Madden NFL 25 Video - MNF Simulation: Colts vs. Chargers (Xbox One)

[atc43]

I honestly wonder how it feels to be a dev working on Madden...I mean you release stuff like this and when people see its crap they say you guys must be incompetent etc etc. Lord it must suck to work at Tiburon. I wouldnt wish that upon anyone really.

The sad thing is theyve brought that perception upon themselves. And I for one agree with it.

[Supersonic_BR]

Quote: Originally Posted by atc43

I honestly wonder how it feels to be a dev working on Madden...I mean you release stuff like this and when people see its crap they say you guys must be incompetent etc etc. Lord it must suck to work at Tiburon. I wouldnt wish that upon anyone really. The sad thing is theyve brought that perception upon themselves. And I for one agree with it.

I get the impression that EA hampers the vision of their creators. I always remember Beluba, the guy did an amazing job with live 10, so i thought to myself: MAN, Live 11 is going to be AWESOME. So what do they do? go the arcade gimmicky route with elite.

They are always catering to the casual fan base.

[TheTruth437]

The studio of EA Tiburon should be shut down imo. They've been give more than enough time to get Madden's quality on par with other sports games. Tiburon's track record with Madden, NCAA Football and NBA Live/Elite is pathetic, quite frankly.

The NFL should stand up to EA, stop giving them the exclusive license and allow open competition again. It is safe to say that the decision the NBA made to allow open competition with video games has worked out pretty well for them and consumers. I'm sure it would also be a good decision for the NFL to make.

[King_B_Mack]

Quote: Originally Posted by wordtobigbird

It is weird. EA provides ESPN with the footage right? They didn't give ESPN a copy of the game and tell them to play and record what happens. I highly doubt anyone in the ESPN offices is sitting with a copy of Madden making these videos. They have to be coming from EA. So how can they come from EA at some point and then all of a sudden "this isnt want we wanted to show" "this is an old build" "blah blah". EA should be in full control of what versions of the game we see and when. They can't even get that right.

Pretty much the way they roll man. Same garbage they're trying to pull over on the NBA side blaming NBA.com for making up release dates for the trailers on that were supposed to be on their website that mysteriously changed. Now the webpage doesn't even exist at all anymore. As a famous expression goes 'don't spit on my cupcake and tell me it's icing.' EA is like a celebrity on Twitter that puts their foot in their mouth with some stupid **** they tweet and then after it stirs up **** they say they're Twitter got hacked.

[Papa D]

Quote: Originally Posted by Danimal

Unfortunately this is spot on. I've said this for years, Madden is no longer a game it is a brand. The brand works, the game not so much, but that doesn't matter because it is secondary in the eyes of EA execs.

Imo this is 100% correct. I totally agree..

I don't know if anyone caught that Interview with Ian Cummings on the PastaPadre website, if you didn't check it out. Ian basically talk about his time at EA sports and his thoughts on the current Madden franchise. It pertains to the post above. It's very interesting to say the least. It's better to hear the Podcast because it has more details. I think this is the link,

http://www.pastapadre.com/2013/09/09...urrent-product

[Supersonic_BR]

This is what Beluba said when he left EA:

“When I went over there (to EA), a lot of it was for personal reasons. I wanted to try something new, try a new challenge. But after being there and spending some time over at EA, it was clear that they do things a different way, and in a way it’s just inefficient and just not the place to be to make the best games,” …. With some of the creative decisions over at EA, it just made it difficult to stay there. They just want to make a different game than I had a vision for.

To me this says a lot about how things are done at EA.

[TjJunior]

Madden was the first game I ever played consistently for hours growing up, maybe thats why I hold onto hope. Guess I will keep playing 12.

[Papa D]

Quote: Originally Posted by LBzrule

It wouldn't be about the first couple of games from anyone else being bad. Hell I fully believe 2k could make a game that would run Madden off the field. It would not be able to compete with Madden on the economic level because EA has cornered the market for the last 8 to 9 years so you have a new generation that when it comes to video football, that is synonymous with Madden.

True. You only have to open your eyes and see the difference between NBA 2K series vs NBA Live to understand the post above is 100% correct.