJ408
      @SharksSJ408 4 года назад +1

      The dumbest thing is they would probably make more money off MUT if they made franchise mode better. I know lots of people would buy Madden just for the franchise mode if it was good enough. People who primarily play single player modes would eventually want to try the online modes like MUT. EA is just soulless garbage and is completely out of touch with what the market wants.

    • @jasonpdsi
      @jasonpdsi 3 года назад

      Thank you for spelling out mut. Im a n00b

  • @jcbvortex22
    @jcbvortex22 4 года назад +232

    EA has been lazy ever since they got the exclusive NFL license. They just milk their monopoly for every cent without any excellence in programming. They should be the flagship sports game in all of gaming, not the evil stepchild!

    • @gingycakes7608
      @gingycakes7608 4 года назад +9

      Blame the NFL for that. NFL forced only one company to have the license 🤷‍♂️

    • @gingycakes7608
      @gingycakes7608 4 года назад +10

      Drip Drip Scars and the NFL will just force another exclusivity agreement on someone else. No matter who makes this game it will always be shit because they will never have anything to compete against

    • @cbixby8335
      @cbixby8335 4 года назад +3

      Kind of sounds like the nba 2k games, Live pretty went away and 2k has gotten worse gameplay and is just a microtransaction machine

    • @codacreator6162
      @codacreator6162 4 года назад +5

      Capitalism at its best. Why give you quality when they're the ONLY choice. Now, you see what's wrong with monopolies.

    • @MrTreyshawn22
      @MrTreyshawn22 4 года назад

      Cj Bixby their gameplay as it’s issues but compared to madden it’s night and day

  • @fabianduran7369
    @fabianduran7369 4 года назад +204

    I still play franchise but it's not the same.

    • @EricRayweather
      @EricRayweather  4 года назад +31

      Hopefully one day it can return to it's glory.

    • @drethebest100
      @drethebest100 4 года назад +4

      @@simsjwyo once 2k get NFL bac it's ova

    • @Kelz91
      @Kelz91 4 года назад +3

      drethebest100 well they’re never getting it back unless EA declines that exclusive nfl license which let’s be honest is never gonna happen EA doesn’t want any competition & why would they? They rather keep making a barebones Madden except when it comes to MUT

    • @drethebest100
      @drethebest100 4 года назад

      @@Kelz91 🤔😳

  • @snippetville1129
    @snippetville1129 4 года назад +118

    Man i just need to get a ps2 and get all the classic games 😭😭 crazy how older games are way better than today’s games

    • @brianneudahl3507
      @brianneudahl3507 4 года назад +31

      Snippetville ps2 era madden (we didn’t know it at the time) was the best we were ever gonna get

    • @awolpete10
      @awolpete10 4 года назад +3

      If you play on PC you can download PCSX2 which is a ps2 emulator and a rom or iso for Madden

    • @eddiewiggles9398
      @eddiewiggles9398 4 года назад +5

      I got a brand new PS2 just to play Madden 05' that's literally the only game I have- otherwise it's just a DVD player

    • @eddiewiggles9398
      @eddiewiggles9398 4 года назад +3

      Madden 12 on PS3 and Xbox 360 is probably the best Madden ever but I still play 05 occasionally as change of pace from 12, the current version is a complete disaster and I've hated every Madden (the ones I gave a chance atleast) since 13'

    • @Kelz91
      @Kelz91 4 года назад +14

      NFL 2K5 is still to this day better than any Madden game in the last 15 years. That’s why EA bought the exclusive rights contract from the NFL because they were shooketh after Sega released that game & made it 20 dollars which is less than half the price of Madden

  • @youclown5878
    @youclown5878 4 года назад +13

    I remember on PS2 how cool franchise mode was. The feeling of owning a franchise and winning Super Bowls. Going to meet the President. The Pro Bowl. Training camp. I don't get excited about franchise mode anymore.

  • @kramiugus4573
    @kramiugus4573 4 года назад +84

    I honestly dont understand why they never took features from the nfl head coach game and threw it into franchise mode. Imo ps2 maddens from 05-08 had the best franchise modes

    • @NinjutsuSeeker
      @NinjutsuSeeker 4 года назад +4

      Madden 09 with Bret farve on the cover. Best franchise mode

    • @knova
      @knova 4 года назад

      That would make too much sense

    • @mattyboots5698
      @mattyboots5698 4 года назад

      Fully Agree

    • @JC-mb1jm
      @JC-mb1jm 4 года назад

      Only thing about the old maddens are the way the qb throws the ball they don’t have the whole throwing motion down the only thing I like about the new maddens are the throwing motion

  • @jawill24
    @jawill24 4 года назад +485

    It's simple mut makes them money franchise mode don't

    • @EricRayweather
      @EricRayweather  4 года назад +92

      Franchise mode is a big seller of the game though. The far majority of their player base plays Franchise. It's not in their interests to purposely upset those consumers.

    • @BigFenkell4-1
      @BigFenkell4-1 4 года назад +61

      Already over upset, the franchise is trash and unplayable without falling asleep there’s no market for micro transactions in franchise so they clearly are only pushing it’s no excuse for a game to get worse n this day n age and tech look at 2k20 not perfect but they put so many features in every mode but madden adds trash modes nobody likes

    • @jawill24
      @jawill24 4 года назад +10

      EricRayweather o no I agree I play franchise I have a league I run with 10 others I'm in but I just feel like every update is mut focused

    • @Starkiller9788
      @Starkiller9788 4 года назад +6

      Wendell T Stacks I'm mixed on this on the One hand we have 2k NBA games that proves that a console change shouldn't slow down progress or require a complete reboot but on the other hand ppl like you and me have to put ourselves in the developers shoes a lot of those developers are working 8-15 hour shifts to get this down cause having 1 year to make a game even if you have the engine from a previous game is a insane task and I think the bulk of the blame should be put on who decided to use frostbite engine which to me has really hurt the game cause developers who work with it say it is the worst

    • @mikelarry1395
      @mikelarry1395 4 года назад +2

      I love the franchise mode especially playing with others in a season

  • @packerfan553
    @packerfan553 4 года назад +225

    The only way franchise is fun is when you do realistic one in my opinion. Having cheese trades and 5 first rounders makes it too easy and kills the cap

    • @frankbossong2196
      @frankbossong2196 4 года назад +32

      Yeah I play franchise and its fun for like 5 minutes if you do a bunch of cheese trades and free agent signings. It’s only fun if you do it realistic but Madden does such a bad job of helping you make it realistic and it’s really hard to

    • @frankbossong2196
      @frankbossong2196 4 года назад +9

      Packer Fan like I did a chiefs “revamp” where I got them up to a 93 overall and they went 9-7, it’s so bad

    • @ifyourmarriedyourasimpanda7440
      @ifyourmarriedyourasimpanda7440 4 года назад +6

      @@frankbossong2196 lol what did you need to revamp on the chiefs? The 3 underperforming players on a team of all stars

    • @packerfan553
      @packerfan553 4 года назад +9

      @@frankbossong2196 yeah, to prevent bad sim with my 92 team, I force a few wins against really bad teams. No way should I lose to a 75 overall team

    • @MosHighChadro
      @MosHighChadro 4 года назад +4

      Hey man I take the Packers too. That is my team. I ALWAYS try to make it as realistic as possible.
      I have to purposely make the OTHER teams better, just to make it more realistic.
      In my franchise, Matt LaFleur would be a God.

  • @stormgetsbilled6309
    @stormgetsbilled6309 4 года назад +70

    i can only play about 2-3 seasons before i start getting bored

  • @firey8188
    @firey8188 4 года назад +82

    The fact that overtime has a coin toss but when the game starts it doesn’t

    • @jdb2002
      @jdb2002 4 года назад +1

      I think that was because you no longer see the coin toss in a real NFL broadcast, so they removed it from the game.

    • @RollingMusic247
      @RollingMusic247 4 года назад +12

      @@jdb2002 lazy excuse

    • @jbinkley22
      @jbinkley22 4 года назад +4

      Josh B That’s not true at all

  • @coltonlombardo4673
    @coltonlombardo4673 4 года назад +85

    Man if they had the old franchise features in franchise mode today 🔥🔥🔥

  • @christopherreed5792
    @christopherreed5792 4 года назад +55

    EA has never been known for doing things the right way, they do things the profitable way. Good for business, bad for users.

    • @pugonadrone976
      @pugonadrone976 4 года назад

      Christopher Reed unfair for developers

  • @daRealSlizzy
    @daRealSlizzy 4 года назад +32

    The old franchise is what made me fall in love with the mode

  • @javionmorris7546
    @javionmorris7546 4 года назад +28

    I miss being able to create teams with legends and current players with custom jerseys

  • @timgod87
    @timgod87 4 года назад +32

    Franchise mode on madden 20 forces me to retire after 3 seasons. It happened twice

    • @gerrick5803
      @gerrick5803 4 года назад

      Timothy Washington u need to sign a contract idk if that’s why but I think

    • @timgod87
      @timgod87 4 года назад

      I thought you didn’t get the contract till after your fourth ? After I finish the 3rd season it would say you still have 1 year left on the rookie contract

  • @kingcars
    @kingcars 4 года назад +1

    I’ve been a software engineer for the past 7 years. All of his answers are 100% on point in regards to the challenges and decisions that software teams have to deal with. From difficulties when changing code bases, to there being too many people and too many meetings, to putting some features on the back burner due to time/impact considerations, that’s all spot on. Even with the drive to put more power in the hands of non-engineers; that’s always a big focus as well. Nice video.

  • @ryanarteaga7505
    @ryanarteaga7505 4 года назад +28

    Well at least we now can hope franchise mode will be good in 10 years

  • @Totesmcgotes01
    @Totesmcgotes01 4 года назад +22

    Really makes me not want to buy Madden when the PS5 comes out, because we know what will happen. It will have less features than Madden20 does.

    • @JdDobbins97
      @JdDobbins97 4 года назад +2

      Supposedly ps5 is going to have backwards compatibility so if you have the old decent franchise games you could bide your time with those

    • @devinchapman8592
      @devinchapman8592 4 года назад +1

      Daybreak Jake I’m so pumped to be able to go back and play ncaa and line maddens 07-11

    • @JC-mb1jm
      @JC-mb1jm 4 года назад

      The ps5 is only backwards compatible for ps4 games

    • @MrHADouble
      @MrHADouble 4 года назад

      james chavis I knew it. that’s dumb as hell but I get it. If they made where we could play the games from the old consoles nobody would buy the newer games. damn I that sucks. makes me have to think about if I even want a Ps5 or not.

  • @abramgillette3987
    @abramgillette3987 4 года назад +6

    My take away from this video is that EA was too lazy to figure it out. They knew 2k5 franchise mode was better and went and bought exclusive rights because they didn't know how to fix there own mode. SMH

  • @dakotaforness3753
    @dakotaforness3753 4 года назад +7

    This video honestly kind of made me sad. Before I even had Internet I would spend hours playing franchise. No the only thing to do is some type of head to head. I really hope in the coming years I have a reason to never touch an online mode again.

  • @MrHarlemknight73
    @MrHarlemknight73 4 года назад +17

    THE DEVELOPERS DONT LISTEN TO US. THEY ARE THE WORST TEAM. 2K programmers listen to player. All EA want us our money. To heck with them

    • @gameimprovements4347
      @gameimprovements4347 4 года назад

      Not true at all

    • @zackwhiteal
      @zackwhiteal 4 года назад

      BOULEVARD RICK I am a developer (a traditional one - not a game dev). Developers never make decisions in companies the size of EA. The decisions are made by executives and product strategists. This is software development in 2020. Developers build what they are told to build. Think of them as subcontractors building a house.

    • @gameimprovements4347
      @gameimprovements4347 4 года назад

      @@zackwhiteal not only is this true, I can provide links from the creative director of Madden (2013- 2018) to back this up.
      The thing people don't understand is, EA's intended market (at least for sports title) is intended for kids- this is why they keep bringing in enough revenue to support future titles!

    • @seanrichards4316
      @seanrichards4316 3 года назад

      False

  • @joeyp9496
    @joeyp9496 4 года назад +21

    I preorder madden every year but I think this year I’m going to wait a while until I buy it. I hate having to pay for an unfinished game every year.

    • @marcusmoore3941
      @marcusmoore3941 4 года назад +5

      Wait till black friday for 30$ off

    • @joeyp9496
      @joeyp9496 4 года назад

      marcus moore honestly thats what i was thinking. I’ll likely pick up the PS5 for Black Friday and probably finally get madden around the same time.

    • @Supersonicspyro
      @Supersonicspyro 4 года назад +7

      You should've stopped a long time ago

    • @kingsaco
      @kingsaco 4 года назад +3

      Rent it from Redbox for $3/day, then decide to buy it on Black Friday. It's a win/win situation.

    • @joeyp9496
      @joeyp9496 4 года назад

      kingsaco Thats actually a pretty damn good idea.

  • @TROPxBIG2x
    @TROPxBIG2x 4 года назад +10

    Madden 20 is the first madden I actually played since 13 & I can’t even keep a franchise for a week cause it’s broken & uninteresting for me 21 they gotta do better

  • @darthmaal_2562
    @darthmaal_2562 4 года назад +15

    I'd really love for them to add like old school team roster with ray Lewis ed reid , old saints roster from like 2009 ect

    • @jimmylemar
      @jimmylemar 4 года назад +2

      that would be awesome but they would have to get the rights from probably 45+ players who aren’t in the game anymore for each historic team. They struggle to get 32 for certain promos in mut which is what they mainly focus on. Doing multiple teams is just honestly unrealistic unless you have a bunch of randomly generated players and splashes of big names from those teams.

    • @darthmaal_2562
      @darthmaal_2562 4 года назад +1

      @@jimmylemar true !!! Just a dream unless we get sum like another madden 25

    • @treveonjones8762
      @treveonjones8762 4 года назад

      JL Productions they have their rights most of those guys are in mut 😂

    • @jimmylemar
      @jimmylemar 4 года назад +1

      @@treveonjones8762 the whole 2009 saints roster is in mut? They have big names but would still have to get rights of 40+ players...and this is just one historic team, unless they do an all legend team which they have done in the past, historic teams would be a lot more difficult than say NBA 2K, who does historic teams, because those rosters are only 13 players rather than 53...so like I said unless fans want historic teams with several big names and a lot of random generated players it won't happen, and ea just wouldn't put in all the work for rights for a non complete team.

    • @JakeChaykin
      @JakeChaykin 4 года назад

      For anyone saying it’s too much work that is just BS look at the NBA games people just get desensitized to people who do not care about making a good game NBA is truly the gold standard in my opinion when it comes to features and a immersive experience they just don’t have the same Servers quality wise

  • @jmt417
    @jmt417 4 года назад

    Easily my favorite video you’ve done in a while. Keep up work like this; substantive without the fluff and clickbait

  • @drewfischer4277
    @drewfischer4277 4 года назад +1

    I'm so glad to hear this, and from a decently reliable source to boot. I've been seriously sick of softdrinksports and other youtubers just complaining about the same things every year pretending that making a game this weird is simple. It's still sad to see that 80% of the comments on this video act like nothing's changed

  • @stevojoycefitnessandlifest8530
    @stevojoycefitnessandlifest8530 4 года назад

    Great info Big E!! Thank you brotha!

  • @BOSSKNATT
    @BOSSKNATT 4 года назад +11

    i recently played head coach and its sad that it has more depth than the new gen maddens

  • @kylekoons5309
    @kylekoons5309 4 года назад +18

    What if EA went to like a 2 year cycle?

    • @EricRayweather
      @EricRayweather  4 года назад +12

      Not really possible. NFL wants a game out every year. EA also won't throw away a year of game sales.

    • @christopherreed5792
      @christopherreed5792 4 года назад +1

      DLC

    • @PopMercii
      @PopMercii 4 года назад +9

      EricRayweather what about splitting the dev teams, the former dev already said that there were kind of too many people, so maybe take half of each team and give them 2 years to release a game on alternating cycles like Call of Duty used to do

    • @Avarice-Zero
      @Avarice-Zero 4 года назад +9

      @@EricRayweather This whole thing sounds like an excuse from EA. Especially if it's time based. Acting like people would be in an uproar if they took a year or 2 off is ridiculous. It would do nothing but get people they've lost, ready to come back if the game had a ton of old features that were removed and if gameplay was more user controlled based than animations. I mean, they have no competition to worry about. This would actually be the best time. They also don't have to lose out on games sales year to year. Just offer a small paid for game update that gives you what would be current for the following season, until you're ready to drop the full new version. There is a way to do it, they just don't have any pressure to do it.
      Also, it basically sounds like they're 💩'ing on old Madden in effort to tell us what we have now is better. But that's not true. They goto "Frantics" so they don't have to rebuild for new gen consoles, but then fail to add what was there before. I don't really care how it was held together in previous Maddens, the fact is, It was there and it was amazing. You can't tell me an awesome house is trash, just because I can't lift it up and move it whenever I want. I'd rather have the awesome house with all the bells and whistles; then goto a house that is portable but has way way less to offer as far as amenities.
      If they wanted to rebuild or create an engine, Cool. Just make sure to keep building and adding things that it had before you started over.

    • @pangle54
      @pangle54 4 года назад

      Xavier Steel amen my guy!

  • @PraiseHimForever777
    @PraiseHimForever777 4 года назад

    Thanks for the video you answered bunch of my questions I’ve been pulling my hair out for years with frustration with franchise mode

  • @kaseybakker7201
    @kaseybakker7201 4 года назад

    Thanks for the info! Hopefully Franchise gets the improvements it needs.

  • @markgolson633
    @markgolson633 4 года назад

    A franchise mode video, Eric - I'm so pleased! Thank you for this :)
    I've been playing Madden since 1995, almost exclusively franchise mode. Theres a whole world of us!

  • @napalmblaziken
    @napalmblaziken 4 года назад +3

    I'm happy more people are reaching out to Madden devs. We honestly don't know what happens behind the scenes, and just make assumptions based on EA's past actions. A shame this goes over people's heads though...

  • @TheMikeBergeron
    @TheMikeBergeron 4 года назад +1

    Great info Eric! I’ve bought every Madden. But I won’t be buying another one until they make massive improvements though.

  • @willkupferer2544
    @willkupferer2544 4 года назад

    Great video Eric! Very informative

  • @gyxdan
    @gyxdan 4 года назад +18

    I just want first person camera back and the combine and college and highschool

    • @SCSAsJorts
      @SCSAsJorts 4 года назад +2

      First person mode was 2k

    • @chrisweld2903
      @chrisweld2903 4 года назад

      And helmets popping off with hits,hard hits,injuries. Not a fan of the latest madden's.

    • @SCSAsJorts
      @SCSAsJorts 4 года назад +1

      Chris Breuer those features you can actually blame nfl on, they had madden remove those things

    • @gyxdan
      @gyxdan 4 года назад

      @@SCSAsJorts yep

  • @krysis1343
    @krysis1343 4 года назад +2

    All i really want back is the full customization of relocation teams

  • @relientlancer
    @relientlancer 4 года назад +1

    Franchise in 07 was bare bones because they put all their eggs in one basket... superstar mode. And then later years got better and superstar mode was 95% the same until they scrapped it

  • @SodenBowlNetwork
    @SodenBowlNetwork 4 года назад

    Great video - love the insight!

  • @papijoel72
    @papijoel72 4 года назад +5

    EA has improved on excuses every year. Good job on that EA.

  • @Silva50505
    @Silva50505 4 года назад

    Honestly a great video man

  • @jefferyallen7092
    @jefferyallen7092 3 года назад

    After watching this I respect you as a journalist. Good shit Eric

  • @Xpicklev1323
    @Xpicklev1323 4 года назад +1

    Damn bro was just thinking about all the features we lost and you uploaded one, thanks

  • @MakinVids4Fun1
    @MakinVids4Fun1 4 года назад

    Great Video Eric!!

  • @j.j.1405
    @j.j.1405 4 года назад

    I still play Franchise on Madden 20 and thank god it was better this year. But, I really wish they would add more in depth stats, like what team each player has played for by year. I also miss being able to sign real offensive and defensive coordinators in the offseason.

  • @devaunsalters784
    @devaunsalters784 4 года назад

    Great video!

  • @avg_gmr72
    @avg_gmr72 4 года назад

    Outstanding insight. I personally have struggled play this game more than a few months the last couple of years. Good to hear Haumiller and Swami are working on Franchise now but I will not be buying this game day 1 this year. Too many letdowns for years. Madden 16 was good though

  • @andrewgrover6454
    @andrewgrover6454 4 года назад

    This video was eye opening I thought that the franchise mode features were simply removed because they wanted to remove them but watching this gives me hope that franchise mode will improve. It’s my favorite mode in madden.

  • @therealamias2697
    @therealamias2697 4 года назад +3

    So In Short, They Threw Some Broken Codes Together To Get A Playable Game On Older Consoles. But As Technology Progressed, They Had To Rebuild The Game But Still Used Some Old Codes , Like Before, That Didn’t Work Properly. So Why Won’t They Take Time To Make A Proper Product That Is Actually Good ?

  • @broski7106
    @broski7106 4 года назад +6

    *Talk about why there's no physics in any of the Madden games. Its animation simulation lol*

  • @kimchi2780
    @kimchi2780 4 года назад

    Im a franchise only guy. The move to PC was HUGE and I'm hoping franchise expands. Being on a PC makes playing franchise so much better.

  • @Dethdevastation
    @Dethdevastation 4 года назад

    What amazes me is how much fun madden used to be when it was held together with duct tape and wire, then when it gets updated it can’t have as many features as stuff that was on ps2.

  • @fnitti206able
    @fnitti206able 4 года назад

    Always loved franchise mode but it’s not been the same for a while now, every year I look to see if they upgrade the relocation of a team to where there’s more options for team names and uniforms but no some cities don’t even have options for new names and uniforms.

  • @kmac3391
    @kmac3391 4 года назад

    Appreciate the content, hopefully Madden inserts effort into off the field improvement to franchise mode. We have a 32 user daily league. We create our own programs to add depth but it'd be cool if EA made it more immersive!

  • @nickygembe1098
    @nickygembe1098 4 года назад +1

    The return of coordinators should be the next thing added! NCAA did it so well. Imagine being able to be a coordinator and earning a head coaching gig!! I'd go as far to say that adding a few new relocation cities would be nice as well

  • @MrHunterZehner725
    @MrHunterZehner725 4 года назад +5

    If Madden 12 is last good franchise, who I'm enjoy to play all 32 teams into franchise seasons. Hope Madden 21 could makes like PS2's Era!

    • @christophercuston
      @christophercuston 4 года назад +1

      you can. just create 32 owners.

    • @MrHunterZehner725
      @MrHunterZehner725 4 года назад

      Oh yes! Of course, Bro! Maybe I’m best ownership of Madden NFL Series’ Franchise!

  • @MrYucantcme
    @MrYucantcme 4 года назад +3

    I miss being able to watch it in spectator mode. Sometimes I just wanted to watch and not have to play or simulate every game. Spectator mode was awesome to me anyways.

    • @Kuzach1
      @Kuzach1 4 года назад +1

      You still can just sim game in put on slow

    • @MrYucantcme
      @MrYucantcme 4 года назад

      @@Kuzach1 Thank you... I was able to it. Thanks again...

  • @ajdembroski7529
    @ajdembroski7529 9 месяцев назад

    This is still your best video ever lol. Just playin'.
    My wife found this out of the blue and somehow knew it was me lol.

  • @brandonwelday2450
    @brandonwelday2450 4 года назад +1

    If they stopped focusing their time with ultimate team and focused primarily on franchise mode, it wouldnt seem like that "big of a task"

  • @Ricky79Bobby
    @Ricky79Bobby 4 года назад +3

    Why do they have all of these issues with programming but yet 2k makes a ball game that blows madden out of the water

  • @bradleythatcher2869
    @bradleythatcher2869 4 года назад

    Great video. I still think about franchise mode everyday. It’s so sad. If people want a fun franchise sim check out Pocket GM 20 on iOS. It’s really great. I’m not a mobile gamer but I put a ton of hours into that game. It kills Madden franchise mode

  • @booker4984
    @booker4984 4 года назад +1

    I play MUT a lot but I love franchise and it makes me sad that they neglect such a good mode

  • @aaronthebeardedbearsfan9530
    @aaronthebeardedbearsfan9530 4 года назад

    I wish they'd let you adjust the quarter length for the simulated games, my stats are always close to the bottom of the league because I play 6 minute quarters send the simulated games are like 15 minute quarters

  • @alefra2401
    @alefra2401 4 года назад +1

    Why the user can't to chose preseason schedule and in preseason we have Packers-Lions? Why the user can't to chose OC and DC with they who can to leave your team and to become head coach? Why there is not players' hold out? All that there was in Madden 09 for PS2...(and there was the minicamp with the minigames).

  • @JW-xl3yx
    @JW-xl3yx 4 года назад

    Wow i legit was just thinking of this! I remember my team went bankrupt and the game crashed haha... what year is this game ur playing here???

  • @mozofoz
    @mozofoz 4 года назад +1

    As a PC gamer, I had to wait after Madden08 til Madden19 for it to reappear on PC. What a shock ... Franchise had died and MUT was everything !!! ... and the customisation ??? where the heck did that go ? So I'm now back into wait mode for someone else to recreate Madden or for EA to return Franchise to its former glory before I buy another. Guess Madden05 will remain my madden game til something better comes along.

  • @thamsanqam9
    @thamsanqam9 4 года назад +2

    The other problem with madden franchise mode is the madden community, we cry for useless stuff. The developers are over there trying to figure out how to put in gumshields and new cleats and other useless stuff that is cool for 2 seconds but then you don't even look at after 2 days rather than actually developing the game! I'm good if there aren't any gumshields in the game or 20 different kind of cleats. Just give me a mode that is decent to play coz that will entertain me more than Michael Thomas or Jamaal Adams wearing Jordan's.

  • @timwestern1061
    @timwestern1061 4 года назад

    I am surprised the developer didn't mention Brooks law. It is a known fact in software development of many other such processes that when you add people to teams you necessarily increase the number of communication lines that have to happen between people buy n that is to say that if n is the number of people on the team already you added person you have any more lines of communication the comes a point when when teams are spending more time communicating than actually being able to spend time on code and features 5 in scrum teams we often talked about two pizzas being enough

  • @countryboy8643
    @countryboy8643 4 года назад

    Also I miss being able to actually build your draft picks up through actually practicing with them doing the drills on the old Franchise...that would have been nice

  • @PopMercii
    @PopMercii 4 года назад

    that video was a banger man

  • @Nelson_Swamp
    @Nelson_Swamp 4 года назад +1

    So...you were told that 30 YEARS into game development history (since commercial games began launching in the 70's) was still the "old days of the Wild West" with a straight face???

  • @nategreatgames78
    @nategreatgames78 4 года назад

    This was very insightful, and in theory it sounds like making the jump to frantk would have been the right move, it just seems dumb how something that was supposedly more easy, more uniform and required less resources has resulted in a mode that is just plain bad 7 years in to this console cylce

  • @MissMayI87
    @MissMayI87 4 года назад +2

    Wish these old madden's were backwards compatible. I'd play madden 05 over today's madden anyday or even better throws nfl 2k5 on backwards compatible

  • @AndresPerez-rg4xk
    @AndresPerez-rg4xk 4 года назад

    Probably why I haven't bought a madden since 17.
    I really hope and can't wait for the newer ones to get it right.

  • @trents3515
    @trents3515 4 года назад

    a good video. as to the guy who worked on Madden, i'm not sure if he really answered anything. i take that back - i understand the "wild west" argument. yet, it did work! we still miss those aspects of the game today. despite what the developer may think from his lay-of-the-land perspective, i think it simply comes down to money. with a quick cycle, they had to prioritize and they chose to focus on the wrong things. call it bad decision-making and move on... possibly to other games.

  • @billysnots8022
    @billysnots8022 4 года назад

    On Xbox you can never see the record of the person playing you online. It was fun when you beat someone in the top 10 or even 50. My record doesn't even show up anymore since everyone is playing it these days.

  • @christopherceasor
    @christopherceasor 4 года назад

    I miss those graphics!!! If we could have the mechanics from Madden 04-06 with the realistic graphics, I’d love it. I buy madden each year though.

  • @incorvaiac
    @incorvaiac 4 года назад

    I would love a game that was just Franchise mode, every game won or lost would effect the whole story mode.. and more customization to your players and even the team.

  • @xHOUNDofANUBISx
    @xHOUNDofANUBISx 4 года назад

    I'm still trying to figure out what has happened to the option of challenging an absolutely bogus play or even for it to be reviewed at all, cause I have so many different bullshit plays happen its unreal. I've went on EA's website and talked to them about it, made forums, and it's made no difference

  • @Shipwreck8l8
    @Shipwreck8l8 4 года назад

    NCAA 14 had coordinators where madden doesn't . Fix contracts, add coordinators, allow play creator and editing and better scouting then I'm good.

  • @Smokey_McPott
    @Smokey_McPott 4 года назад

    Hahahah you’re sponsor is a ball shaving company Hahahah lmao you’re the man bro

  • @DaMartian06
    @DaMartian06 4 года назад +1

    I really miss being able to see players previous played teams and position battles

  • @dragonbreath34
    @dragonbreath34 4 года назад

    The thing he doesn’t address is time. As a former developer, I can tell you that while communication and development cycles are an issue, nearly 10 years later, a lot of these features are no closer to returning. While seemingly well intentioned, they seem to lack direction towards fleshing out the feature to what it once was.

    • @EricRayweather
      @EricRayweather  4 года назад +1

      I did address that in the video. I said that EA failed to rebuild everything and went multiple years with little to no improvements made to the mode. They dragged their feet on the process for too long.

  • @oker59
    @oker59 4 года назад

    what killed me, and I hardly ever bought a madden after 2004 was because how wimply madden was when the fans said to get rid of the play editor. The fans actually said that the play editor makes madden unrealistic. Basically, a few influencial fans decided they didn't feel like playing against more creative fans; so, they made a big hoopla about it, and madden felt the social pressure, and got rid of the play editor.
    If you just had the play editor alone, all that stuff about franchise mode features would be a mute point. They should have kept and worked on keeping the play editor!

  • @joshvacca7657
    @joshvacca7657 4 года назад

    I just think it's mildly ridiculous that it doesn't keep track of which teams players have played for in franchise still, it just goes year by year, it would be nice to see which teams your FAs came from to build storyline if you play that team in the playoffs or regular season. They could even make a simple acknowledgment of it in game like "lets see how this former Jag does against his former team today" but instead it's just stat lines instead of CHI, CHI, CHI, NE, GB, GB, SEA with the stats like how it should be done. Also coordinators of course

  • @patrickhouston3882
    @patrickhouston3882 4 года назад

    We still can’t throw a fade route with proper ball trajectory. The animations for catching and tackling show a lack of investment for honing a real Physics engine. They still haven’t recovered since 06 when they bought the competition.

  • @Dnyce07
    @Dnyce07 4 года назад +3

    Madden is going to lose a lot of money when 21 comes out, this yr was the worst madden, they gave and took at the same time.

    • @EricRayweather
      @EricRayweather  4 года назад +2

      I doubt it. 20 is one of their most successful games in terms of engagement and sales. People are more active this year than they've been in a while.

    • @Dnyce07
      @Dnyce07 4 года назад +3

      @@EricRayweather it will probably be my last yr of purchasing, I was very disappointed this yr,to many take aways.

    • @seaniveroni5579
      @seaniveroni5579 4 года назад

      20 not the worse Madden at all

    • @Dnyce07
      @Dnyce07 4 года назад

      @Chow Legend you go and spend 60 to $90 and mid season things stop working which is BS!

    • @Dnyce07
      @Dnyce07 4 года назад

      @Chow Legend 19 was bad as well, for me it just got worse with 20, gunna have to keep my money in my pocket madden.

  • @miguelabud4018
    @miguelabud4018 4 года назад

    This is making me want to play madden 05 now . I been playing madden 10 since it came out . This year is the 1st time I try something new and was not impressed at all . Think I'll go find my old ps2 and play madden 05 and listen to the tony burrno show lol .

  • @HLZBORO738
    @HLZBORO738 4 года назад +2

    Here's what I want for franchise...
    Listen up devs.... please relay eric..
    1.Custom leagues... what do I mean by this, some leagues can't get 32 users so having the league may be smaller to like 24 or 16..
    2. Custom conferences some people want to use their teams but a user might not be as good as the other three in the same division. So for instance if somebody was going to take over the Seattle Seahawks and it was not that good to begin with but the other three users were very good users and would probably blow out the Seahawks user consistently having the Cardinals possibly switch divisions and putting another user that's better to compete with the other three and have 4 good users in the division.. it could possibly help keep that user that's not very good in the league so that he has a possibility to compete and make the playoffs.
    3.. being able to draft (either rookie or startup franchise) from your phone everybody wants to do a draft online but not everybody is home at the same time , having the option to draft live from your phone would be fantastic.
    4. Having custom sliders is good but they don't have custom injury sliders and severity of weeks.. we also had the option to reset injuries each week but with the patch right around December they took out that option so it was kind of pointless to take over a team with multiple injuries..
    Thats for franchise...
    Heres for gameplay..
    1. Totally fix and rehaul the replay system it's complete garbage.. you should be able to challenge pretty much anything on the field but when you go to challenge something it's locked..apf 2k8 was Head and Shoulders better with the replay system than Madden 20.. eric you can check yourself.
    2. Have a play calling window to where you can only call a short amount of plays per game or drive I think I saw this on Twitter.. saw somebody wanted to call split back half back wheel you as a commissioner can put a certain amount of times you can call that play before it's locked..my number is 4...
    3. Have better custom camera angles and not just far or standard have it where you can adjust the height or pitch of a camera. Apf 2k8 had this as well..

    • @PopMercii
      @PopMercii 4 года назад +1

      vegas96 for 1 idk if the nfl would allow you to cut the size of the league down, nba 2k doesn’t even allow you to remove teams from the league only add them. in the eyes of the league it’s devaluation of whatever team you take out so most likely everyone takes out the bengals or the dolphins and that makes it seem like those team are inadequate to be nfl teams and makes people unhappy

  • @samaniac7406
    @samaniac7406 4 года назад

    thx y do i never see the workout part of the combine in franchise mode?

  • @davidboniface858
    @davidboniface858 4 года назад

    Weird thing is that Madden 07 on ps2 still has the franchise code from 05. ps3 was the only one gutted. Also franchise back then wasn't broken

  • @sir_dinkle
    @sir_dinkle 4 года назад +1

    Tony Bruno show be sending me way back

  • @ksheynerman
    @ksheynerman 4 года назад +1

    "Mode can only improve, not get worse" EA : "Hold my Beer!"

    • @EricRayweather
      @EricRayweather  4 года назад

      Well to be fair, since the new engine it's never gon backwards or lost anything. It's only gotten features added since then. They just have been moving slow to get it back to where it fully needs to be.

    • @ksheynerman
      @ksheynerman 4 года назад

      @@EricRayweather you're absolutely right on that. But I'd argue that trusting them to never mess it up again would be going against everything we've seen from them. So while past results don't necessarily predict the future they do give us a glimpse into the culture and competency of that company and development team.

  • @steelo0780
    @steelo0780 4 года назад +1

    I always wondered way they released one every year. I'am not a programmer, but I thought it made more since to release updates as DLC(new rosters, new uniforms etc). I never saw the point in a new game every year. In any sports game. The problem is people keep buying them every year. We have the power to make change in any video game. Bottom line with EA, maybe not the Devs, it's about those millions of dollors every year. Great video and look Behind the scenes. Thanks it anwsered some questions I had.

  • @macanthony1982
    @macanthony1982 4 года назад +3

    like im in Franchise year 2030 right now and the announcers still talk of Patriots winning Super Bowl from 2019.... smh....
    there is no cutscene for winning the division or at least a decent tweet/notification about it, need some type of cutscene for winning the conference championship, right now its like a regular season game.. EVREY NEW SEASON IN FRANCHISE MODE IS LIKE ONE BIG RESET.... SMH
    bottom line... its the small things that need to be fixed... if they cant fix the simple stuff, how do you improve it as a whole?????