Many Madden NFL 13 gamers are confused and think that EA SPORTS removed Franchise Mode. Actually, they created a brand-new mode called Connected Careers Mode, which combines offline Franchise Mode, online Franchise Mode, and Superstar Mode all into one!
Most MaddenTips gamers are online competitive gamers, but some play in leagues like Connected Career Mode Offers.
This mode is extremely deep, and while it is missing Fantasy Draft, Import Draft Class, and Roster Edits, it has many, many new features. Here is a great article from EA SPORTS Game Changer “RedZoneD25,” who shows off his favorite new mode.
“Hi Madden NFL fans – EA SPORTS Game Changer Dave Searles (@RedZoneD25) here to talk more about Connected Careers in Madden NFL 13. It has recently been a point of interest amongst the Madden community that the experience formerly known as Franchise Mode is not present in this year’s title. While it’s true that you won’t be seeing a place to select Franchise Mode in the main menu, the idea of taking control of an NFL team in all phases of the sport is something very much alive and well in Connected Careers as a Coach.
There are two things that are absolutely critical to have when you are in control of a virtual football team; objectives and accountability. This is an area where I feel Franchise Mode consistently fell short, offering little in terms of a sense of accomplishment (or failure). What was the big deal if you tanked the season to get the first pick every year in the Draft? Conversely, where was the reward if you managed to lead a Super Bowl-caliber team every year? Outside of patting yourself on the back, there was little incentive to continue past the first few seasons unless you truly wanted to for whatever reason. The days of wondering if you really want to continue on to years 2 through 30 are over, since anything that can happen is on your watch now.
Let’s talk about player progression. In previous years, it didn’t really matter how well your players performed in any given season outside of winning games, because if you had a player with A Potential, he would progress nicely regardless of what the statistics said. This effectively halted the ability to find a late round steal or use your 7th round choice on a player to groom for years down the road, because if you drafted a D or F Potential player, that was it—he’s done. In Connected Careers, you are in full control of who leaves a legacy and who doesn’t. The reason for this is an all-new progression system based around XP (experience points).
Each player on your roster will earn XP by completing goals. The more difficult the goal is, the more XP you will get as a reward. “
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i understand you took out multiplayer frachise mode to force everyone to purchase the game and prevent multiply ppl playing on one copy, but really? i usually play 2 teams in franchise mode, and there is no way for me to do this, and also fantasy draft being taking away and the relocation feature…. my roomate bought this game, and i was really excited to get my copy as well but my urge to play it was stripped away when i found this all out, guess i’ll just stick to my pc games
really disappointed
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sgibs Reply:
September 4th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
im with you on this – we gotta have franchise mode – i will make sure to give this feedback – this is something we all need
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Arjrai Reply:
September 17th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
I cannot believe co-op was removed. What a real bummer.
I like the CCM and all the changes that are evolving within the game engine BUT, offline co-op has been a tradition for so many of us!! Unbelievable that it was removed!
We even started playing last year’s Madden and manually updated rosters with the new players and trades so that we can play together. SO SAD!!
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aaron Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 7:33 pm
hey genius who changed the franchise multiple player with fantasy draft, do you remember when they came out with the new coke, enough said
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Brian Reply:
November 25th, 2012 at 5:07 am
If there ever was a award for how to screw up a great product it is EA Sports and madden 13 what a joke I just got so aggrevated with the game I stopped playing after 3 days . Way to go EA Sports never buy another Madden game again thnaks
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Daniel Reply:
December 8th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
I agree, the lack of franchise mode means I’m going to trade my Madden 13 in for a different game and maybe get Madden 12. Serious disappointment.
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Britton Taylor Reply:
December 19th, 2012 at 4:05 am
Dude this game is horrible. I want my money back. You ruined it.
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While I can see the logic behind combining both Franchise modes with Superstar mode, you failed to address what the overall fan base really wanted. There were so many features REMOVED in order to combine those modes it has maddened a large percentage of your loyal fans. For example, why remove the fantasy draft aspect from Connected Career mode? For that matter, there is no way to play with modified rosters in the Connected Career mode. I for one enjoyed the fantasy draft mode in order to play in a league with balanced teams, not just a mirror image of the real NFL teams. I also greatly enjoyed playing Franchise mode with the same group of people that comprise my real life Fantasy Football league and setting our Madden teams to mimic our Fantasy Football teams. From what I can tell from reading some of the overall feedback being posted, many fans agree with me. Perhaps a stronger consideration to what your fans actually want and request will be a great (and quite possibly only) way to rectify these grievous errors in judgement.
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sgibs Reply:
September 4th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
these are things that a lot of people wish were in the game but just didnt make it in for this yeras game – hopefully they can be added in later down the road
im with you on this man
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I love it. People are never satisfied, the graphics and the infinity engine are great love the new feel and look, and ccm its a plus, i think they did a great job with it. I never play ncaa so importing rosters not a big deal to me but i can see how it is to some. Not perfect but compared too the last few years and the progress i am proud oem.gj ea u did somethingnew and different keep it up
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sgibs Reply:
September 4th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
a lot of postives about the game and CCM is deep.
change is never a easy thing
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dnice Reply:
September 26th, 2012 at 11:56 am
You don’t seem as if you faithfully bought madden every year for the past 20+ years. Yes, it does look better but that doesn’t matter when for the past 8 years they cultivated Fantasy leagues and the past 16 years allowed the consumer to play the game they paid $50-$60 for the option to play they way they want to. Football is not a RPG. If companies like Sony can be sued for removing backwards compatibility from a consumers who paid and expected to have that feature then EA should eat the hate and lost revenues on it’s most storied franchise. BTW, didn’t EA Sports drop the button punch control on Fight Night 4 and a week later sent a patch that added the feature back after loyal fans complained?
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hehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh why did they mess up something that wasnt really flawed anyway. Everyone was always upset with the animations and gameplay and they took care of that but killed off something else HEHHHHHHHHHHH
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This change to the game is a failure of epic proportions.
Objectives and Accountability are in NO way a suitable replacement for the ability to edit rosters. I (and most I know) usually ignore the “get 2 interceptions” because we are usually getting 10. I dont really need objectives or accountability. I have been playing sports games for over 25 years. When I was 12, I purchased the original Sega console Madden the day it came out. Why remove features that have been time tested staples in every successful sports game of the last 20 years?
The first thing people do when they get a game is decide who they are going to play with, right? Then, they determine where the holes are. For example, a user may want to be the Redskins. Now the redskins have RGIII and Santana Moss on Offense. OK, that’ll do but they need a better running game. Create Player 1, halfback. Thats probably sufficient right? well not really the starting 22 on a football team are more in number than the entire rosters of baseball, soccer, hockey, and basketball teams. So, in the case of the Redskins who have old London Fletcher, Im going to need a defensive player also. Create player 2, linebacker. Thats typically the minimum. Sometimes I like to make players just because I can. So, I can create players (plural) in Madden 13 but I can only use players (plural) in offline exhibition. LAME! That doesnt really feel like MY team??
Removing these features is not going to make me play online. It’s going to make me return that game and not buy it in the future. Stop reading marketing reports and stick with what works. This is not a job well done EA.
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sgibs Reply:
September 4th, 2012 at 1:02 pm
sorry man – i will make sure to pass along your feedback -
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Thomas Reply:
September 26th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Are they ever going to let you play with your custom rosters on connected career modes?
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scott whitaker Reply:
September 7th, 2012 at 11:25 pm
pmac u took the words right out of my mouth. I created a player for the team i wanted to start my career with and i can’t even load him on my career roster?? I spent 2 hours editing my roster and now i can’t even start a career with them.Epic Fail by the creators of madden, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. You just ruined this game for me and millions of other players. Franchise mode is why we play the game. Taking it back asap
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Rob Reply:
December 11th, 2012 at 4:21 pm
Exactly – Have bought every year since it’s inception (this year was a gift) If they don’t reinstall franchise I won’t buy another.
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You completely took out the reason I played this game by taking out Multi team Franchise mode & roster edit. Just bought the game & takin it back. This game suX! now.
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sgibs Reply:
September 4th, 2012 at 12:57 pm
ya man i feel you on this – its tough – wish it was in htere
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I am in total agreement with everyone else on this topic. My son and I usually pick out teams and thenecrate ourselves. Then we go franchise and draft our players on those teams. No w guess what can’t do any of that. They have turned a family and friends come over game in to a lock yourself in a room and play by yourself game and ho.pe you enjoy online . There is noo in your face ….face to face fun factor anymore. I almost would rather play madden. 12 cuz of all the unnecessary ch
anges. Love the graphics though.
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sgibs Reply:
September 4th, 2012 at 12:55 pm
daniel,
i feel you on that – not much we can do to get around it – soryr about that man
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this new madden 13 is crap i have lost 4 games in a row that never happened in 12 ps the 4 games i have lost were online.YOU CANT USE YOUR CUSTOM PLAYBOOKS IN THIS NEW CONNECTED CAREER MODE WHATS GOING ON??????
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sgibs Reply:
September 4th, 2012 at 12:54 pm
its tough john – i know its frustrating.
its a new mode – give it a chance if you can
check out this article for more info on CCM
http://www.maddentips.com/madden-13-franchise-mode-why-connected-careers-is-the-new-franchise-mode/
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Can I get my money back since its no franchise mode in here.
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sgibs Reply:
September 5th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
there is a franchise mode – its new – its different – give it a chance
connected careers mdoe
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Fed Up Madden Loyalist No More Reply:
September 25th, 2012 at 10:28 am
sgibs…. Shut the hell up..! With your damn I’m sorry crap… New Franchise sucks..! I have given this pile of pigskin crap 1 month now.. I cannot even finish my 1st season… Because I have to spend too much f-ing time on the stupid practice field in order to get XP’s that are worth jackcrap that don’t do anything to improve your team… Screw you, and your apologies too..! I gave it time… Your new Coke S-U-C-K-S..!!(bring back the original flavor)or else.. I will “NEVER” waste my hard earned cash on P.O.S. like that again..! Why fix what was not broken..? Hopefully more will follow suit, and boycott to never buy another Madden game ever again… Only wish I wasn’t so damn stupid paying extra money to the bitch sent early… Hey what’s $71 right..? A tank of gas..!!!!!
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Look its not that I am not willing to try Connected Careers or whatever it is, and its not even that I don’t like the graphics, but the fact of the matter I right now on 12 I am playing a season with my cousin where I am a team and he is a team. We didn’t create players or import I’m not even upset about all of that. You strip the off season and more importantly remove 2 player unless I fork over anouther 60 dollars for online access, he forks over another 60 dollars for online access, we both spend 60 dollars on the game, and then we sit in our rooms alone to play with each other? In what way does that sound fun. I like being in the same room on the same console and removing that alone literally ruins the game.
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Sharif Reply:
September 20th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
totally agree 100% me and my brother used to play franchise together now just 2 play franchise we must have 2 games and sit in different rooms, that’s why I’m not getting madden 13, but I will get the NBA 2k13 they franchise mode and its offline multiplayer and singular player in frachise and you can playo nline franchise too. My player is also amazing too.
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I bought madden to play offline and to make my own franchise team and to upload my players from b
NCAA without these features in madden 13 ea is beinga dictatorship
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This game is built to make money from DLC. There is no franchise made as far as I can see. I don’t want to be a single player moving up the ranks. I just want to pick my favorite team play a season and maybe make the playoffs and superbowl. As far as i can see that isn’t possible. So glad I rented it first. Madden died to me today it was funny till they removed franchise mode and don’t tell me it is still there it isn’t.
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Career mode is awful. Not fun at all. WHY can’t you use a custom playbook?????? I wasted an hour of my time creating a playbook that I can’t even use in the career mode. Talk about stupid…..
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Bottom line is this…over exaggerated how many career mode gamers are out there and greatly underestimated the offline franchise mode gamers. Nothing is better to me than simulating a season…taking over a garbage team and building them up. My buddy and I would do this for hours a day (when of course we had the time). It’s no longer an option. Why do so many people love fantasy football? Because your the GM…not the coach, not the player, not the created superstar. I don’t want to play as the player or coach…I wanna be the GM/Owner. I want to control my stadium and pricing, move my team if I choose, edit uniforms, etc. Big mistake EA…this year’s reports may not reflect it…but if Franchise Mode is not brought back and gamers KNOW it’s not coming back than your going to see ugly numbers on your reports. The world is based on the majority and the minority. You went to bat for the minority (superstar mode gamers). Majority of Madden gamers don’t give a rip about superstar mode…that’s mainly for the teenies and grade schoolers. I don’t care about still shots and how they look or what’s presented at halftime and all that jazz. I want franchise mode, good GAMEPLAYING graphics, etc. E…A…..Sports…..GET IN THE GAME!!!
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Madden 12 stunk it up. Madden 13 is better, but still stinks. Well, it would work for me, if you just let me use my created, modified roster stuff in OFFLINE play
NO MORE MADDEN unless you boneheads send out an update to make offline play MORE like Play and less like Work. I already have a job!
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Never buying a madden game again until franchise mode is back. You guys completely ruined the best sports game out there. Bravo idiots
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dc Reply:
September 20th, 2012 at 2:35 am
well said!
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By removing the ability to use custom playbooks, roster editing, and the Owner point of view, you have removed the Franchise Mode. As a coach or a player, you are not in control of your franchise. You are a pawn of said Franchise. I hate the former “Superstar” mode for one reason… I don’t control every play. I can score 20 touchdowns in a game but if my defense sucks, the other team has no problem keeping up. That’s Bull! In Madden 12, I was on Franchise Year 14 and I had played EVERY GAME. My stats were ridiculous. I relocated my team in Year 5 and I did it because I WAS IN CONTROL OF MY “”FRANCHISE”". I’ve seen how the best explaination anyone can give is, “I’ll pass along your feedback” and “It will be implemented going further.” WHY WAS IT REMOVED??? I love the Infinity Engine. That is the best thing that Madden has ever received. There are some things that make the Connected Careers interesting, but they’re all superficial. Who cares about a fake Twitter feed? Stupid trend ideas like that always fail. I am BEGGING whoever is in charge, PLEASE return the CORE components of the MADDEN FRANCHISE MODE that brought you to the dance. We want to be Kings of our Teams, not pawns. I grew up on Madden. John Madden is my hero. I just think that your Franchise Mode of years past was your best mode. Thank you for taking the time to read my honest concerns.
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I buy this game every year for my husband because he loves it so much, he used to play college football but now he’s a disabled combat vet who rarely leaves the house. I nearly cried when he told me to “just throw it in the garbage.” After reading about all of the problems that everyone has with offline franchise mode, it boggles my mind why EA would ruin the best part of this game. He spends hours playing MADDEN with his war buddy in our home but that’s ruined as well. My husband is awesome and to see him get let down so hard by this and he said “it’s garbage.” Why did EA do this? He loves making the actual players look right…correct numbers…edits attributes…HE EVEN MAKES HIMSELF IN THE GAME!!! You stole more than 60 dollars from a disabled vet, it’s like you stole a part of him.
Make a patch or update it like everything else, he said the graphics are “super cool” he TRIED to get into this but it’s not working, please fix this…PLEASE!!!
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sgibs Reply:
September 11th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
hoping they do that!
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dc Reply:
September 20th, 2012 at 2:33 am
I am sorry to hear about your husband. EA sports obviously doesn’t get it. they’re trying to get too cute.
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vinny Reply:
September 29th, 2012 at 10:48 pm
EA didnt get cute they just dont care.If they cared even a little about the fan base they would scrap connected careers completely.Every employee making decisions on madden 13 should be fired.
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My suggestion would be to send out an update for the game that at least allows gamers to play with modified rosters in connected career mode. This game is going to get very boring very fast because the game play of the whole career mode is EXCRUCIATINGLY slow. There is no way to fast forward through the mundane portions of the game. This plays a lot like NFL Head Coach but at least in that game it was possible to simulate through parts of the season to games that you were interested in playing. You really need to make an big update to this game because there is a reason NFL headcoach never worked.
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sgibs Reply:
September 11th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
great idea man
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Just curious if they will be making a patch that will allow for multi-player offline franchise mode?…2 friends and I want to be the Bears…I want to play as Marshall, one of my buddies as Forte, the other as Cutler…Will this eventually be possible?
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Brian Reply:
September 24th, 2012 at 5:09 pm
Same here. Avid Bears fan, busy student. I don’t have the time to do all of the online stuff and keep up with online leagues. I want to sit down and play an offline game with my friends when I have the time, but not a pointless “play now” game. Even though I don’t have the time to compete, I still want my efforts to count towards something!
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Simple ..Can they “patch an update” for H2H where Madden13
can:
1) RANK …Friends Play ??
2) Interaction(Franchise) for more than just 1 Player..Offline??
At this point ..U have the survey’s with the means to communicate
next steps to the Madden Nation. The question is, can you execute?
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I hate the fact that we cant edit our rosters on offline career mode and we dont have thw ability ro play w III h our own created players. Please fix this!!!!!
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dito…I could not believe it…why have something you call “creation center”, if you really can’t create anything….
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Bo Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 7:10 pm
Right!!!!! Hey EA uve destroyed my favorite game, since 95 ive played madden and 98 for Ncaa u claim if its un the game its in the game. What a joke if u cant draft players from ncaa then its not, white players cant have long hair wtf what about clay Matthews and fans who have long hair oh yeah u took the ability to create ourselves n the game so how fun is that u cant draft a player from the college u used in. Ncaa and u cant create urself or ur friends, ih yeah u took the fans into consideration good job on f****n up a good thing
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Does anybody know why you can’t work the offense and defense both on “Connected Careers?” I’m currently playing it and I can do defense no problem but when it comes to Offense it only allows me to “sim” the possession. Is it because I’m on created player, and that my player is a Defensive player?
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dc Reply:
September 20th, 2012 at 2:32 am
because the game sucks!
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All I want is to be able to play this games version of franchise mode (as a coach in cc) with modified rosters. It gives me a secondary goal aside from winning the Super Bowl. And I know that that is what the player career is for but I just don’t get the same enjoyment from it. I feel disengaged from the rest of the league and bored unless I can lead my whole team. Besides I keep the offense out of the endzone for four and a half quarters, give my offense good field position and end up losing 0-3 because apparently joe flacco is about as accurate as my grandmother. Oh the troubles of being a defensive player. Please fix this ea, I got this game yesterday and im bored already.
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Leave it up to these stupid idiots. Last year, I really thought they finally understood what people wanted such as expanded rosters, cut downs, etc. I thought for sure this year they would add expanded imported draft classes, and the ability to edit player physique’s.
What did they end up doing? Do away with Franchise Mode?
Stupid! This game sucks, plus to all you intelligent business men at EA Sports, this will and should kill all your future NCAA football 14 sales, that bought the game to export college players to Madden.
Complete breach of trust by the master minds.
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Kev Reply:
September 20th, 2012 at 8:59 pm
WE WANT FRANCHISE MODE BACK IN MADDEN. MADDEN 13 FUCKING SUCKS ASSHOLE HAIR.
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Madden Creators,
I am so pissed of at you guys that I have actually spent an hour trying to figure out how to take out my frustration.
Stupid move by you taking out Franchise Mode!
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Is there going to be a fix to enable editing roster and being able to use it in ccm? And when will it be available?
Is there a roster update for madden 12 to bring the rosters up to date?
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This is stupid. I only buy Madden for franchise mode so i can play as all 32 teams at once and enjoy all the different things you can do in franchise mode. As the people that spend our hard earned money on your games. We, the people that keep EA Sports in business want franchise mode back.
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Yo. Like a lot of people I am pretty disappointed with Madden 13. The graphics are better, but the animations are burrowed from Madden 12 with some blur effects. I really don’t understand the devolution of Franchise Mode. It used to have radio broadcasts (much better than the twitter feed), training camps, position battles, and a more immersive feel than the “blue industrial” background that never changes. It never transports you to the NFL, or feeling like you can control a team’s destiny in it. I also would like to see a more randomized progression system, in addition with some XP elements. Like many others have said, Franchise Mode is important because you are in control as the GM/Owner. It’s features should be added on, not taken away completely. The draft and Off-season need to be more involved and have news broadcast elements, The commissioner shaking hands with your first round pick and he puts your cap on and hold the jersey up. A lot of these other immersing elements are already in other sports games. I just can’t believe my favorite one is devolving into a childish piece of plastic. I had actually bought a new PS3 for this game because when I had bought it and inserted it into my old, original behemoth PS3, I discovered it was shot, and didn’t read discs anymore. So I went and got a new one, to play this. Sad.
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I agree with most of you. There is no need to try out ccm for some of us. It’s just not why weve playedthe game and supported it through its shortcomgs. There will be no giving it a chance. There will be giing it back to my retailer.. it may be the only football game , but nit the only game and certainly nit the only thing to do. You can’t force this game down peoples throats.
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Sadly enough I would actually pay five bucks for doc to edit my rosters and use created players. Once that it is only.because they caught me with my pants down this time. Next time I.won’t be reading any more of these paid for.and bogous reviews, ill he doing real due dilligence and if its not included ill just stop buying it like I.did need for speed. They suck for this though.
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I cant believe what they did with this madden 13 it is so much more awful! when your playing as a corner you cant even see where you are! madden 13 is almost complete GARBAGE! REFUND PLEASE!
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Everything I bought and played madden for is gone.
please bring back franchise mode. What a waste of 65 bucks, I feel totally cheated by ea, and will never buy an ea game again. ever.
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Why is it when I Quit this game my PS3 freezes up causing a failure on a shutdown process… There are too many glitches,,,No franchise mode(ccm in “NOT” Franchise mode)… When I go in to the roster section the game freezes up … Mind you not this is the only game I have out of about 30 other titles that does this… I guess when you designed a piece of shit you guys went all out….. Tomorrow I’m taking this piece of shit to the local Best Buy get $20 out of what I spent over $64 on and exchange it for something that’s a lot better to play… You guys a failed major-league big time thank you..! Being an handicapped individual I always looked forward to Madden every season(Madden in the past was my way of forgetting about what I deal with on a daily basis) ..this year what a disappointment.(You idiots made my life more stressful… The “wink wink”franchise mode takes so long to get through a single week it’s mind-boggling). I really want to throw it in the garbage… You guys at EA sports can take your CCM and shove it right up the old Cornhole Opening of your asses..! Thanks for nothing..! Madden 14 yeah right.. No fu€£ing way… Hopefully the 2K franchise will come back and Clean up the mess you guys have created..and Conquer the gaming world. So disappointing..!!!!!!!! I was going to buy the NHL 13 but if it’s anything like this piece of crap I am not going to waste my money.. Goodbye EA sports..! You are not in the game ..!!!! It would be nice if you would give a refund but I know that shit ain’t going to happen… Jerks..!
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Tbone77 Reply:
October 28th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
EA got rid off Franchise but kept GAME FREEZE. good job.
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removing Francise = EPIC fail
gonna lose most of the faithful players that made Madden what it is today.
No brainer, must be brought back for ’14
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Man EA fucked up Madden 13,bring back the franchise mode so i can have all 32and export and import teams with friends at home..that was the only reason we played
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I’ve purchased every madden on the day of release and enjoyed mostly all of them but this is just sad from a Madden fans perspective. I’ve played both coach and player on CCM the new superstar mode ain’t bad but the new franchise mode is just a pathetic attempt for change. EA it is in the game so drop the bongs and and create a update for use of custom playbooks, custom player modification, and NCAA draft imports for offline gameplay
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thanks to no franchise mode (connected careers mode is not franchise mode) and the lack of roster editing, this game is garbage to me. i tried to take it back shortly after buying it, but best buy wouldn’t take it back. so, i gave it to my little cousins to play and was told they didnt like it either. i went back to playing a franchise season on madden 12 instead and creating all the rookies….i shouldn’t have had to spend 11 hours creating players because madden 13′s developers are morons, but i did. as far as i’m concerned EA owes me $64.37 for the worst piece of crap i’ve ever played in my life. thankfully i kept madden 12 instead of selling it on amazon. way to go EA…good luck getting me and all of my friends to buy madden 14, because it’s not happening…idiots
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NoMoreMadden4Me Reply:
October 15th, 2012 at 2:00 am
Funny …..Best Buy gave me $40.00 trade in for my Madden 13… Get yourself signed up with Best Buy’s Rewards Zone man… I got double the trade in value of $20 because of it..! Best Buy should at the least give you the $20… Don’t feel so bad… I had my copy rushed to me… So I spent $71 for EA Sports epic fuck up of all time..!!!!!
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I just bought 2 copies–and opened 1 before i learned there is no offline multiplayer.
At least i can return 1– and I still have my past versions.
Me and my buds have played madden offline together or years–this games is junk now—
I will NEVER purchase another EA product. Online play is just a cash grab.
Choke on it you greedy bastages.
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I DO NOT LIKE MADDEN 13 WITH THE BETTER WITH KINECT SENSOR AND I LIKE MADDEN 12 BE K TI IS EARE FOR ME
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No franchise, No custom playbooks really sucks BUT I really like the changes to offseason in offline career mode. The FA bidding is more realistic. FA in Madden 12 was so stupid and unrealistic. They got the FA period right in Madden 13. Also the scouting players is much better as well.
If they bring back the Franchise mode and all the options that were available in Franchise along with Career mode that would be great. Makes absolutely NO sense that you can’t create custom playbooks in Career mode. I mean think about it…if I make a change in QB and say draft a different style QB and go in another direction then why can’t I change my playbook for my scheme changes? Very stupid and frustrating for the gamers.
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The bottom line is EA has the only NFL game . EA knows we will buy it , no matter how bad it is , because we have NO OTHER CHOICE. Yeah the graphics are great but some of us aren’t online players
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Tbone77 Reply:
October 28th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
Because of Madden 13 I will not get Need For Speed Most Wanted and I will wait for FORZA HORIZON.
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I buy madden for one reason so that me and my dad can play a francise on the same team and enjoy playin and spendin time together been playin madden since madden 95 so disappointed ea has ruin the game that my dad and i loved for so many years madden lost a loyal fan
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This is by far the worst madden of them all. They have steadily gone downhill after 2010. They need to bring back NORMAL franchise and NORMAL superstar mode and not combine them. With the new one you just take all the fun of just playing your player and not having to worry about the rest of the team. As a superstar you shouldn’t be allowed to pick plays unless team captain or QB. Like was said above it really should mimic what the show has done to their games. I honestly think they have it figured out. Sooner or later madden will end up like EA’s mvp baseball…just non-existent or make absolutely no revenue. I’m glad I didn’t buy but that I just borrowed it from an friend. I haven’t honestly bought any of them after 2010 for the simple fact that they just aren’t as good as they once were
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I can’t believe how many features were removed from this game. Yes the graphics and gameplay are awesome.. But I was really bummed to find out Franchise mode was removed. Yes, CCM is very similar. But I have been playing this game sid mid 90′s after Tecmo Bowl fizzled out and I bought the game for one purpose only. To Pick my favorite team (Houston Texans) and add a couple of UT players from other rosters. I would simply trade these players to the Texans prior to starting franchise mode and it was that simple. Now, I am unable to do so. I submit the trades prior to starting season (as I would always do for over 10 years) and when I start the coaching career the players I traded are not there. I have even saved the roster prior to starting up and still nothing. I have spent over 8+ hours trying to figure out a way around this with no luck. As a result, I have played my madden for about a total of 10 hours since I purchased it the night it came out. In previous years, I would have played everyday 4-5 hours a day.. Thanks for nothing EA sports.. I will not be wasting my money on this game next year.. Sad to say cause I’ve bought this game every year for the last 15+ years..
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Can you not change the depth chart in CCM? I made my player and completed all pre season games. It will not let me use my player.
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And you know what, i’m a big fan from FRANCE (eu) and du to restriction, ONLINE games are not avaible for us !!!! I can see thousand of online game but i ‘m not allowed to play !
Shame report ON !
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I was a long-time Madden franchise supporter. Sadly, this is the last year I will ever buy the game. The CCM inability to accept online roster updates has driven me away. Good bye
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Will you bring back draft class import in madden this is one of the reasons why I’ve been buying the game since 2001
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Im so piss off that you can’t play a season with a created player madden. 14 need to fix this!
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thanks for killing my christmas. this game is terrible. an award needs to be giving for killing such a beautiful thing
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I loved madden up until 13 . I loved franchise mode , because it allowed me to take control of my team and add my friends to the roster and play the game how I wanted. Now I have to pay to play the game and be told how to play it. What happened to what the customer enjoys and wants? Also you would think they make enough money to take some time, hire a team to work just on stadium fans . My god how many years have they been producing this and you look at the fans , and every few rows its the same image. Also how about some better created player graphics and choices . In my opinion I think the little things YOU … EA takes for granted could really make the fans who buy your game , happy. You have one of the few games fans line up for at midnight to buy and are excited for until , we get what we got with madden 13. Its like THQ and the WWE games , they go and change something the fans liked because they believe its innovative. Heres what your meetings should consist of when planning the next madden. HOW DO WE NOT SCREW UP AND HOW DO WE MAKE OUR FANS HAPPY?
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I agree with the consensus here. Bottom line, this game is a step backwards. The graphics are better but the overall feel of the game is very retro, and not in a good way. Why cant you use custom playbooks in career mode? Why does the pre-play menu cover up a large portion of the field? Why can’t I play more than 1 team in career mode? I will go back to playing Madden 12 until EA releases an improvement over that version.
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I’ve been buying Madden Football since 1988. I’d gotten away from madden in the mid-1990′s because there were better games that had Franchise modes….. as those games started to disappear, I discovered Madden had implemented Franchise mode, and had been buying it ever since.
Forget the apologies ~ you guys screwed the pooch this year. First you ran all the other football franchises out of the market, then you cancled the PC version of the game ~ and then you basically tell us “Pick a team as we programed it, shut up, and play the game and be happy we even let you buy the game.” (Referencing NBA Live franchise being taken off the market all together).
The MAJORITY of your customer base does NOT play on-line. You screwed those of us who enjoyed the vreative freedom to create our own leagues, teams and players. You’ve continued to strip away and strip away the ability to customize anything – until we’ve reached the point we cannot customize ANYTHING!
EA Sports is dying a quick miserable death. Serves you right for screwing your base consumers. Cater to the athletes and the owners all you like, but it’s ALWAYS been the fans who have signed your checks. I guess you guys don’t care about remaining employed.
No sweat off my back…..
Madden 13 sucks. Period. Each year has slowly been getting worse and worse. You even removed the link to you’d developed with the NCAA Football franchise. *Chuckles* Sure, it never had enough effort put into it to transfer the draft players over correctly ~ but you guys were too busy catering to the NFL players to ever put any effort into improving what the fans really liked and wanted.
Utter fail. Not just on this version – but as a company overall.
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I agree! The only reason i wanted Madden 13 is for an updated roster of my favorite team and customize new players in the positions that were weak. Taking away Franchise Mode is a huge disappointment. Thanks for letting me know how dissatisfied my futures with Madden will be. I won’t be back EA. Change it or not. You don’t really give a s### about what the consumer wants. That’s all I need to know.
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I am truly disappointed in EA Sports. Granted, it has always been a shifty corporation content to bleed their consumers for every dime they can get. EA has the monopoly on football games and completely abuses it. Great stuff guys, glad you figured out what’s really important in this world.
As far as “What was the big deal if you tanked the season to get the first pick every year in the Draft? Conversely, where was the reward if you managed to lead a Super Bowl-caliber team every year? “. Um the reward was in winning a Superbowl? Hello? Also back in the day your team would get revenue boots which you could use to buy stadium upgrades and better coaches. Conversely, losing seasons would eat away at your funds.
Dear EA, what you need to do is go back to the PS2 versions of the game. Fans could control whatever they wanted as far as players and coaches, experience came in game stats and training camps, and the menu was a quirky talk show which was awesome. Honestly (and you know this) you’re not “innovating” anything. The changes you keep making are just the same ones that you’ve made in the past and you rotate the layout to keep it “fresh and new”. Trust me, we realize what you’re doing and it’s obnoxious. You’re destroying a game a lot of us love and quite frankly you’re going to lose a lot of consumers if you keep it up.
- Richard
-Fuck you EA
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Removing the ablity to play with created players in a season long ‘career’ mode is beyond ridculous. Did you actually go into a board room and thrash out ideas with the sole intention of pissing off as many people who would buy this game as possible?
You create a player, you create your friends…then you can’t play with them. What braindead fucktard thought this would be a good idea? Seriously? I actually have no idea how this game even got made, did you consult even one person who plays the game? Or was this done as some kind of virtual “fuck you” to the masses who spend their hard earned on your game?
Terrible game, and unless Madden 14 reverts back to the original Francise mode I for one certainly wont be buying it.
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I am exhausted trying to give this game try after try after try. CCM is just not for me. I don’t have the time or patience to put up with it. THERE WAS a time when I could just sit and play a Madden franchise mode for what seemed like an hour, but come to find out 4 to 5 hours would pass. Plain and simple it was fun to just manage my team, play as the GM, build a team, and simulate all the games, playing only the important ones in a season. Speaking of “accountability” that sounds really lame. Your language in just brushing off the fan base who truly loved franchise mode and general editability of previous Maddens sounds truly prideful.
Listen to your customer base, forget all the slick menu’s and unnecessary XP earning, and just make a simple football game. Please.
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