Madden NFL 15 Trailer - See The Transformation This June, Releases on August 26th

[Sausage]

Focusing on just the trailer, a little graphical polish and attempt at authenticity is never a bad thing.

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by mestevo

Disappointed perhaps, didn't live up to expectations perhaps, but I've never heard anyone refer to gameplay as 'flopped' - which is why I asked.

Because it's not true.

Every Madden game since Madden 06 was seen favorably on Metacritic, scoring at least 80 on that site. Only Madden 06 could reasonably be considered a critical flop, and even that was seen with mixed reviews (though you'll never hear me wax nostalgic about that iteration).

This probably is obvious but it bears repeating - the hypercriticism of Madden NFL that exists on this forum is not representative of how the video gaming community at-large sees the game.

[ApolloKids]

So this is cg, right? You're not getting me ever again, EA.

[Robcards]

Had myself a good hearty laugh after watching that "reveal." Good one, EA

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by mestevo

Disappointed perhaps, didn't live up to expectations perhaps, but I've never heard anyone refer to gameplay as 'flopped' - which is why I asked. Article doesn't mean much though, 'only' 1m units sold the first week, sounds like the title did pretty well despite consumers budgeting 500-$1000 for next gen console purchase(s). You can find similar discussions as the PS2 faded and now-previous gen never really picked up the slack.

Madden was also outsold by nba2k on next gen. Football is way more popular than basketball. The two games were never even close before the PS3, 360 consoles.

I don't know if any one madden "flopped" but continually declining sales to the point where it is passed up by a much less popular sport amounts to the same thing to me. It's just a slow painful death instead of a quick clean one.

[SageInfinite]

Until player movement and animations take a leap forward the game will still be a joke to me. Would love to see the camera angles go back to Madden 12, but I'm not holding out hope.

[The_Balm]

Quote: Originally Posted by FBall Life

Madden 25 - year of the running game improvements. AP on the cover. AP almost breaking the rushing record the previous season. This is how EA decides to market and integrate gameplay improvements.

It does seem to lineup, but the timing doesn't work. Unless the cover vote is fixed they wouldn't know who's on the cover until very late into the development cycle. Same with the Seahawks, the planing for M15 took place several months before the super bowl.

Quote: Originally Posted by kgbrolic

Just a hunch...what if the trailers that we saw for E3 last year that claimed to be "Actual Game Footage" for Madden 25 were from Madden 15 but EA didnt have enough time to complete the game...so they just ported over the last gen version in order to really complete their vision? I mean why on Earth would they put "Actual Game Footage" on a trailer that looked NOTHING like what we got in Madden 25 for next gen? Looking at the Kuechly model and the models from the E3 trailer from last year, I'd say they look really comparable. I dont know how to add links in a post, but go to YouTube and check out the E3 Madden 25 trailer for next gen and then look at the new Madden 15 trailer. Am I on to something?

I think you're making your own hype train.

[carvis#15]

for me...i'll believe the gameplay when I see it. But they kind of got my attention if they really put that much work in on player models. However, I wouldn't be suprised if the quick clip was all cgi.