Madden NFL 09: First Online Leagues Details and Video Clip

[djordan]

Looks good...I wish they would scrap those wack *** tackle animations....

O yeah IGN already stated it was from an early build hence no commentators...

[blackngoldfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by djordan

Looks good...I wish they would scrap those wack *** tackle animations.... O yeah IGN already stated it was from an early build hence no commentators...

It was pretty much like watching replays with a PA announcer and crowd noise.

Missing:
Commentary
Stat overlays
Panning the crowd/stadium
Playmaker menus
Playcall screen
Weapons
TD celebrations (C'mon, Favre's on the cover. YOU KNOW the Lambeau Leap will be in the game!!)


Yes, the animations in the vid are horrible, but the NCAA 09 trailer shows some of the new animations to come.
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/1...es_042508.html

[Scott]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

You can't "play" the games in Head Coach though.

sadly, if you could, I wouldn't need Madden.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scott

sadly, if you could, I wouldn't need Madden.

Amen to that.

[Scott]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

Amen to that.

*dreams of a time when HC & Madden become one*

[callmetaternuts]

Looks good, but to be nitpicky, the foot prints in the snow disappear after every play. Maybe they have that fixed. Didnt see too much of a difference in gameplay

[green94]

Ugh.

[CM Hooe]

I still am unhappy with the way this game looks and feels in motion; it's been a problem in every next-gen EA football game for me. Put next to any other quality sports game, or any other quality video game for that matter, the animation is disjointed, robotic, and unnatural.

To be honest, and this is probably a gross overstatement, but I feel like next-gen Madden is an exponentially pretty version of a PSX/N64 iteration of Madden.

Not sure what can be done to address that at this point either; it seems to be the way the next-gen Madden engine runs.