Will Madden 12 use the same engine from the previous 6 maddens on 360/ps3?

[Nab_Impervious_XII]

Yes. Not even an argument IMO.

They spent 2 years honing Pro-Tak and Locomotion. Pro-Tak handled next-gen tackling, and Locomotion handled next-gen running. There is no way Ian and the crew are abandoning all that growth.

Madden 12 and 13 will probably focus on tweaking the current "engine", and adding a bunch of removed franchise features from the old-gen era.

Then the Xbox 720 will come out and EA will have to decide if they want to scrap their "engine" (which is in reality just a set of programming code that dictates animation) or start all over again. That's the only time we'll see any significant changes in engine code, if at all.

[illwill10]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nab_Impervious_XII

Madden 12 and 13 will probably focus on tweaking the current "engine", and adding a bunch of removed franchise features from the old-gen era.

I would not mind that. There was a ton of great removed franchise features. Player Morale, Player Status, Player role, Emails, Progression.

[TNT713]

Doesn't matter... If it's Madden I'm buying it...

Later

[MEANFIDDLER]

I do not think the current engine is good enough to provide us all with the type of game that we crave! It seems to be unable to do so many things that older versions of the game could! Something is just off about it! It does not have that smooth feel to it and one must wonder if it ever could!

[rspencer86]

Do you guys even know what an engine is?

Seriously, someone explain it. If your answer is something like "better tackling", "improved OL/DL battles", etc. then these can be accomplished without a new engine.

A new engine would probably require about three years of refinement before it could be truly great. See: Triple Play to MVP Baseball transition.

[CM Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by rspencer86

Do you guys even know what an engine is?

This.

And Madden doesn't use ONE engine. Ian Cummings is on-record somewhere in this forum saying as much. There's (likely) a physics engine, and audio engine, an animation engine... point being it's not just a single black box that can just be replaced on a whim.

[azdawgpound]

yes it will still be same engine theres not enough time to put a new engine system out esp since the ps4 is suppose be coming out next yr sometime.

[CM Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by azdawgpound

yes it will still be same engine theres not enough time to put a new engine system out esp since the ps4 is suppose be coming out next yr sometime.

Says who? Cursory searches on Google reveal that higher-ups in Sony aren't even considering a new console right now. On top of that I doubt that Sony has covered costs for the PS3 yet, which would make abandoning it a terrible move from a financial perspective.

Please don't spread rumors of this sort without some sort of sufficient proof. Thanks.