Madden 08 Features

[xxbluntmastaxx]

how is it gay if thts how it looks in real life

[manofmen]

well actually not really u cant see the top of ur head in real life and plus what i'm saying is u cant see people in front of you that well

[downhereinGA]

For Xbox 360 online:

1. Throw out all the glitchers! If you glitch, then your gamertag should be banned. If you continue to glitch, you'll be spending a lot of money getting new gamertags dumbasses. TAKE YOUR L'S LIKE A MAN CHUMPS!

2. Real Madden players play on (ALL-MADDEN), not all-pro. Playing online is all-pro. Definitely should change it to ALL-MADDEN.

3. Make the defense better. It IS so EASY to score with freaking seconds online.

4. Do away with jetpacking. Jetpacking is when the WR's run their routes and when they're not open; they come back to the ball. stands there and 98% of the time, the QB will just throw the ball up in the air and the WR jumps to catch it. I've been screwed numerous of times on that BS.

5. Make DB's ankle hits. The good ole Neon Deion style.

6. THIS IS DEDICATED TO MY GOAL LINE JUNKIES SLASH BUMS!!!! If you run 3TE goal line BS constantly, they should be thrown out the game. Just like when a player constantly jumps offside. After about the 2nd or 3rd time, they lose the game. It should be the same punishment.

7. CAN WE PLEASE CHALLENGE FREAKING PLAYS? Alot of BS gones on. It's funny though because if a player quits or lose connection then the other player continues to play the CPU. The CPU has authority to challenge plays so why can't both players have at least 2 challenges per game.

8. Be able to injury players just like NCAA 07. A lot of hit sticks, but no freaking injuries. Let's be real here, if Mike Vick comes running around the corner and Peppers put a monster monster hit, then Vick should be out the game or at least for a couple of quarters or plays.

9. Make players tackling realistic. For instance, Lamont "sorry ***" Jordan CANNOT AND WILL NOT run over Peppers or Mike Ruckers!!!!

THIS IS MY WISH LIST....I REALLY HOPE AND HOPE THAT MADDEN CREATORS DOESN'T RUSH 2008 AND DEFINITELY CUT OUT ALL THE GLITCHING BULL CRAP.

[madmurray]

1) Expansion Draft
2) More realistic contracts (5-7rd picks should be cheap and older players should ask for a lot more money)
3) More injuries
4) Fix the rookies when you don't import a draft from NCAA (recievers and corners should not have 70 speeds and lower), basically forces me to rent NCAA to import drafts every year
5) Gameplay should be FASTER!
6) Computer's drafting needs to get a lot better (i.e. for need), some comp teams will draft a QB every year but have horrible lines or they stock up on their recievers but won't draft a defense, etc
7) Ability to rename players, I hate having rookies as QB #4, etc

I like all the ideas, they sound good actually. As for QB #4 problem, until they fix that atleast, just do the auto-name feature on NCAA before you do the import so they're all atleast named.

Just a little suggestion.

[RamsRCool]

For the draft I name the stars and my favorite players, and auto the rest. Don't see any problems there(For imported draft classes).

Yeah, thats exactly what I did....I named the ones I cared about and auto-named the rest. Best option really.

[munie81]

I hope that the draft process have more strategy. Every year they are players from the later rounds that tear it up and become sleepers. For example Colston. He tore the workouts, and had the stats but was from a small school. In madden they should have a sim combine. Watch the players run their 40, and other drills. Then the players you like you bring them in for a workout(which you do manually). If you do well in the workouts that late round pick will have a better rating. The catch with this is other teams will work that same prospect out. So on the prospects profile, they're should have a list on other teams that our interested so you can possibly trade up in front of a certain team to get your player. The rookie's ratings should not be determined until after training camp. If that same prospect has a great training camp his rating could be as high as an 80 instead of the usual mid
60s. Superbowls teams build deep through the draft so why should all these late round draft picks should fill roster spots. If the GM does his homework on certain prospect than he should be rewarded with great players in the late rounds.

[MaddHatter]

I'm pretty excited about the features they've already started talking about... Gang tackling, better defenses, more realistic player impact on the game, as well as high hits and low hits.

The thing I want the most that hasn't been talked about is more along the lines of realism - big players shouldn't be able to outrun small players, and small players shouldn't be able to truck a bigger player.

[go_deep]

Yea they should have gang tackling. It pisses me off when there's like 3 guys surrounding an offensive player. He somehow spins out of the guy trying to tackle him, and the other 2 morons just stand there.

Of course I've learned how to stop that from happening too often.
Another thing I would like added to 08. You guys notice when a Marvin Harrison, Torry Holt make an amazing catch going out of bounds. Dragging their feet. Balleting out of bounds. They should do that on 08. Makes it easier to tell if he caught the ball or not.

Another thing I always wanted. When a running back is given the ball on 3rd down. Either on the goal line or just a 3rd & inches. Some of them leap over the line. They should do that on 08. Also, help out the defense, make them try to jump up and stop them.

[norselord]

My suggestions are organized in the following categories:

• null franchise
• null custom play editor
• null audio/visual
• null general comments

FRANCHISE
off-season

• null start pre-season with 80+ guys, and force a cutdown after each preseason game to the final 52 man roster after preseason game #4.
• null Free Agency periods BEFORE the draft, after the draft and following each cut-down period as mentioned above.
• null In the same way it was possible to hire OC and DC coaches, make it possible to hire your scouting guy, his traits will affect how well the scouting info reflects on a player's actual ability.
• null Trading future draft picks.

miscellanea

• Custom Teams
• null if at all possible, have computer controlled teams change unis, change cities, change names. Probably one team every 5-7 years for a change like that.
• null Rearrange divisions (go back to west, central, east for example)
• null Hall of Fame
• null Ring of fame
• null retired jersey
• null record book (make it look nice, an action pic of the player would be nice)

CUSTOM PLAY EDITOR
offense

• null allow assigning of either zone or man blocking for linemen
• null be able to select various distance for pulling with o-lineman
• null allow double/triple teaming of particularly nasty D-Linemen
• null allow creation of play action passes
• null allow creation of draw plays
• null allow creation of flea-flicker
• null allow creation of plays where someone other than the QB throws the ball (the Hines Ward concept)
• null allow creation of reverses and players other than the HB/FB/QB to run the ball.
• null allow different types of blocks by backs/receivers on passing plays, where it is a block for 1-3 seconds, then a route. Block types can differ also.

defense

• null allow defensive linemen/linebackers to stunt, or delay blitz.
• null improve the man-to-man coverage a.i.
• null fix the 'flip the play' bug in custom zone coverages.
• null allow for the creation of "show-blitz" prior to assignment of zone or man coverage.

AUDIO/VISUAL

• null highlight reel at end of week (top 10 plays)
• null bring back the ambulance, or injury cart
• null pre-game analysis of matchups
• null drop the cheezy pseudo rock/rap tie-ins and replace with the NFL films music.
• null loose the cheerleaders.
• null first-down celebration
• null put the real refs in (ed hokules sp? etc.)
• null better fans (higher % of team colors proportional to team success?)
• null actual team players on the sideline.
• null jet flyovers for big games.
• null if you NEED to have the tie-in with the 'new' bands, save it for half-time of a big-game

GENERAL COMMENTS

• null Off-the-field issues will never happen, as it reflects negatively on the league, so stop asking for it.
• null If you want to buy cars/houses/clothes/jewelry/women in superstar mode, you may want to petition the folks at EA to come out with a new expansion pack for the Sims.
  
  
  That's about it.
  
  Peace out.

[cdb205]

I don't know if this was already on someone's wishlist, but I think 08 has to have midair collisions. And collisions is plural, because I do not just want to see the same old animation everytime I hit someone. NCAA 07 incorporated a few, and it's time Madden does the same.

[Spade88]

I wanna see better hits even the hitsticks are boreing better juke moves would be nice also

[vincent_vikings]

CREATED PLAYBOOKS

• Use Created Playbooks in any game mode

(…This is a MUST HAVE for those who typically play Franchise or Superstar mode)

(…It takes a lot of time to create them, so we should be able to use them in any mode)

• Fix the “flip the play” bug in custom plays both Offense and Defense

(…The entire play flips at the line of scrimmage, instead of players just simply switching assignments)

• Create unique Special Teams plays as well

(…Kick Return and Punt Return can be more exciting if we can create them)

(…This feature could increase the chances of a punt return)

(...It makes the game more exciting when your Kickoff coverage or Kick Return schemes work to perfection)

• Add Stunt Plays for defensive linemen in Create Playbook mode

(…Defensive lineman should be able to run stunt plays in addition to blitz Left, blitz Middle, blitz Right)

(…Allow a player to blitz at a 90° angle—this type of blitz is used in default playbooks such as the 3-4, but Madden doesn’t allow this type of blitz to be used in Create Playbook mode)

• Adjust Zone Coverage Assignments
(…We should be able to adjust the direction in which to cover; left, right, middle)
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• Create unique Special Teams plays as well
(…This feature could increase the chances of Touchdowns in Punt Return)