Madden NFL 18 Trailer - What's New This Year

[iFnotWhyNoT]

Overall it looked nice. I wish I could see some raw gameplay, but these are two things I noticed that I really liked and did not.

Pro
37sec mark: JJ Watt muscles his way deep into the pocket and manages to pull down Luck with a free hand while still having the O-lineman on him. Awesome.

Con
16sec mark: Dez dives for the ball and the linebacker tackle animation that prompts is to stand Dez and "fight for extra yards". Terrible showcase of physics and animation blending. Dez should've been knocked to the ground. This is my only MAJOR gripe is animation blending and physics working together right.

Note: I watch videos in 0.25seconds just so I can see whats going on with all these quick cuts and zoomed in shots.

[GiantBlue76]

I don't put much stock in trailers, especially from Tiburon. That being said, there are two things that I have absolutely HATED about Madden since its inception.

1. Player movement/contextual animation quality
2. Line play

While there are still no stunts (which is still a massive disappointment), the line play looks more like what I was expecting from M25. I'm sure we will still see the lineman who block nothing and stare off into space on occasion, but I saw some things that I've been clamoring for. The reach sack on Luck was great. I really liked the QB drop backs and some of the interactions. Madden, IMO, has always been absolutely awful in motion. Hopefully they will be stepping this area of the game up significantly.

As usual, top notch work from the art team. Graphics look great.

[JKSportsGamer1984]

Looks good but I've learned over the years to never get too hyped off of a trailer. *I just hope the Player Physics are cleaned up before & especially after the play when players are getting up from tackles. *I don't want to see players walking right through the QB's body when breaking the huddle and walking to the line of scrimmage. *I don't want to see players walking through other players bodies lying on the ground when getting up from tackles & pile ups, limbs fusing together etc...All immersion will be lost if this isn't cleaned up. *Player Physics are great during the play but it needs to be consistent at all times.

[Brooke2011]

IMG_2287.jpg so the orange football icon is where the football is going to be. The faint blue icon is where the the player is going to be. Clearly the ball is behind Edelman by the correlation between the two.

[Brooke2011]

Here is the outcomeIMG_2289.jpg

[Greenblood60]

Quote: Originally Posted by Datninja619

Hopefully we don't need to have those on-screen buttons for the total pass control. I like the coaching adjustments, time will tell how effective they are and if they can backfire. Having Odell and Norman jawing at each other would have made this trailer better haha

Hopefully there just trying to showcase the target passing feature in the trailer. There's no way to display it at all without the on screen buttons.

[SolidSquid]

Does in engine footage mean those visuals were created in engine so they were able to take out things like the sideline and the crowd to make them look better?

What's the difference between in engine footage and actually gameplay footage?

[Brooke2011]

On Tyrod Taylor it looks like the added single three quarter sleeves.