Madden NFL 16 Presentation Details

[poulka]

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At redsox4ever I'm not referring to what you were talking about with custom soundtracks. But in regards to things that were in madden during ps2 original Xbox era. Customs sounds are not my issue with madden. But I for once want see some individually with madden. For example lighting ever game should not have the same lighting. A game could have mix of clouds or clouds moving across the sky. A September game should not look like a December with only difference being breath coming from players. I have been a madden fan since 94 showing my age, but it is time spruce it up. Don't get me wrong I liked madden 15 a lot but it could be so much more. Sorry redsox4ever I was not calling out you. But others here, have used that excuse for other issues with madden. (An example my pet peeve players pro bowl helmets) it was stated several times on previous gen that they could not handle that because of rendering. I didn't buy that because it was ps2, features that those consoles could handle should have been a priority to get in. With our current consoles I don't think us as consumers should settle for laziness from game dev. I just don't want that to repeat itself because these consoles have plenty of upside to them. Sorry for my rant, but no attack on you redsox4ever because you are one of my FIFA buddies

[bxphenom7]

Good improvements, but still baby steps. Always baby steps smh.

[robertgriffin10]

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Like I said before, presentation really isn't that big of a deal to me. 2k has some of the best presentation in the business and I still find my self spamming A to skip the presentation scene. But I like to see that they are improving it

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[msdm27]

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"Drive starters" are likely linked to drive goals, so I wouldn't really expect something very immersive. It will likely be like this:

Drive goal: Get 40 rushing yds with LeSean McCoy

Nantz: well Phil, what do you think the Bills need to do on this drive

Phil: you know Jim, eeeeeeeeem, I think if the Bills manage to give the ball to eeeeeeeem Shady eeeeeem McCoy, specifically around 40 yds, eeeeeem I think then they'll have a successful drive.

[Mr.Smif]

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So they add crowd head tracking but not head tracking for players and coaches on the side line? They improved the cameramen on the sideline but completely ignored the players, player models, player movement, and reactions on the sideline? The players on the sideline are such an eyesore, they look like football mannequins and completely oblivious to whats going on on the field. Remember living sidelines?

[Mr.Smif]

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A small thing I notice which looks like is still missing is player name banners. After a big play or even a touchdown player names don't appear on the screen anywhere, and it looks like the name does not show up on the new instant stat banners for players either.
I know its a small thing but sometimes if a player makes a big play it's hard to tell who they are if they aren't a popular player or if the name on the back of the jersey isn't shown.

[msdm27]

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A small thing I notice which looks like is still missing is player name banners. After a big play or even a touchdown player names don't appear on the screen anywhere, and it looks like the name does not show up on the new instant stat banners for players either.
I know its a small thing but sometimes if a player makes a big play it's hard to tell who they are if they aren't a popular player or if the name on the back of the jersey isn't shown.

This is true! One of the coolest things, visually, about MLB The Show is how when you're in batting view, you can see the scoreboard behind center field with real-time stats.

It'd be cool if Madden had add stat-pop ups to the scoreboards on stadiums and used their new cut-away scenes to showcase those (and their new crowd models) between plays.

[jpdavis82]

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A small thing I notice which looks like is still missing is player name banners. After a big play or even a touchdown player names don't appear on the screen anywhere, and it looks like the name does not show up on the new instant stat banners for players either.
I know its a small thing but sometimes if a player makes a big play it's hard to tell who they are if they aren't a popular player or if the name on the back of the jersey isn't shown.

Um the players name appears on the score banner after plays in Madden 15, not sure what you mean. It definitely appears in 16 too.

[jpdavis82]

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"Drive starters" are likely linked to drive goals, so I wouldn't really expect something very immersive. It will likely be like this:

Drive goal: Get 40 rushing yds with LeSean McCoy

Nantz: well Phil, what do you think the Bills need to do on this drive

Phil: you know Jim, eeeeeeeeem, I think if the Bills manage to give the ball to eeeeeeeem Shady eeeeeem McCoy, specifically around 40 yds, eeeeeem I think then they'll have a successful drive.

Nope nothing like that, Kolbe even talked about it in one of his videos how it would sound stupid if it was like that. You can hear the drive starters in a few of the E3 videos, definitely titans giants for one.

In this video at 3:34 you can hear the beginning of one of the drive starters, talking about Steelers defense

http://youtu.be/VPgON4iXWME

And here at 11:45, 13:46, 14:38, 18:46, 21:17, 27:54

http://youtu.be/oXLyYtb_dHQ

[brza37]

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JP, could you get confirmation whether all the presentation features will be available in head-to-head CFM games? By that, I also mean features from M15 that weren't discussed in this blog, like Pre-Game and Half-time presentation.

[Junior Moe]

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Yea we said earlier that the PS4 just added the feature earlier this year. And I'm not a programmer either so I don't know why it can't happen. But before I think you always had to go straight from the console. But with the X1 can you save them anywhere because I think that could be the issue but I have no idea really. I'm just throwing out ideas.

No. You cant save them on the console itself. I put an 8gb thumb drive in with Ronyells (I think) NBA 2k12 sounds on it to test it out and everything sounds fine. I don't see why we couldn't just use that as the source and have the games pull from that. When it was announced I though it meant that we would have a way to get our music back into our games. Sony and MS need to just open these things back up so that devs can utilize it like before. We b#### about games removing features, MS and Sony are pulling some bull on us too. LOL

[Junior Moe]

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some games even had a feature that let you stream music from your computer. why isn't that an option?

Yeah man that would be a great option as well. I'm not a fan of streaming music but I would do it in a flash it's our only option.

[DeuceDouglas]

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The thing I don't like about the commentary is that it doesn't sound like commentary, it sounds way too scripted. Obviously it's going to always sound somewhat scripted because it is but it shouldn't be too hard to make it sound less scripted than it does just by creating better lines and making sure they don't repeat too much. MVP 2005 from a substance standpoint didn't really have good commentary at all, but it for the most part sounded really natural and unless Krukow would repeat the exact same thing twice in back to back sequences or say something completely stupid, it always sounded pretty good or at least natural.

I don't really pay attention to the commentary too much but just watching the Steelers-Browns vid there's instances where it makes itself more noticeable than it needs to be and I think that's what creates problems. Good commentary should just flow and and not stick out and but it seems like they put lines that are almost like "hey, you're supposed to be paying attention to this so listen" and IMO those are the worst lines. There's also issues with there being too much dead space and when they use player names. Overall I don't think it's really that bad but I don't really pay attention to it that much and I'm not really bothered by it either way but I still think there's a lot of area for improvement there.

[green94]

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No reason they can't have the sidelines have head tracking next year because the players and crowds have it now.

I would have thought more focus would have been placed on the sidelines since they are more visible. Don't get me wrong, the fact that they are following up on their promise of living worlds gives me hope that one day they will give the sidelines the attention they deserve.

Any conversations about additional presentation features like Refs tossing their flags on penalties and whether or not they plan on adding the Orange first down markers on the field?

[TDYRX]

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I know it may be a small thing, but as a Cowboys fan who lives in Pittsburgh, its AWESOME to see Terrible Towels in Cincy. Anybody that pays any attention to the AFC North knows that those things damn near fill up the Browns, Bengals and Ravens stadiums. That in and of itself increases the immersion factor at least a little to me. Hopefully Jerry World isn't filled with Texans fans when we play Houston