Madden NFL 10 Blog: The Importance of an Early Community Day (New Screenshot Included

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheWatcher

It comes from hate. I mean, before we went out to Orlando we were praised by some of these very same people. Not even a full week later we've all suddenly returned as dummies who know nothing, lol. Hilarious. It's just another example of how people can flip like a pancake. Some of these guys should come together, get entrepreneurial and start selling the How-To book to IHOP

Please understand that the people before that praised you are the same one's praising you. My take is the small crowd that is raising their collective voices are newbs that haven't posted here before they read the blog and became jealous out of nowhere.

The OS members that have been here thick n thin from last year and beyond(the regs) don't feel that way and will stick near you.

[adembroski]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheWatcher

It comes from hate. I mean, before we went out to Orlando we were praised by some of these very same people. Not even a full week later we've all suddenly returned as dummies who know nothing, lol. Hilarious. It's just another example of how people can flip like a pancake. Some of these guys should come together, get entrepreneurial and start selling the How-To book to IHOP

You know, the more I think about it, the more I understand it. It's not hate, it's utter confusion.

I think everyone expects Madden 10 to be several strides ahead of Madden 09, but I don't think anybody is expecting to see what we saw.

Let me put it this way... we've spent 18 hours with the game. We watched a power point presentation in which damn near every jaw in the room hit the floor. We've seen it, it's a hell of a lot easier for us to believe it's actually come that far. We've all tempered our views, we've all pointed out the flaws, but we've always said "hey, this might get fixed, this is so close" etc.. And to have you, LBzrule, and BezO come back praising it like you have... I can imagine it smells fishy to some... how does Madden, who was hard pressed to figure out how to get defensive hot routes back into the game 3 frickin' years later, ever make this much progress in one year?

Hell, I was asking them that when I was there.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by NFLHITMAN

What!? That is the biggest statement I have seen anyone on these boards make so far on Madden 10. I hope your not blowing smoke up my arse because 2K5 was great but APF 2K8 animation are seemless and plentiful. Don't be playing me man

LBz is a straight shooter, he doesn't blow smoke.

[Dawkins#20]

Quote: Originally Posted by adembroski

You know, the more I think about it, the more I understand it. It's not hate, it's utter confusion. I think everyone expects Madden 10 to be several strides ahead of Madden 09, but I don't think anybody is expecting to see what we saw. Let me put it this way... we've spent 18 hours with the game. We watched a power point presentation in which damn near every jaw in the room hit the floor. We've seen it, it's a hell of a lot easier for us to believe it's actually come that far. We've all tempered our views, we've all pointed out the flaws, but we've always said "hey, this might get fixed, this is so close" etc.. And to have you, LBzrule, and BezO come back praising it like you have... I can imagine it smells fishy to some... how does Madden, who was hard pressed to figure out how to get defensive hot routes back into the game 3 frickin' years later, ever make this much progress in one year? Hell, I was asking them that when I was there.

I hope i doesn't dissapoint now, i'm going to hold off getting excited though. Stop getting my so hyped!

[adembroski]

Quote: Originally Posted by streamline

idk if you can say this but did asomugha swat everything in his direction or was he just playing such great coverage that it would be impossible to throw it towards him unless you wanted to get picked off? thanks for responding to almost every question too!

I tried to force it over there a couple of times. Bad move. His break to the ball is sick, his recovery time is sick, and that's on the few times he's caught out of position, which rarely happens.

We actually found a glitch where he'd jump a non-existent route and leave a streak route uncovered while he took about 3 steps inside... as long as he turned the right way, he'd still get back before the ball got there. I can honestly say he was too good in that build.

[streamline]

Quote: Originally Posted by adembroski

I tried to force it over there a couple of times. Bad move. His break to the ball is sick, his recovery time is sick, and that's on the few times he's caught out of position, which rarely happens. We actually found a glitch where he'd jump a non-existent route and leave a streak route uncovered while he took about 3 steps inside... as long as he turned the right way, he'd still get back before the ball got there. I can honestly say he was too good in that build.

no i think that's about right : ). he got thrown to like 10 times last season and gave up a total of like 100 yards or so and 20 or 30 of those yards came across one of mistakes of getting a pass interference against Vincent Jackson in the game against san diego.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by adembroski

It already has. This is one of the areas that was fairly well tuned, except for a few AI lapses and 2 glitches we found (one of which appears to only occur in franchise mode, the other seems to be fairly fixable). The one problem I found in the passing game is that slower game speed means passing windows stay open longer. However, so long as the pass rush is balanced, this shouldn't be a problem as you'll only have 3-4 seconds to get rid of the ball anyways. The matchups are outstandingly well balanced. You don't throw right against the Raiders unless you've got a Larry Fitzgerald over there. Asomugha is just scary over there. I'd like to see 'em tune it so there's a bit more jostling between defenders and receivers, but they're on the right track on this, definitely.

that was more of an answer than I expected...but

Adem thanks for answering and giving more info than just a yes/no. Again, another person I'm glad got the opportunity to go to the CD event.

[TheWatcher]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Please understand that the people before that praised you are the same one's praising you. My take is the small crowd that is raising their collective voices are newbs that haven't posted here before they read the blog and became jealous out of nowhere. The OS members that have been here thick n thin from last year and beyond(the regs) don't feel that way and will stick near you.

That's decent man. I really appreciate that.

I did find it funny to see one guy with like over 1600 posts exploding about it, and this was one of the supporters just a week ago, lol.

I'm not really taking this seriously though, I've honestly been laughing at it all day. It's a done deal and they still can't let it go, lol. For the people who are acting like that, it's probably a good thing that EA didn't bring them down.