Madden NFL 10 Video: Franchise Hub & Extra Point Show (IGN)

[Deegeezy]

Hey...At least it appears they may have gotten rid of Hammonds' awkward halftime transition comment of "now it's time for a brief halftime break."

[GiantKingNy]

Quote: Originally Posted by backbreaker

ok first attempt, pretty bland and needs some significant upgrades. There is no excitement whatsoever in the presentation its lifeless and soulless. I give them kudos for implementing it and hopefully add more to it.

Thank you, and where was that Pic from?

[MattIntellect]

Quote: Originally Posted by LAKE4742

You can add me to the "do it right or don't do it at all" camp. I understand Ian doesn't want to carbon copy 2K5, but this is the NFL! 2K5 did so many things right, but more importantly accurate, so just swallow your pride and get it all in there! I do think it's a little sad that we (regular folk) can instantly point out the lack of enthusiasm of the commentators, or lack of highlights. It's just something else to add to EA's reputation of things that don't make sense, and probaly have no good reason for being absent-except laziness. This is supposed to be a sim, not Ian's little pet project. These kinds of flaws are no better than what David Ortiz was doing. Just give us a damn NFL sim! Yes, this game seems to be headed in a very good direction, but still, the same ol' laziness is evident. If it's not laziness, then it's simply lack of skill. No excuses, now or ever. Get it together, EA.

I don't understand what this "do it right or don't do it at all" camp is. I do know that I don't want to be in it because apparently you guys are saying that you would rather accept this:
Watch the first 20 seconds.


Instead of this:


Which, although is not perfect, it is an actual halftime show which can be built upon even more for next year instead of them just waiting to introduce it for Madden 11. I'm not trying to defend Madden or the Madden team, but I don't find the halftime show a sign of laziness. I'm sure everything has to be made within a certain time, and judging by all of the improvements, it seems as if the Madden team implemented a ton of stuff this year, that didn't seem realistically possible. I never truly thought that Madden would have what it has now, because next-gen Maddens so far has catered to tourney-style or casual gamers rather than SIM gamers.

[Harlemal]

Some dudes will never be happy.

[SageInfinite]

Yea I'd rather have something than nothing at all.

[RyanMoody21]

Much better than expected. That said, its the repetition that has killed this stuff in the past, and that trickles down to in game commentary. The way the audio is cut, it looks like it could be the same way. Lack of fluid sentences are a killer, the voice pitch changing more than 3 times in a sentence is a little annoying.

Im not saying I don't like it but its going to take 2-3 installments to get it seamless. Typically EA has not kept things like this around long enough to provide that.

Defiantly cool and slick the first time seeing it, but what about the 50th will it still come off fresh and "off the cuff", or will it be repetitive and stale?

[CarryTheWeight]

Quote: Originally Posted by Deegeezy

Statements like this are absolutely ridiculous. I think 99% of us would much rather this than nothing at all. We are so spoiled these days.

QFT. Even the 2K series took a few years to progress to the presentation of 2K5, so I'm not expecting the world overnight, so to speak. I'm happy that EA finally took the time to pull features like these off and I'm especially looking forward to 11 to see just how much improvement can be made. Yes, we all can see that everything still seems a little rough around the edges this year but hey, at least they made the effort. It's something we couldn't really say about any previous Madden game (ESPECIALLY from the Ortiz era).

[BedBug]

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