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Madden 17 will be the 32nd installment in the Madden franchise. But what will be new? What will set this Madden aside from all the others, and force us to buy it again. Here’s what I’m hoping for.

I feel as though that EA Sports has exhausted all the alleys for continued improvements. They’ve specified on how to make defense gameplay better. Then followed it up the following year making the offenses more versatile.  I feel that they “jumped the shark,” with things like Ultimate Team where its pretty much turning Madden into a card game. Of course, I admit that this didn’t stop me from picking up the recent copies. It always offered something new, even if it was a minor improvement.

What I’m wondering though is: What is coming up next?

Will it be more mobile enhanced QBs? More realistic collisions? More agile running backs? More lethal corners? It’s hard to say. If anything, it will focus on just one position or side of the ball, leaving the other one unchanged. I understand that they can’t to a complete overhaul of the game, but then again, why not?

My hopes for Madden are that they can add or even subtract game modes, in order to bring it back to it’s classical ways. We will see whenever they send out a commercial spot.