Madden NFL 10 Trailer

[GoGiaNTS25]

was it really that bad? i mean the running animations suck but i play 2k5 a lot so im used to that. i didnt think it was THAT bad.... can we all at least agree it's a step in the right direction?

[myownsun]

Quote: Originally Posted by cam21224

Boy you going to break your back if you really think there done with improving this game. O well guess you will miss out on the biggest comeback ever, Ian and co are almost better then Kobe in the clutch, I trust them and will let them take the last shot of every close game.

Ummm wha?^

yeah uh the last part of the trailer with fitz coming off the line looks good i love how the db cuts off the inside

to get a feel of how robotic and lifeless the game seems watch whats going on in the background as the trailer plays out

[Madwolf]

There were a lot of improvements Ian has talked about in that video, and I was really impressed. Gang tackling was awesome, and the strip/disrupt the pass move looked really good. The line interaction was awesome.

There were things I didn't like. The animations did seem very robotic in straight action. It seemed like the game wasn't quite moving at 60fps, there seemed to be some stutter issues. Some of the motions themselves were far from perfect, and I did wince at the Big Ben sequence. It just seemed like a lot of the animations were lacking polish, like they might have had the limbs and things in the right places, but it all just didn't flow together as one cohesive piece.

To me the good news is it seems like this video is from an earlier stage in the development cycle, even before they brought some of the OS guys in to try out the game. For those of you who read Ian's Twitter you'll recall him discussing putting a video together for Peter Moore for the first live demonstration, and this could be what we're seeing, which is somewhat supported by Kane saying that the game looked better on Fan day, but some of the stuff he did see was new.

[boondock18]

I thought the db/wr animations looked pretty good...

The o line interaction with the d line looked alright.. but go back and look at the pocket warner is throwing in at the end of the video when he throws it into the endzone.. kinda looks like crap i think...

I like the gang tackles, hopefully there is a lot of variety in them, like stopping the play do to foward progress being haulted and stuff like that.... and hopefully it's not easy to break out of as a running back.

The player models look pretty awesome I think..

I think having chunks of the field flying up would really help the presentation of this game.. especially when the running back is fighting so hard in those gang tackles.. and you can see that his feet are trying to dig into the ground. impossible to add to the game, sure, more important things to fix, sure.. just something that came across my mind when watching this trailer.

Overall it looked promising.. but I still agree with a lot of you guys that some of the animations look like they need to be sured up a bit. I think this game will have a lot of improvements, I think we can all agree that it would be impossible not to be vastly supperior to last years.

But at the end of the day someone else has raised the bar from what we shoudl expect out of our sports games, and it isn't from the guys at 2k. It's well documented on this site how great that mlb the show does at just about everything. It's telling that they have a whole thread dedicated to how awesome some meaningless things in that game are... and we are holding our breaths that the online works right.. and that the players look like they know how to run.

[Glorious Arc]

I saw alot of things but right now I am going to comment on the interactino between Holmes and Hood. If you slow the video down by pausing it you can tell nearly right after Holmes gets off Hood Ben throws the ball down the field and nearly TEN yards later Holmes catches it. Thats a big plus

[lostintravise]

Why is it that they look like they're sliding? Also, still do not like the throwing and running animations. besides that.. cool!!

[Brandon_c993]

I have seen people on here say Willie Parker broke a 4-5 man gang tackle and they obviously like to exaggerate it was 3 guys...is that realistic no but it isn't nearly as unrealistic as 5....lol

The OL/DL interactions were amazing looked great as well as the WR/DB interactions, the running is still "stiff" and just does not look right... The "pile" for a fumble looked great I just hope we dont see this every single fumble....

I am kind of surprised that some people are saying the passing animations were not improved...did you see the same video I did? you know where Kurt Warner threw as he was getting hit??? The other passing animations were decent, not great but not bad either...

I was very impressed by the video and some of the new features/animations....

[kicker]

Quote: Originally Posted by Krodis

Yeah, the animations are still pretty ugly overall. However, the blocking was EXCELLENT from what I saw.

Did you miss the play near the end zone where the 3 interior lineman were looking forward stuck in an animation while the left tackle got beat like a drum, unrealistically i might add, and no one even looked at him?

Better while engaged, but FAR from excellent.