Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

[jpdavis82]

I know a lot of people have been disappointed with early footage of next gen so far and I wanted to make a screenshot comparison of the two based on what we have seen of both so far.

Madden 25 Current Gen


Madden 25 Next Gen


Current Gen John Fox


Next Gen John Fox


Current Gen Russell Wilson


Next Gen Russell Wilson


Current Gen Drew Brees


Next Gen Drew Brees

[Dogslax41]

Re: Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

Honestly I said I couldn't really see any difference but when put side by side you can actually see how it is better. The next gen Brees shot is awesome.


Again I think the main complaint people will have is that if you put current gen 2k14 next to next gen 2k14 the variance puts Madden's improvement to shame.

[royounggoku]

Re: Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

Looks the same

[GiantBlue76]

Re: Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

I couldn't care less about the graphics - (and I am in the apparent minority who thinks the graphics are amazing). For me it's all about animation. When things start moving, will I finally believe the players are alive? Or will I continue to see folding paper bodies, hunched over players, guys standing still flat footed in coverage, QBs throwing passes while they are being folded in half, etc. etc. etc.

[royounggoku]

Re: Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

Honestly I said I couldn't really see any difference but when put side by side you can actually see how it is better. The next gen Brees shot is awesome.


Again I think the main complaint people will have is that if you put current gen 2k14 next to next gen 2k14 the variance puts Madden's improvement to shame.

Yeah absolutely

[ghettogeeksta]

Re: Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

I think everyone here agrees the graphics are a little sharper with better lighting. But the problem is the game seems to play and move the same as current gen, with the same horrid animations and cut scenes. That's the problem.

[djordan]

Re: Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

Hey JP.

Umm... With new consoles the graphics will of course look better. Now can you compare gameplay between current gen and next gen from the small clips we have? Doesn't look all that different my man....

[Dogslax41]

Re: Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

I couldn't care less about the graphics - (and I am in the apparent minority who thinks the graphics are amazing). For me it's all about animation. When things start moving, will I finally believe the players are alive? Or will I continue to see folding paper bodies, hunched over players, guys standing still flat footed in coverage, QBs throwing passes while they are being folded in half, etc. etc. etc.

I couldn't care less about the graphics, but I think the graphics are no where close to where they could or should be. I also really don't care that much about how realistic players appear to move. I care about how realistic they move.

I dont want to see a DB continue to run 7 yards upfield when the WR stops on a curl. I dont care if hes hunched over or eating a twinkie

I don't want to see a pulling guard run aimlessly by a linebacker in pursuit.

I dont want to see a kicked ball bounce straight ahead every single time it hits the ground.

I dont want to see zone coverage where unless a WR stops in the zone he gets to run through it without even drawing the attention of the DB.

I dont want to see linemen run into one another like they are those old plastic figures that some of us use to play with on the vibrating football board.

The can animate a QB throwing the ball out of his rear end as far as I am concerned as long as the play is football fundamentally correct and has an anything can happen feel to it

[jpdavis82]

Re: Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

Hey JP.

Umm... With new consoles the graphics will of course look better. Now can you compare gameplay between current gen and next gen from the small clips we have? Doesn't look all that different my man....

Once we get more footage of next gen I will. The small clips we have right now aren't really good enough except for comparing stills graphically. I think there's one actual play shown in the engadget video.

[radatdude2]

Re: Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

The upgrades are not that significant. I dont know if its because current gen madden was that good graphically or next gen just isnt a huge jump. Now if you do this with 2k next gen blows its current gen version out of the water, i was just hopping for that difference in madden clearly just to similar

[cthurt]

Re: Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

I think everyone here agrees the graphics are a little sharper with better lighting. But the problem is the game seems to play and move the same as current gen, with the same horrid animations and cut scenes. That's the problem.

Couldnt say it any better ghettogeeksta, madden has always been a pretty good looking game in still shots or trailers where they focus on certain aspects of the game, but once your at home and playing it on your tv all that good looking stuff goes away and all you see is the robotic unrealistic movement mixed in with cutscenes and repetitive commentary,

And truthfully the difference graphically isnt much of a jump, give current gen better lighting and they might be identical.

[rudyjuly2]

Re: Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

The graphics are better but this is also the smallest leap forward in graphics ever. Every new generation has a smaller leap and the differences only seem notable on the close-ups. Let's see some gameplay camera screenshots and see if we can pick out the differences.

Like others have said, I would love to see an overhaul to the animations and movement system. This past gen was a step DOWN in this area from the PS2. I was hoping for something a lot better than what I have seen so far.

[Dogslax41]

Re: Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

The upgrades are not that significant. I dont know if its because current gen madden was that good graphically or next gen just isnt a huge jump. Now if you do this with 2k next gen blows its current gen version out of the water, i was just hopping for that difference in madden clearly just to similar

I think its two fold. Madden 25 on current gen to me looks better than 2k14 on current gen. Next gen its not even close. So its an even wider disparity. If you take NBA2k14 on the pc with some tweeks then the jump to next gen is not such a shock as it has been for console users.

[royounggoku]

Re: Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

Turn the brightness up on my TV and that's the same game

[jpdavis82]

Re: Comparing next gen vs current gen Madden 25

Turn the brightness up on my TV and that's the same game

Oh really? That's funny because the Texans shots were both taken from my TV, same brightness. I bet your tv makes Lynch have gold teeth too right?