Madden NFL 15 Gameplay Video - Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers (Smitty)

[ATLBrayden]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr.Smif

They only thing I can think is that since they have he exclusive NFL license, their goal is to allocate as least resources as possible to Madden, just do the bare minimum every year.

The less money they spend, the better for them. As long as they have that license things may continue like this for quite some time.

[DNMHIII]

Quote: Originally Posted by jyoung

It is hard to understand how Madden's textures, models and lighting have improved so much, while the player movement and player interactions continue to look so dated. Those areas of the game should be completely separate jobs for completely different types of employees, not a situation where your manpower has to suspend work on one element to work on the other. From an outsider's perspective, it just seems like Tiburon either aren't hiring or aren't assigning enough people to work on those parts of the game.

I have a strong suspicion that the next gen game is actually just a port made on last gen because they can't ditch last gen and won't spend the money to develop for two console generations separately.

This game looks last gen because it probably is and will be until the PS3 is phased out and then they'll start from scratch just like PS2 to PS3

[KBLover]

Quote: Originally Posted by DNMHIII

I have a strong suspicion that the next gen game is actually just a port made on last gen because they can't ditch last gen and won't spend the money to develop for two console generations separately.

That sounds eerily like how they treated the PC version before they just stopped bothering altogether...

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I'm very torn. I see strides being made in the right direction once again, but I saw similar strides made in Madden 10. 10 was far from perfect but we finally started to see some progress being made and Ian was let go and a new team took over. I fear that something like that could happen again. We'll finally be somewhat close to a fully realistic depiction of football only for it to be ripped away.

Madden will be a release day purchase for me this year.

[unfriendlyghst]

What bothers me the absolute most, is that I play FIFA 14 on the PC and it is a wonderful game.


There it is folks. 22 players, who look like they are supposed to, all moving seperately and individually. Tatoos. Great ball and collision Physics. Realistic crowd chants and reactions to the game on the field/pitch. Penalties. Emotions. Spot on comentary. Real ads for real products and companies.
Refs that get hit by the ball.


Why oh why cant this be American Footbal?

[Tommyklaid]

Again, this is an early build, but I'm certain they're in the "cleaning-up" stages of the game by now and this is about what we're going to get.

Pros:

*Player models - look much improved from last year (textures & size) - hopefully ALL the NFLPA will be on-board w/ the tattoos to add to the realism...I mean, why wouldn't they want their likeness in a video game...most of the guys nowadays were raised in the gaming worlds.

*Crowd Sound - the crowd seems to react louder in certain situations - hard to tell

*Camera - like the new default camera angle that brings you close to the action...it definitely helps to amplify the graphical improvements.



Cons:

Lighting - just doesn't look up to par with other sports video games (NBA 2K & MLB The Show)


Tackling - still seeing the same animations as last year (which most are good) but players just seem to "fall-like-puppets" at times.


PA Music: Is it just me or (with the exception of the techno song) is the soundtrack playing over the PA the SAME 2 songs from MLB: The Show....wow :/



I always look forward to what EA has to offer and I hope they deliver...I am one of those guys who gets "tangled" in the hype....PROBABLY because it's the only NFL game we have to chose from.

[OSGuy321]

Quote: Originally Posted by KBLover

That sounds eerily like how they treated the PC version before they just stopped bothering altogether...

It sure does. I think EA has to realize that nowadays honesty and transparency are the best policies. Can't get away with corporate talk anymore. Doesn't work in this day and age.

In many ways, I think they are still stuck on an old business model. They could be doing so much better by following the lead of Valve and CD Projekt Red who are growing exponentially, while EA shrinks and is becoming irrelevant. In my opinion they are wasting so much money on licensing and monopolistic practices to limit the market that it's a negative sum effect. They should focus on gameplay and let the community loose on your products. It's seems like editing options are getting less and less, while the market is trending the other way: more control to the users. Very weird company.

"To be concrete about it, 10 times as much user content comes from the users as comes from us. So we think we are super productive and badass, but we cannot compete with our own customers as regards the production of content. The only company we ever met that kicked our *** is our customers. We would never try to compete with them." -Gabe Newell, Owner of Steam/Valve

[aceoye]

So they got new music?