EA Focused Once Again on Visuals And Atmosphere

[Old Gold and Blue]

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First and foremost, we are less than a week away from "The Only Game That Matters......Period!"; AKA, the real Christmas season. I have always been a stickler for visuals, details, and atmosphere in football games, but gameplay is always priority number one. Aside from making gameplay the main objective, here are the visual details I would like to see included or refined in 2010 (Giving mad props to those who have posted these earlier)
In no particular order of importance:
1. Neutral stadiums and ability to choose stadium for scheduling dynasty games. NCAA 2001 for PS1!!! had every neutral field that was in play for real games. A huge (at least to me) forgotten feature of creating a dynasty schedule in 2001 was the ability to choose a stadium for every game. For realism purposes you could get a neutral matchup that maybe the game schedule makers forgot, or you could mostly make up fantasy match ups in pro or neutral stadiums. I would schedule a game with Texas at Cowboy Stadium, Notre Dame at Soldier Field or Hoosier Dome, ect. It's in the game EA.....
2. Progressive mud on field and uniforms during rain games on grass
3. Pregame ESPN GameDay and team specific entrances. The smoke at Miami, the script Ohio, play like a champion at Notre Dame, the big T at Tennessee, the Harley at Oregon, ect.
4. Impact player to watch pregame warm up footage with up to date season stats and NCAA/Conference ranks.
5. More detail, atmosphere, fan interaction, and post game presenation and celebrations for rivalry trophy games. Last year you got a yellow background banner with a congratulation message for winning a random trophy message......NO! I want to see the fans extra jacked for the game, the trophy holding team's cheerleaders bringing the trophy out before the game (possibly having it sit on their sideline during game), the winning team celebrating at the end of the game with the trophy, possibly in traditional team specific fashion (the Wisconsin/Minnesota Paul Bunyun Axe winner chopping at the losers goal post, the Stanford/Cal student body lineup exchanging the Axe)
6. New post game animations

My turniquette and surgical tubing is ready, I'm tapping my vein.....

Agreed, I'd love to see the Mountaineers stay on the field after a win and hear Country Roads played, along with all the great traditions in college football.

Also more in depth coverage of the teams and players would be cool too. And like another poster said, a physics engine like GTA4 would greatly improve gameplay and make the game more realistic.

[statum71]

I could care less if the visuals are almost real. I want a fun playing football game again. Madden/NCAA on last gen was solid, not because of top notch graphics or atmosphere, but because the game felt right. And in the end, that's the most important thing to a video game.

My friend, you must not have an HDTV. Visuals make all the difference in the world.

[OMT]

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I sure wish I could have a conversation with whoever is in charge of actual game play then. Because every time I ask a question, the only response I get from here is - ''not my area, sorry.''

Forward this to whoever is in charge of game play - ''Believe it or not, college quarterbacks actually do throw deep.'' Thanks in advance.

Ask Ian Cummings on the Madden board. He was in charge of gameplay last year.

[Russell_SCEA]

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Progressive mud on field and uniforms during rain games on grass

Wtf is progressive mud lol

[ODogg]

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Wtf is progressive mud lol

mud so real it leaves grit in your mouth. only from an HD set of course.

[Solidice]

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mud so real it leaves grit in your mouth. only from an HD set of course.

what? no mud smell? lame.

[ODogg]

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The actual headline should be "EA focused once again on visuals. And atmosphere?" considering the game looks great but is really lacking in atmosphere still.

[Moostache]

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I don't see that big of a difference with Visual and Atmosphere from last years version. Yeah the lighting, grass and player models look better but that's about it.

So, the field / playing surface (which takes up the majority of the screen), the players themselves (which take up the majority of a gamer's focus while playing the game) and the lighting effects all look better...BUT, there's not a big difference in the game?



What exactly WOULD qualify as a "big difference" then?

:wink:

I think that Madden 2009 is making an even bigger visual jump than NCAA 2009, but there is a clear difference between NCAA 2009 and 2008 for sure. Maybe it is not as big of a jump as many of us would like (or feel somehow entitled to), but it IS improved.

[icicle22]

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Didn't NCAA 08 have progression in lighting? I swear late afternoon games went dark over time so the 1st quarter was orangy-dusk looking and by the fourth quarter it was dark with lights. I remember being upset that Madden 08 didn't have this feature. Now it's gone in NCaa 09 and didn't make it to Madden either? On the same platform/generation system? Is this accurate?

[ODogg]

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Didn't NCAA 08 have progression in lighting? I swear late afternoon games went dark over time so the 1st quarter was orangy-dusk looking and by the fourth quarter it was dark with lights. I remember being upset that Madden 08 didn't have this feature. Now it's gone in NCaa 09 and didn't make it to Madden either? On the same platform/generation system? Is this accurate?

[Solidice]

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lol i like this one

[OMT]

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what? no mud smell? lame.

Have you tried scratching your TV first?

[Solidice]

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Have you tried scratching your TV first?

holy geez!! it work! i suggest everyone try this now, you wont regret it! can't wait for their to be dog piles so i can smell that!

[SteelerSpartan]

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So there isn't any field degradation???

[Village Idiot]

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Not everyone is here every day, dude. Lighten up.