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ISU Champ · Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 28

Speaking of offloading Madden 06... I was able to get a full refund myself. I returned it saying it was giving me some corrupted save problems, and they gave me an unopened copy and let me keep my original receipt... and then I brought both back a couple days later for cash saying I bought it as a gift for someone and they just bought it themselves.

runNshoot · Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 39

ISU Champ · Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 28

and what did that money buy me....

a new Sony memory card, a copy of Madden 05/collector's edition and one of NCAA 2005... with some money to spare. I think that is fair value for my money, don't you?

ISU Champ · Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 28

OK, got Madden O5 CE, so I should be posting some new plays soon. Smile

and the above picture means I can use my own server to post pictures.

runNshoot · Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 39

ISU Champ · Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 28

The Collector's Edition has extra features like all the playoff teams from the 1990-2004, Madden Moments(like the College Classics concept for NCAA), a Trivia challenge...

It is the same great madden with extra bells and whistles outside the normal modes.

Hoffa XVIII · Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 1

Just found this forum via Google today. I bought Madden 2006 this past weekend (took '05 in as one of my trade-ins for it at GameStop- major regret!) and I have to say I was also VERY disappointed in '06 regarding the inability to utilize my custom playbook in Franchise mode. Along with Create-A-Player, these two features are what I loved about Madden 2005 the most.

The explanation pf "creating a level playing field" and "just like playing against one's self" offered by a rep working for EA doesn't make any sense. It's not as if illegal plays could be created (you can't send an offensive lineman on a passing route, for example) that would give one an unfair advantage playing online. I would imagine allowing created plays would spur greater competition and gameplay, to the contrary. In regards to not allowing custom playbooks in Franchise mode because "it would make gameplay too simple", I would beg to differ. A play is only as good as the thought that went into creating it. If someone should find their CPU opponent too easy for their liking, the options of changing the difficulty level and the CPU's tactics are there under "Gameplay Settings".

Overall, my opinion is EA's "explanation" is a cop out. It was a mistake on their part for disallowing the custom playbook in Franchise and Online Play modes. Yesterday, I went back to GameStop and traded in Madden 2006 for Madden 2005 CE (and a new PS2 controller). Happy days are here again...
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runNshoot · Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 39

Well I'm still using 05'. And, if 07', like 06 doesn't have the custom playbooks in franchise, I'll continue with 05'. I didn't know they also took out the 'create-a-player'
feature too. The "just like playing against one's self" is really b.s. since the cpu is programed to stop a opponent no matter what "O" scheme they use.

I have to wonder if they'll put playbooks in for 07'.

skee420 · Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 22

I would just like to add my voice in saying BRING BACK THE PLAYBOOKS. Evil or Very Mad

Also, the reason cannot be because it makes the game too easy. If anyone really did get an answer like that from an EA representative then they're talking to us like 5 year olds. First of all, this is (or was) a completely customizable game. You can go and give your guy 99 everything, play on rookie, and adjust the Human and CPU sliders to whatever you want. With the game set like that aren't you going to win and set records everytime anyway? How does Undercuts or any other play create a more unfair advantage than that?

Now, in reality, I can't imagine that anyone here plays with settings like that. I keep good players on my team but I always keep my settings so that the game is HARD. Therefore, the too easy argument is nonsense.

Also, a call to arms.. since I'm sure we all want to push for playbooks in 2007 we should additionally push for specific improvements to the Custom Playbook feature. Here's some.

1. Let the receiver routes use more of (or ideally, the entire) field.
2. Allow guys in the backfield the options to fake handoffs, pitches, do reverses, option running, and have more blocking styles.
3. More blocking styles for the offensive line.
4. Add more "moves" for receivers.. like the hitch-and-go. Let us put nice spins, jukes, etc as waypoints in the route. Maybe a guy might be the fastest but if he just runs off the line making moves in single coverage he may be open.
5. Change the end of routes from what it is "<get open> and run around aimlessly" to something maybe you can control on the field or write into the play.

on the defensive side...
1. More types of zones.
2. Let us have some type of grid like on offense where we could have the defender run to a fixed point on the field and THEN perform an action.

So, theres my input. A venting session with some constructive ideas thrown in to be fair.

runNshoot · Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 39

skee420 · Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 22

I wonder why exactly they have taken the playbooks out. I don't play online but didn't I see somewhere that you could now play franchises online? Maybe they were lazy and removed books for the online play and then had to take an extra step to give them to non-online franchises and just never took that step.

It just doesn't make sense to me why you would ever update anything but remove features. I'm sure play writers are not the main target audience but why would you want to alienate ANY of your audience? Thats why I sometimes think its an accident that they're trying to ignore. If I am right there, books should be back for 07.

Alternately, I also sometimes think the game creators hate the Create-A-Playbook feature and wish it was never implemented due to people drawing up unrealistic plays or plays better than what they have designed for us. It has never been updated since release...