Madden NFL 17 Screenshot Featuring Under Armour and Adidas

[mrprice33]

Quote: Originally Posted by Big FN Deal

To the bold, the point I think others and I keep making time and time again about stuff like mouthpieces is, it's not a feature, it something that should just be there by now. I see it as animated mouthpieces, meaning players take them in/out during games, chew on them, they fall to the ground, etc, that would be a feature but not just having cosmetic mouthpieces, which is what I'm referring to.

Based on what though? Serious question. If the guy who was hired specifically to work on equipment comes in the thread and tells you exactly why it's not in the game but that he wants to do it, then what reason is there for it to "just be there by now," other than a (frankly) arbitrary line of demarcation that some people have chosen to draw in the sand with regards to this game?

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Big FN Deal

it's something that should just be there by now.

Whether it should be there doesn't change the fact that the thing is currently not there and also that making it so will take real man-hours to implement, and it will likely continue to not be there as long as Tiburon determines that there are more important features to deliver into the game.

Scolding the game by saying "it should be there by now" is a useless and counterproductive exercise.

[reverend_heat]

I use the flipboard app on my phone, and one of the newsfeeds is NFL. The other day as I was flipping through, I noticed something, here are the pics from the first few headlines. Seemed like every pic had a player with a mouthpiece. Made me think of this discussion. I actually realy like the Madden game visuals, I just feel like accurate player likeness is an area that Madden seriously fails in, it would just be a huge step towards fixing that. The only reason I am adamant about it.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

Whether it should be there doesn't change the fact that the thing is currently not there and also that making it so will take real man-hours to implement, and it will likely continue to not be there as long as Tiburon determines that there are more important features to deliver into the game. Scolding the game by saying "it should be there by now" is a useless and counterproductive exercise.

If that's the case, when does it become important? They went a whole generation without them.

They went many versions of the game without really touching equipment(cleats, gloves).

Like I said it just seems like they ignore stuff until people yell loud enough.
There's always stuff they seemed to have deemed more important. Seems like scolding the game and telling them this stuff should've been changed and addressed is the only way it gets changed and addressed.

[SolidSquid]

Quote: Originally Posted by reverend_heat

I use the flipboard app on my phone, and one of the newsfeeds is NFL. The other day as I was flipping through, I noticed something, here are the pics from the first few headlines. Seemed like every pic had a player with a mouthpiece. Made me think of this discussion. I actually realy like the Madden game visuals, I just feel like accurate player likeness is an area that Madden seriously fails in, it would just be a huge step towards fixing that. The only reason I am adamant about it.

Makes sense especially considering one job of a mouth guard is to protect against concussion caused by the jaw snapping together. Can't believe they aren't mandatory in the NFL but you have to cover your knees bc no one wants to see that lol

[SolidSquid]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

Essential to an on-field football player in real life, sure. Essential to properly representing the sport of football in a video game? Not at all, I can think of literally thousands of things that are more important. You're the one calling it "essential". You just did again. In the context of a video game, no. It's absolutely not. It's a cosmetic option. That's all it is. A virtual video game football player doesn't require a virtual mouthpiece to play virtual football. The video game has no gameplay mechanics which rely on player equipment load-outs. Every equipment option is purely cosmetic as far as the video game is concerned. Of all the issues to take with Madden, which there are plenty, this for me is quite possibly literally at the bottom of the list. Faulting EA for choosing to leave out mouthpieces in favor of delivering other features IMO is absolutely pedantic and reeks of looking for reasons to be disappointed in the game.

Towels and hand warmers aren't essential to the game but they made a big deal out of it when they added them citing autheticity(and it still aggravates me when a towel starts clipping through players bodies lol)

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by SolidSquid

Towels and hand warmers aren't essential to the game but they made a big deal out of it when they added them citing autheticity(and it still aggravates me when a towel starts clipping through players bodies lol)

Clipping is just a technicality we have to live with...

[SolidSquid]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

Clipping is just a technicality we have to live with...

I know, I don't harp over it it's just an eye sore