Madden 2025 Wishlist

[tigerpark135]

1. DON't lose activated QB XF for "clocking" the ball.
2. OL Mini Games/ OL XF/OL reward for "pancakes."
3. Ability to turn off "illegal man downfield" in franchise.
4. Chill out w/ the auto-fumble qb scramble/runs. I'm getting sick of setting ball control to 100.
5.Allow us to hot route rpo routes. OR at least give us an rpo with a drag....Just like LSU does.
6. Allow LB's to be presnap quick adjusted into the deep blue zones.
7. Make "man-align" actually lineup in front of their targets instead of criss-crossing them on the opposite side of the field, or not running over to cover there target in many empty set forms.
8. Stop making the coverage change when the offense sends a guy in motion allowing them to quick snap and all the coverages have changed and are no longer guys covering the closest target. L:eaving someone wide the $%^# open.
9. In man cov, if the offense max protects, only sending out 3 targets, the 2 defenders do little to nothing in the play. give us a setting to "play run/blitz qb" ,"double closest target", or "deep zone,hook, flat etc." for guys who have no target to cover.
10. For the love of GOD, please allow us to set a "fantasy draft" board, like we can do for the rookie draft.

[natetorres]

I am aware that some of this may be long shots. But this is stuff that really sticks out to me that would be amazing for me personally.

Presentation:
• Updates to commentary, I’d take random commentary teams to do lines if it means getting some more lines recorded to make it more dynamic.
o Discussions about games going on around the league
o League news
o Maybe some player stories or fun facts like MLB the Show?
• Pregame
o Coin toss
o Players warming up/talking (different variations)
o Players/coaches entering building or even screenshots like we see on IG
o Shots of city/stadium
• Halftime show that discusses
o First half of game
o Games around the league, more in depth
- Highlights would be awesome
o League news
o Super Bowl Halftime Show? Special!
• Walk up to LOS
o Hate that it cuts to everyone already lined up
• After Whistle:
o Improve post play interactions to make everything look more natural
o No cutscenes, just have after whistle dynamic interactions that just zoom in on what’s happening on the field. This would make it seem like more of tv broadcast in comparison to the same 5 cutscenes we currently see.
o Show players getting coached up on sideline
o Show coaches in the booth, owners and GM’s in their box to go along with the shots of the stadium and fans
• Postgame
o Player/coaches handshakes (variations)
o Post-game interview with coaches/star players.
- While I’d love an actual interview with audio, I’d even take a zoomed out version of reporters huddled around a player to get some sort of realism.
o Varied Super Bowl celebrations
- Aren’t we at the point with technology that AI could generate random celebrations at this point?
• Dynamic crowds
o NFL, get over yourselves
• Regardless of how long you set quarter lengths, have the game clock count down from “!5:00”
o Just like EA Sports NHL does it, it does a lot for immersion. I have seeing 5:00 or 10:00 on the game clock at beginning of quarters.
Weather:
• Improvements to weather
o More weather options
 Sunny
 Overcast
 Rain (downpour, heavy, medium, light)
 Fog
 Snow (blizzard, heavy, medium, light)
o Temperature/Weather effects
 Hot days = faster stamina depletion
 Rain/snow/cold = slipping, lower QB accuracy, lower catch ratings, lower agility rating, etc
o Dynamic Weather
 Weather changing from overcast to sunny or overcast to rain, etc
Time of Day:
• Dynamic time of day
o Morning to midday, Afternoon to sunset, or sunset to night
Penalties
• Real time penalties
o Flags being thrown during gameplay

Coaches:
• Improve coach models
o Example: Andy Reid is not that skinny nor is Mike McCarthy
• Accurate clothing for coaches.
o Example: Mike McDaniel has a pretty unique look on the sideline, Madden should replicate that
• More clothing options for coaches
• Ability to create/edit coordinators

Customization:
• Player Customization:
o An in-depth face morpher, similar to NBA 2K or MLB the Show. We should not be stuck with generic faces at this point in the Madden franchise.
o Ability to pick hairstyles/facial hair for created players
- With hair/beard correctly sticking out of helmet if its necessary
o Different body types
- With ability to morph body parts, change muscle tone (that actually works)
• It’d be awesome to build a Derek Henry or a Jerome Bettis but it seems kind of impossible to make anything outside of a “prototype” of position.
• Ability to edit wingspan
o Adds more depth to scouting
- If not body morphing, something like NBA2k24’s body type options
o Different run styles, walk styles (similar to 2K)
o Different stances, not every player has the same stance in every position
o More accessories
- More sleeve options
• Upgrade textures
• More options for placement
- Jerseys rolled up to expose backplates
- Different sock lenghs
- Different undershirts
• Colors
• hoodies
- More face paint options
- Jewlery
• Grills, piercings, necklaces
- Tattoos
• Mods do it. 2K does it, there is no excuse anymore
o Add to player personality
- It could be like 2K (expressive, not-expressive)
• Not everyone is a loud or expressive player. I’d like the ability to create a quieter or humbler player. Maybe one who just hands the ball to the ref after a touchdown or just jogs back to huddle after a tackle
o Stat Editing
- If we aren’t going to get a year to year save option, I’d like the ability to edit stats particularly for created players.


Gameplay
• Wear & Tear System similar to NBA 2K
o There injury animations are great too
• Real-time physics
o I’d love for physics to really play a factor in gameplay. So often momentum doesn’t matter in Madden.
• Jersey Pulls
• More block shed animations
o Different animations for edge/interior DL
• General improvements with AI gameplay
o Play calling
o Zone play

Franchise:
• Scouting
o To take from 2K AGAIN, there scouting system is fun. I really enjoy it.
o OR another example is that of EA Sports NHL.
• Making Coordinators and Head Coaches Matter
o If you have a certain level coordinator, to make them stand out, I think it would be cool to have the ability to CREATE A PLAY. If you happen to land that coveted coordinator or develop a young mind, you should be rewarded with something like create a play.
• THE ABILITY TO PLAY ANY GAME AROUND THE LEAGUE without needing to control every team.
o This drives me nuts. In NBA 2K and MLB The Show, you can play any game that is going on around the league regardless of what team you are controlling.
o Sometimes, I just want to play a matchup because it would be fun.
• Stadium/Relocation Customization:
o Relocation similar to NBA 2K
o The ability to edit or create a new stadium for any given team like in old Maddens
- Editing the levels, seating, sidelines, big screens, lights, tunnels, grass, placing suites, press boxes, stadium backdrop (city, rural, suburban)
o Ability to move a team from an existing stadium/city and bring in a new team
- Example: moving the Chargers from SoFi and moving in another team
• Create a Team
o See NBA 2K…
• Do something to make the world feel alive. The Twitter feed isn’t enough and often times doesn’t even make sense.
o Take it back to the days of Madden having magazines but instead of magazines, make them “Instagram” posts to show what is going on around the league along with the “Twitter” feed just make it make sense.
• EA Sports College Football Integration
o Importing to Madden
- Draft classes
- Coaching moves
• Former players becoming coaches
o Could be a trait?