Madden NFL 15 Gameplay Videos - Day 1

[Sheba2011]

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I can understand that some people want 100% authenticity and little details like fans/cameramen wearing shorts in the snow really kills that for them. For me I hardly ever notice the fans/sidelines I am too busy concentrating on the game at hand plus as a fan of the Patriots I have been to many snow games and there is always quite of few of these fans in the stands:



It's not as widespread as it is in the game but it does happen.

[Mr.Smif]

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Run animations somehow look even worse than madden 25 to me. They just look too stiff, and unemotional.

I have to agree with you here, I thought I was the only one who noticed this. The running doesn't look right, backs don't seem to run hard, seems their jogging through the holes, they run too high, they don't brace themselves before getting tackled, and juke & spin moves don't look right. What happened to True Step, is it still in the game?

[JaymeeAwesome]

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The stuff shown is not that great. Just wait to you see all the stuff not shown by EA. Like when there are next to no penalty's for a 10th straight year. When Sliders do nothing. When Subs don't work or stamina is broken. When Slow game play brings out the same stuck in the mud bug and you can't slow down the game speed.

Penalties - Already known they barely touched them.

Sliders - unknown based on how default slider sets like all madden and all pro work. We know the defaults were tweaked.

Formation and Auto Subs - No mention of updates on these. Assumed weren't touched as well.

Slow stuck in Mud - I believe this was fixed in a patch last year.

The Tiburon team didn't leave us with many questions this year as years before. They were upfront with just about everything. There are still some legacy issues, but you can't fix them all in one year with 3 less months of development work on next gen consoles. Give this team a break. They finally have some good management in there.

[Malcd9583]

I have to agree with you here, I thought I was the only one who noticed this. The running doesn't look right, backs don't seem to run hard, seems their jogging through the holes, they run too high, they don't brace themselves before getting tackled, and juke & spin moves don't look right. What happened to True Step, is it still in the game?

I was wondering about true step after I saw that todman run in the jags video. Only players with great agility can stop on a dime like shady etc etc. On a positive note though I saw blitzing leading to passing inaccuracies that's a huge win for the game.

[NBA Bound25]

I like what I am seeing from these gameplay videos. Looking at them, it might actually force people to somewhat play real football as far as making reads on offense. I was seeing users miss open short routes that would have gotten YAC but they tried to go for the kill and it resulted in incompletions or interceptions. The defense is a LOT better this year but not unstoppable if you make the right plays. I just want to play a game where I don't feel cheated by someone using a cheap play/tactic(s) and that I can actually say I was outplayed if I lose a game. People are gonna try to exploit the game anyway when it comes out but I think it's more about limiting the amount of them and it looks like EA has actually done pretty well with that. Madden 15 is not gonna be perfect but it looks pretty promising based on the gameplay I have watched. Cheesers might actually get exposed this time lol

[OhMrHanky]

Madden NFL 15 Gameplay Videos - Day 1

I can understand that some people want 100% authenticity and little details like fans/cameramen wearing shorts in the snow really kills that for them. For me I hardly ever notice the fans/sidelines I am too busy concentrating on the game at hand plus as a fan of the Patriots I have been to many snow games and there is always quite of few of these fans in the stands:







It's not as widespread as it is in the game but it does happen.

I was thinking of posting something like this as well. Lol. Obviously, this IS different than what's going on in madden. Madden isn't purposely putting guys out there with shorts and short sleeves in the snow saying, 'yeah, some people dress like this in the cold at a football game.' It's obviously an oversight on their part and they didn't want to (or have time to?) create a seperate group of people with different clothing JUST for snow games. But, ultimately they should just to add some polish. And here, I really don't think this would take much. In simple programming language, u have a simple if statement: if (temp < 50 degrees) { use clothingPackageCold }
else { use clothingPackageRegular }
It's ONE LINE OF CODE, EA!!!! Lol. I'm sure it's not THAT simple, but honestly, it has to be close to that simple. Silly Ea, tricks r 4 kids. Lol.

[OhMrHanky]

Madden NFL 15 Gameplay Videos - Day 1

Hmmm, my last post isn't quite printing everything, so I'm trying again to see what happens:
I was thinking of posting something like this as well. Lol. Obviously, this IS different than what's going on in madden. Madden isn't purposely putting guys out there with shorts and short sleeves in the snow saying, 'yeah, some people dress like this in the cold at a football game.' It's obviously an oversight on their part and they didn't want to (or have time to?) create a seperate group of people with different clothing JUST for snow games. But, ultimately they should just to add some polish. And here, I really don't think this would take much. In simple programming language, u have a simple if statement: if (temp < 50 degrees) { use clothingPackageCold }
else { use clothingPackageRegular }
It's ONE LINE OF CODE, EA!!!! Lol. I'm sure it's not THAT simple, but honestly, it has to be close to that simple. Silly Ea, tricks r 4 kids. Lol.


Edit: weird, something with my syntax is screwing with the HTML markup or something. Anyways, just trying to say cold weather clothing for cameramen and fans could possibly be fixed with actually creating the clothin first, and then a simple "if" statement. If "temp less than 50 degrees", "use coldWeatherClothing", else, "use regularClothing"

[Sheba2011]

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I was thinking of posting something like this as well. Lol. Obviously, this IS different than what's going on in madden. Madden isn't purposely putting guys out there with shorts and short sleeves in the snow saying, 'yeah, some people dress like this in the cold at a football game.' It's obviously an oversight on their part and they didn't want to (or have time to?) create a seperate group of people with different clothing JUST for snow games. But, ultimately they should just to add some polish. And here, I really don't think this would take much. In simple programming language, u have a simple if statement: if (temp < 50 degrees) { use clothingPackageCold }
else { use clothingPackageRegular }
It's ONE LINE OF CODE, EA!!!! Lol. I'm sure it's not THAT simple, but honestly, it has to be close to that simple. Silly Ea, tricks r 4 kids. Lol.

I agree they are not doing it on purpose it's more or less something they just overlooked. But that picture is why it never bothers me, I don't even think twice when I see it in the game because of some of the morons (no offense meant to anyone who dresses like this at a game lol) I see IRL when it's 10 degrees below zero with 4 feet of snow on the ground.

[Sheba2011]

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Hopefully they have a video of the rest of the relocation logo's today. I was so excited when he said he would show us all of the logo's only to have him stop after half of them. Really wanna see Portland and Sacramento.

[Junior Moe]

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Definitely wondering why they took all the signature QB's stances out of the game. Made it so much more authentic and realistic.

Has EA commented on whether or not they are gone? The lack of QB throwing motions stood out to me during one of the videocasts. But they dont trigger all the time anyway so I figured that was the case.

[TexasFan2005]

Madden NFL 15 Gameplay Videos - Day 1

I'm seeing a vast improvement in this year's game than Madden 25, which I didn't enjoy at all. I just REALLY hope that if the devs are on some kind of multi-year plan, that they stick to it by continually adding to this game and never subtracting, especially in regards to:

animations - running, qb stances/throwing

graphical upgrades - stadium lighting, progressive lighting, shadows

presentation elements - stat banners, game intros (they had a CBS-style intro 2 years ago only to be replaced with a generic one last year just to go back to a CBS-style again), score bugs/replay swipes (please let Duece contribute, his work is brilliant)

field elements - degradation both in-game and throughout the season, rain/snow effects, correct field color/material/logos

The list can go on forever because EA have implemented a lot of useful stuff over the past 10 years. If we had the field degradation of '08 (maybe not so exaggerated), qb stances/throwing motions of a couple of years ago, different in-game presentation elements combined from all of those years, among others, we'd have a much deeper Madden experience today that would allow us to feel every matchup differently.

tl;dr version: keep adding to these improvements please, because there are a lot of great things Madden 15 has that can make the near future that much better.

[Reed1417]

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From the videos I've watched I gotta say I'm really impressed! The game looks great graphics wise, the presentation looks really good as well! I love that it's more akin to a CBS type of graphics package and the real time celebrations are a nice touch and definitely needed. I can't wait to play this because the game play looked like so much fun! Defense looks like it's going to be fun to play and the offensive stuff including the "inaccurate passes" was really cool to see! Color me excited fellas!

[bucky60]

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- Defense reacts to plays more realistically, giving a better challenge
- CPU Pass defense looks tougher without being cheese
- Same goes for CPU run defense
- QB accuracy looks like it finally impacts the game

Basically it looks like the game will be more realistic and more of a challenge than years past, which makes CFM all the more fun and rewarding.

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Maybe it's just the specific portions of the videos they've decided to share, but all I'm seeing is a bunch of offense. There are no real defensive stops except the Madden, overused, offense takes it down to the goal line, int for a huge TD return. It could be the video makers are just trying to show off offense more.

It could be what you stated above is true, but mostly what I'm seeing is almost unstoppable offenses.

[slappymancuso]

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The list can go on forever because EA have implemented a lot of useful stuff over the past 10 years. If we had the field degradation of '08 (maybe not so exaggerated), qb stances/throwing motions of a couple of years ago, different in-game presentation elements combined from all of those years, among others, we'd have a much deeper Madden experience today that would allow us to feel every matchup differently.

tl;dr version: keep adding to these improvements please, because there are a lot of great things Madden 15 has that can make the near future that much better.

I couldn't agree more. I really like what I have seen for this year, but some of the things they removed irk me. As others have said, we should be getting more features in a next gen release; not trading out old ones for new ones.

I can appreciate a reduced development cycle and am truly excited for a new football game. I just hope the differences we've seen in how the team communicates legacy issues ahead of release is a sign that things truly are changing. In a few years, we could have a great game, but this isn't the first year I've said that.

[bukktown]

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EA is controlling what you see and what they show you in Madden 15 and the game looks improved but not that good. Madden 15 feels like they might of turned the corner in the vision but this is year one of three before the game is complete.

The stuff shown is not that great. Just wait to you see all the stuff not shown by EA. Like when there are next to no penalty's for a 10th straight year. When Sliders do nothing. When Subs don't work or stamina is broken. When Slow game play brings out the same stuck in the mud bug and you can't slow down the game speed.

Lets not forget what Madden is known for. You will enjoy the game for a week or two until something major is broke and you are waiting months for that promised patch to fix the game so you can play.

You will not enjoy this game from day one. You will be waiting for good sliders to try to fix the game. Roster editors to fix the poorly done rosters and the second patch to fix something major broken. We all know the first patch will already be on its way before release. That second patch feels like forever.

This game is what it is. Don't get caught up in the hype. Know what you are buying. Take the game for what it is.

This made me smile!