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[DMczaf]

http://www.maddennation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41134

http://www.maddennation.com/nextgen/nextgen.zip

Welcome to Madden NFL 06 for the Xbox 360.

With Microsoft recently announcing a launch date of November 22 we can now start showing off more of the product we have been working on over the past year or so. The Xbox 360 version of Madden NFL 06 is really starting to come together and I’m very excited about it. To me, the game really is looking, playing and feeling "next gen." Back in April we showed you some video of what we thought this game could be like and with each day of development that passes, I am more and more encouraged that we will be able to meet or exceed that target.

We still have several weeks left in development, so what we are releasing now not final yet; but I do want to confirm that all screens are captured from the game engine and not pre-rendered. You will see this level of quality and more in the final product. As things like player sizes/builds and different weather/lighting conditions become fully tuned you will begin to see these great graphics come to life in all situations. We'll soon see what the Giants at Eagles at night, in the snow looks like in real-time in this new engine and can't wait to share that with you. Of course, Madden isn't just about great graphics; we will deliver a many innovations in game play with an animation system driven by over three times the number of animations as previous versions of Madden. We're also planning on bringing franchise mode to the Xbox 360 with a whole new way to access information that franchise players will really enjoy.

They only let me share two screens this week, so we picked two that both show off the detail of this game, but in different ways. The first is a close-up of Saints QB Aaron Brooks focusing down field. We took this shot a ultra high resolution, so I hope that makes it out to you, if it does, you will notice stubble on the players’ faces and even reflection in the player eyes. Without doubt, the player faces are the most faithful reproductions we’ve ever done. Additionally the detail on essentials like the football and helmets are incredible. There are more polys in our next gen helmet than there were in the complete player from previous versions of Madden. Each NFL team helmet has the accurate paint style (notice the metallic paint of the Saints), and we have exact models of all the various helmet styles and facemask types worn in the NFL. The football is detailed down to the last pimple on the ball, and it has its own reflective properties.

In the second screen of Manning and Harrison at the Bengals, we show even more detail in the player uniforms, helmets and faces. Check out the different helmets on the Colts teammates, as well as the reflection on this sunny day scene. You also get a glimpse of our full 3-D crowd who are individually placed in each individual seat in the stadium accurately. We probably wouldn't normally show a screen shot of the back of a player's head, but this one caught my eye and felt very realistic.

In game, the players come alive with facial animation and NFL Films on-field audio, which adds a whole new level of authenticity to the game.

You will soon be seeing a lot more screens and videos as we get ready to start football season again in November. Also, be sure to check out the November issue (on sale October 4th) of EGM, which has the first detailed information and impressions of the game from their visit to our studios several weeks ago.


- Jeremy Strauser, Senior Producer, Madden NFL 06

 

[Slo]

Can't......seem......to.......download......file....

 

[DMczaf]

Can't......seem......to.......download......file....

Its a 18MB file thats going at 7kb/sec, so I wont have it for awhile :lol

 

[Seth C]

This zip file is downloading at 1KB per second...

 

[DJ_Tet]

2 screens, 18 megs, 8 k/s = I'll wait

 

[radrelic]

18mb for 2 screens.... sigh.


sounds good though, I really really hope it plays and looks amazing

 

[hgplayer1]

maddennation is doomed!

 

[Rabid Wolverine]

getting 66bytes per second.

 

[radrelic]

I'm going at a blazing fast 3.6 kb/sec

 

[Fuzzy]

14% done, sooooo sloooooow.

 

[Seth C]

Oh yeah, 4%. Only an hour now.

 

[Striek]

Ultra-high resolution? :/
Someone resize to 720p and post for us poor 56kers, when your d/l finally finishes. (hah, now you know how it feels )

 

[Keyser Soze]

Don’t unzip the file once downloaded!! It may cause a rip in the space time continuum...

If you live please compress (ALOT) and post here

If there are from a "ealry build" (look shit) then fuck them!

 

[newsguy]

DM, can you confirm that the screens aren't ass. If so, I will download. I really hope thatn Nathan/IGN thing is the truth.

 

[Xenon]

I think they are just trying to get back at us for bitching about their game. After the six hour download we will probably see all the players giving us blocky middle fingers.

 

[J2 Cool]

9.9 kb/sec, half hour for me. I win!

 

[Wario64]

for a 57 minute download on SCREENSHOTS, it better give me a blowjob

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

their site must be getting gangbanged for this file

 

[crunker99]

ill rehost them once i get the zip file in ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1 hour 3 minutes

 

[Fuzzy]

9.9 kb/sec, half hour for me. I win!

I used to be getting 15kb/s then it got a lot slower. 20% done.

 

[Insertia]

been stuck at 5% for 5 minutes.

 

[hgplayer1]

comments so far in the thread DM linked to at maddennation..

"Those look real good can't wait to see it in motion"

"Insane....absolutely breathtaking"

film at 11

or not

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

1:23:33.....oh yeah, BLAZING FAST.

 

[hgplayer1]

my Kb/sec is actually......going up

5.61

 

[Keyser Soze]

comments so far in the thread DM linked to at maddennation..

"Those look real good can't wait to see it in motion"

"Insane....absolutely breathtaking"

Madden for the win.....

Nahhhhhhhh! (Unless)

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

.6 KB for me, they should torrent this shit

 

[Miguel]

:lol


9 megs per image? Re-cock-ulous.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

for a 57 minute download on SCREENSHOTS, it better give me a blowjob

quote of the day

 

[DMczaf]

oops.

http://rapidshare.de/files/5230250/Madden.zip.html

 

[Striek]

comments so far in the thread DM linked to at maddennation..

"Those look real good can't wait to see it in motion"

"Insane....absolutely breathtaking"

film at 11

or not

Mmmm, the writeup sounds absolutely amazing as well.
Let me be the first to pre-emptively say "omfg reflections in the eye? CG! FOOL ME ONCE SHAME ON YOU, FOOL ME TWICE SHAME ON ME!" :lol
Really, sounds amazing (MGS4 beaaaaater!), hope they deliver.

Edit; That was stupid DM >_>

 

[crunker99]

holy non-resize batman

 

[Wario64]

looks like shit.

edit: lol, the screen is 9.5 MB! so there's only 2 screenshots? :lol

 

[Vandiger]

MGS Beater? Hardly

 

[Suikoguy]

Wow, the xbox 360 does 2880p?

 

[PhoncipleBone]

ummmmmm.........so they just zoomed in on the early build stuff? it just looks like the crowd is better now.

 

[Fifty]

Yeah, Wario....it says that in the first post ;p

That looks nice. I'm not blown away, but it's sure nice to start seeing real pieces of the game engine.

 

[radrelic]

err... this isn't even close to the target footage

 

[God's Hand]

Uh, this is not impressive at all. Especially when compared to the target footage. I knew EA and Nathan were lying.

 

[Striek]

MGS Beater? Hardly

Yeah, I was just making fun of that write-up. I'm on 56k so until someone resizes them I have no fucking clue, just re-turned off images in threads thanks to a certain someone

Edit; Thanks Wario! I think it looks fine Definitely doesn't even approach that CG, it does look similar to the burger king version but noticeably improved.

 

[Wario64]

 

[Fuzzy]

1280x720

 

[crunker99]

well the zip file just errored out,, im not starting again.. post the second shot and resize it pls

 

[----]

Check out the fat guy on the sidelines with the shovel hands (on the right side of the screenshot) :lol

Hilarious!

 

[radrelic]

ok now they look decent.

still not target footage quality, but it's decent

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

I resized it

 

[DenogginizerOS]

Holy shit those look amazing!

 

[crunker99]

Check out the fat guy on the sidelines with the shovel hands (on the right side of the screenshot) :lol

Hilarious!

dude thats shovelhands the infamous deformed circus performer

he used to perform with lobster boy but then one day in a horrible accidnt he used his shovel hand to kill a fellow performer

he has been hiding out ever since

obviously he works in the NFL now since Madden developers made it so realisitc that that has to be his real hand shape

 

[Matrix]

Looks a hell of a lot better to me,cant wait to see vids.

 

[J2 Cool]

Well the crowd is excited! There must be some better looking game off on the sideline. Lemme edit though, lemme edit. Looks pretty decent/good. Wonder if they'll attempt to retexture the grass though, or get some better textures on the hair and skin. Still, it looks pretty good.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

well i'lll have to eat my words from that other thread, this does look much improved, but still not as good as the video. The wierd thing is that it doesn't look anything like the "next gen" video, like its not using the same assets. The style kinda looks like the old 32bit/early128bit where they used digitized photos and textured them over models. Something about it just looks "off", like its very unnatural looking. Certainly not terrible looking though.