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Madden [RENDERED] Next Gen is ON

Games industry in shock as EA avoids showing gameplay on TV commercial!
 
Kleegamefan said:
One thing I found intresting is the fact that this exact shot:

madden.jpg


Is in the ad (its animated, too)

Which means that parts of this ad is very very old.....that pic was released last November....so it is possible this "ad" is actually that rumored in-house concept video EA shows at project meetings....



Yes, so that means the nextgen Madden ad has a wide range of quality, ranging from this
madden.jpg




to this
day5screener.jpg



maybe IGN felt that the ad seemed like the Nike Commercial because of the sequences that were of much higher quality, like of the top image above, and the fact that both ads ended with a fireworks display. it can leave that impression on the person, of being very similar, even though the Nike ad is technically (and even to the eye) head and shoulders above the Madden ad.
 
dorio said:
Hmmmmm... so they did care.
hahaha no no no

I was a software engineering intern. They offered my fulltime but I have school and going to start my own company, but it was still a tough choice to make.
 
midnightguy said:
Yes, so that means the nextgen Madden ad has a wide range of quality, ranging from this
madden.jpg




to this
day5screener.jpg



maybe IGN felt that the ad seemed like the Nike Commercial because of the sequences that were of much higher quality, like of the top image above, and the fact that both ads ended with a fireworks display. it can leave that impression on the person, of being very similar, even though the Nike ad is technically (and even to the eye) head and shoulders above the Madden ad.

If you pay close attention, the 1st shot is from the 'sack cam' which, at least to my eyes, looks significantly more detailed than the actual in game footage. Kind of the way the replay footage on Gran Turismo was a bit higher quality than the actual gameplay.
 
Rob said:
If you pay close attention, the 1st shot is from the 'sack cam' which, at least to my eyes, looks significantly more detailed than the actual in game footage. Kind of the way the replay footage on Gran Turismo was a bit higher quality than the actual gameplay.

yeah exactly. that's kind of what I was trying to say. the 1st picture we saw, months ago, which was definitally a CGI render, was from the Sack Cam like you said (and Klee also) it looked better than the rest of the footage, which although was also CGI, I think could be done on Xbox360 and PS3. but as for the higher detailed, higher quality Sack Cam sequence, I doubt if that could be done, except for in replays. well that would be the point anyway i guess.
 
Games industry in shock as EA avoids showing gameplay on TV commercial!

GAF shocked as majority of people bitching about madden 2006/360 dont play football videogames anyways

man i will seriously be glad when november rolls around and the game is finally released so all of the doubters can shut the fuck up


of course i can already see it now:

*Madden 2006 on xbox 360 has outstanding graphics*

Random GAF EA Hater: Yeah it looks nice, but sadly the gameplay is exactly the same as madden '95 on genesis. what a JOKE! when i was growing up games were about fun. have you played Tecmo bowl NES lately? for MY dollar it is still the best football game of all-time. EA could learn a thing or two from tecmo bowl
 
From what I know.... I'd say the Sack Cam is much closer to the visual quality of the actual game than anything else.
 
FrenchMovieTheme said:
GAF shocked as majority of people bitching about madden 2006/360 dont play football videogames anyways

man i will seriously be glad when november rolls around and the game is finally released so all of the doubters can shut the fuck up


of course i can already see it now:

*Madden 2006 on xbox 360 has outstanding graphics*

Random GAF EA Hater: Yeah it looks nice, but sadly the gameplay is exactly the same as madden '95 on genesis. what a JOKE! when i was growing up games were about fun. have you played Tecmo bowl NES lately? for MY dollar it is still the best football game of all-time. EA could learn a thing or two from tecmo bowl

lol
 
rastex said:
From what I know.... I'd say the Sack Cam is much closer to the visual quality of the actual game than anything else.

So what you are saying is that there will individual blades of grass on the field?!
 
C- Warrior said:
HOLY GOOD LORD!

EA = teh suxxors

I actually thought what EA put it was really really cool.

It just sucks now after watching that.

Anybody know the studio that made that clip for Nike?

But graphics don't make a fun game and they aren't done. So hopefully it turns out well.

im curious how long it took to create that commerical.
 
FrenchMovieTheme said:
GAF shocked as majority of people bitching about madden 2006/360 dont play football videogames anyways

man i will seriously be glad when november rolls around and the game is finally released so all of the doubters can shut the fuck up


of course i can already see it now:

*Madden 2006 on xbox 360 has outstanding graphics*

Random GAF EA Hater: Yeah it looks nice, but sadly the gameplay is exactly the same as madden '95 on genesis. what a JOKE! when i was growing up games were about fun. have you played Tecmo bowl NES lately? for MY dollar it is still the best football game of all-time. EA could learn a thing or two from tecmo bowl

AHahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah.
 
FrenchMovieTheme said:
GAF shocked as majority of people bitching about madden 2006/360 dont play football videogames anyways

man i will seriously be glad when november rolls around and the game is finally released so all of the doubters can shut the fuck up


of course i can already see it now:

*Madden 2006 on xbox 360 has outstanding graphics*

Random GAF EA Hater: Yeah it looks nice, but sadly the gameplay is exactly the same as madden '95 on genesis. what a JOKE! when i was growing up games were about fun. have you played Tecmo bowl NES lately? for MY dollar it is still the best football game of all-time. EA could learn a thing or two from tecmo bowl

Sad but true.
 
C- Warrior said:
HOLY GOOD LORD!

EA = teh suxxors

I actually thought what EA put it was really really cool.

It just sucks now after watching that.

Anybody know the studio that made that clip for Nike?

But graphics don't make a fun game and they aren't done. So hopefully it turns out well.


Yeah, once systems can get to THAT level of detail and realism, I can honestly say that I would be satisfied for the rest of my life. Hmmm, perhaps the NEXT-next generation.
 
nitewulf said:
wow, you guys are nuts if you didnt think that was amazing. animation is stiff, but animation is also probably the hardest thing and needs the most fine tuning.
*goes back and drools at the polygonal detail and lighting*
edit: if you look closely, you'll see that the jersey's do stretch and deform.


That was amazing for CG? Hell no. It would be amazing if it were in real time on a small console which it isn't so I treat it like any other CG. This doesn't do crap, we still don't know nor are we any closer to know how the games will stack up visually on the XBOX360 until May 12.
 
rastex said:
From what I know.... I'd say the Sack Cam is much closer to the visual quality of the actual game than anything else.

If that is true, then I would be 100% satisfied with that for this generation as long as they get the animation right. I remember back when I first saw that pic, I thought to myself "yeah that's about what I expect for next-gen."

I hate to say it but I wish I had NEVER seen that Nike commercial. It has completely ruined me because THAT represents what in my mind would be the ultimate football video game. Now, no matter how good the upcoming generation is, I'll be looking to the horizon for the day I can actually PLAY that Nike commercial!
 
marsomega said:
That was amazing for CG? Hell no. It would be amazing if it were in real time on a small console which it isn't so I treat it like any other CG. This doesn't do crap, we still don't know nor are we any closer to know how the games will stack up visually on the XBOX360 until May 12.

I think you just summed up my feelings beatifully. The reason the commercial frustrates me so much is because like you said, we're still not any closer to knowing exactly what to expect from the 360/PS3/Revolution. Like I said before, if EA can get the detail like what's in the 'sack cam' AND make the animation very fluid, I will be satisfied. If the game ends up being a playable version of the commercial (the on the field footage), I'll be a little let down.
 
Nathkenn, lets just say I cared about having the bestest graphics and only that .... would you say I should get the XBox 360 version or the PS3 version? :D
 
Rob said:
Yeah, once systems can get to THAT level of detail and realism, I can honestly say that I would be satisfied for the rest of my life. Hmmm, perhaps the NEXT-next generation.


heh, dude, the NEXT-next generation (Xbox3 - PS4 - N6) is prolly gonna look something like the Nike Commercial, which is waayyyy beyond the EA Madden commercial.
 
I was kinda dissappointed by the Madden next gen, but I'm not complaining until I see actual ingame stuff.

But my expactations for next gen madden are pretty high, I'm expecting a jump from this gen to next gen as similar as last gen to this gen.

Last Gen:
madden2001_b2.jpg


This gen:

madden-nfl-2005-20040730023742983.jpg


midnightguy said:
and also........
PlayStation4 graphics



haha , I kid, I kid

I am expecting something like that Nike ad for next gen and I will be dissappointed if it doesn't deliver.
 
Hollywood said:
Nathkenn, lets just say I cared about having the bestest graphics and only that .... would you say I should get the XBox 360 version or the PS3 version? :D

I think thats kind of a loaded question ;) , i get the feeling consoles will be closer next gen than they are this just because of the amount of work that goes into making the games. I dont know the details yet so i cant say and I wouldnt be allowed to if i did heh. Im more of a sony fanboy personally though.
 
GSG Flash said:
I was kinda dissappointed by the Madden next gen, but I'm not complaining until I see actual ingame stuff.

But my expactations for next gen madden are pretty high, I'm expecting a jump from this gen to next gen as similar as last gen to this gen.

Last Gen:
madden2001_b2.jpg


This gen:

madden-nfl-2005-20040730023742983.jpg




I am expecting something like that Nike ad for next gen and I will be dissappointed if it doesn't deliver.

if you mean for the upcoming next-gen (Xbox360 - Rev - PS3) then you WILL be disappointed, because no way in fucking hell are those consoles gonna pull off the NIKE GRIDIRON ad in real-time. be it in-game or even just realtime replays.

we would be VERY lucky to get graphics on Xbox360, Rev and PS3 that look like the better portions of the Madden next-gen CGI ad. we won't be getting NIKE ad graphics until at least the PS4 generation in the next decade, 6 years from now, (or 5 years if Xbox3 comes out in 2010) ...gaurnteed.
 
Rob said:
If that is true, then I would be 100% satisfied with that for this generation as long as they get the animation right. I remember back when I first saw that pic, I thought to myself "yeah that's about what I expect for next-gen."

I hate to say it but I wish I had NEVER seen that Nike commercial. It has completely ruined me because THAT represents what in my mind would be the ultimate football video game. Now, no matter how good the upcoming generation is, I'll be looking to the horizon for the day I can actually PLAY that Nike commercial!
But that commercial could never be a game since you're not going to have a game with 40 guys on defense and with all those cinematic angles. That would be unplayable and not very fun to play if all those odd angles and animations happened during actual gameplay. You would think this game sucks because its uncontrollable.
 
dorio said:
But that commercial could never be a game since you're not going to have a game with 40 guys on defense and with all those cinematic angles. That would be unplayable and not very fun to play if all those odd angles and animations happened during actual gameplay. You would think this game sucks because its uncontrollable.

well, I dont think the camera angles used in the Nike ad matter - of course a game would have different angles / different perspectives - Im talking about the graphics quality, image quality, and animation quality.
 
midnightguy said:
if you mean for the upcoming next-gen (Xbox360 - Rev - PS3) then you WILL be disappointed, because no way in fucking hell are those consoles gonna pull off the NIKE GRIDIRON ad in real-time. be it in-game or even just realtime replays.

we would be VERY lucky to get graphics on Xbox360, Rev and PS3 that look like the better portions of the Madden next-gen CGI ad. we won't be getting NIKE ad graphics until at least the PS4 generation in the next decade, 6 years from now, (or 5 years if Xbox3 comes out in 2010) ...gaurnteed.

I know i'm going to be dissappointed, but I'm still hoping I won't be.
 
GSG Flash said:
I know i'm going to be dissappointed, but I'm still hoping I won't be.

I wont be disappointed - because i know the Madden 2006 through Madden 2010 will look very good, even though they will be a long way off from the Nike ad.

..... and then I can hope for NIKE AD quality graphics in Madden 2011 or 2012 on Xbox3 and PS4.
 
any other formats for the commercial? my computer is choking on that file from txb. maybe quicktime? or just a lower es one?

from what i can see, it looks great, but it isnt the game, and therefore i dont care much about it. seriously, the actual game may look better. weve been told this, and i even believe it, but i cant get excited to see something that isnt the actual game... thats just dumb.
 
nathkenn said:
I think thats kind of a loaded question ;) , i get the feeling consoles will be closer next gen than they are this just because of the amount of work that goes into making the games. I dont know the details yet so i cant say and I wouldnt be allowed to if i did heh. Im more of a sony fanboy personally though.

Is EA still planning on making games for Nintendo's platform? I know Madden is on every platform practically, so is it safe to say a version of Madden is coming for Revolution?
 
Hollywood said:
Is EA still planning on making games for Nintendo's platform? I know Madden is on every platform practically, so is it safe to say a version of Madden is coming for Revolution?

can't answer that kind of stuff
 
GSG Flash said:
I was kinda dissappointed by the Madden next gen, but I'm not complaining until I see actual ingame stuff.

But my expactations for next gen madden are pretty high, I'm expecting a jump from this gen to next gen as similar as last gen to this gen.

Last Gen:
madden2001_b2.jpg



Ahhhh!!! My eyes!!
 
midnightguy said:
well, I dont think the camera angles used in the Nike ad matter - of course a game would have different angles / different perspectives - Im talking about the graphics quality, image quality, and animation quality.

Angles and editing make all the difference in the world. You wouldn't see the line animations without the camera swooping in across the front. You can't see the facial expressions without the closeup, and you won't get that sense of speed without the steadycam style movement that follows Vick. I would argue that we will never get the feling that we're playing the commercial because of the angle football games are played at. Maybe it could be emulated in preset replays.
 
nathkenn, do you know for sure that the animation is being addressed for next gen madden. IE it'll look much better than what the video showed? I thought the whole thing looked great. But those animations in the video looked too stiff and seemed to be pulled directly from the PS2 version. I'm actually a little more worried about the animation than the overall graphics quality (Which I thought looked great) at the moment!
 
Mrbob said:
nathkenn, do you know for sure that the animation is being addressed for next gen madden. IE it'll look much better than what the video showed? I thought the whole thing looked great. But those animations in the video looked too stiff and seemed to be pulled directly from the PS2 version. I'm actually a little more worried about the animation than the overall graphics quality (Which I thought looked great) at the moment!

.
 
those animations have nothing to do with the game

Wait,where did all the complainers go?!?! :lol

Commercial looked pretty damn good to me,the only thing I didn't like was McNabb's throwing animation and T.O.'s dive into the endzone at the end.I expect everyone in here to be ready for our Madden league once this hits since everyone is sooooo into it! :D
 
E3 and launch is going to be a wonderful time. Haters are going to get fuck owned. I should save this thread to bring it back up in November.
 
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