Madden 25 Next-Gen Living Worlds Trailer

[JMUfootball]

This is nothing really that great.

1- The crowd cutscenes are still pre-packaged videos. There's nothing "living" about a scripted group of 4 detailed fans hooting and hollering the same way in every stadium, with different jerseys on.

2- Crowd animations still look terrible taken in context. I saw about 30% of the visible crowd all wave their arms in unison in one clip, same as current gen. Again there is nothing "living" about this.

To me, living worlds is the ability to run out of bounds and have the sideline react in a dynamic unscripted, yet appropriate way every time, WITHIN THE SAME FRAME OF ACTION. This video looked like a lot of cutscenes. You run out of bounds and it triggers the cutscene of your players helping you back inbounds. This is not a "living world", it's heavier usage of the very cutscenes that kill any sort of worldly immersion.

[CT Pitbull]

well the crowd seems better but we'll see. if they truly do react appropriately at the right times it will be an upgrade. didn't see many women in the crowd though?


as for the sidelines they look pretty bad. why does every player look the same and NOT look like their actual self in game? why does every player on the sideline have absolutely NO equipment on their arms. The REAL players NEED to be represented on the sidelines! With their correct gear on to pull off "realness". They have guys over there that aren't even the right color(Lance Briggs). sidelines still look empty we'll see how it looks in game but maybe they should have just added what they did and NOT make a FULL FEATURE about it. To actually save this for last is pretty baffling by the marketing dept. Usually the last bit of info is the one that everyone is waiting for and the strongest of the marketing campaign. living worlds just isn't there yet. these guys got a lot of work to do with a game who's hardcore fan base is probably more fed up with mediocre than any other video game title.

[Jetpac]

Quote: Originally Posted by worldindus

Definitely liking what I have seen and heard so far about next gen madden. I think that there is a definite upgrade in graphics and the upgrades to crowd AI is awesome. I Can't wait for this game!

[Braincramps]

1 week from launch, still no gameplay...not sounding good.

[Braincramps]

Quote: Originally Posted by worldindus

Definitely liking what I have seen and heard so far about next gen madden. I think that there is a definite upgrade in graphics and the upgrades to crowd AI is awesome. I Can't wait for this game!

Who needs gameplay when we got better crowds..... Graphics upgrade comes default with a new gen....thats is the least of maddens issues.

[Playmaker76]

This trailer doesn't look horrible, but let's remember how bad Madden 06 was for the Xbox 360. GLORIFIED DEMO. Just saying.

Trying not to be too harsh though.

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

It's getting really old that people can't express an opinion without the someone making fun of that opinion. Who the hell wants to make a opinion here if they will be continuously mocked?

It's getting veryyyy old and I am getting really tired of it.

[Jetpac]

Quote: Originally Posted by Playmaker76

This trailer doesn't look horrible, but let's remember how bad Madden 06 was for the Xbox 360. GLORIFIED DEMO. Just saying. Trying not to be too harsh though.

I probably wouldn't be so harsh if this wasn't the only gaming representing the BEST sport in America in my opinion. But yea, I guess it could techinically be worse. Just sad to see it this way.