Madden 21

Chris Pronger

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Gridiron Notes: Madden NFL 21 Franchise Updates

Absolute and complete trash for people who play franchise..
  • The new X-Factors make their way into Franchise. More details on X-Factors in Madden NFL 21 coming soon!
  • Franchise has an expanded Wild Card Playoff round to match the real-life NFL which now features 3 games for each conference instead of 2.
  • Updated all rookie contract amounts to be more authentic to the actual Draft rookie contracts for all 7 rounds
  • Retuned every position's available Abilities to better consider in-game effectiveness of the ability and archetype authenticity. Also made the 2nd ability unlock for most positions 85 OVR (was 80 OVR in Madden NFL 20.)
  • Fixed multiple cases in logic of players considered for a Dev Trait upgrade at the end of the season not checking the correct stat types.
  • Updates to all team back-end depth chart philosophies so they match the team's scheme.
  • Added position-specific Offensive Lineman archetype progression buckets for OT, OG, and C to capture variance in OVR formulas based on positional expectations. Previously, all OL were pulling from the same progression bucket.
  • Fixed issue where defensive playbooks and schemes for our fictional coaches would be misaligned (e.g. 3-4 playbook with a 4-3 scheme.)
 

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Gridiron Notes: Madden NFL 21 Franchise Updates

Absolute and complete trash for people who play franchise..
  • The new X-Factors make their way into Franchise. More details on X-Factors in Madden NFL 21 coming soon!
  • Franchise has an expanded Wild Card Playoff round to match the real-life NFL which now features 3 games for each conference instead of 2.
  • Updated all rookie contract amounts to be more authentic to the actual Draft rookie contracts for all 7 rounds
  • Retuned every position's available Abilities to better consider in-game effectiveness of the ability and archetype authenticity. Also made the 2nd ability unlock for most positions 85 OVR (was 80 OVR in Madden NFL 20.)
  • Fixed multiple cases in logic of players considered for a Dev Trait upgrade at the end of the season not checking the correct stat types.
  • Updates to all team back-end depth chart philosophies so they match the team's scheme.
  • Added position-specific Offensive Lineman archetype progression buckets for OT, OG, and C to capture variance in OVR formulas based on positional expectations. Previously, all OL were pulling from the same progression bucket.
  • Fixed issue where defensive playbooks and schemes for our fictional coaches would be misaligned (e.g. 3-4 playbook with a 4-3 scheme.)

These are new features??? Reads like a tuner update
 

TheBeastCoast

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Mar 23, 2011
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Watched some videos. It literally looks like the exact same game. Did they change....anything at all? Seems lazy even for Madden this year.
 

Hammettf2b

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Yikes
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Dayum. .3 User Score? That's not a good look. Also makes me SUPER skeptical about NHL 21 and the sorry excuse of a game it'll most likely be
 
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Seems to be a combination of no competition, emphasis on modes that bring in additional money, difficulty with Covid, and resources going toward next gen contributing to make a mediocre title. I guess not too surprising.
 

Blitzkrug

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the 0.3 is overblown since that type of score should be reserved for some of the most awful, nonfunctional games ever conceived. (don't make this for defending madden. i absolutely hated 20 but just point out the facts)

However, the fact reviews from game journalism outlets have fallen sharply over the last couple years should tell you that Madden is a piece of shit. These mouthbreathers usually give Madden a solid 8 out of 10 with no effort. The fact it's now dropped to 6 (or lower) shows that everyone is catching on to how god damn lazy EA is.
 

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