I think more trait tags would be sweet for example QBs could have “streaky” so they gain and loose morale very fast depending on previous games, so in simulation u could be playing the 4-8 rams but Stafford has won the last 3 games and is playing up like 4 overalls
One big thing is draft day trades from other teams. They never trade, if you have the 4th pick you should be worried that someone might jump you for the QB that you need
I’d also love to see the CPU bench their players for younger “worse” players if the season isn’t going well. Like if Geno Smith isn’t playing well and the Seahawks are 2-6 they might swap drew lock or a rookie as the starting qb to see if they get a better performance. Or just QB battles in the preseason so that they might start a younger more raw qb but a worse overall because he did play better than the higher overall qb. They could even have an overall of like 85+ that the qb wouldn’t be benched.
If possible I'd love to see this as well but I feel like it'd be glitchy. We'd probably see unrealistic or unneeded benchings throughout the season that would fuck it up.
I think that'd work well with the tag system - if the current starter has the Bridge Player tag, or at least doesn't have the Franchise QB tag, and the backup has a hidden dev trait, the Future Starter tag, or the QB of the Future tag, or maybe is within 5 OVR or so of the badly performing starter, they'd be elevated
1. Ability to edit injuries 2. Start now option for offline 3. Commissioner mode where I dont need 32 team control just to make things run smoothly. 4. Create plays! I had such a sweet offense on '05 5. Create-a-Team! 6. NCAA integration, I've always wished we could watch film or highlights of potential draft picks. 7. Coaches! Yes coach carousel, also backstories/histories new candidates popping up i.e. college coaches, former players, out of announcer booth, back from running Nascar Etc. Etc. Etc. The picture with all the coaches. Fan approval rating. 8. Off field incidents both good and bad. Car crash or has a baby etc. 9. Owners meetings with new rules proposals. 10. A radio show that talked about relevant info to the season while in the excruciatingly slow menus. 11. Custom UI and menus 12. Scouts or assistant coaches' input on a rookie and what position they could play etc. Maybe they have a list of guys or something. 13. Accurate sim stats. 14. Accurate QB injuries (see 1) 15. Temporary boost for in season Free Agents with experience under a coach system. I understand this will be hard for them to track but I do it in my mind when i sign guys after an injury. 16. Franchise share- upload our saves with positions fixed, injuries updated, schedules complete, stats dialed, coaches fixed, and settings done. 17. Player cards that look like player cards. 18-10000 Customization options!!! EA is not able to please everyone but they half ass try and end up pleasing almost no one, let us please our selves (that came out wrong)
I would love to have some sort of feature that tells you what veteran players are hitting free agency and not being surprised. It would help with deciding who to resign before letting them walk or perhaps cutting players to make cap space for a big name hitting FA
I like the way MLB the show treats this. You have the option of being notified when something like an injury happens and you need to choose if you want to adjust the depth chart or let the CPU auto adjust as well as if there are deadlines/roster moves that need to be done. It'd be nice if you had the option to have a reminder to make any trades at the deadline before advancing to week 9 as well.
@@Ghostface2point0Little late, but if I remember correctly, so does the NHL games, which are also made by EA. So it wouldn’t be that hard to also put in madden, at least I would think it wouldn’t
EA boutta be like WOAH WOAH WOAH we've been giving way too much lately we need to TAKE AWAY features otherwise what are we gonna have to market when we put back in the removed features
Add a hot seat meter. Where you can see what coaches are close to getting fired & allow mid season coach firing. You can have team morale, roster overall, etc. factor into it & coaches on the hot seat can make more desperate trades for players. Being able to use the look for trade feature but having a choice to tell teams your looking for mostly picks or mostly players. Custom playbooks should be an actual part of franchise & let new coaches make there own playbooks Top 5 offense/defenses coordinator should be almost guaranteed to be poached where you have to try & convince them to stay.
I would even want some features added that give a more realistic feel while playing these franchise games. Like, if a player is close to breaking a franchise record, etc., have it pop on the screen with the list of players.. or show season leaders in a specific category during the game. Also more player traits should hold more weight.. if a player is clutch or plays well home vs away or during certain weather conditions.
Yeah I remember that happening once in Madden 21 where I broke the single season passing record but there was no graphic showing like the top 5 players with the record or anything. The announcers mentioned it but it still would be cool to see a graphic with the QB sitting at the top and the previous record holders underneath him with their pictures
It's insane. 2K is more money hungry then EA but there game is much better in a lot of ways unfortunately, Madden is getting there, but its not a close race. MyNBA is miles better then franchise mode
I'd LOVE if they added coaching counsel stats. Imagine if they had like awareness and aggressive or conservative sliders Or even run/pass probability sliders etc etc
Face editor with sliders to customize faces for player editing and draft classes. That way there wouldn’t be 50 guys with the same face. We had it for Face of the Franchise for a couple years now. They can’t just carry that over to Franchise??? Also, post June 1 cuts would be huge for cap management.
I’ve wanted the names & scanned in faces of the coordinators for years now. Totally agree with you there. Having a whole process dedicated to hiring staff (like free agency) would be great
A contract negotiation “meeting” like fifa has would be a great feature where you have to negotiate a players role on the roster, whether it be a starter, or depth piece. If the playing time demands aren’t met players morale drops and eventually demand a trade
The more you think about it the more you realize that 2k already has the best system for sports games like bages a morale system instead of a upgrade system so players cap in overall or can have one good year then fall off tendencies instead of traits etc. but those are the main ones.
Imagine being able to walk into a park and play Throw Up Tackle or 7 on 7. Shit playing catch with another user online with your superstar and being able to be on the same team and playing 11 players on offense/defense online.
I would love to see them add different commentators depending on what time and day you are playing on. Next I want new animation for the head coach. I also want where a player is frustrated on the team it shows it on the news tap.
I’d love to see them add players refusing to play unless you renegotiate their contract because they are underpaid. That way you can’t resign a player right before they get a massive bonus ovr boost and keep them for cheap. I know you can manually do this but still. I’d also like them to add the ability to change how you cover recovers. It would be nice before a game to set it so you always have a safety over the top on the best receiver. Id also like them to add a chance for good/bad things to happen each year. Like an injury bug debuff so like the ravens the past few years your star players are more likely to be injured or random suspensions. Id also like it if they added “personalities” to coaches. Like Mike tomlin is better at hitting on late round WRs, but they are more likely to get mad when not getting the ball. Or bears or browns get debuffs on drafting first round qbs. Also I wish you as the coach could choose how preseason games are gonna be divided up. I like having multiple back up qbs play in the preseason to see which ones win out to be my back up.
Yeah, they have personality traits but they don't seem to impact anything that is substantial. You could have selfish players, that check out if their morale drops too far, which would make you contemplate getting them more touches. They could start jogging on routes, or not blocking, call it the Pickens patch. The suspensions are a no go however. It really doesn't match with what the NFL is trying to push as their brand. If you want something like that, you're gonna have to play blitz 😂
I think one of the things that would help the coaching thing is simply expanding down to positional coaches. Give us QB, OL, RB, and WR/TE on offense and DL, EDGE, LB, and DB on the defense with a Special Teams coordinator along with the DC and OC. I get that might be a bit much, but there are plenty of watching positional coaches every year to figure out who may get a promotion.
I 100% feel the positional terminology thing. It is absolutely insane to be having Rashan Gary playing as an off ball linebacker in a 4-3 scheme. However, it's hard to blame EA for not wanting to do this when most NFL teams and the NFL itself refuse to refer to players in this way. Look at the pro bowl voting, for example. When voting there is a "linebacker" section that includes both edge rushers and off ball linebackers. It makes 0 sense.
Pro Bowl is largely an outlier at this point though... Every single NFL team uses these terms and all of the Draft Coverage has officially gotten with the times. All-Pro team I believe now uses the updated terminology as well. Let's be honest... Pro Bowl in general is joke.
Every team uses modern terminology when constructing a roster even if they don’t always list them as such on team websites. Pro bowl doesn’t matter. All pro teams use updated terminology so do like draft breakdowns and virtually ever pundit/expert/ whatever there called. They need to change it
One of my biggest things I would love to see is the ability to customize your own team being able to design it, and ESPN sports center style presentation similar to ESPN NFL 2K5.
this may be a very minute detail, I enjoy all three phases of football. I’m sick of my DB1 being the gunner on special teams. Implement special teams positions on the depth chart, so I don’t have manually put them in the formation subs, all for it to be wiped away if they get injured.
Only sad thing is EA could say all of this is coming next year. Beta comes out and they say it’s coming once it launches. Launch comes and they say it’s coming next year. Then repeat the system.
Coaching carousel just like ncaa 14. Allow us to start out whatever we would like to be, whether it’s a head coach, OC, or DC! Was definitely my favorite part of ncaa games starting as a coordinator and working my way up to be a HC at a smaller program and bring them championships
Playing as a coordinator and getting hired for a HC job would be great! Building a coaching career was one of my favorite things in NCAA. Coaching contracts or discussions. So much can be done on the coaching front! I would also love to see active trades during the draft particularly for teams who might be desperate or lacking at a given position. Off-season or pre-season position battles, especially if there are players closely packed together. Would love on cut down day to have comparison of players pre-season stat lines.
Im on board with you I know that won't do it but I think it should work like fifa multiple leagues it's should be ea football you should be able to work from college to the pros and back if you want try making your own play book etc
Great video. These are all quite literally the things I’ve been begging for when I bitch at EA while playing. There are a few things I’d like to add though: 1. Nickel CB & Long Snapper have their own positions. 2. More meaningful attributes. (ie: for a RB, add Contact Balance, Elusiveness, Explosiveness Inside/Outside Run Grade& make Pass Block ratings matter for their OVR. For a CB, add Technique, Instincts, Mirror, Match, Hip Fluidity, etc etc etc. It should feel like you’re an NFL scout) 3. The face tuner option that’s available in Superstar mode included into Franchise mode along side more face options in general 4. different body TYPES. For example, the only way to give a player a bit of a belly who doesn’t already have one is to increase their weight to 322lbs & there are COUNTLESS players in the NFL who are thick in the belly & way under 322LBs
In addition to adding Edge as a position, they need to do something to make Long Snappers matter. I'm tired of a 38 OVR "TE" taking up a roster spot and being able to cut them without it affecting the team.
Something I would love to see with OC/DC's. Each have a base playbook with about 100 to 150 plays that are in every playbook. (I know Madden thinks it's already doing this) then have another 100 to 150 plays that are specifically designed for how that OC/DC runs their side of the ball. Example an OC who prefers to use TE's heavily, their playbook should feature that. With lots of TE packages and formations. That other OCs don't have in their books because they don't feature TE's. It would force you to pay attention to who you are playing and what system they actually run. You should be forced to make adjustments based off of the matchup. (teams don't prepare to play the Niners the way the play the Bucs) Right now I don't care who the other team is or what their Personnel I run the same plays and they work just fine. If EA, was able to figure this out it would be awesome. Another example. If a DC is great at scheming to stop the run and has the personnel and skill tree bonuses to be dominant. The defense should receive major boost to stop the run. Where it becomes extremely tough to run on them. But you receive extra XP for rushing 100 + yards on them.
Couple things I thought of CPU teams should be either selling or buying more, maybe give that team a tag that makes them more likely to trade for or trade away star players. Also honestly the overall system should be so different, players who play well should go up overall, players who play poorly should go down, depth players should have a chance to actually make a name for themselves be able to be developed through time, if your player isn’t starting in his rookie year he’s pretty much toast for the most part especially if he’s just a normal dev
Funny how this year is the 3rd Madden 25, phonetically. There was the 25th anniversary, they called Madden 25. There was Madden 24, which was the 5th copy and paste of Madden 20, you could call Madden 20 5. And now Madden 25.
Something no one really seems to notice, how about realistic player height depictions?? I’ve been playing madden 15 franchise and I always notice the height differences between players in the huddle and on the field. For example, I have Mike Vick (6’0) & Megatron (6’5) on the niners and Vick is noticeably shorter than the lineman, Megatron, Jason Witten, Vernon Davis, etc., and Frank Gore (5’9) is even shorter than him! I love this because it just enhances the authenticity of the game. This hasn’t been in any Madden since at least Madden 20 as far as I can tell. You can clearly see how they blatantly disregard this at 1:23 when Purdy & Trevor Lawrence are standing next to each other. Lawrence is 6’6 and Purdy is 6’1! They should not be standing shoulder to shoulder. I know this has been in every madden game since before Madden 16 (never played 17, 18, 19) so why is that something they can’t seem to get right anymore?! Maybe they just don’t care or maybe the fans are just to ignorant to hold them accountable, but this is just one of the many reasons why I’m not buying any new madden until simple things like this are back in the game.
I wanna see tattoos and more options for faces/hair, especially when you make someone. Even just generic ink. And let me choose a hairstyle and what ever facial hair I want, on whatever face I want
My one big thing, would be to literally copy and paste MLB the Show scouting into Madden. MLB has an awful franchise mode at this point, but they nailed their scouting system with how you can scout whoever you want, whenever you want, for as long as you want
This was awesome! I’ve said the same things for years! How do they not do any of this? I’ve been waiting for a game like the one you described for 2 decades. It’s like they use zero common sense when it comes to immersion and realistic situations. Well done
Not sure I agree about the coaching tree, I know a coach is not going to be able to actually make players faster, but I look at Dallas where their DB coach Al Harris puts a heavy emphasis on reading and reacting and it almost feels like his DBs move faster on the field because they have a stronger understanding of where to be in the scheme, and I think adding speed can help represent that on the field. Also I can see how working with a "QB guru" offensive coordinator could help a QB get more out of his mechanics and increase his throw power. Maybe not by 3 points in a single season, but I can see 1 point per season, up to 3 so a QB can go from 89 THP to 92 by working with the same QB coach over his first three years in the league.
They need to add simple things like 16 man practice squads and realistic IR rules with a minimum of 4 weeks instead of the 8 or 9 or whatever it is that they have right now.
Think it would be relatively simple to add tattoos in the game. Tattoos have been a thing in video games since the dawn of time. I know you can't get specific tattoos for guys because of release of artwork from the artists, but it would take a day for EA to hire someone to doodle 50 generic tattoo sleeves that we can use. Low effort investment that would that would GREATLY improve the immersion for me.
Want to talk about immersion? How about something no one really seems to notice, realistic player height depictions?? I’ve been playing madden 15 franchise and I always notice the height differences between players in the huddle and on the field. For example, I have Mike Vick (6’0) & Megatron (6’5) on the niners and Vick is noticeably shorter than the lineman, Megatron, Jason Witten, Vernon Davis, etc. and Frank Gore (5’9) is even shorter than him! I love this because it really enhances the authenticity of the game. This hasn’t been in any Madden since at least Madden 20 as far as I can tell. You can clearly see how they blatantly disregard this at 1:23 when Purdy & Trevor Lawrence are standing next to each other. Lawrence is 6’6 and Purdy is 6’1! They should not be standing shoulder to shoulder. I know this has been in every madden game since before Madden 16 (never played 17, 18, 19) so why is that something they can’t seem to get right anymore?!
Would be cool to see dynamic ratings, dependant on how the players perform in the season the and there stats at the end of year they go down, up or stay the same. This creates a unique franchise mode for every player and every franchise created. This will also stop in year 5 seeing the same qbs be the best every time and would be more realistic as performance matters. Right now seeing ridder or feilds or pickett at the top qb's is ridiculous. They already have a ratings decrease when your plays are old so there must be a way to add something like this.
Great video, hit a lot of important points. Heres some i have myself. Coach play calling would be a dope addition, for example, if you’re a coach you can go into games, view them from the sideline, not be able to use players, but you can call the plays. That would be super immersive and sweet. I would use a mode like that for rebuilds all the time as a way to even things out. Simulation also needs a big revamp, a lot of players will do rebuilds and not even play, but it’s insufferable when you play as the cardinals and sim through the first year and they go 12-5 and win the superbowl. Its way to based on playbook. I get the importance of having a good coach but at this point it can be extremely random. I get teams have down years but teams like the ravens often have terrible records in my games, ive also had so many play throughs where i work on 3 or so seasons and build a 88+ overall team that goes 5-12. Again, i know teams can have good players but not play well but theres no givin reason for this, and you can switch playbooks around trying to find what works and it just wont do. I also feel like the path to greatness can be too linear, for players and for teams. Yes, theres regression but that often means theyre just old. And if a player or team plays bad they can regress, but in real life we can see a player go from a horrible year to a great one, or have a terrible 7 week stretch then play phenomenally. I just feel like the overall cpu players that are good and young just automatically end up being an upper 90 overall with xfactor. Some players in real life may end up being equal to an 86 ovr but thats where their cap is. Not everyone turns into myles garrett. Some guys end up being great players but dont become hall of famers. If you get a decently young player to 85 or so, and you play well, they will be a 99 overall if you play enough. This is especially true for qbs. Draft a guy and if hes like a 74 with star dev, if you play a few good seasons hes already up to a 99 because his dev trait keeps getting higher
they had compensatory picks in the mid-2000s games, madden 07 i know has them for sure. so i suppose there’s something to be said for a different console a different foundational code and all that but if they did it 20 years ago on the gamecube i don’t see why they couldn’t figure out how to do it now
Tbh, the one thing I’m ready for is just a scouting system overhaul in Madden. I like being able to individually scout and pick out guys as opposed to hiring a scout to handle it. The draft and scouting has always been my favorite part of madden franchise, but I feel it’s been lacking recently. Might just be me, but would bring me back for sure.
1. Position Terminology 2. Updated Rating system (players improve in the off-season instead of the regular season, like 2k) 3. Separate abilities and dev trait. Why does how fast you get better dictate your talents on the field? 4. MORE PLAYER CUSTOMIZATION
My wishlist XFactors for Offensive Lineman Stonewall- Cannot be beaten by speed rushers Immovable Object - cannot be beaten by power rushers Bulldozer- highly increased chance on pancake blocks on inside runs Lead The Way- increased chance of pancake blocks on outside runs and screen passes Players being unhappy with losing, production or being replaced and asking for a trade/ refusing to play until demands are met CPU to make draft day trades/ when a CPU team offers a trade for certain pick, game asks if you'd like to bid for it or have other CPU teams bid for it Stop having the CPU take players you want in the draft right before you pick if they A) don't need them or B) they don't fit the team. (Cardinals signed 3 75+ middle linebackers in FA then still proceeded to draft the middle linebacker I wanted. It was annoying). Create A Team Realistic Stats (Example Number 1 pass defense IRL gives up 177 ypg.... Number 1 pass defense in Madden gives up 220. That's a difference of almost 50 yards) You want a realistic game? Use Real World Stats Make Defense Matter!!!!! The average team punts 5 times a game.... Each team in my franchise punts once maybe twice a game. I know defense is boring unless it's turnovers but you can't have a realistic game if you don't have realistic things happening. FOX AND CBS scoreboards and announcers Have BUST be a hidden development trait and all players have hidden development traits even if they are Normal. Keeps the suspense up and makes an even playing field for all teams
OK I'll give Madden that one on the bust/slow development trait thing. It shouldn't be a slider issue. I shouldn't have a 90+ overall corner getting burned on coverage constantly. Otherwise whats the point of overalls? The CPU players seem to be able to cover just fine.
@@TonyBelcher-if1pc Madden is in a weird middle ground where stats matter till they don't. Strength matters in press but I don't notice it in power moves or block sheds. Speed has always mattered but pursuit makes defenders faster. Also it's never consistent
Tying in to what you said about the different coach perks, I think coach tags (similar to player tags) would be great too. These tags would essentially dictate which skill trees a given coach has access to, and help differentiate potential hires based on team needs. My quick idea of four tags that exemplify the coach archetypes we see across the league: Motivator: has the current skill tree which boosts on-field performance Guru: has access to the game planning and scheme-based bonuses you mentioned in the video Evaluator: has access to skills that reveal rookie ratings more quickly, as well as maybe grant temporary bonuses to acquired veterans who are a scheme match Specialist: has a skill tree that focuses on a specific position, and grants bonuses to scouting, development, and/or performance for that position There's the idea of having coaches "multi-class" as they go, and maybe even unlocking additional tags as they get promoted to coordinator or head coach roles, but don't wanna get too far ahead of myself here.
One little thing I think is needed. Is when you “get offers” in the trade menu, you should be able to open the player card for the offered players. Other wise you have to Manually trade in order to see player age dev trait so on
1. Updated positional terminology: Absolutely agree. Sometimes I play in franchise mode with a fantasy draft. I completely agree. This is super annoying. 2. Fog of War for rookies: I hadn't really thought of this before, but I really like the idea. I think it should be for all rookies. I can tell you have thought about these things. I also like you idea of having some type of system to add undrafted rookies. 3. I like the idea of void year contracts and compensatory draft picks. It would just add another layer of realism. 4. I dislike overpowered items on the coaching trees. I always put the coaches progression on the slowest in franchise settings so the decisions you make take multiple season to really add up. But if you left it on default they would add up quick and especially if the upgrades are overpowered it actually detract from the experience. It sounds like they may have multiple announcing crews next year. That is still a rumor at this point, but seems more likely than not. Overall I think your proposed changes list is a very good one. It is realistic, but would add to the realism.
I can't even count how many hours I spend editing league wide positions to get each team's proper edge and interior scheme fits. It's sad that this is where the expectations have fallen but if EA put nothing new in the game next year except for proper edge terminology I'd be ecstatic.
I would love for the CPU to value kickers and punters , I’m tired of seeing all the kickers in free agency as the cpu would rather sign 5 RBS and fullback
thaaank you for touching on the rookie appearance generation. I feel like I have to edit every rookie each year because all wrs and cbs have qb sleeves, shitty numbers, and riddell revolutions
You hit it with the schemes. Let me determine the kind of players I want. Also, some kind of slider for run vs pass, aggressive on offense and defense that determines blitzing and going for it on fourth down. More player customization would be great too. There are so many things that guys wear in real life that aren't available.
Make player franchises more in-depth. Be able to request trades Ask for the team to acquire players/position Allow you to play on the same team as others players More player options Let the coaches call plays
I just found some info on reddit regarding position terminology. The new games are still being scaffolded on source code from the early 2000s. The position terminology is hard coded in behind all of that and it would be a nightmare to untangle. It's also why there's no long snapper position and QB's are the place holders. In my opinion the game has long needed to take a few years off and rebuild from scratch with modern technology and know how. Unfortunately the bank the game makes means that will probably never happen. I hope this info is wrong but it makes a lot of sense to me.
You know I'd really like to see more variety in terms of what positions you can play. Like maybe I wanna play as a kicker for a season or a fullback. Maybe a o lineman. I just think if would add more things to do and really change up the whole qb rb wr cb Lb etc. I have always kinda wanted to play as an o lineman. And maybe have a simple yet sophisticated blocking mechanics for o line and dumb ot down for other pos.
Heavy on the updated positional terminology and fog of war. I know this isn't franchise specific, but I would like to see a "clear cap penalties" during the main menu. My friends and I like to build rosters based on where players went to college for franchise mode, and that would be so helpful for us in building the roster.
I think it's time for Madden to start treating the O-line as a unit. Their overall combined rating should determine what type of o-line you have. Even though their individual ratings matter. There should be talents that you can unlock based on how long that group has played together. Example of a potential talent. if you have at least 4 of your 5 lineman play 300 snaps together (just a random number thrown out) and say they have a combined run block and run block power of 95. They could unlock a talent called (closer) Where if you have a 14 point lead in the 4th quarter your entire o-line will get a ratings boost. where your entire online will become 99 overall run blocking. This should allow you to grind out the clock in the 4th quarter and force your opponent to do drastic things like run blitz to stop you from running the ball which leads them vulnerable to play action. Again this would mean the longer a o-line has played together the more dominate they would be. In my current season of madden I lost my starting LT and RT. I'm starting to rookies to replace them. It's not a issue. like it should be. I play on All Madden with the sliders set to favor the CPU. I'm still scoring the most ppg and leading the league in passing yards and TDs.. I even forget I'm starting 2 rookie tackles... It would be nice if it was something I had to play around (like Mahomes is currently doing in real life) also it would make me reconsider just letting my staring tackles walk in FA because I decided to pay my #2 WR and my Xfactor SS because I actually don't value o-linemen in this game.
Everything you have said in this video is everything I was thinking because like you said about coaches and OC/DC on the hot seat or being able to be hired as a HC and being able to rename the OC and DC would be fun. The draft should be based like you said by Edge and LB and Pass Rushers it doesn't help not knowing until after you draft the player where they fit or don't fit. The hidden dev would be awesome the reason I agree with it is because I hate seeing Normal or when it's hidden how good they are
I can kinda get what you mean by terminology. Like in PFF mock drafts, players are OT, DE, LB, etc, stating the area they play but not a locked position. So change all draft player positions to that and depth chart as well.
I agree on for the incoming rookies and how they look. A wr or a corner will get drafted and they be wearing linemen gloves with linemen cleats and a old helmet
So I think the way EA does the whole ratings Fog of War with their NHL series is very well done and similar in the sense that it gives different number of bars (0-4) that represent the accuracy of a ratings number. You can assign pro scouts, and amateur for drafts, and give them assignments to scout groups of players or specific players for different things like ratings, potential & comps, attitudes etc. and really makes the experience fun (and is why I’m playing a lot more of my NHL24 leafs franchise). I know you’re very busy especially with football season but I’d love to talk about it and how Madden can implement it to improve the product (maybe even for another video like this one)
Real shit bro, we have been saying this since madden 16. They were supposed to hear us out a long time ago. they were supposldy working on franchise mode in madden 22, but then it got worse after this game
I think if they added a new “position” called ‘Hybrid’ or something of the sort in the draft (would have an on/off switch in franchise settings if you want play with it or not) where players can play 2 positions on either side of the ball. Kind of like the ‘Athlete’ position on NCAA, and you have to decipher what two positions they can play best, you can develop them in both positions via skill tree, kind of like Superstar mode on The Yard. And have a specific tab on the ‘specialists’ tab screen on adjust lineup to assign a Hybrid player at which two positions they can play. Also have a sub package for them to play on every single formation, instead of the one like the TE/QB package for the Saints or the Deebo Package for the Niners. Just spitballing an idea, idk
I think if they were to implement Big Ticket item #3 with void contracts, they should have a toggle when creating a league to have the choice of a “simple cap” or “realistic cap” for those who may not want to have the complicated contracts. I agree that they should add void year contracts and roll over dead cap. Make it as realistic as possible. But a reason they might not have it implemented is so all ages can play and thoroughly enjoy it. But if they have a way for each person to decide between a simple or realistic cap, that would go a long way!
We need the restructure contract to have the option to bring money forwards as well as pushing it back. Eat up some of that cap hit in the current season if you have free cap if you are projected to be over in future seasons
Biggest thing I’ve seen is how absolutely terrible the computer can be at managing their own teams and free agency. I’ve seen times where teams are 30 million above the cap and make bizarre acquisitions they don’t need just to sit on the bench. It’s also about 4 or 5 teams every free agency that make 90% of the acquisitions. Also give us a choice of practice fields and weather choices.
One thing that would be cool that was incorporated into the WWE games is custom renders. Therefore when we view the roster the draft classes we make have real pictures
Positional Terminology is a MUST. also for me: Smarter CPU to CPU Trades Player editing is so cumbersome now. The old way was much quicker. Real coordinators in the game. More realistic trade proposals from the CPU.
I’d also like the ability to choose your own weather, or set it to random for franchise games. Also, they need to revamp the practice squad so that you can add any players…even the veterans like they do in real life. It’s super frustrating trying to put a third QB on your PS for example… who may be a veteran so they won’t let you add him. You would think that would be an easy fix. Also for franchise games you can only activate 46 players like real life. The cpu could do it for you or you just manually designate players inactive. Additionally, you should be able to activate a practice squad player for one game like in real life. Another big thing I’d like to see is the ability to sit certain players for preseason games. It’s so frustrating seeing your star players come in on special teams or some wacky scenario in preseason. It’s terrible. If there are certain players, I don’t want to even dress up, you should be able to deactivate them for that game.
I like all the coaching ideas i personally like to install playbooks and schemes and watch the team cpu v cpu i think coordinator spots should be more realistic like you said and should be an option to start in a franchise downfall is you dont get the 53 man say so or work your way up to HC and get control of 53 man adding to it the coaching carousel as a coordinator get offered a HC spot of another team or the same spot or if your HC gets fired a promotion to HC of the current team in turn getting fired yourself could result in teams bidding for you as a coordinator a combo of NFL Head Coach 09(called plays and saw your team go into action) and NCAA(coaching carousel and coordinator positions) and older maddens((Coaches had a position they specialized in and added little buffs like awareness/ tackling/accuracy)Which would be nice to specialize in a position as up and coming coach too and add your own buffs) would make the coaching awesome now to NFL Draft id like to see NFL Draft day trades especially when the mock draft basically tells you how the draft will pan out 90% of the time id like to see teams jump me or other teams to draft a player they like or want maybe a curveball draft pick a guy projected to go later gets picked sooner or traded up for stats of college players a week by week and CFP week too update of performance/injury/stats an Achilles tear could plumet a guys stock unless a team takes a risk early or everyone passes and now you have a bid for a guy a certain performance puts a new guy on the map so we adjust draft table accordingly
They should make hidden out of 500 snaps but if it’s normal it gets revealed at 100, then if it’s star it gets revealed at 300, superstar 450, and X factor 500. Obv snap counts can change that was just my idea
Something I'd love to see is an updated auto sib system. Not only is auto sub in/out broken, but it's confusing for most madden users and they don't even touch it. I'd love to see a system in which I can assign a player X amount of snaps per 60 snaps. If I have a good RB duo, let me assign the main guy like 35 snaps and the backup 25 snaps.
One thing you didn't say, that used to be a function of drafting rookies in around Madden 2007-2010, was for the ability to sort through scouted players after their combine stats are released and see who ranked where doing what. I used to find freak athletes that were just low awareness that I easily built up because of their play on the field. But now, you have to go through each individual player . Which makes it very difficult to get those rated " undrafted" and take a chance on them with a 6th or 7th round pick. Just an aspect I miss about the game.
- New relocation logos ,uniforms and helmets - overhaul the draft and scouting especially tie into the top prospect stories - X factor overhaul - stadium overhaul not just 4 to choose from - actual sim gameplay - you should not be able to spam swim or power move every play - year end awards overhaul - contract overhaul -expansion and expansion draft -throw in old nfl Europe teams for relocation and expansion -practice squad overhaul - undrafted free agents overhaul Be able to choose stadium wall designs and or advertising -combine workouts -full coaching staffs with abilities to effect players even more -dead cap hits
A working model filter would also be awesome. It is impossible to create players that are chubby or bulky or skinny. Torsos are long or long legs etc. More variation would go a long way.
should go without saying, but along with the offensive/defensive coordinators I too want the real names/likenesses or at least the ability to edit this so that you can promote from within, or see where they go and how that coaching career goes, there are some coordinators that should be head coaching now or within the next few seasons
I think combine results sorting would be a *massive* improvement, and should be a priority... I honestly don't know if EA will address any one of these points though... I'm eager to see more news of College Football, I think that might have an impact on how future Madden games turn out
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I think more trait tags would be sweet for example QBs could have “streaky” so they gain and loose morale very fast depending on previous games, so in simulation u could be playing the 4-8 rams but Stafford has won the last 3 games and is playing up like 4 overalls
So... Like streaks from Madden 12 for the ps3/Xbox360
I’ve suggested having a consistency rating that impacts ratings in the same way. The higher your rating, the less up and down the player will be.
omg yes. People like Gabe Davis with low consistency rating would be perfect
Something I would love to see is league expansion rather than just relocation. NBA 2k has this and it is very cool. With an expansion draft to start.
I 100% agree
i’ve heard somewhere that it has to do with licensing i’m pretty sure. not 100% sure but
Ea isn’t allowed to add expansion by the NFL
I use other peoples teams from community shared and created a 36 team league and simmed the draft, yes other than work I have no life 💀
Madden just needs to straight up copy 2ks franchise mode.
I'd bet anything you asked me to that position terminology stays exactly the same for at least 2 more years.
I also think because of MUT they won’t want to change it.
Honestly the position issue is only for hardcore football fans so theyll never change it.
Unfortunately you're probably right
@@yeetmcyeeterson506they don’t care about franchise mode because it doesn’t have any in app purchases
@@yeetmcyeeterson506I mean theoretically they could just keep it the same for MUT and change it/have a switch for it for franchise
One big thing is draft day trades from other teams. They never trade, if you have the 4th pick you should be worried that someone might jump you for the QB that you need
I’d also love to see the CPU bench their players for younger “worse” players if the season isn’t going well.
Like if Geno Smith isn’t playing well and the Seahawks are 2-6 they might swap drew lock or a rookie as the starting qb to see if they get a better performance. Or just QB battles in the preseason so that they might start a younger more raw qb but a worse overall because he did play better than the higher overall qb.
They could even have an overall of like 85+ that the qb wouldn’t be benched.
It’s stupid because in madden 16 a game EIGHT years ago the cpu benched the quarterback from bad play while I was playing.
If possible I'd love to see this as well but I feel like it'd be glitchy. We'd probably see unrealistic or unneeded benchings throughout the season that would fuck it up.
Yea absolutely!!!
I think that'd work well with the tag system - if the current starter has the Bridge Player tag, or at least doesn't have the Franchise QB tag, and the backup has a hidden dev trait, the Future Starter tag, or the QB of the Future tag, or maybe is within 5 OVR or so of the badly performing starter, they'd be elevated
@@aislefivemusic college is going to be wayy better than Madden
1. Ability to edit injuries
2. Start now option for offline
3. Commissioner mode where I dont need 32 team control just to make things run smoothly.
4. Create plays! I had such a sweet offense on '05
5. Create-a-Team!
6. NCAA integration, I've always wished we could watch film or highlights of potential draft picks.
7. Coaches! Yes coach carousel, also backstories/histories new candidates popping up i.e. college coaches, former players, out of announcer booth, back from running Nascar Etc. Etc. Etc. The picture with all the coaches. Fan approval rating.
8. Off field incidents both good and bad. Car crash or has a baby etc.
9. Owners meetings with new rules proposals.
10. A radio show that talked about relevant info to the season while in the excruciatingly slow menus.
11. Custom UI and menus
12. Scouts or assistant coaches' input on a rookie and what position they could play etc. Maybe they have a list of guys or something.
13. Accurate sim stats.
14. Accurate QB injuries (see 1)
15. Temporary boost for in season Free Agents with experience under a coach system. I understand this will be hard for them to track but I do it in my mind when i sign guys after an injury.
16. Franchise share- upload our saves with positions fixed, injuries updated, schedules complete, stats dialed, coaches fixed, and settings done.
17. Player cards that look like player cards.
18-10000 Customization options!!! EA is not able to please everyone but they half ass try and end up pleasing almost no one, let us please our selves (that came out wrong)
and the other 80+ features softdrinktv listed in his video
1,2,5,6 and 9 are a must
@@dariusdafigga2K can do it
I would love to have some sort of feature that tells you what veteran players are hitting free agency and not being surprised. It would help with deciding who to resign before letting them walk or perhaps cutting players to make cap space for a big name hitting FA
Had this at the end of the vid so totally agree!
I like the way MLB the show treats this. You have the option of being notified when something like an injury happens and you need to choose if you want to adjust the depth chart or let the CPU auto adjust as well as if there are deadlines/roster moves that need to be done. It'd be nice if you had the option to have a reminder to make any trades at the deadline before advancing to week 9 as well.
NBA 2K has an "upcoming free agents" tab and has had this for God knows how many years
@@Ghostface2point0as it’s such a great feature.
@@Ghostface2point0Little late, but if I remember correctly, so does the NHL games, which are also made by EA. So it wouldn’t be that hard to also put in madden, at least I would think it wouldn’t
Having the new IR rules in the game is needed badly
So badly.
EA boutta be like WOAH WOAH WOAH we've been giving way too much lately we need to TAKE AWAY features otherwise what are we gonna have to market when we put back in the removed features
Straight up this
Add a hot seat meter. Where you can see what coaches are close to getting fired & allow mid season coach firing. You can have team morale, roster overall, etc. factor into it & coaches on the hot seat can make more desperate trades for players.
Being able to use the look for trade feature but having a choice to tell teams your looking for mostly picks or mostly players.
Custom playbooks should be an actual part of franchise & let new coaches make there own playbooks
Top 5 offense/defenses coordinator should be almost guaranteed to be poached where you have to try & convince them to stay.
I would even want some features added that give a more realistic feel while playing these franchise games. Like, if a player is close to breaking a franchise record, etc., have it pop on the screen with the list of players.. or show season leaders in a specific category during the game. Also more player traits should hold more weight.. if a player is clutch or plays well home vs away or during certain weather conditions.
Yeah I remember that happening once in Madden 21 where I broke the single season passing record but there was no graphic showing like the top 5 players with the record or anything. The announcers mentioned it but it still would be cool to see a graphic with the QB sitting at the top and the previous record holders underneath him with their pictures
It's insane. 2K is more money hungry then EA but there game is much better in a lot of ways unfortunately, Madden is getting there, but its not a close race. MyNBA is miles better then franchise mode
Gm mode would make more sense than owner,
Custom coaching schemes is what I've wanted forever
dynamic progression PLEASE. xp SUCKS.
also i really want to be able to see how many targets WRs TEs & RBs have.. we only have reception numbers
Yeah sometimes it takes forever to develop a player
What are u doing here
@@Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilic5 I guess he plays madden
Fr it's so unrealistic.. very linear progression
Especially for OL. OL almost never develop
I'd LOVE if they added coaching counsel stats.
Imagine if they had like awareness and aggressive or conservative sliders
Or even run/pass probability sliders etc etc
Face editor with sliders to customize faces for player editing and draft classes. That way there wouldn’t be 50 guys with the same face. We had it for Face of the Franchise for a couple years now. They can’t just carry that over to Franchise???
Also, post June 1 cuts would be huge for cap management.
I’ve wanted the names & scanned in faces of the coordinators for years now. Totally agree with you there. Having a whole process dedicated to hiring staff (like free agency) would be great
A contract negotiation “meeting” like fifa has would be a great feature where you have to negotiate a players role on the roster, whether it be a starter, or depth piece. If the playing time demands aren’t met players morale drops and eventually demand a trade
Yes, but we don’t want more pointless cut scenes.
The more you think about it the more you realize that 2k already has the best system for sports games like bages a morale system instead of a upgrade system so players cap in overall or can have one good year then fall off tendencies instead of traits etc. but those are the main ones.
Except the progression of players in that game is ass. But it is good.
@@nickbacherbaronsoc7193without touching sliders it’s poor, yes, but you can tune that
Bro playing 2K after not posing for years and only playing Madden i was overwhelmed with all the shit I could do. Madden is severely lacking.
Imagine being able to walk into a park and play Throw Up Tackle or 7 on 7. Shit playing catch with another user online with your superstar and being able to be on the same team and playing 11 players on offense/defense online.
I would love to see them add different commentators depending on what time and day you are playing on. Next I want new animation for the head coach. I also want where a player is frustrated on the team it shows it on the news tap.
I’d love to see them add players refusing to play unless you renegotiate their contract because they are underpaid. That way you can’t resign a player right before they get a massive bonus ovr boost and keep them for cheap. I know you can manually do this but still.
I’d also like them to add the ability to change how you cover recovers. It would be nice before a game to set it so you always have a safety over the top on the best receiver.
Id also like them to add a chance for good/bad things to happen each year. Like an injury bug debuff so like the ravens the past few years your star players are more likely to be injured or random suspensions.
Id also like it if they added “personalities” to coaches. Like Mike tomlin is better at hitting on late round WRs, but they are more likely to get mad when not getting the ball. Or bears or browns get debuffs on drafting first round qbs.
Also I wish you as the coach could choose how preseason games are gonna be divided up. I like having multiple back up qbs play in the preseason to see which ones win out to be my back up.
That would be an interesting addition to the personality traits
Yeah, they have personality traits but they don't seem to impact anything that is substantial. You could have selfish players, that check out if their morale drops too far, which would make you contemplate getting them more touches. They could start jogging on routes, or not blocking, call it the Pickens patch.
The suspensions are a no go however. It really doesn't match with what the NFL is trying to push as their brand. If you want something like that, you're gonna have to play blitz 😂
Cant wait for EA to not do a single one
99% chance of happening. Also wouldn't be surprised to see them actually remove features lol
I think one of the things that would help the coaching thing is simply expanding down to positional coaches. Give us QB, OL, RB, and WR/TE on offense and DL, EDGE, LB, and DB on the defense with a Special Teams coordinator along with the DC and OC. I get that might be a bit much, but there are plenty of watching positional coaches every year to figure out who may get a promotion.
I 100% feel the positional terminology thing. It is absolutely insane to be having Rashan Gary playing as an off ball linebacker in a 4-3 scheme. However, it's hard to blame EA for not wanting to do this when most NFL teams and the NFL itself refuse to refer to players in this way. Look at the pro bowl voting, for example. When voting there is a "linebacker" section that includes both edge rushers and off ball linebackers. It makes 0 sense.
Pro Bowl is largely an outlier at this point though... Every single NFL team uses these terms and all of the Draft Coverage has officially gotten with the times.
All-Pro team I believe now uses the updated terminology as well. Let's be honest... Pro Bowl in general is joke.
I think they could use the trait tags to try and clear up the off ball vs edge rusher LB issue.
@@michaelbeale559they already do, but the CPU doesn’t use logic to fill/replace
Totally.
Every team uses modern terminology when constructing a roster even if they don’t always list them as such on team websites. Pro bowl doesn’t matter. All pro teams use updated terminology so do like draft breakdowns and virtually ever pundit/expert/ whatever there called. They need to change it
One of my biggest things I would love to see is the ability to customize your own team being able to design it, and ESPN sports center style presentation similar to ESPN NFL 2K5.
this may be a very minute detail, I enjoy all three phases of football. I’m sick of my DB1 being the gunner on special teams. Implement special teams positions on the depth chart, so I don’t have manually put them in the formation subs, all for it to be wiped away if they get injured.
Things I wanna see
1. Accurate running animations.
2. Create a team.
Create a team is all I fucking want
Expansions would be great. We already have relocation but being able to create a brand new franchise would be awesome
Only sad thing is EA could say all of this is coming next year. Beta comes out and they say it’s coming once it launches. Launch comes and they say it’s coming next year. Then repeat the system.
It’s crazy how madden 12 had the fog of war feature you are talking about and the game a decade later doesn’t have it 🤦♂️
Coaching carousel just like ncaa 14. Allow us to start out whatever we would like to be, whether it’s a head coach, OC, or DC! Was definitely my favorite part of ncaa games starting as a coordinator and working my way up to be a HC at a smaller program and bring them championships
Playing as a coordinator and getting hired for a HC job would be great! Building a coaching career was one of my favorite things in NCAA. Coaching contracts or discussions. So much can be done on the coaching front! I would also love to see active trades during the draft particularly for teams who might be desperate or lacking at a given position. Off-season or pre-season position battles, especially if there are players closely packed together. Would love on cut down day to have comparison of players pre-season stat lines.
Im on board with you I know that won't do it but I think it should work like fifa multiple leagues it's should be ea football you should be able to work from college to the pros and back if you want try making your own play book etc
Great video. These are all quite literally the things I’ve been begging for when I bitch at EA while playing.
There are a few things I’d like to add though:
1. Nickel CB & Long Snapper have their own positions.
2. More meaningful attributes. (ie: for a RB, add Contact Balance, Elusiveness, Explosiveness Inside/Outside Run Grade& make Pass Block ratings matter for their OVR. For a CB, add Technique, Instincts, Mirror, Match, Hip Fluidity, etc etc etc. It should feel like you’re an NFL scout)
3. The face tuner option that’s available in Superstar mode included into Franchise mode along side more face options in general
4. different body TYPES. For example, the only way to give a player a bit of a belly who doesn’t already have one is to increase their weight to 322lbs & there are COUNTLESS players in the NFL who are thick in the belly & way under 322LBs
We would be deep into franchise😂
In addition to adding Edge as a position, they need to do something to make Long Snappers matter. I'm tired of a 38 OVR "TE" taking up a roster spot and being able to cut them without it affecting the team.
With college football game coming back, the bare minimum for me to buy Madden next year is the terminology.
Something I would love to see with OC/DC's. Each have a base playbook with about 100 to 150 plays that are in every playbook. (I know Madden thinks it's already doing this) then have another 100 to 150 plays that are specifically designed for how that OC/DC runs their side of the ball. Example an OC who prefers to use TE's heavily, their playbook should feature that. With lots of TE packages and formations. That other OCs don't have in their books because they don't feature TE's. It would force you to pay attention to who you are playing and what system they actually run. You should be forced to make adjustments based off of the matchup. (teams don't prepare to play the Niners the way the play the Bucs) Right now I don't care who the other team is or what their Personnel I run the same plays and they work just fine. If EA, was able to figure this out it would be awesome. Another example. If a DC is great at scheming to stop the run and has the personnel and skill tree bonuses to be dominant. The defense should receive major boost to stop the run. Where it becomes extremely tough to run on them. But you receive extra XP for rushing 100 + yards on them.
Definitely appreciate you making this video early before they start developing M25💯💯
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Honestly. If they just went to NBA 2K’s franchise, took some notes, and just implemented most of what they have, we’d be solid
Couple things I thought of
CPU teams should be either selling or buying more, maybe give that team a tag that makes them more likely to trade for or trade away star players.
Also honestly the overall system should be so different, players who play well should go up overall, players who play poorly should go down, depth players should have a chance to actually make a name for themselves be able to be developed through time, if your player isn’t starting in his rookie year he’s pretty much toast for the most part especially if he’s just a normal dev
Also 3 or 4 years into a franchise the free agent quality goes significantly down, young players need to hit FA more often
Funny how this year is the 3rd Madden 25, phonetically. There was the 25th anniversary, they called Madden 25. There was Madden 24, which was the 5th copy and paste of Madden 20, you could call Madden 20 5. And now Madden 25.
Something no one really seems to notice, how about realistic player height depictions?? I’ve been playing madden 15 franchise and I always notice the height differences between players in the huddle and on the field. For example, I have Mike Vick (6’0) & Megatron (6’5) on the niners and Vick is noticeably shorter than the lineman, Megatron, Jason Witten, Vernon Davis, etc., and Frank Gore (5’9) is even shorter than him! I love this because it just enhances the authenticity of the game. This hasn’t been in any Madden since at least Madden 20 as far as I can tell. You can clearly see how they blatantly disregard this at 1:23 when Purdy & Trevor Lawrence are standing next to each other. Lawrence is 6’6 and Purdy is 6’1! They should not be standing shoulder to shoulder. I know this has been in every madden game since before Madden 16 (never played 17, 18, 19) so why is that something they can’t seem to get right anymore?! Maybe they just don’t care or maybe the fans are just to ignorant to hold them accountable, but this is just one of the many reasons why I’m not buying any new madden until simple things like this are back in the game.
I wanna see tattoos and more options for faces/hair, especially when you make someone. Even just generic ink. And let me choose a hairstyle and what ever facial hair I want, on whatever face I want
I would love to see draft variety like when a qb needy team trades up or trading down , just cpu draft movement
My one big thing, would be to literally copy and paste MLB the Show scouting into Madden. MLB has an awful franchise mode at this point, but they nailed their scouting system with how you can scout whoever you want, whenever you want, for as long as you want
Small things like power rankings, better story lines, better customization, coin flip
This was awesome! I’ve said the same things for years! How do they not do any of this? I’ve been waiting for a game like the one you described for 2 decades. It’s like they use zero common sense when it comes to immersion and realistic situations. Well done
I’d like chants like how Steelers fan yell muth after he catches the ball
Cowboys Deuce and Schoon
9ers Jusc
😂
Not sure I agree about the coaching tree, I know a coach is not going to be able to actually make players faster, but I look at Dallas where their DB coach Al Harris puts a heavy emphasis on reading and reacting and it almost feels like his DBs move faster on the field because they have a stronger understanding of where to be in the scheme, and I think adding speed can help represent that on the field.
Also I can see how working with a "QB guru" offensive coordinator could help a QB get more out of his mechanics and increase his throw power. Maybe not by 3 points in a single season, but I can see 1 point per season, up to 3 so a QB can go from 89 THP to 92 by working with the same QB coach over his first three years in the league.
Great ideas fr
#1 on my wishlist has to be fully customizable teams like how it used to be way back in madden 11 or whenever it stopped being a feature
Also, it would be hella dope if they let you customize stadiums inside franchise
They need to add simple things like 16 man practice squads and realistic IR rules with a minimum of 4 weeks instead of the 8 or 9 or whatever it is that they have right now.
Think it would be relatively simple to add tattoos in the game. Tattoos have been a thing in video games since the dawn of time. I know you can't get specific tattoos for guys because of release of artwork from the artists, but it would take a day for EA to hire someone to doodle 50 generic tattoo sleeves that we can use. Low effort investment that would that would GREATLY improve the immersion for me.
Want to talk about immersion? How about something no one really seems to notice, realistic player height depictions?? I’ve been playing madden 15 franchise and I always notice the height differences between players in the huddle and on the field. For example, I have Mike Vick (6’0) & Megatron (6’5) on the niners and Vick is noticeably shorter than the lineman, Megatron, Jason Witten, Vernon Davis, etc. and Frank Gore (5’9) is even shorter than him! I love this because it really enhances the authenticity of the game. This hasn’t been in any Madden since at least Madden 20 as far as I can tell. You can clearly see how they blatantly disregard this at 1:23 when Purdy & Trevor Lawrence are standing next to each other. Lawrence is 6’6 and Purdy is 6’1! They should not be standing shoulder to shoulder. I know this has been in every madden game since before Madden 16 (never played 17, 18, 19) so why is that something they can’t seem to get right anymore?!
Would be cool to see dynamic ratings, dependant on how the players perform in the season the and there stats at the end of year they go down, up or stay the same. This creates a unique franchise mode for every player and every franchise created. This will also stop in year 5 seeing the same qbs be the best every time and would be more realistic as performance matters. Right now seeing ridder or feilds or pickett at the top qb's is ridiculous. They already have a ratings decrease when your plays are old so there must be a way to add something like this.
That already happens with morale and temp bonuses.
Great video, hit a lot of important points. Heres some i have myself. Coach play calling would be a dope addition, for example, if you’re a coach you can go into games, view them from the sideline, not be able to use players, but you can call the plays. That would be super immersive and sweet. I would use a mode like that for rebuilds all the time as a way to even things out. Simulation also needs a big revamp, a lot of players will do rebuilds and not even play, but it’s insufferable when you play as the cardinals and sim through the first year and they go 12-5 and win the superbowl. Its way to based on playbook. I get the importance of having a good coach but at this point it can be extremely random. I get teams have down years but teams like the ravens often have terrible records in my games, ive also had so many play throughs where i work on 3 or so seasons and build a 88+ overall team that goes 5-12. Again, i know teams can have good players but not play well but theres no givin reason for this, and you can switch playbooks around trying to find what works and it just wont do. I also feel like the path to greatness can be too linear, for players and for teams. Yes, theres regression but that often means theyre just old. And if a player or team plays bad they can regress, but in real life we can see a player go from a horrible year to a great one, or have a terrible 7 week stretch then play phenomenally. I just feel like the overall cpu players that are good and young just automatically end up being an upper 90 overall with xfactor. Some players in real life may end up being equal to an 86 ovr but thats where their cap is. Not everyone turns into myles garrett. Some guys end up being great players but dont become hall of famers. If you get a decently young player to 85 or so, and you play well, they will be a 99 overall if you play enough. This is especially true for qbs. Draft a guy and if hes like a 74 with star dev, if you play a few good seasons hes already up to a 99 because his dev trait keeps getting higher
they had compensatory picks in the mid-2000s games, madden 07 i know has them for sure. so i suppose there’s something to be said for a different console a different foundational code and all that but if they did it 20 years ago on the gamecube i don’t see why they couldn’t figure out how to do it now
Tbh, the one thing I’m ready for is just a scouting system overhaul in Madden. I like being able to individually scout and pick out guys as opposed to hiring a scout to handle it. The draft and scouting has always been my favorite part of madden franchise, but I feel it’s been lacking recently. Might just be me, but would bring me back for sure.
1. Position Terminology
2. Updated Rating system (players improve in the off-season instead of the regular season, like 2k)
3. Separate abilities and dev trait. Why does how fast you get better dictate your talents on the field?
4. MORE PLAYER CUSTOMIZATION
My wishlist
XFactors for Offensive Lineman
Stonewall- Cannot be beaten by speed rushers
Immovable Object - cannot be beaten by power rushers
Bulldozer- highly increased chance on pancake blocks on inside runs
Lead The Way- increased chance of pancake blocks on outside runs and screen passes
Players being unhappy with losing, production or being replaced and asking for a trade/ refusing to play until demands are met
CPU to make draft day trades/ when a CPU team offers a trade for certain pick, game asks if you'd like to bid for it or have other CPU teams bid for it
Stop having the CPU take players you want in the draft right before you pick if they A) don't need them or B) they don't fit the team. (Cardinals signed 3 75+ middle linebackers in FA then still proceeded to draft the middle linebacker I wanted. It was annoying).
Create A Team
Realistic Stats
(Example Number 1 pass defense IRL gives up 177 ypg.... Number 1 pass defense in Madden gives up 220. That's a difference of almost 50 yards) You want a realistic game? Use Real World Stats
Make Defense Matter!!!!! The average team punts 5 times a game.... Each team in my franchise punts once maybe twice a game. I know defense is boring unless it's turnovers but you can't have a realistic game if you don't have realistic things happening.
FOX AND CBS scoreboards and announcers
Have BUST be a hidden development trait and all players have hidden development traits even if they are Normal. Keeps the suspense up and makes an even playing field for all teams
The NFLPA is the reason the slow dev got removed so there's no way they'd allow bust trait to make it to the game
Your stats and defense issues are a slider problem, not a Madden problem
OK I'll give Madden that one on the bust/slow development trait thing.
It shouldn't be a slider issue. I shouldn't have a 90+ overall corner getting burned on coverage constantly. Otherwise whats the point of overalls? The CPU players seem to be able to cover just fine.
@@TonyBelcher-if1pc well the CPU isn't beholden to the same sliders as you are...
@@TonyBelcher-if1pc Madden is in a weird middle ground where stats matter till they don't. Strength matters in press but I don't notice it in power moves or block sheds. Speed has always mattered but pursuit makes defenders faster.
Also it's never consistent
Tying in to what you said about the different coach perks, I think coach tags (similar to player tags) would be great too. These tags would essentially dictate which skill trees a given coach has access to, and help differentiate potential hires based on team needs.
My quick idea of four tags that exemplify the coach archetypes we see across the league:
Motivator: has the current skill tree which boosts on-field performance
Guru: has access to the game planning and scheme-based bonuses you mentioned in the video
Evaluator: has access to skills that reveal rookie ratings more quickly, as well as maybe grant temporary bonuses to acquired veterans who are a scheme match
Specialist: has a skill tree that focuses on a specific position, and grants bonuses to scouting, development, and/or performance for that position
There's the idea of having coaches "multi-class" as they go, and maybe even unlocking additional tags as they get promoted to coordinator or head coach roles, but don't wanna get too far ahead of myself here.
I’ve been waiting for decades for long snapper to become an actual position
Please. Would give those random 30 overall guys on rosters a reason
One little thing I think is needed. Is when you “get offers” in the trade menu, you should be able to open the player card for the offered players. Other wise you have to Manually trade in order to see player age dev trait so on
Shit take so much time
1. Updated positional terminology: Absolutely agree. Sometimes I play in franchise mode with a fantasy draft. I completely agree. This is super annoying.
2. Fog of War for rookies: I hadn't really thought of this before, but I really like the idea. I think it should be for all rookies. I can tell you have thought about these things. I also like you idea of having some type of system to add undrafted rookies.
3. I like the idea of void year contracts and compensatory draft picks. It would just add another layer of realism.
4. I dislike overpowered items on the coaching trees. I always put the coaches progression on the slowest in franchise settings so the decisions you make take multiple season to really add up. But if you left it on default they would add up quick and especially if the upgrades are overpowered it actually detract from the experience.
It sounds like they may have multiple announcing crews next year. That is still a rumor at this point, but seems more likely than not.
Overall I think your proposed changes list is a very good one. It is realistic, but would add to the realism.
We need stunts
I can't even count how many hours I spend editing league wide positions to get each team's proper edge and interior scheme fits. It's sad that this is where the expectations have fallen but if EA put nothing new in the game next year except for proper edge terminology I'd be ecstatic.
I would love for the CPU to value kickers and punters , I’m tired of seeing all the kickers in free agency as the cpu would rather sign 5 RBS and fullback
thaaank you for touching on the rookie appearance generation. I feel like I have to edit every rookie each year because all wrs and cbs have qb sleeves, shitty numbers, and riddell revolutions
You hit it with the schemes. Let me determine the kind of players I want. Also, some kind of slider for run vs pass, aggressive on offense and defense that determines blitzing and going for it on fourth down. More player customization would be great too. There are so many things that guys wear in real life that aren't available.
Make player franchises more in-depth.
Be able to request trades
Ask for the team to acquire players/position
Allow you to play on the same team as others players
More player options
Let the coaches call plays
I just found some info on reddit regarding position terminology. The new games are still being scaffolded on source code from the early 2000s. The position terminology is hard coded in behind all of that and it would be a nightmare to untangle. It's also why there's no long snapper position and QB's are the place holders. In my opinion the game has long needed to take a few years off and rebuild from scratch with modern technology and know how. Unfortunately the bank the game makes means that will probably never happen. I hope this info is wrong but it makes a lot of sense to me.
You know I'd really like to see more variety in terms of what positions you can play. Like maybe I wanna play as a kicker for a season or a fullback. Maybe a o lineman. I just think if would add more things to do and really change up the whole qb rb wr cb Lb etc. I have always kinda wanted to play as an o lineman. And maybe have a simple yet sophisticated blocking mechanics for o line and dumb ot down for other pos.
definitely love all these ideas! hopefully some if them get added within the next few games 🙏🏼
Heavy on the updated positional terminology and fog of war. I know this isn't franchise specific, but I would like to see a "clear cap penalties" during the main menu. My friends and I like to build rosters based on where players went to college for franchise mode, and that would be so helpful for us in building the roster.
It's under "members" on the right most tab on the main menu.
I think it's time for Madden to start treating the O-line as a unit. Their overall combined rating should determine what type of o-line you have. Even though their individual ratings matter. There should be talents that you can unlock based on how long that group has played together. Example of a potential talent. if you have at least 4 of your 5 lineman play 300 snaps together (just a random number thrown out) and say they have a combined run block and run block power of 95. They could unlock a talent called (closer) Where if you have a 14 point lead in the 4th quarter your entire o-line will get a ratings boost. where your entire online will become 99 overall run blocking. This should allow you to grind out the clock in the 4th quarter and force your opponent to do drastic things like run blitz to stop you from running the ball which leads them vulnerable to play action. Again this would mean the longer a o-line has played together the more dominate they would be. In my current season of madden I lost my starting LT and RT. I'm starting to rookies to replace them. It's not a issue. like it should be. I play on All Madden with the sliders set to favor the CPU. I'm still scoring the most ppg and leading the league in passing yards and TDs.. I even forget I'm starting 2 rookie tackles... It would be nice if it was something I had to play around (like Mahomes is currently doing in real life) also it would make me reconsider just letting my staring tackles walk in FA because I decided to pay my #2 WR and my Xfactor SS because I actually don't value o-linemen in this game.
I think there needs to be 2 more Traits
Generational:Where they Develop at crazy speeds
Bust:Where they barely ever upgrade at all
Everything you have said in this video is everything I was thinking because like you said about coaches and OC/DC on the hot seat or being able to be hired as a HC and being able to rename the OC and DC would be fun. The draft should be based like you said by Edge and LB and Pass Rushers it doesn't help not knowing until after you draft the player where they fit or don't fit. The hidden dev would be awesome the reason I agree with it is because I hate seeing Normal or when it's hidden how good they are
I can kinda get what you mean by terminology. Like in PFF mock drafts, players are OT, DE, LB, etc, stating the area they play but not a locked position. So change all draft player positions to that and depth chart as well.
I agree on for the incoming rookies and how they look. A wr or a corner will get drafted and they be wearing linemen gloves with linemen cleats and a old helmet
So I think the way EA does the whole ratings Fog of War with their NHL series is very well done and similar in the sense that it gives different number of bars (0-4) that represent the accuracy of a ratings number. You can assign pro scouts, and amateur for drafts, and give them assignments to scout groups of players or specific players for different things like ratings, potential & comps, attitudes etc. and really makes the experience fun (and is why I’m playing a lot more of my NHL24 leafs franchise). I know you’re very busy especially with football season but I’d love to talk about it and how Madden can implement it to improve the product (maybe even for another video like this one)
Real shit bro, we have been saying this since madden 16. They were supposed to hear us out a long time ago. they were supposldy working on franchise mode in madden 22, but then it got worse after this game
I think if they added a new “position” called ‘Hybrid’ or something of the sort in the draft (would have an on/off switch in franchise settings if you want play with it or not) where players can play 2 positions on either side of the ball. Kind of like the ‘Athlete’ position on NCAA, and you have to decipher what two positions they can play best, you can develop them in both positions via skill tree, kind of like Superstar mode on The Yard. And have a specific tab on the ‘specialists’ tab screen on adjust lineup to assign a Hybrid player at which two positions they can play. Also have a sub package for them to play on every single formation, instead of the one like the TE/QB package for the Saints or the Deebo Package for the Niners. Just spitballing an idea, idk
I think if they were to implement Big Ticket item #3 with void contracts, they should have a toggle when creating a league to have the choice of a “simple cap” or “realistic cap” for those who may not want to have the complicated contracts.
I agree that they should add void year contracts and roll over dead cap. Make it as realistic as possible. But a reason they might not have it implemented is so all ages can play and thoroughly enjoy it. But if they have a way for each person to decide between a simple or realistic cap, that would go a long way!
We need the restructure contract to have the option to bring money forwards as well as pushing it back. Eat up some of that cap hit in the current season if you have free cap if you are projected to be over in future seasons
I love how Marcus seriously has the best ideas that will probably never get added :(
Needed this video 🔥🔥🔥
The file sharing is a must and would be the biggest impact IMO.
Biggest thing I’ve seen is how absolutely terrible the computer can be at managing their own teams and free agency. I’ve seen times where teams are 30 million above the cap and make bizarre acquisitions they don’t need just to sit on the bench. It’s also about 4 or 5 teams every free agency that make 90% of the acquisitions.
Also give us a choice of practice fields and weather choices.
One thing that would be cool that was incorporated into the WWE games is custom renders. Therefore when we view the roster the draft classes we make have real pictures
Fantastic video. I believe all of these suggestions would benefit Madden and make it a much better game. I hope someone sees this.
Positional Terminology is a MUST.
also for me:
Smarter CPU to CPU Trades
Player editing is so cumbersome now. The old way was much quicker.
Real coordinators in the game.
More realistic trade proposals from the CPU.
Something I would like is a secondary position so like a defensive end could play quarterback as well or a wr could play corner something like that
I’d also like the ability to choose your own weather, or set it to random for franchise games. Also, they need to revamp the practice squad so that you can add any players…even the veterans like they do in real life. It’s super frustrating trying to put a third QB on your PS for example… who may be a veteran so they won’t let you add him. You would think that would be an easy fix. Also for franchise games you can only activate 46 players like real life. The cpu could do it for you or you just manually designate players inactive. Additionally, you should be able to activate a practice squad player for one game like in real life.
Another big thing I’d like to see is the ability to sit certain players for preseason games. It’s so frustrating seeing your star players come in on special teams or some wacky scenario in preseason. It’s terrible. If there are certain players, I don’t want to even dress up, you should be able to deactivate them for that game.
I like all the coaching ideas i personally like to install playbooks and schemes and watch the team cpu v cpu i think coordinator spots should be more realistic like you said and should be an option to start in a franchise downfall is you dont get the 53 man say so or work your way up to HC and get control of 53 man adding to it the coaching carousel as a coordinator get offered a HC spot of another team or the same spot or if your HC gets fired a promotion to HC of the current team in turn getting fired yourself could result in teams bidding for you as a coordinator a combo of NFL Head Coach 09(called plays and saw your team go into action) and NCAA(coaching carousel and coordinator positions) and older maddens((Coaches had a position they specialized in and added little buffs like awareness/ tackling/accuracy)Which would be nice to specialize in a position as up and coming coach too and add your own buffs) would make the coaching awesome now to NFL Draft id like to see NFL Draft day trades especially when the mock draft basically tells you how the draft will pan out 90% of the time id like to see teams jump me or other teams to draft a player they like or want maybe a curveball draft pick a guy projected to go later gets picked sooner or traded up for stats of college players a week by week and CFP week too update of performance/injury/stats an Achilles tear could plumet a guys stock unless a team takes a risk early or everyone passes and now you have a bid for a guy a certain performance puts a new guy on the map so we adjust draft table accordingly
They should make hidden out of 500 snaps but if it’s normal it gets revealed at 100, then if it’s star it gets revealed at 300, superstar 450, and X factor 500. Obv snap counts can change that was just my idea
Something I'd love to see is an updated auto sib system. Not only is auto sub in/out broken, but it's confusing for most madden users and they don't even touch it. I'd love to see a system in which I can assign a player X amount of snaps per 60 snaps. If I have a good RB duo, let me assign the main guy like 35 snaps and the backup 25 snaps.
One thing you didn't say, that used to be a function of drafting rookies in around Madden 2007-2010, was for the ability to sort through scouted players after their combine stats are released and see who ranked where doing what. I used to find freak athletes that were just low awareness that I easily built up because of their play on the field. But now, you have to go through each individual player . Which makes it very difficult to get those rated " undrafted" and take a chance on them with a 6th or 7th round pick. Just an aspect I miss about the game.
- New relocation logos ,uniforms and helmets
- overhaul the draft and scouting especially tie into the top prospect stories
- X factor overhaul
- stadium overhaul not just 4 to choose from
- actual sim gameplay
- you should not be able to spam swim or power move every play
- year end awards overhaul
- contract overhaul
-expansion and expansion draft
-throw in old nfl Europe teams for relocation and expansion
-practice squad overhaul
- undrafted free agents overhaul
Be able to choose stadium wall designs and or advertising
-combine workouts
-full coaching staffs with abilities to effect players even more
-dead cap hits
A working model filter would also be awesome. It is impossible to create players that are chubby or bulky or skinny. Torsos are long or long legs etc. More variation would go a long way.
Also would be nice to have some podcast playing over menus
Again, like every year, I agree with everything. I would like to also have a long and short list for Scouting rookies
should go without saying, but along with the offensive/defensive coordinators I too want the real names/likenesses or at least the ability to edit this so that you can promote from within, or see where they go and how that coaching career goes, there are some coordinators that should be head coaching now or within the next few seasons
I want a ‘random’ option for draft class strengths
That'd be really nice! and easy to add.
I think combine results sorting would be a *massive* improvement, and should be a priority... I honestly don't know if EA will address any one of these points though...
I'm eager to see more news of College Football, I think that might have an impact on how future Madden games turn out