Madden NFL 17 Releases on August 23, Cover Athlete & Gameplay Trailer on May 12

[Blazzen]

Curse aside I hope to see Cam Newton on the cover. MVP and a big madden fan himself. Makes sense to me. Panthers never had a cover either.

[DeuceDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

I'm just glad we don't have to go through that long and drawn out cover vote. Also glad that we'll be getting a trailer with the reveal. I hope it's more of a sizzle real than a teaser trailer just showing off the cover boy. Atleast giving us a hint to what the gameplay focus could be this year. We'll see though. It'd be nice to get the attention all over the field instead of just one specific feature.

I know Rex said in an interview last year that animation quality was his number one priority and we can all take that with a grain of salt but I wonder if this could be a year similar to the Infinity Engine where there is no singular gameplay focus and the trailer just shows off some new animations. Something like the Infinity trailer with the tackles or last year with the catches. I highly doubt it will be something that significant but with as good as a lot of the animations they added last year looked, especially compared to the older ones, it makes me wonder if it's maybe something they had used last year and could expand upon all over the field this year.

[Gridiron]

Why not just put Madden on the cover? Shoulda been on the cover for 25 imo.

What, are they waiting for dude to croak?

[DeuceDouglas]

Someone tweeted this out a little bit ago. Could be nothing, could be something. Highly doubt it's the cover being as it is the exact same image they used for Gronk last year.

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[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

I know Rex said in an interview last year that animation quality was his number one priority and we can all take that with a grain of salt but I wonder if this could be a year similar to the Infinity Engine where there is no singular gameplay focus and the trailer just shows off some new animations. Something like the Infinity trailer with the tackles or last year with the catches. I highly doubt it will be something that significant but with as good as a lot of the animations they added last year looked, especially compared to the older ones, it makes me wonder if it's maybe something they had used last year and could expand upon all over the field this year.

That honestly would take the game to another level for me. Just to finally get rid of the goofy bad last gen stuff. To have the game finally look the part in motion.

[cthurt]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

That honestly would take the game to another level for me. Just to finally get rid of the goofy bad last gen stuff. To have the game finally look the part in motion.

Could you imagine signature animations outside of QB releases and celebrations, I really cant wait until EA finally does some outside the box thinking when it comes to Madden, they have so much they can do if they just be more creative.

[SportsGamer94]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I wouldn't say atrocious, either. I would say it's ok with need for more tweaks and improvement. Just played a game last night where the line was opening up running lanes and was picking up blitzes with no standing around. If they are working on improving it, great.

The issue is that even when offensive linemen pick up their assignments it still does not look like real football. Passing blocking is my biggest issue, in Madden for the most part offensive linemen stone wall d-linemen for a few secs then they just let the defensive linemen go free towards the Qb, it's either stone wall blocking or a b-line towards the Qb. In Madden pressure equals free run towards the Qb every single time, when it reality that's not the case, in a real football game defensive linemen push offensive linemen towards the Qb creating pressure, if their is a sack its usually not a free run, the offensive linemen are usually in the back field near where the sack happens because even after they get beat they still attempt to block, push, block in the back, or even hold to protect their Qb from getting lit up, unlike in Madden the offensive linemen are often near the los when a sack happens because they just give up after they are beat with no pursue. This in the number thing I will be looking to see if they addressed in Madden 17.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by SportsGamer94

The issue is that even when offensive linemen pick up their assignments it still does not look like real football. Passing blocking is my biggest issue, in Madden for the most part offensive linemen stone wall d-linemen for a few secs then they just let the defensive linemen go free towards the Qb, it's either stone wall blocking or a b-line towards the Qb. In Madden pressure equals free run towards the Qb every single time, when it reality that's not the case, in a real football game defensive linemen push offensive linemen towards the Qb creating pressure, if their is a sack its usually not a free run, the offensive linemen are usually in the back field near where the sack happens because even after they get beat they still attempt to block, push, block in the back, or even hold to protect their Qb from getting lit up, unlike in Madden the offensive linemen are often near the los when a sack happens because they just give up after they are beat with no pursue. This in the number thing I will be looking to see if they addressed in Madden 17.

I was addressing OL missing assignments, like looking dazed and confused.

If the coding is changed, you might be in luck.

I just think the old coding would need to be ripped out and replaced with new coding for what most of us are looking for and I'm not sure that will happen during a one year cycle.

I've heard it's a real long time consuming project from a past developer.