Madden NFL 10 Blog - Improvements to WR/DB Interaction

[RogueHominid]

Wow, Ian. I have a man-crush on you. Seeing the improved route running was absolutely a joy to watch. Now the receivers move like people!

I'm assuming that the distance between an "open" receiver and a "covered" one in man coverage will vary on the basis of the agility/route running/coverage ratings of the players in question rather than being set by one animation for "covered" and one for "open," but this wasn't addressed explicitly.

Again, stellar job with this WR/DB stuff. This is already going to improve the overall look and sim quality of the game by a wide margin.

[BezO]

Quote: Originally Posted by Palo20

Will the CPU actually be moving their star players around now so that Player match ups are worth it in franchise mode?

Maybe another reason split ends & flankers need to be designated. Users & CPU shouldn't have to "swap WRs" for them to switch sides. They should switch according to the offense's strength, flanker on the strong side, split end on the weak.

[Bgamer90]

Ian, will the improvements to route running fix the problem of WRs running out of bounds on pass plays?

[BrianFifaFan]

Loving the whole jostling being tied to PI. Now here's a question. Will there be Offensive PI's called with the whole pushing off and hand fighting as well? Just wondering....

But I've gotta give some serious props for how this game is shaping up. It's kinda funny. I said a while back that I'd love this game if it was just Fifa09 with Madden players strapped over the core game. Man, you really are adding the best that Fifa has to offer and making it your own.... August is suddenly a year away! But they say good things come to those who wait! Now just waiting on the new OL/DL play after jostling is added to them...

[kcarr]

Ok, a couple ideas to maybe improve the player matchup thing.

1. Bring back man alignment/zone alignment as an option from the playcall screen to disguise the coverage. Especially with the defenders moving around to match up with certain receivers this could really help to disguise coverages.

2. Along with standard matchups add to the matchup screen the ability to set things such as how far off of a reciever to play, how tightly to cover the receiver, how physical to play the receiver, wether to press, etc.

3. The ability to make adjustments from the playcalling screen to set up double teams on certain players, move everyone into press or backed off coverage, shift the line, whatever.

[Moostache]

Wow....just WOW...

That looks great Ian and kudos on the use of video footage to get the point across in a manner that everyone can see (text only would be a firestorm of FUD for sure)!

The accumulated changes that you and the team have announced thus far have been awesome. I believe that you guys are making what just might go down as the new gold standard for football gaming this year.

Player ratings philosophy changed.....
Player stats being revamped....
QB issues addressed....
DB/WR interactions improved...

Bring on the news for the OL / DL interactions (I KNOW that you have some great ideas and material in store on this front!!!)

I gotta hand it to you, this year's flow of information building off of what was started last year is really cool to see and to follow!

[teampunjabi]

When I switch to the WR while the ball is in the air...will there be user control of the jostling animations or will it be automatic? Id rather it be automatic and based on ratings like you said Ian. If I am a weak reciever I wanna see myself get manhandled by a better corner.

[thudias]

Quote: Originally Posted by BrianFifaFan

Now just waiting on the new OL/DL play after jostling is added to them...

I think you might be on to something here.