Madden NFL 10 Video: Halftime Report (Chase @ E3)

[LAKE4742]

Okay, I'm not one to nitpick, and bash for no good reason. But that Halftime Report reeked.

'Why so silent?'

No commentary whatsoever? C'mon, seriously? It had to be turned off for E3, or something. Because that just didn't seem right.

[Yo-Yo]

In the end of the Broncos video, I saw Kyle Orton's hair constantly twitching and changing colors. God I hope that will get fixed.

[mrjordan]

that was weird as all heck...silence during replays of "highlights" including a 1 yard run ???

I thought they were talking about putting 2k5 to rest.

I hope this is not the final build.

[Bumble14]

If Ian thinks that's bad, try being a staff writer here ;-)

Juuuuust kidding guys.

Halftime show is weak. What ever happened to the days of NHL 94 with intermission out of town scores and highlights? I wish our 360's and PS3's were capable of that type of technology.

Overall I am pretty impressed with Madden as a whole- there are a lot of additions to be very excited about. That being said, I just don't think Ian can really complain about OSer's expectations considering how much of a step backwards the Madden series has been on this generation of consoles. If anything, this is where the franchise should have been when Madden 06 was released on 360.

Ian-

You can not expect a community as passionate as OS to be satisfied with just a quality product, they are looking for something groundbreaking and epic- ala NHL 09. You've had the exclusive NFL license for years now, there should not be any areas of your game, especially presentation, that should be lagging behind NFL 2K5- or NHL 94 for that matter.

[Eddie1967]

That was pretty bad. I can't understand why the folks at EA are not willing to make use of the ESPN license. It's pretty sad to be this far into the next gen era and not have the best pre, half and post game highlight show we have ever seen in a video game. I can't believe the people who created that thought it was good. I'm still going to rent to get a taste of the game play but I don't have much hope for the presentation.

[HealyMonster]

For me, its not so much "whats missing" Its the quality of what is there. The highlights are not shown properly and when the woman speaks it sounds completely ridiculous. I can live with what they give me to play as who am I to say the game suck because it "doesnt do this" or "doesnt do that". But you better believe when I play what they give me, if its garbage, im going to say its garbage.

This is my beef. I really hate to start judging the game on a 2 minute demo of a halftime show but apply the halftime show to the rest of the world. A good student is a good student. A bad student is a bad student. Its not like bad students do great in half there classes and then do nothing in the other half. A bad student, doesnt study and gets bad grades.

If you release a solid game, half the game isnt poor quality and the other half is great quality. A bad game is a bad game, a good quality game is a good quality game. I mean great games dont have these parts in it that are thrown together and dont work properly.

If they cant implement something and make it work the way its supposed to, then it shouldnt be in the game. It should be on the cutting room floor. This is a leadership issue that obviously still isnt straightened out at EA.

[rckabillyRaider]

Quote: Originally Posted by BORN4CORN

+1 It needs some music, and the voice over is horrible.. sounds like the female version of Tom-bot Hammond.

+2

pretty weak halftime "show"

[rckabillyRaider]

Quote: Originally Posted by LAKE4742

Okay, I'm not one to nitpick, and bash for no good reason. But that Halftime Report reeked. 'Why so silent?' No commentary whatsoever? C'mon, seriously? It had to be turned off for E3, or something. Because that just didn't seem right.

it should just be black and white, add some film crackle noises and speed up the framerate a bit