Madden 12

[SeanDMan]

It's the same menu as last year, it's just hidden if you don't press Y.

[BuddyAwesome]

OK, another thing, can someone give me some helpful numbers for the sliders? I've never been great at these games, and for not playing any in years I don't think I should be squashing teams 35-6 :/

[Timmoru Suzuki]

Wow, watching the Saints vs. The Packers shows me how much I suck at this. At one point yesterday my pass completionj was 0/13 in a game and I'm a million miles away from a return like Cobb managed. And yet I'm still encouraged to carry on.

Who should I pick for a Franchise, I ask the Madden experts? A very good defence and running team please, though not a hopeless passing unit if possible.

[syck]

Baltimore.

[Meacon Keaton]

Be Denver. Our defense needs a little bit of tweaking, but we have one of the best safeties of all-time, one of the best corners of all-time, a damn good defensive end and a very impressive rookie linebacker.

Plus we have Moreno and McGahee in the backfield.

And don't feel bad about not being able to do a Cobb-like kick return. That was unreal.

[Trench]

Is anyone else having the problem that they set their game options (I set all-pro, eight minutes, etc..) and start a franchise and it is automatically at pro? It is really annoying since I am doing a game and I have to set the difficulty each time in Franchise mode to get a decent game at the least.

[The Buscher]

Had a pretty terrible draft, thanks to my bad scouting. I do think the system should be slightly tweaked since it's not exactly realistic that you go into the draft with ZERO information about most of the prospects. My top pick, a right tackle, was pretty good at 80 OVR but only a B potential so he's not likely to improve much. But the rest of my picks sucked.

I did basic scouting on one safety and loved his physical tools, but stupidly didn't pick him for an individual workout. I DID scout another safety and found that he had a 67 OVR with B potential...but I took the other safety in the 2nd round anyway. 67 OVR, C potential. Oops. Not a huge deal since he's a backup, but the 3rd safety plays pretty regularly in the Giants' scheme and I let the aging Deon Grant walk.

I've actually set my depth charts and had the CPU play out the first two preseason games while I watched, and have made my cuts accordingly. This one undrafted rookie linebacker the game gave to me probably will wind up with a bad rating, but he's been a beast so far so I'm probably going to keep him anyway.

[mystikz]

I just did my first draft, I kinda like the new scouting system. I think I scouted way too many 1st round prospects. I did find some late round good prospects but most were linebackers. unfortunately most of the late round picks I scouted were gone by the time I was back up.

the free agent bidding system seemed really fast paced. after the top 3-5 of a position are gone though nobody cares about the rest.

[Meacon Keaton]

I started a new franchise, traded Orton for a third and fifth round pick. We did terrible with Tebow at quarterback, and finished 4-12. Good enough for second pick. The 49ers drafted Weeden from Oklahoma State, so I got Luck. 82 overall as a rookie. ^_^

[mystikz]

wish I could get a real NCAA draft class without buying the NCAA game

even still the NCAA games still just have the players as numbers and not names right?

Edited September 11, 2011 by mystikz

[A-Dub]

You can download pretty good rosters in the NCAA game; all your draft classes have the correct names then.

[The Buscher]

the free agent bidding system seemed really fast paced. after the top 3-5 of a position are gone though nobody cares about the rest.

Yeah, I signed one free agent via bidding that I didn't really want just to get the achievement...had to pay him more than I wanted to even though I was the only one to bid. Everybody else just sits there to be grabbed once the draft is over, so you can sign plenty of decent reserves to 1 year deals with no bonus.

[DYSI]

Is there anyway to upload your first draft class for your first year in the franchise? Everytime I start a franchise and finish the pre-season it asks me for my draft class but it doesn't use it until the year after. Is that normal? I never really used NCAA import classes until this year.

[Meacon Keaton]

No, that's not normal.

[syck]

Did my first draft and didn't do too bad. I drafted Peyton's replacement, Case Keenum, in the second round. 70 OVR with a B potential, so he should turn out to be a solid QB of the Future. My worst pick was apparently overreaching for a left guard in the 3rd round when he really should have gone late in the 5th.

Didn't do to much in free agency seeing as how re-signing Garcon and Wayne ate up alot of cap space.

[mystikz]

well I kept my first 5 round picks. the first 3 have B potential and the later 2 C Potential. I could have scouted better, as most ended up being back ups. my first round pick a TE came out a 75, while a DT in the 3rd came out 76. the WR I got in the 5th has a 99 speed interestingly. surprised the Raiders didn't take him.....

[Meacon Keaton]

I got a running back as an undrafted free agent who had 99 speed and 99 acceleration, but he was like 5'6" and 165 lbs. and fumbled every time the defense so much as farted.

[BuddyAwesome]

Umm, so I know this sounds like a very noob question but, on PS3, how do you call for a fair catch?

[Cactus Drags]

I think it's triangle, since it's Y on 360. Apparently the animation doesn't always trigger - I've been flagged for nailing the returner after calling for a fair catch despite him never raising his hand.

[BuddyAwesome]

Yeah, apparently it's a glitch in the game that some times the animation doesn't work and you have to hit triangle pretty much as soon as they kick it :/