Madden NFL 09 E3 2008 Stage Show Demo Video (Gamespot)

[thmst30]

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If you listen closely early in the commentary you will hear some "game breaking" news!! Old #8 is NOT in the game this year!!! Yes, its true!! LOL What morons.

Yea I caught that too. Those Gamespot guys who cover the sports games are really bad, I listened to a couple of their podcasts and its amazing how clueless they are about most of whats going on in the sports video gaming world.

[AquillaThaKilla]

Someone said that Grossman's bad play in snow is an excuse for Bears fans when the Packers beat op on the Bears. That doesnt make much sense because the Bears are 7-1 aqainst the Packers in the last four seasons.

[The Bimmer]

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I think I will be getting this game now. The flash bulbs do look overdone, but it only seems that way on the kick-offs. I will probably make my final desicion after reading the bugs and glitches thread that the hardcore players provide and see if the game needs any patches before investing. If there isnt any major problems like NCAA 09 I will be looking forward to some football this year.

[Goffs]

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im loving what im seeing!

[Steeler99]

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I agree that the camera flashes are WAY over done! Good God, I'm not a regular at NFL games, but the ones I have been too, I have NO recolection of camers flashing throughout the game? Who the *&$# decided that was a missing piece of presentation anyway?

At the most it should be put into the Super Bowl ... regular games DO NOT have that "in the game". My guess is that for 2010 camera flashes will be dramatically toned down or eliminated.

Otherwise game sure does look good, as long as the turnover issue is fixed I can't wait to get my hands on it! (but I will wait for reviews stating the turnover issue is in fact fixed)!

[adub88]

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I agree that the camera flashes are WAY over done! Good God, I'm not a regular at NFL games, but the ones I have been too, I have NO recolection of camers flashing throughout the game? Who the *&$# decided that was a missing piece of presentation anyway?

At the most it should be put into the Super Bowl ... regular games DO NOT have that "in the game". My guess is that for 2010 camera flashes will be dramatically toned down or eliminated.

Otherwise game sure does look good, as long as the turnover issue is fixed I can't wait to get my hands on it! (but I will wait for reviews stating the turnover issue is in fact fixed)!

I thought the camera flashes was going to be toned down, guess not.

[ch46647]

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I think the game is really looking fantastic this year. Looks to be the first playable Madden since 05'!

Just wanted to respond to two posts on here that I think can help clarify some answers:

Maxman1000- Correct me if I am wrong however the Packers and Bears are a rivalry game. They said that in rivalry games to help with that atmosphere they put a darker tint on the game. When it brightened becoming the backtrack feature, it was probably just reverting back to what it would look like without that rivalry game tint. Just speculation but to me that makes sense.

Exonerated- We will have weather for both ranked and un-ranked games, however we will not be able to choose the weather, it will be completely random. I think the bigger question is will it change the time of day, or will we be playing a day game every time. Ian if you read this could you please comment.

Hope this helps guys! I am really looking forward to Aug 12th I LOVE the Madden series and have been waiting for a succesful Madden game since 05'

[poster]

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It did look good. Phil said that weather has an effect on games. I wonder if he or Ian could elaborate on that some more.

Also wanted to ask if there will be a roster update once the game ships? That is Benson on the Bears, and I don't want to see that.

[djep]

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I think that may have been the first time we've seen Human vs. CPU play and it looked great. That sack that he takes at the 8 minute mark - he ran backwards with Grossman to avoid the oncoming rushers but if it looked like if he could have stepped up in the pocket instead and avoided the rush. I don't think I would've seen that in 08.

[Kevin26385]

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Did Phil say you cant use your superstar in franchise...wtf

[backbreaker]

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Big positive I'm seeing... QBs rolling out, throwing it out there blindly... and they're getting picked off like crazy

Saw the disappearing icons too.

The only time the Icons disappear was when the ball was thrown. Their was no disappearing icons when the qb was running to the right 15yds behind the LS and then he threw the ball the icons where gone.

The one play where the icons did disappear, they popped right back into view.
Same as it ever was.

[edubbs]

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The only time the Icons disappear was when the ball was thrown. Their was no disappearing icons when the qb was running to the right 15yds behind the LS and then he threw the ball the icons where gone.

The one play where the icons did disappear, they popped right back into view.
Same as it ever was.

The game was played on pro level. Icons only dissapear this year on All Pro and All Madden.

You can tell it was played on the lower level, because the highlight stick commands are on under the player by default. On the higher levels they are off by default.

[MaxMan1000]

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Maxman1000- Correct me if I am wrong however the Packers and Bears are a rivalry game. They said that in rivalry games to help with that atmosphere they put a darker tint on the game. When it brightened becoming the backtrack feature, it was probably just reverting back to what it would look like without that rivalry game tint. Just speculation but to me that makes sense.

You're right about the video changes for rivalry games. It hasn't been talked about much but I recall an interview where Phil was talking about a rivalry mode in franchise, and how those games will be brighter or darker. I just hope this mode isn't exclusive to franchise.

But, after seeing all of the video's I notice that this brightening/color change in Backtrack happens in every game even non-rivalries. If it's not intentional, this could be the result of the compression of the replay video. The funny part is that it looks cool, yet weird because the live game doesn't look like that.

[Phil_Frazier]

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Wanted to comment on the Benson thing. This came up at E3 as well.

We finaled the game two days before Benson was cut. The Benson cut and Strahan's retirement happened too late to be included in the shipping game.

We are working on a roster udpate for release day that will cover these changes as well as others.

Phil

[Guillotine 1]

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Wanted to comment on the Benson thing. This came up at E3 as well.

We finaled the game two days before Benson was cut. The Benson cut and Strahan's retirement happened too late to be included in the shipping game.

We are working on a roster udpate for release day that will cover these changes as well as others.

Phil

Phil- Can you tell us if you will be bringing Tom Hammond back for 2010 or not? I just want to know if he will be in 2010. Will my Cowboys have Adam Jones as well?