Some Madden NFL 16 Features Revealed, Pre-Order & Deluxe Edition Details

[howboutdat]

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Well, both of us know from Lbz what they saw at EA, wasn't all we got at the end.

And that right there is one of the biggest issues with Madden imo. They show one thing, and produce something different for us consumers. Not saying everything they show is like that, but fact is, that is the very type of thing people get so ticked off at EA over. I saw the video your talking about , and thought , finally... but then final product , they watered it down.... for the casuals.

[Gridiron]

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It got really bad when they got to the calls, I had to turn it off because some of the stuff being said was just ridiculous and they were cosigning it, so I was done, but right before then there was some good things being said.

"I think Madden 16 is gon make you believe that it's a brand new day...." Simfballcritic

I'm waiting to see....

I can't even listen to those dudes anymore. The say the same thing every year.

[SolidSquid]

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I can't even listen to those dudes anymore. The say the same thing every year.

Yea it's pretty disheartening. The guys that were supposed to be ambassadors for the us ended up drinking the kool aid.

Honestly if EA would tell us why things aren't being done or why they can't be done I'd have an easier time dealing with madden. Tell us why equipment hasn't been updated or what is going on with True-Step.

[MissionMaximus]

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Yea it's pretty disheartening. The guys that were supposed to be ambassadors for the us ended up drinking the kool aid.

Honestly if EA would tell us why things aren't being done or why they can't be done I'd have an easier time dealing with madden. Tell us why equipment hasn't been updated or what is going on with True-Step.

Yeah @SimFBallCritic needs to change his twitter handle to @MaddenFBallLover It's amazing when these guys become GC's they must have to partake in a RE-Education class or something. They become a Marketing ploy for sites like ours. It's like becoming friends with someone, You no longer want to be too critical of them.

[roadman]

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Yeah @SimFBallCritic needs to change his twitter handle to @MaddenFBallLover It's amazing when these guys become GC's they must have to partake in a RE-Education class or something. They become a Marketing ploy for sites like ours. It's like becoming friends with someone, You no longer want to be too critical of them.

Not sure what goes on Twitter or YouTube, etc...., but it appears that news is fed into Twitter and YT before it appears on OS, so, not sure how it becomes a marketing ploy when they don't promote their links here, instead other people do or make mention of it.

[aholbert32]

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Yea it's pretty disheartening. The guys that were supposed to be ambassadors for the us ended up drinking the kool aid.



Honestly if EA would tell us why things aren't being done or why they can't be done I'd have an easier time dealing with madden. Tell us why equipment hasn't been updated or what is going on with True-Step.

Really? All it would take is honesty?

If Ea said we don't update equipment often because polling shows us that most people don't care about mouthpieces or accurate helmets, you would be cool with that?

My guess is u would still be annoyed and come down just as hard on Ea for its priorities. The fact is we know why ea does what it does.

The primary focus has always been on adding features that can be on the back of the box. New equipment and true step for all 22 players aren't those types of features.

[MajorSupreme]

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New equipment and true step for all 22 players aren't those types of features.

Realistic movement, foot-planting, step-taking, pursuits for all players etc. are not back of the box features?

[PeoplesChampGB]

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Really? All it would take is honesty?

If Ea said we don't update equipment often because polling shows us that most people don't care about mouthpieces or accurate helmets, you would be cool with that?

My guess is u would still be annoyed and come down just as hard on Ea for its priorities. The fact is we know why ea does what it does.

The primary focus has always been on adding features that can be on the back of the box. New equipment and true step for all 22 players aren't those types of features.

IMO an answer is better than no answer. It may annoy me but it's better than just shrugging me off.

[Big FN Deal]

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IMO an answer is better than no answer. It may annoy me but it's better than just shrugging me off.

I can agree with that on some level/things, like if EA would just stop claiming realism as a priority but for stuff like why equipment isn't updated, no matter what they say isn't acceptable, imo. 1) because they could reasonably get it done if they wanted, I mean come on if gamers can do some of this stuff in their free time after the game is out, EA could get in done at Tiburon for free by any number of volunteers, 2) other games, with equal or lesser resources are able to do a better job of these things and 3) it's hard to give credibility to EA's claims because of their track record for misleading statements.

I guess I'm saying I could respect anyone/entity for telling the truth, even if I didn't like or agree but not for offering up a myriad of excuses and justifications for things not being up to standard.

[Hassan Darkside]

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I don't understand the purpose of having two different catch buttons. When would you use an aggressive catch over a possession catch?

You rarely ever see receivers consciously choose to make a highlight reel catch unless you're watching and OBJ or Julio Jones pregame warm up. The overwhelming majority of those highlight reel catches are purely contextual. They're performed in situations where they can't catch the football conventionally and have to make a last minute adjustment as a result of a bad throw, defense, or misread of the ball.

[kjcheezhead]

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Really? All it would take is honesty?

If Ea said we don't update equipment often because polling shows us that most people don't care about mouthpieces or accurate helmets, you would be cool with that?

My guess is u would still be annoyed and come down just as hard on Ea for its priorities. The fact is we know why ea does what it does.

The primary focus has always been on adding features that can be on the back of the box. New equipment and true step for all 22 players aren't those types of features.

Yeah, I don't expect it from EA. They are selling a product. If they had to admit the mouth pieces couldn't be added because they keep warping into faces or whatever they would be ripped all day.

Gcers though, especially ones that supposedly speak for the SIM community should do what they did before the program. If EA says they added qb inaccuracies, I'd expect them to take EA to task if it fails or make vids showing it in action instead of suddenly towing the company line about how you'll feel the difference when you get to try the game.

I can see why they do it, but because of that I know longer trust their opinions. I can get the same results from reading the back if the box.

[DeuceDouglas]

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Gcers though, especially ones that supposedly speak for the SIM community should do what they did before the program. If EA says they added qb inaccuracies, I'd expect them to take EA to task if it fails or make vids showing it in action instead of suddenly towing the company line about how you'll feel the difference when you get to try the game.

I think one of the problems is that a lot the GC'ers have a mostly online, user v. user mindset as well and that heavily alters what they might want to see out of the game. I remember one of them saying last year that FG kicking was going to be rough and that sounded really good but in reality it meant maybe missing one or two FG's out of every 30 kicked. And maybe that is rough when it comes to playing online but it's not even close to real for the most part.

Despite however 'sim' it might be, there's very few people that want to go through stuff like the Lions did early last season and even more so when it comes to online whether it's an online league or just random matchmaking. Same thing goes for QB accuracy.

[SolidSquid]

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Really? All it would take is honesty?

If Ea said we don't update equipment often because polling shows us that most people don't care about mouthpieces or accurate helmets, you would be cool with that?

My guess is u would still be annoyed and come down just as hard on Ea for its priorities. The fact is we know why ea does what it does.

The primary focus has always been on adding features that can be on the back of the box. New equipment and true step for all 22 players aren't those types of features.

For me yes honesty would be good. They would say that and I'd be able to give up on the game and move on. Instead they always make it seem like they are going to adress what users like my self want adressed and I end up getting burned.

[RACZILLA]

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the wining and dining aspect

We used to take those guys to Applebees and make them sing karaoke on Thursday nights when they were visiting.

Maybe it's more glamorous now. Like Macaroni Grill or something.

[jpdavis82]

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I think one of the problems is that a lot the GC'ers have a mostly online, user v. user mindset as well and that heavily alters what they might want to see out of the game. I remember one of them saying last year that FG kicking was going to be rough and that sounded really good but in reality it meant maybe missing one or two FG's out of every 30 kicked. And maybe that is rough when it comes to playing online but it's not even close to real for the most part.

Despite however 'sim' it might be, there's very few people that want to go through stuff like the Lions did early last season and even more so when it comes to online whether it's an online league or just random matchmaking. Same thing goes for QB accuracy.

Some of them do, but I wouldn't say most. Everyone wants the same thing, a sim game. The only caveat, is everyone has a definition of "sim" and that is hard to achieve across the board. Rex and the devs want sim football as much or more than anyone on these forums, I promise you that.