APF Players' Response to Madden 10 News

[kicker]

Quote: Originally Posted by erictaylor

There's room in my life for both, but Madden 10 is easily the best football game I've played, and I've been playing since Atari Football...

The best you have played? Seriously?

Best Madden on next gen, ya, but that isn't saying anything.

This game is frustrating because it could be good. It just has too many flaws and unrealistic gameplay for me to REALLY enjoy it. The online franchise is what is keeping me in it and that is only barely.

I am fighting the urge to put in a 2k game because I know i won't put madden on again...

[jct32]

Well I figured I would check in with y'all. Some of you may remember me, if not then oh well. I have been busy a lot recently getting ready to leave for the Navy. I leave for boot camp October 1st. I see that a lot of the people here have moved on to playing in a Madden league with each other.

I have the demo for Madden and I enjoy it, it's no APF but it is nice in it's own. How do y'all like the game? I mean I guess y'all like it obviously because of the league being run.

I'm itching for some more good online football. I'm thinking that maybe around Janurary/Feburary I may be able to join y'all. I will have to find the money to purchase a new tv, a xbox, and madden though.

Just wanted to touch base with some of y'all that might remember me.

[grunt]

Quote: Originally Posted by jct32

Well I figured I would check in with y'all. Some of you may remember me, if not then oh well. I have been busy a lot recently getting ready to leave for the Navy. I leave for boot camp October 1st. I see that a lot of the people here have moved on to playing in a Madden league with each other. I have the demo for Madden and I enjoy it, it's no APF but it is nice in it's own. How do y'all like the game? I mean I guess y'all like it obviously because of the league being run. I'm itching for some more good online football. I'm thinking that maybe around Janurary/Feburary I may be able to join y'all. I will have to find the money to purchase a new tv, a xbox, and madden though. Just wanted to touch base with some of y'all that might remember me.

Madden 10 is a good game that is an improvement over Madden 09. If you a hardcore gameplay guy stick with APF but if you need to play a good nfl license game then give it a shot.

[elgreazy1]

Here's something I've been doing with my offline franchise to make them more fun: Creating Legends ala APF. In Franchise mode, eventually everyone becomes a CAP or Generic player due to NFL players retiring, new rookies etc, so I began using past NFL players in place of high-rated draft picks.

After each draft I scroll through the Rookies and rename (and edit) any rookie with an 80+ OVR to the name of a past NFL player. For instance, the Chiefs drafted a speedy OLB so I renamed him from Generic Name to Dedrick Thomas, #58 & edited his equipment to either look like Derrick Thomas or to mimic what DT would look like in modern equipment.

I've done the same with a lot of players: Troy Aiken (Troy Aikman), Craig Lloyd (Greg Lloyd), Jake Smith (Jackie Smith), Kris Carter (Cris Carter), Gary Little (Larry Little), Rodney Lott (Ronnie Lott), Bryce Smith (Bruce Smith). This, to me, has taken the game to another level because now instead of facing no-name players, I'm facing a guy who I know how he plays & what to expect. So where I would play the Bears & know Urlacher was patrolling the middle, I also will face Demond Saunders on team X & know he's a ball-hawking, shut-down CB instead of wondering why Generic James at CB is such a beast.

Try it out, yeah, it takes a couple minutes to go through, find & edit said rookies but it make the game alot more fun. Years down into my various franchises it makes it fun to see said player atop the league leaders & such and actually recognizing the names.