Madden NFL 11 Video: Strategy Pad Criticisms, Letter to Ian Cummings (GoMadden)

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by SteelerSpartan

bingo If your the type of player who only makes 1 or 2 maybe 3 adjustments, maybe you get by ok But there are others out there like me....who have to do a lot of adjusting just to get our Teams D to even remotely move like their real life counter parts Even with the adjustments like we had before, the playbooks needed a lot of work......now this SP amplifies that X1000 These things don't have any personality or soul in them much at all

Which, as I said before, leads to the root of the problem. The play design and play selection method need improving. If that was ok the S-Pad would be fine to everyone.
If the S-Pad hurts the cheesers then I'm all for the change and EA now needs to address the plays and play calling system.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

Which, as I said before, leads to the root of the problem. The play design and play selection method need improving. If that was ok the S-Pad would be fine to everyone. If the S-Pad hurts the cheesers then I'm all for the change and EA now needs to address the plays and play calling system.

I agree a lot with this.

[ahorton100]

This video explains what I have been feeling since the demo came out. Thanks.

[SteelerSpartan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

Which, as I said before, leads to the root of the problem. The play design and play selection method need improving. If that was ok the S-Pad would be fine to everyone. If the S-Pad hurts the cheesers then I'm all for the change and EA now needs to address the plays and play calling system.

Hey Skyboxer.....do you really think EA could deliver on the type of sophistication that these Playbooks would need next year....heck given their track record, 3-4 years from now????

Keep in mind all of the threads LBzrule has had with Ian the past 1-2 years proclaiming how hard a change this would be...

[steelerspsufan]

I think GoMadden made a valid point. While it is not impossible to use, there are more effecient ways of making preplay adjustments.

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by SteelerSpartan

Hey Skyboxer.....do you really think EA could deliver on the type of sophistication that these Playbooks would need next year....heck given their track record, 3-4 years from now???? Keep in mind all of the threads LBzrule has had with Ian the past 1-2 years proclaiming how hard a change this would be...

Honestly? Not in the current state. One thing I'm positive of is the first step is to revamp the play calling and make it a tiered playcalling system.

Then there's the other option of releasing a full fledged play creator. The argument then would be the same cheesers will create cheese type of AI busting plays.
My response to that would be, let them.

We all have the choice to play randoms or established sim players. Back in the FPSFB days I played in a created plays only league and we all kept it real. IT WAS A BLAST!! Mainly due to not just the players on the field mattering but My O and D mind vs another humans O and D mind.

A real in depth play design system with play share(Like roster share) = A huge step forward IMO.

[cedwebb]

I am on the Ps3 and I really am liking the strat pad the more and more I play. On the Ps3 it really is not really awkward at all, it just takes learing where things are.

I like that you cannot make a ton of adjustments after you are lined up. Never thought that was very realistic anyway. I also feel this will really tie in with the gameplan feature. I think the better you become at gameplanning the less you will feel the need to adjust so much every play.

[iliteracy3]

some people said its not that a big a deal and we should worry about other things AI tackling ect. But us madden fans have been used to that same garbage for years, when Madden devs mess up something that i could argue was done perfectly it's very sad to see it gone.

There is a great lesson in all this, We Should All Appreciate what we have b/c u never know when (EA will screw it up b/4) it will be gone. lol