Madden 10 Franchise Q&A
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Last week we got a Q&A about the Online Franchise mode in Madden 10. This week brings a general Franchise mode Q&A that goes into more of the basics of what has been worked on. You can read through the entire blog posting here.
As I’ve mentioned before my goal was to clean up the logic and get this mode back to where it needed to be. I’ll repeat my favorite analogy for those of you who haven’t heard it before: If you found out you had termites in your house, would you build on another addition or clean up the foundation so that you could build on the house in the future? That was exactly our attitude and my sole focus since I joined the Madden team halfway through the development cycle. I enlisted the help of one of my top programmers from NFL Head Coach ’09 (Jeff Keyek) and worked with the rest of the Madden team to address many of the core aspects of the mode that really needed fixing.
While there may be a lack of revolutionary additions to the mode (outside of the interface redesign) it seems as though they’ve been able to accomplish a good deal in getting the base of it to where it should be. It is just unfortunate that many of those areas that have been addressed such as free agency and trade logic won’t come into play in the Online Franchises.
June 16, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Will they still have playmaker.
June 16, 2009 at 8:24 pm
YES…
June 16, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Hey Pasta….can u find out…I never got a response to my question where it pertains to “Can we convert an Online Franchise to an Offline or vice versa?”…..Thanks man…and GG on 1 vs 100 last night…went down to the last question!
June 16, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Yeah that was exciting…
I haven't heard one way or the other. I suspect its a no though.
June 16, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Believe NOTHING until the game is released people. read the initial reviews and check the critical response it gets. Do not spend money on this game and do not take the word of EA promoters.
June 16, 2009 at 9:40 pm
100% agreed………..I'll definitely NOT let the hype rule over my decision to purchase the game.
June 16, 2009 at 1:35 pm
I guess not since there is no mention of it anywhere….that would’ve been sweet though….seeing as we could import our Draft Picks from NCAA 10 that way
June 16, 2009 at 8:39 pm
can i still control multiple teams in franchise mode in madden 10?
June 16, 2009 at 9:02 pm
I recall asking whether HC09 would somehow be integrated with Madden as far as the franchise mode, which it was not. But at least for Madden10, it looks like they're replacing some clunky franchise mode features with a better workflow and feature set like they had in HC.
Overall though, it's too bad that they didn't drop more HC stuff into Madden 10. I really love playing that game, and would kill for more head coaching control.
June 16, 2009 at 9:03 pm
does anyone know if player's draft info and how aquired areas are reset if they are edited?
June 16, 2009 at 9:18 pm
So we can still import draft classes from NCAA10?
June 16, 2009 at 9:33 pm
You can in offline. Not in online franchise.
June 16, 2009 at 9:31 pm
This is the most pumped I have been for Madden in a few years. Things are looking positive. All the vids I have seen look great. The visuals and presentation have definitely been amped…
June 17, 2009 at 1:50 am
100% man this year is going to kick a$$.
June 17, 2009 at 8:50 am
yeah mate its gonna be refreshing to have an entirely new looking game, coz 08 and 09 we practically the same, although the in game improvements were pretty big, but yeah madden 10 is looking unreal from wat ive seen so far, im just hoping theyre leaving a few things underwraps for us so that when we get the game there will be some suprises
June 16, 2009 at 10:05 pm
yo pasta do u know there gonna fix the half time show it sounds like a robot chick and is there a post game show with a player interview like 2K5 <– best football game ever
LET ME KNOW and madden might be aitte this year.
June 16, 2009 at 10:12 pm
I was wondering how they addressed the imported draft classes. In previous years, great players in college would be drafted as 90s, 92s with some freakishly good stats for a rookie.
June 17, 2009 at 1:54 pm
In one of the older articles they covered that. They are suppose to of taken care of that issue.
June 17, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Yeah I think they said top college recruits would still be mostly in the 80s. If you look at how this years rookies are rated that definately seems to be the case.
June 16, 2009 at 11:39 pm
I have seen nothing really on computer controlled teams making a head coaching change. I'm guessing this was not addressed. I can't remember which Madden it was but one of them actually had the computer controlled teams fire their head coaches after a bad season. Oh well, maybe that will be in Madden 11. I'm still psyched for the game but like most people I'm cautious about the hype.
June 17, 2009 at 1:44 am
Madden '04 had a pretty good handle on the coaching changes. I remember my roommate was the Bills and hired Mike Shanahan after Denver fired him for going 4-12. Ended up winning the Super Bowl.
June 17, 2009 at 3:10 pm
You know when you look back on Madden games you see a lot of features that were left out of future additions. Like Coaching changes, QB Vision, Personalities, Halftime highlights, Holdouts, Trade Requests, up field blocking controls and probably a few others that I can't think of right now
June 17, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Thanks for the replies guys. I agree, it seems that every year EA puts in some "new" features but bumps some old ones that either worked or didn't work. Maybe Madden 10 will have great pass protection, but early indications are the running game is going to suffer.
June 16, 2009 at 11:57 pm
pasta can you find out if we will be able to trade future draft picks in franchise
June 17, 2009 at 1:51 am
They already said, Yes you can
June 17, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Depends on your definition of "future" picks. You can only trade picks in the upcoming (technically future) draft. You will NOT bea bale to make a trade like the Cutler deal where you trade a 1st and 3rd this year and a 1st NEXT year.
June 17, 2009 at 12:11 am
Pasta- can you clarify this please… at one point he says the player progression is in the offseason, then towards the end he says youll see a small + sign with a number during each game- WHICH IS IT??!??!!??
Thanks boss!
June 17, 2009 at 12:13 am
Pasta- can you clarify this please… at one point he says the player progression is in the offseason, then towards the end he says youll see a small + sign and number next to the ratings they are increasing during each game- WHICH IS IT??!??!!??
Thanks boss!
June 17, 2009 at 1:03 am
player progression is in offseason, the numbers by the ratings are the effects of the coaches
June 17, 2009 at 1:03 am
I can't wait for this game, I've been clamoring for a great new franchise mode because it hasn't seen this kind of improvement since it hit this gen. If anything, the new spread out ratings system is going to make franchise that much better. Bye bye social life (except when the Bears play
)
June 17, 2009 at 8:02 am
yeah i was pretty devo when i bought 09 and the franchise was basically the same as 08, so this is gonna be a nice change
June 17, 2009 at 1:32 am
Wow, the franchise interface looks sick. There's no doubt that Madden stepped up with franchise, now if only they can do the same with the actual gameplay, we'll be getting somewhere. Unfortunately, football games are multi-faceted, so if any of the variables are off, it can ruin the entire game. I have hopes that the gameplay will be better than what we've seen so far in previews and hopefully they will take these last two months to fine tune and polish the game. I'm really hoping this will be the year that I can hold on to Madden for longer than a month before trading it in. Oh yeah…no pre-orders here. I'm not falling for that again.
June 17, 2009 at 1:45 am
The front end of Madden 10 is leaps and bounds above 09. The 09 interface was just anemic compared to this. I just think they NEED to fix the trade logic and contracts/free agency in online franchise.
June 17, 2009 at 1:53 am
If they just add Salary cap online Franchise than that will pretty much fix a lot. Also the trade logic get that done but pretty much just get the salary cap.
June 17, 2009 at 2:31 am
PASTA why do you dis NCAA so bad on everything even the demo length
June 17, 2009 at 2:52 am
These really arent small improvements, they are huge! Some of these litle "nit pick" items that they fixed ruined franchise for some people. This year is so bad ass so far…..BELIEVE the hype! yeah there might be a few patches as usual after launch but this game has me fired up.
June 17, 2009 at 3:23 am
iM JUST XCiTED FOR THiS GM AND THE SEASON!
June 17, 2009 at 8:47 am
the extra point show looks really cool, just wondering how long its appeal will last, but at least its a new and interesting addition
June 17, 2009 at 1:27 pm
When I first heard about it, I was like "HOLY SH!T!! They're bringing other games highlights back!!" Then I realized it was just another way too show stats from other games, Week MVPs… nothing more than what was in the game before.
Damn, they had highlights 15 years ago… and in 2K5. Can't we have them now?!?
June 17, 2009 at 1:54 pm
I somewhat agree, but it's definitely put them on the right track. How about actually using the ESPN license for more than a ticker, EA? I would love to see Boomer saying "AND HE…GOES…ALL…THE…WAY!" when Matt "Running is my" Forte takes a TD to the house in franchise
June 17, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I was disappointed when they didn't have highlight footage, but at least this puts them on the right track.
It also seems like this is something that was made specifically due to community response. In that case, it's pretty cool that they could put it in there and hopefully they'll improve it in the future.
How cool would that be to get a full show with the NFL Countdown guys or even the FOX crew?
June 17, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I was disappointed when they didn't have highlight footage, but at least this puts them on the right track.
It also seems like this is something that was made specifically due to community response. In that case, it's pretty cool that they could put it in there and hopefully they'll improve it in the future.
How cool would that be to get a full show with the NFL Countdown guys or even the FOX crew?
June 17, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Kinda funny that they had highlights from other games in Madden 92 & 93 then they just stopped and never came back to it again. Hopefully they will have scores from other games during the game that you are playing.
June 17, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Now they need to do the same with Online Franchise!!!!
June 17, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I have always enjoyed offline franchise. If you try to treat it as a actual simulation and not try to take advantage of the CPU it can be quite enjoyable. Now that they have fix some of the logic in this mode I can see myself playing more without the need to hold back. I still would like to see personalities enter back into this mode and past decisions factor into whether a free agent will sign or resign with your club. Back in 2004 they had these implemented in the game then for some reason took them out. I would also like to see the return of QB Vision but I think that has died out because it was supposedly too hard for novices.
June 17, 2009 at 3:10 pm
You know when you look back on Madden games you see a lot of features that were left out of future additions. Like Coaching changes, QB Vision, Personalities, Halftime highlights, Holdouts, Trade Requests, up field blocking controls and probably a few others that I can't think of right now
June 17, 2009 at 3:31 pm
To be honest, I haven't even played the Franchise Mode on Madden for a couple of years anyway. Now that it's online and they've cleaned it up a lot, I'm really looking forward to starting one up again.
I really think this is going to be the best Madden in a long time. I can't wait!
June 17, 2009 at 3:31 pm
To be honest, I haven't even played the Franchise Mode on Madden for a couple of years anyway. Now that it's online and they've cleaned it up a lot, I'm really looking forward to starting one up again.
I really think this is going to be the best Madden in a long time but the wait is killing me!
June 17, 2009 at 5:02 pm
can you confirm if Brett Favre is in this years game
June 18, 2009 at 3:40 am
they'll probably retire him like they did on 09 and then if he does come out of retirement they can just add him back on in a roster update
June 17, 2009 at 5:46 pm
When talking about progression, they mention a 'potential' rating. Does anyone (Pasta?) know if this rating is visible to the user, or is it hidden and just utilized by the progression feature?
June 17, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Sounds good.. I never scouted players in 09 cuz it didnt mean anything. After the 1st round, you werent gonna get any hidden gems so why scout 20 players? Of course you could always trade away your last 3 or so picks for nother 1st and 2nd. But, hopefully they really did fix this
June 18, 2009 at 7:46 am
hahaha i just watched the 32 teams in 32 days feature of Seahawks and i like how soloman said "there is no better than taupu", could someone tell EA that, hes been terribly underated and considering that the seahawks have been quoted as having the "best LB core in the NFL" hmm how do we pull that off EA with a taupu 90, hill 83 and curry 84……….. heaps of teams have higher rated than ours and yet we have the best, go figure
June 18, 2009 at 7:46 am
hahaha i just watched the 32 teams in 32 days feature of Seahawks and i like how soloman said "there is no better than tatupu", could someone tell EA that, hes been terribly underated and considering that the seahawks have been quoted as having the "best LB core in the NFL" hmm how do we pull that off EA with a taupu 90, hill 83 and curry 84……….. heaps of teams have higher rated than ours and yet we have the best, go figure
June 18, 2009 at 7:46 am
hahaha i just watched the 32 teams in 32 days feature of Seahawks and i like how soloman said "there is no better than tatupu", could someone tell EA that, hes been terribly underated and considering that the seahawks have been quoted as having the "best LB core in the NFL" hmm how do we pull that off EA with a tatupu 90, hill 83 and curry 84……….. heaps of teams have higher rated than ours and yet we have the best, go figure
June 18, 2009 at 2:51 pm
I am creating a league if anyone wants to join..go to eliteleagues.freeforums.org for info
June 19, 2009 at 2:53 pm
What is the pre game warm up I'm hearing about?????
June 20, 2009 at 7:00 am
they have videos of it on youtube, its nothing fancy lol
June 23, 2009 at 1:39 pm
ok so The Green Bay Packers are switching to 3-4 defense meaning Kampman will play OLB. I tried to use 3-4 in 09 just to get the feel for it but then when switched from DE to LB Kampman is 97 overall to 60. Will he be rated higher in 10?
June 23, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Kampman was over 90 for '10 @ LOLB. Whats even worse is his awareness was a 98 ! Thats ridiculous for a guy playing LOLB for the first time in his career. Id say he should be mid 80's at best but it seems EA is simply throwing us Packer fans a bone here..
June 23, 2009 at 3:11 pm
haha heck yes! be fun to play as Green Bay now LOLB-Kampman
MLB-Barnett = BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROLB-Hawk
but yea I agree hes good but not amazing. Thanks for your help
June 23, 2009 at 3:11 pm
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haha heck yes! be fun to play as Green Bay now LOLB-Kampman
MLB-Barnett = BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROLB-Hawk
but yea I agree hes good but not amazing. Thanks for your help
June 23, 2009 at 3:14 pm
how did you knnow his rating? is there a place for all the player ratings?
June 23, 2009 at 3:28 pm
They posted the Madden ratings here and on OS but they have since taken them down.. Overall the Packs ratings were bad, Hawk a 78 ! Which may be why they overdid Kampy a bit as the elite players seem to be getting special treatment for '10…
June 23, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Pack not that bad they are 78 Minnesota 80 sounds right. Pack have a lot young talent so we'll see
June 23, 2009 at 8:53 pm
ok what about the radio show where the fans get to participate man thats the one i miss the most
June 23, 2009 at 8:58 pm
i hope we can like really play a real nfl season with friends online and why the tackles look so soft this is the nfl not ice skating …..please ea sports bring back the tony bruno show or can we have sportscenter like the 2k game with t.o as the cover boy i just wanna feel like the fans like the players i create it make the game seem more real
June 24, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Madden question…
with the online co-op…can we play with a friend in another city on 2 different ps3's?and be on the same team…..? anybody know this question?
August 7, 2009 at 6:29 am
will there be an option to change teams in a franchise? for those who get tired of playing with the same team ten years into a franchise?
August 27, 2009 at 12:40 am
does madden 10 for wii have franchise mode?
October 20, 2009 at 11:47 pm
is there a way to add user teams in your franchise mode in the offseason? i know you could do it with the earlier madden games