Post your impressions of Madden NFL 10's Online Franchise Console here. This thread is for these Console impressions of the game only. The best way to do this might be to post 3-5 things you like and 3-5 things you think can be improved. This thread isn't for asking questions about the game, it's for impressions only. EA folks will be reading this thread, but not responding here Feel free to post as many impressions as you like, but try and keep them as organized as possible to everyone can read them.

Feel free to copy and paste this template for your impressions. I know it will make it easier to follow and read for those of us EA folks who read through all of it.

Dewiel's Thoughts:


Things I like about the Online Franchise Console Experience:

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Use this spot to share anything that didn't make sense to put in the other categories, or some text to sum up your final thoughts about Madden NFL 10's Online Franchise Console Experience.

First off, I am generally very pleased with the gameplay in the new Madden. Feels great. That being said, specific reactions to online franchise (my #1 anticipated feature) are below.

Things I think can be improved:
- Sorry if I missed anything that addresses the comments below, but the instructions for this feature suck. No documentation that I can find, either in-game or online.
- Why do I have to draft out 55 rounds. Seriously? I'm drafting players that won't even make the cut. Some leagues may want to do this, but why isn't there an option to simulate to end. My solution will likely be to start the draft with my buddies, then draft 30 rounds or so, then walk away from the draft and let it auto-complete.
- Similarly, waiting 3 seconds for each computer-controlled team to pick is a drag.
- Once I finally got my draft finished, my buddy and I go to play, try to sim out to week 15 where our teams play. Move forward one week. Try to move forward again, told we must wait an hour. Seriously? I am not going to be able to play a game for 15 hours!? I'm not sure how we're going to work around this one, sounds like it's going to be a process where we setup the franchise, draft, then simulate out over the next day. Day 2 we'll play, simulate day 3, play day 4, etc, etc. Wow.

Things I like about the Online Franchise Console Experience:
- I like the idea of it, but I haven't even played a game so who knows.

Is this because everything is being run server-side? Is there not enough horsepower to handle people simming out weeks at a time, all at once? In that case, have the server designate one of the xboxes to simulate, then transfer the franchise state back to the server. I'm sure it's not that simple, but there have to be other options.

My absolute favorite way of playing Madden is marathon franchise modes, where I sit down and play 20-30 seasons in a weekend with my friends. I was hoping it wouldn't require cross-country travel to do this anymore, looks like I've been disappointed yet again.

And I understand the reasoning behind some of what was done, it would make sense to have the existing setup in a huge franchise maybe. But why no options to run it like the existing offline franchise mode works?

Sorry for venting, thanks for all the work. Here's to hoping for patches and next year...

Well I can't log on to the franchise, is everyone else have this problem?

cem_ea_id.kinfolkvp wrote:Well I can't log on to the franchise, is everyone else have this problem?

Can't connect either. Says the server is unavailable.

Just want to start off saying I am a 32 yr old who has had every copy of madden since 1990 except madden 93. So Im no fan boy or complainer..

Things I like about the Online Franchise Console Experience:

The fact they got the ball rolling on it.

The online web page detailing game stats

Things I think can be improved:

Salary Cap? Not a franchise mode without it, NFL changed 15 years ago becasue of cap. Feels like a season mode with a drfat.

NCAA Roster imports to online. Please add this. I buy that game because of the online dynasty, and its amazing to import those classes to my online franchise. All of us know the guys and thats what made offline special.
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Waiting 60 minutes between games.. WHy? NCAA does not have same problem and there are 120 teams full stat tracking and thousands of recruits

Odd amount of teams- Let the franchise begin with 6 or 3 teams. Why does it have to be even

Dont need the iphone application, a novelty that will wear off ( the mode, not the phone)

Just expected it to be better than a "Season mode with a draft"

I haven't even tried to play online franchise yet juts because i've read the same thing in all the forums about it and know that i wont like it so y waste my time tryin until its fixed.



Things I like about the Online Franchise Console Experience:

- haven't played online franchise yet but did play the co-op online play with a buddy of mine, and we both thought it was a fun experience but wish we could do a franchise like that online...that would be sweet.


Things I think can be improved:

- seriously EA no salary cap/ free agency/ or contracts? all anybody ever talks about every year is how can we make the game more realistic. and this would be a simple step in doing so.
- now i've read about the waitin 60 min in between games, now c'mon EA seriously once again y would anyone wanna wait that long. we should be able to get online and play as much as we want, just like online dynasty in NCAA FOOTBALL 10
- You cant have multiple seasons without a draft class. so getting straight to the point EA fix it.
- Just to put it all into prospective make the online franchise mode just like the offline mode. with the technology we have in today's world it can all be done so don't give me some BS excuse of y u can't EA.

I would probably love it if I could actually play it!!!!

I have 1 eye on my inbox constantly to see whether or not my code has been sent through yet.

Things I like about the Online Franchise Console Experience:

- the fact that u guys actually started it. franchise mode Gen-1 is live. sweet
- iphone app!! ssssweet
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Things I think can be improved:

- no one should be able to sign players until the commissioner officially starts the league
- More control for the commish. This thing has to be structured
- Accelerates clock needs to be reduced to like 8 seconds for online play
- Improvements need to be made immediately unless this thing will fail
- Salary cap is a must. This cannot wait till next year. no one will participate if the playing field isnt even!!!

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Gret job guys but please get the ball rolling on the improvments to the website and i really hope this franchise thing pans out.
But u gotta do it right.

What I don't like
Accelerated play clock!!!!!!!!!!
having to pay $10 after playing in one franchise BAD move EA BAD move!!!
having to wait 1 hour to advance
no salary cap/ free agency/ or contracts

what i like

they made an online franchise mode.

Blackjac's Thoughts:


Things I think can be improved:

- No Flex Schedule??? This was a huge part of online Leagues last year and it needs to be put back in. Having to wait for 30 other people to play their game before you can play another slows the League down really bad!

- Advancing Week: Must wait 1 hour between advancing?? Seriously, The League Commissioner should be able to advance at anytime.

- Not allowing Commissioner to determine who wins in the event of a no show. If we have a deadline of when to play your weekly game (since there is no Flex Scheduling) Then why would you allow a guy who didn't show up a chance to win against his opponent who did show up. The Commissioner should be allowed to determine the winner of games so that a no show doesn't get the win (Some people do have lives outside of gaming and need to miss a game). Granted if we had a deadline where we had to play 1 game a week, this would be low...But experiencing our MLB League, our NBA League, and our Last Madden League. It will happen.

- CPU Trading is flawed. I was able to trading Jim Sorgi for Tom Brady. I know you can turn off CPU trading, but couldn't you make a system where all trades to a CPU are +/- 5 points in the OVR standing of the entire trade or it will be denied? What's the point of doing fantasy draft then turning CPU trading off to keep someone from getting a player that the CPU has.

- Opponent does not receive loss for Disconnect. I checked this against the CPU tonight to see if the CPU would get the win if I just shut my PS3 and it didn't record any win. I hit the start button when I came back to the franchise and it restarted the game. If this happens when 2 real people are playing, this will hurt the leagues as people will just disconnect to avoid the loss.

General notes about Online Franchise Console Experience:

The idea of Online Franchise mode is a great concept, but I think these top 5 issues needed to be added for it to be great. I'm sure there are other things I'm missing, but I haven't done an entire franchise (or even 1 season) yet to see what comes after the season is over. These are the things I immediately noticed and these 5 things are what is keeping my gaming community from signing up for a Madden 10 Franchise (we are a gaming community of around 756 members. That's the number of people registered to our forums. I would say we have around 500 active people playing in several different Leagues/Tournaments ranging from Shooters to Sports to Fighting games).

First off let me say this game is taking some big steps forward and is very enjoyable to play. I don't usually write on forums but I wanted to say good job and give my opinion of what I like and dislike about the game.

Likes: slower gameplay and franchise mode (offline) very detailed and fun. Best madden in terms of realism and gameplay I've played and I've been playing madden since sega genesis days.

Dislikes: online franchise not really a franchise without salaries, also it's missing the little bells and whistles that makes the offline fun like the extra point show as one example. Online franchise commish needs more control. Especially when starting off because it's first come first serve when signing free agents with no way to stop that. One of my biggest complaints is that the gameplay speed when playing a online franchise is set to normal and there's no way to set it back to the default slow. That was one of the best features and provided more realism, to me anyways.

Last thoughts: love the game. 09 madden was barely playable IMO. To me you guys got the gameplay down, a few changes to online franchise (my main issue with it is patchable, I won't hold my breath though) it's still fun to get a bunch of buddies together and battle over drafts picks and trades. Good job EA.

Things I like about the Online Franchise Console Experience:

- Great Settings
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Things I think can be improved:

- Halftime Hightlights like offline franchise
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Dislikes

-No salaray cap / cantracts
-NFL Records / Hall of Fame
-Not being able to scout the rookie draft class during the season
-Can't import draft class from NCAA.
-It would be cool if there could be a game tracker on the bottom of the screen telling the scores of other people in the franchise if they are playing at the same time.

Likes

-You made an online franchise
-The gameplay is slower and realistic
-There is realtime stat tracker

Overall I think EA should put the salary cap / contracts in this years version, otherwise it doesn't feel like a real franchise, but bravo for taking some nice strides forward.

Personally I think it's jacked up, half the time I can't get on because the server is always busy.

Things i like:

- Being able to play online franchise
- Tracking player stats
- Gameplay

Things i dislike (some of which really really need to be fixed cuz they are annoying):

- The limit of one week per hour (this is sickening since i play with just one other person in the franchise and we sometimes want to just sim through most of a season and cant. I can see the use for this but maybe giving an option for it is a better idea.)
- Trading (is way to flawed, gotta put some restrictions on this)