How to Make the Super Bowl Cool in Madden NFL 11 (IGN)

[dougdeuce]

IGN has posted an article on How to Make the Super Bowl Cool in Madden NFL 11.

Quote:

"With the technology afforded to developers in the videogame realm, it's pretty awful that they aren't leveraging it for the most important game on the NFL's schedule. Back in the day broadcasters struggled to replicate the behind-the-quarterback viewpoint that videogames present. Now that they've been able to do that with the wire cam, the question is, "Where do they go next?" It could be as basic as offering historical facts about each Super Bowl team. Record dialogue for each team that's only played during the Super Bowl. Seems easy, right? Or maybe some new way of delivering instant replays that's unique to the big game. Regardless, it should be something that's more impressive than what we get week in and week out in our Madden season."

[TDogg09]

I hope that Ian and co. see this. I agree that Madden 10's Super Bowl was the best of any of them, but I was still disappointed. It was really short, and yeah, there was no special audio. It was blah.

[BrianFifaFan]

I'm gonna try and post some footage I captured of PES2010 and the Champions League intro. Hopefully it won't get shot down by the YouTube police. But that's the kind of Presentation that Madden team needs to strive for. The Super Bowl is as much about pageantry as about football, if not more.....

Here's a bit that I found on YouTube. This is championship-level presentation. And it only part of it.

[Rashad19]

Brian all I can say is Wooooowwww...color me impressed!!!

[michigan21]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rashad19

Brian all I can say is Wooooowwww...color me impressed!!!

I second that. Damn.

[BrianFifaFan]

I just finally got that game for PC (I'm a Fifa diehard...) and I was like, "Dang! That's presentation! " With all of the NFL assets at EA's fingertips, they could surely come up with something of this level. That is the real CL footage and theme that you see on the broadcast with cutscenes and real-time action to bring it all together. I love how it has your computer players over the guys in the background waving the cover and then the real CL graphics for the lineups, complete with waving flags in it, and the real theme playing as the lineups are introduced, just high class stuff. The Super Bowl deserves that kind of treatment.

[Ian_Cummings]

I think seeing the reaction on OS to a gatorade dump mini-game and being able to say it was IGN's idea might be worth the time to build it.

[lofeazy]

BrianFifaFan thanks for the clip.I hate soccer but that championship-level presentation is the best I've seen in a video.