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

[ZoneBlitz]

Quote: Originally Posted by backbreaker

EA, suffers from jock syndrome, it is time to actually get some actors to breath some life into the commentating and the halftime show. I think that was one of the advantages visual concepts had over madden by being in california and near a lot of thespians. They know how to perform, the extra point would be miles better if they got rid of the humans visually used that space just for audio, have an actor project emotion through his or hers voice inflexion(sp). These jocks and journalist are bland and boring.

Good point.

[Exonerated]

These journalist give it the authentic feel. Like i'm watching NFL network. Not my local radio show,

[johnprestonevans]

This is already looking a lot better than it did at E3. Im getting very excited for some true broadcast flare being brought back to NFL vids. Madden 10 team - great job on this.

[Deegeezy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Exonerated

These journalist give it the authentic feel. Like i'm watching NFL network. Not my local radio show,

You know what would really set it off? If they added a radio show on top of this a la the Tony Bruno show.

If they continue to make the out of game experience more media-dominated, Madden will be unmatched. Imagine listening to Tony Bruno talk about what is going on around the league and then after listening to him, going to the Extra Point show. Maybe even add magazine/newspaper articles as well.

[lint]

Why do people want a half time/weekly show that have precreated highlights from any game that you haven't played? 2k feel off with their basketball game College Hoops 2k8 when all the highlights were canned even your own game was not saved.
I then ask people, how do you render highlights that have not happened through the game engine? Then answer is you can't. So as long as you guys are okay with prescripted highlights, I assume they will probably be in next year. I could care less about those highlight shows because they are not actual game footage.

[Deegeezy]

Well this looks to be a night game so all of the scores being FINAL on the halftime score update looks to be legit. It will be interesting to see if these are shown as real time scores when playing a day game.

[johnprestonevans]

Quote: Originally Posted by Deegeezy

You know what would really set it off? If they added a radio show on top of this a la the Tony Bruno show. If they continue to make the out of game experience more media-dominated, Madden will be unmatched. Imagine listening to Tony Bruno talk about what is going on around the league and then after listening to him, going to the Extra Point show. Maybe even add magazine/newspaper articles as well.

I couldnt agree more. MORE media is a good thing. I think EA has really set some solid groundwork this year by focusing on a key area of any modern-day sports game: presentation. I'd love to see the Tony Bruno content return, and for Ian's merry men to continue to push the envelope with more editorial content - ie. "live" scores & highlights from other franchise games accessable from a running ticker, full commentary of highlights, further insign into the impact of a team winning or loosing and all that good stuff that puts the league in perspective. Every season, every game, every series is a story unfolding. THATS they true drama of the NFL. Im hoping they continue to develop in this area.

[Deegeezy]

Quote: Originally Posted by lint

Why do people want a half time/weekly show that have precreated highlights from any game that you haven't played? 2k feel off with their basketball game College Hoops 2k8 when all the highlights were canned even your own game was not saved. I then ask people, how do you render highlights that have not happened through the game engine? Then answer is you can't. So as long as you guys are okay with prescripted highlights, I assume they will probably be in next year. I could care less about those highlight shows because they are not actual game footage.

Agreed.

I wish we could watch our own highlight show from the game we played at the very least though.