Madden NFL 11 Video: Ravens vs. Titans Gameplay

[tabulaRasa]

The running animation is awful still, look how the heads are seemingly locked in Y space.
After backbreaker you know how animations can look. Madden is stale. They would need some competetion again from 2K to improve.

[Whammer]

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Still not feeling it. I'm hoping we get some more gameplay footage and can better see the changes. The audio is a disappointment.

[TIm]

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They have the graphics and it looks great... Gameplay looks alright... Can't tell until we actually play the game tho... But I can't put my finger on it,,, It just feels bland watching that... I just rebought 2k5 ps2 and commentary is amazing... Whether you like those voices or not, The flow is great

[STLRams]

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The game does look improved, I liked how the replays looked alot smoother this year and are not short replays like Madden10, also it seemed liked the replays keep showing even when the playbook screen came up which is a nice touch. I didn't like how easliy V.Young ran out that pocket and he and some other players did run like they are skating. It was a interesting video, not alot I disliked about it, can't wait to see more. Now the one thing im curious about is during replays will we finally get some multiple camera angle replay, not just replays being shown from just one or two views, we need atleast 6 or 7 different multiple views when that auto replay kicks in.

[RGiles36]

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The gameplay is noticeably smoother in my opinion and doesn't look as frantic as in years past. I hope someone comes through with more than 1-2 minute clips.

It's starting to become apparent that it's part of EA's marketing campaign to not really showcase their football games but rather let the demos speak for themselves (NCAA for example). If that's the case, I don't expect to see much more footage of Madden then we had pre-E3 .

[spankdatazz22]

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Looked okay. I'd expect improvement; the question is how much improvement versus what was needed to be done. Hard to gauge during the short gameplay quip. Players don't seem to be noticeably sliding as much as in the NCAA demo. Unfortunately defense still seems like a prop; never see defenders making appropriate penetration/winning battles. They are way overdue for paying equal attention to the defensive side of the ball, it's past being a joke at this point. Still looks like lots of one-on-one player interaction, not much seems very organic.

Presentation wise their Ray Lewis dance still looks bad; cool that there are lots of replays but like NCAA, bad they're trying to do some super-close "Tiburon view" - really don't like it. From what I heard of the commentary, it's going to be poorly implemented again this year. For all the crap Ortiz got for his sexy player models comment, the "new" team makes sure not to miss on the core graphics year after year which look sharp overall. But would prefer they had less fidelity on the players on the field and used those resources to build up the sidelines and crowd in realtime

[ODogg]

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I disagree, you are looking at the players all game, not the sidelines and crowd. I'd prefer they all be done great but if given the choice I think EA is making the right choice by investing the resources into the actual on-field players.

[PantherBeast_OS]

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The gameplay is noticeably smoother in my opinion and doesn't look as frantic as in years past. I hope someone comes through with more than 1-2 minute clips.

It's starting to become apparent that it's part of EA's marketing campaign to not really showcase their football games but rather let the demos speak for themselves (NCAA for example). If that's the case, I don't expect to see much more footage of Madden then we had pre-E3 .

I feel the same way. I would of thought that we would have had some gamefootage from madden fans on youtube who visited E3. I guess EA didn't allow them to do it this year. Crossing fingers for more footage then this.

[spankdatazz22]

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I disagree, you are looking at the players all game, not the sidelines and crowd. I'd prefer they all be done great but if given the choice I think EA is making the right choice by investing the resources into the actual on-field players.

Granted they're different type spectator sports, but The Show, NBA2K, and [former] Live's crowds add immensely to the overall ambiance of games being played. It just makes it more immersive. Not making appropriate improvements to the elements surrounding the players make them seem as if they're playing in a fishbowl imo. There's just too sharp a contrast between the players on the field and what surrounds them, and it stands out. Other games/devs have realized they needed to get away from that effect

[ODogg]

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Yeah I agree, they need to figure out a way to make them better. They do look pretty bad.

[roadman]

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Granted they're different type spectator sports, but The Show, NBA2K, and [former] Live's crowds add immensely to the overall ambiance of games being played. It just makes it more immersive. Not making appropriate improvements to the elements surrounding the players make them seem as if they're playing in a fishbowl imo. There's just too sharp a contrast between the players on the field and what surrounds them, and it stands out. Other games/devs have realized they needed to get away from that effect

I do agree, but I don't know what you would sacrifice on the field. I think the other sports fans are closer to the action. Heck, Wrigley Field, you are right on top of the players. Same with the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.

I know at Lambeau, you feel like you are in a fishbowl.

[myownsun]

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To OP thanks for the videos, m11 looks much improved imo.

[canes21]

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I am trying to get excited for Madden 11, but its just not happening. There have been no big features announced. The biggest news so far has been Gus Johnson. I thought he would be a big upgrade over Hammond, but the videos have not shown it. If anything, he sounds like an excited Tom Hammond, thats it.

The Boldin TD was just terrible. He was way too late with the comments. He said, "He comes down with it..." after Boldin had started celebrating. He should have started that line mid catch animation. Then he said, "Touchdown!" after Boldin's celebration. He should have said that when Boldin started celebrating.

I saw another delay in commentary on a running play. The ball had been handed off already and a tackle was taking place when Gus finally said something along the lines of, "He hands the ball off" or "He runs with it". He should have said, "Young takes the snap, hands it off to Johnson, and Johnson is taken down after a short gain of 3." We should hear the commentary during the play, not after.

Also, the pass from Young to Scaife was out of sync too. He comments on the catch too late if I remember correctly, then 3 seconds after he is knocked out of bounds we hear Gus say, "He's knocked out of bounds..." Then it takes him 2 more seconds to say, "At the 15 yard line".

EA needs to rethink how they write their scripts. As it stands now, nobody could come in and make it sound right. Peter and Dan from 2k would sound terrible with the way EA does their commentary.

[splff3000]

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The gameplay is noticeably smoother in my opinion and doesn't look as frantic as in years past. I hope someone comes through with more than 1-2 minute clips.

It is smoother, but there still looks like there's some sliding going on there. It's definitely not as bad as the earlier vids though. Overall I think the vid was ok. I really like the Boldin catch in the endzone though. That was nice, but that's not anything new. You could do that last year with the right QB/WR combination. Everyone is gonna be looking extra hard at the gameplay vids this year since they said they only focused on that. I'm not too impressed with what I saw. It wasn't bad, just not "sacrifice franchise" worthy. We'll see what happens when some more vids come out.

[rocknroll1968]

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Oh god. Collinsworth is going to be saying the same repetitive crap he said last year.