Madden NFL 25 Presentation Details, New Sideline Reporter Added (Name Not Revealed)

[tfctillidie]

Quote: Originally Posted by Armor & Sword

NBA2K11, MLBThe Show 11,12,13 AI is damn good. No excuse for AI to backwards on 13 from 12. It went backwards.

NBA 2K has 9 AI's on the court.

MLB the Show has about the same.

Madden has 21 player AI's.

I would also consider the requirement of a Madden AI to be much more complex than an AI in the Show. The AI in the Show has to move to a spot, catch a ball, then pick one of 5 locations where to throw. Madden AI have to account for many things all at the same time, that's football. They all have to identifiy the play, react, then react to all other 21 players and what they are doing, then make a split second decision if they are involved in the play. You're going to argue that's the same computing requirement?

Furthermore, you can find just as many complaints about the AI in those titles with a simple google search ('NBA2K11 Player AI' returns 3 links on the 1st page about bad teammate AI). I was referencing PC titles, such as Total War or Half Life, where the AI is considered some of the best ever written by gamers and media alike, not just "being better than Madden" which really isn't much of an achievement.

Give me a break. Gave dev's have been saying for over a year their titles are maxing out the consoles. Hardware is a problem.

This doesn't counter the argument no matter how many internet ragers like your post.

[infemous]

Quote: Originally Posted by daniel77733

Hopefully, that return TD glitch is fixed in M25. As a 49ers fan, the Seahawks are definitely our top rival at this point in time because they're a constant pain in the *** and talent/depth wise, right behind the Niners. Rams are third and have an excellent front seven defense and two excellent cornerbacks but they let both of their starting safeties to leave and thats a huge negative in my opinion. Unless the young guys step up, the safeties could get picked on a lot. Offensively, your OL should be better with the addition of Long and Safford moving to RT. Didnt agree with letting Jackson leave as honestly, he was one of the few players on the Rams I actually liked. I understand the move but still believe that his veteran leadership and experience is something that the offense needs. In the end, its all about Bradford and how he plays this year. Rams added more weapons for him through the draft even though they are rookies. I think that TE Jared Cook will be Bradford's blanket guy. Despite going 0-1-1 against the Rams, im not really concerned with them at all because in SF, the tie only happened because Akers missed the damn FG and the loss was because of stupid play calling. I can honestly say that my main concern with my 49ers is the play calling and has been that way since Harbaugh, Roman and Fangio arrived in 2011. They get too cute with the gadget plays which I hate. They rarely if ever work and quite honestly, any play thats designed to be set up several yards behind the LOS should be scrapped from the playbook. That pitch out to Ginn was one of the stupidest play calls I have ever seen and thats saying something. Anyway, I do think the games against the Rams will be tough but it all comes down to the Rams offense and if they can score points. The one thing im a lot happier about this year compared to last year is who my starting QB is. Smith was solid but Kaepernick's arm strength/accuracy and playmaking ability makes him a threat on any given play which defenses have to game plan for. With Smith, no defense was game planning for him. I do believe that Kaepernick will be more of a pocket passer out of the option than a runner unless the defense plays like the Packers defense in the divisional playoff game. I think that the team will use the option more as a decoy this year than anything else because they know defenses are going to game plan around trying to stop/contain it. Should be a fun season though.

Hopefully we can prove you wrong there. I think the biggest thing was how we make your QB beat us. Our offense also caused your D some problems, which was as surprising to me as it must've been to you. Hopefully losing SJax won't negatively impact our chances at maintaining our division dominance.

The offense is being tailoured around Bradford now and the addition of Austin and Cook, as well as Long means that we should see a huge spike in passing offense. We have such diverse offensive personnel that we should have an explosive offense (at least in the first couple of weeks) as long as everyone is healthy.

The Seahawks are annoying. I hate how they're so good at home.

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

The player chatter and tackle sound effects were from NFL Films, and yes the Qb Cadences that you mentioned. QB cadences were one of the best presentation features in Madden 13, they bring a level of authenticity to the game that I've never experienced in a Madden game. I'm hoping they added more qb cadences for Madden 25. I'm guessing we will get a presentation trailer or something along those lines, sometime this week or else during E3. I was thinking it would be a blog but Mike said in the podcast Friday that presentation info is probably better when it can be seen or heard and not just read about in a blog.

I liked the QB cadences too, they were just far too few of them for it to be considered much of an addition.

Quote: Originally Posted by jmurphy31

I was just looking around on line and here is what I found about disc space Gears of War 3 - requires 7.5 GB (post new disc format) Most other games 6.5 GB (pre new disc format) Madden 12 - 4.8 GB Madden 13 - 5.3 Not sure disc space is really the issue.

I am amazed. How can Madden utilise less space than a short video I film on my camera?

Wasn't the whole bonus of a Blu Ray Disc the fact it could hold 25 GB or something of data?

That is completely criminal that they'd under utilise the space like that.

Quote: Originally Posted by KANE699

Remember in Madden 13 that the dev team said they had been working with Nike for months prior to get all of the uniform stuff correct? This was false. As for Madden 25, they did not work with Nike to make the uniforms for relocated teams. This is just not a true statement. I like the gaming industry a lot and feel pretty burned about the past but I don't want people to sit there and believe flat out lies. That said I will not ruin my reputation or chances elsewhere in the industry by explaining more or just ripping on the company I worked for because there are a lot of good things I did get to do while I was there and there are good people in that company that do want to make the game better.

I really appreciate your insight and your honesty. I find it sad that you cannot blow the whistle on all the despicable actions of EA for fear of ruining your reputation within the industry. You are obviously someone with a lot of integrity and passion for your field and to think anything such as an exposure of corporate lying could ruin your chances to progress frustrate me.

With regards to your statement, I find it ridiculous that this is not a suable 'crime'. At the end of the day, we have been sold and had a game marketed to us based on pretence.

Its not EA's fault that there is an exclusivity agreement but it is EA's fault that they capitalise on this to sell us a pack of lies. They should be exposed and held accountable for this.

[BleedGreen710]

If they wont reveal who the sideline reporter is then it must be not be that great of an addition..

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by BleedGreen710

If they wont reveal who the sideline reporter is then it must be not be that great of an addition..

I don't think a presentation blog has been delivered, has it?

If not, we should find out next week.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by infemous

I really appreciate your insight and your honesty. I find it sad that you cannot blow the whistle on all the despicable actions of EA for fear of ruining your reputation within the industry. You are obviously someone with a lot of integrity and passion for your field and to think anything such as an exposure of corporate lying could ruin your chances to progress frustrate me. With regards to your statement, I find it ridiculous that this is not a suable 'crime'. At the end of the day, we have been sold and had a game marketed to us based on pretence. Its not EA's fault that there is an exclusivity agreement but it is EA's fault that they capitalise on this to sell us a pack of lies. They should be exposed and held accountable for this.

I appreciate his honesty as well, but I do understand his stance and I agree with it.

A person doesn't want or need to burn bridges for employment opportunities down the road, especially in the age of social media. It happens in other industries and business as well. In interviews, the golden rule is to not bad mouth a previous employer, sadly, that is the way the game is played.

I'm just hoping for a few more surprises to be announced next week in the presentation area and for that matter, in other areas of the game, but this thread is about presentation.

[Ozair Hussain]

I just want there to be more good FA's and steald in the draft. i want a 7th round pick to be as important as a first round pick

[BleedGreen710]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ozair Hussain

I just want there to be more good FA's and steald in the draft. i want a 7th round pick to be as important as a first round pick

uhh well in all honesty that would be really unrealistic

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by BleedGreen710

If they wont reveal who the sideline reporter is then it must be not be that great of an addition..

I think they're going to reveal presentation info at e3, if nothing else we will see it firsthand during the gameplay videos that ill be posting like crazy next week. I think it will be Steve Tasker or Solomon Wilcots but who knows. Who do you guys want to see as a sideline reporter?