Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream - Presentation and Graphics

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Quote: Originally Posted by BreakingBad2013

I Wonder if it's on Rookie. Also can you embed the hour long video?

They said it was All Pro

[l8knight1]

I'll be watching this several more times, but by the way this stream was put together, it's difficult to critique. I think there's general herky-jerkiness just because of the stream. I did see a DE release from his block as soon as the QB tried to get outside along with some ok tackling. Someone else mentioned that they think they took out QB styles and I don't think that guess is justified based on the video. My biggest concern each year is that they may take something OUT of Madden from previous version, which doesn't seem to be the case lately. I can appreciate those concerned about the black jerseys, but many of the teams colors change based on time of day and weather in the game. I liked the camera views all around and most player movement. It was also mentioned about soft coverage after D has been hyped so much, but they did run a section where the guy was constantly blitzing to appease Twitter requests. I like what I see, but like it or not, looks like we all have to play for the true test. The best thing to me so far is that we've seen more game play footage than we've ever had prior to release. Halftime show is welcome addition most have wanted for a long time, but it will be a constant in these forums to improve this in years to come.

[The JareBear]

Quote: Originally Posted by adh5199

I don't know what everyone is complaining about. I think at a certain point, everyone has unrealistic expectations. It is after all, a video game. I think graphics wise, it looks amazing and I think the camera angles really add a lot to the whole package. You spend so much time complaining about the things wrong with it, that you forget to appreciate just how far madden has come. Does it still have a ways to go before it is perfect? Yes. I still say this madden is the furthest jump from one year to another that we have ever had. Madden is on the right track, we just have to let the developers work their magic.

Well EA is touting features like adaptive AI, realistic QB accuracy, improved defense, and in this stream a lot features aren't really shown off, if shown at all. I don't think it's unrealistic to expect to see advertised features. This gameplay isn't terrible but it looked a lot like M25. I was under the impression big changes were coming and "This Is The Year."

Call that unrealistic, but it's just my two cents.

The first stream was way better than this one. I'm not saying this game looks bad, I am saying the gameplay shown in this stream wasn't stellar. That's all

[SECElit3]

Quote: Originally Posted by adh5199

I don't know what everyone is complaining about. I think at a certain point, everyone has unrealistic expectations. It is after all, a video game. I think graphics wise, it looks amazing and I think the camera angles really add a lot to the whole package. You spend so much time complaining about the things wrong with it, that you forget to appreciate just how far madden has come. Does it still have a ways to go before it is perfect? Yes. I still say this madden is the furthest jump from one year to another that we have ever had. Madden is on the right track, we just have to let the developers work their magic.

Optimism... I had that too...7 years of it.

Thank goodness for The Show

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Quote: Originally Posted by adh5199

I don't know what everyone is complaining about. I think at a certain point, everyone has unrealistic expectations. It is after all, a video game. I think graphics wise, it looks amazing and I think the camera angles really add a lot to the whole package. You spend so much time complaining about the things wrong with it, that you forget to appreciate just how far madden has come. Does it still have a ways to go before it is perfect? Yes. I still say this madden is the furthest jump from one year to another that we have ever had. Madden is on the right track, we just have to let the developers work their magic.

LOL I love the "It's just a video game" guy. If it's just so simple why would they spend so much money on advertising and even bother with these streams. We all know it's a game but, it's also big business. They are the ones who keep making promises. I think most leaving "negative" comments are more disappointed about this compared to the first stream. I really liked how the gameplay looked then. I just can't understand what has changed.

[adub88]

Ehhh, just waiting on demo, not gonna over analyze a video till I can play the game *Herm Edwards voice

[DNMHIII]

Quote: Originally Posted by adh5199

I don't know what everyone is complaining about. I think at a certain point, everyone has unrealistic expectations. It is after all, a video game. I think graphics wise, it looks amazing and I think the camera angles really add a lot to the whole package. You spend so much time complaining about the things wrong with it, that you forget to appreciate just how far madden has come. Does it still have a ways to go before it is perfect? Yes. I still say this madden is the furthest jump from one year to another that we have ever had. Madden is on the right track, we just have to let the developers work their magic.

How can you tell? I've been playing Madden since it first came out and IMO Madden has really struggled to improve year after year at a rate that I think is acceptable. This is a team that only builds one game and has spun around in circles from a creative standpoint and from a gameplay standpoint the entire last gen cycle and so much so that I couldn't even play last gen because it was such a disappointment.

I want more than anything for the Madden team to succeed and I'm pulling for them, I just expect more progression from the title over the years and I hope the 15 release is a big step forward.....I really do.

[Darth Aegis]

When guys making the game can't say Johnny Manziel correctly, I just shake my head.