EA sports just recently held their “EA Play” event where they are starting to reveal some new features in the upcoming
Madden coins. The biggest point of focus thus far has been the new “Longshot” mode
which is Madden’s very first story mode. That is exciting and all but
what about Madden Franchise?
We have not heard much about the franchise feature this far and that is starting to put some worry into fans. While we haven’t heard much, EA
Sports creative director recently posted this to his twitter
account:This is a very cool feature that will change your defensive
plays. A lot of the time, Madden users can switch up how their wide
receivers are aligned so that they can create mismatches against
opponents. For example, If I were using the Raiders and playing against
the Chiefs, Amari Cooper usually lines up against Marcus Peters. It’s a
great matchup between the young talents but if I were to switch Cooper
to my second receiver on the depth chart, Cooper would face up against
Phillip Gaines. Cooper now has a very big advantage.
Now with this new feature,
NFL 18 Coins it looks like you will be able to line up your best CB vs the other
teams best WR. This calls for more competition and will force users to
be more creative in their play calling rather than just attacking a
weakness.
The biggest thing that I have taken away from this tweet is “Part 1.” It is encouraging because it sounds like the best is yet to come.
Something I would love to see in the new Madden franchise is introducing
coordinators again. In Madden 17, the staff only consisted of a head
coach, trainers and scouts. I would love to have coordinators because it
will obviously become more realistic.
