Only 2 1/2 Weeks to EA Access and No Gameplay... Concerned?

[TTD71]

Re: Only 2 1/2 Weeks to EA Access and No Gameplay... Concerned?

The best 3 weeks of Madden every year are the first 3 after release...unless you live for nano-style blitzes or glitches or money routes being re-discovered from previous years...

The game drops and 95% of the online crowd is hopelessly bad.

My only desire is to have someone finish a damn game because in the 1st weeks the field is as level as its going to get and there is no one running unstoppable BS the first few days...by the end of the 3rd week the gameplay online devolves back to what it always is...money plays, glitches, and quitters. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

I predict that by September 15th someone is going to have discovered a way to totally exploit precision passing and ID the Mike and it will make the Defensive AI brain dead and a constant victim of 1-Play TDs...then there will be a promised "patch" to fix it and something else will break...just like always. EA is hopelessly unable to field test the game...which is why we get patches now...for those who complain about that, remember the days when there were ZERO patches in a release and the only solution was to deal with it or quit playing...

Just glad to see the Coach Adjustments finally brought over from the NCAA ideas well...Superstar Players and HFA screen-shaking can't be far behind...

[l8knight1]

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Without much video to date, I am of the opinion that when the game does arrive and the impressions thread is put up, it will be sink or swim in terms of impressions given from folks in this forum. In other words, right or wrong, the buildup created by the lateness of video may have many thinking at this late date 'This better be good...'.

[Junior Moe]

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Nope. I'm not concerned at all. For all the things I love, and all the things I hate, I know what Madden is. After being somewhat down on M18 the whole cycle (we still dont know much about the game) now that it's August I'm starting to get excited. 2 and a half weeks baby! Maybe I'm a sucker but I love the NFL and my personal hype train is taking off. I've said my piece about CFM and what I don't like but I'm ready to have some fun and enjoy the product. Really looking forward to frostbite and what it has to offer. The game already looks good but it looks more photorealistic lighting wise from the pics. Plus Longshot should be worth a few good hours of entertainment. I'm ready baby!

[Pappy Knuckles]

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Madden 17 was a great step in the right direction, and I'm pleased with the new features and additions that I've read about so far. I'd love to see some gameplay, but I'm not concerned in the least bit right now.

[extremeskins04]

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The only reason why I want gameplay vids to come out is so we can look at what is broken and tell the devs. Sooner we tell them what isn't correct in the game, the sooner they can patch it.

[Gorilla Glass]

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Wow and here it is August and still no native gameplay footage.



I hope it's good, because I really liked M17.

[PhillyPhanatic14]

Re: Only 2 1/2 Weeks to EA Access and No Gameplay... Concerned?

Rex says there's going to be gameplay next week but that's like the third time he has said that and so far we haven't gotten any. If the gameplay next week is unfiltered and looks good then there's nothing to worry about, but waiting until one week before the EA Access release to show legit gameplay is a little bit crazy. Fifa has a ton of gameplay out and it doesn't release until almost October. Let's just hope the game isn't filled with bugs and that's why they're hiding it.

[roadman]

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Rex says there's going to be gameplay next week but that's like the third time he has said that and so far we haven't gotten any. If the gameplay next week is unfiltered and looks good then there's nothing to worry about, but waiting until one week before the EA Access release to show legit gameplay is a little bit crazy. Fifa has a ton of gameplay out and it doesn't release until almost October. Let's just hope the game isn't filled with bugs and that's why they're hiding it.

I think that is more personal opinion vs fact, at this point.

He has said that the GCers are invited out this week to capture all the video they need and watch next week explode with videos.

One GCer was already asking what their followers wanted to see.

Similar to the old days before the internet.

[PhillyPhanatic14]

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I think that is more personal opinion vs fact, at this point.

He has said that the GCers are invited out this week to capture all the video they need and watch next week explode with videos.

One GCer was already asking what their followers wanted to see.

Similar to the old days before the internet.

Everything is personal opinion, including your post. I get that you want to defend them and that's cool. I'm not trying to attack them. Just like everyone else I hope we get an awesome game.

It is concerning that they switched engines and we haven't seen any gameplay and we're this close to launch. It could be a coincidence that their marketing strategy changing the same year as the engine switch, but it could also be that the game has been too unstable to release anything of quality.

I'm not sure why you feel the need to quote my posts every time I write something in this thread and defend Madden saying that it's totally normal for them to do something they haven't done in years... You have your opinion and apparently you're not worried, which is cool, but I am a bit concerned and you should back off and be cool with me having my opinion.

[kingkid1313]

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And my company was in place for 40 years. Personal change, egos change, and systems change. And each and every product/campaign is different.

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Let me know when your company is tied to a multi billion dollar industry as the NFL and your company has exclusive rights to manufacture the only NFL copyright football video game. It doesn't matter about personal change, egos or whatever. EA has to get the game out yearly per their NFL contract, so their development cycle schedule isn't going to change.

[vstro]

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I really can't believe the lack of gameplay. I'm starting to get very skeptical. I think I'll give it a month or 2 after release if I even pick out up, unless I'm blown away by the gameplay.

[roadman]

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Sorry Philly, I quoted 2 of your posts in this thread, I'll let you have at it from here on out.

[aholbert32]

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I really can't believe the lack of gameplay. I'm starting to get very skeptical. I think I'll give it a month or 2 after release if I even pick out up, unless I'm blown away by the gameplay.

I don't get the this logic. What is the difference if they release 30 videos over the course of 2 months or 30 videos within 2 weeks? U still get 30 vids. U still get plenty of time to judge the game before release.


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[PhillyPhanatic14]

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I don't get the this logic. What is the difference if they release 30 videos over the course of 2 months or 30 videos within 2 weeks? U still get 30 vids. U still get plenty of time to judge the game before release.


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If the videos get released and everything looks legit then I see no reason not to buy. I think at this point it's worrisome to have seen no gameplay because nobody has seen the game running on frostbite which begs the question of whether it can run on frostbite without issue.

[Gorilla Glass]

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I don't get the this logic. What is the difference if they release 30 videos over the course of 2 months or 30 videos within 2 weeks? U still get 30 vids. U still get plenty of time to judge the game before release.


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If there is no difference, why wait til two weeks out to release videos??? Why the change now?

I'm still trying to figure out what game developers waited til the last minute to show it's game footage.

The game will be out the week after next. The week after next. Let that sink in and marinate with no game footage.

That's bonkers.