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[LBzrule]

Quote: Originally Posted by KANE699

Man some of the game moments are so fuzzy to me now lol We need a beta to scrub up and refresh ourselves with

I know right. That's why instead of sleeping on the plane ride back I started writing about the things I was most impressed with and had fun with. Pro Tak, Running game, Playing ILB/MLB, Stretched Player ratings, New QB ratings, some new offensive formations and no not the Wildcat, others should be revealed in later blogs, I can engage a blocker now and still make a play if I time things correctly ect.

[Valdarez]

How well did blitzing work LBRulez? We have seen the pocket, but not how effectively blitzing will, or won't be. That's one problem with APF2K8. Due to the speed of the game, the ability to see the entire field, it's very, very easy to pick zones apart.

If you go into Shotgun formation, it's almost impossible to get a sack against a good player.

[Valdarez]

I'm still not sold on the forced drop back for the Quarterback. I like APF2K8's take. You get to drop back yourself. If you drop back past the pocket, the Tackles don't follow you, but the DEs do and they come around for an easy sack. So it's in your best interested to know which plays are a 3, 5, and 7 step drop back.

[Valdarez]

They just added a new video to IGN.

Larry Fitzgerald Interview

Madden NFL 10 at IGN.com

He's not happy about being a 98 speed. I have a feeling there are going to be a LOT of unhappy NFL players this year. lol

[LBzrule]

Quote: Originally Posted by Valdarez

How well did blitzing work LBRulez? We have seen the pocket, but not how effectively blitzing will, or won't be. That's one problem with APF2K8. Due to the speed of the game, the ability to see the entire field, it's very, very easy to pick zones apart. If you go into Shotgun formation, it's almost impossible to get a sack against a good player.

I actually had All Pro in mind and the differential between under center and shotgun and emphasized it shouldn't matter. The speed of the DE's/OLB's up the field as the run the arc should be the same.

I wasn't completely satisfied in the alpha with the blitzing, well, except with the one I came up with once Ian fixed that twist stunt by the DT's. My suggestion to them was to go in and change the animations for every Dline pass rush stunt play and all plays with blitzing. Make sure guys are not bumping into each other going nowhere because the ideal is that we should just be able to dial up blitzes rather than "setting up" guys here and there. They also have to make sure guys are turning and penetrating appropriately. So I talked about alot of stunting with them. To me it's just a matter of them swapping out the animations with their new animation tool. If they get that done (again Ian did one on the spot, took about 15 mins once we were satisfied with what we were looking at), I think the blitzing will be alot more efficient and you will be able to just rely on dialing things up rather than trying to find "nanos" or setting other things up.

[LBzrule]

Quote: Originally Posted by Valdarez

I'm still not sold on the forced drop back for the Quarterback. I like APF2K8's take. You get to drop back yourself. If you drop back past the pocket, the Tackles don't follow you, but the DEs do and they come around for an easy sack. So it's in your best interested to know which plays are a 3, 5, and 7 step drop back.

I didn't mind it, but I can see why someone wouldn't want it. To me, as long as they get that pocket formation where I want it then maybe. But I do think it should be mandatory for the shotgun. I also think this is where it should have been mandatory for APF 2k8. Most people never had any problems in 2k8 until guys got in the shotgun and started running backwards with CAP QB and CAP WR's (6'6 fools LOL). This is where the pocket did not form fast enough and I hope they do not inherit that.

[viewtifuljoe71]

Quote: Originally Posted by LBzrule

I know right. That's why instead of sleeping on the plane ride back I started writing about the things I was most impressed with and had fun with. Pro Tak, Running game, Playing ILB/MLB, Stretched Player ratings, New QB ratings, some new offensive formations and no not the Wildcat, others should be revealed in later blogs, I can engage a blocker now and still make a play if I time things correctly ect.

What u are trying to say is that u can engage a blocker then disengage at will? No more suction?

[LBzrule]

Quote: Originally Posted by viewtifuljoe71

What u are trying to say is that u can engage a blocker then disengage at will? No more suction?

There were some times where I got blocked. But for the most part controlling Ray Lewis I was able to bounce off blocks pretty easily and make alot of plays against the run.