Madden 09: Tackling Engine Blog & Video

[Scott]

Wow...Im impressed.

[Critical Kills]

My favorite part of the entire article:

We have also eliminated the "explosion" phenomenon when the game couldn't find a tackle animation in time and characters bang off each other and both fall down.

YES!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!

And I just watched the video - dang, it does look great, this could be the most responsive Madden in a long time from looking at those clips. No suction either from those clips, hopefully the whole game is like that (esp. on defense too).

[stmark]

yup and im loving it.......i hope the line and db wr interaction then we will be golden

[TeeDogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

My favorite part of the entire article: We have also eliminated the "explosion" phenomenon when the game couldn't find a tackle animation in time and characters bang off each other and both fall down. YES!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!

YES!!!! hopefully that includes the exploding elbow tackle also

[djordan]

dunno....Couldnt tell the difference between that and 08.....

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

My favorite part of the entire article: We have also eliminated the "explosion" phenomenon when the game couldn't find a tackle animation in time and characters bang off each other and both fall down. YES!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!

Amen. The vid looked, dare I say it, NFL 2k-esque.

It took a while, but it seems like this is the year Madden truly becomes a next-gen title.

[Critical Kills]

Quote: Originally Posted by djordan

dunno....Couldnt tell the difference between that and 08.....

perhaps because you haven't played 08 much? i dunno, i could def. tell a huge difference.

[LBzrule]

That looks pretty damn good. He alluded to no suction tackling so here's hoping that there is no suction blocking either.