The Madden series throughout it's 26 year history has always flirted with greatness, but always seems to fall short. While playing NCAA Football last night it dawned on me one HUGE thing missing from Madden, a good coaching mode.
Madden has always provided a decent player mode - you can negotiate contracts, move teams, develop your player from Backup to Starter to Star, etc.
Why can't they do this with coaching?
NCAA allowed us as players to work our way through the trenches of being an OC or DC in a low tier school. After a few good seasons we'd get the opportunity to become a head coach at a low level school , or maybe an OC at a better school. Madden has nothing even close to this 4 years later. Maddens be a coach mode is severely lacking and is only a stones throw away from being an Owner mode, why can't Madden get serious and produce something really amazing.
I've said this now many many times, but I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to see game developers that produce annual titles such as EA Sports, Call of Duty, Etc release a new game every three years, then in between release $20/$30 DLC with new rosters etc. Take time to actually release something amazing rather than rotating features in and out from previous years.
What other features do you wish Madden would finally get right?
Also, does any game offer a good coaching mode experience where you can develop you coach like I described above?
Madden has always provided a decent player mode - you can negotiate contracts, move teams, develop your player from Backup to Starter to Star, etc.
Why can't they do this with coaching?
NCAA allowed us as players to work our way through the trenches of being an OC or DC in a low tier school. After a few good seasons we'd get the opportunity to become a head coach at a low level school , or maybe an OC at a better school. Madden has nothing even close to this 4 years later. Maddens be a coach mode is severely lacking and is only a stones throw away from being an Owner mode, why can't Madden get serious and produce something really amazing.
I've said this now many many times, but I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to see game developers that produce annual titles such as EA Sports, Call of Duty, Etc release a new game every three years, then in between release $20/$30 DLC with new rosters etc. Take time to actually release something amazing rather than rotating features in and out from previous years.
What other features do you wish Madden would finally get right?
Also, does any game offer a good coaching mode experience where you can develop you coach like I described above?