Madden NFL 10 Blog: A Deeper Look into PRO-TAK

[Bgamer90]

The more news I hear about pro-tak, the more that it amazes me. Great blog. The block steering looks great.

[PolkaDot]

Great looking stuff.

Ian, the Lendale White stuff at the goalline reminded me of something I've felt Madden has needed for years.

Are there any animations where defenders 'pull' back the ballcarrier? Too many times in goalline situations, I've seen defenders tackle ballcarriers into the endzone

Protak looks like it's got some elements of it, but it's difficult to tell from those two videos.

[Hotlanta]

Quote: Originally Posted by NYG34

Ian i really liked how u can steer a defensive of lineman away from the qb. I used to hate when u had like a julius peppers who can rush the qb and cant be touched by the offensive tackle. I also loved the brandon Jacobs vid. cause in 09 he was less powerful then in real life. now with the new pro tech. could this adapt to any running back besides power back. say ur like Ahmad bradshaw could u be able to like sneek ur way out of the pile if ur like a small elusive running back? can u give us a hint on next week blog.

Might have missed this from the blog?

Quote:

Keeping with the spirit of the breakout system from 09, we extended the ball-carrier’s ability to break out of tackles so that you can even shed these large gang tackles… This means as a ball carrier you can seek the daylight and “fight for every yard” by breaking out of this large mass of defenders. Now don’t panic, it isn’t going to be an easy thing to do (as this happens maybe only a few times per season in the NFL), but we did want to make sure it was possible to shed multiple tacklers with a skilled back, especially if you can find a direction to sneak out of that doesn’t have a defender trying to hang on and bring you to the ground.

[Jon22]

Some issue's that can be fixed before game release.

First with the Brandon Jacobs video players are attaching just to add to the pile. No feeling of someone trying to make a tackle or making a hit, especially when that big lineman comes in.

Second, momentum needs to be a part of the game Lindale White at full speed (it seemed) vs Ed Reed (full speed) with White getting stood up was disappointing aspect from the other video. Hopefully that is a 1 to 15 ratio of happening again.

Third don't get caught up listening to the wrong people. Don't make a 2k5 version make a NFL version.

[Disqo]

That was nice the only problem is I think Lendale would have trucked the first tackler

[deltroy]

Fantastic blog thanks Ian!

[Dawkins#20]

Quote: Originally Posted by PolkaDot

Great looking stuff. Ian, the Lendale White stuff at the goalline reminded me of something I've felt Madden has needed for years. Are there any animations where defenders 'pull' back the ballcarrier? Too many times in goalline situations, I've seen defenders tackle ballcarriers into the endzone Protak looks like it's got some elements of it, but it's difficult to tell from those two videos.

Good point but i don't want guys beingheld up when they shouldn't be.

Ian we understand its still work in progress we're just here to make sure things don't get missed. Then you guys being as responsive a team as you are will fix it, been amazing how much you can fix when you put your mind to it

[lolfalconsbeatu]

Quote: Originally Posted by NYG34

Ian i really liked how u can steer a defensive of lineman away from the qb. I used to hate when u had like a julius peppers who can rush the qb and cant be touched by the offensive tackle. I also loved the brandon Jacobs vid. cause in 09 he was less powerful then in real life. now with the new pro tech. could this adapt to any running back besides power back. say ur like Ahmad bradshaw could u be able to like sneek ur way out of the pile if ur like a small elusive running back? can u give us a hint on next week blog.

yeah i think steering the d lineman was the most impressive thing...i feel like the ign videos really prepared me for everything that was being mentioned..but the DL/OL steering was very impressive..