An Early Look at Madden NFL 17 Presentation

[roadman]

Response by Clint, which, echoes the responses from some of the posters in here:


Clint Oldenburg
‏@ClintOldenburg
@SanderBaarsma not worried about any comments on that. A bit early yet - not a game does a screenshot make.

[PhillyPhanatic14]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Response by Clint, which, echoes the responses from some of the posters in here: Clint Oldenburg ‏@ClintOldenburg @SanderBaarsma not worried about any comments on that. A bit early yet - not a game does a screenshot make.

If you can, do you mind posting the tweet he is responding to in here as well? It would be cool to see specifically what he is referring to.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by PhillyPhanatic14

If you can, do you mind posting the tweet he is responding to in here as well? It would be cool to see specifically what he is referring to.

Hopefully, this is sufficient.

He was referring to this thread with the picture on the first post, I took a shortcut and assumed everyone would think he was responding to the picture posted.

Sander Anton Baarsma ‏@SanderBaarsma 13h13 hours ago
@ClintOldenburg One leaked screenshot and e’body already screams ‘fire’ nothing has been done for #M17. I’m sure you will prove them wrong

Clint Oldenburg ‏@ClintOldenburg 3h3 hours ago
@SanderBaarsma not even sure what you're talking about, but working away!

Sander Anton Baarsma ‏@SanderBaarsma 3h3 hours ago
@ClintOldenburg http://www.operationsports.com/news/...-presentation/ …

Clint Oldenburg
‏@ClintOldenburg
@SanderBaarsma not worried about any comments on that. A bit early yet - not a game does a screenshot make.

[mrprice33]

As far as I understand art assets (like shoes) are some of the last things to be added to a game (Live 16 was a great example of this). It's a separate subset of the group that more or less handles art like you'd see a modder handle it. That stuff can be changed day-to-day, hour to hour.

As far as equipment, I don't know if it's as simple as people think. The helmets are rendered independently of the player heads, so any new ones need to be tested to make sure they actually stay on player's heads. Arm/elbow pads etc have similar issues. These aren't necessarily pasted on textures, so you could very easily get clipping issues (like Live 16's t-shirts in the demo) all over the place.

Likely, it's a multi-year process to build the pipeline to get equipment into the game. Remember when they finally shrank the ball after like 10 years? I imagine it will be like that. It'll just happen. At least, that's my hope.

[SECElit3]

Aannnd... this is garbage. How hard is it to watch a football game and follow the presentation style within it? Why add these gimicky screens that in no way, shape or form follow the presentation style or format of a real life NFL game? Unbelievable.

I'll wait to see more, but it's not looking good so far.

[MountaineersSon]

I'm not getting worked up over a screen shot.

What I want is for my defense to react to a QB roll out, a HB toss, a full back dive, a simple out route, a vertical pass play.

I want my lineman and back I hot route to pass block to pick up a middle nano blitz, I want my lineman to form a true pass pocket, I don't want my 230 pound back losing in the physics department to a much lighter cornerback, I want to see a qb actually look fluid when throwing a football instead of this hitch crap.

I want new running animations. Madden players run with a stick up their arse. Run with momentum. A simple animation. True step for all 22.

How about individual defensive assignments?

Can I get that? Lol at this screen shot hoopla.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by SECElit3

Aannnd... this is garbage. How hard is it to watch a football game and follow the presentation style within it? Why add these gimicky screens that in no way, shape or form follow the presentation style or format of a real life NFL game? Unbelievable. I'll wait to see more, but it's not looking good so far.

Best answer in the thread for that question, I had to do a double take and think about the answer, but jfsolo is correct, they've followed the beat of their own drummer instead of mimicking a NFL game.

As far as presentation goes, I know that some people are going to fight against it til the end of time, but EA is never going to take the path of, "we're going to limit ourselves to making an attempt to mirror only what is seen on TV broadcasts in real life." NEVER. They've been pretty transparent about their presentation philosophy. So one can still be upset and rail against their decisions on that front, but it's like hoping that they remove MUT from the game. It's just something that isn't going to happen.

[4thQtrStre5S]

I find presentation to just be an obstacle I have to suffer through; not cause it isn't good, but because I am there to play football, as a player..Give me locker room shots and half time locker room where I can pick new playbooks if I wish to.