Madden NFL 13 Video - Replay Footage and Packers vs. Bears Pre-Game (Pastapadre)

[DeuceDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by baller_of_the_year

I haven't bought a Madden game since Madden 04...lol Seriously. I skipped Madden 05 and bought NFL 2K5 mostly because of the price drop and the screenshots I saw of Sportscenter. It was the best gaming decision I've made in my life. NFL 2K5 is the best football sim of all time only challenged in raw fun factor by Tecmo Super Bowl (yes, I know it's not a sim, but it's the funniest game ever made, imo). It seems after 2005 EA Sports descended into a lazy, half hearted, arrogant company that felt they didn't hafta to work to sell their sports games (sans Fifa) all they had to do was stamp EA Sports on the box and throw money at the screen and voila. 2K captured my heart with 2K and 2K1 on Dreamcast but after Dreamcasts demise I went back to Madden (though I still played 2K and 2K1) my updates were Madden until the price drop when 2K won my heart back. And EA has proven to not be worthy of the responsibility of being the sole provider of a sports sim. The fact that they released Madden 06 stripped down to the bare bones with NO COMMENTARY and NO REAL FEATURE SET after releasing what was a good game a year ago on PS2 was an absolute slap in the face to the fans, the NFL, and the Madden name itself. I've been disgusted with EA ever since. And sentiment has only grow with their half hazard efforts and lame excuses for piss poor products then sense. So, no...I won't be buying Madden 12. Unless word gets out that is truly as revolutionary as 2K11 or 2K12. Til then, my fingers stay crossed for the eventual NFL 2K release.

It's all opinion. I thought 2K5 was absolutely horrible. I'm always baffled at how so many people put it up on this pedestal as the end all, be all of football games. To each their own though, but this is Madden. Madden will never be 2K, 2K will never be Madden.

[sva91]

I'm not entirely sure how the process of making and/or editing a video game goes, BUT i think visually it's possible to improve. The chiefs uniforms for some reason look way better than the rest of the uniforms, almost like they had a whole different team do them, the stripes are at almost a 90degree angle and get cutoff as opposed to the bears who attempt to wrap around the sleeve, which overall makes everything look really bad. Like i mentioned earlier Aaron Rodgers looks like a hunchback, the pads in general are WAYYYY too bulky.

I know everyone is complaining about gameplay, but realistically that's not gonna change significantly from now until release date. I've done uniform mods for soccer games years ago and so i know it can't be that hard. my brother did college baseball teams in MS paint and they looked great in MVP baseball. Im pretty sure the body types can be improved though, the lower bodies look really good, but the upper part just looks way too bulky. Also i think it's ankle braces, but they look really good, and add a lot visually, i saw it in a bills clip. Ankle tape is one area that i think can be changed easily and make a big visual difference. It's athletic tape, not a cast.

The caching animations look really impressive, especially in the KC STL game, the endzone catch looks great. The qb animations look pretty bad though, would be nice to see them chop their feet more while moving their hips and scanning the field ala Brees and Manning.

Again i know some people couldn't care less about visuals like uniforms etc. especially if the gameplay sucks. But im pretty sure a lot of these little visual things are very doable from now until release date. and they would at least make the game visually appealing.

[RGiles36]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

Did they remove the sig qb throwing animations? Everybody looks like they throw the same in this video. That's definitely a fail if they did.

I'm pretty certain that they have not. Signature animations are a biggie for me and while I didn't surf through the sig anim catalog at CD, I certainly think I would've noticed if all QBs were throwing the same.

If all QBs are throwing the same in this vid (I haven't watched), I'd like to think it's a bug.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by rgiles36

I'm pretty certain that they have not. Signature animations are a biggie for me and while I didn't surf through the sig anim catalog at CD, I certainly think I would've noticed if all QBs were throwing the same. If all QBs are throwing the same in this vid (I haven't watched), I'd like to think it's a bug.

That's definitely reassuring. I would hope they wouldn't do this. I still don't understand why NCAA hasn't added these animations as well, but that's another story. As long as Madden still has them I'll be good. This video though, everyone is throwing the same. Has to be a bug or some type of tuning going on.

[baller_of_the_year]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

It's all opinion. I thought 2K5 was absolutely horrible. I'm always baffled at how so many people put it up on this pedestal as the end all, be all of football games. To each their own though, but this is Madden. Madden will never be 2K, 2K will never be Madden.

You thought 2K was "absolutely horrible"? lol

Wow...talk about hyperbole. Not that you "preferred Madden 05" but that the game was 'horrible'? lol

There is absolutely no way a rational, non biased person basing off merits such as graphics, gameplay, features, replayability, and fun factor can say NFL 2K5 was "absolutely horrible" lol The graphics are STILL good today. It HAD A FULL HALF TIME SHOW AND SPORTSCENTER ON PSFRICKIN2 lol the gameplay is rock solid, the physics engine is brilliant, this "trajectory passing" EA is touting as a "new feature" *rolls eyes* was IN 2K5. I honestly have no idea what your stance is based off of. If anything.

You lost all credibility there. If NFL 2K5 was horrible then what in God's name was the God awful Madden 06 on XBox 360 that had absolutely no features and STRIPPED away all gameplay elements of Madden 05?

[Skyboxer]

Guys 2K and Madden each had their share of issues and reasons to like them...

So lets keep this about Madden so it doesn't get locked...