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EA Sports has just released their Madden NFL 16 gameplay trailer, featured at the EA E3 2015 press event. Watch it and post your impressions!

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# 81 Aggies7 @ 06/15/15 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by sooner1074




Did anybody notice this or was it just me? No Jim Nantz or Phil Simms.

Maybe it was highlights during Halftime. Would be awesome if it was a highlight from another game.
 
# 82 ch46647 @ 06/15/15 06:15 PM
You can see from the developer blogs that theu are trying to focus on more realism..

With that said, they still have not found a way to fix the clunky animation system and locomotion.

For this game to look and feel fresh, they need to completely re-write the animation system for movement. This game needs to animate as smoothy in motion as PES soccer, FIFA, NBA 2K etc...

When that happens, all these other nice additions should look a lot better.

Two Key things for Madden to turn the corner:

1. All new locomotion and player movement sytem.(This includes a complete re-write to player movement AND the way they animate in motion)

2. Player Specific Traits and Animations- Madden needs to adapt the NBA 2K player differentiation system (badges) and add thousands of player specific animations for ALL positions on the field.

The animation and movement system has been the glaring weakness since 06'. If they can figure that out we may be on our way to a great football game again.
 
# 83 iFnotWhyNoT @ 06/15/15 06:16 PM
The Good

- No warping ball to ODB jr’s one-handed catch. As OP it could potentially be at least it looked great even on .25 speed. HOWEVER, Aaron Rodgers pass at 0:13 secs seems to warp into Jordy’s hand. You have to play it at .25 speed to notice it.
- When slowed down to .25 speed you can see Eddie Lacy’s dreads swing as he jukes. Nice

The Bad

- Don’t know if they added team celebrations
- Crowd looks untouched
- 0:53 mark ODB’s one handed catch, we don’t get the full picture but it ends up with ODB/Shields falling with his hands on ODB’s back resulting with ODB making the crazy one handed catch. I really hope that’s not a canned animation if ppl spam user “Aggressive “catch with ODB.
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The Ugly

- Rodgers/Manning throw animations - When slowed down to .25 speed you really see the lack of fluidity in the animation.

Takeaway

Trailer didn’t scream a deff buy, nor did it show me anything I really hate. It’s a meh trailer. However the warping looks like it still exists in passing and I can assume it may still exist with tackles.
 
# 84 roadman @ 06/15/15 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by iFnotWhyNoT
The Good

- No warping ball to ODB jr’s one-handed catch. As OP it could potentially be at least it looked great even on .25 speed. HOWEVER, Aaron Rodgers pass at 0:13 secs seems to warp into Jordy’s hand. You have to play it at .25 speed to notice it.
- When slowed down to .25 speed you can see Eddie Lacy’s dreads swing as he jukes. Nice

The Bad

- Don’t know if they added team celebrations
- Crowd looks untouched
- 0:53 mark ODB’s one handed catch, we don’t get the full picture but it ends up with ODB/Shields falling with his hands on ODB’s back resulting with ODB making the crazy one handed catch. I really hope that’s not a canned animation if ppl spam user “Aggressive “catch with ODB.
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The Ugly

- Rodgers/Manning throw animations - When slowed down to .25 speed you really see the lack of fluidity in the animation.

Takeaway

Trailer didn’t scream a deff buy, nor did it show me anything I really hate. It’s a meh trailer. However the warping looks like it still exists in passing and I can assume it may still exist with tackles.
The Bad:

There are now females in the crowds.

Warping isn't suppose to exit in tackles and blocking anymore.

The blogs are linked in this thread and down below.

The E3 trailer didn't do the blogs justice.

CH-There is added locomotion to the the QB this year. I can't recall if other players received an upgrade.

https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/...6-passing-game

https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/...den-16-defense

https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/...i-improvements
 
# 85 BleedGreen710 @ 06/15/15 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by roadman
The Bad:

There are now females in the crowds.

lol had to re-read your post a few times to understand what you meant
 
# 86 JKSportsGamer1984 @ 06/15/15 06:27 PM
"Quarterbacks will scan the field for open receivers, ball carriers will alternate their gaze between incoming defenders, and players will track other players around them after the play. You may even see players looking up at the scoreboard on a breakaway run."

"The quality of player motion has been a primary point of emphasis for the Madden NFL team for several years now. This year, we made huge strides in pre, post and during play motion quality. This touches several major systems like huddle break, walk to line, pile get up logic, pile avoidance, post play path finding and more. When it comes to in-game animation quality improvements, the list is endless."

"Players can expect a dramatic reduction in pops, warps, slides, and other issues in Madden NFL 16. This will continue to be a focal point for us as we strive towards our goal of animation quality."

These were my biggest issues with Madden 15. These improvements alone have me hyped!
 
# 87 Wolverines05 @ 06/15/15 06:32 PM
For anyone looking for the press conference itself, here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sr0XF091Ds

go to the 1 hour 6 minute mark for madden footage (give or take a minute)
 
# 88 Junior Moe @ 06/15/15 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by roadman
Rex's comments were more about the blogs today, not E3.

The blogs stood out much more than E3.
That may be so. And it's my fault for interpreting Rex's comments the way I did. But taken in its entirety, even though the blogs did pep me up some (love the gangtackle potential), I still feel underwhelmed by the Madden news today. I wasn't expecting anything earth shattering, just a little more (especially presentation, which still may come...) I guess. I wanted to hear about more authentic broadcast elements, fan AI and stadium specific stuff like NHL has. Stuff that creates immersion. I know that's not Rex's area, but still...
 
# 89 iFnotWhyNoT @ 06/15/15 06:34 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by roadman
The Bad:

There are now females in the crowds.

Warping isn't suppose to exit in tackles and blocking anymore.

The blogs are linked in this thread and down below.

The E3 trailer didn't do the blogs justice.

CH-There is added locomotion to the the QB this year. I can't recall if other players received an upgrade.

https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/...6-passing-game

https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/...den-16-defense

https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/...i-improvements
The links arent working for me, is it just me?
 
# 90 BleedGreen710 @ 06/15/15 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by iFnotWhyNoT
The links arent working for me, is it just me?
here is the actual links


https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/...6-passing-game

https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/...den-16-defense

https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/...i-improvements
 
# 91 roadman @ 06/15/15 06:46 PM
Thank you sir, I just copied and pasted your originals.
 
# 92 roadman @ 06/15/15 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Junior Moe
That may be so. And it's my fault for interpreting Rex's comments the way I did. But taken in its entirety, even though the blogs did pep me up some (love the gangtackle potential), I still feel underwhelmed by the Madden news today. I wasn't expecting anything earth shattering, just a little more (especially presentation, which still may come...) I guess. I wanted to hear about more authentic broadcast elements, fan AI and stadium specific stuff like NHL has. Stuff that creates immersion. I know that's not Rex's area, but still...
Well, yeah, I hear you, but obviously, they still have presentation to show. They need to keep the momentum going until the game is released.
 
# 93 iFnotWhyNoT @ 06/15/15 06:50 PM
Thanks, excited to see some gameplay tomorrow, the blogs are promising.
 
# 94 JKSportsGamer1984 @ 06/15/15 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy
At least the fans and camera persons will be warm this year

About time!
 
# 95 JKSportsGamer1984 @ 06/15/15 07:34 PM
True Gang Tackling is huge! Can't wait too see how it plays out. If the physics are cleaned up then this could be a game changer.
 
# 96 kjcheezhead @ 06/15/15 08:12 PM
Madden just can't get smooth animations. The trailer isn't as bad as the e3 conference stuff. But it's just full of sliding and jerky type movements.

The conference footage is here:

https://m.youtube.com/?reload=7&rdm=...?v=ZQrXjp0zwjM
 
# 97 noplace @ 06/15/15 08:32 PM
Blogs sound great but the game in motion still leaves a lot to be desired .. EA still far behind the curve when it comes to organic movement ...
 
# 98 da ThRONe @ 06/15/15 08:39 PM
The blogs have me cautiously optimistic. I'm perfectly OK with very minimal upgrades to the graphics if the game animates better and they execute at least 75% of what's in those blogs well.
 
# 99 brandon27 @ 06/15/15 08:48 PM
The WR/DB interactions look nice. Makes a big difference.

Are Nantz and Simms out? The commentary through the trailer makes me wonder. Maybe it was just a decision for the trailer.
 
# 100 mcgriffi @ 06/15/15 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBuddyHobbs
Still ugly QB dropbacks... UGH...
Totally agree...and when Eli was running just didn't pass the eyeball test to me.
 


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