Madden NFL 15 Gameplay Videos - Day 1

[OhMrHanky]

Hmmm, my last post isn't quite printing everything, so I'm trying again to see what happens:
I was thinking of posting something like this as well. Lol. Obviously, this IS different than what's going on in madden. Madden isn't purposely putting guys out there with shorts and short sleeves in the snow saying, 'yeah, some people dress like this in the cold at a football game.' It's obviously an oversight on their part and they didn't want to (or have time to?) create a seperate group of people with different clothing JUST for snow games. But, ultimately they should just to add some polish. And here, I really don't think this would take much. In simple programming language, u have a simple if statement: if (temp < 50 degrees) { use clothingPackageCold }
else { use clothingPackageRegular }
It's ONE LINE OF CODE, EA!!!! Lol. I'm sure it's not THAT simple, but honestly, it has to be close to that simple. Silly Ea, tricks r 4 kids. Lol.


Edit: weird, something with my syntax is screwing with the HTML markup or something. Anyways, just trying to say cold weather clothing for cameramen and fans could possibly be fixed with actually creating the clothin first, and then a simple "if" statement. If "temp less than 50 degrees", "use coldWeatherClothing", else, "use regularClothing"

[TheSaints7]

Definitely wondering why they took all the signature QB's stances out of the game. Made it so much more authentic and realistic.

[Sheba2011]

Quote: Originally Posted by OhMrHanky

I was thinking of posting something like this as well. Lol. Obviously, this IS different than what's going on in madden. Madden isn't purposely putting guys out there with shorts and short sleeves in the snow saying, 'yeah, some people dress like this in the cold at a football game.' It's obviously an oversight on their part and they didn't want to (or have time to?) create a seperate group of people with different clothing JUST for snow games. But, ultimately they should just to add some polish. And here, I really don't think this would take much. In simple programming language, u have a simple if statement: if (temp < 50 degrees) { use clothingPackageCold } else { use clothingPackageRegular } It's ONE LINE OF CODE, EA!!!! Lol. I'm sure it's not THAT simple, but honestly, it has to be close to that simple. Silly Ea, tricks r 4 kids. Lol.

I agree they are not doing it on purpose it's more or less something they just overlooked. But that picture is why it never bothers me, I don't even think twice when I see it in the game because of some of the morons (no offense meant to anyone who dresses like this at a game lol) I see IRL when it's 10 degrees below zero with 4 feet of snow on the ground.

[Sheba2011]

Hopefully they have a video of the rest of the relocation logo's today. I was so excited when he said he would show us all of the logo's only to have him stop after half of them. Really wanna see Portland and Sacramento.

[Junior Moe]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheSaints7

Definitely wondering why they took all the signature QB's stances out of the game. Made it so much more authentic and realistic.

Has EA commented on whether or not they are gone? The lack of QB throwing motions stood out to me during one of the videocasts. But they dont trigger all the time anyway so I figured that was the case.

[TexasFan2005]

I'm seeing a vast improvement in this year's game than Madden 25, which I didn't enjoy at all. I just REALLY hope that if the devs are on some kind of multi-year plan, that they stick to it by continually adding to this game and never subtracting, especially in regards to:

animations - running, qb stances/throwing

graphical upgrades - stadium lighting, progressive lighting, shadows

presentation elements - stat banners, game intros (they had a CBS-style intro 2 years ago only to be replaced with a generic one last year just to go back to a CBS-style again), score bugs/replay swipes (please let Duece contribute, his work is brilliant)

field elements - degradation both in-game and throughout the season, rain/snow effects, correct field color/material/logos

The list can go on forever because EA have implemented a lot of useful stuff over the past 10 years. If we had the field degradation of '08 (maybe not so exaggerated), qb stances/throwing motions of a couple of years ago, different in-game presentation elements combined from all of those years, among others, we'd have a much deeper Madden experience today that would allow us to feel every matchup differently.

tl;dr version: keep adding to these improvements please, because there are a lot of great things Madden 15 has that can make the near future that much better.

[Reed1417]

From the videos I've watched I gotta say I'm really impressed! The game looks great graphics wise, the presentation looks really good as well! I love that it's more akin to a CBS type of graphics package and the real time celebrations are a nice touch and definitely needed. I can't wait to play this because the game play looked like so much fun! Defense looks like it's going to be fun to play and the offensive stuff including the "inaccurate passes" was really cool to see! Color me excited fellas!

[bucky60]

Quote: Originally Posted by fancyclaps

- Defense reacts to plays more realistically, giving a better challenge - CPU Pass defense looks tougher without being cheese - Same goes for CPU run defense - QB accuracy looks like it finally impacts the game Basically it looks like the game will be more realistic and more of a challenge than years past, which makes CFM all the more fun and rewarding.

5

Maybe it's just the specific portions of the videos they've decided to share, but all I'm seeing is a bunch of offense. There are no real defensive stops except the Madden, overused, offense takes it down to the goal line, int for a huge TD return. It could be the video makers are just trying to show off offense more.

It could be what you stated above is true, but mostly what I'm seeing is almost unstoppable offenses.