Joe Montana Football 16: A Mysterious Game Remains Under Wraps

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by kehlis

Not necessarily likely but that doesn't mean the terms of the exclusive portion of the agreement didn't change in the way he mentioned.

Well, we aren't privy to that information, if it changed, we might have heard something, too?

[xman2k]

MisterFootballSF is Damon Grow...or Joe Montana

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by kjcheezhead

It's the same vid. Joe starts out by saying he was looking to make a game to compete against Madden originally. They decided to go in a different direction with the app...but here we are discussing a Joe Montana game. 1. Joe's original goal was a console game to compete vs madden. 2. Detailed graphics including sweat pooling and vein dilation on the players, working ticker in stadium, 3500 permutations for fan rendering. 3. Graphic artists whose game credits include Ryse and Forza 2, Xbox one and pc titles. 4. Constant references to 2k and a direct shot at madden. #Not just a roster update. 5. A franchise mode that will be the "soul" of this game. Compared to that, what info points to this being just a mobile game?

I go back to Grows background and experience not going beyond mobile gaming.

Other than that, anything else is pure speculation on both sides.

I'm as hopeful as the next person, but I need more hard evidence.

No worries on my end if misterfootball ends up being correct because I have a xbox1. I just thought he would reappear to make more substantive claims. ie, how, when, what, and where he came across his info.

[Lexicon]

Damon seems to be a pretty intelligent guy. Founder of a tech company, worked on social and mobile games... he obviously sold Joe that he should be "his guy." While Damon is undoubtedly working on the game, he's probably more of a manager on the technical side of things. We've seen devs go from mobile to console and console to mobile before without any experience in the area they're headed to. Gotta start somewhere. Just so happens that Damon lived in the same building as Joe Montana, who was looking for someone to help him with his vision of making games. Not to mention that if this is all correct, then they're having help from 2K and Microsoft.

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lexicon

Damon seems to be a pretty intelligent guy. Founder of a tech company, worked on social and mobile games... he obviously sold Joe that he should be "his guy." While Damon is undoubtedly working on the game, he's probably more of a manager on the technical side of things. We've seen devs go from mobile to console and console to mobile before without any experience in the area they're headed to. Gotta start somewhere. Just so happens that Damon lived in the same building as Joe Montana, who was looking for someone to help him with his vision of making games. Not to mention that if this is all correct, then they're having help from 2K and Microsoft.

I think you're spot on. The way Joe tells the story, he's talking to a friend about making a console game that can compete with Madden and needs a developer. The friend says "Hey, I know this guy Damon Grow right here in the building. You should go talk to him about your idea." The fact that Damon Grows background is in mobile gaming didn't stop Joe from seeking him out for his game...and it wasn't the reason why he did either.

I could see it as evidence that this is a mobile game if Joe was actually looking for a guy with mobile gaming background from the start. But the way it played out, I don't think his background means anything. Based on the info on JMF that's been released, I need a lot more than that to believe this is a mobile game they are making.

[tanner75]

Mr Grow is suspiciously quiet on his twitter feed. You would have thought if the post was false information, that it would be acknowledged as being false. I'm thinking an announcement is on the cards very soon.

[ChirpyMango01]

There's something I can't stop thinking right now:

MisterFootballSF seems to know a LOT about JMF16 (if this post is true). The only conceivable way for him to know all this and be able to tell this public would be that he is someone who was told by Mr. Grow to post this. This would follow the the whole "staging leaks" thing they seem to have going on.

Just a theory.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChirpyMango01

There's something I can't stop thinking right now: MisterFootballSF seems to know a LOT about JMF16 (if this post is true). The only conceivable way for him to know all this and be able to tell this public would be that he is someone who was told by Mr. Grow to post this. This would follow the the whole "staging leaks" thing they seem to have going on. Just a theory.

If Mr. Grow was told to leak this, he would have had to have authority from Montana first. It would be going behind your bosses back if you did otherwise.

And yeah, you guys are probably right, Grow's background and experience prior to latching on to Montana has very little or nothing to do with the project.

The only way I purchase this game is if reaches the xbox1. I don't have a computer worthy of a new game(not buying a new one, either) and I won't be chasing mobile. I loved Sports Talk Football and I loved watching Montana play.

Keeping fingers crossed for the xbox1 and I'll be keeping an eye on the thread.