Madden NFL 25 to Include Actual NFL Referees?

[Big FN Deal]

Re: Madden NFL 14 to Include Actual NFL Referees?

It adds to the realism factor but let be honest Steve is right. If they don't call penalties(PI) then who cares what they look like.

Would be nice if they each had own personality like the Umpires in the Show have different strike zones.

I was going to start a thread about this but this thread seems appropriate. Aggies7 mentions about MLB The Show having real umpires crews with different strike zones and with this thread http://www.operationsports.com/forum...nfl-rules.html coming out today it got me to wondering. Kolbe from The Show is on the Madden team now so it wouldn't seem like a stretch that the addition of real NFL refs and a reported focus on real NFL penalties, are signs of a similar ref/crew personality system being added to M25.

http://kotaku.com/5907525/these-are-...lb-12-the-show
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...es-thread.html

Could this be a fix or at least a solid foundation to fix, the issue with penalties like DPI and OPI not being represented well, ever, in next gen Madden?

[ghettogeeksta]

Re: Madden NFL 25 to Include Actual NFL Referees?

I hope this focus on penalties mean they are getting rid of almost all canned animations, because the only way penalties can be called fair is if the animations are not predetermined.

[Trick13]

Re: Madden NFL 25 to Include Actual NFL Referees?

I don't understand this at all. Seems time would better spent elsewhere in the game - and if they are going to do anything to improve the on field presentation- it should be on making the sidelines more immersive/active not on the refs, imho

[hanzsomehanz]

Another distraction from the main attraction albeit if they do focus in on penalties it will hopefully lead to an improved physics system that can help refs better detect penalties based on animation pulls and point of contact interferences.

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[splff3000]

Re: Madden NFL 25 to Include Actual NFL Referees?

Soooo, has anybody heard anything else about this recently? I know I haven't. I'm telling ya, if they scanned all the refs and didn't do anything with penalties I'm gonna lose it lol.

[secondsolution]

Re: Madden NFL 25 to Include Actual NFL Referees?

Soooo, has anybody heard anything else about this recently? I know I haven't. I'm telling ya, if they scanned all the refs and didn't do anything with penalties I'm gonna lose it lol.

I think its going to be purely part of the presentation with zero improvements to the actual penalties. The presentation NDAs are still in effect so we won't know for sure until they end (which I'm guessing will be at E3).

[JaymeeAwesome]

Re: Madden NFL 25 to Include Actual NFL Referees?

Did we get this in M25? I didn't see much of it in the demo.

[tdogg097]

Re: Madden NFL 25 to Include Actual NFL Referees?

Not in the demo for sure and penalties are still crap.

[jpdavis82]

Re: Madden NFL 25 to Include Actual NFL Referees?

I think this is going to be for next gen. I just don't see them redoing the penalty system completely which is what they would have to do, knowing that this gen would be fading away soon as we transition into next gen.