More Madden NFL 15 Details Revealed

[coogrfan]

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I can understand why crowd-sourced play calling is there - this generation of gaming is all about sharing your experience with your friends or anybody else - but the idea of a head coach asking the crowd for help for his next play call is an incredibly amusing picture to me. lol

Coaching by committee?!! SIGN ME UP!!!

[EAGLESFAN10]

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Dynamic Pre-Game and Half-Time Shows I like the sound of that big I'll wait to SEE and HEAR More

[davep]

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I'm curious how they can reinvent "new camera angles" every year for the past decade.

[FBall Life]

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Broadcast presentation means nothing to me until they put CPU vs CPU back into franchise mode...

[ch46647]

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It is nice to hear about the defensive side of the ball getting work. However, it is discouraging not to hear about the fundamental framework of any game not being a focal point "PLAYER MOVEMENT"

Madden has had the worst player movement/locomotion of any sports game on the market since 2006. (Maybe any game in general) They touted "Footplanting" as a primary marketing point last year, but we come to find out that it is ONLY FOR USER CONTROLLED PLAYERS (EVEN THIS WAS VERY IFFY). This leaves the other 21 players on the field still using the same jittery movement we have had since 2006.

This game will never be playable until they nail player movement for all 22 players on the field. This includes running animations, locomotion elements (momentum, acceleration/de-celeration/footplanting, realistic pivots) and adding a TON of new running styles so players on the field actually look and feel different.

Also, the animations in this game in general have been absolutely horrid (AND Repetitive) for almost a decade now. They need a complete (AND I MEAN COMPLETE) overhaul of the entire animation engine to make this game look and feel brand new. (Look at MLB The Show and NBA 2K. Widely regarded as the best sports game on the market and they both animate so beautifully it is almost like watching a game on TV)

IMO, these are the primary things this team needs to get nailed down before adding anything else. Considering these issues have been around for about 10 years now and EA constantly says they will fix them, I do not have much faith...

[Hooe]

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They need a complete (AND I MEAN COMPLETE) overhaul of the entire animation engine to make this game look and feel brand new.

This is not going to happen.

EA Sports shares tech very closely amongst its games now - next-gen Madden, NBA Live, UFC, FIFA, and presumably NHL all use the same core tech for animation, physics, and audio on Gen-8 consoles. Calling for Madden to stray away from this shared tech is not a realistic expectation. Those who continue to hold out hope for such are only going to be disappointed.

[Cowboy008]

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Don't really like the sound of in-depth player profiles. In-depth usually means really specific which is good for play now games but a disaster for franchise mode. Kind of like the QB intros. It's the Year 2020 and it's still Matt Cassel who took over for Tom Brady blah blah blah. We'll see though, hoping for the best.

That really took me out of the game when that happened.

[XXstormmXX]

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At first I said I wasn't going to get this but if they add a All-22 camera and fix the presentation I'm getting it even if the gameplay is bad. Sliders fixed M25 for me but the presentation is still terrible in that game and it sucks the fun out of CFM.

[jbd345]

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I'll reserve my opinion until e3. At least this year we'll probably get more off screen footage of next gen.

[Trick13]

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Here we go again - over sell and under deliver. The trademark of the Madden series.


I don't give a rat's backside about graphics. I don't care one single tiny little bit about player faces being accurate, tattoos, scars, individual blades of grass, and the stupid pictures on the "player card"!


So, see the transformation can take a friggan hike...


Adaptive AI,
tiered defensive play calls,
press coverage on the TEs,
double teams,
route recognition/reading within zone defense
delayed blitzes
simplified def hot route controls (eliminating the excessive button presses)
save defensive pre-play adjustments
Dline stunts
game- plan settings like NCAA "aggressive, balanced, conservative"
Defensive "situational AWR" no covering zones out the back of endzone
pass rush moves on the buttons (at least in addition to the sticks)
all time every pass route based passing - no more route changing throws
press coverage (including the bump) in zone defense
force fumble while dragging player down ability
true consecutive hits, CPU players "piling on" rather than watching
return of multiple blocking ratings making OL harder to develop
route disruption/ chucks within the 5 yard area
Show blitz separated from bring safety into the box
more player movement on defense - pre-snap
recalibration of movement controls so you can creep, walk, jog, run, etc
ball tracking that requires player to see before he can catch
no more interceptions of passes the defender didn't visually acquire


And that is just a short list of what might get me to warm up to the new Madden - the hype train is a crappy ride that always ends at a terrible and disappointing destination...

[DLloydTV]

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I'm really hoping that EA Sports can bring something revolutionary to Madden 15, but then again EA has a track record of letting us down

[misterkrabz]

I'm really hoping that EA Sports can bring something revolutionary to Madden 15, but then again EA has a track record of letting us down

dont get excited man...they do this every year. they hype you up with bunch of bullet point selling points and when you pop the disk in and play you quickly find out its not much different than last year. some things get better, others get worse...

[NDAlum]

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Would like concept plays elaborated on


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[JohnDoe8865]

All I see are bullet points for the back of the box and information to sell the game to the average/casual Madden gamer. Ofcourse at this point I guess we shouldn't expect anything more. I'll wait and see what REAL improvements are made before I even think any more about M15.

[kjcheezhead]

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Madden was already DOA for me anyways. No mention of new passing so we get throw a wr open again as well as another new way to ask madden. I'll be skipping based on this info alone. I haven't got on the hype train in years, though.

Hopefully E3 will reveal madden is no longer exclusive and someone is going to try a football game. It's the only shot I have at a football game I'll enjoy.