Watching some of these videos, the game definitely looks visually better, but it still hasn't evolved. There are animations that look like their ripped right out of Madden 2005 on the the ps2/Xbox. It's somewhat sad. I enjoy Madden and usually end up buying the game every other year. I have Madden 18 and played it a ton with my brothers, but watching some of the videos for 19, i'm still dazed the series hasn't truly taken big leaps forward.
It seems like Sport games in general don't take huge leaps forward. I know their on a crouch with having to release a new game every year, but even comparing Madden 16 to Madden 18 or 19, there isn't a huge in your face change beyond the lighting and some player models.
Competition breeds excellency, the NBA 2k series has been the sole big name Basketball game and they've become stagnant as well, I won't even mention the WWE Wrestling games that look like they regress every year. I don't play baseball games to be able to be able to determine if The Show is in the same runt, but this is somewhat sad for EA and Madden. I want to be blown away by animations, weather, atmosphere and graphics. When there are games like Cyberpunk 2077 (Open World), Ghost of Tsushima (Open World), Spider-man(Open World), Halo Infinity (Supposedly Open World), Forza Horizon 4 (Open World) that are able to do so much, its seems ridiculous why these sport games can't advance more.
I still remember the initial render video EA released for Madden 2006 for the Xbox 360, none, and i mean no Madden yet has even come close to providing that type of atmosphere seen in that video from a console generation ago!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ajPL3Kna4
I apologize for going off topic, but I want more from Madden. I'm tired of spending $60 on incremental updates. Are we going to have to wait for the next generation of consoles for them to completely forgo their animation and physics engine? Frostbite has certainly helped the game stand out visually, but again, i'm still seeing animations I've seen from generations ago that look pretty bad.