Madden '08 Question

citizen059citizen059 hello my name is citizenI'm from the InternetRegistered User regular
edited November 2007 in Games and Technology
Just tossing out a quick question here...

The last Madden game I owned was '04 on the PC. It had a control scheme where you played the "Coach"...you selected the play on every down and the AI would handle the rest. You never directly controlled any of the players.

Does that still exist in the current version? My wife has dropped some hints about gaming with me, but she doesn't want something too complex (like your usual control scheme for just about any game). I know she's into football (Colts fan)...so this would be an easy way to get her into something. I could break out the old game, but I figured I'd see if the current one has this first, as something more up to date would be more appealing.

Thanks!

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  • mcdermottmcdermott Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Madden? You play Madden?!

    Ugh, you dirty pitiful excuse for a gamer.
    Totally kidding.

    Don't have '08. As of '07 this was still an option.

    EDIT: Not entirely helpful since you were asking about '08, but I honestly doubt they'd have pulled it out since last year. I'm sure somebody else who actually has '08 will be along shortly.

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  • citizen059citizen059 hello my name is citizen I'm from the InternetRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    mcdermott wrote: »
    Madden? You play Madden?!

    Ugh, you dirty pitiful excuse for a gamer.
    Totally kidding.

    Don't have '08. As of '07 this was still an option.

    EDIT: Not entirely helpful since you were asking about '08, but I honestly doubt they'd have pulled it out since last year. I'm sure somebody else who actually has '08 will be along shortly.



    Even though I get the joke and find it funny, I must defend myself. *Ahem*

    How dare you insult me in a joking, non-serious manner!

    I am not really outraged, but I shall pretend to be in a display of internet bravado.

    I now proclaim Madden to be the standard by which all other football games are to be measured, and mock you from the safety of distant anonymity for insinuating otherwise.

    Now, I randomly flame you in a manner totally unrelated to any other content in the thread. I shall make crude insinuations about members of your family, and question your sexual preference.

    I sign off by saying "pwned".

    I think that's how this works, right?


    ;)

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  • TheSonicRetardTheSonicRetard Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I'm pretty sure they took the coaching mode out of madden because they started their coaching series of games.

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  • MistaCreepyMistaCreepy Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    The released a separate coaching game and it wasnt fun. What I do like about the new madden is the superstar mode where you play as your player from his point of view. You can also skip any parts of the game where your guy isnt on the field.

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  • mcdermottmcdermott Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I'm pretty sure they took the coaching mode out of madden because they started their coaching series of games.

    Not that I know of...it was still in '07, and I thought that came after the bad coaching game.

    I don't know that it was called a "coaching mode" or anything, but I know you play by simply selecting plays and letting the AI do the grunt work. Then just focus on your roster and what not.

    I guess it's possible they axed it for '08, but like I said I doubt it. I'd just do some googling about '08, or maybe check gamefaqs, if nobody here can answer. Poke around enough and you should see mention of this mode, to verify that it is there.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    coach mode is still in the game

    and if it's in the game

    it's in the game

    This post brought to you by EA Sports.

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  • citizen059citizen059 hello my name is citizen I'm from the InternetRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    coach mode is still in the game

    and if it's in the game

    it's in the game

    This post brought to you by EA Sports.

    Well played!

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I don't even think they are still doing that Coaching franchise anymore are they? That was completely laughable. If EA spent all that effort on building upon their AI, the Madden franchise would be even more unstoppable, but nooo.

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Apparently the PC got the PS2 ports of most of the EA Sports titles rather than the nextgen versions. So you might want to check some reviews.

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