Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream, Watch it Here

[William85]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

Looks like the outlook on the forums has turned 180 degrees based on one simple stream. I felt like when the guys spoke , you could feel their passion for getting it right. Kudos to Ea for cutting the crap with the sugar coated screens and gussied up trailers. Showing people how these improvements work in real time instead of telling people goes a very long way toward building some credibility. Also, great job of owning your baggage and not dodging any questions or legacy issues. People have had smoke blown up thier rears for too long about Madden improvements so its nice to hear them being honest. Everything changed IMO with this video. Now, keep them coming .

[juduking]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

I'm really confused as to why they think DB's are passive aggressive against jump balls when in fact they have been the opposite while WR's were the ones just waiting for the ball to fall into their hands. DB's always had more right to the ball the WR's, but i'm glad they've added a swat mechanic for receivers, FINALLY, so that they can turn into defenders when needed....took them long enough. Still not spending $60 on it cause we should have been had all this and more.

Good, good, let the hate flow through you. Come to the dark side.

[4thQtrStre5S]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

what was the glitch?

If I recall correctly it was a series of shifts and re-alignments that alllowed for a nano type blitz?

[juduking]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

what was the glitch?

It was a nano that they guy found by hitting a combination of 15 or 16 different defensive adjustments according to Rex

[hotsauceme]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

Anyone know more about the scaling based on real nfl stats?

[jpdavis82]

Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

Looks like the outlook on the forums has turned 180 degrees based on one simple stream. I felt like when the guys spoke , you could feel their passion for getting it right. Kudos to Ea for cutting the crap with the sugar coated screens and gussied up trailers. Showing people how these improvements work in real time instead of telling people goes a very long way toward building some credibility. Also, great job of owning your baggage and not dodging any questions or legacy issues. People have had smoke blown up thier rears for too long about Madden improvements so its nice to hear them being honest. Everything changed IMO with this video. Now, keep them coming .

To me it's more of the same of what I've been hearing all along from Cam & Rex. Ive listened to every interview and podcast and Rex always sounds like he did today.I really think it had to be shown for people to start to see it. The things talked about and shown today have been discussed for months between podcasts and The Sim Standard too. Sim really does have a good grasp of the vision for this game. Remember when I mentioned the physics for organic collisions and falls, which was the beginning of gang tackling during E3 that Sim told me about? Rex addressed that today really for the first time, but people actually saw it, it happened more than in the E3 videos. I think I counted 5-6 2-3 man tackles. I
think this is just the tip of the iceberg though honestly. I know others will remain skeptical, but more importantly Rex Cam and this dev team do too😃

I don't know if people will be blown away as I had claimed but I think they will start to see the vision Cam & Rex have.

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[GiantBlue76]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

The last game I put any time in was 12. I gave 13 a try, but had no intentions of buying given some of the options removed. Didn;t even take 25 seriously as I was done with the previous gen and nothing about the "next gen" version stood out.

All that to say this: I am definitely intrigued by 15. I still see a lot I don't like (for the love of God one of these years has to be a blow-out, all-in type of focus on animations), but they seemed to have addressed a lot of core aspects.

Add in the fact that Rex is openly and directly acknowledging flaws BEFORE THEY ARE ADDRESSED (as in, not just "yeah, last year sucked but now..." PR stuff...something I appreciated about Ian when he interacted here) while breaking down both the intention and execution of various adjustments has me actually hopeful for upcoming iterations. For a series that has been so reactive in it's development, I'm happy to see a lot more proactive and focused progression.

I still don't know where I stand on purchasing 15, but I'm definitely impressed with the effort so far and Madden is back on my radar.

This post mirrors how I feel almost exactly. I still saw a few things I really dislike - the QB throwing passes while getting their arm hit, receivers making too many circus catches in traffic, defenders standing flat footed and hunched over.

Some of the things like the block steering is great, but why does it only happen for users? Blocks are steered on every play in real football. Line play is not a win/loss type of thing. You can do your job without ever releasing from a block. They obviously acknowledged it as an important aspect of the game at the line of scrimmage, but why not incorporate it into more than user controlled players. I loved the idea of WRs being able to become the defender. The bluff blitz looked pretty good too. I really liked the DE attacking the proper outside shoulder on the edge. I didn't see enough inaccurate passes (hopefully as a result of difficulty levels). Way too many balls hit someone directly in the hands. I saw a lot more wrap up tackles which looked really good and were a pleasant surprise in the video.

[StL_RamZ]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

Is Madden 15 the first football game to have wrs bat the ball down?


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Nope, Madden for the Ps2/Xbox had it.

thankfully they brought it back

[Big FN Deal]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

Well I feel like Peter Griffin on that episode of Family Guy where he angrily goes to confront Bill Clinton but ends up in bed with him, lol. I intended to watch this stream strictly to mark time, not expecting to be the slightest bit interested, much less impressed, then...... BAM!, by the time this thing was over I'm considering buying it new to support their effort. Really well done guys, people have been saying for years how they wish Tiburon would just show us the game actually being played, aside from all that trailer marketing stuff and they delivered in this stream, JP and I kept trying to tell you guys about this "new" team., lmao. (j/k)

Seriously though, there was a lot of good stuff shown in that stream and considering what Ian said about the down sales of M10 influencing the direction of M11, I definitely plan on going out to buy M15 new, to support what these guys seem to be trying to do.

That said, a few of quick issues I hope can be addressed pre release. On that pass by Rivers where he is hit while throwing, again I think those passes are still too accurate, it might have been slightly off target but it still hit that receiver in stride, for the most part.

Secondly, they said they added the User ability for the intended receiver to swat down potential INTs BUT ill the CPU/AI controlled receivers do the same thing? If not, that needs to be, especially for offline Users that play the CPU and people in "no switch" leagues.

Lastly, in the same vein as the previous point, please make sure that AI/CPU defenders use the "steering" to push the pocket, I saw various bullet points about AI teammates mattering and the CPU/AI using the presnap adjustments so hopefully this all falls under the same umbrella.

Again though, really well done presentation.

[SamuraiX]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

Good, because you've been telling us "so" for years now.


Glad that it looks like after many years of this you might finally be right.

Lol a broken clock does strike twice

[wordtobigbird]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

Anyone know more about the scaling based on real nfl stats?

No inside information or anything but from seeing a lot of research guys have posted for me in the slider threads there is a huge disparity between M25 and the NFL. Not only M25, but probably most of our general perception of NFL averages.

If you have run 10 plays and have 60 yards you are the best offense in the NFL. (Broncos were at 6.3 last year). In Madden 60 yard drives are usually less than 5 plays even without a long ball. You get consistent pass plays of 10-25 yards. Most NFL passes are completed for less than 10 yards. So it's about getting these averages realistic.

So if Broncos lead the league with 450 yards per game with 60 minute quarters. In Madden's 20 minute games you should consider 150 yards (same avg) a stellar offensive performance. In M25 get 400 yards on 5 minute qtrs really wasn't hard to do at all. Should be damn near impossible.

[wordtobigbird]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

Nope, Madden for the Ps2/Xbox had it.

thankfully they brought it back

Which game? I never remember it being there.

[SmashMan]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

I really think it had to be shown for people to start to see it.

Well, duh.

[PVarck31]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

When they were talking about the different difficulty levels the one guy mentioned something real quick about how they untied the sliders from them. Did anyone else catch that? Or is this nothing new?

[StL_RamZ]

Re: Madden NFL 15 Developer Livestream Starts at 4:30 PM EST, Watch it Here

Which game? I never remember it being there.

think all of them. I started playing madden since 03 and i clearly remember them having it because I would always do it when I threw a bad ball.

imma find an article or a video for it. I'll edit this post when I do