The more you play with the rookies during the pre season there ratings are revealed and it’s based on pre season performance to an extent and every year they gave you undrafted free agents and you could potentially discover a stud..underrated feature
The second I heard Bengal mention he's never played Madden 12 before, I knew it was going to be hilarious hearing him react to the free agency part of Franchise mode for this game.
I mean I looks real shitty you can tell this was the decline of madden🤣🤣 Madden 04-08 was the golden age and only franchise modes worth playing honestly been forcing myself to play Madden 25.
after this game, the maddens are just fun exhibition games to play with your friends over a beer on the Saturday before the Super Bowl. This was the last good Madden.
Let's gooooo this is one of my favorite Madden games!!!!! Edit: I have done a rebuild for the Cardinals by the way, and I won the Super Bowl on year 5. It's really cool to see you thinking over and trying to solve the same problems that I did (like the QB problem, the pass rushing problem, the WR2 problem, and the offensive line problem, among others). If you ever do rebuilds in these games, I'd advise trading old players for draft picks since draft picks aren't valued much by the CPU even though rookies tend to be higher rated in this game than in the new games. You can really build a dynasty.
This is my favorite Madden! This had a mode where you could create your own team from scratch and select what kind of players you’d want on your team. You can also replace a team in franchise mode with your custom team.
I JUST bought this game today from a thrift store, and searched it on UA-cam to see what the gameplay is like. So excited when I saw that you had this video because I usually only watch your franchise videos. If I do end up disappointed by the game, at least I'll have someone entertaining tell me😂
The statistics in this game look so much more realistic, guys down the depth chart actually get reps instead of your wr4 just magically getting 0 targets
It’s weird seeing him call a pitch and it actually working because pitches in new Maddens are absolute garbage. Crazy how the offensive linemen AI used to be good and now they’re brain dead. How are the games worse on newer, more powerful consoles? EA sucks.
this was the first madden i bought and the best madden lowkey. out of all the older maddens, i remember this one the most, the art, and the soundtrack, the free agency bidding were memorable and i wish they brought some of the stuff back to new maddens
They had draft grades during the off-season too, seeing which team drafted the best Also, you didn’t see player roles, which change every season depending on performance. Your rookies could’ve said face of the franchise, injury prone, team motivator, etc.
So interesting fact about the fan vote for the cover and why Peyton Hillis got on the cover in the end. It was set up as a march madness bracket style single knockout fan vote. And what happened was after every round, the fans of the player eliminated would pour votes onto the next player going against the player that eliminated their favorite. It was also almost Sebastian Janikowski on the cover, but he ended up loasing out i believe in the final 4 round.
@@decariusb71 I get it but there is a fine line and he crossed it. Beat-a-son has many other instances on why in general he's a peice of shit of a person though
Fun story, O'brien Schofield was a regular at my church, he let me wear his superbowl ring one time from his time with the seahawks, sucks he was on the falcons sb team
Bengal it’s so cool you did this! Ironically this game is super fun on PSP and I did the exact same rebuild. Went through tons of draft picks and money but I managed to bring Peyton Manning, LT, Brian Urlacher, and Justin Tuck all to Arizona to name a few.
This isn't relevant anymore since you probably recorded this days ago, but for the last hour of the video all I could think was "you only know you love her when Faletogo" after you said there's gotta be something to say for that name 😂 banger video! Keep em coming, love these older rebuilds.
I still can’t get over the downgrade madden had on these consoles from the PS2, Xbox, and GC. Especially in superstar mode. Imagine having a crib and shit on the next gen consoles!
38:24 Two CPU teams trading during the draft?! I don't believe it! Wish EA would bring this feature back, it REALLY spiced up the draft back then and made it feel realistic
Anyone wondering ab the first SB in this sim, this would have been Tavaris Jackson v Ben Roethlisberger. Wasn’t quite with Russ where we went on to dominate for a decade
Madden 12 I owned 4 to 5 copies of because I'd either rage and somehow would lead to the disc burning, or some other freak accidents, glad my local Gamestop had multiple copies. Definitely my favorite game to play for awhile. Browns franchise with Colt McCoy and Peyton Hillis was my main thing. Good times, and angry times.
If teams didn’t find more about players at the combine they wouldn’t go! You can learn about work ethic, punctuality, maturity, so much more. The coaches are there as figure heads the rest of the department is observing what happens before or after the training sessions
You HAD to do that Adrian Wilson trade. He was one of my fav players too. But the chances of him simming up to his actual potential isn't very high imo.
Already typed this out in greater detail for a higher-up comment about this, but to summarize: due to the 2011 player lockout over the CBA and whatnot, rookie UDFAs still hadn't been signed by the time Madden 12 was complete. Given that 75-man preseason rosters were meant to be a big new addition to Franchise Mode, the devs presumably made a bunch of fictional "camp bodies" to fill the void - such as, in this particular instance, Bernard. Not 100% sure that's the explanation, but it's the best one I've been able to scrounge up.
Really, really late to this, but I found an old Operation Sports thread where a user named Manning2Harrison claimed it was a consequence of the 2011 player lockout: "Due to the lockout and the timing of the CBA getting done, Madden 12 was finished before real-life UDFAs could be signed." Given that the 75-man preseason rosters were meant to be a prominent new addition for Madden 12's Franchise Mode, it looks like the devs just worked around the issue by making a bunch of fictitious "camp bodies" to fill the void. If so, I'd wager Bayele Bernard was one of them - I'd have to go and dig out the game to verify whether he's just part of the default Franchise Mode roster or if it's randomly generated each time you start one up. Not 100% sure if that's what happened and why, but it's the best explanation I could dig up.
@nicholasbuffone175 They're all randomly generated each franchise and each year in franchise. Sometimes they end up being serviceable with a rare gem showing up on occasion.
Just started the video, so idk if this is mentioned, but this was the last Madden edition with CREATE A TEAM!!! I loved being able to build a cupcake team and rebuild them to superbowl champions as an expansion franchise (usually replaced the ravens because lol, fuck the ravens). If they brought this feature back, they could make ONE version of the game as a live service: update MUT content and do balance patches every few months, do annual roster updates as a free part of the base game, introduce new features, game modes, expanded experiences (like bringing hundreds of features back to madden franchise in groups of DLC's), skins, superstar/career mode features and expanded/alternate storylines. Oh also, they could FIX THE FUCKING SPAGHETTI CODE ON AN FPS ENGINE THAT THEY WERE FORCED TO USE. Seriously, the Frostbite engine is so shit as far as simulations, that the playable pro bowl was removed due to full crashes while displaying more than 2 different helmets. Its a bug that they could work out in the code.... its just not fixable at all based on engine limitations.
Just started a season. My Browns went 3-1 pre season. First I kept Colt without trading or dropping him he's a gun slinger. I also picked up Terrelle Owens out of free agency.
Progression isn't random. Progression is based on production. A player with an A potential will stay around the 90s as long as he produces.. if injured or on the bench his overall will drop after the season. Players progress the most in their first 2 years which is why if you get a player who's an A potential you start him right away to get the most progression out of him.
Madden 12 franchise mode is pretty decent my favorite team to rebuild is the Jaguars I have a 25 year franchise rn still going on and I've won the superbowl only once.....
I just booted this up yesterday and the game is still alright. The graphics aren’t bad either, even by today’s standards. Gonna do a super star mode for fun.
Steve Breaston was the guy I always told my self to draft in fantasy football because he was the second option and Larry was going to get the double coverage...it never worked out for me dude never produced
I played madden 12 on the Wii and there was a mode that was 5v5 or 7v7 something like that, and you could make custom routes for the wr's to run such amazing times
Not sure if you remember but you could import the draft class from ncca football several of those years which was awesome you could then draft your players that you coached in college also i think when you did that if you used real names they usually had better overalls
Use code "Bengal" at signup! play.underdogfantasy.com/p-bengal
Bengal can I get a cookie 🍪 please
Hey bengal, good soul the trading the picks for players only gets more important. The draft regresses hard in the ots. I promise you
I tried but everything fun is illegal in Wisconsin. Sports betting, weed, etc…
The more you play with the rookies during the pre season there ratings are revealed and it’s based on pre season performance to an extent and every year they gave you undrafted free agents and you could potentially discover a stud..underrated feature
"They got 6 Foot 7 Foot? This game's got potential" LMAO
Man knows what’s up
@@notagod7804 fs
I was going to comment the same thing lmao, I need a bengals reacts Chanel full of him just reacting to all sorts of stuff and his commentary
Best madden I’ve ever played
I laughed at that toonhahaha
The second I heard Bengal mention he's never played Madden 12 before, I knew it was going to be hilarious hearing him react to the free agency part of Franchise mode for this game.
NFL player: *has worn a Giants jersey in their life*
Bengal: "Giants legend!"
Edit: Except for Aaron Ross, though 😬
Bengal in the future replaying madden 22: Daniel Jones, Giants legend!
Same with Texas lol
@@willleisen196 Oh no, he made quite clear that if you've played at Texas before, you are automatically a Texas legend..
Madden 12's Franchise was so good and the additions were great, and then they just absolutely gutted it the following year. Such a shame.
I agree with you. I love madden 12. I kept my ps3 just so I could still play it.
I mean I looks real shitty you can tell this was the decline of madden🤣🤣 Madden 04-08 was the golden age and only franchise modes worth playing honestly been forcing myself to play Madden 25.
These throw back rebuild series are just turning into how many times Bengal can bring up, trade for, or talk about Daryl Washington lol
Bruh soon as I read your comment he says the man name 😂😂😂😂😵💫😵💫😵💫
The last Madden I genuinely loved. Such fond memories of this game!
Facts
after this game, the maddens are just fun exhibition games to play with your friends over a beer on the Saturday before the Super Bowl. This was the last good Madden.
Literally the last good madden, its sad to say. Especially since it was a decade ago.
I been playing it recently
I still play it to this day, the best madden game
Let's gooooo this is one of my favorite Madden games!!!!!
Edit: I have done a rebuild for the Cardinals by the way, and I won the Super Bowl on year 5. It's really cool to see you thinking over and trying to solve the same problems that I did (like the QB problem, the pass rushing problem, the WR2 problem, and the offensive line problem, among others). If you ever do rebuilds in these games, I'd advise trading old players for draft picks since draft picks aren't valued much by the CPU even though rookies tend to be higher rated in this game than in the new games. You can really build a dynasty.
This is my favorite Madden! This had a mode where you could create your own team from scratch and select what kind of players you’d want on your team. You can also replace a team in franchise mode with your custom team.
I JUST bought this game today from a thrift store, and searched it on UA-cam to see what the gameplay is like. So excited when I saw that you had this video because I usually only watch your franchise videos. If I do end up disappointed by the game, at least I'll have someone entertaining tell me😂
The statistics in this game look so much more realistic, guys down the depth chart actually get reps instead of your wr4 just magically getting 0 targets
The offensive ones at least, lol
It’s weird seeing him call a pitch and it actually working because pitches in new Maddens are absolute garbage. Crazy how the offensive linemen AI used to be good and now they’re brain dead. How are the games worse on newer, more powerful consoles? EA sucks.
this was the first madden i bought and the best madden lowkey. out of all the older maddens, i remember this one the most, the art, and the soundtrack, the free agency bidding were memorable and i wish they brought some of the stuff back to new maddens
05-08 goated. Do your research before spewing that blasphemy
Not to mention the sound track
They had draft grades during the off-season too, seeing which team drafted the best
Also, you didn’t see player roles, which change every season depending on performance. Your rookies could’ve said face of the franchise, injury prone, team motivator, etc.
“I feel like it’s low hanging fruit atp” just when I thought the jokes couldn’t get worse LMAO
Forsho this Madden 12 has a classic and legendary soundtrack!!
So interesting fact about the fan vote for the cover and why Peyton Hillis got on the cover in the end. It was set up as a march madness bracket style single knockout fan vote. And what happened was after every round, the fans of the player eliminated would pour votes onto the next player going against the player that eliminated their favorite. It was also almost Sebastian Janikowski on the cover, but he ended up loasing out i believe in the final 4 round.
What a terrible idea they had
@@notacat7127 well its EA, terrible ideas are all they know
@@Timbo_Slice facts
This was one of my favorite all time Madden’s. Thank you for making this video man. The nostalgia is REAL. I was obsessed with this one
we can all admit that at the start of the rebuild we were all singing along to 6 foot 7 foot right?
That songs about slavery and it’s still a bop
You should try NFL Head Coach 09, its a lot of sitting and doing little stuff, but its awesome if you just love the managing part of the game
I remember the Create a Team roster option from this game! It was a lot of fun you could even make the uniform and logo.
The draft was so much better CPU would trade with CPU ticker,and a real 10 minute clock.God I miss this
I love how he is high and mighty on avoiding other criminals in the NFL, but goes all in for Adrian Beat-a-son!
Ur parents probably bottle fed you until you were 18
The man disciplined his son, for some kids, talking doesn’t work. Sometimes you gotta go get the belt
@@decariusb71 I get it but there is a fine line and he crossed it. Beat-a-son has many other instances on why in general he's a peice of shit of a person though
@@decariusb71 lol whipping your kid with a tree branch until he's bleeding isn't discipline. So glad Peterson is broke now :)
Fun fact: One of the players for the Cardinals is LG Tom Pestock. He's now better known as WWE star Baron Corbin/King Corbin/Hapoy Corbin.
Or Bum Ass Corbin
“i hope to see you in the playoffs someday”
Bengal: “What on the TV?”
He’s too funny
Fun story, O'brien Schofield was a regular at my church, he let me wear his superbowl ring one time from his time with the seahawks, sucks he was on the falcons sb team
Bengal it’s so cool you did this! Ironically this game is super fun on PSP and I did the exact same rebuild. Went through tons of draft picks and money but I managed to bring Peyton Manning, LT, Brian Urlacher, and Justin Tuck all to Arizona to name a few.
36:41 the 49ers traded your 8th with the lions to go back to pick 18 in the 1st and 2nd round
i played this game SO much as a kid, this is the madden i grew up with. such a great game
This isn't relevant anymore since you probably recorded this days ago, but for the last hour of the video all I could think was "you only know you love her when Faletogo" after you said there's gotta be something to say for that name 😂 banger video! Keep em coming, love these older rebuilds.
Hahaha I said his last name the way I did for this exact reason
That packers cardinals game really brings back some PTSD as packers fan
Love these throwback rebuilds but can u please do a rebuild with the panthers in madden 22 with baker mayfield 🙏
He will prob already did
I still can’t get over the downgrade madden had on these consoles from the PS2, Xbox, and GC. Especially in superstar mode. Imagine having a crib and shit on the next gen consoles!
38:24 Two CPU teams trading during the draft?! I don't believe it! Wish EA would bring this feature back, it REALLY spiced up the draft back then and made it feel realistic
Anyone wondering ab the first SB in this sim, this would have been Tavaris Jackson v Ben Roethlisberger. Wasn’t quite with Russ where we went on to dominate for a decade
Peyton Hillis is a top 3 FB of all time!
Jim Brown, Mike Alstott, Lorenzo Neal?
@@amaze_z1953 The fact Marcel Reece is not named here is blasphemy! xD
🤣
Can you even name 10 FB 🤣
Mike Tolbert? Hello?
a low hanging fruit, what a jokester Bengal 😂
"I hate playing fantasy sports bc i hate having to micromanage my lineup each week"
Starts a whole youtube career based on micromanaging NFL teams
Favorite madden, 08 was good too. Straight nostalgia.
Madden 12 was the best madden I’ve ever played . Made me like football
Man that soundtrack... ahhh memories
Bengal:”You know what they say, draft running backs in the first round and only good things will happen.”
Saquan Barkley: Am I a joke to you?
Madden 12 I owned 4 to 5 copies of because I'd either rage and somehow would lead to the disc burning, or some other freak accidents, glad my local Gamestop had multiple copies. Definitely my favorite game to play for awhile. Browns franchise with Colt McCoy and Peyton Hillis was my main thing. Good times, and angry times.
that aaron hernandez joke was one of the best dark jokes ive ever heard LOL
This was absolutely hilarious, I cackled multiple times
I legit wait for this series every week😂 love the content big man
It would be epic if Bengal could do the PS2 maddens with an emulator. Those games were peak Madden
I've done a few, honestly took a while to get slightly impressed with the NCAA titles but yeah the Madden ones are pretty damn good
The AI playcalling is just SO BAD in the PS2 era NCAA games I played
@@frankfort332 PS2 maddens were Peak madden. Would you believe they had 80 features back then we’re missing today?
7:55 dj moore
If teams didn’t find more about players at the combine they wouldn’t go! You can learn about work ethic, punctuality, maturity, so much more. The coaches are there as figure heads the rest of the department is observing what happens before or after the training sessions
It's really about confirming what you should already know by then though
"Low Hanging Fruit" was wild 😂💀
Quick little spice adams crossover at 24:33 love to see that
You HAD to do that Adrian Wilson trade. He was one of my fav players too. But the chances of him simming up to his actual potential isn't very high imo.
The best madden the last madden with a good hit stick that still had hard hitting.
I’ve been waiting for that Aaron Hernandez joke since you hyped it up 😂😂 well worth the wait
when you were going through the WRs in the 2014 draft you forgot to mention davante adams. He might be the best of them all lol
Day 1 of asking for a panthers rebuild before bengal makes one
This is a certified hood classic
Used to play this game every day with my dad such a great game
04, 08, 12 are the best Maddens!
its late but can someone tell me who bayele Bernard was supposed to be? been looking online and can't find anything
Already typed this out in greater detail for a higher-up comment about this, but to summarize: due to the 2011 player lockout over the CBA and whatnot, rookie UDFAs still hadn't been signed by the time Madden 12 was complete. Given that 75-man preseason rosters were meant to be a big new addition to Franchise Mode, the devs presumably made a bunch of fictional "camp bodies" to fill the void - such as, in this particular instance, Bernard.
Not 100% sure that's the explanation, but it's the best one I've been able to scrounge up.
Madden 12 had the best playlist
I believe Madden 11 has the same super bowl celebration.
The Hue Jackson coached Raiders making the Super Bowl has to be the most unrealistic part of this
dude never played a top 2 madden ever
Pumped for the madden 11 video, I used to play 20 seasons worth of franchise on that game😂
Are we not going to deep dive and address Bayele Bernard? Because like… wtf
Really, really late to this, but I found an old Operation Sports thread where a user named Manning2Harrison claimed it was a consequence of the 2011 player lockout: "Due to the lockout and the timing of the CBA getting done, Madden 12 was finished before real-life UDFAs could be signed." Given that the 75-man preseason rosters were meant to be a prominent new addition for Madden 12's Franchise Mode, it looks like the devs just worked around the issue by making a bunch of fictitious "camp bodies" to fill the void. If so, I'd wager Bayele Bernard was one of them - I'd have to go and dig out the game to verify whether he's just part of the default Franchise Mode roster or if it's randomly generated each time you start one up.
Not 100% sure if that's what happened and why, but it's the best explanation I could dig up.
@nicholasbuffone175 They're all randomly generated each franchise and each year in franchise. Sometimes they end up being serviceable with a rare gem showing up on occasion.
Just started the video, so idk if this is mentioned, but this was the last Madden edition with CREATE A TEAM!!! I loved being able to build a cupcake team and rebuild them to superbowl champions as an expansion franchise (usually replaced the ravens because lol, fuck the ravens). If they brought this feature back, they could make ONE version of the game as a live service: update MUT content and do balance patches every few months, do annual roster updates as a free part of the base game, introduce new features, game modes, expanded experiences (like bringing hundreds of features back to madden franchise in groups of DLC's), skins, superstar/career mode features and expanded/alternate storylines.
Oh also, they could FIX THE FUCKING SPAGHETTI CODE ON AN FPS ENGINE THAT THEY WERE FORCED TO USE. Seriously, the Frostbite engine is so shit as far as simulations, that the playable pro bowl was removed due to full crashes while displaying more than 2 different helmets. Its a bug that they could work out in the code.... its just not fixable at all based on engine limitations.
Boaty McBoatface... That's basically Payton Hillis. Awesome quote.
I wanted you to win the super bowl so bad just to see your reaction to the Obama scenes 😂 it’s beautiful
Bengal saying I know y’all are waiting for bad to happen as he fumbles the draft lmao
'Patrick Willis on the outside and Ray Rice on the inside' 😂 🐯
Just started a season. My Browns went 3-1 pre season. First I kept Colt without trading or dropping him he's a gun slinger. I also picked up Terrelle Owens out of free agency.
Progression isn't random. Progression is based on production. A player with an A potential will stay around the 90s as long as he produces.. if injured or on the bench his overall will drop after the season. Players progress the most in their first 2 years which is why if you get a player who's an A potential you start him right away to get the most progression out of him.
bengal might have the best music taste on youtube. going from rock to lil wayne
Greatest Madden soundtrack ever‼️
Where’s the madden 07 series mannnnnn come on bengal I’m itching like a crack addict
There’s absolutely no timeline where bijan Robinson doesn’t get drafted in 2023 so Texas will definitely have at least a draft pick
Even the music was better 😔
Madden 12 franchise mode is pretty decent my favorite team to rebuild is the Jaguars I have a 25 year franchise rn still going on and I've won the superbowl only once.....
Can u do all rebuilds madden 12 this was ur best
Madden 12 easily had the best soundtrack. They need to bring back music like this in newer games and get rid of popular rappers rapping about football
Im shocked you didn't notice Spice Adams in free agency in year 1 😂
I just booted this up yesterday and the game is still alright. The graphics aren’t bad either, even by today’s standards. Gonna do a super star mode for fun.
Madden 12 is easily one of the best maddens growing up just because of the soundtrack
crazy. This is literally the only Madden I've played for the last decade. Still the best Madden Franchise mode.
Bengals mental breakdown trying to trade porter🤣🤣🤣 insane vid🔥🔥🔥🥇
Almost lost my mind when Bengal talked about Bo Peebles 😂😂😂
Anyone else have this game on the wii?
Bob Sanders was the man! His body just couldn't handle the way he played
dw from arnold no that’s hey arnold…arthur!
One day ima need to see bengal play nba 2k
This Madden was one of my 3 personal favourites. Played the shit out of this back when I was in grade 8
Steve Breaston was the guy I always told my self to draft in fantasy football because he was the second option and Larry was going to get the double coverage...it never worked out for me dude never produced
I played madden 12 on the Wii and there was a mode that was 5v5 or 7v7 something like that, and you could make custom routes for the wr's to run such amazing times
This year was considered the last great franchise year. Connected franchise started in 2013.
1:18:40 "Geoffrey Bowens" lmaoooooooo
The GOAT madden bby
Me vibin to 6 foot 7 foot the whole intro😂😂
Idk why the Ranoy and Randy part killed me so much lol
Not sure if you remember but you could import the draft class from ncca football several of those years which was awesome you could then draft your players that you coached in college also i think when you did that if you used real names they usually had better overalls