Madden NFL 10 Video: Halftime Report (Chase @ E3)

[roadman]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Video: Halftime Report (Chase @ E3)

People actually did talk bad about that but they also had alot of other things in their presentation that keeps the game from being boring. The end of the game stuff alone is better than anything that Madden or NBA Live has done.

So, shouldn't we wait until August 14th to discover more about what Madden has in store for us presentation wise and game play wise?

[Jukeman]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Video: Halftime Report (Chase @ E3)

so what was gained from 29 pages of bitching?

[49ers94]

" Halftime Report " horrible horrible, How the hell you have an Halftime Report, but don't show any highlights of scoring touch downs, all i see is passes being intercepted, it would make sense to show how the other team scored their touchdowns. Duh

[SageInfinite]

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Sage, thats exactly my main point when considering madden bro. you get it. Great or even good games dont have random areas half assed, such as the halftime show or the ray lewis dance, or take your pick of anything from a previous madden. Great games are complete games. Whoever the guy is at EA Sports that is making the calls needs to go. I think it is evident that Ian wants the game to be a certain way. Just listening to the guy talk, he is like us. I have a hard time believing that its even close to his fault for things being half way done. Some George Steinbrenner type is up there making these calls and making these guys throw stuff together. Something is wrong up there man. seriously. I would say there has been a leadership problem at EA for years.

I definitely don't doubt that there are higher ups at EA making decisions that effect these games.

[MJenness]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Video: Halftime Report (Chase @ E3)

" Halftime Report " horrible horrible, How the hell you have an Halftime Report, but don't show any highlights of scoring touch downs, all i see is passes being intercepted, it would make sense to show how the other team scored their touchdowns. Duh

Once again (for maybe the 10th time) the highlites were crappy because it only shows plays made during real gameplay, not when supersimming, and MOST of the half was supersimmed, so there were only a few human controlled plays for it to choose from, hence the crappy replays.

[SageInfinite]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Video: Halftime Report (Chase @ E3)

so what was gained from 29 pages of bitching?

Same thing that was gained by you posting that .

[Jukeman]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Video: Halftime Report (Chase @ E3)

Same thing that was gained by you posting that .

Actually Ive gained a answer to my question which was nothing....

[yungmizzou]

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WOWWWW Are you serious, that was the weakest video I have yet to see of this years new Madden which I have been somewhat excited for , but this just looks like complete and utter total crap.

Where's the people talking at halftime, where is the stats shown and talked about?, what about halftime player of the game. EA this job is just motherf-ing lazy, cool you put a bunch of clips together and played them in dead silence, I can f-ing do that on my own damn computer if I wanted. Once again 2k5 still does this better, I thought maybe there was a chance that madden would have an halftime show like 2k5 did but nope, nothing.

Once again a feature by EA that is truly a sore dissapointment.

[GTheorenHobbes]

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10 is looking way better than 09 but not close to what I expected after leaving EA's studio. I expect those of us that visited EA to have much more of an impact. I'm not seeing it.

Thanks for having the balls to step up and say that, Bezo. You're the first CD poster I've seen that's actually expressed this sentiment, and it's refreshing.

So much for having an earlier CD to make a difference.

[TheCreep]

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Once again (for maybe the 10th time) the highlites were crappy because it only shows plays made during real gameplay, not when supersimming, and MOST of the half was supersimmed, so there were only a few human controlled plays for it to choose from, hence the crappy replays.

This post here is making me think that people are turning a blind eye to something so that they can complain. Let me take a look back through these pages right quick.

[NovaStar]

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I agree a lot with this post except for a few things. You mentioned it's unfair to compare basketball presentation to football presentation.

So, why do people bring up MLB The Show in these very same forums when discussing about blowing presentation out of the water? Is that fair as well?

I know Ian actually stated previously that presentation was getting some love this year. Did he actually say that he wanted to blow 2k5 presentation out of the water for this Madden?

I do remember him saying the first part, but I don't remember Ian specifically saying that he wanted to put the 2k series to rest for this Madden.

I could be wrong, if I am, I'll admit it.

When it comes to discussing presentation across sports genres, I think the distinction should be made between, presentation and representation, especially would you consider how each sport must animate differently (football has much more going on at any one given time than baseball). I would consider presentation comparisons to be relevant when you discuss one version of a particular sport to another version of a particular sports, i.e. Madden10 vs 2k5. One would compare overall feel while looking at refs on the field, crowd animation, player interaction, halftime highlights etc...After that anyalysis you draw a conclusion one way or another as to which game has the best presentation of nfl football.

When one speaks of representation, you would look at both the sport to sport comparisons and the different sport genre comparisons to see what game represented its sport the best. Here, you would compare 2k5 vs MLB the Show vs College hoops 2k8, vs NHL Hockey 2k9 vs Fight Night 4. It is like the Oscars almost, best drama, best comedy, best animated, those would include some sort of presentation, but who represented its catagory the best would win. To me, pro football would be a good war action movie, while pro baseball would be a good western action movie. The best action movie, based upon individual presentation but overall representation would be the show (from what I hear. I don't own a ps3, I have a 360).

In regards to what Ian specifally said concerning presentation and 2k5, I too am unsure. I was just collectively saying that overall, many were led to believe that this years presentation would directly deal with what 2k5 had done in the past. If I misperceived that, then I too stand corrected.

[Jukeman]

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WOWWWW Are you serious, that was the weakest video I have yet to see of this years new Madden which I have been somewhat excited for , but this just looks like complete and utter total crap.

Where's the people talking at halftime, where is the stats shown and talked about?, what about halftime player of the game. EA this job is just motherf-ing lazy, cool you put a bunch of clips together and played them in dead silence, I can f-ing do that on my own damn computer if I wanted. Once again 2k5 still does this better, I thought maybe there was a chance that madden would have an halftime show like 2k5 did but nope, nothing.

Once again a feature by EA that is truly a sore dissapointment.

This thread is redundant....

[Drocks]

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I have no problem with people ripping the halftime show if they desire, cause even in my opinion, that was underwhelming since I was expecting commentary on the highlights. Other than that though, it was pretty much exactly what I expected. But really, the issue is the fact that there is complete silence during the highlights (very awkward), which I HAVE to believe will not be the case when this game is released. Even last year they had music playing during those top 5 highlights thing. MLB 09 The Show does the exact same thing as this does, except they got music playing to it. NBA 2K9 does this as well, except they got music to it. The only game I've seen do this with actual commentary is NFL 2K5, and it was incredibly redundant. Now, to me, that tells me that there has to be some reason why only one game has done this, and that is it's gotta be VERY difficult to implement. That's just my opinion on the matter.

Basically, put some good music to the highlights EA, (ala The Show) and you have a great start. Figure out the commentary thing and you'll have brilliance. The pre/halftime/post game, etc. shows doesn't take away the fact that this game is gonna be incredibly good in every other way.

[Jukeman]

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I have no problem with people ripping the halftime show if they desire, cause even in my opinion, that was underwhelming since I was expecting commentary on the highlights. Other than that though, it was pretty much exactly what I expected. But really, the issue is the fact that there is complete silence during the highlights (very awkward), which I HAVE to believe will not be the case when this game is released. Even last year they had music playing during those top 5 highlights thing. MLB 09 The Show does the exact same thing as this does, except they got music playing to it. NBA 2K9 does this as well, except they got music to it. The only game I've seen do this with actual commentary is NFL 2K5, and it was incredibly redundant. Now, to me, that tells me that there has to be some reason why only one game has done this, and that is it's gotta be VERY difficult to implement. That's just my opinion on the matter.

Basically, put some good music to the highlights EA, (ala The Show) and you have a great start. Figure out the commentary thing and you'll have brilliance. The pre/halftime/post game, etc. shows doesn't take away the fact that this game is gonna be incredibly good in every other way.

Agree 100%

[noshun]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Video: Halftime Report (Chase @ E3)

To me, the other games halftime show, is a bag of robust flavorful, mouth watering, taste satisfied (any name brand of chips you enjoy).

Something we've enjoyed, and had the option to not eat if we chose.

This on the otherhand is a serving of plain old rice cakes.