Madden NFL 10 Video: New Features Walkthrough (Gametrailers)

[NYyankz225]

Quote: Originally Posted by N@X_WiZaRD

Yea, this is exactly what I felt as well! Madden pisses me off in this area. It always seems like you only have 1 millisecond to examine the field before everything collapses into a mess in front of you. And it doesn't seem to be fixed with the slower gameplay. I'm not asking for the running play to develop holes EVERY time, but I just want the blocking to be more logical so I can sift through the line with more precision. It would also be nice if your RB extended his arm to an OL/FB in front of him so you could be guided through the mess (not this play, but in other plays). Right now it looks like the same old suction blocking that apex was talking about earlier year. I honestly wasn't expecting it to be fixed (because it was so horrific to start out with), but it would have been nice if it looked better.

There was actually a decent hole to the right with a free blocker that Ian could have followed but he didn't. Probably too distracted trying to get the dude's attention .

[PantherBeast_OS]

Everything looks to be fine but a couple little things I am concerned about. 1 is the herky jerky of the pile up near the goal line when the pile is moving forward. 2 My concern is it look like that the Big Ben has to much time in the pocket . It doesn't seem to be much of a pass rush. I mean I know that is a earlier build of the game I guess. But I feel that I want see more a pass rush from the front 4. The max time aQB has in the pocket in the real NFL is make 3-4 seconds before he has to scramble are throw it away. It look like there that big ben ad way to much time. I hope that is something you are working on Ian.

[burne]

Quote: Originally Posted by NYyankz225

This looks to be the same event as the previous IGN videos we've gotten so no adjustments that were made are shown in this video.

I am aware of this, and I'm not panicking because there's still time for changes to be made. However, Ian released the blog on player momentum on March 16th. This was a known area of concern from previous Maddens, and thus I kind of assume that by the time this footage was taken, at least some changes had been made. In that blog, Ian claimed that a 90 degree turn took anywhere from 4-9 yards now. I'm not really seeing that.

I'm just concerned that there wasn't enough momentum added for my taste. I'm hoping this will be tuned in the direction of more momentum before release.

[Maelstrom-XIII]

Oh I understand where you're coming from...perhaps the best solution would be to show the names of the skill positions on offense (QB, RBs, WRs, TE) and the secondary and/or LBs on defense...that way we know who is lined up on who...

And for those who thought Ben had too much time in the pocket...perhaps this is still on Pro, which makes for a safer pocket for those with less experience...I'd like to see if Ian was on Pro as I suspect, or if he bumped it up to All Pro...if its All Pro, then I'm concerned that he did have too much time...if its Pro, it's probably about right.

BTW, I don't play online, which is where my "If the CPU was smart.." came from...didn't even think about the online players...my bad.

[drae2]

That's a nice video. I bet they could release this today and it would be the best Madden ever.

[Deegeezy]

Cool video... I didn't know Tony Romo is on the Madden team LMAO

[burne]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pantherbeast

Everything looks to be fine but a couple little things I am concerned about. 1 is the herky jerky of the pile up near the goal line when the pile is moving forward. 2 My concern is it look like that the Big Ben has to much time in the pocket . It doesn't seem to be much of a pass rush. I mean I know that is a earlier build of the game I guess. But I feel that I want see more a pass rush from the front 4. The max time aQB has in the pocket in the real NFL is make 3-4 seconds before he has to scramble are throw it away. It look like there that big ben ad way to much time. I hope that is something you are working on Ian.

1) I'm going to assume that there's NO WAY that gets shipped without being fixed. That tackle was buggy as hell; an 800-lb pile of man teleported sideways 5 yards! That's just a bug, and a highly visible one, so I really wouldn't be too concerned about it getting fixed.

2) I'm pretty sure that this, like all of these early preview videos, was done on Pro or Rookie. Ian already commented on that for the IGN preview, where the writer had all day, it was just because he was playing it on Pro where if you stay in the pocket, you will have all day. I can't help but assume that the timing will be right on All Pro. Heh, everyone knows that QB's get 3.4 seconds on average, right?

[AboveTheRim]

Big Ben is wearing a FLAK jacket, Big Ben Roethlisberger looks like Big Ben now.