Madden NFL 10 Blog: Breaking Down The First Screenshot

[Brandwin]

Will the chain gang come out and measure?

[thudias]

Quote: Originally Posted by green94

All refs on the field with full AI and collision detection. That should make A LOT of people happy.

That was great news to get confirmed.

[glitchditcher]

Very nice. That shot of Big Ben looks MUCH better. Great job on that.

Two things:
Will the Patriots also not wear the C patch in the game ? They don't wear them in real life.

Also- will the Pats finally have red gloves ? Plenty of players wear them on our team including Randy Moss and Tedy Bruschi.

[kcarr]

I don't know, graphics really aren't my thing but it is cool I guess. I really liked the other little things they showed and it is nice to hear that the towels are animated. Anything to add to the depth is great.

[KingCashus]

Wouldn't it be cool if the animated towels could be ripped out and then picked up after the play on the way back to the huddle?

Great blogs btw from EA.

[TheWatcher]

Quote from the blog:

Better Nameplates
Since Madden NFL 06, the letters on the back of the jerseys have all been somewhat squished to account for longer names like Houshmanzadeh. This has been fixed with a new dynamic sizing algorithm, so all names now look correct.

I'm very happy about this. The one other VERY important part of this fix though, is also getting the actual names correct. For example, you wanna make sure Champ Bailey's tag says "Bailey" and not "C.Bailey". That kind of thing. What I would do if this hasn't been done already, is take the most recognizable players in the NFL (Top players at their positions and work my down) and make sure those guys have their nameplate names right. Then after the most recognizable players are complete, I'd start working my way down to the grunt players.

If the 3rd string Linebacker for the Bengals has the nameplate name wrong I won't care and probably wouldn't even be paying attention, or may not even know what it's supposed to look like. But if Ray Lewis's is wrong, I'm going to notice that immediately.

So top players first, then trickle down.

[FadeEmAll]

Yeah that blog is pretty technical but long story short they improved the graphics and lens focusing on players, which is nice. The best pat of his blog and most important TO ME, is the fact he improved the Big Ben player model in one day. That's a nice level of commitment to fan requests and player detail.

But you all know that's as far as I'm taking it , LOL

[Obelysk]

WTF? I still can't see the picks, may be because they are still linked back to the original page that is blocked, sigh.