2 New Madden 360 screens  

very nice, but it still doesn't look like in game shots...more like cut scenes or instant replay. guess we'll have to wait and see. and this is really picky, but why do all the fans have their hands up in the air when he hasn't even thrown the ball yet?

of course they're cut scenes but they look damn good...

I thought cutscenes are somewhat indicative of what the game engine will look like, just closer and with more detail. I am very excited. Full polygon crowds! Woohoo!

yea, madden cutscenes are basically zoomed in, different angles of the game, between plays.

that's true, but during normal gameplay everything is miniaturized and there usually isn't as much detail in the player models, etc. hopefully this time around things will be different.

Wouldn't this prevent a full view of the field and prevent the QB from seeing the WRs? The models will be the same, just zoomed out, so it will look fairly good, but never going to be as good as it is zoomed up to replay view.

I hate madden and EA. BRING BACK THE NFL 2K SERIES!!!!

OH NOES EA IZZA TEH SUXXOREZZZZ!!!!O!1n1n1o!!!!

:rolleyes:


Now that we got that obligatory BS out of the way...

I liked the 2K series, but it sure had some damnably annoying gameplay quirks and glitches that plagued the entire series.


I have resigned myself to the fact that this will be the same exact Madden game in 720p. Nothing more.

I, for one, have felt that the NCAA Football series has been better and more fun for several years. I'm sorry it's not getting the HD lovin'. Even now, I find that I'm playing it far more than I do Madden.

For the last couple of years or so, I find that Madden just doesn't keep my interest for very long ,whereas NCAA usually does.

I'm really starting to hope that some of the NON NFL games from other companies bring me something new, fresh, and exciting, because this year's Madden really is a step backwards from 2005 in some respects. The new features they added either are irrelevant, or simply suck and have to be turned off anyways. (The QB cone vision? Is anyone actually using that?)

I have Madden 2006 for PC and play it at the max res 1600x1200 and it looks nothing like the screenshots running at 1280x720. First of all the crowd is not polygon on the PC version while it is on the 360. That's impressive in itself. Second, the level of detail on the player is nowhere near the screenshots.

I'm pretty confident that graphics wise, it's is leagues over the current Madden. Can't comment on the gameplay.

One of the reasons I respect PC Gamer Magazine a lot is for what they did in their latest issue.

They gave Madden 2006 on the PC a 65/100 percent ratings and listed the litany of flaws it has, being forced to pay EA extra to play it online (we all had better take notice of this), and the complete lack of originality or improvement over 2005.

Even though I have the game on the Xbox, I couldn't agree with their review more.

Given all of the supposed power of the 360, I'm pretty dissapointed in those shots. Especially considering the little movie EA made many months ago...............

And when did Marvin Harrison put on all of that muscle?? The guy is skinny, not stocky like in the pic!

I expect this game to look a little better then the PC version, the reason being better is their hardware target will be a bit higher then their target PC owners hardware. Textures a noticeable notch higher and a bit more happening in the backgrounds. I bet the "Madden view" looks pretty similar. Yes this is nothing like those movies, but I knew that was BS.

This system is shaping up to be a high-end PC imo without the mouse, so we already know what a lot of this will look like, we'll get higher texturing and a little more headroom for background animations and physics/AI in general. Some PC games will still look better on the high high end, running at 1600x1200 with everything on with ultra-high textures. Not bashing, I'd love a closed console looking like a top pc, but the lack of M, is killing me but I try to look past that, I try.

He looks pretty damn skinny to me. Where do you see muscle at?

PC Gamer said the graphics were amazing for the PC version. They certainly gave it due props on that count, but basically trashed it in every other category.

The PC is always going to win that race, in the end. ;)

^ We were hoping it wouldn't be winning before the console actually ships or at least the 260 would take us straight to the top-o-line pc at release, when everything is considered (like hardware to program for) for $400. We are supposed to get value in consoles right? The PC Madden has been looking good for year’s imo, as I have them. I'm happy with it, but there will be a lot of people though expecting much more then that. It's basically a cleaner/sharper version of the consoles. I figured the screenies were lacking because this isn't the big wow some would like to see.