Why did Madden get rid of play designing?
I thought the play design feature that was on madden 2004 or 2005 was a great thing. Why didn't it make it back.
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I'll bump this over to the team as a request. I imagine if players are able to create their own plays it can result in potential exploits and bugs that need to be addressed, therefore post-launch Support has to be there for the community too.
My concern personally is whether the creation of plays will ultimately just lead to the community using the same dozen or so plays that everyone sees as super successful. It could be seen as a flaw at that point if a defensive counter isn't show. What I'd like to see if that is added is an updated list of what counters what based off community use, that way you can at least toss in some recommended plays to weigh in on that concern.
If there are certain plays you want to see that you have an idea of creating, what would they be? The team could consider adding those specific ones. The Yard has a ton of creativity in it compared to what you see in other parts of the games. So if you're looking at more trick plays let us know what you want to see.
I'll bump this over to the team as a request. I imagine if players are able to create their own plays it can result in potential exploits and bugs that need to be addressed, therefore post-launch Support has to be there for the community too.
My concern personally is whether the creation of plays will ultimately just lead to the community using the same dozen or so plays that everyone sees as super successful. It could be seen as a flaw at that point if a defensive counter isn't show. What I'd like to see if that is added is an updated list of what counters what based off community use, that way you can at least toss in some recommended plays to weigh in on that concern.
If there are certain plays you want to see that you have an idea of creating, what would they be? The team could consider adding those specific ones. The Yard has a ton of creativity in it compared to what you see in other parts of the games. So if you're looking at more trick plays let us know what you want to see.
No specific plays come to mind. I’d have to have in in front of me, see what it can do, then go for there. As for your concerns, a following post mentioned how any created play that was being overused or too successful could be countered by creating plays for the opposite side of the field, offense/defense. That’s true realism. You always hear that the NFL is a copycat league. That’s because when one team/coach comes up with something no one has ever done before and has better than average success with it, the other teams copy it. Then, the coaches on the other side of the ball go to work on how to counteract it.
If the play creator was an accurate tool that allowed for anything a coach might scheme up on his blackboard, (And this is Madden we’re talking about, right? So of course you guys would make it accurate, why wouldn’t you?) then I think your problem is solved by the tool itself.
If that’s not good enough, or if your worried about those who would have no interest in a play creator having to play against people using it, then just make it a toggle on the pregame options lists: “Allow for Custom Plays On/Off.”
I can’t think of any issue those solutions wouldn’t cover, but if you do let me know and I’ll brainstorm them for you guys. Otherwise, it really just comes down to whether the developers of Madden want, and would be willing to put the work in, to get this feature added to Madden.
One last thing: I haven’t played in awhile, so forgive me if it’s already been fixed, but from the first time I played Madden after coming back to it last year up until the last time I played, the team/player creation upload/download feature has not been working. The main thing my friend and I want to do is create our own rosters and play against each other online, but without that feature we’re not able to. It’s rare to see such a big feature in a AAA game stay broken for months with no fix.
what I’m asking is, should we be holding out hope that this will be fixed in this year’s game, or have whomever decides such things decided it’s not worth the resources?
Thanks for getting back to me, btw! It’s always a treat when you write to a company and they actually take the time to respond back. As a player it means a great deal.
Have a good one!
