Madden NFL 10 Patch #1 Available, Post Impressions Here

[Djlilt]

With the releAse of this patch, will I...
Be able to fire this game up and start a franchise on all-pro difficulty, without having to F' around with all the sliders! Better yet, is anybody playing w/o sliders and getting any enjoyment & realistic games?

[Danimal]

Quote: Originally Posted by NYBorn81

Ok, I dont know if this has been posted or not, but am I the only one that notices the slight hiccup on long running plays, and plays that go over 45 yds?

Working so I haven't seen the patch yet but didn't they say they really tuned fatigue. Isn't that limp run something that occurs when someone is gassed?

Are you holding sprint the whole way? Is the player already tired?

Like I said I don't have the patch yet so maybe this is an issue but just trying to think of something logical.

[remjohn]

It would seem that, on the 360 at least, nothing gameplay wise has been included at all. A mistake perhaps? I see no difference. I got the AFL options etc but am seeing nothing different in game.

Edit: Apart from the limping run thing like I said earlier. No sideline catches here though.

[NYBorn81]

Quote: Originally Posted by remjohn

I have a brand new issue I believe. Not sure if this is to do with the patch or just silliness I hadn't noticed before. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ed_NXQrpf0 Don't know how t embed, sorry, but trust me, it's worth the trip to youtube! PS, I've also noticed that weird running limp effect on long plays.

I've seen the ball go right through a recievers torso before pre-patch, it was also with the jets, with the same reciever, lol, weird. Although mines was just an incompletion in the endzone.

[teebee]

Quote: Originally Posted by XxBulls2ThaChipxX

Whoa!!!! a previous post stated that they would have liked to have some old school guys calling the AFL games. I was just saying that for announcers it would be cool to have the already present Chris Collingsworth and Jon Gruden, I have freedom of speech and it's not wishful thinking I could care less who announces, I was just stating my opinion.

always good to see ammendment rights discussed on OS ......

[British Bronco]

Quote: Originally Posted by steveo

After playing 3 more games: I thought simulated stats in franchise mode were supposed to be fixed? Granted it is only 3 games but they are more ridiculous now than ever: -About 11 guys with a 100+ rating -7, maybe 8 guys who have thrown 4 INTs -kerry Collins has 9 TDs though the rest aren't too bad so maybe this is just a fluke -4 or 5 guys right now on pace to break the rushing record -Still too many guys on pace for 16+ defensive sacks -5 guys that have a punt return average of 20+ -The raiders have 19 team defensive sacks through the 3 games and a few teams close to them Hopefully this changes in time but I am guessing it won't.

The franchise stat issues are being fixed for patch 2. Josh Looman has sorted out most of them, but has been unable to fix the average ypc of backup RBs and the fact that too many sacks are occuring in the first place. Rushing TD's and OLB sacks have been fixed apparantly though. He posted all this on another thread.

Anyway you need to do more than 3 games though before judging. There are always statistical anomolies at the start of any season in real life.

[NYBorn81]

Quote: Originally Posted by Danimal

Working so I haven't seen the patch yet but didn't they say they really tuned fatigue. Isn't that limp run something that occurs when someone is gassed? Are you holding sprint the whole way? Is the player already tired? Like I said I don't have the patch yet so maybe this is an issue but just trying to think of something logical.

It was the first play of the first drive of my game, I run a HB Blast with Jamal Lewis, he breaks a pile of tackles and runs it to the endzone, once he hit the 40 yd mark going into the redzone, the hiccup animation begins. I looked at the replay, and the whole game, defenders and all, including the runner, freezes for about .05 of a second on each step. Right after that, I kicked the ball off to the bears and Devin Hester ran it back for a TD and the same thing happenend. It looks like a limp, or like a kink in the runner, but after watching the replay after noticing it during the game, its literally a freeze.

[kingzfan2000]

Quote: Originally Posted by steveo

I noticed that the sideline ref animation of "did he or didn't he catch the ball" is now INSANE. I played ONE game and saw it 5 times. Good job guys, way to make the cut scenes even more annoying. I also noticed some funky movement with guys and on one play the cpu did a screen pass and my OLB in position to make a tackle in the open field ran the other way to get engaged in a block with an OL. I have never seen that before and if it happens agian I will know for sure it is the patch that caused this. Nice to not have the holding on kicks though. Interesting that it says man coverage has been improved yet my guys were worse at this. Well, maybe they weren't but they allowed some ridiculous and unlikely passes to be completed. Seems it may be a case where they improved coverage but feel that there needs to be a specific amount of catches so you'll get crazy catches now. We'll see how things go when I start the next season of my chise. So far it seems to play slightly better. Oh and I don't know if this is from the patch but I was playing the Broncos and they didn't have a single run play in the 1st half and only had 4 in the game. Have never seen a team run that little vs me...will need to play more to see if it was an anomaly or an issue.

Nah, this was in the game before. Ive seen plenty of plays where a defender has been in position to make a tackle and then just turns around and runs to a blocker. I was shocked the first time I saw it and would have youtubed it if I had a camcorder. One time I was playing this guy online and we were in overtime and he ran it in for a td and it was one of those plays where you just knew something sketchy happened. I looked at the replay after the game and one of my defenders who had a clear shot to at least go for a tackle just stopped and turned around and ran towards a blocker. I just sat there and shook my head in disgust. I almost went out and bought a camcorder just to tape that.