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

[Only1LT]

Came to this thread this morning and I'm like, wtf?!

There's like 30 more pages than there was last night.

Crazy gifs, everywhere.

JP gave up hope?????!!!!!

No seriously. WTF?!?!?!?!

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by Only1LT

Came to this thread this morning and I'm like, wtf?! There's like 30 more pages than there was last night. Crazy gifs, everywhere. JP gave up hope?????!!!!! No seriously. WTF?!?!?!?!

For now at least, yeah. They still could gain my trust back if they do something DRASTICALLY different with Madden 15. If not, I'll be joining the bring 2k football back bandwagon.

[Texas Ace]

Quote: Originally Posted by Zmurkz

Just watched the video, I don't really know how I feel about it, I expected just a better graphical game. It's EA. I agree with peoples complaints about Madden being bad, but it's been like this since 2006 now. They have exclusive rights, they have no competition anymore, they don't need to try, the game will sell either way. I've seen people in this very thread say 'I'm going to buy it anyway as it's the only choice'. The main reason Madden has sucked since 2006 is because they have no competition, it's no coincidence the year they get the exclusive rights is the same year the games started to get worse. Competition in any form of media/entertainment makes companies/products better. On top of that, EA is one of the worst gaming companies around, with horrible business practices and constant lying to it's customers. And finally, Madden isn't a sim game, it never has been, it's an arcade game, very much like Fifa is an arcade version of Soccer. When half our users have to spend months upon months creating sliders to make realistic gameplay, you know it's not in EA's best interest to make a realistic game. You have to remember, we (OS users and players that want sim football) are a small minority of fans. The majority of fans are casuals that don't care and will buy the game anyway. Our hope of ever wanting NFL sim football lies with what happens to the exclusive rights, It's pretty obvious that EA is not the company moving forward to make the sim football we all want. It's been clear since 2006. I hope they lose exclusive rights and another company can finally create what we all want. tl:dr - Game has no competition, Madden is an arcade game, EA has a reputation for bad business practices. Also on an off topic note, I just got really lucky and found a copy of All-Pro football 2k8 on the UK eBay site. The game only came out in America, so I have never been able to find it, until now.

I agree completely.

The problem is that it isn't just EA's fault for the exclusivity. The NFL is equally responsible if not moreso.

Just look at their track record dating back to the 90's:

They make coke the official drink of the NFL, so they got into it with Jerry Jones for making pepsi the official drink of the Cowboys.

They sign an exclusive deal with DirecTV for Sunday ticket.

Remember when teams were allowed to sign their own deals with uniform companies? Now, they went exclusive to Reebok and now to Nike.

The NFL loves exclusivity and it scares me because I'm guessing they'll re-up their deal with EA.

[Lexicon]

I'm having fun with Madden 25. A polished version of that with the ability to share screenshots and videos straight from the console seems right up my alley. I haven't had a problem with any of the videos that have been released, and I've been able to tell next-gen from current-gen quite easily. Playing a lot of Madden, you notice the little things like logos and designs on jerseys being clear and not murky... The lighting reflecting off the helmets and skin... the way dreads bounce as the player moves. I AM IN NO WAY SAYING THAT MADDEN 25 IS A PERFECT GAME, but it doesn't have to be perfect to have some fun with it. Obviously, there are other things we need to see before more judgement can be put on EA.

I'm not saying that next-gen will be radically different, but most of you should expect that. No need to throw away perfectly good player models; just build upon them. I've heard people complain about Madden throwing away their base and not building on it, and now I hear some of those same people complain about them keeping what they have and trying to make it better.

Just remember that most of us haven't played the game yet. If you were getting a next-gen console just for Madden, that was a pretty sorry reason in the first place. If you are getting a next-gen console, rent the game from Redbox or Gamefly, play it, and THEN decide if you're throwing all hope for Madden next-gen down the well.

It just kills me that EA spent most of their development time working on gameplay, which all I see around here is "THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON GAMEPLAY" threads, and folks are ready to drop the hammer without even holding a next-gen controller. Unfortunately, all I've seen is overreaction from all the places that hold discussion, not just this thread. If it sucks, we all break out our favorite oldie and move along.

[Earl1963]

Madden isn't the only game that looks the same as last gen. Have you guys seen COD Ghost?

[Brooke2011]

Madden resembles football, but not what you see on Sunday. I don't really feel like it emulates it counterpart at all. Yes you can tell a certain player by his face, yes you see detail in the uniforms, yes you can tell what stadium you are playing in. Big whoop, you could basically do that on the ps2 games. The problem with madden is at thier gameplay allows for unrealistic yardage and scores being achieved on any skill level. Last nights game score was 9-19. Play any madden game on any skill level for 15 minutes and the score would Tripple that. The reason is , is that EA and Tiburon have not figured out how the flow of a football game goes . Until you can cut the crap and forget about all the gimmicks , like ultimate team , owner mode, etc and just concentrate on gameplay first, this game will just be sub par

[fourlifeent]

Hey....Wasn't that E3 footage shown on PS4? Maybe, just Maybe that's how it will look on PS4 then. It is a more powerful system with independent Video card ram(I heard). Maybe EA is not talking because they don't want to hurt Xbox1 sales. that's why they are showing coach glass. hmm....here's hoping I'm right : )

[tnixen]

Quote: Originally Posted by fourlifeent

Hey....Wasn't that E3 footage shown on PS4? Maybe, just Maybe that's how it will look on PS4 then. It is a more powerful system with independent Video card ram(I heard). Maybe EA is not talking because they don't want to hurt Xbox1 sales. that's why they are showing coach glass. hmm....here's hoping I'm right : )

That would be great if it was true

I am a PS guy so this would not bother me at all if it looked better on PS4.