The First Official Feature For Madden NFL 10!

[Hawaii_Stars]

I can't wait to see how this works in the game.

[RJTheDestroyer]

Quote: Originally Posted by AntRWill

In my opinion this is the best chance for EA to make the awareness rating count for something. I don't know if it is possible to manipulate this feature so that smarter and better players are better at keeping their heads on the swivel. While, rookies and scrubs take longer to react to their surrounding environment. But, it would be a very cool way to further seperate elite, good, bad, experienced, and inexperienced players.

This is exactly what I was thinking. Also, this will be awesome if it actually makes it so they do need to see the ball or the receiver getting ready to catch the ball before they actually break off of the guy they're covering before going to where the ball is headed.

[ty5oke]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hawaii_Stars

I can't wait to see how this works in the game.

Same here. This is a great start by the dev team.

[FootballDetails]

Worthwhile start, Ian!

The next six months should be fun and informative.

[Golden28]

This could, and probably will, revolutionise the way defensive players now react to the ball which is something we have been clamouring for for as long as I can remember.

What it will also do is make the QB's (the good ones anyway) that much more dangerous as now (hopefully) there will be no more superman interceptions with heads and bodies turned away from the ball.

It will be interesting then to see how Ian and the team balance the already superhuman robo qb's to make them human again, especially as they will now be able to exploit this new read and react AI for the defenders.
I wonder how the community thinks the AI QB's could now be 'tuned' down (from 09 anyway) so that they compete on the same playing field as the defense.

My personal opinion to help aid this...

1. QB's now have a 'real' blind spot. No more getting rid of the ball when Mathis sneaks up on you while you're looking downfield. There is no better sight in football than a QB getting hammered when he just didn't see it coming. At the moment AI QB's have 360 vision it seems.

2. Progressions. Good QB's do it and find an open guy, bad ones lock on and literraly dial up the defense and tell them where they're going to throw. With this new head tracking AI we should be able to try and guess where the AI QB is going to chuck, espicially if they have poor awareness and don't do their progressions adequately. This would help balance out the now more human defensive play.

3. QB scrambling and throwing on the run. Yes, Big Ben can do it, yes Tony Romo can do it. But please, Marc Bulger can't. There must now be an AI code programmed for being flushed out of the pocket and throwing on the run or whilst hit. We need to see wounded ducks for these types of play. This again would help balance out the infamous robo QB.

Just my two cents, what do you guys think?

Edit: Forgot to say thanks to Ian and the team for the extraordinary customer service by posting so regularly on these forums. Outstanding.

[cowboy_kmoney]

Ian it sounds like this years game will be a major step in creating the best madden to date,So keep the news coming and best of luck to you and the crew.

[DaveDQ]

There are several creative flavors you could go with. After a play, you could have a QB look to the sidelines as if he's trying to listen to his coach. You could have receivers and QBs make contact during and after plays. Defensively, you could have LBs eye the RB. It's really endless.

This is an exciting feature. Not jus tin sports games, but games in general, this feature add much depth and life to characters.

[johnprestonevans]

This looks like a great new feature that will greatly add to the realism of Madden. Thats what it's all about. : )
I too have experienced the frustrating mind-reading interception by the defence. I hope this feature will not just be cosmetic, but will also affect the interceptions and reactions of the player who's observering/not observing the ball.
I would like to see this technology applied not only to players on the field, but to the sidelines at well. This could help liven up the atmosphere with fewer canned animations from coaches and subs. Keep up the great work!