Madden NFL 17 Interview with Rex Dickson (SimFBallCritic)

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

Yeah, they've always trickled out info prior to E3 or in this case EA Play. I think the one year they were really tight lipped on everything was with the Infinity Engine or maybe it was CFM when it was introduced. But either way the typical approach has been info before and then the events is when we finally get gameplay so I'd expect that to follow the same pattern. I really hope they get into detail with the things that are added too. I don't know if they underestimate the interest in reading a long worded article or if they just want to let us see for ourselves. The latter is obviously fine but I would love if they picked four or five things and went in depth on them and then just listed off other improvements. It's hard to gain much when you just get a blurb or two about each feature.

Clint's 8 page blog on the ground game sounds fantastic.

[cthurt]

Rex completely won me over in this interview.

[RyanLaFalce]

That was a great interview. I'm now even more hype than yesterday.


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[SolidSquid]

I find it weird that there's such a disconnect between the devs and marketing. Red gives me hope, that being said Ian gave me hope too, so I'll wait to actually see and feel how the new mechanics are and if they are balanced.

The fact that they are finally adding REAL football mechanics to the game is such a relief. I also like hearing Rex compare madden with 2k and Battlefield, it shows me that he's not living in a bubble where madden is the only game on the market.

[Cowboy008]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

John White just tweeted Franchise info is coming soon. I'm starting to think they might be giving us the blogs and info before EA Play instead of in June-July. I think they will be streaming the game some at EA Play and therefore will give us more info before E3 than normal.

They said more info will be coming out next week so hopefully it's about Franchise.

[roadman]

I am glad some people are starting to get on board with Rex, it was starting to get lonely.

Engineers and Accountants do not get along in companies in the manufacturing world, so, it doesn't surprise me when marketing and developers don't see eye to eye.

Marketing wants to try to capture a wide audience and cast the net as far as it can go.

[cthurt]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I am glad some people are starting to get on board with Rex, it was starting to get lonely. Engineers and Accountants do not get along in companies in the manufacturing world, so, it doesn't surprise me when marketing and developers don't see eye to eye. Marketing wants to try to capture a wide audience and cast the net as far as it can go.

Yea Roadman you been riding for Rex for a while now, I just have problems trusting anyone under EA but after this interview and him showing his displeasure with the marketing team I see Rex is really just one of us.

[Junior Moe]

Quote: Originally Posted by SolidSquid

I find it weird that there's such a disconnect between the devs and marketing. Red gives me hope, that being said Ian gave me hope too, so I'll wait to actually see and feel how the new mechanics are and if they are balanced. The fact that they are finally adding REAL football mechanics to the game is such a relief. I also like hearing Rex compare madden with 2k and Battlefield, it shows me that he's not living in a bubble where madden is the only game on the market.

That caught my attention as well. Not just being complacent knowing they have the console football controlled. Looking broader, and looking to do that with genuine football concepts. The NFL liscence, as big as it is, does have a cap in the video game world.