Madden NFL 10 Patch #2 Available, Impressions Here (360)

[Against All Ropes]

Quote: Originally Posted by VikingFan4Ever

Some things I don't like: CPU runs out of bounds at times on screen passes. Clock still runs sometimes after a player is tackled out of bounds. Robo QB pops up often. Franchise stats are terrible and I don't like the tackle numbers. EA needs to get the Head Coach guy more involved in franchise. It's better, but needs work. Overall I still like the gameplay and think the patch was good. I doubt another one will be put out but they missed some glaring issues.

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[Spanky]

My 2 cents after playing about six games after the second patch:

The word that comes to mind when I'm playing is tight. Just seems more solid. Like I'm rewarded for making good plays and punished for making bad ones. Not a lot of cheap stuff.

Major improvement after the first patch, which was a travesty.

The out of bounds glitch, where a receiver is ruled out even though he's clearly in, happens occasionally and I just chalk it up to a blown call. Not a game-killer.

A few replays still get cut short when trying to save them, which can be frustrating when you make a big play. But it's only on occasion and not a biggie.

Fixing of the pursuit angles was huge. Every INT no long is an automatic pick-6 requiring house rules. And players can be tracked down after breaking long runs.

Also, great to see that fixed KO returns, which were being taken back to the house far too often after patch No. 2.

Haven't adjusted the sliders yet. But the pre-patch ones seem to be working good. Need more penalties, for sure, and the fumbles could be upped a bit, too.

Overall, just a fun game to play. First time I can say that about a Madden on next gen.

One more thing: I continue to be amazed by Collinsworth's commentary. They did an outstanding job here. I'll make a bad play and immediately think, "I should have done this or that, or cut to the outside, or whatever,'' and lo and behold, that's what Collinsworth will say I should have done.

[billharris44]

For those of you playing in Franchise mode, have you seen what looks to be a bug with contracts? If I try to re-sign a player during the season, the per-year breakdown on the left side of the contract screen doesn't add up to the total offer amount on the right side.

Here's what I mean. If I offer a guy a four year contract like this:
Year 1: 1 million salary, 200k bonus
Year 2: 1 million salary, 200k bonus
Year 3: 1 million salary, 200k bonus
Year 4: 1 million salary, 200k bonus

In total, that's a 4.8 million dollar contract. But the offer screen on the bottom right will tell me that the offer is larger--maybe six million. It doesn't match. So I don't know what I'm actually offering the player, or what the payout per-year will be, because the offers seem to be different.

Am I going crazy or is this new since the second patch?

[loccdogg26]

One thing I noticed I was playing a guy online and he had the Steelers and they had on their Super Bowl patches on the uniforms. Not a game killer just something I saw.

[billharris44]

Quote: Originally Posted by billharris44

For those of you playing in Franchise mode, have you seen what looks to be a bug with contracts? If I try to re-sign a player during the season, the per-year breakdown on the left side of the contract screen doesn't add up to the total offer amount on the right side. Here's what I mean. If I offer a guy a four year contract like this: Year 1: 1 million salary, 200k bonus Year 2: 1 million salary, 200k bonus Year 3: 1 million salary, 200k bonus Year 4: 1 million salary, 200k bonus In total, that's a 4.8 million dollar contract. But the offer screen on the bottom right will tell me that the offer is larger--maybe six million. It doesn't match. So I don't know what I'm actually offering the player, or what the payout per-year will be, because the offers seem to be different. Am I going crazy or is this new since the second patch?

Actually, it's easier to see than that. Just offer a guy a one-year contract. His salary and bonus on the per-year part of the contract screen isn't going to match the total salary and bonus on the right-hand side of the screen. So which offer is the right one?

[RavensFan2k3]

Quote: Originally Posted by billharris44

For those of you playing in Franchise mode, have you seen what looks to be a bug with contracts? If I try to re-sign a player during the season, the per-year breakdown on the left side of the contract screen doesn't add up to the total offer amount on the right side. Here's what I mean. If I offer a guy a four year contract like this: Year 1: 1 million salary, 200k bonus Year 2: 1 million salary, 200k bonus Year 3: 1 million salary, 200k bonus Year 4: 1 million salary, 200k bonus In total, that's a 4.8 million dollar contract. But the offer screen on the bottom right will tell me that the offer is larger--maybe six million. It doesn't match. So I don't know what I'm actually offering the player, or what the payout per-year will be, because the offers seem to be different. Am I going crazy or is this new since the second patch?

is it because if you're restructuring a contract to someone who already has a contract, dos it add their old bonus + the new contract? that way you cant get out of paying someone a bonus you gave them?

[billharris44]

Quote: Originally Posted by RavensFan2k3

is it because if you're restructuring a contract to someone who already has a contract, dos it add their old bonus + the new contract? that way you cant get out of paying someone a bonus you gave them?

No, it's apparently because I'm an idiot. I waited a couple of months for the last patch before I restarted a franchise, so I haven't done contracts in a while. I remembered Salary not including the bonus amount (so 10M salary + 5M bonus meant a 15M contract), but that's not how they do it--Salary is the total amount, including bonus, but bonus is broken out separately below. I checked it and everything adds up.

I hear the moron alert going off. For me.

[Howie75]

Is there any way to download the AFL content without downloading patch #2?

IT seems like I have do download the patch to do anything w/ EA online.