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Re: Fact or Fiction: Madden 12 Demo Edition
Improved and updated aren't synonyms. EA made the presentation better, but it's not up to the standards of the other sports titles of today, so it's not up to date. That's was updating is. It's the process of bringing something up to date. When that process is finished, then it's updated.
If there was competition, the presentation ( as well as other elements) would be much further along than it is currently.Last edited by BlackJackRabbit; 08-23-2011, 05:43 PM.Comment
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Re: Fact or Fiction: Madden 12 Demo Edition
I remember in 2K5 that the game would automatically sometimes do a instant replay of the penalty that took place. Its small stuff like that that Madden has to add to the feel of realism and presentation in there football game. I will admit the presentation in the Madden demo is good, and it seems to be headed in the right direction, but for Madden13, there can't be anymore excuses of the presentation not being upto par or better than NFL2K5, NBA2K11, MLB The Show.Comment
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Re: Fact or Fiction: Madden 12 Demo Edition
"Dustin: Fact. Remember how most everyone loved the NCAA 12 demo? Remember how the retail version was much better than that demo?"
Uhh.. noooo????Comment
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Re: Fact or Fiction: Madden 12 Demo Edition
The weakest part of the game has to be either the o-line d-line interaction, or the lack of animations period. Not enough catching animations, everybody has the same run animations. Animations are still a bit stiff and robotic. QB play action animations are terrible. Line interaction is pretty much a stand still. And for some reason the defender always seems to toss the blocker to the side as soon as the ball carrier is coming up to pass the block. These are my weakest parts of the game would also include lack of footplanting.Comment
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Nuff said in this video. Period. This is not a sway by any means. Please make up your own minds.
http://www.youtube.com/user/TrueSimGamer?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/K7mGG0rO6fcComment
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I was going to blog about what essential things in Madden is very welcomed this year and the breaking point of what EA has done in good and what could be a death kneel for it. For it seems with the demo's it stirs such a fervor over what the REAL game will be. We all know the Demo every year is quite a handicapped idea to what the game really ends up being. I am not sure the demo should even be considered a 'demo' as much as a 'layout' demonstration. how the new HUD will appear and be approached. It is like seeing a trailer for a movie, it never really explains the true emotion of the movie, it is there to just create the hype and wow, not the full reality of the movie. i have seen a lot of movies that don't' have great trailers because they convey the wrong feeling of what the movie's emotion really was. the demo of madden always feels like that to me. should be considered a beta demo preview.
however, the statements in this article bring up some amazingly well put points and rounds it up for me.
"Caley: Fact. However, I'm not sure it's the gameplay as much as the advertising regarding the additions to Franchise mode. As primarily an offline player, I think this mode got some needed attention. Is it all it could be, or once was? Certainly not, but if the little things -- roster cuts, dynamic attributes, tendencies -- pan out, I think it will be the best Madden Franchise mode of this generation."
If the new features pan out. excellent point! i feel that EA's bad rap is really based on stating new features, but then not executing in getting them to work. not to say that they 'all' don't work, but that it seems every year a 'feature' that is in the game is simply broken and that makes us the consumers feel that 'false advertising' is in play. Madden is a huge game with huge marketing and revealing what the 'features are' requires due diligence to make sure on shipping day these features are working as advertised. perhaps they need 'tweaking' but fully working. simply put, as Caley said it best. 'if the little things - roster cuts, dynamic attributes, tendencies -- pan out, it will be the best madden franchise mode of this generation." he calls it little things, which translates to 'details' 'pride' 'solid gameplay' 'providing the features as stated' this is the make or break for me. if they work as intended (room for tweaking but not broken) then success. I worry because of the track record of Madden, this is a shaky hope. but i will dare it because i wan't it to work so bad. the demo doesn't even show anything of what the franchise mode is except talk. lets see what is when i pay my $60. wish there was a demo mode for offline franchise mode somehow. then i would be happy with a demo. franchise is what madden is for me. i could care less about 'play now'.
"Christian: Fiction. Like Caley said, I know some folks don't like comparisons, and I especially hate using this example, but if NFL 2K5 was able to give us deep halftime and weekly highlight shows, complete with highlights from across the league, there is no excuse to not see these presentational features in a game like Madden 12. The new camera angles, banners and introductions are a great start, but until broadcast replays, graphical breakdowns and highlight shows are added, I can't say presentation is where it should be."
"Dustin: Fiction. It's nice going third here because now I don't even have to bring up games from the past. All I have to say is the "bar" for presentation was set years ago. It's time to set it again. "
up to recently I always rolled my eyes when someone brought up 2k5. I played 2k something and always felt the gameplay was never Madden. IMO. (welcome to your own of course). But what I didn't know was what the presentation was. when I just recently saw the presentation of 2k5's NFL I about crapped my pants. 2005!!! we are in 2012 madden here. Dustin is right, the bar is set and Madden needs to start working on presentation for 2013. 2012 is a excellent step in the right direction. the demo hints at it with the visuals and HUD for play now, but not commentary so the full game will tell the tape, but there is a long way to go. the bar is set.____________________
Mirrored32 - (ps3) offline Madden 13
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Re: Fact or Fiction: Madden 12 Demo Edition
I just hope they don't decide that this year's visual presentation is good enough and then they won't improve it at all next year. That would stink.Comment
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