Madden NFL 17 Screenshot Featuring Under Armour and Adidas

[mrprice33]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gridiron

The flaw in that concept is simple to identify by using their own historic motto: "If it's in the game, it's in the game". There aren't a few million ways to go, there is only one, the NFL. If it's the NFL you should be targeting to get it into the game.

They are absolutely targeting to get it in the game. Kane himself said as much. So what's the problem, exactly?

Like, at no point has anyone from EA said "we don't care about authenticity this isn't getting in the game." They're actively working on it. They bring community people in for feedback, they've hired people from this forum to work there; it's obvious there's an effort.


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[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gridiron

There is no hyberbole. Absolute zero. A mouthpiece is an essential piece of equipment. That is a fact. There is a reason NFL players wear them and it's not just because they think it looks cute...

Essential to an on-field football player in real life, sure. Essential to properly representing the sport of football in a video game? Not at all, I can think of literally thousands of things that are more important.

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You know that's not what I said.

You're the one calling it "essential". You just did again. In the context of a video game, no. It's absolutely not. It's a cosmetic option. That's all it is.

A virtual video game football player doesn't require a virtual mouthpiece to play virtual football. The video game has no gameplay mechanics which rely on player equipment load-outs. Every equipment option is purely cosmetic as far as the video game is concerned.

Of all the issues to take with Madden, which there are plenty, this for me is quite possibly literally at the bottom of the list. Faulting EA for choosing to leave out mouthpieces in favor of delivering other features IMO is absolutely pedantic and reeks of looking for reasons to be disappointed in the game.

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by SolidSquid

There's a reason they no longer use that motto.

I could just be completely off base here, but does the current game not utter the phrase with the age-old announcer every time it boots up?

[Cowboy008]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

I could just be completely off base here, but does the current game not utter the phrase with the age-old announcer every time it boots up?

I think it just says EA Sports now instead of EA Sports it's in the game.

[redsox4evur]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

I could just be completely off base here, but does the current game not utter the phrase with the age-old announcer every time it boots up?

Nah it doesn't I honestly don't remember hearing it since the 2005 games came out.

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

I could just be completely off base here, but does the current game not utter the phrase with the age-old announcer every time it boots up?

It does in 16. Says the whole thing right at startup.

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by bcruise

It does in 16. Says the whole thing right at startup.

Thanks, thought I was going crazy there for a second.

In fact I think "It's In The Game" was adopted as the official slogan of Electronic Arts after it succeeded with EA Sports.

Anyway that's way off-topic. Back to equipment discussion. Apologies for side-tracking.

[Big FN Deal]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

Essential to an on-field football player in real life, sure. Essential to properly representing the sport of football in a video game? Not at all, I can think of literally thousands of things that are more important. You're the one calling it "essential". You just did again. In the context of a video game, no. It's absolutely not. It's a cosmetic option. That's all it is. A virtual video game football player doesn't require a virtual mouthpiece to play virtual football. The video game has no gameplay mechanics which rely on player equipment load-outs. Every equipment option is purely cosmetic as far as the video game is concerned. Of all the issues to take with Madden, which there are plenty, this for me is quite possibly literally at the bottom of the list. Faulting EA for choosing to leave out mouthpieces in favor of delivering other features IMO is absolutely pedantic and reeks of looking for reasons to be disappointed in the game.

To the bold, the point I think others and I keep making time and time again about stuff like mouthpieces is, it's not a feature, it something that should just be there by now.

I see it as animated mouthpieces, meaning players take them in/out during games, chew on them, they fall to the ground, etc, that would be a feature but not just having cosmetic mouthpieces, which is what I'm referring to.