Madden NFL 15 Videos - GameStop Madden Mondays: Skills Trainer & Strategies

[TTD71]

I simply do not get all the hate for these Gen 4 animations...if you REALLY want to see bad animations, pop in a copy of Madden NFL 07...or 10....or 12 and then run a game on M25 PS4/Xbone...its night and day different and better.

I just don't see it...but then again, I really thought the other game from 10 years ago was truly awful for its movements and animations in gameplay (for whatever reason it looked better in replays...).

I personally think there are aspects of the game that people think are animations that are in fact just due to the refusal by EA to force longer playing animation strings on the user. Its the single biggest thing holding them back, but its not necessarily player animations (definitely NOT player models - as those are without doubt the best proportioned and looking player models to date) that cause this...

Oh well, I have played enough M25 at this point...in years past I retired Madden as soon as NCAA dropped, but this year I stuck with Madden a few weeks too long...26th August can't get here soon enough at this point.

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by The_Gaming_Disciple

Same pathetic tackle animations, the running looks atrocious, as soon as I get excited about purchasing this game I am immensely let down. smh...

This video could have been made way before the livestream build. We have to see the final product. Can't get too high or low off of every single trailer or 2 minute video clip. The livestream was the most we've seen of the game and it held up pretty well. It all comes down to how the final product looks.


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[FaceMask]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr.Smif

The animations and movement is horrible especially for next gen. The game is still a no buy for me, maybe next year or whatever they decide to overhaul player movement and animations. Im not paying $60 for animations that have been in the game almost 10 years.

Can't argue with that. Bothers me how they're praising post-play movement when some of the post-play animations date back as far as Madden 08. They know better than to leave that in there.

Unlike a lot of people, I don't subscribe to the idea that Tiburon is lazy. What they're producing (an attempt at a simulation pro football game) is the absolute hardest thing to do in the gaming industry. That said, when they leave tons of legacy animations in the game, many of which were never good to being with, then they have to understand why people think they're lazy. They give people the ammunition to attack them. Listening to the way the devs speak, you get the impression that they're totally oblivious to why they've earned the negative rep they've gotten.

[jpdavis82]

Have you heard the devs recently like in the stream and stuff? They definitely don't sound oblivious to their issues.


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[Sheba2011]

People are making too much of a 30 second clip designed to show off certain highlight reel plays. We have no clue when these clips were put together. Until you actually play a working build of the game (or read reviews of others who have) none of these clips mean a thing. I am not defending EA or attacking any poster here just saying how much can we really breakdown from promotional videos?
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[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by FaceMask

Can't argue with that. Bothers me how they're praising post-play movement when some of the post-play animations date back as far as Madden 08. They know better than to leave that in there. Unlike a lot of people, I don't subscribe to the idea that Tiburon is lazy. What they're producing (an attempt at a simulation pro football game) is the absolute hardest thing to do in the gaming industry. That said, when they leave tons of legacy animations in the game, many of which were never good to being with, then they have to understand why people think they're lazy. They give people the ammunition to attack them. Listening to the way the devs speak, you get the impression that they're totally oblivious to why they've earned the negative rep they've gotten.

You had me up to the last sentence.

Rex has been mentioning periodically about legacy issues since last November in interviews and streams. How long of a time period does one need?

[rtkiii]

I hope they unveil something a bit beefier as time continues on.

[A_Quiet_Pro]

Quote: Originally Posted by FaceMask

Can't argue with that. Bothers me how they're praising post-play movement when some of the post-play animations date back as far as Madden 08. They know better than to leave that in there. Unlike a lot of people, I don't subscribe to the idea that Tiburon is lazy. What they're producing (an attempt at a simulation pro football game) is the absolute hardest thing to do in the gaming industry. That said, when they leave tons of legacy animations in the game, many of which were never good to being with, then they have to understand why people think they're lazy. They give people the ammunition to attack them. Listening to the way the devs speak, you get the impression that they're totally oblivious to why they've earned the negative rep they've gotten.

Madden USED to be an awesome game back in the day. I'm talking about PS2 days. (04/05 etc). And after they entered the last gen era (PS3/360), A lot of those animations and such were made for those systems and they sucked to begin with. That's why the animations are horrible. NOW with the PS4, I think it allows for them to go back to the PS2 glory days (IF they take the time and use it to it's potential.) The problem is they're not doing that right now. I think once Tiburon fixes animations and gets things to push the potential of the PS4 instead of just recycling old stuff on a new console, THEN it'll regain it's popular following it once had.