Madden NFL 10 Blog: Revamping How Injuries Work

[maddenps2]

Cool additions to the injury system, weren't alot of these features in tecmo superbowl 20 years ago?

[BrianFifaFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by maddenps2

You always talk about how awesome madden is, year after year, Last yearr you talked up how awesome madden was. I don't think it's possible for you ever to feel any different. What would it take you to feel madden isn't up to par?

If we're gonna get the facts straight, I haven't said that 09 was awesome. I said that Ian being here gave me a great sense of hope for 10 and beyond. I wasn't too happy that Franchise got no love, but was able to give 09 a pass, seeing as Ian came on mid-cycle. I was always more about 10 than 09. I was just saying that 09 was gonna be what it was, and it was pretty much just that. And checking my gamer card, I haven't played a game of Madden09 since 10/8/08. I just quietly sold the game without a lot of fuss and went off to play my Fifa09, which I mention every chance I can get as being a game that Tiburon should really look at for inspiration. And guess what? They did.

I said one time in a post that I'd be happy if they basically took the best parts of Fifa09 and strapped Madden onto it. They have and then advanced it way past what even Fifa has. P.A. check. Tackling, big check! Presentation, really thinking this will be a huge check, as well. And my respect for Ian and his commitment has grown big time since he showed up. The dude is a workaholic who wants nothing more than to give us a primetime title in 10. Even if something won't make it that we really want, he's up front about it. If something needs to and can be changed and the more observant of us call him on, he fixes it. Heck, I spent so much time as a mod trying to protect him from haters, the dude didn't even want it. He wanted honest feedback and I think that I actually was hurting what he wanted. So I did a crappy job as a mod.

I'd love to say that I'd like Madden to fail; after all I was totally hating EA post Black Friday. I still have both a copy of 2k5 and an Xport. And after 09 wasn't my cup 'o tea, I played it when I needed a football fix. But most of my gaming has been with Fifa09, about a thousand matches worth, so far. And I even went away from posting and pretty much back to lurking, post my demise as a mod. But I've been following and watching and each blog or tidbit really gets me feling that special feeling that made me go out and buy an Xbox for 2k5 and when I saw the 09 vids for Fifa.

I've never expected to get that one Madden that makes me say "OK, I can retire now." Every year and every console I just want to see the game progress toward realism. And the jump for me this year is huge. All my old favorite features seem to be coming back in spades, along with new tech that gets my inner geek salivating. I don't understand how some of this stuff gets met with "meh." The gang tackling alone made me drool when I saw it. And the presentation stuff that trickles out makes my single player, Dynasty-loving self just shed a small tear. But I do love the guys who are saying "hey, that ain't right." I have a lot of the same feelings, I'm just not of the style to call the developers out in a critical way. I try to make comments about the feature in the context of a person who is grateful what what has been accomplished in such a small amount of time. Also, I'm smart enough to know that I know what I know and what I don't. Most of the time I'll have ideas that the real football heads like LBzRule or AJ can express in far more detail with deep football knowledge to back it up. I'd end up like the dude on the ESPN commercial talking out the seat of my pants. The best I can do is relate experiences that I've had with other games and my interpretation of how a game should feel to be sim and fun.

Hey, I can say that I've done my best to contribute. And I did get my RS DL moves in the game. Just not exactly how I wanted, it seems. I had a few good ideas and a few bad. I left for a while and have had some guys who liked me and thought I had good ideas, many who didn't . At the end of all of this, I'm hard pressed to get overly critical about this. All I really want is a great NFL game. As we all do. I'm not gonna break my creed of "treat others as you'd like to be treated" to look cool. That kinda kills the whole point of why I'm gaming in the first place, and on OS also, to have a good time and ,hopefully, find a few new friends. Come August I'm gonna do my darndest to enjoy this game to it's fullest. But, come October, I'm really hoping that Fifa Team has raised the bar yet again. And that the battle will ensue once more for my gaming affections.....

P.S. NCAA is the game that I would be more prone to be disappointed in. They really didn't progress the game in relation to what I'm looking for. So I just might not buy it. EA has enough games that have really reached for the heights that I'm just not feeling the effort with NCAA. Possibly "no sale", I'll just buy Fight Night RD4, instead. No fuss, no muss....

[mwjr]

I'm curious:

Will the trainers have a rating?
If so, will their ratings affect (a)how quickly an injury is diagnosed (i.e. a low-rated trainer would take a few plays longer to determine the severity) and (b) how accurate/on-target they are with their prognoses?

[SouthernBrick]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwjr

I'm curious: Will the trainers have a rating? If so, will their ratings affect (a)how quickly an injury is diagnosed (i.e. a low-rated trainer would take a few plays longer to determine the severity) and (b) how accurate/on-target they are with their prognoses?

Seems doubtful.

[Scottdau]

I really like the way this game is going. Can't wait to see what AD can do!

[boritter]

I wish NCAA had this as well.

[texbuk84]

Please Ian give us the demo in June. I can't wait till 8-14-09. i need my 2010 football fix now. especially with this injury system and how hard you guys are working and being available to the community.

DAMN WHY COULDN'T AUGUST BE NEXT MONTH THEN WE GO TO JUNE AND JULY THEN SEPTEMBER.


FOOTBALL LIVES AGAIN

[SouthernBrick]

Quote: Originally Posted by Grydnt Vektr211

Please Ian give us the demo in June. I can't wait till 8-14-09. i need my 2010 football fix now. especially with this injury system and how hard you guys are working and being available to the community. DAMN WHY COULDN'T AUGUST BE NEXT MONTH THEN WE GO TO JUNE AND JULY THEN SEPTEMBER. FOOTBALL LIVES AGAIN

Agreed but, I think I can wait plus the demo probably wouldn't be that good right now anyway. Fight Night 4 will keep me busy until madden comes out.