Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Madden NFL 08 Franchise Mode: Part 4


In the Draft you can play the College All-Star game in order to try out some of the draft prospects. After this you are given 7 chances to try out any players you want. Like in the Mini-camp you must complete drills and if you score high enough a certain key rating is revealed. But apart from this you have no real chance of figuring out which players to draft. All you are given is a list of stats that mostly pertain to their speed, such as times on the 40- yard dash. You mostly draft based on need of position as well as projected draft round. A player that has been projected to be a 1st round pick by the computer is most likely better than a 6th round pick. It is almost impossible to trade picks with other teams without having to give up a ridiculous amount of veteran players to the opposing team yet they keep offering you really bad trades all the time. Although trades aren’t always a major part of the NFL Draft they can sometimes turn out to be a steal or catastrophe. Changes were made to the Madden NFL Draft in later installations of the franchise. Once in the draft the order has been determined by your standing, with the Superbowl winners drafting last in each round and the least winning team drafting first. No help is given to you during the draft and you draft rather blindly. You get an advice box that for the most part informs you that a Kicker in the 6th round is the best kicker in the draft, or informs you of positions that you have absolute need for. For the most part it isn’t too bad, most 1 and 2nd round picks are in the high 70’s rating and low 80’s with the occasionally mid 80, as well as some steal picks in the third round. Rarely, if ever, does it happen that you pick a sleeper superstar in the 5th round that turns out to be the most winning quarterback of all time. This does happen in the NFL often, more so with undrafted players that turn out to be superstars. After signing draft picks and another round of free agency the off-season comes to a wrap. Beginning a new season leads to a new set of Mini-camp drills and a new regular season with your new team.

Franchise Mode is a great game mode that combines several different mechanics and features in order to give a full experience. Unfortunately, and this goes for most sports games, there is no win condition and no end to the game. While this does mirror the real world of sport, a team just wins the season and then begins a new one, this is a real unsatisfying way of playing. Once you have played through an entire season and won the Superbowl you want some kind of fulfillment but you don’t get it. You just start a new season and get to try doing it again. There is in fact an end to the Franchise mode, after 30 seasons you are informed that you have played 30 seasons and then the game tells you that you can start a new franchise. This is the issue with “endless” games, you can play forever and while it may be fun for the most part you still long for some kind of closure and ending to the whole thing. Overall Madden 08 has remained my favorite game ever since I bought it in 2008 and is the most played game, I have won the Superbowl several years in a row, with several different teams, I have had a team almost filled up with 99 rated players, I have bankrupted an entire team, I have taken the worst rated team and turned it into the highest rated team, I have won Coach of the Year and MVP, I have been selected to several Pro Bowls. I have done it all.

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