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**DeuceDouglas** · 05-23-2013, 04:54 PM

Re: Madden NFL 25 - Connected Franchise Deep Dive

Do you want to change the sock heights of every player in the league?Well now you can.

Unless of course you have striped socks. In all seriousness though, not much new here. New interface, new this, new that. They've been really vague with what they've been releasing. Finally figure out (kind of) what capacity Schefty has. Still want to see more about actual presentation in terms of in-game though.

**jpdavis82** · 05-23-2013, 04:58 PM

Re: Madden NFL 25 - Connected Franchise Deep Dive

Nice to hear about draft storylines with Trey and Adam, hopefully he does in the game what he does in real life. Give you the latest scoop on who may be going where.

**CarryTheWeight** · 05-23-2013, 05:01 PM

Re: Madden NFL 25 - Connected Franchise Deep Dive

Commentators will also fill you in on standings, season stats, last week’s game and more.

This is what I like to hear, though how dynamic the commentary will be is what I'm most interested in.

Will it be "Rodgers threw for 3 touchdowns in his win against the Panthers last week"? Or will it be, "The quarterback was great last week against his opponents"?

And will current gen or next gen have the edge on what can be done with dynamic commentary? I'm looking to see how commentary will improve from last year. FIFA and NHL already do a decent job with dynamic lines (along with popular games from other publishers).

We'll see if Madden follows suit, along with if they'll place a greater emphasis on in-game broadcast overlays and supers (along the lines of what NCAA appears to be doing this year).

**TryHard_Nation** · 05-23-2013, 05:09 PM

Re: Madden NFL 25 - Connected Franchise Deep Dive

Originally posted by CarryTheWeight

This is what I like to hear, though how dynamic the commentary will be is what I'm most interested in.

Will it be "Rodgers threw for 3 touchdowns in his win against the Panthers last week"? Or will it be, "The quarterback was great last week against his opponents"?

And will current gen or next gen have the edge on what can be done with dynamic commentary? I'm looking to see how commentary will improve from last year. FIFA and NHL already do a decent job with dynamic lines (along with popular games from other publishers).

We'll see if Madden follows suit, along with if they'll place a greater emphasis on in-game broadcast overlays and supers (along the lines of what NCAA appears to be doing this year).

Curious about them saying commentators as opposed to specific names.

**DeuceDouglas** · 05-23-2013, 05:13 PM

Re: Madden NFL 25 - Connected Franchise Deep Dive

Originally posted by CarryTheWeight

This is what I like to hear, though how dynamic the commentary will be is what I'm most interested in.

I don't get why they're not going more in-depth on stuff like this. I completely missed that line the first time I read through and that's something that I would think could deserve it's own entire blog. He mentions presentation but no mention of the new score banner, overlays or anything, I just don't get it.

**jmurphy31** · 05-23-2013, 05:14 PM

Re: Madden NFL 25 - Connected Franchise Deep Dive

Nothing really new except the part about schefter. Just seems like they just repeated everything we already knew.

Also, didn't they say the same thing last year about the commentary reflecting your season.

**Blazelore** · 05-23-2013, 05:19 PM

Re: Madden NFL 25 - Connected Franchise Deep Dive

Those commentators are the only thing thats new. Everything else aside the new interface was already in Madden. Taken out then readded. All those things shouldn't even be bullet points, they should be side notes. Instead of import draft classes being added back it should be "we fixed the draft classes so they won't import so out whack!" I mean I was hoping to hear"Now you can watch players at the combine or invite undrafted FAs to training camp. Something like that would wow me but this is the reason its so hard to get excited. With franchise what's actually new???

**jmurphy31** · 05-23-2013, 05:20 PM

Re: Madden NFL 25 - Connected Franchise Deep Dive

Originally posted by DeuceDouglas

I don't get why they're not going more in-depth on stuff like this. I completely missed that line the first time I read through and that's something that I would think could deserve it's own entire blog. He mentions presentation but no mention of the new score banner, overlays or anything, I just don't get it.

I agree. Why can't they do a blog just saying how the commentary will be dynamic. Even give examples ( written or live would be adequate).

And to me dynamic isn't just mentioning my team is undefeated in the pregame. I would like to know how individual players are playing both in that game and in the season.

**jpdavis82** · 05-23-2013, 05:23 PM

Re: Madden NFL 25 - Connected Franchise Deep Dive

Originally posted by DeuceDouglas

I don't get why they're not going more in-depth on stuff like this. I completely missed that line the first time I read through and that's something that I would think could deserve it's own entire blog. He mentions presentation but no mention of the new score banner, overlays or anything, I just don't get it.

They have a presentation reveal coming soon, Rich Grisham said he'd have a podcast with mike young in the next week or so, so when that podcast comes out I'm sure they will release a blog and probably a video about presentation.

**DeuceDouglas** · 05-23-2013, 05:28 PM

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Originally posted by jpdavis82

They have a presentation reveal coming soon, Rich Grisham said he'd have a podcast with mike young in the next week or so, so when that podcast comes out I'm sure they will release a blog and probably a video about presentation.

Interesting. Looking forward to seeing that.

**Wista5** · 05-23-2013, 05:40 PM

I'd really like to see a matchday feature like Fifa. One of the reasons I like NBA 2K so much. The Show added it this year, now time for Madden and NHL to follow suit.

**CarryTheWeight** · 05-23-2013, 05:41 PM

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Originally posted by jmurphy31

And to me dynamic isn't just mentioning my team is undefeated in the pregame. I would like to know how individual players are playing both in that game and in the season.

Exactly this. Other games tend to go all out in this regard. As for an example from EA, FIFA updates you on how many goals a player has in the pre-game AND at key points involving that player, and it fluctuates from game to game so you won't hear the same banter in every match.

An example is in a game I had between PSG and Leon, where Martin Tyler commented on how Zlatan Ibrahimovic "has 19 goals in this campaign and almost scored another" after he missed the net on a corner, or how Swansea City's Michu (I kid you not) may "not score this many goals again" based on over-achievement beyond his player ratings.

As for "commentators" other than Jim and Phil, I honestly hope this "dynamic" content isn't only reserved for the Twitter feeds. If anything, it would seem like a re-hash of the Storyline Central feature from last-gen's Madden with more personalization instead of anything truly groundbreaking, innovative or industry-standard.

**vito100** · 05-23-2013, 06:05 PM

I wonder if they will still do the Branching Draft StoryLines with the Imported Draft Classes??? anyone know the answer to this

**DeuceDouglas** · 05-23-2013, 06:08 PM

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Originally posted by vito100

I wonder if they will still do the Branching Draft StoryLines with the Imported Draft Classes??? anyone know the answer to this

No storylines with imported classes.