Madden videos....the good and bad

[Brooke2011]

I'll start this thread with kind of a central location to what your seeing with the plethora of videos.

First , the lighting looks great but I'm seeing some dullness at times in certain teams helmets like the patriots, cowboys and raiders. Don't know if it's the time of day but it's been toned down from years past.

Second , hair has been done great this year! It flows so much better and is especially noticeable with the dreads.

Third, some players faces are generic like Edelman. His equipment is off too. He wears a rev speed helmet and has a generic riddle helmet. I noticed this for Dez Bryant as well ( helmet only)

Fourth, still seeing sliding on tackling and running animations.

Fifth, intro players have goose necks compared to in game player models

[TDKing]

Re: Madden videos....the good and bad

Lighting effects are nice but overall its too dark. I like the game a little brighter but that's just me.

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[seasprite]

Re: Madden videos....the good and bad

So far for me


The Good
Blocking looks much better
The lighting is nice and colors look to pop
The Blount run with the pile in the middle of the line


The Bad
Zones look really loose
Statue QBs
Animations look unchanged outside a couple of new ones I have seen




Cant tell a ton from game videos IMO, the real test is when I am playing it myself.

[Toupal]

Re: Madden videos....the good and bad

The good:
- A lot of guys got to fly down to check out Madden thank to EA! sigh*
- New passing feature looks fun
- Lighting look better
- I could tell the difference in play style, I like sim

The Bad:
- I have never had a problem with the game play, and with how much went into frost bite, it really doesn't look like that much was done.
- Didn't get a good look at franchise to see if they actually added anything new to it

[roadman]

Re: Madden videos....the good and bad

So far for me


The Good
Blocking looks much better
The lighting is nice and colors look to pop
The Blount run with the pile in the middle of the line


The Bad
Zones look really loose
Statue QBs
Animations look unchanged outside a couple of new ones I have seen




Cant tell a ton from game videos IMO, the real test is when I am playing it myself.

This is on par with my observations too.

[howboutdat]

Re: Madden videos....the good and bad

2:38 mark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82uE...ature=youtu.be

Sim mode ( ratings matter, wont see slower guys catching faster ones):

DB ( 90 spd) Wright catches ball , runs 30 yards ( should be at top speed by then) . When he is at the 24 yardline( in full stride) Tannehill is at the 26.5 yardline, a good 8 yards away and to the left. At this point both guys are running at almost the same angle to sideline.( Tanehill with 83 spd) At 37 yard line Wright is just in front of Tannehill , but about 5 yards of separation still.Wright in front at 45, Tanne still a yard behind and about 4 yards to left. Wright is at 48 , tanne dives from 46 , while wright in full stride going striaght forward, Tanne gets the warp tackle at 47 yard line on other side of field....

[kgbrolic]

Re: Madden videos....the good and bad

The good:

Lighting
Penalties finally back after so many years of Madden missing penalities

The Bad:

Sidelines
The emotion and feel seems dead
Weird knee buckle walk still in game
I'm going to be paying for Madden 17.5

[GoBlue7]

Re: Madden videos....the good and bad

Silver helmets looked awful at times in across all of the videos. Lighting transition as game progresses looks no existent. It is hard to fully judge gameplay without playing it and knowing all settings, but it looks awfully similar to last year. Other than slightly better visuals, not seeing much difference.


And the youtube guys that talk over the videos are awful. TokeNasty has to be the worst. Why are you always screaming?

[T4VERTS]

Re: Madden videos....the good and bad

2:38 mark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82uE...ature=youtu.be

Sim mode ( ratings matter, wont see slower guys catching faster ones):

DB ( 90 spd) Wright catches ball , runs 30 yards ( should be at top speed by then) . When he is at the 24 yardline( in full stride) Tannehill is at the 26.5 yardline, a good 8 yards away and to the left. At this point both guys are running at almost the same angle to sideline.( Tanehill with 83 spd) At 37 yard line Wright is just in front of Tannehill , but about 5 yards of separation still.Wright in front at 45, Tanne still a yard behind and about 4 yards to left. Wright is at 48 , tanne dives from 46 , while wright in full stride going striaght forward, Tanne gets the warp tackle at 47 yard line on other side of field....

I think how they "fixed it" was built around stamina of bigger slower defenders, at least I thought I heard that somewhere. I wonder if the offensive guys got the same treatment after an interception.

[BadAssHskr]

Re: Madden videos....the good and bad

2:38 mark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82uE...ature=youtu.be

Sim mode ( ratings matter, wont see slower guys catching faster ones):

DB ( 90 spd) Wright catches ball , runs 30 yards ( should be at top speed by then) . When he is at the 24 yardline( in full stride) Tannehill is at the 26.5 yardline, a good 8 yards away and to the left. At this point both guys are running at almost the same angle to sideline.( Tanehill with 83 spd) At 37 yard line Wright is just in front of Tannehill , but about 5 yards of separation still.Wright in front at 45, Tanne still a yard behind and about 4 yards to left. Wright is at 48 , tanne dives from 46 , while wright in full stride going striaght forward, Tanne gets the warp tackle at 47 yard line on other side of field....

seems to me the player models really stand out from the field this year. way more 3d effect to them or something.

[33JAF]

Re: Madden videos....the good and bad

The good: kids and casuals will love it.

The bad: sim guys will be bored

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[Vazione]

Re: Madden videos....the good and bad

I just want more videos of raw gameplay (no commentary).

The commentary of some YouTubers, no offense, seriously kills the video of the game for me.

[DeuceDouglas]

Re: Madden videos....the good and bad

The Good:

The lighting and colors. It looks phenomenal. Weather games could use a lot of work but overall the colors pop and the lighting and shadows looks amazing.

RB's look more coherent in pass blocking. They were unfathomably useless in M17 so seeing them actually react is great.

It's hard to say but it seems like there is less warping on things like pass catches and for the most part with tackles. I've still seen a bunch of issues with animations triggering that don't respect momentum or physics but that's to be expected.

The Bad:

Outside of lighting it looks just like 17 to me. There really isn't anything that stands out as being "new" which I guess should be expected but I guess I expected to see a bit more of a contrast.

The Neutral:

Line play. It looks okay some plays, looks bad some plays. Still seeing times where guys are just standing in place doing nothing. The binary nature of it is always going to hold it back. Hard for me to really judge until I see someone playing on All-Madden because that is where it was at its absolute worst.

Target passing. I like the idea behind it but I think it will definitely need some fine tuning. Being able to throw completely different routes and have players just automatically adjust is the worst part of it for me. If a player is running an out and you throw a corner he shouldn't just adjust like he's been expecting it the whole time. I like the mechanic though and wish ratings played a factor and thought it was funny that the part the videos mentioned would be the hardest version actually seemed like the easiest. Overall though it feels like a really convoluted mechanic that could be made a lot more user friendly just from a control scheme standpoint.

[Brooke2011]

Re: Madden videos....the good and bad

Broadcast cam with the new lighting looks amazing. Seeing some new animations with sacks , blocking and running.

[ApolloKids]

Re: Madden videos....the good and bad

Good:

- Graphically it's beautiful.
- Target passing looks like it could be really interesting.
- Dreadlocks are amazing lol.

Bad:

- Seemingly plays exactly the same as Madden 17.
- Didn't see any errant throws even on sim setting.
- Presentation is boring.
- Arm sleeves still look painted on.