Madden NFL 25 Video Interview with Some Early Gameplay Shown (GotGame)

[TreFacTor]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

First time I saw the video. Man, I hope they were highlighting the "Impact Hit Stick".

Or are you hoping that all of the players getting blown up at least fall in different ways? I know they want to highlight the feature, but the fact that all of the players that "lost" on impact...all fell the exact same way (at least seven different players with different sizes and weights all fell on their right shoulder after being blown up....)..with the exact same animation...ugh....the repetitive animations in this game kill me...when will it end.

[DocHolliday]

It is becoming quite obvious that EA, while saying the right things to the OS Crowd, have no real desire to make a simulation.

With all the other games coming out and a fresh round of kickstarter based titles slated to hit this fall, I will be passing on this joke.

[BezO]

That killed any momentum the write ups created. A couple of things...

What games are you all watching where defenders are never wrapping up? How often are the likes of Peterson, Lynch, Green-Ellis, Jackson, Richardson, Turner, McGahee, Murray, etc getting shoulder charged to the ground? I hope you all are not getting this idea from Youtube.

Yes, but big hits happen, but they don't look like this. I think Sage said it earlier. The hitee looks like he's taking a charge. How often do you see an NFL player get uprooted like that? There are only a few occasions where a player gets blown up like THAT... major size difference, defender angled to avoid ball carrier's momentum, ball carrier caught off guard, and maybe another 1 or 2 I'm forgetting. The hits in that '12-'13 Hard Hits vid look nothing like what Madden is SHOWCASING.

[Only1LT]

Lot of time shift sliding still going on.

When they show the part where Manning get's hit during the Impact Dive Tackles bit, the Lineman instantly stop what they are doing and go into a sideways moonwalk to try and prevent the rusher from getting to the QB.

I could put the obligatory "I hope this is an early build", but let's be honest, this will be in the retail game. I don't have the strength to deny it anymore.

Lot's of other bad stuff going on, but I'll quit while I'm behind.

[roadman]

My understanding is with the impact hit stick there is a risk/reward for using it. You will fail and miss too.

Seems like this film showed all of the rewards.

[TreFacTor]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

My understand is with the impact hit stick there is a risk/reward for using it. You will fail and miss too. Seems like this film showed all of the rewards.

Like hitstick 2.0 Madden 08


Somehow, and this may just be me, but the hitstick looked better in 08..maybe even in 10 than it does now. There's still time to clean it up, but do they think it needs to be is the question.

[jcmreds]

EA shows how in touch they are with current NFL by focusing on the running game and big hits lol.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by TreFacTor

Like hitstick 2.0 Madden 08 Somehow, and this may just be me, but the hitstick looked better in 08..maybe even in 10 than it does now. There's still time to clean it up, but do they think it needs to be is the question.

Yeah, let's hope they do.

I do like the risk/reward system of it, though. No way I'm hitting the stick with Sam Shields.

Clay Mathews, absolutely.