Madden NFL 11 Video Blog is Live, Post Your Impressions Here

[SteelerSpartan]

as I thought...meh, but its to be expected

lol, Manning Unstoppable

The 1st info blog better be titled


Physics !! Physics !! Physics!!!!!!!!!

[adembroski]

Quote: Originally Posted by Millennium

Isn't that Turmell's board, too?

I believe so, yes. I'm a bit confused by the titles. Doesn't it seem like Ian and Mark's job titles are a bit too similar in what they describe?

Quote: Originally Posted by huskerwr38

It looks like they are talking about crowd specific chants...at the top it says, Go Pack Go, and Fly Eagles Fly, etc.. So maybe those will be in the game after all?

It also mentions Hail to the 'Skins which, iirc, is a fight song, not a crowd chant. Perhaps we could see Skol Vikings as well, and other team fight songs playing as part of the game intros.

I'd love to see them really go all out on the in-stadium atmosphere. If the crowd and announcers are good enough, it doesn't matter how bad Hammond is. I can shut him off and go with on-the-field/in-the-stands kind of presentation and I'll be fine with that. I'd rather be in the stadium than at home watching the game anyways.

[adembroski]

Out of curiosity, to the Physics Physics Physics people (TORA! TORA! TORA!), what's more important too you... on-the-fly real time tackles and the like, or a highly realistic simulation of NFL football?

I guess what I'm saying is this: Lets assume for the moment that Backbreaker is a great game, but fundamentally different from the sim that Madden is going for. Lets also say that Madden does nothing with tackling physics, but produces a realistic locomotion system and creates a very realistic representation of NFL football... one that we can pretty much agree is the best "sim" of all time.

Assume even that somehow Backbreaker produces a team creation engine that allows us to completely recreate the NFL.

Now, does the real time nature of Backbreaker trump Madden's realism in that scenario?

This is an honest question, not a bait, I'm really curious, because it does seem like a lot of people are putting all their eggs into the contact physics basket.

[Pnutt6]

I see on the whiteboard under the team specific crowd chants:

Jungle? Crazy?

Hopefully that means Welcome to the Jungle and Crazy Train for stadium music during the game. Don't forget Hell's Bells EA.

[Valdarez]

Those boards were all planted guys. Half of what there is pure !@#$ and the other half is there to tease.

[Rocky]

Quote: Originally Posted by adembroski

Out of curiosity, to the Physics Physics Physics people (TORA! TORA! TORA!), what's more important too you... on-the-fly real time tackles and the like, or a highly realistic simulation of NFL football? I guess what I'm saying is this: Lets assume for the moment that Backbreaker is a great game, but fundamentally different from the sim that Madden is going for. Lets also say that Madden does nothing with tackling physics, but produces a realistic locomotion system and creates a very realistic representation of NFL football... one that we can pretty much agree is the best "sim" of all time. Assume even that somehow Backbreaker produces a team creation engine that allows us to completely recreate the NFL. Now, does the real time nature of Backbreaker trump Madden's realism in that scenario? This is an honest question, not a bait, I'm really curious, because it does seem like a lot of people are putting all their eggs into the contact physics basket.

I don't know about the Backbreaker type tackles, but that Insta-turn crap has got to go along with LB's reacting to the ball and jumping 5 ft. in the air. Likewise leverage needs to be represented on the OL/DL.

Madden looks very video-gamish as a result of these issues and imo it's not inconceivable that it effects public perception/sales.

[Senor_Herbatron]

Just make the NFL version of MLB the Show and we'll all be happy.

[Segagendude]

Those whiteboards remind me of last year when someone posted an extremely blurry background screen of M10. Everyone was "trying" to see what it looked like. (I think I see ______! Cool!!)

Hafta wait till March/April for any real info......