Madden NFL 13 Videos - Demo Intros

[balcobomber25]

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Here's what I mean look at the 3D stat overlay effect in the E3 video compared to the new intro stat for the demo..I hope they keep it the same as it is from the E3 video..

After watching that video I was left scratching my head by the following comment:

"One of the premier shutdown corners in the league vs one of the best WR's"

Who exactly is this shutdown corner on Washington or Indy;s roster? I guess Reggie Wayne would be the WR he was talking about cause every other WR on those teams is average at best.

[TreyIM2]

Look at the traps on sexy Pete Carroll!! Woot, woot! Ha, understand that sarcasm in that. EA is doing a great job with the facial scan tech but they need to either get the rest of bodies or the artist must pay more attention to how these coaches, like Pete Carroll. He's a lil guy, not some diesel, my size traps kinda guy.....

Anyway, I appreciate the effort on these intros however, like it's been already said a million times, they're repetitive and will be X'd through after a while.

[Big FN Deal]

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The presentation seems spot on this year, I may actually play a few games with the commentary on without wanting to bash my head against a table (thank you Chris Collinsworth!)

One minor problem I see that was carried over from last years game is the coin toss, before the coin even touches the ground it says whether it is heads or tails. This may seem like nitpicking but it makes me wonder how many other "little" things were not fixed.

I agree, just another "little thing" that diminishes immersion and reminds us that it's a just a preset cut scene, not real time. I can understand not wanting to take up presentation visuals with a long drawn out coin toss, except for the Super Bowl, so they could just cut to some kind of comparison graphic with commentary right after the midfield handshake and have the "head/tails" selection menu interactive on the side. Then after the teams choose kick/receive/endzone, cut back to the players leaving midfield headed for the sidelines.

The point is, don't show the entire coin toss IF it's not going to play out in real time, lol.

[mojo6911]

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Why are the videos so jaggy?

[HolyCrap]

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After watching that video I was left scratching my head by the following comment:

"One of the premier shutdown corners in the league vs one of the best WR's"

Who exactly is this shutdown corner on Washington or Indy;s roster? I guess Reggie Wayne would be the WR he was talking about cause every other WR on those teams is average at best.

Noticed that two...and Seattle new starting qb and same with skins why would it be high scoring neither team has any big play threats or put up 30 plus points consistently last season.

Giants vs niners intro was very well done. actually made sense.

[therealsmallville]

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Giants and 49'ers have a "history of bad blood"? hum, news to me....

Will we hear this line every rivalry game too? Lol....

Not bad overall, definitely an improvement over Tom/Chris and Gus/Chris....

Actually, they do have a history of "bad blood". Whenever the Giants & Niners have stacked rosters, their games are amazing (discounting NY's mediocre 90's run, or SF's 2000's). Going back to the 80's, some of their matchups were quite epic...we had an amazing Montana-led victory on a Monday night; Simms practically attacking Ronnie Lott (!) after a hit; LT knocking Montana out of the playoffs in 86; Craig's fumble in the NFC title game...these teams hated each other.

The rivalry made an appearance in 2002, culminating in an epic Garcia-led comeback for SF in the WC game. And, obviously, last year was huge for both. It's not a rivalry in the sense of, say, Patriots and Jets of the last few years; you get the sense that the Pats/Jets players genuinely hate each other. Brady and Revis have both said as much. But Niners - Giants is a true rivalry that has lasted well beyond players or coaches because the matchups are rarely boring or one-sided.

Sorry for the goat trail I loved the Niners/Giants intro, and enjoyed Nance asking Simms what it was like to be a part of that history.

[jpdavis82]

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Giants and 49'ers have a "history of bad blood"? hum, news to me....

Will we hear this line every rivalry game too? Lol....

Not bad overall, definitely an improvement over Tom/Chris and Gus/Chris....

Based on this starting at 4:33, I would say no to us hearing the same thing every rivalry game, listen carefully, it's hard to hear over the background noise, but this video is Raiders/49ers specific. Oh and ignore the snow lol

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[ChaseB]

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Certain rivalries have been tagged with specific audio. Other "rivalries" that aren't as high profile were just tagged with a general assortment of more generic rivalry lines.

[wheelman990]

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Certain rivalries have been tagged with specific audio. Other "rivalries" that aren't as high profile were just tagged with a general assortment of more generic rivalry lines.

Chase,
How many different intro variants are there this year regarding just the video portion? Also, do you remember about how many different audio variants you have total to use?

Wanted to say that the two intro's shown here look pretty good. Nice job. Hoping you have completely different intro's just for playoff's and Superbowl's also....

[ChaseB]

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Chase,
How many different intro variants are there this year regarding just the video portion? Also, do you remember about how many different audio variants you have total to use?

Wanted to say that the two intro's shown here look pretty good. Nice job. Hoping you have completely different intro's just for playoff's and Superbowl's also....

I honestly don't know off hand, sorry. But there are more audio variants than video variants.

There are unique intros for playoffs and Super Bowl.

[StrawHat Patriot]

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I honestly don't know off hand, sorry. But there are more audio variants than video variants.

There are unique intros for playoffs and Super Bowl.

What about when your team is doing bad late in the season and failed to live up to expectations.

[wheelman990]

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I honestly don't know off hand, sorry. But there are more audio variants than video variants.

There are unique intros for playoffs and Super Bowl.

Great work on these intro's. From the work that has been seen, it is definitely a huge upgrade from past Maddens. Playoff & Superbowl unique intro's should be a nice touch!

[Big FN Deal]

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I honestly don't know off hand, sorry. But there are more audio variants than video variants.

There are unique intros for playoffs and Super Bowl.

I think the generic stuff will be really nice and add tons of variety for replayability once the video variants are there to compliment them. I know I have beaten this point to death but I just don't want you guys to be tempted to go away from adding more commentary generics in favor of quickly repetitive specifics.

Like Strawhat mentioned, would be great to have generic lines triggered when teams are doing bad late in the season, a coach is on the hot seat, key player injured, star players specific to our CC up against each other, etc with the video and overlays immersing us in the story. I can just see it in my minds eye and it would be so sweet.

Although it would be far better with real time presentation, they wouldn't even need to add a ton of player cut scenes for the intros, just a warmup scene for every position and have the correct player models and graphical overlays come up according to the generic commentary that triggered, Even with some games, just having a player(s)/team graphic pop up with pictures and stats to compliment the commentary without even using camera zooms/cut scenes.

I will hush now, lol.

[ChaseB]

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I think the generic stuff will be really nice and add tons of variety for replayability once the video variants are there to compliment them. I know I have beaten this point to death but I just don't want you guys to be tempted to go away from adding more commentary generics in favor of quickly repetitive specifics.

Like Strawhat mentioned, would be great to have generic lines triggered when teams are doing bad late in the season, a coach is on the hot seat, key player injured, star players specific to our CC up against each other, etc with the video and overlays immersing us in the story. I can just see it in my minds eye and it would be so sweet.

Although it would be far better with real time presentation, they wouldn't even need to add a ton of player cut scenes for the intros, just a warmup scene for every position and have the correct player models and graphical overlays come up according to the generic commentary that triggered, Even with some games, just having a player(s)/team graphic pop up with pictures and stats to compliment the commentary without even using camera zooms/cut scenes.

I will hush now, lol.

I think we're on the same page, but again, it's always good to hear any and everything about this stuff so no need to "hush"