New Madden NFL 25 Blogs Detail Commentary, Living Worlds

[CarryTheWeight]

The "Intelligent Commentary" blog is very underwhelming. Why not give us some specific examples, preferably in unedited video form, of what we'll hear during Connected Franchise?

Dynamic commentary is now a standard of the sports gaming industry, so I'm curious to the extent of this feature in Madden.

As Neil Peart wrote and Geddy Lee sang, "Show, don't tell". This goes for the Living Worlds info as well.

How will the crowd sound during actual gameplay? Will they stand up and react with or without the appropriate audio cues? If Calvin Johnson catches a game-winning touchdown in overtime against Green Bay, will Packer fans celebrate as well?

These may be silly questions, but they're necessary ones to ask for the purposes of authenticity.

[robo3687]

So as I assumed it was the old bait and switch....while all the recent videos had seemingly current gen sidelines and crowds, now that they've detailed living worlds the crowds/sidelines look much different and more in line with what they've been talking about since e3....

It's much like what they did with the infinity engine last year, before it was announced it wasn't present in videos but after it was, it was everywhere in videos...

It's not the best strategy, because it obviously invites a lot of complain from the peanut gallery...but I guess it's how they want to do things....

On another note the snow looked good...looked like it might wear away a bit more realistically....would be nice if it had ploughed yard lines though...

[Atax1s]

Quote: Originally Posted by royounggoku

Yes, 2k8 had interactive sidelines what 6 years ago(sheesh) but at least we can see that they're making a step in the right direction.

Apf 2k8 was a joke. easy to include little things like that when disc space isn't being used by as many teams, stadiums, player models, or, you know, a franchise mode. The 2k dangling is getting sad at this point.

[tmac747]

Quote: Originally Posted by lakers24

No they aren't. This is stuff that could've been done on CG (maybe outside of the crowd) so they are justified in their criticisms.

This is true...it's called 'stringing alone''. Holding back little things to implement in NG so more consumers will purchase the new system and madden.

[kehlis]

Can we please not make this thread about 2k.

Just drop it guys....

[Jetpac]

Quote: Originally Posted by kehlis

Can we please not make this thread about 2k. Just drop it guys....

Tips on how to avoid bringing up that "other" game? When we see this living worlds stuff already done and 10x better. How can we not compare it?

Serious question. Like what are we supposed to talk about? Not being funny, I'm being 100% serious.

Another thing, what good is crowd noise if there is no home field advantage? Will the crowd ALWAYS be loud like it is in Madden now, will it be quiet for the home team on offense, and ROAR on 3rd downs for the opposing team?!

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jetpac

Tips on how to avoid bringing up that "other" game? When we see this living worlds stuff already done and 10x better. How can we not compare it? Serious question. Like what are we supposed to talk about? No being funny, I'm being 100% serious.

I really don't mind it being used for comparison purposes.

Videos showing differences, constructive critiques between the two that could actually help make a difference are fine.


What's not fine is bring it up as a means of bashing Madden. It is counter productive and starts unnecessary back and forths as you saw in this thread.

[Jetpac]

Quote: Originally Posted by kehlis

I really don't mind it being used for comparison purposes. Videos showing differences, constructive critiques between the two that could actually help make a difference are fine. What's not fine is bring it up as a means of bashing Madden. It is counter productive and starts unnecessary back and forths as you saw in this thread.

Agreed 100%.