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The last sentence sums up the biggest issue with madden. I want to like cm, I really do. However, when every other company is pushing customization, madden gives us the "we know best routine.". I just don't get it. Madden got so much praise last year for full editing and then this year... 100% gone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
I posted some ideas for advanced sliders for Madden (and NCAA). Vote them up here on EA's site: http://www.easports.com/gamechangers...vanced+Sliders
Rudy, check your link. It goes to a search rather than to your post.
It works for me on FF but you are now the second person to say this. I've clicked on other people's links and it hasn't worked for me either. I'm guessing it only works for me because I've been there and it's in my cache? I wonder what's wrong?Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Zoom camera video from retail. Definitely not for me but some may like it. Apparently you can't use it in CCM. What the heck?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...=7olYIygtx0g#!
Wow visually that looks great but would be very very difficult to play on IMO.
I like how loud the crowd is.
I've been an NCAA guy for a long time but this looks nice. My question is, some say there isn't much to a franchise mode. I had madden back around 2004 or so and you could play an offline mode that let you set ticket prices, drink prices, and then coach the team of your choice. Similar to dynasty mode on NCAA. Is this an option on Madden? Or is it only an online feature? If it is only an online feature can you play in an "online dynasty" by yourself or does it require multiple users?
I'm all about playing other users but sometimes I'd just like to play the CPU and work towards the super bowl.
Thanks for any info.
Yes you can play as a single user only connected career online or offline in M13.
I don't care for the so called zoom camera view looks more like ground level view than zoomed in. I wish the zoomed view would have been last gen's Madden default camera that was perfect IMO.
I would like to have the zoom camera on run plays and then the regular camera for pass plays. A hybrid option would be great IMO.
That was the old owner mode back on the PS2. That was fun but that doesn't exist in the PS3/360 versions. I don't think there are many off field options. EA stripped down some features this year but the draft and free agency look cool. All of the options are available either offline or online this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by gigemaggs99
If you play franchise (aka connected careers) basically a lot of the stuff SINGLE PLAYER OFFLINE GAMERS liked to do is now gone. Just remember you can no longer:Quote:
Originally Posted by gigemaggs99
1. Edit names, numbers, equipment
2. Editi ratings, rookies, etc.
3. Play/watch any game on the schedule
4. change thhe cpu uniforms in CCM
5. change player positions (hence in you change scheme from 3-4 to 4-3 your player ratings will be impacted
6. removal of coaching contracts
7. removal of coordinators
8. removal of NCAA imported draft classes
9. no return of the extra point (which was removed in MADDEN 12... to make it better... but it's not back...)
10. controlling of multiple teams in CCM
11. no ability to use a custom playbook in CCM
12. no using custom rosters
However, they have added a more interesting form of scouting, new free agency, a really interactive draft, fake twitter feeds, an XP progression system, and the ability to play as a coach or player and switch at any point (but if you create yourself and switch to someone else, your made up player is retired). Physics is also in the game but it's 50/50 depending on who you ask as to it's impact. Everything else gameplay wise is pretty much the same~ Madden is Madden. If you love offline you may be dissapointed but if you love online you are probably over the moon for this game.
I don't know. I would think the link should look more like this: http://mgi-gc.easports.com/a/dtd/Nep...!/148459-18503Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
But I don't think that site is really designed for links anyway. The UI just isn't set up for links to be passed.
Caught this on Twitter
http://bit.ly/SkDBuQ
Pretty solid article regarding my feelings toward them catering to one side and needing two different games sort of speak.
Sorry if I'm behind on the times, but I just read you can use old school playbooks in Madden 13, one of which is the Bill Walsh PB. This is a pretty cool feature.
I played using VERY SLOW tonight. I pretty much exclusively use SLOW but I wanted to try something different. I hated it at first but by the end of the game I convinced myself that very slow is the way to play. Plays develop more naturally and you can see everything unfolding in front of you. It also helps in keeping the scoores down so games "feel" more defensive. I would recommend people give it a try.
I've jumped on the Very Slow train this year myself for the first time. I like it better.
I wish I would have seen this tip on juking last year. Apparently the juke works better when you cover up the ball. That's tough on the fingers to hit R1 and then r-stick. Going to have to try this on the M13 demo. Juke is better this year but this may bring it back to old school effectiveness. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHVFTt51zSA&feature=related
Amazing link from OS with regards to all the playbooks. Personally when Season pass releases, I will be running with Tom Landry's playbook.
http://apps.facebook.com/maddennflplaybooks/
That's cool but I notice they have the Dolphins running the 3-4 as their defense and I'm guessing Cam Wake will be listed at OLB. That's wrong. They have moved to the 4-3 this year although they may still show some 3-4 looks. At the very least it should be a hybrid but the 4-3 should be the base. I can live with this because I love the 3-4 but it's inaccurate.
A former Backbreaker dev has been writing articles on OS about Madden. Here is part 2 on EA's running game engine and blocking. Fantastic article (part one is linked in there as well).
http://www.operationsports.com/featu...-the-run-game/
Rudy, I think that is how the developers want it. Remember how they said if you change a scheme, your players are not suited for it and will still register with the old scheme until you draft/bring in the appropriate players. Since you can't edit players, Wake is and will always be considered on OLB according to CCM. Maybe the new motto should be "play EA's way." ???Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
This quote from EA sports community manager at OS ruined my day.
Q. Editing #'s and equipment?
A: "You cannot edit those at the moment. Obviously this is something we would like to implement in the future but I don't know when that will be."
If I had a dollar for everytime I have heard that line from "NEXT GEN" EA titles I would be rich. A lot of people, including myself were hoping for a day one patch for editing but it's not going to happen.
Apparently they fixed the Dolphins defensive scheme for the retail version so it will be a 4-3. Not sure what took so long though. They brought in a new DC right away who announced the intention of going to the 4-3. I still expect some looks with Wake in a 2 point stance but they are a 4-3 team now. With so many teams going to passing sets it's probably a good thing unless teams start running 3-3-5 looks more.
So an EA rep on OS finally said why editing is out... it would create instability online and lead to disconnects. Us offliners really took it on this one! :(
Yep. :( Why don't they have it like NCAA? You can edit to your heart's content for offline use, but you have to have the official rosters, whatever is officially released by/recognized by EA, to play anything online. Unless with everything being tied in with CCM, it'd be all fucked up regardless.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaymo76
But if that's the case, so help me god if those bastards add CCM to NCAA. I'm gonna burn down their goddamn building.
EA was so concerned about making the online franchise work like offline that they decided to nerf offline to make it happen. It's a garbage reason but what can we do about it other than not buy it? It's annoying but it's not a game killer for me. Still pisses me off that this is the reason.
Yeah, some of the stuff I could get over, but not being able to edit anything at all is a huge negative for me. I don't play online. I play 100% offline. Losing everything that was chopped out for CCM, it completely kills my experience with Madden. I still have never played Madden 12, and only owned Madden 11 for 3 days (to achievement whore it), so losing everything that got chopped out in Madden 13, there's no reason for me to buy it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
It saddens me because NCAA and Madden were guaranteed buys every single year. But I need the immersion factor of Dynasty/Franchise for NCAA and Madden, I can't just simply play online or Play Now games. But while Dynasty in NCAA usually continues to get regular additions and updates, offline Franchise in Madden just continues to get fucked over, either by getting completely skipped in favor of the online players, or in the case of this year, CCM, which is great for, again, online players, but does nothing but destroy things that were great in the past for offline franchise players.
FWIW, CCM can be played 100% offline. Don't think it brings back any of the lost features though.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
Also, it is worth mentioning that online Franchise was even more fucked over than regular Franchise.