E3: Madden NFL 10 Impressions

[ChaseB]

Psssst, just in case you don't check the E3 forum, my impressions of Madden 10 are up:

http://www.operationsports.com/newspost.php?id=322921

[simon48xbox]

Thanks!

[simon48xbox]

"There is no Extra Point weekly recap show in online franchise."
BOOOOO!!!

[adamgod8]

Wow everything sounds great except -There is no Extra Point weekly recap show in online franchise....oh well

[bcruise]

Thanks for the impressions!

Okay....so I guess there are some pretty big differences between online and offline franchise. I remember Ian catching pasta just before he was about to mention something, and that could have been the salary cap or trading draft picks thing. Whatever it was, he said they're working on fixing it, so I guess we'll find out soon enough.

[I Peench]

Sounds good. I'd really like to play more than 10 seasons in Online Franchise. Wonder if this is possible via patch.

[StevieTheD]

Nice recap. Some of my thoughts are below...

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-You cannot trade future draft picks in franchise mode (offline or online).

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-Online franchise mode goes for 10 years.

I can live with this. I can't see why it doesn't go for the full 30, but I don't imagine I will be able to get through 10 years of franchise anyway.

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-I'm still trying to hunt down a response to this question (and rest assured I will), but I get the impression that there may not be a salary cap for online franchise mode, at least not at launch. Now, it could be that there just is not a salary cap when it comes to the free agents, but if there is no salary cap, obviously some house rules will need to be created. Stay tuned for updates on this during the course of E3.

Seems like an odd choice by the dev team.

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-One offline franchise note: Josh Looman pretty much took over offline franchise mode. He tweaked a ton of AI logic within the mode, and also dealt with draft logic and so on. While the franchise mode obviously won't be as in depth as the one found in Head Coach, I would suspect that the experience will at least be more fine-tuned and realistic this year.

Glad to hear this!

[adamgod8]

Quote: Originally Posted by I Peench

Sounds good. I'd really like to play more than 10 seasons in Online Franchise. Wonder if this is possible via patch.

It's all server based so maybe a patch wont be needed, I doubt they address it tho

[Palo20]

Nice info, couple questions:

1. Can you user control all 32 teams in both online and offline franchise?

2. Can you still play any game in franchise, and do you have to play them in order? IOW, can you play the Monday night game before the Sunday games without them simming?

[whoady4shoady]

Ive got no gripes since I know Drew will be maxed out on hid deep ball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjUvCrcEynw