Madden NFL 10 Patch #1 Available, Post Impressions Here

[SA1NT401]

Quote: Originally Posted by MoneyGames

*sigh* Hello to all you OS bums, its been a while since i have come here to post but i am back madden 10= shtty boo boo this game is a slight inch better than 09 but i expect greatness from the only football game out. the flat coverage on this game is horrible, i can hit the flats ANYTIME!!!! they are ALWAYS and i mean ALWAYS open. i hate how EA comes out with the patches to help tune the game but instead make it worse. I feel like this game is getting more and more like head coach. EA, how hard can it be to make a game where strategy(playcalling, subs, gameplan, etc) + user ability are equally important???? the user ability in this game has been greatly diminished and all these OS bums like it because they have no stick!!! I am absolutely raw at this game!! just as good if not better than i was on 09, and i making a lot $ playing this game, but i am slowly becoming fed up with it and ready to hang it up. thank god for NBA 2k10

"move along...NOTHING to see here...."

[Glorious Arc]

Quote: Originally Posted by bomza

Thought I was going nuts as well and just left a comment at PastaPadre about this. ABSOLUTELY. Identical to what you say. What is going on? Who is testing these things? How can they not see things like this and missing numbers on helmets? I remember either last year or the year before they patched it and the end zones got all screwed up.

I am pretty sure that it was done to stop "big" plays(to help bad pursuit). I was playing my friend last night and we saw it at least 7 different times. It is pathetic to watch it in the break away action cam because it basically humps the screen back and forth as the camera angle jumps in and out during the frame rate change. It makes players who are obviously faster then the defense move like Olinemen and allows the defense to catch up and stop them.

[DrewBledsoe]

Quote: Originally Posted by Glorious Arc

I am pretty sure that it was done to stop "big" plays(to help bad pursuit). I was playing my friend last night and we saw it at least 7 different times. It is pathetic to watch it in the break away action cam because it basically humps the screen back and forth as the camera angle jumps in and out during the frame rate change. It makes players who are obviously faster then the defense move like Olinemen and allows the defense to catch up and stop them.

I agree totally, if it's a fix, then it's a horrible one, and tells us one of three things.

a) They couldn't adequately fix pursuit in the time frame, and it's temporary.

b) They don't really know how to fix pursuit, and that's what we are going to get.

c) It's unintentional, and was a result of other changes in patch #1 (given the history of extremely inefficient QA testing, highly plausible)

Let's hope it's c) and will go away with patch #2.

i keep getting disconnected while downloading the patch

[ComfortablyLomb]

I guess I'm in the minority if I like how the game plays after the patch. It's not perfect but I can live with the issues. *shrug*

[DarthRambo]

So, after reading most of the patch #1 Impression thread now...
Alot of mixed results, but from what I can tell, it has some major flaws inside the patch, making the game worse in some areas.
Only major things I see that I would like is the no holding on FGs, and toe dragging catches. Oh ya, pursuit angles as well, which I keep reading isn't really fixed anyway.

Should I DL the patch or not?? I finished first season in my Redskins chise. Finished 10-6, having to win @ SD in my final game to make the playoffs(won by going for 2pts and getting it in final seconds 36-35 Final score!)... Beat the Bears in the wildcard fairly easily, and need to play Giants in divisional, who I lost to twice in the reg season.

My point is... After playing the entire season, tweaking my sliders and coming up with my own set of "house rules" which include:
1.) Never throw RB screen passes
2.) If I intercept a pass, Don't use the turbo button when running so I rarely run them back for TDs.

I think there is something else but can't remember... those are the main two tho. I have great results, and really no complaints... I think I'll just keep going the way I am now, especially since I finally have a good working slider set for myself. My question is tho, can I DL a roster update without getting the patch??? If not, then oh well, I'll do without the roster update, but it would be nice to be able to get it without the patch.

[ironman136]

Quote: Originally Posted by bomza

Thought I was going nuts as well and just left a comment at PastaPadre about this. ABSOLUTELY. Identical to what you say. What is going on? Who is testing these things? How can they not see things like this and missing numbers on helmets? I remember either last year or the year before they patched it and the end zones got all screwed up.

Are you referring to when you are in the open field and on every other stride ( I think) your player sort of "stops running" for like a nanosecond which causes a hesitation of running which allows other people to catch up?

[bcruise]

That "hitch" you guys mention is almost certainly fatigue-related, because it doesn't happen in Practice mode. And we know they bumped up the effect of fatigue for this patch.

Just saying...and it doesn't happen only to the ballcarrier.

Edit: That's EXACTLY what it is...turned fatigue off and just did a breakaway from the 2 yard line (2 controllers, defense did FG Block and WR had a free run). No hitch at all.