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

[LingeringRegime]

Glad that they added music to the halftime highlights. It's looking real good now.

[Moegames]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tears2040

Looks A LOT better than what was shown at E3. A LOT better. Now onto the 2k5 vs what we have seen in Madden 2010, it doesn't matter. Playing 2k5 for years I maybe seen the halftime show a handful of times, while cool 90% of the time I always skip it... Why should the EA developers spend time on the halftime show when I know for a FACT most gamers will skip it anyways....... From a developers point of view they should spend time with gameplay & on the field actions before they worry about anything else. Like stated many times before keep the game the same for next year just with update rosters & work the whole year on RUNNING ANIMATIONS. This is the ONLY thing that I do not like about Madden is the animations , please fix them!

Alot and i mean ALOT of information can be shown during the half time shows..stats, scores,injury updates, setting adjustments for 2nd half,etc...the half time stuff is important and will become more and more important as they begin to add to it..besides, it add's a nice little break inbetween plays to regain your focus on what took place during the 1st half of the game..it just "feels" right..best way i can describe that...same with in game cut scenes,etc..it feels right.

Saying the half time show isnt worth the time is with the minority..not the majority ..bro

[bigsmallwood]

Quote: Originally Posted by Moegames

Alot and i mean ALOT of information can be shown during the half time shows..stats, scores,injury updates, setting adjustments for 2nd half,etc...the half time stuff is important and will become more and more important as they begin to add to it..besides, it add's a nice little break inbetween plays to regain your focus on what took place during the 1st half of the game..it just "feels" right..best way i can describe that...same with in game cut scenes,etc..it feels right. Saying the half time show isnt worth the time is with the minority..not the majority ..bro

Exactly! Presentation is a MAJOR part of ANY game...especially sports games!!! Majority of us fell in love with games whose presentation captivated us...esp. those like 2K5 that went the extra mile (not to mention they only charged 20 bux!)

[rudyjuly2]

I'm a big presentation guy and I like the upgrades to Madden so far. I did like the fake video highlights that 2K5 used to do and the commentary Berman did during them. Corny but still fun.

[Moegames]

Quote: Originally Posted by RMoody

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?

Again, Again and Again...not totally directing this to you bro but lets not forget the SUDDEN turnaround over 1 year with the madden game....the changes made during the first three years on current gen madden combined dont match the changes made during this last off season with the new madden dev team. Yes i know Ian was already there but he's now the shot caller unlike before and its quite obvious someone's taking madden in a new direction..with a bit more hustle as well

I dont know how many times i try to bring this up to the people that seem to have this everlasting nasty taste in their mouth with madden but give them their chance, give them their shot. Look at this way Rmoody...if you were given the job at lead designer of madden..and you busted your butt day and nite to try and turn around madden as best you could but yet couldnt fix or change everything due to an already dodgy engine or time constraints that prevented you from revamping certain logic aspects,etc and what not...wouldnt you still want to see some smiles on people's faces for the hard work you put in and the damn good job of improving the game over 1 year compared to the previous 3 years combined? I sure would..infact any hard working pationate game designer would..

My point is..even though we all been shafted year and year with recent maddens << (your not the only one).. im giving this new dev team their fair shot at turning this series around. Im not expecting near-perfection after 1 year... Just like our president was left with a mess..so was Ian..i think he's done a stand up job with only 1 year under his belt and i must also give credit to the other dev's working around him that are not well known to us..they all put in work and it sure is being appreciated by many of us..and rightfully so.

I tell you what, Madden 2010..which i havent played yet..will feel like a totally different game from start to finish..mark my words, i know this because i know what it takes to make a fun game of football and M10 is there now....maybe its still riddled with some quirky AI Logic here and there..but its a videogame after all.. what it "really" boils down to is having fun and excitment with the game not putting it under the microscope or under heavy interrogation with extreme prejudice because then you start to lose grips with the very purpose of playing a videogame..which is to have fun, not to investigate it to have something to b1tch about and pain you internally for its imperfections ..thats not why we play videogames ..atleast not the majority of us...correct me if im wrong, gaming is to have fun and enjoying the game for what it is..not what it could be .

[JerzeyReign]

2008- Hated you and still played you alot (was in Iraq, no choice)
2009- Lusted You (Won't Say Love because '08 was that garbage
2010- In love with it already, can't wait, grabbin my demo tomorrow

[titansftw]

Halftime show has definitely improved from what we saw at E3. Kudos to the team. Keep up the good work guys!

EDIT- To the haters, look at what we had at E3. They have clearly improved the halftime show. NO, it is not yet where I would like it to be, but really, you can't deny it has improved a little bit at least. They made some progress in a rather short span.

[MastaJedi1]

3 things I'm gonna skip. 1) the opening, seen it! 2) the halftime show...lame! 3) the commentary. Everything else looks gravy!