Madden NFL 11 Video: Developer Series - All About Gameplay

[MarkAdrianPI]

Swore off all EA gams till they stop this ban coming to used games. If you only released games that are not just roster updates, Screw you EA hoping everyone with a stake in the videogame industry say NO to EA and Maddcash(MADDEN).

[Bgamer90]

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Swore off all EA gams till they stop this ban coming to used games. If you only released games that are not just roster updates, Screw you EA hoping everyone with a stake in the videogame industry say NO to EA and Maddcash(MADDEN).

Well then I guess you're going to stop playing video games period because by the looks of it, ALL games will have codes of some sort pretty soon to combat used games sales.

[Jimixiii]

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I'm definitely going to wait for the OS reaction once this game is out before thinking about paying it this year. I'm really not liking how much they focus conversation around "new players to Madden" every video, that has to be a very small percentage of their consumers year-to-year. Just make a game for the hardcore football fans & the money will come. I really don't get their strategy with all the catering to so-called newcomers.

[MrSkagTrendy]

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"I think that the logic of them just knowing what their assignment is, is a game changer." - Anthony Stevenson

This is the problem..THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE THERE

Also, Ian may have hinted that they've overhauled presentation and franchise, when he was talking about gameplay. "It doesn't matter what your presentation is, it doesn't matter what your franchise is if your gameplay's not there."

[rooney8]

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I hate how every year they say this Madden is the best ever but then next year they show how bad it was and say this Madden is the best ever.
On the Bucs sweep the hb is about to run into the endzone and then freezes and waits for the tackle. Animations triggering does not look smooth at all.

[rooney8]

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Also, Ian may have hinted that they've overhauled presentation and franchise, when he was talking about gameplay. "It doesn't matter what your presentation is, it doesn't matter what your franchise is if your gameplay's not there."

Just think that means he feels he has the gameplay right.

[Nza]

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Actually a really good franchise and crap gameplay can still make for a good simulated franchise mode

There is still a mammoth amount of suction in this video. Madden has never been a pretty looking game in broadcast camera views because the movements are jittery and the transitions are inconsistent in speed because having full control gets priority over life like movement. The game always looks better in game cameras because it follows the ball carrier - the broadcast cameras used for trailers etc follow a scene and this really emphasizes the odd movements that a camera reacting to those movements otherwise wouldn't.

I'm certain this *is* the Madden "feel" that many want EA to grow apart from, but simply won't as it's a big risk.

[coolbreez35]

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boy this game looks dated

[MaddenBalla]

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[JMD]

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I'm going to wait for E3 and see what EA has to offer. Maybe this is old footage, but I don't think it will change a whole lot. Nothing I've seen so far has me the least bit interested in this game. It looks ridiculous. Players still jerk and skate all over the place. Why can't the Madden team make a game in which players move in a realistic manner?

It seems quite clear to me that Madden has gone as far as it can go on this generation of consoles. Unless the completely re-tool this game , this is what we're going to get. Madden 10 with a few very slight adjustments.

PS: I'll bet a weeks pay that people will be complaining about how easy the outside run game is once the game comes out. In Madden 10 when the blocking only randomly worked, pitches and tosses were way to easy to exploit. Now that the blocking is supposedly fixed look out. I see everyone using the Titans and running CJ outside all day.

[sroz39]

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Like someone else mentioned in this thread earlier, I think what you're seeing is largely what we're going to get in August. We definitely put too much stock in what build they're showing us through these vids. We all do it, holding on to some hope that the final build is going to be drastically different. Almost never is.

Having said all that, I'm looking forward to the game and even with 10's flaws, quite enjoyed that game for a few months. I actually feel bad for Ian and Co. They've been saddled by this god-awful engine that wasn't built by them and they have to turn lemons into lemonade now. The first group of guys that made the "next-gen" engine way back when for Madden 06, clearly had no idea what next-gen football should have looked like. And now Ian and his team have to pull this sucker out of the fire and I hear the Mission Impossible theme playing in the background as I type this...

[Skyboxer]

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Like what I'm seeing so far. Love this time of year.
Of course I realize it's just a game...(plus I don't have a computer programming degree like most in this thread)

[Blitzburgh]

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Yea, it'll look that way until there's an engine change...they aren't redoing the animations or adding smoother transitions, so it still looks awkward to me....improved but still not there to my eyes

Hey Pacman- I couldn't agree more with you. The problem is this game is now really starting to look stale to people. I think the biggest reason is the over all look of the player models and the way they walk and run. Maybe this locomotion thing was something they had to add first before really getting into the true physics based aspects of the game.

Since we got something new to choose from finally and can import the NFL teams in a minute this may be the first year in a while I pass on Madden. I'm guessing I'm not alone on this one as well. Plus NCAA is finally looking different & better. I may get that game instead. God I love choice!

[Blitzburgh]

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I hate how every year they say this Madden is the best ever but then next year they show how bad it was and say this Madden is the best ever.
On the Bucs sweep the hb is about to run into the endzone and then freezes and waits for the tackle. Animations triggering does not look smooth at all.

I know, when you follow a series for a long time it starts to sound comical.

What is up with Ian's personality or lack there of lol? He seems miserable as all hell. Kinda like he wanted to focus on different things this year but got the shaft and now has to talk up stuff that he feels we aren't going to take great notice in even though it may be huge improvements. Just a thought.

[Linuxx]

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"I think that the logic of them just knowing what their assignment is, is a game changer." - Anthony Stevenson

This is the problem..THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE THERE

Also, Ian may have hinted that they've overhauled presentation and franchise, when he was talking about gameplay. "It doesn't matter what your presentation is, it doesn't matter what your franchise is if your gameplay's not there."

Not sure how you got anything about them updating franchise out of that statement??