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

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by howboutdat

Now that would just be fantastic, not sure why they havent done that already. Putting John on the cover , re-invokes peoples memory of when Madden used to be really good, and focused more on Football than glitches and money plays. Really wish this would happen.Who knows

That's what Madden has become. It's become a monster on it's own. It's more about that stuff than replicating the sport.

[Dwaresacksqb]

If they decided to put a head coach on the cover, with there being a focus of CFM this year, who would you guys like to see? Or who do you guys think are the most deserving? I would like to see Bill Belichick because it would mean he finally allowed EA to use his likeness.

[Dwaresacksqb]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

That's what Madden has become. It's become a monster on it's own. It's more about that stuff than replicating the sport.

Glitches and money plays are going to be in every sports game. Way to many plays for players who want to abuse the system to find and exploit. Now it's up to EA to include patches to fix this stuff when it rears it's ugly head or remove the play from online use.

[CM Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by NateDogPack12

It's not a "white lie" to suggest EA has stepped off the gas since achieving exclusivity in the NFL arena.

You're right, this in particular is not a white lie, this is now flat-out false.

Tiburon has released no fewer than nine title updates for Madden NFL 16 - unprecedented in the AAA sports gaming space. Two of these updates have added new ways to play the game in Draft Champions Play A Friend and MUT Salary Cap Ranked, and one added much-clamored for options for hardcore players in XP sliders for Connected Franchise. This is also unprecedented as no other major sports game is adding entire game modes post-launch. Heck, not many other video games period are doing this. And actually, Madden Ultimate Team was introduced the same way - a free post-release patch - in Madden NFL 10, so really Tiburon's only precedent is their own history with the Madden NFL series which people are accusing them of putting low effort into.

Anecdotally we also know that Tiburon has doubled the size of their dev team over the past several years, and when NCAA Football was put on the shelf many of those assigned to that series were brought into the Madden fold rather than let go outright.

The idea that Tiburon has "stepped off the gas" doesn't match the amount of resources they are putting back into the series. This effort is evident in the ascending quality of the game over the past several years, both critically in the mainstream (Metacritic scores, etc.), the perception of the game on the careful and detail-oriented critical eye that is this website, and also with the amount of effort they continue to put into Madden 16 post-launch.

If you want to look at a sports game series that's actually complacent, that's actually low-effort, look at the WWE 2K series, whose yearly efforts compared to what Madden and literally every other major sports game has accomplished over the past several years (besides maybe the RBI Baseball re-make) have been pretty laughable, especially with respect to post-release support where Madden is currently running laps around most of the competition.

Does everything they do for Madden align with what OS wants? Obviously that's not the case. They have many interest groups to cater to. Do they always succeed with what they set out to do? They have a better track record now than in the past, but also obviously there are things to improve. But let's be real here when evaluating the effort level, especially the current effort level.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dwaresacksqb

Glitches and money plays are going to be in every sports game. Way to many plays for players who want to abuse the system to find and exploit. Now it's up to EA to include patches to fix this stuff when it rears it's ugly head or remove the play from online use.

What I mean it's more about playing Madden than simulating the sport. They omit certain parts of football for the culture of "Madden" they've created.

[Dwaresacksqb]

When they announced this news it was also reported that you'll get to play Madden 17 first on xbox one. For anyone who cares.

[jmurphy31]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dwaresacksqb

When they announced this news it was also reported that you'll get to play Madden 17 first on xbox one. For anyone who cares.

Its been the same for the past few years with EA access.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

The idea that Tiburon has "stepped off the gas" doesn't match the amount of resources they are putting back into the series. This effort is evident in the ascending quality of the game over the past several years, both critically in the mainstream (Metacritic scores, etc.), the perception of the game on the careful and detail-oriented critical eye that is this website, and also with the amount of effort they continue to put into Madden 16 post-launch.

He said since they acquired the license. You even admitted yourself those games were not great efforts at all. The end of last gen and this generation has been EA/Tiburon finding it's footing and it's identity, and they're just now getting the game to where it's hitting it's stride. They had nowhere to go but up.

I know you love to throw that cape on for Tiburon for whatever reason, but it's not always necessary.