Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

[daplayawitdafunk]

The players on Madden are so lifeless. Its a missing ingredient thus far in Madden. NFL players are some of the most flamboyant individuals on earth and Madden makes them so robotic and uninspiring. Clowning on the way to the endzone is seen every sunday. Celebrations dont take place only in the endzone.

Where is the strut, the gusto, that confidence that EVERY NFL player exudes on Sundays. Madden is missing this component that compels fans and onlookers every game. 2K had swag.I have never even played the game but seeing the players come to life like that makes me want to. Its hard to explain so let me visually show you what swag is.

Check out the flavor with the Arms and the movement of the feat at the end, thats missing in Madden. Thats swag. That brings the player to life.

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This is swag....

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Check how the runner slows down as he breaks the endzone. Thats swag...

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Pre Td celebrations every sunday...

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Devin Hester clowning on the way to the endzone

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Madden overall is missing that bounce, that hop that skip that energy that confidence that is swagger. Everything is too stiff. Players in madden celebrate because they have to, not because they want to. Its lifeless. Please bring life to Madden. Some head nod, some bounce, some rhythm. the change of speed and the dragging of the feet. Its a small minute detail that would bring the game to life. I might sound real dumb trying to explain it but somebody has to know what im getting at.
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[tonedeaf]

Re: Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

WOW! Chris Johnson is FAST! i knew he was fast, but not that fast. He ran 60 yards in like 6 sec, thats ridiculous. i agree with everything you said though. Good thread

[Derrville]

Re: Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Valdarez]

Re: Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

Agreed. It's all of the little motions inbetween plays, at the end of plays, and transitioning between animations that gives the game soul. Madden has no soul.

[Brandon_c993]

Re: Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

Yes, + 1000

[Jukeman]

Re: Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

maybe have a option to use that old spice......Like when madden had those cards for boost

[Valdarez]

Re: Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

This is another reason I'd like to see them add a little exaggeration to the movements (a little, not a lot). It just makes the players feel more alive instead of stiff cardboard cutouts like in Madden '09.

[Brandon_c993]

Re: Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

This is another reason I'd like to see them add a little exaggeration to the movements (a little, not a lot). It just makes the players feel more alive instead of stiff cardboard cutouts like in Madden '09.

Didn't you know that Peyton Manning is just a cardboard cut out? there are 2 midgets controlling him from the inside...

[daplayawitdafunk]

Re: Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

This is next level gaming right here. No NFL players stands lifeless. Other than Peyton Manning. NFL is a game of emotion, passion and exuberance. These things need to be exaggerated, because they are non existent in the game. Lets get some blood flowing. Lets get some confidence. Lets get some bounce in the players.

Adrian Peterson busts a 20 yard run, he doesnt get up and walk to the huddle. POPS up, showing emotion and Skips back to the huddle. This is swag. This is life. This sunday in the NFL.

[FootballDetails]

Re: Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

Great videos! Slowing down before a TD is a nice touch.

Chris Johnson is fast! I want to see that type of acceleration in the game.

[trentrud]

Re: Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

+11111111

[fourthreemafia]

Re: Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

I could care less.

I hate when players slow up to celebrate in real life.

I know it happens in real life, and if its added, cool, but I dont think it adds any "swag" at all.

[Rashad19]

Re: Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

I thought NCAA 09 did a good job this. What do you guys think?

[xxjgbxx]

Re: Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

well considering you would have 6 flags on the play for excessive celebration if you had the first video in madden

[SeventhWard]

Re: Anybody Else Feel Like Madden is Missing that Swag??? Lets Get It!!!

I'm all for anything that adds a little bit more machismo to the game. Whether it's celebration after making a play or just a little touch of showboating - little sprinkles of this stuff would be GREAT and would go a long way to making the players seem more alive.

Of course, go too far and it becomes parody - NFL Blitz stylized, cartoony - and that's not cool...


There was an old animation in Madden I used to get a kick out of - after the tackle, players would shove opposing player's limbs away. That was a wow moment...as in "Wow, they're angry". Give me that "Wow, he's an A-hole" moment please.

-SeventhWard