Madden NFL 10 Blog: A Deeper Look into PRO-TAK

[MikaelB]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lava

It's not the most important thing about the game to me, I thought I made that clear in my original post. It's the first thing I've ever pointed out that is uniform or equipment related. Of course gameplay is important to me and of course I want the overall game to be great, but if they can fix this flaw, which I'd imagine isn't a big one to fix, then why not?

Yeah. Besides, it should be an easy fix. To have the stripes all the way instead of fading halfway over the helmet is actually pretty noticeable and I hope and think that it will be fixed.

[Nza]

There's something wrong with that LenDale White and Ravens gang tackle video. I can't quite put my finger on it....

Oh right, Ed Reed didn't try to bend White backwards after the ball carrier was stopped

[Lava]

That's cause he'd already taken CJ out and rendered our offense ineffective, haha.

[Jump]

The OT/DE play looks sweet. I just hope they can replicate that with the 3-4 outside linebackers, or all this work would have been for nothing.

Pro Tak is looking good, as long it is tuned right. I just hope that single man tackles still happen enough, and that it is not impossible to single tackle the running backs.

The Steve Smith video has me a bit scared. It sounds as though Tiburon knows that it is a rare occurrence, but they still want people to see it happen. I hope they don't tune it so that kind of thing happens once a game on all pro.

And if they do I pray the sliders can change it.

[djKianoosh]

Quote: Originally Posted by NoSubs

A player's weight doesn't make him better or worse? Try reducing the weight of your offensive line to 150lbs each. Then tell me if they are neither better nor worse. If you have two linebackers, one is 260 lbs. and the other is 160lbs. All their other ratings are identical, now the lighter one will be worse at tackling. So he would not be worth the same amount in a trade or be as high on your depth chart. Therefore, it is accurate for him to have a lower OVR to reflect his lower usefulness, trade value, contract amount, etc. There can be an ideal weight range for each position. If the player is above or below that range he will be docked points from his OVR to reflect his reduced usefulness.

This is why I've been suggesting (as others have too) to either get rid of the OVR altogether, hide the OVR rating, or give us the ability to establish our own OVR equation for each position. because some people like different things in different players.

this poster here wants big strong LBs. I may want fast and nimble. I should have my own OVR rating and he should too. and if we're playing a franchise online together (we can dream), then a trade between us would look slightly different to both of us, but it's all good cause we value things differently. this is completely true to life because every team in the NFL has their own "draft board" and their own list of priorities and ratings systems. let's see it in Madden!

[djKianoosh]

Quote: Originally Posted by djKianoosh

One MAJOR thing he mentioned was that some teams are better at gang tackling than others. as an Eagles fan, I LOVE this. but, i'm real curious as to how they're going to implement this? Are there team ratings under the hood? is it possible to see these ratings, for example, in franchise? wouldn't it make sense to know, say 5-10 years into franchise mode, that your defense is good or bad at gang tackling?

any answer to this from the EA folks?

[eagles410]

okay, lets release some more information regarding franchise mode and information about the weekly highlight reels.

[callmetaternuts]

Loving the way this feature is shaping up. Maybe the biggest addition to the game imo. Pro-Tak affects so many different areas (gang tackling, OL/DL etc).

Will we still be able to break out of tackles lie last year (or attempt to break out?)

Thanks for the blog Ian, awesome info.