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xPats4Lifex
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago

Better character creation features/suggestions

One of my favorite things about video games is the ability to customize my own characters and enjoy the great visual experience that the game has to offer. I've been playing Madden since 2007 and every year the first thing I do when I turn on the game for the first time is go over to character creation and see what features might have been added or changed. I love creating my own draft classes to use in my franchise modes and seeing certain characters come to life. With that being said, this aspect of the game has had very minimal attention in many years and is something that can add new life to the game. I love the face creation ability you have as a player in franchise mode and that is something that would be great for all created players. Some real life players look a little "vanilla" compared to how they look watching them live on TV. With the power of next-gen I feel that there is a ton of potential to take this to a new level in Madden 24.

Equipment Suggestions

  • Being able to pick home/away equipment for players
  • Be able to pick equipment for cold weather games (other than just long sleeve temp.)
  • Add Riddell Speedflex helmet (seen on trailer)
  • Add ability to wear multiple arm bands or sleeves on each arm (ex-Jamal Adams)
  • Add ability to wear tape and sleeves together
  • Add upper-arm bands
  • Add more cold weather gear (ex- neck scarves and hoods)
  • Add mouth guards that attach to the helmet
  • Add rolled sleeves
  • Add loose long sleeves
  • Add knee braces under socks
  • Add shoulder braces
  • Add hand warmers built into jersey
  • Add neck pad under the jersey
  • Add headbands to wear underneath helmet (with team logos)

CREATION SUGGESTIONS

  • Get rid of the skin/face templates (a lot of the faces don't resemble the pictures and can be way too big or small)
  • Allow users to create all players like face of the franchise or as a player in franchise mode
  • Allow players to add tattoos to their characters (Have a variety of template tattoos for users to place on visible parts of player)
  • Add more hair/facial hair options
  • Better QB stance options (maybe even a custom throw creation)
  • Allow players to pick individual celebrations for touchdowns, first downs, etc
  • Add custom pregame introductions/routines

Visual Suggestions

  • Add tattoos to make real players look more authentic
  • Add more to pregame (players engaging with fans, signing autographs pregame warm ups)
    • This would also be an amazing playable feature in franchise mode
  • Make the players on the sidelines authentic and animations more lively
    • have players wearing hats and cape coats in cold etc.
  • Have fans in stadium be determined by record, outcomes during games etc.
  • Add mascots and add more authenticity to playing at each stadium (ex-Patriots shooting guns after touchdowns, Vikings blowing the horn, Seahawks 12th man waiving flag etc.)
  • Add real offensive and defensive coordinators to sidelines
  • Add referees back on the field
  • Change weather conditions, playing in the rain, snow, heat, etc shouldn't have the same feel to it
    • Add light rain/snow, heavy rain/snow. etc 
  • Have post game jersey swaps, interviews etc.
  • Make the playoff experience in franchise mode stand out from regular season games
    • Have post game trophy celebration for conference championship games
  • Better Super Bowl 
    • Winning team wearing merch after game
    • Longer celebration

3 Replies

  • harryrocks79's avatar
    harryrocks79
    3 years ago
    @xPats4Lifex Hey we need to upvote this I’m talking with EA rn. We must add features like fieldsense and other PS6, Xbox Series X|S and PC exclusive features to Xbox One X players.
  • canuckle17's avatar
    canuckle17
    Rising Rookie
    3 years ago
    • Created player need to be customizable. Those templates were fine 20 years ago but it's time to update them asap.
    • Customize a draft class process is too time consuming and tedious. On the ratings tabs with all the skills at the top should be a player tier high pick, medium pick, low/undrafted pick. The attributes should reflect those to speed up the process. We can of course still edit them as we like, but why have each ratings at 65. 
    • Importing the draft class needs to be better. Customize a daft class should have ta tab in the main menu rather than having to edit the draft class within a franchise. Put in with the create a player, manager rosters, depth charts etc. Maybe a commissioner tab or something. 
    • When we choose a face template then edit him inside franchise the only similarity is the skin tone. Get rid of the templates and make the players more customizable like the process in player franchise. 
    • Re-brand the stadium. We should be able to change the name of the stadiums. 
    • Re-brand/edit a variety of areas within the stadium ie concessions, suites, different sections, different areas of the concourse.
    • Retired jersey numbers/ring of honor numbers. When we have notable players and want to put their jersey number in the ring of honor or retire it we should have the option to do so. 
    • Customizable fans in attendance
    • Add a supplemental draft right away so we can add more rookies into our organization. When I want to add created rookies to each team right away there are always some teams with cap issues that prevent me from adding more players. Maybe have 10 spots per team to add created rookies right away. 
    • Add the CFL and American College football teams. 
    • Create a league (so I can make my CFL if you don't add it). Add a level to it CFL - Pro, College, high school etc. CFL games typically average 20k to 30k fans for regular season games. 
    • Another neat thing we could do if we had a create a league feature is changing the league size. So imagine having all the NFL players in 16-team or 8-team league. 

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