Madden NFL 16 Presentation Details

[Hassan Darkside]

Quote: Originally Posted by redsox4evur

Is NCAA on the PS4 or X1? No it's not...go read the MLB The Show Forum. It has something to with the HDD of the systems. Read here. http://www.operationsports.com/forum...-mlb-15-a.html

There's no mention of HDD issues. There's a mention of the PS4 mp3 playback issue (which didn't the firmware update fix that recently?).

Regardless, if there's two cop-out words I hate to hear these days, it's "console limitation." With the way technology is these days, there should be very few barriers to innovation.

[BadAssHskr]

called “Monoliths.”



I know some are a dissapoint, i keep getting more excited about the game actually. These all look like pretty solid additions to me, be it if it's 2015 or not.

Should add quite a bit to the game experience.

Pumped to see what the IR Reverb does as far as in stadium sound's concerned.

[AreTeeKay3]

Quote: Originally Posted by charter04

What were you expecting or hoping they would announce?

Weekly wrapup

[BreakingBad2013]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kingd803

Raise your expectations. It's 2015 man. We're getting games with procedurally generated universes for crying out loud. Madden could and should be so much further then where they are. And yes I expect most of those. They've all been in games before. They should be in them now. And better. Yes I understand they have one dev cycle. But they've also had ten years to get a better half time show then 2k5z and they havent. They've had one then scraped it. Now another and didn't do anything to it the next year. Even nba live had a nice ESPN package for a half time show.

Why would I raise my expectations? So I can be bitter and upset everytime EA doesn't put exactly what I want in the game?

I want all of those things as much as anyone else. I also want a half-time show, live updates from around the league via ticker/breaks, I'd love for them to add Fox, NBC Sunday Night Football, CBS.... I have yet to say otherwise.

However, I know what to expect from Madden, and understand that they're going to fix what makes them money, and add very little to entice the sim community. Because they know that hardcore Madden guys will buy year after year. Where they need to spark the interest if casuals.

This is what happens when one developer has exclusive rights to all of the NFL. There's no competition, there's no "one-upping" there's little innovation. They added a new game mode that is built for casuals, actually two, before they could perfect Franchise Mode. MUT and Draft Champions. Three if you want to count this Gauntlet stuff.

They've chosen their market. So I should higher my expectations and be let down year over year KNOWING that all my imagination and great ideas won't be in the game?

Maybe you should lower your expectations, because you've yet to be proven otherwise.

Its like being a Jaguars fan, expecting them to win the Superbowl for the past 5 and future 5 years.... You would love it, you want it, but its it's just not happening.

Now if you're a Seahawks, Patriots, Steelers, Packers fan... You're expectations would be reasonable, but guess what, you're a Jaguars fan.

[redsox4evur]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ruff Ryder

There's no mention of HDD issues. There's a mention of the PS4 mp3 playback issue (which didn't the firmware update fix that recently?). Regardless, if there's two cop-out words I hate to hear these days, it's "console limitation." With the way technology is these days, there should be very few barriers to innovation.

Yea that's what I meant. And TBH I have no idea I got an X1. So maybe they did fix the MP3 playback issue and if they did then there is no reason not to have custom sounds.

[VdaStampede]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ruff Ryder

There's no mention of HDD issues. There's a mention of the PS4 mp3 playback issue (which didn't the firmware update fix that recently?). Regardless, if there's two cop-out words I hate to hear these days, it's "console limitation." With the way technology is these days, there should be very few barriers to innovation.

Agreed, but I guess NBA2K hasn't been able to bring it back either so it does seem like a legitimate issue.

Really disappointing to me because I'm planning to buy a PS4 next week and this is not the kind of thing I wanted to hear

[Hassan Darkside]

Quote: Originally Posted by redsox4evur

Yea that's what I meant. And TBH I have no idea I got an X1. So maybe they did fix the MP3 playback issue and if they did then there is no reason not to have custom sounds.

I'm an X1 user, I think it was in a recent update so I'm guessing even if they wanted to, they didn't have time to.

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ruff Ryder

Regardless, if there's two cop-out words I hate to hear these days, it's "console limitation." With the way technology is these days, there should be very few barriers to innovation.

It's not a cop-out if the console manufacturer flat-out does not include the ability for a game developer to do something in their hardware, or worse flat-out locks the ability away from the user and/or developer for security reasons. For example, I don't think the XBOX One even allows ripping of music CDs to the hard drive yet.

It sucks - I loved custom sounds in older games as much as anyone - but it is what it is. If we want this functionality back we need to bark at Sony and Microsoft first before barking at EA.