Madden 25

[ThunderHorse]

It's petty to compare an engine that peaked 10 years ago to one today but if that's what you want to do so be it. I guess that's what you have to do when a league has effectively enabled a monopoly over a legitimate market. (Thanks NFL)

I suggest that they take physics into account when they trigger these animations. Not that the game be completely physics based. You obviously need ratings to differentiate between players who are the same sizes and weight. Furthermore if you want to showcase talent you need those ratings. Some guys just have "it" if you will (whatever it may be) that makes them different from your average player despite being the same size or weight.

The issue is when these ratings take precedent over physics. As for the players on turntables, I doubt that has anything to do with the difficulty. I just have to be skeptical when ea is shouting foot planting and 10 seconds into the video I see a lb on ice skates. Last year I noticed ratings taking precedent over physics when db's would moonwalk to make plays on passes. The rating and the dice rolls states the DB will make the play and his body position and momentum are taken out of consideration. Thus, said DB does a crazy morph animation and lol walks into the path of the football. This is what I mean by making your eyes lie to you. Visually you may see things in madden but the game is so ratings driven it has no problem twisting up a DB/receiver to make a play nor temporarily making your lineman retarded so a lb can have a free path to the RB.

Everything is a dice roll in madden. The alternative is a game like back breaker. But it gets stale because there's no real way to differentiate players. 2k tried a system where everyone had equal teams in 2k8 by making all players in the game part of tiers where one could reasonably expect the physical talet of their players. Their ability concept is what made the game though. 2k's animations always triggered at the right time. Gold DBS would just cover you better in that game, not defy the laws of physics to make plays because the dice roll stated their ratings won.

 

[Juggernaut]

Ok, serious questions here since I skipped the last madden.

There still is a franchise mode right? But its called connected careers? What's been changed from franchise mode, besides the inclusion of online franchise mode?

 

[CCBrink]

Ok, serious questions here since I skipped the last madden.

There still is a franchise mode right? But its called connected careers? What's been changed from franchise mode, besides the inclusion of online franchise mode?

Not much besides adding earned XP for player progression. Most of the functionality is still there. The main things people were bitching about when 13 came out was no NCAA Draft Class importing, no fantasy draft, and not being able to control multiple teams.

EA is posting part 1 of a "Connected Franchise" blog and video tomorrow, which should detail some of the improvements they made to the mode.

 

[Aso]

You can do fantasy draft now. They patched that.

But there are more additions to connected careers that the old franchise mode didn't have.

 

[JimLeavy59]

I still wish they would work on WR/DB and how they battle.

 

[Aso]

We are gonna get Connected Franchise Part 1 today.

 

[killgod]

We are gonna get Connected Franchise Part 1 today.

Tweets are flying online that suggest EA might have cancelled their reveal tonight, pushing it back to May 20 instead with a two part reveal of the 'new' mode. It's possible EA felt they couldn't reveal just part of Connected Franchise and wait a couple of weeks to reveal the rest, so they're doing it all on the same day.

:kanye:

 

[Aso]

Gay.

 

[MrBill]

:facepalm:

 

[FirstTimer]

:jonesy:

 

[DJ Rhude]

Great :facepalm:

 

[TimsGiants]

lol no wait not even funny lol. What did they break? What are they hiding?

 

[killgod]

Don't worry guize, their official PR guy said it's just a communication change, so cause an EA guy said it...we've confirmed the truth behind it all.


Not that a PR guy's job is about smoke and mirrors or anything.

 

[MrBill]

I just find the timing odd since Shopmaster and MadSci were in Austin all last week with Michael Young (Madden Producer) and Josh Looman (CFM Czar) playing an early copy of the game. As of this morning, Shopmaster and MadSci both thought the embargo was going to be lifted tonight and that they would be speaking with Looman on their podcast this evening. That makes me think the word to change the plans came from Young and Looman's boss and not them.

 

[killgod]

I just find the timing odd since Shopmaster and MadSci were in Austin all last week with Michael Young (Madden Producer) and Josh Looman (CFM Czar) playing an early copy of the game. As of this morning, Shopmaster and MadSci both thought the embargo was going to be lifted tonight and that they would be speaking with Looman on their podcast this evening. That makes me think the word to change the plans came from Young and Looman's boss and not them.

Yep. They were pumping up today's announcement on all their social sites too.

Something is clearly up. I'm going with something included in today's reveal that probably isn't working (and now scrapped), or a legal issue.

 

[Golden Taters]

May 20th? Isn't that when the new Xbox (which is rumored to be EA exclusive) is suppose to be announced?

 

[krulmichael]

May 20th? Isn't that when the new Xbox (which is rumored to be EA exclusive) is suppose to be announced?

:yep:

 

[Price]

Day before actually. Reveal is the 21st.

 

[j.hen]

The new Xbox is supposedly EA exclusive? What does that even mean? You can't tell me EA isn't monopolizing everything.

All of this thanks to 2K scaring the shit out of em. :smh:

 

[krulmichael]

The new Xbox is supposedly EA exclusive? What does that even mean? You can't tell me EA isn't monopolizing everything.

All of this thanks to 2K scaring the shit out of em. :smh:

If anything, it would be other EA games. NO WAY they monopolize their sports franchises, no way.