What does Madden 24 need to improve on?Franchise Mode similar to NBA 2kBe able to have CPU vs CPU in Franchise modeBetter animations on offense and defenseExpansion TeamsGraphics are finePLAY EVER GAME IN FRANCHISE MODE including games your team is not playing in. I want to play every game CPU vs CPU game in week 1, 2, etcWhat does everyone else want in Madden 24?

Madden Franchise Mode players deserve better1. Better Scouting player comparison Example when I’m scouting a QB who does he compare to, Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Micheal Vick, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and so on. Same for other positions. 2. Real Coaching staffs, players who retire have the ability to become an offensive or defensive coordinator, then head coach3. Player Roles such as Franchise QB, Featured Back, Game Manager, Return Specialist, Deep Threat Receiver, Fan Favorite, Draft Bust, The Future, Sack Specialists and so on.4. New commentary teams. We are tired of hearing the same lines year after year. A fresh voice is needed.5. Better physics and gameplay. Get rid of the current engine.6. Better stat tracking in franchise mode. Such as W/L record for starting QB, career 300 and 400 yard passing games, 4 and 5 TD PASS games, career 100-200 yard rushing and receiving yard games, career 3+ sack games, career 15 + tackle games, career 2+ INT games. Franchise Team Records, such as Career Team Record leaders, Franchise leader in pass yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, tds etc.6. Overall history of all teams W/L records, W/L record vs a specific team especially my overall record vs division rivals7. New team relocation cities, names, uniforms, and new stadium builds. More customization allowed.8. Player morale, if a player is unhappy with contract, team performance, have the ability to request a trade, or release. The decisions you make affects your whole team.9. Better presentation packages. Monday night games should have a different presentation package from a Sunday Night game, and Thursday night game. So different scoreboard designs etc.10. Commentary that reflects what you do on a weekly and yearly basis. So if I have a QB who through for 300 yards week one, in week 5 commentary should reference things he’s done in past games. If I have a QB who threw for 50 tds in a season, then commentary should reference what he did last season, reflect on winning awards, Super Bowl etc. Past madden commentary do not do this. If my team wins a Superbowl in 2023 then in year 2026 there should be a stat display showing previous SB winning teams, while playing in regular season or playoff games. Commentary referencing that would be great. When breaking a record whether it’s NFL, or a TEAM FRANCHISE RECORD, commentary should reflect that, a stat display should reflect that. On Madden 22 commentary rarely mention that you broke a record nor is there any stat overlay that you can see showing you broke a NFL or Team Record. Madden does not have team records but need to be added.11. Training Camp/ Position Battles,12. Post game shows/Interviews/ weekly press conferences and Super Bowl media day13. Storylines, throughout franchise mode on a year to year basis, for a specific players career. Ex Patrick Mahomes grew up not too far from Dallas. Maybe one day throughout his career he would want to become a DALLAS Cowgirl. Store lines should follow specific things like that. Free agent storylines, Last year playing storylines, contract year, coming back from injury storylines, record watch storylines, big rivalry game storylines and so on.Weekly power rankings would be nice to have in the game. To track how teams are doing on a weekly basis and year to year basis. 14. WE DESERVE SO MUCH MORE IN FRANCHISE MODE. After one season you’re pretty much bored of franchise mode because there’s not much to do in the mode.I would add a bunch more but I know y’all hate reading long paragraphs, and watching long videos but we deserve better.I don’t like SuperStar KO or MUT.MUT definitely need a matchmaking because there’s no way a 79 ovr team should be getting matched up against a 95 + overall team. That’s one thing that forces players to buy packs!! Additions A real like GM mode. So I’m a Gm of a team. The owner would have a list of demands like Win a SB in three years, or sweep a divisional rival, make the playoffs, win a playoff game, have a certain about of players reach the hall of fame, if I’m having a bad year, and I’m drafting top 5 the owner should have a day so on who I DRAFT. Owner should be like “We need a franchise QB” something to that extend, or we need to get a player maker at WR, or we need defensive help. Each decision you make in your franchise you get graded on your ability to be a GM. You should be able to be under contract as well. So if you’re doing good you can get rewarded with a new contract, or if you get fired you can go to another team, but not just any team. A team that will offer you a contract. So be careful of what team you’re picking. If you chose to be an owner then you should have a lot of control, have the ability to hire/fire GM’s. Sign sponsorship deals, tv contracts, and so on.

A working game would be a great start. I’m in year 3 of a FotF and I can’t play it because of the update. EA’s response to just start another franchise is not acceptable. Make a working product!I’d wish they’d focus more on franchise mode. I don’t care about MUT. I wish they could figure out compensatory picks. I draft guys and trade them after 3 years if I don’t plan on resigning them. I’d so like to see improvements on hiring coaches. Unless the coach is a retread, I don’t know who would be considered a good coach. Give them a back story like a young and upcoming coach or we’ll respected coordinator. Do press conferences for coaches, owners, and players. Also need to improve scouting to make it easier to find “stars.”It would be nice to clearly see standings in Franchise too.

1. Give everyone (PC PLAYERS) the full game. If they are really worried about compatibility, offer the regular pared down version for those who can't handle it.2. Allow the ability to ignore salary cap and injuries when creating custom rosters for franchises that wont have those obstacles.3. Actual team customization/ ability to realign divisions and conferences.4. More trade slots, only 3 each side really limits you when making offers on big time players.5. Off-field storylines for players in Franchise. ex. As a player, choose how to spend time off like they do in FotF, as a Coach/Owner maybe one of your players does charity work in the off time and jersey sales get a boost, or they get a morale boost and/or stamina drop for next game. On the other side, maybe a player gets suspended for off field activities.6. A Coach mode like the game in 2008, where you would manage the team and call the plays.7. MOSTLY STOP GIVING PC PLAYERS THE SHAFT

These are all great ideas. Anyone have any other thoughts? What do the game designers think?

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

What is needed for Madden 24 to be great again

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nikdav45
3 years ago
We really need scores and highlights from around thee league and show better halftime show would be nice...
blinkfan18211
3 years ago
Lots of good stuff here, everyone. Hopefully EA takes a lot of this into consideration. I made a comprehensive post in the "Game Suggestions" thread, feel free to go check it out!
SuperNTG
Seasoned Adventurer
3 years ago
EA could easily do what we ask. They could actually try but they have stopped giving a crap about us.
FELIX5539
3 years ago
Better stats tracking is the biggest thing for me. Franchise is the only mode I play and it would be a much better experience if we had access to a decent career stats database. Not point in building a dynasty if the legacy disappears when the players are retiring.
km230764
3 years ago
Definitely needs something similar to the city… i say cut the yard and make it to where we can play pick up 7 v 7… also FOTHF needs more depth someone said training camp I definitely agree with that and position battles
NowImOnFire
3 years ago
- Make a stable game with no crashes
- use an engine with realistic details/graphics
- hire a team devoted strictly to improving franchise play and reference the features from the Madden games from the 2003-2007 era - most franchise players would be happy to see 20 year old features return to the game - create a team with the player being able to choose whichever city they wanted, build out custom uniforms, team names etc
- also get a picture of every player for the game - i hate seeing the generic computer made faces. it's not hard to get a player photo from the team website or espn and apply it to the game.
dredog1103
2 years ago
Agree completely on the old features comment. It is crazy to me that things they did 20+ years ago are better than the current madden. I know their focus is on MUT but how about just splitting the game at this point. Maybe make MUT a free to play cash grab and actually put a dev team on just franchise mode like they said they were going to. Franchise mode has always been my favorite part but I stopped buying the game because it has gotten worse year over year. It is insane some little things like the NFL draft keep getting worse in this game.
Also, bugs in this game that I have seen for 20 years. Teams wait until exactly 1 minute to call a timeout still. I have had a few games where the team didn't call a timeout at all and let the clock run out at halftime even though they were in field goal range.
I want them to take NFL Head Coach from 2009 and merge it into Madden. The franchise mode needs to be improved. Anyone else have every player from your practice squad signed every single week? I have signed my practice squad, go a week and they are all taken from me. Then sign new ones from FA and they are gone again. This will happen every week of the season. I finally just shut off practice squad signing entirely because it was annoying.
I do feel like the in game mechanics have improved but the presentation, bugs and commentary have gotten worse. Madden needs competition. If someone has a game similar to Madden with a great franchise mode but doesn't have the NFL license, I am all in.
CriminalFish478
2 years ago
I would like to see the future Madden games step up the gameplay significantly. Yes, this may take some time to achieve. But EA now is the time to start listening to the feedback. I really don’t want to see the Madden series fail…but lawd have mercy..can we get new TACKLES please! I don’t want to see the same tackle on all four downs of play...
hell, I can’t even stand using hit stick because of the repetitiveness. A physics base tackling system we need, and we need it urgently and swiftly.

Lastly, I would like to see far more customization options. We need more equipment, accessories, and hairstyles. The player likeness models have improved; however, the generic faces need a complete make over. We are seeing too many of the same faces… I drafted 25 guys after one season with the same got darn face. The redundant publication features have to come to an end. Equipment wise; add knee braces, forearm/leg bands, baggy sleeves and etc. just add until you can’t add anymore. If space is an issue, there is a lot of accessories in the game that can and should be replaced with updated pieces. Two examples: ankle spats and the quarterback wristband still look the exact same from madden 08 and we moved on to NextGen? Make it or break it well I guess we will have to see.
LVK448
2 years ago
@SuperNTG So much.

Franchise mode obviously should be their #1 thing to work on and improve. Improve coaching, improve draft classes, improve story lines, improve negotiations. More plays. It all needs to be improved.

The players seem sticky to me, ESPECIALLY the D and O line. Either it’s a complete breakdown of the OLine or the D and O line warp into an animation of blocking. That needs to change, it’s terrible. NHL and FIFA are not perfect, but they both are better at making each player feel like they have ontonomy.

Face of the franchise. What can I say, it’s terrible, and it’s worse after the first year. I’m hopeful something will be in the works for continuation from NCAA and Madden, but I won’t hold my breath. The player customization (and player customization as a whole for EA) is trash. They have resources, there is no reason they are THIS far behind 2K’s NBA and WWE series. Have some clothes you can unlock throughout the series that can be used in cutscenes. Make cutscenes seem important and decisions matter. Give us the ability to play any position and make goals and outside interactions base around THAT position. If I’m playing this mode as a run support safety, don’t ding me for not having 10 INTs in a year.

Customization. It’s near non existent. I’ve been told the NFL said you could not create a team as part of their contract. I guess someone at EA said this in an interview. If I were EA, unless it’s part of some NDA (which would have been violated by that comment) I’d highlight that section and put it on your Twitter page, Facebook, etc. This is one of the FEW sports games where you can not create a team. IF that is the case, because we don’t want to see the Raiders wearing pink, then just don’t put the logos or club names in the creation suite. If you’re going to force EA’s sad logos for relocating a team as the closest we get to this, at least let the player pick from a large group of uniforms, pick the colors and give us a stadium builder like MLB the show. (Side bar, why is there a naval ship as one of logos for San Antonio? Have the creators ever been to San Antonio? I get a tank, fighter jet, stealth jet, or things to do with the army or Air Force… but a naval ship? Ridiculous. On top of that, you took out a team but did not add one to replace it)

Weather used to feel more real. I remember players getting super muddy if you put them in a rain storm. Bring that back, make weather feel real and not just a thing for appearance.

I bet it’s hard to make a game feel real. Especially a sports simulation, where there isn’t an open world to tell a story. But it isn’t impossible. Road to Glory was nowhere near perfect, but had it not been pretty much scrapped, it could have progressed well with cutscenes, more choices, Erin Andrews doing your highlights. The NCAA franchise mode is still played heavily today because it was the BEST franchise mode EA has ever put out. The pre game pageantry was something interesting. It did need more post game things.

There is a lot that can be done. I do think this game needs to take like 2 years off, just roster update (the likely copy and paste) Madden 24 for that time, and rebuild this game. Because as it is, even the NFL is taking notice that fans aren’t happy with it.
NasirAquil2
2 years ago
I'm glad someone said something about cpu vs CPU in franchise mode. Also, since they pushed 2k football off the market. How bout dem halftime highlights from other games or game break to show other game highlights.

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