Comments on: Gamestop Madden Monday: Inclement Weather

By: pat

pat — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:11:35 +0000

pasta i have a question say i make the game with full precipitation will the whole field be covered once it starts up or will the snow deepen as the game progresses

By: Groundhog

Groundhog — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:05:45 +0000

“Player’s footsteps will leave imprints”

I’ve seen this before. Believe it was an earlier version of Madden (PC?), but maybe I’m thinking of like Quarterback club or something for the Nintendo 64. Either way, not a dazzling new feature.

“snow will be piled on the sidelines and the yardage lines will be shoveled, just like in a real game.”

Nice touch.

“Improved color correction and stadium light bloom mean that you’ll see the steam of a player’s breath on a frosty night”

Player’s breath might not have been in next-gen (or maybe it was, can’t recall), but it’s been in the PC version for a long time. Not new.

” as well as splashes of water when his feet hit the rain-covered turf.”

Again, isn’t this in it already? Or maybe it’s just the PC version.

“You’ll see it all at a movie-quality 60 FPS rate on the Xbox 360 and PS3.”

Now this I *DO* want to see. Are they able to get the weather and lighting effects running smoothly while displaying a full stadium and field and players etc. with no noticeable lag? I’ll be impressed if they do.

By: pat

pat — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:35:07 +0000

wow this is what i wanted the most snow that fills up the field looks so realistic wow pasta ur website is the like the greatest video gaming website

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:08:48 +0000

[quote comment="18410"]If weather isn’t online who da hell cares???…EA Needs to get weather online[/quote]

what’s with everyone’s obsession with online? Is it really that cool? I would rather play against a tough and realistic CPU oppenent than an online douche bag….

By: afrodamus

afrodamus — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:57:52 +0000

If weather isn’t online who da hell cares???…EA Needs to get weather online

By: pastapadre

pastapadre — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:53:37 +0000

full size image now up.

http://www.pastapadre.com/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/madden-09/fullsnowscreenmadden09.jpg

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:53:14 +0000

Couldn’t have said it better Zack. I hate playing offline unless it’s with some friends. Online is where most of the gamers are and all this stuff will be basically useless to most of us if it isn’t online. Really hoping for an online league mode this year. Glad too see EA heading in this direction though. I’m really pumped for 09.

By: Zack

Zack — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:17:15 +0000

This is all good and all but it won’t really matter that much if it isn’t online.

By: joshdawg23

joshdawg23 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:15:53 +0000

I hope the graphics are like that Nike commercial from a few years ago, with Mike Vick and TO….

By: pat

pat — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:12:19 +0000

jonathan wat r u talkin about the madden cover is releades in three days