EA Staff (Retired)
Overall pretty dissapointed.. looks a lot like madden with options and 1 hand catches.. I saw some of the EXACT same animations that run in Madden games.
I knew everyone who tested it that came out and immediately said it was different was likely told by EA to say this.. but I'd hoped I was wrong. I'll likely have to pass on this game.. thanks for taking the time to do a proper reskin of the game, just wish the actual product was better. This could have been the chance to start with ALL new gameplay and then reskin madden.. maybe in the next gen cycle you guys can start building a game from the ground up, though probably not.. with layoffs and corporate greed I think this is likely what we're stuck with until 2K or something steps in with something better.. unfourtunate.
I heard no Xfactors.. instead we have "abilities"
I heard the game runs so smooth and less sucking into animations.. I saw several animations both from the wr/ secondary and lineplay that ran a built in sucked in animation.. I guess the game runs 30% faster.. a game in development this long and it seems like almost all of that time was taken to make a good atmosphere. Unfortunately I play football games.. to play football, and this misses the mark.
Idk if they have a free demo or w/e I'll try and maybe it will "feel" different. Madden is just such a BAD product.. I hear good things about one every 3-5 years and buy it, play for a night and never pick it up again.. just feels so clunky and too animation heavy. Not sure if it's a lack of animations so you feel sucked into them or what.. maybe this game does a better job with that.. or the 30% speed boost gives the illusion that it's not happening so much?
Again.. pre Game stuff, songs, pageantry, uniforms, stadiums, graphics.. things look great. It's like "she's a 10 but she isn't any fun to be around"
Maybe I'm wrong. Waiting to see raw gameplay..
