Re: What is needed for Madden 24 to be great again

EA needs a new CEO. Since hiring the current one, all of EA games have steadily recessed, not just Madden. 

What Madden really needs is some competition from 2K

All the classic uniform,pant and helmet options for all 32 teams from the 1960's to present,home and away,all the classic stadiums include the referees in the game like 2k did more realistic game play and game that works

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@Emme187 wrote:

Nah man, copying NBA2K mycareer is exactly what EA should NOT do for the Madden series!

MyCareer got so much more worse over the last couple of years. It started as a great sandbox mode where you could have a realistic career coming to the NBA by having to negotiate with different GM's and earn your spot in a franchise.

Today you play a completely rigged story with the focus beeing more on how to become a famous rapper than a NBA star. Career mode has been cut more and more over the years to only become that absolute dull VC grinder that it is today.

Presentation also is getting worse and worse every year in the game. 2K is almost exclusively focussed on the online gamble mechanics to make the most profit possible even with the once offline game modes.

Madden at least still has that "sandbox" feeling to it that made NBA2K also great some years ago.

If EA would only focus on presentation and the gameplay basics, as well as the franchise mode for the next game then Madden series would be absolutely fine for a vast majority of players. Madden just needs some soul again.

No one posted anything before your message about 2K's MyCareer mode.  The OP spoke about EA modeling 'Franchise' mode after NBA 2Ks which even if you're not a huge fan of it is the deepest and most accurate representation of sports Franchise gaming outside of text simulators.

 

Madden's franchise mode is an antiquated mess from top to bottom.  The system of choosing and creating "characters" is idiotic.  I should just be able to pick as many teams as I want from the selection screen and then once I'm in the mode choose how I want my experience to be with each team from a menu not one at a time.  There is no real presentation in Madden its the exact same thing every game you boot up.  Whatever player they decide to focus on prior to the game they keep showing you his stat line when he comes to field, even if he's having a terrible game...move on to whomever is playing well. 

 

I'm convinced and have been for years that they've completely lost perspective and that there just isn't enough 'Football Fans' in those rooms making decisions.

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