Madden NFL 15: Why The Presentation Hasn't Quite Arrived into Primetime

[headzapp]

I'd like for replays to be like real broadcasts instead of the zoomed in magnet cam. Have it out like it's on wires. Have an "announcer" mark and circle on replays like they block here and here having lines drawn on, and it opened up this lane for a 8 yard gain.
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[Acts 4 12]

I honestly acknowledge that the visual aspect of the presentation has been advanced but that really doesn't say much. They're finally doing subtle things that should have been in Madden games years ago. The lack of a real halftime show which shows highlights of other games (or at least scores) is head scratching to me at this point. The only way the audio will be improved is to allow for custom sounds much like every other sports title does.

[statum71]

Quote: Originally Posted by JKSportsGamer1984

No more atrocious than Jim Nantz is right now lol. At least the radio guy sounded like he was alive lol. To each's own though. That's why we all have opinions

Yeah you're right. We all differ in our opinions.

But its safe to say there's a reason that radio guy lasted one year. The backlash was enormous. EA figured out pretty quick that it was a bad bad idea.

[HealyMonster]

Make the overlays stay up longer and fix the announcing, I don't think there would be much holding it back

[statum71]

Quote: Originally Posted by HealyMonster

Make the overlays stay up longer and fix the announcing, I don't think there would be much holding it back

Yes indeeed.

The stat overlays are a great addition. But they are entirely too quick. Maybe another 4 to 5 seconds each.

[Wista5]

They need to add a NFL live mode like nba2k and mlb the show. When you can play games as they happen with the season it keeps the commentary not as stale & really adds to the presentation element.
EA needs to get on board and have this in all there sports franchises.

[T5063]

No kidding about the stat overlays...

1) They're great but there isn't enough time to read most of them.

2) Why are we seeing the player rating at the beginning of the first cfm game?? If you can't get previous season stats up there at least show the players height weight, college, years in NFL, etc etc. Showing player ratings KILLS immersion.

3) What happened to percentages? I have yet to see a banner that show the teams 3rd down conversion stats or redzone %.

4) The stats bar that show a teams season rank (passing defense, rushing defense, etc.) vs "today's game" is pretty useless. Ex. it says so and so team is 2nd in the league in rushing defense and that it allowed 124 yards rushing today. That doesnt really tell me anything. Is it a lot, is it a little. It should show the average yards per game allowed with league rank in () and then the total for today.

[jwilphl]

I haven't played M15 so I can't comment specifically on its presentation, but I always thought that just as real video footage should be used for intros, stadium flyovers, cut-scenes showing outside the stadium, commercial break B-reel, perhaps even the commentary team ala NHL '15, real audio should be used to supplement what they record in-house. Pull lines from real broadcasts. These are tremendous time-savers as you don't have to render all that extra video, only edit it in, and it would be the same for the audio.

Two separate commentary teams should be the standard at this point. However, as others have said, the underlying code dealing with the commentary probably isn't up to snuff to make multiple teams worth it. Once they fix the code, get a Monday Night Football broadcast with Tirico and Gruden, a CBS broadcast, and add one more graphical variant, either FOX or NFL network. I know they don't have the FOX license, but I imagine they have the latter, so no extra money spent.

It would be great if they just went all out and got three commentary teams minimum. I know it is possible; FIFA has two English commentary teams plus those for other languages. It really comes down to a matter of resources (time, money). Unfortunately, I don't expect to see this anytime soon. EA has never really gone all-out on presentation. They probably don't see spending a ton of time on it worth the return. That and there isn't much incentive to make such improvements with no competition.