by jwin on Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:57 pm
have you checked out ea's site for madden 2005 yet? they have added franchise tags, all draft choices will be announced during the draft, players now have morale which effects how they play, and how they react to other players situations like not enough catches or playing time etc. there will be preseason competition for starting spots if players are close in rating, so if you decide to start your 80 ovr rookie over your 84 ovr veteran after the veteran won the job in preseason, it will affect your teams morale as well as the veteran who should start. there's newspapers for every team, there is the tony romo (i think that's his name) radio show which talks about all the things happening in the league and even has players, fans and coaches calling in. you will also get emails from staff and players about personal and team stuff, there is a new create a fan option for customizing those rooting for you. 2005's franchise mode will clearly be the most realistic that madden has ever had. oh, the cpu will also trade up and down DURING the draft, and will now cut dead weight players and sign free agents to fill needs, as opposed to how they will carry 4 centers, five hb's 4 qb's and three fs's now. you can also now change players positions officially and they will progress based on their new assigned positions, so those slow safety's can be used as lb's, and those speedy de's can be switched to lb too.