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jtrask0411
Seasoned Newcomer
10 days ago

Rookie lineman after year 1 in franchise mode are TOO SMALL. PLEASE HELP.

I decided to buy Madden again after two years without it, and after playing the first year of my franchise mode, I remembered why I had decided to go without it for the last two years. When you draft rookies in franchise mode, offensive and defensive linemen have the same body type as all of the other players. As google ai perfectly puts it below, this "breaks immersion"...

I understand it's definitely a small thing, but for players like me, it makes it almost unplayable. I drafted a defensive tackle after year 1, and the dude looks like a middle linebacker trying to play nose tackle. Just completely takes me out of the game, and ruins the experience for me. Franchise mode is really the only mode that I play in the game, even since I was a little kid. I used to be able to go 10-15 years deep into a league...I'd adjust names and ratings and tendencies of ALL rookies throughout the league, while playing as my team, so I had complete creative control over the whole thing. Was perfect to let my imagination go and have fun with it...but now I don't see the point of even trying, because by year three, every team is gonna have a tiny guy on their offensive line...it looks ridiculous, and I just can't get myself to ignore it to take the game seriously. 

I remembered this being an issue in the past as soon as I saw it this year. And it's truly so disappointing. I feel like I can't be the only player of Madden who thinks this is an issue. Other people play franchise mode as religiously as I do, right? C'mon folks, can we put the pressure on? How hard could this be to fix? Or how hard would it be to just bring back the body customization from a few years ago? 

 

 

3 Replies

  • Agreed and just as frustrated. Honestly, this happens every year. There are the old bugs and they find new ways to jack up the game. I fall for “this will be the best Madden ever” every year. Nobody to blame but myself. Wait until you try and play a playoff game and your qb is split out wide. Hot garbage and no fixes at all. 

  • Meeekkss's avatar
    Meeekkss
    Seasoned Novice
    3 days ago

    It's hysterical. This is the same issue every single year when this game comes out. EA does not care whatsoever. 

    If we're lucky, it'll take hundreds of complaints, messages, posts, and tags to even get some sort of acknowledgement from their joke of a team. Then, MAYBE, it'll get patched ~3-4 months from now. 

    The entire company instead would rather point all of its attention to the micro-transaction fest of Ultimate Team. 

  • Blitztowne's avatar
    Blitztowne
    Seasoned Newcomer
    4 days ago

    Same issue last year. my rookie LT looks like he could play WR. This needs to be patched immediately as it definitely takes away from the game. 

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