Madden problems past and present

[ChampN252]

I was reading about the the top 10 Madden athletes and Vick was #1. I also read he was the reason the games became so bad. EA had to speed up defenses, make weird containment plays, and just had to tear the game down in general to make defenses stop him. I believe this is where the suction blocks and tackles came from. It also tore down offenses trying to make a fatigue system to punish QBs and such. Is this true? It really didn't make sense to try to modifiy a game to stop a player from doing what he did every sunday. I swear the suction tackle was made to run him down from behind.

[SageInfinite]

Shame on EA using Michael Vick as a scapegoat for their terrible design decisions

[countryboy]

where did you read this?

[ChampN252]

you can search Google and find multiple websites and forums talking about it. They didn't really need a fatigue system to cripple QB until Vick. I heard the last few winner of the Madden tournaments or whatever it is used the Falcons with Vick. There were a lot of complaints about him being unstoppable, so the devs felt obligated to do something. I know he could run around until the DEs and DTs were tried and just run free or pass. I know you could bait corners and safeties to the line by taking off, stopping at the line and passing. They had to level out the playing field against him.

[countryboy]

so is it EA stating that they did the things you mentioned above or people speculating thats what happened?

Just curious

[ChampN252]

Of course they're not gonna say it but c'mon. You know they had to make the game fair. I believe it was after his cover year, they had to make it fair. Like with the fatigue, after your QB is dead tried, they decreased the throwing accuracy also. You act like you've never playing against the falcon.

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChampN252

I was reading about the the top 10 Madden athletes and Vick was #1. I also read he was the reason the games became so bad. EA had to speed up defenses, make weird containment plays, and just had to tear the game down in general to make defenses stop him. I believe this is where the suction blocks and tackles came from. It also tore down offenses trying to make a fatigue system to punish QBs and such. Is this true? It really didn't make sense to try to modifiy a game to stop a player from doing what he did every sunday. I swear the suction tackle was made to run him down from behind.

This makes no sense to me. Vick was the coverboy in 2004. 2005 was by a lot of people standards one of the best maddens ever and 06-09 on ps2 we're about the same game. I don't know where you read this but it sounds like someone just making excuses for lousy ps3/xbox360 madden games to me.

[trazzy88]

Never had problems with Vick or any other mobile quaterback in the game. Most people try to use Vince Young as the new Vick its part of the game that I deal with. And most times if you keep them in pocket and dont over pursue you have no problems.