Madden NFL 25 Video - MNF Simulation: Colts vs. Chargers (Xbox One)

[tnixen]

Quote: Originally Posted by adub88

*taps foot, still waiting for true step movement reveal. Devs if you're reading this, is there a good explanation as to why what we saw at E3 differs greatly from the last 3-4 videos we've seen? Just curious? Any response is greatly appreciated. Thanks

EA lied to all of us!

If that E3 video said Actual gameplay then why does it look so much worse now?

Tell us the truth EA!

[dghustla]

Quote: Originally Posted by hokupguy

The best things that come from all these vids is that if you haven't bought madden yet for ps3 or 360. Just wait for ps4 or xbox 1. It post likely will be the same game with a little better textures. I can now see why place like best buy and ebgames is offer a $10.00 to upgrade to next gen madden from current. I hope it looks next gen by M15 time.

I really don't think it's the graphics. I watched the video in the small window in the thread instead of going full screen and the graphics imo look on par with other next gen games. It's the animation that kills is. In some scenes the players just aren't moving right. There are too many super man plays in that short clip. Two of the smaller WRs in the league score TDs by breaking two tackles back2back in chained together animations.

A few things I want to see in these video as far as the passing goes is the following
1) back shoulder throws, do they exist and work properly
2) out-routes/man coverage- is the cpu playing routes with the correct leverage.
3) covering the seams and TE in general are these guys still running free and getting open 24/7 regardless of ratings.

[GiantBlue76]

Quote: Originally Posted by Only1LT

First off, no one complained about Madden 06 being built from the ground up. They complained, because it had none of the features that the PS2 and Xbox version had. Second, even though they supposedly built 06 from the ground up, it still played very much like Madden, so, again, no one was complaining about it being built from the ground up, other than the lack of features, and the terrible rendering of animations, which made it look worse than PS2 and Xbox animations, even though they were always bad. Third, no one cares about something being changed as long as what it's changed to is BETTER than what it was before. Many games change. People complained about Metroid being a FPS when they heard about it. When they played it, the complaints stopped, because it was BETTER. If they chnaged every single thing about Madden, and all of those changes were actually better, than no one, save for strict traditionalists, would complain. Fourth, no one, and I mean NO ONE, asked for the next gen version to be a port of the current gen version. So, to ask how people could expect more from a port of the current gen game, misses the point of people's complaints ENTIRELY. It is all a matter of perspective. Your perspective has always been, and continues to be, to focus on the challenges that the dev team faces with making this a great title. And that's your prerogative. My focus, like many others, has always been, and continues to be, I don't give a rat's *** what challenges the dev team faces, because ALL of the challenges that they face are of their own doing! Not the consumers. Not the "suits." Not the PS3/360/PS4/Xbone hardware. Their own. It's very simple. Is the game good or not? I don't need any back story on the making of the game, especially when most of what we are told, or that we think we know, about said back story, is BS anyway. It should always be about the actual product. I don't know if it's good or not, but everything that I have seen thus far points to a no for me. What I do know, is that everything else, aside from the actual product, is meaningless.

Framing this post and putting it on my wall...

[SageInfinite]

On a brighter note the first true clear footage of a double team pass block in a Madden football game at 10 seconds.

[roadman]

Now, I know how it feels to be a Cub fan.

Eh, not much excited me with that, the zoomed up look, the QB's zipping the ball here and there.

This is looking like a no buy for me more and more.

[royounggoku]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Everyone complained back in 06 when they gave us a new game with bare bone features, now everyone complains when they give us a full featured game, albeit a port, with minimal upgrades graphically. What do you guys want them to do??? I think people had WAY too high expectations for next gen Madden and may not understand that the devs don't know the capabilities of these systems yet. First party next gen games are going to be much better graphically at first, they ALWAYS are. After a year or two the games will start to be pushed graphically and we will see much better LOOKING games. In the meantime, focus on the GAMEPLAY, the GAMEPLAY is what matters. To me, the gameplay looks pretty good, not great, but a definite improvement in terms of fluidity in movement and o/d line interactions look much improved. You can't turn a game that people are calling "trash" into "treasure" in one cycle guys. Continued improvement in gameplay and areas that matter is what we are wanting, let's hope it continues and at a faster rate, but at the same time, don't expect so much on the first iteration of a game on a new console. Can anyone name ONE non first party title on 360 that blew you away graphically when Xbox 360 launched? Everyone's talking about FIFA, but FIFA was a GREAT game on current gen, Madden wasn't. You have to keep these things in mind guys, it's going to take some time to get Madden on that level that we all want it to. Like I've said I don't expect it to take 5+ years to get there, I expect Madden 15 to be basically what we've been wanting, but how people could expect a port of Madden to compare to a port of FIFA is beyond my comprehension.

Jeez they have everyone's expectations so low with that whole 06 thing that coming out with the SAME DAMN GAME seems like a positive.......................when it's not

Is it really too much to ask for a greater than minimal improvement coming into next gen? Especially with all these resources at their disposal?

[NBASLAM2001]

Wow Xbox One looks awful..... Glad i'm getting a PS4.

[Brooke2011]

Chargers socks are not correct. They have no gold stripe. Not a big deal for me, but if attention to detail was missed on that , what other uniforms was missed as well. I know Panther nation has had issues with thier uniforms in the past. Hope they are fixed for them.

On another note I can visualize the EA team in a room watching this video . One half is the tech guys and graphical engineers. The other half are the ex NFl Players who are now working with Ea. the tech guys say " wasn't that video amazing" the ex NFL players say " are you frickin kidding me" .....that's how I envision the inside of an EA board room meeting.