Madden NFL 10 Patch #2 Available, Impressions Here (360)

[Hassan Darkside]

I've seen the gang tackle animation before, less than 10 times though. And the missed pitch? Maybe once...can't remember. Patch may have addressed frequency or something.


*Sim stats impressions*
In my first season sim, I only had 1 Rusher (Turner) run for 2000 yards (2048).
Second leading rusher was Ryan Grant with 1769. 4 guys averaged 6+ ypc but Peterson and Grant were the only ones to run for over 1500 yards of those bunch.
24 guys ran for 1000+ yards.

4 QBs threw for 4000+ yards, McNabb through for 5001 yards 48 TDs 11 INT. Heh.

Definitely not as bad as I've been reading in some of you guys's franchises. I can live with this.

[drae2]

Quote: Originally Posted by DakkoN

In all of my games so far that I've played, I've never seen a gang tackle be ruled down on forward progress but I just seen it after the patch. Pretty neat. EA Sports: Madden NFL 10 Video Highlight

I've seen this a few times, and I don't have patch 2 yet.

[RayAllen20]

Love the patch already! The gameplay is so much smooth, and the game is more defensive. I've basically gotten rid of my sliders, and changed to My Skill and a few CPU adjustments. First play of the game, Fitzgerald tried to snag the ball with one hand, tipped it to himself, but couldn't come up with it. I loved it. The flats are fixed, but it is still possible to throw it to them, which has been a part of my gameplan for a while now, and now I wont be called a cheeser if I do it. I am a big sim stats guy, but for some reason I am not very mad. I guess it's because I don't care much for yardage but care for TDs. TDs are as realistic as it gets right now, and I don't have a problem with the sacks (Highest was 20, and OLB were in the top 10). Least I know my running back won't easily make the pro bowl this year.

BTW where was this Backtrack thing? It is awesome!!! I love Collinsworth analyzing, showing me the defense, my play, and what I did wrong. Simply awesome.

Also on another note, first defensive play of the game for me, I decide to see any different in the blitz. I control Rodgers-Cromartie, and do a corner blitz. Rodgers-Cromartie comes off the edge, untouched and forces a fumble. Awesome! I can finally go through the line untouched with disguised blitzes, without a nano blitz. Defense is awesome now!

[imnotsancho]

Do punters still play as offensive linemen? Don't know if the patch addressed that.

[joejccva71]

Starting to see more duck passes being thrown now. Josh Freiman did atleast 10 of them. Jake Delhomme has done about 5 just in the first half. The first 2-3 games I barely got any except from Mathew Stafford.

Also on one pass play to Fred Davis it was so obvious he was in bound with 2 feet down but refs called it incomplete. I challenged and the replay showed it and it was so obvious he was inbounds but the play stands. Incomplete.

Kinda surprised. Has this happened to anyone else?

[reyes the roof]

I'm not sure if this is new, but I was trying to throw a pass and Cutler wound up to throw and the ball just popped out of his hand, almost the exact same play that happened last season when the Broncos played the Chatgers and cost SD the game

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

pretty bummed they didn't fix the fact that punters only punt it about 15 yards before it goes out of bounds. i guess i still gotta supersim the punts when it's between the 40's

[Flamehead]

We now have a finished product for '10 instead of beta. Much improved and what it should have been out of the box (sans the RB sim stats). Plays much more balanced and smooth.