No Madden NFL 13 Super Bowl Halftime Blog

[TheTruth437]

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"We're coming out BIG this year!"

Let's hope so.

[Goblowsoup]

Cool, hope it will be big. Like to see them fix the major legacy issues like warping DB's, Super LB's etc. Also would like to see them bring back the authentic stadium sounds. I know it costs money for music, but if they can get something similar or just the audio with now lyrics would be cool to me. NBA2k pulls off the sounds for each stadium and I'm sure those have copyright issues there. Would also like to see them fix blocking and the pass game, I think this years pass game suffered greatly with new defensive AI. But I'm not really upset with this years game, it was decent...just hoping coming out BIG is really BIG and stuns us all.

[Jamake1005]

Haven't bought madden in years. Got Madden 12 for free. Returned it two weeks later. Never again. I'm so sick of the garbage that Madden release every year and ppl run out and buy and then defend the garbage. No thank you. What madden 13 we will say players name correctly and not call them by numbers. DB's will stop morphing through and running Wr routes before the Wr even finishes his route. Not Trolling but this game has been complete garbage for years.

[roadman]

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Haven't bought madden in years. Got Madden 12 for free. Returned it two weeks later. Never again. I'm so sick of the garbage that Madden release every year and ppl run out and buy and then defend the garbage. No thank you. What madden 13 we will say players name correctly and not call them by numbers. DB's will stop morphing through and running Wr routes before the Wr even finishes his route. Not Trolling but this game has been complete garbage for years.

One person's garbage is another person's art.

No need to judge people who don't happen to agree with you.

[TreyIM2]

@ all the understandable skeptics, I would just like to point out there have not really been that many times that next gen Madden has been touted to be focused on realism, imo. The only two times that come to mind for me are M10, "What you see on Sunday's" and M12 "True to the game", both of which while far from being stellar games, were "big" improvements of their predecessors.

Even though I disagreed with Ian and Phil's "realism/fun balance" POV, I give them credit for taking Madden in a fundamental direction it had NEVER been before with M10. It of course fell short in many areas and M11 did little to compliment it but M12 picked up the torch "full sprint", imo.

Nothing is accomplished in one cycle, whether that's making a top notch simulation or a casual friendly arcade game. So as disappointed as we all might be with this generation of Madden as a whole, there is little doubt Madden began trending towards increased realism for M10 and M12 seemed to double down on that last year. Considering that, a simple tweet about "we're coming out big this year", in relation to M13 seems like a potentially Big F'n Deal for increased authenticity, imo.

To play devil's advocate, ever hear EA Sports' motto? Heh...


Anyway, I think, based on 10 and 12, that this year WILL be "BIG" for Madden 13. I like the direction of 12 although I still got bored with it, early. Still haven't even completed my first year in my franchise unlike 10 where I was playing deep into the 11 dev cycle and went about 3yrs into my franchise.

I will say that the new add-on tackling was great. MUCH better than Pro-Tak. The hits were wonderful, if not a bit over the top, at times, and I hope they stop much of the "launch tackles"because it's not realistic...

Uhh, that's it. Didn't mean to say that much. Sleepy but I look forward to getting info on the latest Madden, as always.

[B-Lo-Z-Ro]

hopefully they come out with custom stadium music like 2k5, uniform edits (like using team colors to change pants, jersey, helmet colors), player appearance edits, franchise custom divisions & schedules, and the fixes like actual wr/db battles and lots more than needs attention other than new features & modes that no one wants... just off the top of my head

[blklightning]

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honestly, i can't even care about this series anymore. i leave for a game or two and come back to the same old crap. and the same tired promises. they say the same thing every year. "oh, we're going all out this time." yeah, you said that last year. and the year before. so my expectations for madden 13 are in the basement. no, they're in the floor below the basement.

what, there's no floor below the basement. well, i need to then invent a floor that's below the basement so i can put my expectations on that floor.

[blklightning]

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It's gonna be the newest Madden EVER.

lol. that would be the most honest tagline for a next gen madden yet.

[TheSaints7]

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Once again, it looks like Madden is going to suck. No Halftime Blog? very poor. How can they not see the potential. tut tut.

[mWolfe]

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I don't buy that excuse that memory is holding them back. Look at what other sports games are able to accomplish with the 360/PS3, FIFA, NBA 2k, NHL, MLB: The Show. Those games are WAY ahead of Madden in terms of gameplay, animation, player interaction, and just everything else. Just face it Madden is holding back Madden. Heck, Madden isn't even to the level that it was last gen.

Dont be too quick to throw that out the window, and again its not all about the memory either. Their are certain animations that they lack that they can add to improve the game.

Being a huge computer geek, the lack of memory does keep them from adding to much to either graphics or the data, you have to remember that both the 360 and the PS 3 have 512mbs of extended memory that is a shared memory between graphics and data, it puts a cap on how much you can use without causing lockup, freezes or lost data because the graphics and data are trying to compete to allocate the better half of the 512mb avaliable.

In most of todays computer the graphics card has its own memory which helps freee the extended memory to the data base. Hopefuly the new systems will have at least 2gb of extended memory and 512mb for the GPU.
What I would like to here though is that ratings will have more meaning and be a bigger factor in the game versus some of the ratings that have little to no effect on a player.

[kehlis]

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Once again, it looks like Madden is going to suck. No Halftime Blog? very poor. How can they not see the potential. tut tut.

Yea, no halftime blog definitely means its going to suck. I can't think of any other conclusion.

[Big FN Deal]

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Dont be too quick to throw that out the window, and again its not all about the memory either. Their are certain animations that they lack that they can add to improve the game.

Being a huge computer geek, the lack of memory does keep them from adding to much to either graphics or the data, you have to remember that both the 360 and the PS 3 have 512mbs of extended memory that is a shared memory between graphics and data, it puts a cap on how much you can use without causing lockup, freezes or lost data because the graphics and data are trying to compete to allocate the better half of the 512mb avaliable.

In most of todays computer the graphics card has its own memory which helps freee the extended memory to the data base. Hopefuly the new systems will have at least 2gb of extended memory and 512mb for the GPU.
What I would like to here though is that ratings will have more meaning and be a bigger factor in the game versus some of the ratings that have little to no effect on a player.

I very seldom comment about the tech side of creating Madden because I am a programming layman but I will this time. I think without question, if EA polled Madden gamers on the one area they could sacrifice to expand memory, graphics would be the overwhelming choice.

The way M12 looks graphically on an HD 1080p tv, is astounding but it's of little consequence if that's holding back other things like better player movement and overall gameplay.

TNT touched on this before, if some what over the top, by stating the players could be barrels but I get the sentiment. No matter how much memory the 360/PS3 lack in terms of today's computers, it's still more memory than last gen consoles, so this seems like a poor excuse for Madden's football play not being better.

An analogy for what I am saying is, last gen was like EA having $32,000 to furnish a house and they spread it out evenly throughout each room but this gen they had $512,000 to furnish an allegedly new house yet they allocate the majority of the resources to outside decor.

It would make all the sense in the world to a layman like me if next gen Madden was graphically behind other sports titles but gameplay was on par with them due to memory limits and the fact that football requires so many expanded things. However, like a poster before me stated, this currently all seems like a poor allocation of memory resources rather than a valid reason for why Madden gameplay doesn't represent football as well as other PS3/360 games do for their respective sports and Madden did last gen.

Anyone feel free to enlighten me if I am off base about this.

[marshallfever]

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Hum, I feel like we went through this the year after Ortiz left right, we gave the development team a whole year and they gave us Madden 09....was it.....or was it 08? I skipped out on 08 but found 09 and 10 to be the best Madden of this generation.

In terms of features, I don't even remember what features they announced throughout the year for 12. My two younger brothers play against each other literally every single day; their very competitive. I'm just hoping 13 can be not only a change in the game-play depart but possibly even a visual change. The franchise has gotten unbelievably boring. I don't think i completed an entire franchise season since possibly 09.

On just features, I guess i can't wait to see what this new or "reinvented" team has up their sleeves.

[darknmild]

My perception is that I've been pretty keen on what has recently come out. I've been a fan of the recent Madden releases. And while I know you're referencing Einstein, I believe insanity is continuing to pay out of pocket while simultaneously complaining about it. That's the weird part, in my mind. People spit and curse at the Madden/NCAA dev team, and then hand money over to them.

I've been happy with Madden since 2010. I'm curious and excited to see what they deliver.

I agree 1000%

[TreyIM2]

Dont be too quick to throw that out the window, and again its not all about the memory either. Their are certain animations that they lack that they can add to improve the game.

Being a huge computer geek, the lack of memory does keep them from adding to much to either graphics or the data, you have to remember that both the 360 and the PS 3 have 512mbs of extended memory that is a shared memory between graphics and data, it puts a cap on how much you can use without causing lockup, freezes or lost data because the graphics and data are trying to compete to allocate the better half of the 512mb avaliable.

In most of todays computer the graphics card has its own memory which helps freee the extended memory to the data base. Hopefuly the new systems will have at least 2gb of extended memory and 512mb for the GPU.
What I would like to here though is that ratings will have more meaning and be a bigger factor in the game versus some of the ratings that have little to no effect on a player.

I may not be a self proclaimed tech geek but I am in the IT field so to add, what about game engine limitations coupled with lack of disc space? If EA doesn't want to completely create a new game engine from the ground up so that it better utilizes memory (they most likely can majorly rewrite current code to do so but much of the game would break and it would be too time consuming and costly to fix and debug), do u believe that limited disc space including lack of a dedicated HDD and use of DVDs ala the 360 further limits this?