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1 month ago

Madden 27 Needs to Modernize Generated Player Faces

Madden 27 really needs to modernize the generated player face system, ideally by aligning with the EA College Football head system and using AI or procedural generation. Right now Franchise Mode suffers badly from immersion issues where rookies look far older than their listed age, heads appear too small or poorly proportioned for player bodies, and after only a few draft classes the league becomes filled with identical, PS2-era looking 40+ year old clones. This completely breaks the Franchise experience, especially during draft presentations where new prospects look unrealistic and repetitive. Other sports games handle this far better, including EA College Football, EA NHL, MLB The Show, and NBA 2K, all of which generate younger, more varied, and better-proportioned players over long careers. Madden is currently behind both other EA franchises and competing sports titles in this area. Player identity is foundational to Franchise Mode, and when the league becomes visually unbelievable after a few seasons, it kills long-term engagement. Madden 27 is the right opportunity to address this and bring generated players up to modern standards.

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